Whereas filmmaker Gareth Edwards appreciates Rogue One: A Star Wars Story‘s success, he’s centered on the long run.
When lately requested by Business Insider if he would make one other Star Wars movie, the director responded, “I’m very blissful to maneuver on and do my factor.”
Rogue One, which starred Felicity Jones and Diego Luna, was the primary spinoff film within the Star Wars franchise. The 2016 movie adopted a bunch of unlikely heroes who band collectively on a mission to steal the plans for the Demise Star, the Empire’s final weapon of destruction.
The movie went on to gross greater than $1 billion worldwide on the field workplace and earned extra reward after the discharge of the Disney+ prequel sequence Andor. Whereas some followers have known as Rogue One the perfect Star Wars film since Disney purchased Lucasfilm in 2012, Edwards disagreed. “I don’t agree with it, however I respect it,” he mentioned. “I’m very grateful that individuals say good issues.”
Because the movie approaches its tenth anniversary subsequent yr, the Jurassic World Rebirth director added that he went into Rogue One fascinated about its longevity in cinema, not essentially its opening field workplace numbers.
“What it’s important to preserve in your pocket as you undergo making different movies is that it’s not about how folks really feel the day it will get launched, it’s how folks really feel about it 10, 20 years from now,” he defined. “Whenever you make a film, you’re residing no less than a yr from now, you’re making an attempt to think about what it’s like, all these choices you’re making, what they will be like a yr from now when this film is launched, what’s the viewers going to suppose?”
“And because the film comes out, you go, ‘I’m going to fake I’m residing 10 years from now, and it doesn’t matter what folks say within the second,’” Edwards continued. “It’s the child who comes as much as you 20 years from now and goes, ‘Oh my god, I liked that film!’ I feel that’s the reward.”