LWLies 67: Rogue One – A Star Wars colour-in edition

Gath­er up your colour­ing in mate­ri­als as Lit­tle White Lies takes a deep dive into the world of Gareth Edward’s world-expand­ing Star Wars escapade, Rogue One: A Star Wars Sto­ry. For this issue we want you to help us bring a splash colour to this mag­i­cal uni­verse, which is why we’ve made it so you can put your own cre­ative, per­son­alised stamp on the cov­er art­work and every sin­gle illus­tra­tion inside the mag­a­zine. But why?

From its very ori­gins, the Star Wars saga has used black-and-white in sub­tle, imag­i­na­tive ways. Imag­ine if Darth Vader’s body armour had been white? Or if Luke Sky­walk­er embarked on his date with des­tiny dressed in black robes? The clash of oppo­sites embed­ded into the fab­ric of the films is what makes them so dra­mat­ic, so relat­able and so iconic.

In this spir­it, we too are pit­ting black against white – the Rebel Alliance vers­es the Evil Empire. While each mono­chrome illus­tra­tion offers a strik­ing encap­su­la­tion of this dark side/​light side con­cept, you’ll also have the free­dom to add as much colour as you like using what­ev­er artis­tic medi­um you so choose. Watch­ing Star Wars is an active expe­ri­ence, one that invites you into its world. We want to do the same.

Use #LWLies67 to share your coloured-in ver­sion of Chris DeLoren­zo​’s Rogue One cov­er art with us.

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In this issue…

Some may still know her a Britain’s fore­most Chalet Girl, but the actress is now bring­ing some major dra­mat­ic cre­do to the Star Wars uni­verse. Words by David Jenkins.

How The Force Awak­ens’ Rey and Rogue One’s Jyn Erso con­tin­ue a nobel cin­e­mat­ic tra­di­tion of tough women who take action. Words by Alexan­dra-Heller Nicholas

A short his­to­ry of how Star Wars became instru­men­tal in kick-start­ing the porn par­o­dy indus­try. Words by Jus­tine Smith

Fol­low­ing on from 2010’s Mon­sters and 2014’s Godzil­la the SFX won­derkid-turned-block­buster titan talks about his trip to a galaxy far, far away… Inter­view by David Jenkins

Have you ever won­dered how peo­ple get select­ed to direct Mar­vel movies? Doc­tor Strange helmer Scott Der­rick­son let’s us in to the secret of his appoint­ment. Inter­view by David Jenkins

The sto­ry of the con­tro­ver­sial floor-filler from Return of the Jedi by the peo­ple who wrote it. Words by Cian Traynor

We meet the icon­ic genre direc­tor to dis­cuss how he makes music for his unique movies. Inter­view by Adam Woodward

A selec­tion of five cru­cial cuts from the Car­pen­ter musi­cal cor­pus. Words by Adam Woodward

Also in this issue…

In 2006, the co-found­ing edi­tor-in-chief of Fil­ter mag­a­zine Gregg LaGam­bi­na got on the phone with the com­e­dy leg­end Gene Wilder to dis­cuss his life and work. In the wake of his recent demise, we reprint their won­der­ful, career-span­ning inter­view in all its orig­i­nal glory.

Pater­son direc­tor Jim Jar­musch inter­viewed by Zach Lewis; Black Mir­ror writer Char­lie Brook­er inter­viewed by Michael Leader; Fan­tas­tic Beasts cos­tume design­er Colleen Atwood inter­viewed by David Jenk­ins; The Unknown Girl star Adèle Haenel inter­viewed by David Jenk­ins; Bleed for This direc­tor Ben Younger inter­viewed by Adam Woodward.

Sul­ly by Ethan Vest­by; I, Olga Hep­na­vorá by Aimee Knight;
Lo and Behold: Rever­ies of the Con­nect­ed World by Sophie Monks Kauf­man; Tom Ford’s Noc­tur­nal Ani­mals by Manuela Laz­ic; Creepy by Glenn Heath Jr; Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq by Adam Wood­ward; the Dar­d­enne broth­ers’ The Unknown Girl by Trevor John­ston; Girls Lost by Lau­ren Thomp­son; Fran­co­fo­nia by David Jenk­ins; Unit­ed States of Love by Lau­ren Thomp­son; Le Fils de Joseph by David Jenk­ins; Jim Jarmusch’s Pater­son by Sophie Monks Kauf­man and Gimme Dan­ger by Josh Slater-Williams; A Unit­ed King­dom by Phil Con­can­non; Ewan McGregor’s Amer­i­can Pas­toral by Ele­na Laz­ic; A Street Cat Named Bob by Elisa Adams; The Wail­ing by Anton Bitel; Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival by Adam Wood­ward; The Inno­cents by Pop­py Doran; Life, Ani­mat­ed by Ewan Cameron; Richard Lin­klater: Dream is Des­tiny by David Jenk­ins; Bleed for This by David Jenkins.

A Home Ents Spe­cial: Shock and Gore – The Films of Her­schell Gor­don Lewis, by David Hayles; Jour­neys: Sophie Monks Kauf­man reports from the Pat­mos Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val; Ex Rent-Hell presents… The Lawn­mow­er Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace

LWLies 67 is on gen­er­al sale 7 Novem­ber and will start ship­ping to sub­scribers from 3 Novem­ber. Order your copy today via our online shop. With thanks to Cowl­ing & Wilcox and Faber-Castell.