Gareth Edwards says that the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story re-shoots were always 'part of the plan.'
Gareth Edwards
Edwards is in the director's chair for the spin-off Star Wars film, which started filming re-shoots earlier this summer.
There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the re-shoots but Edwards says that he had always planned to return to work on certain things in for the film.
Speaking to EW, the director said: "I mean it was always part of the plan to do re-shoots. We always knew we were coming back somewhere to do stuff. We just didn't know what it would be until we started sculpting the film in the edit... There's lots of little things that we have to get, but it's all little things within the preexisting footage...
"Obviously, you've got to work around everyone's schedule, and everyone's on different films all over the world, and so it's a bit of a logistical nightmare. That's why I think it's been blown out of proportion a little bit."
Rogue One is set to be released at the end of the year and is set after events of A New Hope and brings together a fantastic cast.
Felicity Jones takes on the central role of Jyn Erso and is joined on the cast list by Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, Mads Mikkelsen, and Forest Whitaker.
Set after the events of A New Hope, the movie follows a band of Rebel fighters who set out on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is only the third feature film of Edwards' career and comes after the success of Monsters and Godzilla.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is released 16th December.
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