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We've live now with #RogueOne writers @garywhitta and @chrisweitz and IGN hosts @clintgage and @MaxScoville. Join the conversation here and get ready to sync up! #WFHTheater https://bit.ly/34GOIYE
Watch along with us at home on Disney+ or on your DVD/Blu-ray/digital copy of #RogueOne. We'll let you know when to press play! First up, @garywhitta will share about the origins of the film. #WFHTheater
“John [Knoll] is the chief creative officer at [Industrial Light and Magic]… he was the guy that came up with the idea of ‘why don’t we tell the story of how the rebels stole the Death Star plans?’” - @garywhitta describing the inception of #Rogue One on #WFHTheater
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"Greatest compliment I've received is that they think it makes the original film better. Now you know how much was sacrificed to get them this far." - @garywhitta on building #RogueOne as a lead into Star Wars: A New Hope #WFHTheater
“Should there be an opening crawl? I did write one – you’ll never see it! I wrote more than one.” - @garywhitta revealing he wrote opening crawls for #RogueOne, but left them out to liberate the film from Star Wars tropes. #WFHTheater
The opening sequence was written first, @garywhitta based the scene on Inglorious Bastards, with the interrogation scene in mind. #RogueOne #WFHTheater
Mads Mikkelsen sees his character as a villain, while @garywhitta sees him as a hero. #RogueOne #WFHTheater
In another version of the script, Jyn Erso discovered the Death Star and began to uncover its secrets, like Jessica Chastain's character in Zero Dark Thirty. #RogueOne #WFHTheater
“There was only ever one choice for Saw Gerrera, and that was Forest Whitaker.” - @garywhitta discussing the casting process for #RogueOne #WFHTheater
“The only time they don’t use a title card is Mustafar… I think they wanted to preserve the mystery of that location.” - @garywhitta explaining why every planet besides Mustafar received a title card in #RogueOne #WFHTheater
"You actually have quite a lot of freedom to come up with new ideas in Star Wars. There's such joy in being able to make up new species and new characters." - @chrisweitz #RogueOne #WFHTheater
"Originally The Force was called ‘The Force of Others’ by [George] Lucas, and I had Chuirit often referring to ‘The Force of Others’ rather than The Force." - @chrisweitz #RogueOne #WFHTheater
