Hal Hickel looks back to a deleted Rogue One scene

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As we enter the year of the fifth anniversary of its release, Rogue One continues to delight and as Andor filming progresses and interest in the pre-Scarif/Yavin era continues to escalate, ILM Animation Director Hal Hickel shared an image from a deleted scene, and as the thread grew more interesting information trickled out.

https://twitter.com/halhickel/status/1356723907215130624

Hickel revealed that there was a deleted scenbe between Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin that never made it into the film, with Gary Whitta explaining that he didn’t write that scene so it was presumably added by Chris Weiss.

Additionally Aurek Fonts asked a very pertinent question, whether the visual above was created by rear screen projection or a similar technique to StageCraft, and Hickel revealed it was the latter.

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As we enter the year of the fifth anniversary of its release, Rogue One continues to delight and as Andor filming progresses and interest in the pre-Scarif/Yavin era continues to escalate, ILM Animation Director Hal Hickel shared an image from a deleted scene, and as the thread grew more interesting information trickled out.

https://twitter.com/halhickel/status/1356723907215130624

Hickel revealed that there was a deleted scenbe between Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin that never made it into the film, with Gary Whitta explaining that he didn’t write that scene so it was presumably added by Chris Weiss.

Additionally Aurek Fonts asked a very pertinent question, whether the visual above was created by rear screen projection or a similar technique to StageCraft, and Hickel revealed it was the latter.

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Star Wars: Light of the Jedi (The High Republic) (Star Wars: The High Republic)
  • Hardcover Book
  • Soule, Charles (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 400 Pages - 01/05/2021 (Publication Date) - Random House Worlds (Publisher)
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
A fan of the saga since 1978, Mark began in fan fiction in 1982 and since then has written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine, StarTrek.com and Starburst as well as being a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host. He is the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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