The stories and legends surrounding Rogue One seem to grow by the day, and it’s likely we won’t see any end to these myths. That being said, this is a Star Wars production, and honestly, for a franchise so storied, myths should be downright expected. Looper has created a video rounding up many of these behind-the-scenes stories, reiterating some pretty well-known ones while also pulling back the curtain on some perhaps lesser-known facts.
The video covers everything from Rogue One‘s original opening crawl to Alan Tudyk’s lost cameo. Yeah, you read that right: Tudyk, who plays K-2SO and was the motion capture basis for the droid, originally had a cameo in the film as a pilot. For whatever reason, it just ended up getting cut, and a moment that would’ve proven to be one of the most meta moments in Star Wars history fell onto the cutting room floor.
What I found the most interesting was that Gareth Edwards was dedicated to capturing the look and visual textures of A New Hope, and he was able to do so by marrying some old and new tech together. Edwards slapped some vintage ultra Panavision 7mm lenses onto their ultra high-tech 6K large format cameras, thus bringing in some of those classic 70s-era visual feels into the high definition modern age. Visually speaking, the movie was a departure from many of the other Star Wars films, which I believe was one of its strengths, as it served to highlight the “war movie” tone Edwards had promised.
Rogue One was a movie that had many, many things going for it, but it still had all the pressures of being the first of a brand new type of Star Wars movie. You don’t just go around trying to change up the Star Wars formula (ask George Lucas himself), at least not without risking making a lot of fans angry in the process. That being said, Rogue One pulled off blazing a new trail while still maintaining solid, direct links to its source. It served as a wonderful bridge back to the original movies, and many of the behind-the-scenes stories presented here in this video show exactly how they pulled that off.
Anyway, if you need me, I’ll be watching Rogue One. Again.
(via Laughing Squid)
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