Rogue One: Star Wars opening crawl creator isn't happy with the Gareth Edwards prequel

'I couldn't imagine it starting without that. It's foolish'

If you're even a hint of a Star Wars fan, you've probably already rushed to the cinema to see Rogue One.

A prequel to Episode IV: A New Hope, the film is the first of three planned anthology films that'll be released in the intervening years between new Star Wars sequels (an as-of-yet untitled Force Awakens follow-up will arrive next December).

Due to the nature of this film - it's not billed as a Star Wars film but A Star Wars Story - LucasFilm made the bold decision to omit the logo, John Williams' classic score and the trademark opening crawl from Rogue One - a decision that Dan Perri, creator of the iconic opening crawl, was not happy with.

He continued: "I couldn't imagine it starting without that. It's foolish."

Edwards and his team of producers revealed the reason they decided against the opening crawl was because Rogue One's events are taken from the opening crawl of A New Hope - which, in its own way, makes complete sense (it does feature the classic: 'A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away')/

Perri himself isn't too big on the Star Wars franchise despite creating something that's so integral to the viewing experience. It looks unlikely that he'll see Rogue One considering he hasn't seen a Star Wars film since the 1977 original. His excuse? "There are too many things to do and there are too many films out there to see."