13 Things Rogue One Did Differently Than the Other Star Wars Movies

Rogue One! It’s a Star Wars film, that’s for sure, and yet in many ways it has eschewed the tropes of the standard “Saga” movies with a style all its own. Of course, that was the intention of Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and director Gareth Edwards in introducing this first standalone Star Wars movie, i.e. a story set outside of the Skywalker family soap opera.

So let’s take a look at some of the things Rogue One did differently than the rest of the Star Wars movies to date -- from little things like onscreen text changes to bigger stuff such as music, digital character creation, and

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Yes indeed, some major spoilers follow.

That’s right -- it never says “Star Wars” during the opening of the film. The traditional Lucasfilm logo followed by the full screen “Star Wars” and the blaring fanfare just isn’t a part of Rogue One. And when the Rogue One title (finally) appears onscreen, there’s nary a sign of the subtitle “A Star Wars Story.” It’s just “Rogue One.” And it’s pretty cool.

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