Despite not having the social revolution that surrounded each of the steps taken by its lucky predecessor, ‘Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens’, ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ managed to exceed even the most optimistic expectations. on a particularly artistic level. And that’s it everything was working brilliantly on this impressive journey into the galactic universefrom its main characters to the secondary ones, passing through its humor and its overwhelming action, without forgetting the epic and dramatic quality of the house.
10 fun facts about ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’
1 Gilroy family
‘Andor’ creator Tony Gilroy has already played a pivotal role in ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’, struggling with twelve weeks of reviewing the script and the results of the new shooting sessions mostly dedicated to the brutal third act of the film. In addition, the director of “Michael Clayton” also recommended that the producers of the tape hire the services of his brother John for the editing work.
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Two galactic discoveries
During a visit to the Lucasfilm warehouse, Gareth Edwards and his team uncovered some old footage remains. Which? The real “Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope”. In fact, this discovery had consequences in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” as important as it was the inclusion of material not currently used.
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3 Conflict of chirrut
Looking for the best possible actor to play Chirrut Îmwe, the studio behind “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” They only had two options: Donnie Yen and Jet Li. In the first case, the actor was called before Li for the simple reason that his salary was six million less than his direct opponent. After receiving the offer, Yen hesitated because they needed him to be in London for five months for filming, but It was his young son, a fan of the galactic saga, who convinced him to end up accepting it.
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4 Luca is fine
One of the main fans of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” was the same George Lucas, who sent a congratulatory message to Gareth Edwards. Subsequently, the director of the film assured that that text was for him the most important review in relation to the film, emphasizing that he considered Lucas a god.
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5 change the music
At first, the great Alexandre Desplat would have been in charge of composing the film’s soundtrack, but his work, after numerous re-recordings and creative conflicts, ended up being rejected when it was quite advanced. A situation that, in addition to further complicating the problematic post-production phase of the film, caused the huge Michael Giacchino take responsibility for the music. His brilliant soundtrack was composed in just one month. A genius.
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6 rearrange the galaxy
Disney’s decision to expand the galactic franchise with “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” as the first installment of a series of films derived from this universe was strongly influenced by the triumphant results obtained with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, the second piece of this puzzle, the more than fruitless “Han Solo: A Star Wars Story”, made plans change again.
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7 illustrious inspirations
To shape “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”, Gareth Edwards admitted he did a strong influence in visual terms of four powerful masterpieces such as “Blade Runner”, “Alien, the eighth passenger”, “Apocalypse Now” and “Baraka”.
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8 looking for title
During the filming of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”, both the crew and the studio various titles were considered for the film. Before reaching the final, some like “The Shadow of the Death Star”, “Dark Times” or “Rise of the Empire” were close to reaching it.
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9 without Williams
In addition to the aforementioned ups and downs up to the definitive composer of the soundtrack of ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’, it should be noted that we are facing the first film in the galactic universe that did not feature an original soundtrack by maestro John Williams.
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10 Possible Andori
Before Diego Luna ended up playing the role of Cassian Andor, the character was very close to being played Aaron Paul and Edgar Ramirez.
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It may take a little more patience for the viewer who is willing to jump from the very first second, but we have to enjoy “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” for what it really is: a great demonstration of the possibilities it has. a saga that finds here one of its best deliveries to date. And with a wide difference from the rest of its more contemporary rivals.
For this reason, and although there is an inevitable group of detractors who make themselves known every time its value is discussed, it is always a pleasure to return to such an exemplary, enjoyable, dizzying and frenetic blockbuster. A fundamental piece of the galactic saga that, despite everything that came after, continues to be the last great movie released under the aegis of ‘Star Wars’.
Source: E Cartelera
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