They talk about it in the "Empire of Dreams" documentary. Good background on the original 3 films, although, I will warn you that that show is kind of a 2 hour George Lucas ego-stroking session.
The opening crawl was originally a tribute to the old serialized sci-fi shows like Flash Gordon. But since this is the first live-action movie that isn't following the Skywalker family I guess it was a design decision to skip it. Another thing that's setting this movie apart from the others.



Geek's KingdomRogue One is bucking a Star Wars traditionNov 24, 2016 at 3:44 AM