When it was first announced that Disney and Lucasfilm were planning on releasing a new Star Wars movie on an annual basis, alternating between the main installments and Anthology entries, there was some skepticism from the fanbase. Many people thought the studio would be more focused on the commercial side of things than the creative merits of the projects themselves, and new blockbusters set in a galaxy far, far away arriving every year would ultimately water down the brand in the long term.
However, a lot of those fears were assuaged when Rogue One: A Star Wars Story hit theaters in December 2016. Taking a throwaway line of text from A New Hope‘s opening crawl and using it as the basis for an intergalactic heist thriller was an ingenious move, one that instantly set the film in a familiar universe but presented plenty of scope to tell a brand new story.
However, a lot of those fears were assuaged when Rogue One: A Star Wars Story hit theaters in December 2016. Taking a throwaway line of text from A New Hope‘s opening crawl and using it as the basis for an intergalactic heist thriller was an ingenious move, one that instantly set the film in a familiar universe but presented plenty of scope to tell a brand new story.
- 11/27/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
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