With “Andor” having just finished its first season run, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” co-writer Gary Whitta has taken to social media to discuss another “Star Wars” show – one that didn’t get past the pitch stage.
Whitta had penned films such as “The Book of Eli” and “After Earth” before going on to co-write “Rogue One” with Chris Weitz and then several episodes of the animated “Star Wars: Rebels”.
On Twitter, Whitta revealed a plan he and Weitz had for a TV series – one that would take place a few years after the original trilogy (around “The Mandolorian” time):
“Years ago my Rogue One co-writer Chris Weitz and I had a cool idea for a TV show about a Mossad-style Rebel team hunting down Imperial war criminals who fled and disappeared after the fall of the Empire. Could have been a cool bookend to R1. We never did anything with it though.”
From the sounds of it, the writers never progressed much beyond an idea for the project – a long way from a completed script let alone beginning production. Would it have adopted a serious adult approach, the kind that “Andor” is being celebrated for? Whitta didn’t say.
Source: Twitter
