Did they shoot a different ending?
In the Rogue One - Celebration Reel and the Rogue One - Teaser Trailer we saw footage that didn't appear in the theatrical cut, which isn't unusual.
However, these shots of Jyn, Cassian and Krennic on the beach seem to suggest a different third act.
In the movie Jyn goes from the data vault straight to the top of the tower to transmit the plans. Cassian was lying at the bottom of the vault, Krennic was following Jyn.
Looking at the footage above makes me wonder if the reported reshoots changed the ending. Did Jyn and Cassian escape with the physical copy of the plans? Or are those scenes just part of an extended escape scene that got cut out completely.
My Question:
- Did the reshoots change the ending (Jyn and Cassian escaping with a physical copy of the plans) or was the third act just cut short?
Best Answer
Yes, kind of.
Yes, they planned (or at least wanted) to have Jyn and Cassian to live, (and presumably to escape with the physical copy), as per Gareth Edwards interiew, but the Story Group went all homicidal on them and said "nobody survives".
For ever single character to die in all their movies. I think there was an early version – the very first version they didn’t [die] in the screenplay. And it was just assumed by us that we couldn’t do that and they’re not gonna let us do that. So we’re trying to figure out how this ends where that doesn’t happen. And then everyone read that, and there was just this feeling of like, “They gotta die right?” And everyone was like, “Yeah, can we?” And we thought we weren’t gonna be allowed to, but Kathy [Kennedy] and everyone at Disney were like, “Yeah, makes sense.” I guess they have to because they’re not in A New Hope. And so from that point on, we had the license and I kept waiting for someone to go, “You know what, can you just film an extra scene where we see Jyn and Cassian, they’re okay, and they’re on another planet and la la la…” And [that] never ever came, and no one gave us that note so we got to do it.
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What movies have 2 endings?
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Can a movie have two endings?
So, sometimes alternate endings come about because test audiences don't agree with the director's vision, and consumption has to be taken into account over artistic intent. Sometimes, a studio gets its hands over the production first, foreseeing potential problems with test audiences before they even happen.Why did they cut the ending of The Notebook on HBO?
It was a brutal conclusion\u2026and one that was apparently deemed a no-go for U.S. audiences. The primary reason for the alteration was relatively simple. The Descent got its ending changed simply because American audiences were not as enamored with such a downbeat conclusion.What is the alternative ending of the story?
An alternate ending (or alternative ending) is an ending of a story that was considered, or even written or produced, but ultimately discarded in favour of another resolution. Generally, alternative endings are considered to have no bearing on the canonical narrative.La La Land (2016) - A Different Ending Scene (11/11) | Movieclips
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