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29. Gareth Edwards: Hands On Director

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During the Celebration panel, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy noted that director Gareth Edwards could often be found operating the cameras on set himself. So here he is doing just that! Every director deserves a hero shot of some kind and this is as good as one of those can get.

Edwards says it's like "the fantasy you always had as a kid: everywhere is an amazing shot with amazing characters..."

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There are a couple of other shots of him on set too, first overseeing a camera once again during the market sequence...

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And also standing in front of the Massassi Base on Yavin IV - the scene of the last stand in Star Wars against the Death Star.

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