The more time passes, the more special "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" becomes, particularly because of how much of a mess it could have easily been. As the first-ever "Star Wars" spin-off and the first movie in the franchise not to be centered around Jedi or the Skywalkers, "Rogue One" could have easily gone the "Solo: A Star Wars Story" route. After all, this movie underwent extensive rewrites and reshoots, with entire plots changing and a whole new ending being added in reshoots, as Tony Gilroy came on board to not only reshoot scenes but do extensive rewrites.

And yet, the final film feels like a bolder, more mature "Star Wars" movie than anything the franchise had done (something that would carry over to "Andor"), a movie that expands what this universe could do. It was a movie that felt like it was breaking the rules, which Tony Gilroy also continued in "Andor.