8 Ways Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Changed The Franchise Forever

As Rogue One: A Star Wars Story closes in on $1 billion worldwide, it's clear that the first of Disney and Lucasfilm's Anthology movies is a rousing success. Adored by critics and fans alike, it pretty much guarantees that these spinoffs are going to be with us for a very long time to come, which is certainly a good thing. More than that though, it's also shown us that the franchise has been forever changed.

Josh Wilding

Published: Jan 8, 2017 06:49 pm

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1) A True Expanded Universe

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The Expanded Universe was scrapped by Disney when they bought Lucasfilm for a cool $4 billion, and it’s not hard to see why. Decades worth of novels, comic books and video games had muddled continuity, and the franchises needed a fresh start. Since then, the studio has started creating a whole new history, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story does an amazing job of filling in one of the most important gaps.

However, it’s also expanded this universe in a significant way, something which is evident from the movie taking a character from The Clone Wars in the form of Saw Gerrera and now exploring their history in Star Wars Rebels. That’s a good sign of things to come for the franchise from here, and the sort of thing that fans like us obviously love to see.

That does it for our list, but tell us, in what ways do you think Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has changed the franchise? Head to the comments section down below to weigh in with your thoughts!

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