Gary Whitta was the screenwriter for the first draft of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,[1] for which he also coined the title.[2] In 2015, Chris Weitz was brought on to complete the screenplay.[3]
Previously, Whitta served as editor-in-chief of both the UK and US versions of PC Gamer Magazine. Several years prior to the announcement that he would write one of the Star Wars spin-off films, Whitta made a number of posts to the NeoGAF message boards, in which he criticized the prequel trilogy and the 2011 Blu-ray changes to the original trilogy.[4]
He had a cameo appearance in Rogue One as Gray Leader, which was cut from the film.[5]
Star Wars work[]
Star Wars Rebels — "The Antilles Extraction"
Star Wars Rebels — "The Wynkahthu Job"
Star Wars Rebels — "Warhead"
Star Wars Rebels — "In the Name of the Rebellion" (Part One)- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- "Raymus" — From a Certain Point of View
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi Adaptation
- "Rogue Two" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
Sources[]
Gareth Edwards and Gary Whitta Onboard for Star Wars Stand-Alone Film on StarWars.com (backup link)
"Launch Pad" — Star Wars Insider 151
Gary Whitta on Exploring the Force and Giving Ackbar His Moment in Marvel's Star Wars: The Last Jedi Comic on StarWars.com (backup link)
"200 Reasons Why We Love Star Wars" — Star Wars Insider 200
Notes and references[]
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Gareth Edwards and Gary Whitta Onboard for Star Wars Stand-Alone Film on StarWars.com (backup link)
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Gary Whitta (@garywhitta) on Twitter (post): "Well I can now say that I named a @starwars movie! That's pretty cool. #RogueOne" (screenshot)
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Rogue One is the First Star Wars Stand-Alone Film, Rian Johnson to Write and Direct Star Wars: Episode VIII on StarWars.com (backup link)
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Why Screenwriter Gary Whitta's Rant Proves He's Perfect For Star Wars by Bricken, Rob on io9.gizmodo.com (May 23, 2014) (backup link archived on June 16, 2016)
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Star Wars: Rogue One Cut Pilot Cameo Revealed by Alex Welch on screenrant.com (December 23, 2016) (backup link archived on January 25, 2020)
External links[]
Gary Whitta on Wikipedia
Gary Whitta at the Internet Movie Database
Gary Whitta (@garywhitta) on Twitter (backup link)
Gary Whitta On Growing Up With Star Wars, Prequel Disappointment and Writing a Spin-Off on /film (backup link archived on October 19, 2018)
Now we know what the writers of Star Wars: Rogue One were really thinking on Ars Technica (backup link archived on December 4, 2017)