“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” had one of the darkest endings to a “Star Wars” film ever, but it wasn’t always supposed to end that way.
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In a new interview with Cult Popture, “Rogue One” writer Chris Weitz revealed that an early version of the script for the film did not end with all the main characters dying.
“The version prior to [my involvement] didn’t have everyone die. As a matter of fact, it ended with a wedding,” Weitz said. “I think it was on the presumption that Disney wouldn’t allow characters to die with such abandon.”
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Weitz explained that he tried the ending that ended up in the final film after taking over the project from writer Gary Whitta.
“I felt it was necessary because nobody ever mentions them or sees them again,” he said. “But also because we’ve done this whole sort of theme about sacrifice that it was appropriate that all of our main characters die.”
