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Tuesday, 21 November 2023

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!

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Sunday, 10 January 2021

ROGUE ONE: COMETH THE EMISSARY!


Great promotional and merchandising art showcasing the ultimate saga villain, Darth Vader, for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, by Joe Corroney. In the originally filmed version of the movie, before the reshoots, Vader's role in the story was a deliberately minimalist one- an ominous. shadowy figure for several sequences, having been sent as an emissary by the Emperor to oversee the final stages of the Death Star's completion originally above Scarif (when it was a construction base rather than a communications/vault facility - a task that the Dark Lord assumed but was not interested in, considering the space station's destructive abilities insignificant compared to the true power of the Force (a belief he also shared in A New Hope), and despite the tyrannical ambitions and boasting of a power-demonstrative Orson Krennic, a brief moment of their conversation of which would be seen in an early movie trailer in 2016. In this deleted Death Star sequence, Vader would be physically portrayed by actor/muscle man Spencer Wilding, with vocal recording being done, also unused, featuring James Earl Jones.











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Sunday, 19 March 2017

ROGUE ONE: DARTH VADER'S LOST SCENES...

The original force of STAR WARS evildom: Darth Vader, as seen in ROGUE ONE. 

It was always planned that the STAR WARS saga's most iconic and popular villain would appear in ROGUE ONE, but originally it was only to have been on the strategic periphery of the story telling, a shadowy but imposing third party in the battle of wills and power for control of the Death Star between Tarkin and Krennic. As in the finished film, Krennic, recognising Vader's power and his influence with the Empire, was eager to win over the Dark Lord's support, in scenes originally set on the space station in orbit around Scarif (its sanctuary moon and construction site) before being rewritten and transferred to the fan friendly environment of Vader's new home castle on Mustafar- a further welcome bridging between the Prequel and Classic trilogies, and incorporating the lead-in scene of Vader/Anakin Skywalker in the bacta tank. This was an environment originally likely to have been either within the Death Star or an Imperial Star Destroyer, before being relocated. Wearing prosthetics as Anakin was stuntman/actor Daniel Naprous, of which this scene must have been shot before the Summer 2016 reshoots, as it made the first teaser trailer for ROGUE ONE that debuted in April that year...

As seen in an early trailer, the reflection of Vader (Spencer Wilding) at the Death Star overview bridge.

Looking at computer graphics, presumably of Scarif (the original secret construction homeworld to the Death Star) or Jedha prior to its destruction?

Krennic has an audience with Vader (Spencer Wilding) at the location.

TOPPS card Rebel Missions Briefing Comic Strip 1 art no doubt based on this deleted scene.

The idea of a castle home for Vader had been conceived early on for ROGUE ONE (as recently confirmed by Art Director Doug Chiang), with an archive visitation of Ralph McQuarrie's original ideas for THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK plus other Mustafar designs from EPISODE III, before the concept was seemingly dropped then reappeared as a filming reality for the 2016 re-shoots, with Ben Mendelsohn back as Krennic and stuntman Daniel Naprous now inhabiting the costume for this and the later in the reshoot schedule epic Vader confrontation on the Blockade Runner- a genius idea from the film's co-editor Jabez Olssen to director Gareth Edwards, and quickly given the go order for three days filming by Kathleen Kennedy, recognising its potential to wow audiences- Vader was always to have given chase to the departing Death Star plan custodians at the end of the film but never in such a proactive and murderous way.

ROGUE ONE’s Final Darth Vader Scene Was a Reshoot | Nerdist
Darth Vader's Big Rogue One Scene Barely Made It Into the Film
Star Wars' Kiwi editor Jabez Olssen goes Rogue to secure memorable Darth moment | Stuff.co.nz

On a Star Destroyer, Krennic confers with Vader (Spencer Wilding).

This might be from filming originally linked to Mustafar but the costume looks different to the one seen on film. Perhaps an alternate scene version or camera test of some kind.

As to other areas of the film, Vader was originally present to watch the earlier destruction of Jedha, alongside Tarkin at one point - a classic image that we wish had made the final cut. A scene set between Krennic and Vader on both the Death Star and on a Star Destroyer bridge was clearly shot, as seen in another early trailer where the former talks about the immeasurable power of the Death Star, clearly using it to further acquire Vader's support. This could be where James Earl Jones unused ADR reply dialogue regarding "power", mentioned by Gareth Edwards at CELEBRATION EUROPE 2016, was to have been used. The idea and tone of this scene was presumably shifted over to the Mustafar location in re-shoots.

Vader on the Star Destroyer bridge, most likely played here by Spencer Wilding.

Gareth Edwards watches shooting of a deleted Vader scene on a Star Destroyer bridge, possibly linked to the film's original ending.

The Vader suit, first worn in the original filming period by actor/stuntman Spencer Wilding, and later in the re-shoots by Naprous, was not from the Lucasfilm Archives but fan built- camera tested by Gareth Edwards and his crew on one of the Starkiller Base sets during production of THE FORCE AWAKENS. Original sculptor Brian Muir returned to create the old/new helmet that would replicate Vader's facial appearance in A New Hope, whilst the overall final appearance of the character was checked over by his original costume designer, John Mollo. For reasons unknown, however, it was decided that Vader's appearance in ROGUE ONE in its final iteration would not fully adhere to the 1977 film's continuity- his inner cloak wrappings not being displayed outside the shoulder armour.

Star Wars Director Reveals the Secrets Behind Rogue One's Final Vader Scene - YouTube

Rogue One Director Admits Filming Darth Vader's Scenes Was Scary

Rogue One almost had a bonus Vader scene

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

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Wednesday, 21 December 2016

ROGUE ONE: IN THE SHADOW OF VADER!


SPOILER ALERT! Newly arrived at the fiery hell planet of Mustafar, Director Krennic, on the cusp of greatness with the Death Star operational, seeks the audience and support of the indomitable Darth Vader within the Dark Lord's castle enclave, in a fine moment from ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY.

Rogue One’s Darth Vader is the most melodramatic we’ve seen yet - Polygon

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Monday, 19 December 2016

ROGUE ONE: DARTH VADER: MAN, MACHINE, AND MONSTER!


POTENTIAL SPOILERS! Not that he ever needed to worry, but Darth Vader easily re-confirmed his place as cinema and sci-fi evildom's greatest baddie with his pivotal scenes in ROGUE ONE. Played by Spencer Wilding and in stunt work by Daniel Naprous, it was great to have him back, and here's hoping future anthology films set during the original six films created by George Lucas will find a way of incorporating him into their adventures.





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