Tony Gilroy

Thank you. Yeah. I mean, there's a lot of material to be compared with. So it's a big thank you.

Thank you. Yeah. I mean, there's a lot of material to be compared with. So it's a big thank you.

No, I'm always trying to do something that I haven't seen before that is gonna be unusual. So no, I had no, I was very much not into any other model. I was very into striking new ground. And the other thing that I was being offered was a five-year piece of history on that calendar that you probably know pretty well. I think you're a big fan.

No, I'm always trying to do something that I haven't seen before that is gonna be unusual. So no, I had no, I was very much not into any other model. I was very into striking new ground. And the other thing that I was being offered was a five-year piece of history on that calendar that you probably know pretty well. I think you're a big fan.

I have that five-year tranche of history that takes you up to the first scene in Rogue One.

I have that five-year tranche of history that takes you up to the first scene in Rogue One.

Well, that was the offer. The canvas that was being offered was just a wildly abundant opportunity of...

Well, that was the offer. The canvas that was being offered was just a wildly abundant opportunity of...

To use all of the nonfiction and all the history and all the amateur reading that I'd done over the past 40 years and all the things I was fascinated by, all the revolution stuff, that not only I would never have a chance to do again, but I really wondered if anybody else would ever have a chance to do again.

To use all of the nonfiction and all the history and all the amateur reading that I'd done over the past 40 years and all the things I was fascinated by, all the revolution stuff, that not only I would never have a chance to do again, but I really wondered if anybody else would ever have a chance to do again.

When are you going to be able to have, as we've ended up with, a 1,500-page—I think of it as a novel, really, a 1,500-page novel— that is trying to deal with as many aspects of authoritarianism and fascism and colonialism and rebellion and coalition and sacrifice and all of that.

When are you going to be able to have, as we've ended up with, a 1,500-page—I think of it as a novel, really, a 1,500-page novel— that is trying to deal with as many aspects of authoritarianism and fascism and colonialism and rebellion and coalition and sacrifice and all of that.

The five years that I've been given are extremely potent. You have the Empire really closing down, really choking, really ramping up. The Emperor's building the Death Star. The rebellion on Gorman was a front from the start, a cover to strip mine the planet for some mineral that they need.

The five years that I've been given are extremely potent. You have the Empire really closing down, really choking, really ramping up. The Emperor's building the Death Star. The rebellion on Gorman was a front from the start, a cover to strip mine the planet for some mineral that they need.

They are closing out corporate planets and absorbing them into the state. They are imperialistically acquiring planets and taking what they want. The noose is tightening dramatically. There still is a Senate. There are senators that are speaking out impotently.

They are closing out corporate planets and absorbing them into the state. They are imperialistically acquiring planets and taking what they want. The noose is tightening dramatically. There still is a Senate. There are senators that are speaking out impotently.

The Senate has been all but completely emasculated by the time this five-year tranche is over. And there are revolutionary groups, rebellious groups, and people who are acting rebelliously who wouldn't even know how to describe themselves as part of any movement. There are a completely wide spectrum of unaffiliated cells, I guess, and activists that are rising independently across the galaxy.

The Senate has been all but completely emasculated by the time this five-year tranche is over. And there are revolutionary groups, rebellious groups, and people who are acting rebelliously who wouldn't even know how to describe themselves as part of any movement. There are a completely wide spectrum of unaffiliated cells, I guess, and activists that are rising independently across the galaxy.

And at the same time, you have a group of more restrained politicians who are trying to make an organized coalition of a rebellion on a place called Yavin, which will end up being the true victory of the rebel alliance. I wanted to do a show all about the forgotten people who make... a revolution like this happen on both sides.

And at the same time, you have a group of more restrained politicians who are trying to make an organized coalition of a rebellion on a place called Yavin, which will end up being the true victory of the rebel alliance. I wanted to do a show all about the forgotten people who make... a revolution like this happen on both sides.