Rogue One's writer reveals his original idea for a follow-up show to the Star Wars movie that revolved around a Rebel team hunting down Imperial war criminals 😲
The co-screenwriter of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has shared an entirely different vision of what a spin-off television series could look like. Rogue One ends with its main characters dying despite succeeding in their goal to steal the Death Star plans, so it was surprising for some fans to learn that the series was getting a spin-off show this year.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY On his official Twitter account, Gary Whitta shared an idea for a potential spin-off that they had when writing the original script. He and Weitz thought that a Rogue One-related TV series could follow a "Mossad-style Rebel team hunting down Imperial war criminals" after the fall of the Empire in Return of the Jedi.
It also doesn't make too much sense for a Rogue One spin-off to actually be a sequel. Rogue One's ending leads almost directly into the beginning of the very first Star Wars movie, 1977's A New Hope, as the plans that Andor and his team obtain lead directly to Luke Skywalker's successful mission to destroy the original Death Star.
A prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story generally makes the most sense. The state of the rebellion before A New Hope hasn't been explored quite as much in live-action, though there is a wealth of material to work from in the extended Star Wars universe. There are also a whole host of interesting original characters introduced in the film that, despite their ultimate fate at the end, are worth exploring in a broader context in whatever way possible.
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