Next month’s Star Wars spin-off film, Rogue One, will be the first in the franchise not to have an “opening crawl”.
The distinctive slanted rolling captions have been a hallmark of every Star Wars film from 1977’s A New Hope to last year’s The Force Awakens.
However, the franchise’s producer and head of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, has explained that because Rogue One is conceived as a World War II-style adventure, the opening crawl would not feel appropriate.
“We felt that’s so indicative of what those saga films are,” she told Variety. “Initially, we probably will begin the film in a way that is traditional, with just the title.”
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The eagerly-anticipated spin-off film, which stars Felicity Jones as mercenary Jyn Erso, opens in the Philippines on December 16. Check out the latest photos from the film.
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