Rogue One explores war in the Star Wars universe in a different way than the other films.
The resistance movement is splintered, torn between Mon Mothmas organized Rebellion and Saw Gerreras more violent partisans.
Galen convinces Bodhi to do something better with his life.
Saws methods are almost as cruel as the Empires.
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Galen himself is portrayed as a good person forced by circumstance to do bad things.
We mostly see Galen from the perspective of Jyn, who is torn about her father.
Rogue Oneisnt the firstStar Warsstory to adopt a grayer approach.
The idea of heroes on both sides originally comes from the prequels, though.
Palpatine had already set in motion his plan to create an Empire.
There has been extensive writing on how the war influenced the films, andRogue Onecontinues that influence.
Edwards also drew inspiration from real world wars: in his case, the conflict in Vietnam.
Edwards said that he wanted to capture an element of realism using that technique.
The result is the beaches of Scarif and the indiscriminate bombing runs on Eadu.
AsA New Hopedrew from World War II footage, so too didRogue Onedraw from real-world influences.
Megan Crouse is a staff writer.
