10 New Behind the Scenes Photos from Rogue One!

Moroff

Promoting the release of the Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide book, DK Publishing revealed 10 new behind the scenes photos from the first Star Wars stand-alone movie with some brief descriptions. There are no spoilers in these photos, check them out…

 

 

From DK:

 

Troopers

1. Stormtrooper stops

During the shooting of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story™, the Canary Wharf stop on the London Underground was transformed in the dead of night into the bustling interior of the Scarif Citadel. The production crew had one night to capture their footage, before returning the station to normal with commuters none the wiser the next day. Between takes, stormtrooper and shoretrooper extras caught some rest beside the iconic Underground symbol.

 

Bistan

2. Space monkey tests

Director Gareth Edwards closely examined each new creation to emerge from the creature shop of Neal Scanlan, to gauge each alien’s star potential. “Space Monkey” – known for months by its production code indicator of “G007” – was clearly a standout. Using a slip-on mask filled with servo-driven articulation, Space Monkey became an ensemble performance from Nick Kellington (the man under the mask) and the remote control operators driving his expressions. ­

 

Farm Droid

3. Droid audition

The cryptic code names adopted for the production labeled the various Rogue One droid characters as “senators”, and this homestead droid ­– code-named “S001” – was one of the earliest creations. It was realized as a practical rod puppet shot on location in Iceland, with its performers digitally removed from the shot.

 

Mercenaries

4. Gearing up

The prop department manufactured an arsenal of Rebel and Imperial small-arms. Many were built around Airsoft guns to produce realistic recoil and interaction cues for the performers carrying them.

 

6. Capturing Moroff

Hairy Moroff (played by Ian Whyte) started out as a Rebel character named Senna before ending up as a background character in Saw’s militia. Here, the creature character (coded G030) stands before an array of photogrammic analysis cameras that capture every possible angle for future effects and product use.

 

7. LED hyperspace

To best capture the cinema verité documentary style that Edwards favored, many of the effects-heavy sequences benefited from large-scale LEDs. These projected pre-rendered visuals of post-production effects work ­– lending the production authentic performance and lighting cues.

 

8. Beachfront action

The tropical landscape of Scarif was created in the decidedly non-tropical Bovingdon, north of London. Sand and imported palm trees helped frame the landing field where the Rogue One team would infiltrate Imperial headquarters, but the full landscape would be realized by digital set extensions created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM).

 

 

For all the photos make sure to go to DK.

 

You can order the Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide HERE.  The book is written by Pablo Hidalgo himself and features in-depth character profiles, plus 5 newly commissioned and fully annotated cross-sections of vehicles and mapped-out locations.

 

 

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3 thoughts on “10 New Behind the Scenes Photos from Rogue One!

  • December 17, 2016 at 11:44 am
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    Really wanted to see more about Bistan, Pao (his scream was hilarious, i screamed with him lol) and Moroff in the film.

    • December 18, 2016 at 5:22 pm
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      Lack of Moroff was one of my few nitpicks with the film but we didn’t see him die so maybe he’ll pop up in the ST.

  • December 18, 2016 at 5:21 pm
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    Hey admins/mods, I been gone roughly 6 months and am waaaayyy behind on my spoiler news. Don’t much care about Rogue One stuff now that it’s obsolete but I will check out all the VIII stuff. Especially since this new film has reinvigorated my interest in the saga.

    Long story short, I’ll save you the aggravation of notifications 24/7 and only comment on the first page. I’m assuming you locked all the old articles anyway.

    Last, I have about 20 unread replies in my e-mail I never got to on here so I apologize to anyone I ignored. It wasn’t intentional just life happened and one month away turned into two and so on.

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