Gary Whitta Details The Star Wars TV Idea He And Fellow Rogue One Writer Chris Weitz Wish They Had Made – Looper

On the day that the “Andor” Season 1 finale dropped on Disney+, Gary Whitta took to Twitter to share his and Chris Weitz’s concept for a “Rogue One” companion series. “Chris Weitz and I had a cool idea for a TV show about a Mossad-style Rebel team hunting down Imperial war criminals who fled and disappeared after the fall of the Empire. Could have been a cool bookend to R1,” he wrote in his tweet, sadly noting that the concept didn’t get very far. Based on the positive reactions below this post, though, it seems like many “Star Wars” fans would love to see this idea realized in some form or fashion.

The time period between “Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi” and “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens” is one that has been explored quite thoroughly over the past few years. 2017’s “Star Wars Battlefront II” touched on it throughout its campaign, “The Mandalorian” and “The Book of Boba Fett” both take place in this range, and comics like “Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren” also flesh this era out. Still, given the broad scope of “Star Wars,” it stands to reason that if Disney and Lucasfilm ever wanted to make Whitta and Weitz’s story into a full-on series, they could do so without hurting existing canon.

While it’s unlikely that Gary Whitta and Chris Weitz’s show about a Rebel team seeking out Imperial war criminals will ever get made, if nothing else, it’s a cool idea to think about.