Sure, Edwards had the advantage that the seeds of his film’s story were planted as bits of exposition all the way back in 1977, but can you really call that a gift from the Force gods? After all, this also meant that Edwards was, for all intents and purposes, making another prequel (a very bad word among Star Wars fans) that had to tie into A New Hope, the most important of the seven films in the series, all while forsaking many of the franchise’s most popular characters. ![]() The Godzilla director didn’t only have to deliver an entertaining, worthwhile addition to Star Wars, he had to make a film outside of the Skywalker saga – the tentpole around which all other Star Wars things revolve. While the intense pressure of making a Star Wars film at all might make some filmmakers run to a distant star system, Edwards had even more going against him – and I don’t mean last year’s highly publicized reshoots. ![]() Abrams’ was a year ago, the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director still carried an immense weight on his shoulders. ![]() Although Gareth Edwards’ situation might not have seemed as dire as, say, J.J.
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