Star Wars: Rogue One given the thumbs up by George Lucas…

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Star Wars: Rogue One is just over a week away – but it’s already got a big thumbs up from the father of Star Wars George Lucas. And while director Gareth Edwards revealed last week that George Lucas visited the set and offered him some advice, the filmmaker added this weekend that now Lucas has actually seen the movie.

It’s no secret that Lucas was less-than-enthused with The Force Awakens, specifically how his own story treatment for Episode VII was discarded in favor of crafting a new story, so did he take a greater liking to Rogue One?

A meeting of minds…

Lucas was no doubt eager to see what became of Rogue One because the whole idea for the movie originated with visual effects supervisor and ILM chief creative officer John Knoll, who worked closely with Lucas on the Star Wars prequels. And for whatever it’s worth, it sounds like Lucas quite enjoyed what Edwards and Co. were able to put together for the first-ever Star Wars spinoff film.

Reports from afar says, that Lucas saw the final cut recently and “loved the movie” That’s the highest praise indeed. Here’s hoping that Lucas was spot on with his opinion. The Lucas seal of approval comes shortly after it was revealed that the master behind Star Wars universe visited the Rogue One set and gave Edwards some crucial advice: “Don’t screw it up.” No pressure then… really, no pressure…

The former Star Wars head honcho also joked that Edwards should take a lead from the prequels and “[they] should do more in the computer and not build so much” After the controversy over CGI changes to the original trilogy, we should thank our lucky stars that the Rogue One director didn’t take all of Lucas’ words to heart!

Not long folks. Coming to a universe near you…

Directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker, and Mads Mikkelsen, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is released in the UK on December 15 New Zealand December 15 and the US on December 16.