John Gilroy talks Rogue One reshoots: “We had a new blueprint”

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While it’s well known the vast changes made to Solo: A Star Wars Story after the departure of Phil Lord and Chris Miller and the arrival of Ron Howard as director, what’s not quite so well-defined is the work that happened in post-production on Rogue One. Directed by Gareth Edwards, the film infamously underwent extensive reshoots, with additional scenes and sequences shot and altered to adjust the flow of the film, and John Gilroy – who along with brother Tony was brought in to help make this process work – discusses those alterations.

“I mean… the basic plan was very simple. They had the movie that they had and they called Tony in. And Tony huddled for a while with another editor, who was on already, Colin Goudie… and used a lot of the things that he had discovered when we were working together… and just basically made a new story. It was quite a different story. And then convinced Disney to invest in that story, which was a sizeable investment in time and money. And then it was just realizing what that was. So, it’s a new plan. You’re not just going in and experimenting. No, we had a new blueprint.”

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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While it’s well known the vast changes made to Solo: A Star Wars Story after the departure of Phil Lord and Chris Miller and the arrival of Ron Howard as director, what’s not quite so well-defined is the work that happened in post-production on Rogue One. Directed by Gareth Edwards, the film infamously underwent extensive reshoots, with additional scenes and sequences shot and altered to adjust the flow of the film, and John Gilroy – who along with brother Tony was brought in to help make this process work – discusses those alterations.

“I mean… the basic plan was very simple. They had the movie that they had and they called Tony in. And Tony huddled for a while with another editor, who was on already, Colin Goudie… and used a lot of the things that he had discovered when we were working together… and just basically made a new story. It was quite a different story. And then convinced Disney to invest in that story, which was a sizeable investment in time and money. And then it was just realizing what that was. So, it’s a new plan. You’re not just going in and experimenting. No, we had a new blueprint.”

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Cataclysm: Star Wars: The High Republic, Book 7
  • Audible Audiobook
  • Lydia Kang (Author) - Marc Thompson (Narrator)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 04/04/2023 (Publication Date) - Random House Audio (Publisher)
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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