Another galaxy, another time: Rogue One – What might have been

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It’s an incredible thought, as we enter the latest cinematic era of Star Wars, that a decade ago we were looking foward to Gareth Edwards Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, excited for a film that felt like a Vietnam-era war film infused with Star Wars lore that promised to hit hard and take no prisoners. When Rogue One finally arrived in cinemas later that year it certainly hit hard – perhaps not with quite the punch we initially expected – grossing well over a billion and spawning Andor, and here feature film editor Vashi Nedomansky pulls together 46 shots and lines of dialogue from teasers and promotions that ultimately didn’t appear in the final film.

All 46 shots and lines of dialogue used in trailers, teasers and promos that are NOT in the theatrical release of the film.

It’s also worth noting that just as The Mandalorian and Grogu is a spin-off from The Mandalorian TV series on Disney Plus, Rogue One can also trace its history to television. Beginning life as a short treatment called ‘Destroyer of Worlds‘, John Knoll kept the idea alive when Lucasfilm live action TV series Star Wars: Underworld fell through and later pitched it as a stand-alone – Rogue One.

Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com and Starburst Magazine, having previously written for magazines and sites including Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Lightsabre.co.uk, Jedi News, Jedi.net, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek The Official Magazine, Star Trek: TNZ and StarTrek.com. He is the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015, hosting it four times, the EiC and 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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It’s an incredible thought, as we enter the latest cinematic era of Star Wars, that a decade ago we were looking foward to Gareth Edwards Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, excited for a film that felt like a Vietnam-era war film infused with Star Wars lore that promised to hit hard and take no prisoners. When Rogue One finally arrived in cinemas later that year it certainly hit hard – perhaps not with quite the punch we initially expected – grossing well over a billion and spawning Andor, and here feature film editor Vashi Nedomansky pulls together 46 shots and lines of dialogue from teasers and promotions that ultimately didn’t appear in the final film.

All 46 shots and lines of dialogue used in trailers, teasers and promos that are NOT in the theatrical release of the film.

It’s also worth noting that just as The Mandalorian and Grogu is a spin-off from The Mandalorian TV series on Disney Plus, Rogue One can also trace its history to television. Beginning life as a short treatment called ‘Destroyer of Worlds‘, John Knoll kept the idea alive when Lucasfilm live action TV series Star Wars: Underworld fell through and later pitched it as a stand-alone – Rogue One.

Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com and Starburst Magazine, having previously written for magazines and sites including Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Lightsabre.co.uk, Jedi News, Jedi.net, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek The Official Magazine, Star Trek: TNZ and StarTrek.com. He is the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015, hosting it four times, the EiC and 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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