Tony Gilroy being brutally honest about Gareth Edwards's cut of Rogue One (2016) over the years.
Tony Gilroy was brought in for extensive rewrites and reshoots after principal photography was complete because Disney/Lucasfilm execs were not happy with Gareth Edwards's version.
He ended getting screenwriting credit on the final film.
Here's his thoughts on Gareth Edwards's cut. Keep in mind these are actual quotes from Tony Gilroy and not rumours or hearsay.
> "Rogue [One] it was like, ‘There’s a corpse on the table, what are you gonna do? Could someone come in and save it?'"
> "I came in after the director’s cut. I have a screenplay credit in the arbitration that was easily won.”
> "I’ve never been interested in Star Wars, ever. So I had no reverence for it whatsoever. I was unafraid about that.”
> "And they were in such a swamp … they were in so much terrible, terrible trouble that all you could do was improve their position.”
> "The easiest thing to say is that I came in after the film was finished & I have a full screenplay credit on the film. So I'll leave the rest—the math—to somebody else”