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Knoll took them through covert infiltrations and intrigue, followed by requisite escapes and evasions.

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Tight and economical in its telling, Knoll’s pitch also envisioned a streamlined cast of characters to drive the story - leaning on tropes and conventions from his own childhood cinematic inspirations.Īmong the unusual suspects populating Knoll’s cast of characters were rebel commando Jyn Erso, rebel pilot named Ria Talla, protocol droid K-2SO, and team members Dray Nevis and Jerris Kestal, along with aliens Lunak and Senna - all engaged in a series of breathless set pieces in search of a means to destroy the Death Star. Initially, the main characters were very different than those we met in the final movie.

Top-tier concept artists were among the very first people brought in to do that work. Sources close to the project tell Kushins that when Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy heard Knoll’s pitch in May of 2013, she came out of the meeting “glowing.” Knoll got the greenlight to flesh out the concept soon thereafter, which was at that time just a few pages long. The original title was Destroyer of Worlds. He writes that the initial treatment was a “relatively modest genre pitch” from John Knoll, chief creative officer at Industrial Light & Magic. In The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a 254-page hardcover with more than 300 full-color illustrations, author Josh Kushins relates the story of the movie’s inception. Must Read: Rogue One art book reveals the transformation of its charactersĮxclusive images from a vital new book for Star Wars fans

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