
Erso is forcefully taken to work on the Death Star. Equally frequent villainous actor Ben Mendelsohn is the never before seen Imperial weapons developer Commander Krennic. The Empire tracks him down to the vacant planet Lah’mu. Frequent villainous actor Mads Mikkelsen plays former Imperial scientist Galen Erso. Instead all the backstory is shown in the first ever extended flashback sequence in Star Wars. logo, but it just feels hollow without an opening crawl. Rogue One thankfully begins with “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” after the Lucasfilm Ltd. Jyn and company prepare to steal the Death Star plans

Despite having no involvement whatsoever, George Lucas gave the film his seal of approval. It was revived as Rogue One and Godzilla director Gareth Edwards was chosen to direct. The idea to answer the question of how the Death Star plans were stolen is as old as the unproduced TV series Star Wars: Underworld. Events are meant to match up to the one’s preceding A New Hope. Rogue One is the only Star Wars movie based on an opening crawl. Star Wars: The Force Awakens became the third highest grossing movie of all time, so Rogue One was worthy of anticipation before the next “Episode” came out. Of course “ A Star Wars Story” was tacked on so as to not confuse casual moviegoers. Notable changes include a lack of opening crawl, no John Williams score, cutting without wacky screen wipes, and a lapse of time. Without losing important hallmarks of the franchise. It was strange seeing 2 Star Wars movies in a row, but Disney was sure to make Rogue One as different as possible. Since Star Wars is an overarching saga, I had no idea what to think about anthology films. That didn’t fully sink in until after Rogue One entered serious production.



After Disney acquired the rights to Star Wars, they made it clear that it would be one of their major franchises. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was made for the sole purpose of fixing one of the biggest plot holes in Star Wars history.
