Although the final product was tremendously applauded by most fans of the galactic saga and had a great success between the critics and the public, it is no secret (or any news) that 'Rogue One: A Star Wars story 'It was a tremendously problematic production for its director, Gareth Edwards. Concerned about the way in which the story of this kind of prequel to 'Star Wars: A New Hope' was brewing, Lucasfilm hired Tony Gilroy, director and screenwriter who has an Oscar Award to his credit. The purpose is for Tony Gilroy to rework the script and polish it from start to finish, although the rumor that spread across social networks and media was that he had to re-write most of the story of 'Rogue One ' A rumor that was never confirmed.
But, now, Gilroy has talked about his experience when it is time to "save" the film and, according to the director and scriptwriter, Lucasfilm had a real disaster on his hands. Ben Mendelsohn, who played Director Orson Krennic in the film, said long ago that there was a version of the film "completely different" from the film that premiered in theaters. And the comments of Tony Gilroy seem to support the actor: "If you see 'Rogue One', with all the difficulty he had and all the confusion ... All the mess ... In the end, when you get there, it's really, really, very simple to solve . Because, in a way, this is a movie in which everyone was going to die. Therefore, it is a story about sacrifice. "
In fact, the decision to eliminate all the main characters was one of the most risky elements for the franchise and, truly, paid off. Yes, we know that there was a previous assembly and a previous draft in which, at least, Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) survived the infiltration in Scarif. Gilroy continued admitting that he is not a fan of Star Wars, and suggests that this detachment by the saga allowed him to approach 'Rogue One' from a very different prism. "I've never been interested in Star Wars, really. Never. So I did not have any kind of respect for the story and I was not afraid to change things and gamble. They were in a swamp ... They had a terrible, terrible problem. So everything I could do was improve the position starting from that story, "said Tony Gilroy.