Gary Whitta LIVE! from Planet Comicon KC: From Rogues to Rebels

ForceTime: A Star Wars Podcast

Join Travis LIVE from Planet Comicon KC with Gary Whitta for their panel "From Rogues to Rebels!"
We discuss all of Gary's work in Star Wars including Rogue One, Star Wars Rebels, The Last Jedi comic adaptation, and his stories "Raymus" and "Rogue Two" in the From a Certain Point of View books!

• Gary's Star Wars story and the influence it had on him growing up
• His initial meeting with Lucasfilm
• Getting the greenlight and the amount of pressure felt to get the story right
• Gareth Edwards and the origination of the planet, Scarif
• Rogue One's legacy
• Star Wars Rebels and Saw Gerrera
• The messy side of the Rebellion and a WHAT IF moment regarding the Death Star
• Writing Choppers (explicit?!) dialogue
• Working with Dave Filoni
• The Last Jedi Comic Adaptation and friendship with Rian Johnson
• Admiral Ackbar!
• From a Certain Point of View
• Upcoming work: GUNDOG

Special thanks to Gary for his kindness, openness, and being an amazing guest. The Death Star plans he gifted me will be cherished forever!
Listen to Gary's original Sci-Fi podcast, GUNDOG, everywhere you listen and pre-order the GUNDOG novel, releasing July 18th, here: https://www.amazon.com/Gundog-Gary-Whitta/dp/1950301591
Follow Gary on Twitter @garywhitta, Instagram at gwhitta, Twitch at GaryWhitta, and subscribe to his channel at youtube.com/gwhitta.
Special thanks to Dave and everyone at Planet Comicon KC for putting this panel together. It was an incredible experience all the way around and I'm grateful to have hosted this discussion!
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"Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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