How Rogue One almost had a different title

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It’s hard to imagine the first of the Star Wars stories being called anything other than Rogue One, but the recent IGN play of Rogue One with Gary Whitta and Chris Weitz in attendance reveals that indeed, the movie very nearly had a different title.

Alternate titles including Dark Times, Shadow of the Death Star and Star Wars: Rebellion were considered – all fine titles for comics or novels, but none with the required ‘punch’ needed to step it up to movie status. After all, there’s a world of difference between a portentous title like The Empire Strikes Back and Planet of the Hoojibs (and that’s no diss to our furry pals from Arbra; Plif became a galactic senator! Click on the link and enjoy a blast from the past).

There’s plenty of fascinating nuggets to unpack from the screening from Weitz and Whitta, which you can listen to above while playing along with the film.

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It’s hard to imagine the first of the Star Wars stories being called anything other than Rogue One, but the recent IGN play of Rogue One with Gary Whitta and Chris Weitz in attendance reveals that indeed, the movie very nearly had a different title.

Alternate titles including Dark Times, Shadow of the Death Star and Star Wars: Rebellion were considered – all fine titles for comics or novels, but none with the required ‘punch’ needed to step it up to movie status. After all, there’s a world of difference between a portentous title like The Empire Strikes Back and Planet of the Hoojibs (and that’s no diss to our furry pals from Arbra; Plif became a galactic senator! Click on the link and enjoy a blast from the past).

There’s plenty of fascinating nuggets to unpack from the screening from Weitz and Whitta, which you can listen to above while playing along with the film.

ATTENTION UK READERS

[contact-form-7 id=”130″ title=”Competition”]

Sale
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
  • Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver (Actors)
  • J.J. Abrams (Director) - Derek Connolly (Writer)
  • Spanish, English (Subtitles)
  • Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
SourceIGN
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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