In the latest installment of The Star Wars Show, Story Group writer Pablo Hidalgo discussed the recent announcement revealing that Forest Whitaker will play a Clone Wars character, Saw Gerrera, in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Gerrera had a four-episode arc in Clone Wars, but Lucas was planning to include him in a live-action TV series that was in development but ultimately never happened.
"He is an extreme rebel," Hidalgo said "He's definitely against the Empire, but he does things that morally push against the kind of things Bail Organa and Mon Mothma stand for. He's definitely the more extreme side of the Rebel Alliance."
When talking about how Whitaker's role ended up being in Rogue One, he said:
"Yeah the way that came about,is as the Rogue One story started to gel, the filmmakers realised they needed a Rebel extremist-type character and we already had one in Saw. They took that character, ran with it and as they started developing the script they realised there was only one person they wanted to play this character and that was Forest Whitaker."
Pablo's insight into characters is always welcome, and it's exciting to see that the Story Group is including compelling characters like Saw. Whitaker is a great actor for the role, and I'm excited to see how he will bring the character to life.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story hits theaters on December 16.
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