To circumvent the roadblock inherent to any prequel or prequels - we know how it all ends -
Lucasfilm and director Gareth Edwards' decided that for the first Star Wars
standalone film they would explore a part of the mythos that had only been hinted at and
vaguely explained in the cinematographic canon, the story behind the theft of
the plans of the first Death Star.
Speaking with USA
Today, Edwards offered to give some details on one of Rogue One's villains, Director
Orson Krennic played by Ben Mendelsohn, who the filmmaker says despite his
position doesn't necessarily fit in the higher echelons of the Empire.
"Because top men
in the Empire such as Grand Moff Tarkin are upper-class types, Edwards
recalls Mendelsohn asking if he should adopt "a very posh English
accent." But the director preferred Krennic, the man in charge of the
advanced weapons research wing of the Imperial military, not be a part of
that boys club."
Besides, "it
feels like if the Empire ever have a job vacancy, they go to the Royal
Shakespeare Company to headhunt people. I like the idea that Ben’s character
was much more working-class" and rose in the ranks "through sheer
force of personality and ideas."
Furthermore, Krennic "hits
a brick wall in the hierarchy where they won’t let him in the club and it’s
going to turn into a them-or-us situation: either Krennic or Tarkin and the
others."
Opening in theaters
on December 16, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story also stars Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Jiang Wen,
Forest Whitaker, Alistair Petrie, Jonathan Aris, and Genevieve O'Reilly.
Source
- USA Today
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