Darth Vader was Revealed at Star Wars Celebration; Director Calls Reveal Shot an Accident
A brand new Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer premiered for fans at Star Wars Celebration Europe, one that hasn't yet surfaced on the internet. And while fans were treated to plenty of new things, the reveal at the end roused the crowd to enormous applause.
The iconic breathing of one famous character filled the room when all cut to black, before the lighting reappeared slightly to reveal Darth Vader's shadow in the reflection of a red-glowing console. Director Gareth Edwards spoke to Comicbook.com about the reveal shot, in which the crew experimented with as they had during the entire shoot.
“That was born out of all the experimenting we were talking about. You don’t go, ‘I want this, this is the shot I want.’ They built the whole set, they had a reflection, Vader went in there and we’re looking at the reflection going, ‘That’s f—-ing cool!’” Edwards said with a laugh.
“So as we’re filming, we’re like, go down, go down, and just playing around, and things happen that you wouldn’t have asked for. That was a great example of it. I would’ve never picked that shot, but then it’s in front of you and you get excited about something, and he’s such an iconic – he’s the most iconic character in all of cinema, potentially.
"To hear everyone cheer when they saw his silhouette, you feel like, ‘that is worth everything.’”
"Hopefully, the goal, is that you come to the film for all the reasons we love Star Wars, and you get sucked in, and care about the new people, and then as you’re in the midst of all that, familiar things start to pass by," Edwards said, not interested in fan service for the sake of fan service.
Source: Comicbook
