"Rogue One" screenwriter Gary Whitta spills the beans about an alternate ending where things closed with HUGE differences.

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains major plot details for the ending of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. If you haven't seen the film, make the jump to hyperspace now before you ruin it for yourself ...

You are correct, as the ending we saw in Rogue One was not the planned ending of the film. The original ending didn’t have a whole lot of death (stars) and destruction. It was actually happy.

Seeing as how Rogue One was set up as a prequel before the OG Star Wars movie, A New Hope, we always knew how it was going to end: Though the odds against them might be great, those scrappy and ...

Many have hailed Rogue One's ending as an incredibly dark conclusion for the story, but the film's editor does not see it that way.

One of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story's earlier drafts ended very differently for the principal characters. Warning: spoilers ahead!

The ending is one of many ways Rogue One is such a refreshing change of pace; something we'd like to see from the franchise in the near future (looking at that Han Solo anthology film as a start).

Such a sad-but-happy end — everyone dies, but the Death Star plans are given to droids — would make Rogue One a great movie for both Star Wars veterans and newcomers.

An alternative ending for "Star Wars: Rogue One" revealed by a screenwriter is the best one yet.