Rogue One’s Beginning Changed More Than End
One of the biggest things going into Star Wars: Rogue One was that we all knew the reports about it having numerous reshoots. Usually, reshoots are taken as a bad thing, as it means something is “wrong” with the film. Yet, it’s hard to deny that the final cut was loved by fans and critics alike. Reports have been coming out about how the end of the film was drastically changed over time, but what might surprise, is that Rogue One’s beginning was changed even more.
This comes from John Gilroy and Colin Goudie, who were film editors for the film, they told Yahoo about the changes to the beginning, and how they actually benefitted the film: “The story was reconceptualised to some degree, there were scenes that were added at the beginning and fleshed out,” Gilroy said. Specifically, they went into fleshing out the early moments of several characters.”
The two key scenes set up the two true main characters, Cassian and Jyn:
“The scene with Cassian’s (Diego Luna) introduction with the spy, Bodhi (Riz Ahmed) traipsing through Jedha on his way to see Saw, these are things that were added. Also Jyn (Felicity Jones), how we set her up and her escape from the transporter, that was all done to set up the story better,” they revealed.
So, changes did indeed happen, but not to an earthshattering degree as some believed. Rather, it was an attempt to make the film better, more fleshed out, more relateable, and it appears to have worked in spades.
Ammyfan
January 6, 2017 @ 9:55 pm
A lot of films seem to evolve during production, but this is one of the few times I've heard of them adding more setup and character moments rather than just more explosions. It worked though. It is an extremely good film, and probably one of the few I will see more than once.
(And to any sci fi fans who haven't seen it yet, do! It's very good)
to7update
January 8, 2017 @ 11:22 pm
I am with you, all the Star Wars movies I've seen them well more than one time. Re-shooting is actually a good thing from my perspective, as the movie can only benefit from having more options when editing time comes.
Jester85
January 9, 2017 @ 1:02 pm
There are a lot of trailer shots that didn't make it into the film. Also in (I believe) the second trailer, there's a clip of Krennic speaking to Vader that, from the background, seems to be onboard the Death Star, indicating a third deleted Vader scene.
efrain silva
January 9, 2017 @ 3:40 pm
The end result of the movie is what really counts, after all. When it comes down to it, I enjoyed the movie. The ending was sad, but still good.
to7update
January 17, 2017 @ 11:37 am
[QUOTE="Jester85, post: 11036, member: 1765"]There are a lot of trailer shots that didn't make it into the film. Also in (I believe) the second trailer, there's a clip of Krennic speaking to Vader that, from the background, seems to be onboard the Death Star, indicating a third deleted Vader scene.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I don't even imagine the shots they make that don't appear in the movie, sometimes it could even make an entirely new movie. That's why movies are usually so good, there's a lot of work around them, and editing is demanding too.