Kathleen Kennedy Teases More Saw Gerrera In Future ‘Star Wars’ Projects
Lucasfilm presidentKathleen Kennedysays that the character of Saw Gerrera, introduced inStar Wars: The Clone Warsbefore making the leap to live action inRogue One: A Star Wars Story, will probably be further explored in futureStar Warsprojects. And since he’s one of the most intriguing recent additions to the canon, this is something I hope they do end up exploring.
This piece of news comes from Empire’scomplete history of Rogue One article, where Kathleen Kennedy reveals that Saw’s role in the film is much smaller than originally intended and that they plan to “explore” him further elsewhere:
To be honest, we originally thought we were going to develop Saw into something much larger, but we couldn’t accommodate it. So he is not in the movie as much as we would like to have him in the movie, which creates the opportunity to explore his character even further in our future development.
Forest Whitaker, who plays Saw in the film, has no idea what’s coming next but is totally down with this plan:
We already know the next step for Saw Gerrera:he will put in an appearance onStar Wars Rebelsnext year, with Whitaker playing him once again. Between his younger days explored inThe Clone Wars, hissmall but vital role in theStar Wars: Catalystnovel, and his contributions to the plot ofRogue One, we now know the basic shape of this guy’s life. However, it’s still not entirely clear how he went from spirited rebel fighter to deranged, cyborg guerrilla insurgent, so bring on the comic book miniseries or spin-off novel or whatnot.
While fans seem to be a little mixed on Gerrera inRogue One, I find him fascinating. Whitaker’s downright bizarre performance is something to treasure (between that andArrival, he’s the king of weird accents this year), and the character injects a welcome shade of grey into the generally black-and-white war between the Empire and the Rebellion. For the first time, the Rebel Alliance is depicted as not being entirely unified, with some of its factions using terroristic tactics to battle the enemy. Saw sinks to depths that would make Luke and Leia’s skin crawl and I’d love to know more about how he allowed himself to justify his decisions. After all,theStar Wars: Bloodlinenovelreferences his vicious actions as being a point of contention decades after the Battle of Endor.
