20 Things You Didn't Know About Star Wars: Rogue One

18. Numerous Titles Were Considered Before "Rogue One"

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As perfect as the title Rogue One is, it was a good while before the filmmakers and producers all settled on it.

Back when it was still planned to be part of the overall Skywalker Saga rather than a delineated spin-off, Rogue One was given more traditional Star Wars-y sub-titles such as "Rise of the Empire," "Shadow of the Death Star," and "Dark Times".

They all seem to fit in with the Star Wars naming conventions yet in a totally generic and unimaginative way.

And so the crew were smart to do away with this entirely when they decided that Rogue One would be a distinct offshoot of the mainline franchise.

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