Rogue Oneis finally out and now begins the mythology building. Or, I suppose, in this case, it would be more like a mythology updating, filling in a part of the Star Wars story - specifically the Skywalker Saga - that had been previously simply alluded to in brief language inA New Hope. And now,Star Wars: Rebelsmust be considered as part of the same mythology, especially considering the use of classic characters like Darth Vader and Darth Maul, amongst others.
One of those others would be Saw Gerrera, the mostly-machine rebel chief played byForest WhitakerinRogue One. As we learned earlier this week,Whitaker will be voicing the character ofGerrerainStar Wars: Rebelsepisodes in the upcoming season, but that’s not the only connection that’s being made betweenRebelsandRogue One. During a recent round-up of easter eggs onEW,RebelsEPDave Filonimade some comments that signal that he has at least considered tieing the TV series andGareth Edwards' blockbuster together even closer together through a major sequence inRogue One, namely the battle of tropical Scarif. Specifically, the action would be linked via The Ghost, a battle-tested space ship, fromRebelsand its appearance on a landing pad inRogue One. Here’s what Filoni had to say about possibly incorporatingRogue Onestorylines into Rebels:
“I already have some theories about the story behind it…I can imagine doing that entire [Scarif] battle from their point of view, whoever is on the Ghost at that point.”
This part of the storyline wouldn’t come up for awhile in theRebelsuniverse, but it’s not like this would hurt the TV series in the slightest. From a marketing standpoint, it’s a no-brainer, and as far as the storytelling style ofRebelsgoes, this wouldn’t disrupt the story they’re trying to tell at all. In fact, there’s a chance that the writers forRebelsmight have a more nuanced perspective on the Scarif battle than whatRogue Onepresented.
