Thread by @TheSpaceshipper

Rogue One was released 5 years ago today.

To pay homage to the least divisive of Disney era Star Wars movies, I'll be feeding this concept art/behind the scenes thread throughout the day.

A really beautiful movie.

Rogue One (2016)

Let's start with the fantastic U-wing, a ship whose design fits perfectly into the context of the film. It could have appeared in 1977. It obviously took a gigantic iteration work to get there.

Art by Doug Chiang, @ThomTenery , @MattAllsopp1 & @rchurchdesign

@ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 @rchurchdesign This concept art was also our first glimpse of the film, in April 2015, at Star Wars Celebration.

Art by Matt Allsopp:

@ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 @rchurchdesign The U-wing on screen;

@ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 @rchurchdesign U-wing concept model by @alexhutchingsa1

"I worked on the development of the U-Wing & was also hands on with general art department models duties such as 3D printing, kit basing dressing for the model sets and producing model assets."

With @coliewertz :

@ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 @rchurchdesign @alexhutchingsa1 @coliewertz More later!

@ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 @rchurchdesign @alexhutchingsa1 @coliewertz Into the 'real' U-wing.

Into the U-wing again.

Let's continue the Rogue One ships with the TIE Striker, here as an early design by @rchurchdesign

@rchurchdesign Still the TIE Striker, art by Thom Tenery

@rchurchdesign The TIE Reaper, art by Doug Chiang.

We saw it or even piloted it in Jedi: Fallen Order (2019) and Squadrons (2020).

@rchurchdesign Rogue One (2016): Art by @ThomTenery

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery Still on the imperial side, the Delta-class T-3c shuttle, art by Ryan Church

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery Better.

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery Zeta-class Heavy Cargo Shuttle, art by James Clyne & Thom Tenery

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery The very neat MC75 Star Cruiser Profundity, art by @MattAllsopp1

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 The Profundity.

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 That's no moon!

Here's the work of Kirill "Oberfett" Chepizhko, who modeled everything around the Death Star dish.

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 One idea was to build the Death Star on a planet.

Art by @andreewallin :

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 @andreewallin Filming Rogue One (2016)

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 @andreewallin Escape from Jedha, art by @andreewallin

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 @andreewallin Vader appears, art by @JonMcCoyArt

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 @andreewallin @JonMcCoyArt Scarif, art by Andree Wallin, Thom Tenery & Brett Northcutt

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 @andreewallin @JonMcCoyArt Jedha, art by Will Htay, Vincent Jenkins & Ryan Church.

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 @andreewallin @JonMcCoyArt Yavin IV set

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 @andreewallin @JonMcCoyArt Lah'mu, art by Brett Northcutt

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 @andreewallin @JonMcCoyArt VFX by @ILMVFX

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 @andreewallin @JonMcCoyArt @ILMVFX Scarif Shipyard, early idea by Ryan Church

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 @andreewallin @JonMcCoyArt @ILMVFX Battle of Scarif:

@rchurchdesign @ThomTenery @MattAllsopp1 @andreewallin @JonMcCoyArt @ILMVFX More later!

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A new interview of director Gareth Edwards!

"John Knoll was a hero of mine growing up, getting into VFX. At some point in the industry, if you’re not given a directing gig straight from film school, you have to pick a career. I picked visual effects."

Rogue One (2016): Sphyrna-class corvette maneuver.

I'm pushing this thread up because it highlights the work of @euisung
and the ILM team, based on an idea from John Knoll.

They created this "story within a story"which makes a great space battle.

@euisung As you know, the Ghost from Rebels (2014-2018) appears on Scarif.

@halhickel (animation supervisor on Rogue One): “It’s just casual and friendly contact between folks at Lucasfilm working on different aspects of the SW universe and going, ‘Can we put your ship in our movie?’”

@euisung @halhickel John Knoll: “I was chatting with Dave Filoni. [I asked] ‘How would you feel about having the Ghost show up somewhere in Rogue One?’ They were all excited about the idea.”

Ghost 3D models for Rebels (up) & Rogue One (down)

@euisung @halhickel That's how you do more than an easter egg: you're creating lore and connection.

The Ghost will appear again in The Rise of Skywalker (2019). And I'm sure it won't be far from Ahsoka, in 2023.

@euisung @halhickel The best easter egg: 39 years after Star Wars (1977), the reappearance of @AngusMacGold
as Gold Leader/Jon "Dutch" Vander (and the late Drewe Henley as Red Leader, too).

"They contacted me sometime in early October and said they wanted to use the footage? I said, "Well yeah."

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold Director Gareth Edwards: "We got the neg documents and found the clips from ANH that hadn’t been used. And there’s pilot photography and lines that were never featured. Through the magic of @ILMVFX , they cut round them and manipulated them and stuck them into our cockpits".

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold @ILMVFX @AngusMacGold
: "We re-recorded the dialogue for the sequence. Just little tweaks here and there – but it was important to change it, because obviously you couldn’t use the same dialogue at Yavin as you could with this sequence.”

But:

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold @ILMVFX Gareth Edwards: "It’s the sort of thing you think, ‘how many people will notice?’ Do you know what I mean? It’s like, is this a lot of effort for very little reward?”

And only 2 months before release. But we noticed, and it's a beautiful tribute.

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold @ILMVFX About the Vader scene at the end.

"Gareth Edwards: It was a last-minute decision, and credit goes to Jabez Olssen, who was an editor on the film. We always wanted Vader in the movie as much as possible without playing that card too often."

Art by @JonMcCoyArt :

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold @ILMVFX @JonMcCoyArt "There were some other things in the works, and maybe we should stay clear of Vader a little bit. But as the film progressed it got clearer that this is that story that, if you watch the beginning of A New Hope, he’s obviously very pissed. [Laughs]"

Art by Yanick Dusseault:

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold @ILMVFX @JonMcCoyArt "They have these plans, and he wants them desperately back. It feels like he was very intimately involved in some way in the moments that led to them being stolen. So we were always trying to fit him into the end of the film."

Art by @MattAllsopp1 :

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold @ILMVFX @JonMcCoyArt @MattAllsopp1 "I feel like the new future of Star Wars is that kind of passing of the torch, rather than one person defining it all. It’s this thing that lots of artists can play with and bring their voice to. Like, we see different versions of that world. I think that’s more exciting."

YES

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold @ILMVFX @JonMcCoyArt @MattAllsopp1 "If you don’t take a stand against certain things, those things will win out. And you can’t let that happen, what’s unfolding is such a bad thing for society."

Very nice interview @dan_brooks !

Again:
starwars.com/news/gareth-ed…

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold @ILMVFX @JonMcCoyArt @MattAllsopp1 @dan_brooks Rogue One (2016): Poster sketch by @MattAllsopp1

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold @ILMVFX @JonMcCoyArt @MattAllsopp1 @dan_brooks There is so much to be said about Rogue One. I didn't even mention the costume work and the worldbuilding that goes with it.

Art by @MeZolith2 :

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold @ILMVFX @JonMcCoyArt @MattAllsopp1 @dan_brooks @MeZolith2 Or the props, here by Matthew Savage:

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold @ILMVFX @JonMcCoyArt @MattAllsopp1 @dan_brooks @MeZolith2 Art (postvis) by Yanick Dusseault:

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold @ILMVFX @JonMcCoyArt @MattAllsopp1 @dan_brooks @MeZolith2 Next time, I will not improvise a thread. I will do a deep dive article.

Art by Kinman Chan:

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold @ILMVFX @JonMcCoyArt @MattAllsopp1 @dan_brooks @MeZolith2 Rogue One (2016): Art by Matt Allsopp

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold @ILMVFX @JonMcCoyArt @MattAllsopp1 @dan_brooks @MeZolith2 I will close this thread soon, but I remind you that there is an excellent book dedicated to the preproduction of Rogue One.

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold @ILMVFX @JonMcCoyArt @MattAllsopp1 @dan_brooks @MeZolith2 Okay, it's time for me to cook a tartiflette.

We close the shop with this neat artwork by Brett Northcutt.

@euisung @halhickel @AngusMacGold @ILMVFX @JonMcCoyArt @MattAllsopp1 @dan_brooks @MeZolith2 Rebellions are built on hope.

Art (postvis) by Yanick Dusseault

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THAT was really nice 👌

It was the story which really started this account, too 🙏

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Good memories 🤗
I wrote so many articles about the making of this movie for press, back then 😍

Beautiful.