I have the Concept art book and it eludes to a different Version of the U-wing going to get Galen on Eadu. The U-wing has a green Laser distance sensor to avoid the cliffs and does not crash but lands stealthily and safely. The idea came from Gareth visiting area 51 and some sort of car spooking them. They thought it was a prankster as this car had some kind of green laser and was scanning and acting weird. But ultimately the idea was the U-wing would land in stealthy fashion and not crash in the original cut because of the green lasers scanning the cliffs.
Vader on Mustafa was always planned it was not added in Re-Shoot and was in the original cut of the film and an extended sequence. It might have been changed? but it was always meant to go to Mustafa and Vaders castle. Edwards eluded to how you shoot Vader and could have been making a poke about re-shoots because he explicitly said that “the camera has to be above Vaders Head” where as the camera was not in a lot of scenes so he’s pointing out the flaw perhaps.
The Happy Ending was Never shot.
The Tie Fighter rising up while Jyn is on the gantry is definitely not a marketing shot. It’s in the novel apparently so it was planned like that at one point. Krennic in front of the screen and stormtroopers in the water are Marketing shots.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wji-BZ0oCwg
If you look at the trailer at 1.00 you can see that not only Jyn and Cassian are leaving for Jedha but x-wing pilots also are gearing up. So that would follow on to those fighters being marched through the streets in Jedha city were shot down they were from Yavin base. So there was a some sort of mission or attack launched from Yavin that obviously fails. This would include the female pilot Zal Diines probably biting the dust. The same actors running out of Yavin Base are the ones being marched through the streets.
Everybody (News Ariticles) keeps focusing on the ending of the film being altered which it was but not as significantly as the start of the film.
THE START OF THE FILM WAS THE MAJOR RE-SHOOT
Jedha
- The Empire was going to be holding Rebel prisoners on Jedha, as shown by captured pilots.
Please alter to Attack launched from Yavin and failed + Jyn and Cassian arrested but saved by Chirrut & Baze.
It could have potentially been an attack on a mining facility? as there is concept art for the mining facilities and that would put them miles away from Jedha city and the need to go with the Pilgrims? Or Jyn and Cassian had a different objective to the Strike Force? But they never left on their own for Jedha in the original cut.
^ This gives away the opening of the original cut. Krennic goes to get Galen >>>> then Geonosis massacre (Saw and his rebels are Injured failing to stop the Extermination) OPENING TITLES>>>> Death Star moves to Scariff.Dish is fitted Galen send out a transmission to the Rebels. Rebels decide to go on a mission to try to halt the mining of the Kyber crystals and fail. Pretty much Resume the rest of the film with differences.
Or something like that or very similar.
Or Geonosis Massacre then Krennic goes to get Galen.