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Rogue One
Rogue One is the first film in the Star Wars anthology series, a series of standalone spin-off films in the Star Wars franchise.[42] John Knoll, visual effects supervisor for the Star Wars prequel trilogy, pitched the idea for the film 10 years before its development; after the Disney acquisition he felt as if he had to pitch it again or forever wonder "what might've happened if I had".[43][44] In May 2014, Disney announced that Gareth Edwards would direct the film and Gary Whitta would write the script.[45] That October, cinematographer Greig Fraser revealed that he would work on the film.[46] In January 2015, it was revealed that Whitta had completed his work on the script, and would no longer be with the project.[47] Simon Kinberg was considered as a replacement.[48] Later in the month, it was announced that Chris Weitz had signed to write the script for the film.[49] In March 2015, the title was announced.[50]