While Rose Tico may not have been the most popular character in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, it did seem a bit odd for her to go from being one of the most important characters in one film to a glorified extra in The Rise of Skywalker. This was especially odd given comments from actor Kelly Marie Tran regarding her role in the flick, which seemed to point to one of some actual importance. So, what happened here?

“Well, first of all, J.J. and I adore Kelly Marie Tran,” screenwriter Chris Terrio told Awards Daily. “One of the reasons that Rose has a few less scenes than we would like her to have has to do with the difficulty of using Carrie’s footage in the way we wanted to. We wanted Rose to be the anchor at the rebel base who was with Leia. We thought we couldn’t leave Leia at the base without any of the principals who we love, so Leia and Rose were working together. As the process evolved, a few scenes we’d written with Rose and Leia turned out to not meet the standard of photorealism that we’d hoped for. Those scenes unfortunately fell out of the film. The last thing we were doing was deliberately trying to sideline Rose. We adore the character, and we adore Kelly – so much so that we anchored her with our favorite person in this galaxy, General Leia.”

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Unfortunately, the net result was that they effectively sidelined Rose. While there were plenty who were happy to see this, given her role in The Last Jedi, there were also plenty who lamented it. This includes  Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu, who even pushed for a Rose Tico series in a recent tweet.

Based on the comments from Terrio, it does seem like an effort was made, but ultimately didn’t pan out, which is a shame.

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SOURCE: Awards Daily