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San Francisco, Calif. — In a press conference at the Lucasfilm headquarters in San Francisco this weekend, director Gareth Edwards leans towards Kathleen Kennedy with an inquisitive smile. “Can I tell them?” his eyes seem to ask as Kathleen Kennedy, President of Lucasfilm takes a brief moment before allowing Gareth to share the news. You can see how giddy Gareth became when a reporter asked about George Lucas’ involvement or interactions with Rogue One if any.
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Gareth Edwards: “Two days ago, we got to show George the movie. And we all got a phone call and I got to speak with him yesterday, and I don’t want to put words in his mouth but I can honestly say that I can die happy now. He really liked it he said, and that meant a lot. And to be honest, no offense to any one here, but it was the most important review to me. You know, you guys are important too but come on.” (laughter)
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The rest of the cast also chimed in that they were showed the film and all were very happy with it, which is promising to long-time fans of the franchise. Visual Effects guru and Executive Producer John Knoll is behind the film which is already a strong start.
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We asked director Gareth Edwards about his thoughts on the score by Michael Giacchino. “Michael did an amazing score for us. He is a massive massive massive massive Star Wars fan. The vocabulary of that music is in him and he just brought out – there’s particular moments in the film musically that, especially towards the end, it’s truly stunning and very emotional. I think he knocked it out of the park. We’re very lucky.”
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We also asked the cast about their thoughts were on their action figures and toys. Mads Mikkelsen didn’t have a figure yet, while Ben Mendelsohn and Felicity Jones remained silent on the question, the rest of the cast provided light banter about their toys.
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Kathleen Kennedy: “I have to say that I was laughing to myself because these guys were all standing out in the hall waiting to come in here, because they were all scrutinizing the toys that are on display.”
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Diego Luna: “Hot Wheels, that’s the weirdest one. You know I always felt sorry for those musicians or those writers that for Christmas, give their own record as a gift…. But I think for this Christmas I’m going to be giving a lot of my figures as gifts. It’s so cool! When I saw my kids playing with that, it was perfect. My daughter, I gave her my figure, and she was all “no, no, do you have Jyn’s?” She loves Felicity. It’s a cool feeling. I don’t know, probably twenty, thirty years from now it’s going to be pretty cool to open that drawer and find your toy. I like Alan’s [Tudyk] because it doesn’t have his face (laughs). And it doesn’t do the voice so it’s like he cannot say that it’s his toy!”
Alan Tudyk: “It’s a selling point for sure. Mine is a lot bigger than yours, I should say… maybe that’s what that’s about. There’s one that’s this tall and I have it sitting on my couch. It’s kinda chillin’, chillin’ at home, K2’s just there. And they don’t just make ONE action figure, there’s like five and a car… although yeah, I don’t have a car. (to Donnie) Don’t you have action figures already?”
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Donnie Yen: “Yeah, I have quite a few (smiles). The biggest one I have is like 9 feet tall. Bigger than you (pointing at Alan).”
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Alan Tudyk: “You can crush mine with your foot. [To John Knoll] John, you have a figure?”
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John Knoll: “I don’t.”
Alan Tudyk: “You can take one of the K2-SO ones.”
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Riz Ahmed: “I did get an action figure and I was very pleased because it’s a lot better looking than I am. I thought they would accidentally model it a little off of Diego or something, as we get easily confused (laughter). It was kind of a surreal, amazing moment. It was something I did, playing with toys as a kid, and being a part of that universe in plastic is an amazing gift. Yeah, it’s slightly narcissistic, giving everyone my figure.”
Gareth Edwards: “Why are you giving me Diego? (laughs)”
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Rogue One lands in theaters everywhere December 16, 2016, and Rogue One merchandise is available now.
Photography by David Yeh