My first article for Sequart lands looking at the history of Rogue One and the journey from its initial pitch right through to the release of the film.
This time last year, as we were preparing to dig into the delights of The Force Awakens, long-time fans knew that at the very least the thought of doing a seventh episode and a third trilogy had been percolating for decades. For many of those years, fans could only dream of Episode VII becoming a reality, but the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney in late 2012 brought that reality home. Little did we know that not only were further saga episodes being prepped but stand-alone episodes, designed to fill in many of the gaps that Lucas had steered clear of, were also being prepared. The first of those is Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
“It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire. During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet.”
