...Alan Turdek (Wash from firefly) is known to be playing a CGI alien. Make him a Bothan, Throw in references to Bothan Spynet, and keep giving the bothan close calls with death. "Right, next time the empire builds an invncible engine of destrucion, I'm sitting that one out."

Have him steal a single seat Imperial gunship, and have him look as canine as possible when he calls it the Alpha class.

Jan Ors and Kyle Katarn on the team (just look at that cast photo), with some kind of reference to the Dark Forces game.

How many other death star plans stories are there? Can we throw in any more references?

There's http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Hammertong:_The_Tale_of_the_%22Tonnika_Sisters%22

Honestly "let's reference EVERYTHING" is one of the more annoying problems with the prequels, and looks to be with TFA.

But would you cut away from every combat scene to spend time with characters no one cares about?

wait... isn't that where and when we learn to care about characters we don't care about?

I so wanted that family dead, I was promised Brian Cranston and Ken watanabe but got them instead.

It takes you out of the movie when they are always near the action the odds against it are astronomical.

I have no faith rogue one will be much better.

Honestly "let's reference EVERYTHING" is one of the more annoying problems with the prequels, and looks to be with TFA.

"Many Bothans died to bring us this information." The plot of Rogue One is around the theft of the Death Star plans, it wouldn't make any sense to not involve Bothans.

Honestly "let's reference EVERYTHING" is one of the more annoying problems with the prequels, and looks to be with TFA.

"Many Bothans died to bring us this information." The plot of Rogue One is around the theft of the Death Star plans, it wouldn't make any sense to not involve Bothans.

Wrong Death Star. Rumor is Rogue One is about DSI; Mon Mothma's Bothan quote was DSII

Honestly "let's reference EVERYTHING" is one of the more annoying problems with the prequels, and looks to be with TFA.

"Many Bothans died to bring us this information." The plot of Rogue One is around the theft of the Death Star plans, it wouldn't make any sense to not involve Bothans.

Wrong Death Star. Rumor is Rogue One is about DSI; Mon Mothma's Bothan quote was DSII

If that's the case, I humbly stand corrected. I was under the impression Rogue One was in between Rebels and Ep. 4. If its about the second DS, then I hope we finally get to see B-wings in action.

Honestly "let's reference EVERYTHING" is one of the more annoying problems with the prequels, and looks to be with TFA.

"Many Bothans died to bring us this information." The plot of Rogue One is around the theft of the Death Star plans, it wouldn't make any sense to not involve Bothans.

Wrong Death Star. Rumor is Rogue One is about DSI; Mon Mothma's Bothan quote was DSII

If that's the case, I humbly stand corrected. I was under the impression Rogue One was in between Rebels and Ep. 4. If its about the second DS, then I hope we finally get to see B-wings in action.

Other way around. Many bothans died to bring the DS2 plans to the rebels.

Rogue One is the death star 1 plans, but they can still wink and nod at that later line.