Despite being nicely snuggled
in between Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Star Wars (1977),
Gareth Edwards' Rogue One will expand the already vast universe with new
characters including Felicity Jones' Jyn Erso, and new worlds such as Jedha.
With the new trailer
dropping in just a few days, EW caught up with the director who offered to
give some additional details on the new planet, which is being described as a
Jedi holy land.
"It’s a place
where people who believe in the Force would go on a pilgrimage. It was
essentially taken over by the Empire. It’s an occupied territory…for reasons we
probably can’t reveal…There’s something very important in Jedha that serves
both the Jedi and the Empire. It felt very much like something we could relate
to in the real world."
What could possibly
exist in Jedha that would make both the Jedi and the Empire to flock to the
location and fight over its dominion? Well EW's writer Anthony Breznican
speculates, and I for one agree, that the world could be rich in kyber crystals,
the mineral used to power lightsabers as well as the weapon of planetary destruction
housed aboard the Death Star, which coincidently (?) seems to be at the heart
of the film, with the Rebels planning a suicide mission of their own to steal
the plans for the super weapon.
"Within Jedha,
even though there’s the oppressive foot of the Empire hanging over them,
there’s a resistance that won’t give up and our characters have to go and meet
people there to try and secure a person from this group."
It's unclear who this
person might be, but a couple of characters spring to mind. Donnie Yen's blind warrior
"monk" Chirrut Imwe, who though not a Jedi himself follows on the old
masters teachings, could conceivably be the person the group is after, as
could Forest Whitaker's old warrior legend Saw Gerrera.
"The Force is
basically in Star Wars like a religion, and they’re
losing their faith in the period that we start the movie. We were trying to
find a physical location we could go to that would speak to the themes of
losing your faith and the choice between letting the Empire win, or evil win,
and good prevailing. It got embodied in
this place we called Jedha."
Rogue One: A Star
Wars Story opens in theaters on December 16.
Source - EW
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