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Gareth Edwards Confirms That ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Will Not Have An Opening Crawl |
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Friday, 02 December 2016 05:45 |
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It was previously rumored that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story would do away with the series staple of featuring an opening crawl to start the film, and now director Gareth Edwards has confirmed that the anticipated prequel will be the first to not feature the iconic opening.
In a translated interview with French website TF1, Edwards revealed that the decision was made to differentiate the prequel from the main Star Wars saga, and will instead feature a prologue set 15 years before the film's events. "There is no opening crawl. But there is a prologue at the beginning of the film that takes place 15 years before the action of the film and that is how the action is exposed. Our film comes from the text of Episode IV...if we give the text, it would be endless. We really had to differentiate Rogue One from the rest of the saga."
The famous opening - which features a yellow plot summary "crawling" up the Read more: |
