"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," otherwise known as "Rogue One," is scheduled to be released on Dec.16, 2016. (Photo : YouTube/Star Wars HQ)
After the filming of "Rogue One" wrapped up a few days ago, film director Gareth Edwards shared several more details on how the shooting went through during its last few schedules. The film maker centered his interview on how Ben Mendelsohn handled portraying the role of Orson Krennic, and how the production crew have been countlessly swayed by the presence of Darth Vader during filming.
Since 1983, when "Return of the Jedi" aired on cinemas, the long lost dreaded Empire has not been featured in the succeeding films, even when "Force Awakens" aired last year. Now that "Rogue One" focuses on the events that happened before the first "Star Wars" film in 1977, the empire will be re-visited along with George Lucas' Death Troopers including Darth Vader.
The story revolves on the construction of Death Star and the Rebels' goal to steal the plan. Alongside Darth Vader is Director Orson Krennic, a new imperial officer played by Mendelsohn. When the 47-year old actor was about to portray the role, Edwards revealed Mendelsohn asked him if he should be adopting the "posh English accent" used by upper-class types, USA Today reported.
But the director revealed he opted for Mendelsohn to not become a part of that "boys club." Edwards said that he liked the idea of Krennic being more related to the working class rather than the upper class which was denoted by the post English accent.
"It feels like if the Empire ever have a job vacancy, they go to the Royal Shakespeare Company to headhunt people," Edwards said. "I like the idea that Ben's character was much more working-class" and rose in the ranks "through sheer force of personality and ideas."
Meanwhile, above all these details are questions from fans on how the film concludes. In his interview with Entertainment Weekly, Edwards revealed they knew exactly how they are going to end the movie. One problem they faced is not actually the ending, but how they are going to back track and start.
"The thing every [filmmaker] typically struggles with is 'How does it end?'" Edwards said. "But we knew how our film was going to end. Our problem became 'How do we reverse engineer from that and know where to start?' You've got a finite number of options and you go through them all like a puzzle to find the one that's going to lead to the strongest result."
For other details about "Rogue One," watch its official trailer number 2 on the clip below.
