With a typical marketing campaign for a film, behind-the-scenes featurettes are part of the pre-release phase, along with trailers, TV spots, and other imagery. WithRogue One: A Star Wars Story, a film that prided itself on secrecy (though not as much asThe Force Awakens), we’re getting more of these materials after the fact, as the film continues to fatten its worldwide total.
One such featurette basks in the imagery of the various real-life locales, including Jordan (where the scenes on the planet Jedha were filmed), the U.K. (used for the exterior shots of the Rebel base and where directorGareth Edwardsfilmed some of the more VFX-heavy shots on a soundstage), Iceland (the location for the planet Lah’mu, whereMads Mikkelsen’s Galen Erso used as a hideout from the Empire), and the Maldives (used for Scarif, the tropical planet that housed an Empire military base).
SinceRogue Onedebuted so late in the year, the featurette also acts as a portfolio for any potential awards voters. The film is already on the shortlists for Best Visual Effects and Best Original Score for the Oscars.
After achieving the biggest Thursday debut of the year and one of the largest opening weekend premieres of all time,Rogue Onehas now crossed the $200 million mark at the domestic box office, based on yesterday’s estimates. It’s a feat achieved over the course of six days by only four other films:Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,Iron Man 3,The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, andThe Dark Knight Rises. It also meansRogue One’s worldwide total reaching into the $350 million bracket.
As the first of theStar Warsanthology films,Rogue Onewas a bit of an experiment that would determine exactly how many of them Lucasfilm would green light in the future.Phil LordandChris Millerare already developingthe Han Solo prequelwithAlden Ehrenreichas the titular smuggler andDonald Gloveras Landon Calrissian. But the studio has yet to find a replacement forJosh Trank’s film, which was supposed to be our Boba Fett story.
Based onRogue One’s numbers, we’ll probably see many more down the line. For now, peruse our recentRogue Onecoverage below.
