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Rogue One Editors Reveal Which Scenes Added in Reshoot

December's massive hit, Rogue One that hit over $520 million worldwide has had a big reveal today.

Yahoo Movies UK interviewed the three editors on Rogue One and revealed some background information on what scenes were added in the later cut of the movie. When it hit the news that Rogue One was getting reshoots, some were skeptical, but clearly, the public proved that worry unneeded.

Obviously, spoilers beyond this point

John Gilroy, one of the editors on the film, explained the shots in detail:

"The story was reconceptualised to some degree, there were scenes that were added at the beginning and fleshed out. We wanted to make more of the other characters, like Cassian’s character, and Bodhi’s character.

The scene with Cassian’s introduction with the spy, Bodhi traipsing through Jedha on his way to see Saw, these are things that were added. Also Jyn [Jyn Erso, the reluctant leader of the film, played by Felicity Jones], how we set her up and her escape from the transporter, that was all done to set up the story better."

He explains that the reshoots caused a ripple effect throughout the movie and gave them lots of work to do. When more detail is added to a character, it needs to be represented throughout the rest of the film, which obviously worked out for them in the end.

Colin Goudie, another editor, adds:

"The point with the opening scenes that John was just describing was that the introductions in the opening scene, in the prologue, was always the same. Jyn’s just a little girl, so when you see her as an adult what you saw initially was her in a meeting. That’s not a nice introduction."

Because of these reshoots, many scenes from trailers did not make it in the movie, much to the disappointment of some fans, but ultimately they fleshed out the movie, making it a better overall experience.

Steve Knauer

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