Watch Felicity Jones’ First SNL Promo for This Saturday
By Buckie Wells
To ring in the new year, Rogue One star Felicity Jones hosts Saturday Night Live on Saturday night. Watch her first Stormtrooper-filled promo.
As Rogue One: A Star Wars Story approaches a billion dollars at the worldwide box office, Felicity Jones heads to New York City, where she’ll take the stage for Saturday Night Live and host the first episode of the new year. Like her accompanying music artist Sturgill Simpson, this will be Jones’ first time hosting SNL. In preparation, she tries to practice her opening monologue on some familiar faces helmets. They seem really supportive and apathetic until Jones says, “thanks guys… you’re a real bunch of troopers.” Then, the Stormtroopers groan and Jones agrees to drop that particular joke.
Check it out below:
For starters, I’m so glad her dress is simple and leaves no room for judgment. Plus, how cool was it to see Saturday Night Live put their own spin on the classic Lucasfilm Ltd. and the Rogue One logo? Is there a website for that, or…?
Known mostly for her dramatic work and Academy Award-nominated role in The Theory of Everything, this will be one of the first times that Jones will be able to demonstrate her comedic side. However, she’s got a lot to live up to following Adam Driver’s masterful “Undercover Boss” sketch from last year. As Matt the Radar Technician, Driver played Kylo Ren playing Matt, and it was awesome. Hosting SNL will give Jones a similar opportunity to poke a little bit of fun at herself and her Star Wars character, Jyn Erso.
Kind of like this:
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Jones’ episode of Saturday Night Live will air this Saturday at 11:30/10:30c on NBC. Check back here on Culturess for the recap!