John David Washington in The Creator

Gareth Edwards’ highly-anticipated sci-fi epic The Creator opens in theaters on September 29. (Get your tickets here!) As you might expect from the director of Rogue One, The Creator is an action-packed yet thoughtful movie with powerful performances and absolutely incredible visuals. 
 
In The Creator, it’s the near future, and humanity – some of it, anyway – is at war with a powerful artificial intelligence and the forces that support it. Former fighter Joshua (John David Washington is called back into service to hunt down and destroy the AI architect known only as the Creator. When it turns out that the Creator’s greatest weapon is a robot in the form of a child, things get complicated.
 
We asked Edwards to walk us through a pivotal scene from the movie. First, here’s the scene:
 

And here’s the breakdown, where Edwards fills us in on robot design, the challenges of the location shoot, how a monkey stays motivated and so much more.
 
The Creator opens in theaters on September 29, with special Early Access screenings the evening of September 27. Check out the breakdown below, and be sure to grab your tickets right here on Fandango.