The film starred Felicity Jones as reluctant leader Jyn Erso, daughter of Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen), a scientist who played a pivotal role in the Death Star's creation, and the one responsible for including the failsafe that ultimately secured the Rebels' major victory against the Empire. EW's sources pushed back on the idea that more than half of the film would be reshot, stating that, if that were the case, the movie would have had to be pushed back due to its scale: "If we were rewriting the movie and reshooting 40 percent of movie, we would not be finishing in August. Appearing on KCRW's The Business in 2023 (via Variety), he stated there was a lot of inaccuracy surrounding the film's production process and clarified that, though Tony Gilroy did, in fact, contribute to the movie, it was a collaboration between the both of them: "The stuff that's out there on the internet about what happened on that film—there is so much inaccuracy about the whole thing.
Author: DanielKlissmman
Published at: 2025-12-23 20:30:00
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