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Missed the opening crawl for Star Wars' Rogue One?

Photo credit: YouTube
Photo credit: YouTube

From Digital Spy

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story had a lot of things – pretty much all of them brilliant – but one thing distinctly lacking from the prequel was the franchise's iconic opening crawl.

A prominent feature of all Star Wars films before (or, technically, after) it, the opening crawl sets out the backstory of the movie, giving just about every single audience member goosebumps.

While Rogue One's opening did include the famous "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...." line – yes, that's four dots – it omitted the rest of the crawl.

Ever wondered what it would have been like to start the movie that way? Well, wonder no more, young Padawan.

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In the fan-made video, the user switches the usual crawl colours from yellow to blue, and finally includes that all-important prologue.

"Fear! The dreaded GALACTIC EMPIRE reigns supreme in the wake of the Jedi Order's violent genocide. The final remnants of the Old Republic near the brink of extinction," it begins.

"The only hope lies with the REBELLION, who in their fight against the tyrannical Empire, have begun to garner support within the secessionists of the Imperial Senate.

"Construction of a powerful space station is under way that will reinstate fear within the Senate. In hopes of gaining high favor with The Emperor, DIRECTOR ORSON KRENNIC skirts The Outer Rim Territories to recruit an exiled scientist, who has the ability to see this superweapon's plans to fruition...."

And in case you were wondering why Rogue One never did feature any crawl, director Gareth Edwards has the answer – and it's one that makes perfect sense.

Revealing that there were plans for one in the original screenplay, the decision was made to cut it after the team pointed out that Rogue One was a "standalone" film, "not part of the sagas".


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