Gareth Edwards Explains Meaning Behind Rogue one Title
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, is set to hit theaters December 16th. With it, comes the first official Star Wars film to not follow a certain path. Meaning, it’s not a continuation of a story, but rather, it’s an offshoot of a story that’s been told. As this is how the Rebels got the plans to the Death Star that help fuel the events of A New Hope.
A lot of thought went into this movie, and that includes the movies title. Director Gareth Edwards talked with Empire Magazine about the thought process behind the movie being called Rogue One:
“I’d been thinking about it,” he reflects in the new issue of Empire. “What does it mean? ‘Rogue One’ is a military call sign to some extent,” he adds, referring to Red Squadron during the Battle of Yavin, “but this is the first film that’s gone off-piste and is not part of the saga – or the Anakin story – so it’s the ‘rogue’ one, you know?”
He also noted that it also reflects the main character Jyn Erso played by Felicity Jones:
“It’s kind of describing her as well in a similar way,” says Edwards. “It has [all] these split, multiple meanings that made it feel like the right choice.”
What do you think? Does this title make sense given the context by Edwards? Are you going to go see Rogue One? Let us know in the comments below!