![]() I prefer to call these "nods" than actual "fan service." Yes there are characters from A New Hope peppered throughout the movie but that feels more like an acknowledgment that these individuals existed within the sequence of events. It has structure issues and the well-noted reshoots are glaringly obvious, but I'm less bothered by what people call "fan service" in this film. Now that the Skywalker Saga is over, Solo was just okay, and The Mandalorian crushed it on Disney+ - I'm firmly in the camp that Rogue One was one of the best things to happen to Star Wars in the last few years. ![]() The 3-D release only strengthened that position. When I reviewed it for the advance digital release, the second time through was much better than that first time out. When I first saw it in theaters I liked it overall but it had issues with the notable reshoots and some of the constant fan service. I was as much interested in the process of how to make the film as I was the idea.I've had a bit of a back and forth over the last couple years about how I feel about Rogue One and its place inside the overarching saga that is the galaxy far, far away. And so, in a weird way, I was trying to find that kind of scenario again. ![]() I felt like if I could somehow get that big bag of cash and send it back in time to me when I was making Monsters, the possibilities would have been infinite. "It was kind of a shock to have all the money you could ever want, and still be limited. "I got to make a very low-budget science fiction film with Monsters, and I realized there were some serious advantages to having no money," he says. His successes meant there was no industry-imposed "director’s jail" for Edwards to grapple with. I just wanted to get off and have a break to take some time thinking about the next thing." "In Hollywood, you can get stuck on the hamster wheel, or whatever analogy you want to use. ![]() "I needed to get off the merry-go-round, do you know what I mean?" Edwards says of the break to SFX magazine in the new issue, which features The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon on the cover. However, before he began work on the sci-fi epic, Edwards took a bit of a career gap after helming the Star Wars prequel Rogue One in 2016. ![]()
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