Here’s What We Learned About Rogue One From Gareth Edwards’ Reddit AMA

Gareth Edwards‘ rise as a prolific filmmaker has been meteoric after a critically acclaimed debut with Monster, a low-budget thriller that debuted at South by Southwest and the Cannes Film Festival.

After wowing critics and studio execs with his filmmaking prowess, Legendary tapped him to helm their big budget Godzilla reboot. And then he was given the opportunity to create Lucasfilm’s first Star Wars spinoff film, Rogue One—a decidedly different tale from the monster-centric stories he’d done up until then.

But both Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Godzilla were well enough received, the latter being used as a springboard for an entirely different shared universe with King Kong and other monsters.

Edwards recently participated in a Reddit Ask Me Anything thread where he answered questions about his filmmaking ventures and gave insight into some of the decisions made on his films.

We’ve gleaned some of the most interesting answers in the thread pertaining to his work in the Star Wars universe and compiled them here for your viewing pleasure, so make sure you click through to learn more about his process on Rogue One.

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This is the film that Edwards intended it to be.

from discussion I am Gareth Edwards, director of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Ask me anything!.

The film had an Opening Crawl at first.

from discussion I am Gareth Edwards, director of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Ask me anything!.

Star Wars inspired him to become a director when he was a child.

from discussion I am Gareth Edwards, director of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Ask me anything!.

George Lucas’ opinion was the most important.

from discussion I am Gareth Edwards, director of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Ask me anything!.

Yes, Darth Vader is VERY intimidating.

from discussion I am Gareth Edwards, director of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Ask me anything!.