WAR STORIES

PRODUCER KATHLEEN KENNEDY AND DIRECTOR GARETH EDWARDS SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE FIRST STAR WARS STANDALONE MOVIE.

“YOU’VE GOT TO DO ABOUT A THOUSAND DIFFERENT THINGS TOGETHER AND MIX THEM TOGETHER JUST RIGHT.”—GARETH EDWARDS ON MAKING A GRITTIER STAR WARS MOVIE Gareth Edwards: When we started the whole process of making Rogue One, Kathy asked, “How is this going to be different? We need to differentiate ourselves from the saga.” We started playing around and experimenting. We took real war photography, like photographs from Vietnam, World War II, and the Gulf, and used Photoshop to put rebel helmets on the soldiers, and give them rebel guns. We also added some X-wings in the background instead of fighter jets. People saw these images and said, “Wow. I really want to see that film.” The studio loved it. They said, “Just go make that.” That’s kind of what we…

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