Director of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was worried movie was sacrilegious

By Darryn King
Updated December 1 2016 - 6:38pm, first published 3:18pm
The first stand-alone <i>Star Wars</i> film: <i>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story</i>. Photo: Supplied
The first stand-alone <i>Star Wars</i> film: <i>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story</i>. Photo: Supplied
Wen Jiang as Baze Malbus in <i>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story</i>.  Photo: Jonathan Olley
Wen Jiang as Baze Malbus in <i>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story</i>. Photo: Jonathan Olley

From about the age of six, Gareth Edwards watched Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope "every day for at least a couple of years". On long car journeys, he would recite whole chunks of George Lucas' screenplay, much to the alarm of his family, who worried he might be autistic.

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