In a week time, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" will open in theaters. As expectations and pressures from the fans of the Forces hang over the heads of the crews of the "Star Wars" spin-off, Director Gareth Edwards took some time to answer some questions about the film including the reshoots it had to underwent.

Anticipating audiences of "Rogue One" kind of gotten frantic over these reshoots and major changes done with the film that were reported a few months ago. Talking with Los Angeles Times, Edwards explained the matter.

"What happened was that I'd say a third of the movie or more has this embedded documentary style to it," Edwards started. "And as a result, we shot hours and hours and days and days of material. Normally when you put a film together, it goes like A-B-C-D-E and you move on. Whereas we had so many permutations, so many different ways it could be constructed, it took longer in the edit to find the exact version."

The fans have the right to be anxious, however, considering the loose timetable of the film production. For Edwards, however, who also directed "Godzilla" and "Monsters," he divulged his inclination to make films that are organic rather than predetermined.

"Things kept improving constantly and the film was getting better and better - and if you're improving it, you don't stop," the "Rogue One" director said.

Edwards continued: "I think any other movie you would say, "That'll do. We're going to get a hit." But "Star Wars" is going to live forever if you do it properly. We just can't let it go. You've got keep going until they prise it out of your hands.

"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" will come to the US theaters on December 16 and will take "Star Wars" back to the past when the war was rife. With its cinematography done by Greig Faser, the film promises a grittier film, reported News24.

"Rogue One" will also introduce a new heroine, Jyn Erso portrayed by Felicity Jones. Other characters include Galen (Mads Mikkelsen, Cassian (Diego Luna), Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker), Bodhi Rook (RizAhmed), and a droid called K-2SO (Alan Tudyk).

Related