It’s an interesting thought, that Rogue One – the ultimate standalone film that fed into the 1977 classic A New Hope – could have had a thematic sequel, but in another life that could have been the case. Gary Whitta and Chris Weitz had thoughts of a TV series in the days before Disney Plus that would have shown the galaxy after the fall of the Empire as Rebel forces tracked down Imperial war criminals and brought them to justice.
Gary Whitta and Chris Weitz conceptualized a TV series that would focus on the rebels after the fall of the Empire – a “Mossad-style rebel team” that would track down fleeing Imperial war criminals in the galaxy following Palpatine’s demise and the destruction of the second Death Star. By the sounds of it, this would have held on to the more grounded tone that worked so well in Rogue One and explored how the Rebel Alliance and New Republic worked together to keep hold of their desperately-won peace. While this concept would certainly have been interesting, producing this would have meant foregoing the creation of Andor, one of Disney’s most intricate and acclaimed Star Wars stories to date.
While Screen Rant believe this would have cancelled out the creation of Andor, it’s post-Return of the Jedi setting equally steps on the toes of Favloni’s post-Empire Mandalorian era, but either way the thought of a hard-hitting death squad taking down the war criminals of the Empire is a tantalising concept.
We caught up with Gary Whitta last year, a chat you can listen to on a special episode of Making Tracks.
