Sci-fi flop 'The Creator' rebounds with 3M Netflix views after box office failure

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After the tumultuous production of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story , director Gareth Edwards didn't make another movie for over half a decade. Rogue One was his second major production, following the commercially successful Godzilla reboot , which was released in 2014. Rogue One ran into massive trouble, leading Lucasfilm to essentially redo several portions of it with Tony Gilroy reportedly in charge. The project was rescued from the brink, and it ended up becoming a huge hit. Rogue One grossed more than $1 billion worldwide and received positive reviews, but its success is often attributed to Gilroy, who went on to create what many critics believe is the best Star Wars property outside the original trilogy of movies: the Disney+ series Andor . Edwards made his directorial comeback with an original sci-fi film that tragically underperformed at the box office, but it appears to be redeeming itself on streaming after debuting on Netflix last week.