Rogue Onethe great “rebel” Star Wars film
In October 2012, the giant Disney announced the acquisition of Lucasfilm. A buyout that essentially aims to grab it the saga Star Wars, the biggest science fiction franchise in cinematic history. In the wake of this announcement, a new Star Wars trilogy and the extension of Skywalker’s story arc is announced. Then, in February 2013, it was confirmed that the spin-off was also being considered. The first was quickly put into development: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. This was released in December 2016 in France, notably with Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Mads Mikkelsen, Forest Whitaker and Donnie Yen in the cast.
Set between Episodes III and IV of the Star Wars saga, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story takes us alongside ordinary individuals who, to remain faithful to their values, will attempt the impossible at the risk of their lives. They didn’t intend to become heroes, but in an increasingly dark age they must steal the plans for the Death Star, the Empire’s latest weapon of destruction.
A great success for a new Star Wars
For a derivative film, opening the “A Star Wars Story” category, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story largely meets expectations. Released a year after the first postlogy film, Star Warsepisode VII: The Force Awakens, the biggest box office success of the entire saga with more than 2 billion dollars in revenue in the world, the spin-off Rogue One exceeds the bar billions of dollars in revenue. Attracts more than 5 million viewers in the rooms. And the review is laudatory, The Parisian judging in particular that”Gareth Edwards has succeeded in the impossible: renewing the “Star Wars” saga by making it dynamic“.
No comparison can be made with the ferocious failure of Solo: A Star Wars Story. Spin-off on the character of Han Solo released in 2018, it is a critical and commercial failure quickly relegated to oblivion. It is therefore rather in the light of the films of the Skywalker saga that Rogue One is legitimately judged an average critical rating higher than those of the prelogy and postlogy.
A war film inspired by the head of special effects
Self Rogue One: A Star Wars Story it makes quite a difference, it is through the obscurity it adopts and its formal intention war film. Indeed, with its team of rebel soldiers launched into a guerrilla war against the Empire, this Star Wars film directed by Gareth Edwards stands out for its visceral feel, its shoulder-mounted camera and its address to a less familiar audience. As John Knoll, special effects supervisor and director of ILM, told us in 2019, who brought the original idea of the filmI bet:
It all started shortly after Kathleen Kennedy’s announcement about the third trilogy. No one could imagine that it would be a continuation of the Skywalker story. But many of us were also thinking about Star Wars movies separate from this story, and there was a lot of discussion about what those might be. So, half-jokingly, I said, “Imagine Seal Team 6 in the Star Wars universe, on a desperate mission to steal the Death Star plans.”
I continued to think about it, about the characters, about the plot, and one day I proposed it in detail to a friend, who told me that I absolutely had to make an appointment with Kathleen, immediately! I thought: you’re right, if I don’t do it I’ll wonder for the rest of my life what it would have been like. So we made an appointment and I presented my idea. Some time later, Kathleen told me we were starting.
In production, Gareth Edwards surrounds himself with recognized technicians. In particular Greig Fraser (Zero Dark Thirty) in photography, as well as the special effects director and costume designerWe have to save Private Ryan, Neil Corbould and Dave Grossman. Objective: to bring maximum authenticity and realism to clashes.
George Lucas’ favorite recent Star Wars film
George Lucas has never hidden the fact that the acquisition of his creation by Disney aroused mixed feelings in him. So much so that when the first Disney-era Star Wars film came out in 2015, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, expresses his disappointment. But a year later, she warmly welcomes him Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, as told by Gareth Edwards in a press conference :
Two days ago we showed the film to George. We all had a phone call and I was able to talk to him yesterday. I don’t want to speak for him, but I can honestly say that I can die happy now. He really liked the movie, so that means a lot. To be honest, and without wanting to offend anyone, this was the most important review for me…
We can obviously understand that, after having held the reins of his creation and the Skywalker saga for almost 40 years, George Lucas has difficulty welcoming new productions over which he no longer has control. And so, connected to the same universe but distinct from the story of Anakin Skywalker, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was received with more curiosity and kindness by the director.
Source: Cine Serie
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