Gary Whitta (born July 21, 1972) was the screenwriter for the first draft of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,[1] for which he also coined the title.[2] In 2015, Chris Weitz was brought on to complete the screenplay.[3]
Previously, Whitta served as editor-in-chief of both the UK and US versions of PC Gamer Magazine. Several years prior to the announcement that he would write one of the Star Wars spin-off films, Whitta made a number of posts to the NeoGAF message boards, in which he criticized the prequel trilogy and the 2011 Blu-ray changes to the original trilogy.[4]
He had a cameo appearance in Rogue One as Gray Leader, which was cut from the film.[5]
Star Wars work[]
Star Wars Rebels — "The Antilles Extraction"- Star Wars Rebels — "The Wynkahthu Job"
- Star Wars Rebels — "Warhead"
- Star Wars Rebels — "In the Name of the Rebellion" (Part One)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- "Raymus" — From a Certain Point of View
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi Adaptation
- "Rogue Two" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
Sources[]
Gareth Edwards and Gary Whitta Onboard for Star Wars Stand-Alone Film on StarWars.com (backup link)
"Launch Pad" — Star Wars Insider 151- Gary Whitta on Exploring the Force and Giving Ackbar His Moment in Marvel's Star Wars: The Last Jedi Comic on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "200 Reasons Why We Love Star Wars" — Star Wars Insider 200
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Gareth Edwards and Gary Whitta Onboard for Star Wars Stand-Alone Film on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑
Gary Whitta (@garywhitta) on Twitter: "Well I can now say that I named a @starwars movie! That's pretty cool. #RogueOne" (screenshot)
- ↑ Rogue One is the First Star Wars Stand-Alone Film, Rian Johnson to Write and Direct Star Wars: Episode VIII on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Why Screenwriter Gary Whitta's Rant Proves He's Perfect For Star Wars by Bricken, Rob on io9.gizmodo.com (May 23, 2014) (archived from the original on June 16, 2016)
- ↑ Star Wars: Rogue One Cut Pilot Cameo Revealed by Alex Welch on screenrant.com (December 23, 2016) (archived from the original on January 25, 2020)
External links[]
Gary Whitta on Wikipedia
Gary Whitta at the Internet Movie Database- Gary Whitta (@garywhitta) on Twitter
- Gary Whitta On Growing Up With Star Wars, Prequel Disappointment and Writing a Spin-Off on /film (Backup link)
- Now we know what the writers of Star Wars: Rogue One were really thinking on Ars Technica (Backup link)
