ROGUE ONE: UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES OF THE ORIGINAL GARETH EDWARDS VISION!

Darth Vader (likely Spencer Wilding) monitors a planet (presumably Scarif) in a deleted scene set on the Death Star, from the original version of Rogue One. A special image released by Hal Hickel/ ILM.

Like a mystery wrapped in an enigma, the original filmed version of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, directed by Brit talent Gareth Edwards, will surely never be released as a historical separate cut in any kind of format, nor is it likely that we ever see any of its many, many deleted/alternate scenes (as was the case with the later revamped film's 2017 home media release and its frustrating lack of major special features content). At least not with the franchise under the ownership of Disney for the foreseeable future. And very little about the first cut, post 2017, has been talked about by cast and crew, either- most likely afraid of breaching Disney's strict, harsh-action-will-be-taken-if-leaked Non Disclosure Agreement contracts.

Thankfully, over the years, lots of information and photos from this intriguing original version of Rogue have filtered through magazines, merchandise and online, however, and Star Wars Aficionado has managed to piece together as much as we can on about that intriguing work and footage originally filmed for the hugely popular first 'Anthology' movie that has now disappeared into Star Wars behind the scenes lore and consigned to posthumous 'What if? thoughts by excited fans. Deleted but abandoned moments of scene-setting, action and character (plus further referencing to the original Star Wars of 1977) that look just as exciting and memorable as any seen with the final version of the movie, as well as any subsequent modern film in the saga under Disney's ownership and creative control... 

Tony Gilroy Won't Do a Rogue One Snyder Cut: 'The Best Possible Version' - IGN

Enjoy this building collection of links, and welcome to the first, original vision that was Rogue One: A Star Wars Story...

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: FIGHTING DIRTY!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: THE UNSEEN FOOTAGE

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: THE REBELS OF YAVIN IV - ALTERNATE/DELETED SCENES

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: JYN's SOLACE

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: INTO THE UNKNOWN...

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: THE TRUTH ABOUT 'LIANA HALLIK'!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: ON LONG PATROL!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: ON THE PILGRIM TRAIL...

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: A FIRE GONE FROM THE UNIVERSE...

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: PRISONERS OF WAR!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: BLIND SPIRIT!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: HUMAN/DROID RELATIONS!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: IN THE DOMAIN OF SAW GERRERA! (DELETED SCENES) 

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: REVOLUTION'S END?

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: DARTH VADER'S LOST SCENES...

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: ON THE TRAIL OF A PRINCESS?

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: THE MAN WITH THE PLANS!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: KRENNIC'S LOST SCENES...

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: CONCERNING THE DEATH STAR...

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: A RESURRECTION OF EVIL!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: ENEMY FRIENDLIES?

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: THE RETURN OF BAIL ORGANA!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: AERIAL CAMERAWORK!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: STORMIN' STORMTROOPERS!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: TROPICAL SEARCH PROCEDURES!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: WATCHERS ON THE WATER!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: ENTERING THE VAULT - THE UNUSED FOOTAGE

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: INTO THE VAULT!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: DECIPHERING THE ORIGINAL SCARIF LAND BATTLE...

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: UP CLOSE AND BRUTAL!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: OUT FROM THE WRECKAGE!

STAR WARS AFICIONADO WEBSITE: ROGUE ONE: WHEN A MURDERER'S WORK IS NEVER DONE...

Rogue One deleted scene details: EW's complete rundown | EW.com

Should any potential contributors have any further information/stills on deleted/alternate scenes for this movie, please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!

ROGUE ONE: SPACE DOCK CONFLICT

The battle is brutally joined between Rebel X-wing fighters and TIE fighters in and around the busy Star Destroyer space dock platform above the natural resources mined world of Scarif, in one of the original concept art pieces for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story's developing story conclusion, crafted by the ever-talented visualist, Ryan Church.

ROGUE ONE: AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS!

The legendary Battle of Scarif continues in deep space, of which our Rebel heroes in their small fleet are locked in do-or-die combat against the Empire's ever-expanding forces, in a fortitude of bravery and skill that will determine the fate of the galaxy. Another great effects shot from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

ROGUE ONE: THE CRIMINAL HEROINE!

From on the run criminal to savour of the Rebel Alliance and its historic battle against the Galactic Empire. Courageous, inspirational and a tough fighter, all these aspects of Jyn Erso's character are well represented in this great poster from the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story merchandising/poster campaign of 2016 - note the bottom half of the composition - a possible deleted scene moment of her outdoors during the originally filmed infiltration of Scarif's Imperial Base.

ROGUE ONE: JUNGLE WARFARE!

Ready to make ten men look like a hundred, Cassian Andor's small but loyal band of Rebel soldier volunteers stealthily make their way through the Scarif Imperial Base's surrounding jungle, ready to cause maximum havoc in this great moment from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

ROGUE ONE: REBEL ARRIVAL!

High above the tropical realms of Scarif, Admiral Raddus' newly arrived Mon Calamari cruiser, the Profundity, and his small fleet, stands defiant against the Empire and the prior Rebel council's unwillingness to help Jyn Erso's penetration of the Imperial data centre, in this great image from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

ROGUE ONE: FINDING 'STARDUST'!

Amidst the labyrinth data vaults of the Imperial facility of Scarif, Rebel spies Captain Cassian Andor and Jyn Erso finally discover and begin to retrieve the top secret Death Star schematics, specially 'codenamed' by Jyn's late adoring father, Galen, in another terrific moment from the superb Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

ROGUE ONE: THE BRINGERS OF DEATH!

The elite Imperial Death Troopers deliver their brutal, no-prisoners sensibility to any battle they are dropped into, and especially making a murderous impression against our Rebel Alliance heroes during the epic ground conflict finale to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Great marketing/merchandising art linked to the movie by acclaimed talent Joe Corroney.

Celebrating five years of the film, STARWARS.COM has a special interview with director Gareth Edwards:

https://www.starwars.com/news/gareth-edwards-rogue-one-interview

ROGUE ONE: OUT FROM THE WRECKAGE!

Amidst a ruined section of the Imperial facility on Scarif, an injured Shoretrooper tries to escape the wreckage in an intriguing unseen moment from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ultimately captured on TOPPS card.

CLASSIC ART: 'ROGUE ONE' TURNS THREE...

Art by Paul Mann.

Courage under fire, and more so, for the inspiring figure of rebellious Jyn Erso and her mismatched but dedicated band of heroes out to steal the plans for the top secret Imperial Death Star space station. As popular as ever, the gritty and genuinely emotional Rogue One: A Star Wars Story celebrates its Third UK Anniversary today.

Though I hear the sequel to this is even better...

ROGUE ONE: WHEN A MURDERER'S WORK IS NEVER DONE...

Emerging from the body and tech debris littered beach front of the war-torn Scarif, brutal Director Orson Krennic readies his trusty ancient blaster in order to efficiently do the job that those fools in the military couldn't - namely destroy the surviving Rebel Alliance operatives at work inside the Imperial base's communication dish facility, in a deleted scene from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

ROGUE ONE: REBEL MOVER!

The Rebellion's corvette vessel five speeds alongside a recently crippled Star Destroyer orbiting above Scarif, ready to initiate a bold plan for Admiral Raddus, in a memorable moment from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

ROGUE ONE: THE HEROES OF SCARIF!

Jyn Erso, described by her writer/creators as a galactic 'Joan of Arc' figure, leads her loyal new friends into the heart of the Empire's top secret information superhighway, on a dangerous, eventual one-way mission to bring hope to the rebellion against tyranny. Great fan poster art for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story by Martin Ansin.

ROGUE ONE: UP (TOO) CLOSE AND PERSONAL!

Her quest to send the Death Star plans to the orbiting Rebels almost complete, Jyn Erso is suddenly blocked by the arrival of a TIE fighter ready to extinguish her life, in this now iconic image from one of the early Rogue One - A Star Wars Story trailers, which also gave fans the greatest, highly detailed shot yet of a Classic Trilogy movie TIE fighter.

Behind the scenes, it's been alleged that the TIE was created only as a 'Wow!' moment for the early trailers, part of Rogue One's ever-evolving production process, eventually to be replaced by one of the all-new TIE craft over Scarif's skies created by Doug Chiang.

ROGUE ONE: HEROES OF THE SKY!

Arriving in the nick of time and only just before the Empire's planetary shield is activated, Blue Leader and his X-wing squadron bring much needed airborne assistance to our small band of Rebel heroes on Scarif, taking out the light-weight but weapons powerful ground cargo Walkers, in this soaring visual moment from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

ROGUE ONE: THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY!

The Stormtrooper body count is always going to be high with freedom fighter Jyn Erso about, as this image from the now legendary Battle of Scarif shows (linked to an ultimately deleted sequence). Great art, from Brian Rood, which would be used for all kind of 2016 merchandising.

Happy UK First Anniversary to that opening anthology film success that is Rogue One: A Star Wars Story!

ROGUE ONE: KRENNIC'S ULTIMATE VICTORY?

Imperial Director Krennic takes aim at Jyn Erso, determined not to let any further security breaches or Rebel incursions stand in the way of his Death Star's destiny as the ultimate power of the Empire, in this scene from Rogue One, set during the finale action on Scarif.

ROGUE ONE: BODHI THE FIGHTER...

We know him more as the shuttle pilot or the vital cable guy who helped the Rebels transmit the Death Star plans from Scarif, so its interesting to see this image of Riz Ahmed as Bodhi Rook holding a Rebel blaster- it looks more like a film scene image than a posed promotional image, perhaps from one of the original sequences for Rogue One featuring his beach squad involvement at the Imperial base, before all the re-shoots..

ROGUE ONE: SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP!

Mere moments too late to stop the Rebel Blockade Runner from escaping with the Death Star schematics transmitted from the now destroyed Imperial facility on Scarif, fearsome Lord Darth Vader,crimson lightsaber blade in hand after much ruthless slaughter of enemy soldiers, will not stop until he has traced the remaining Rebel spies to whatever secret part of the universe they are hiding at, in this great image from the finale to ROGUE ONE that was recently made available on TOPPS card format.

A worthy and exciting UK The Sunday Times bestseller chart entry, don't forget that Alexander Freed's expansive adaptation of ROGUE ONE is out now in meaty paperback form, with additional new scene content, from ARROW.

Get it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1784752924/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494421298&sr=1-1&keywords=rogue+one+paperback

ROGUE ONE: REBELS VS WALKERS!

The classic and now infamous deleted scene from the superb teaser trailer for ROGUE ONE, the one which director Gareth Edwards was sad to let go with the films re-shoots, where Jyn and her band of unique Rebel soldiers race headlong into battle against AT-ACT Walkers on the shoreline of Scarif. Terrific art by Matt Ferguson.

Alexander Freed's acclaimed adaptation of the film that ultimately made it to our screens is out now in weighty and wonderful paperback form in the UK via ARROW BOOKS. And if you haven't already got it and absorbed its gritty atmosphere and bold heroics from cover to cover, then do so now!

Get it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=rogue+one+novel+paperback