Forest Whitaker Character Revealed In Rogue One
Many details were revealed about the upcoming Star Wars: Rogue One yesterday. One however really stood out from the pack. The reveal of who Forrest Whitaker would be playing. According to Entertainment Weekly, he will in fact be playing Saw Gerrera, a character who actually is a part of Star Wars canon.
In fact, Gerrera was on the much beloved Star Wars: The Clone Wars series on Cartoon Network. He appeared in the episode “A War On Two Fronts”, and was a freedom fighter being helped by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. Now, he’s a member of the Rebel Alliance, but not exactly a part of the team.
“He’s off on his own,” Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said of his character. “Consider him kind of a battered veteran who leads a band of Rebel extremists. He’s on the fringe of the Rebel Alliance. Even [they] are a little concerned about him.”
Part of the reason this team is happening is because of the threat of the Death Star, and that will be a focus in Rogue One:
“The Death Star is the event that sort of pulls everybody into a place of unity, and prior to that it’s a little bit more divided. Who are at the different ends of that spectrum?” story development head Kiri Hart said.
Rogue One releases December 16th, 2016.