According to an article posted on The Hollywood Reporter, writer Tony Gilroy has been tasked with supervising the post-production process for Rogue One, which includes him being involved in developing the final ending of the film. A source in the article makes it clear that Gilroy has not replaced director Gareth Edwards in this process; rather, the two are working closely together to get the film completed for it’s December 16 theatrical release.
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen Tony Gilroy’s name attached to Rogue One in some capacity or another – Entertainment Weekly mentioned the writer being involved with the production of the standalone film back in June with their report on the state of the much talked-about reshoots.
Several insiders say Tony Gilroy, an uncredited writer on Disney’s upcoming spinoff Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, has been empowered to take the lead on postproduction for the Dec. 16 release, even as director Gareth Edwards remains involved in the project.
One insider painted the Edwards-Gilroy pairing as collaborative, which should be no surprise: Gilroy, who has a relationship with Kennedy’s producer husband, Frank Marshall, from the Bourne series, also helped Edwards out during the making of Godzilla.
“There are not two separate editing rooms; they are all in there with their ideas,” says one source close to the production. “Tony’s a strong force, but they’re all working together.”
The Gilroy-backed reshoots tackled several issues, according to sources, the ending of the film among them. The Death Star heist project, the first “stand-alone” Star Wars movie to deviate from the seven Episodes released between 1977 and 2015, is said to lead straight into the original Star Wars: A New Hope.
