‘Rogue One’ teaser, photos gives fans first full look at this year’s new ‘Star Wars’ film
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will be the first film for Lucasfilm’s massively successful franchise to not center on the Skywalkers, Jedi and overall direction of the conflict, instead focusing on the rebels battling the Empire.
In the new teaser, fans get a sneak peak at the Death Star, Star Destroyers, AT-AT Walkers and Stormtroopers, but also a young Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly), a central rebel character created for 1983’s Return of the Jedi who also appeared in episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Check out the full clip below the batch of photos.
Like Force Awakens, Rogue One will have a strong female lead, this time Felicity Jones playing a new character named Jyn Erso. Erso is key to the rebels’ plan to steal the Death Star plans, the same plans carried by Princess Leia in the opening of A New Hope.
An appearance by Darth Vader seems likely, but no Han, Luke or typical lightsaber battles are expected. Forest Whitaker takes center stage as a mysterious character and Jones will be join by a new batch of actors primed for stardom: Jiang Wen, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed and Diego Luna.
Ben Mendelsohn is the new character walking in the long white cape. The was no reveal of Hannibal star Mads Mikkelsen and little else in the way of plot.
Fans get their yearly dose of Star Wars as Rogue One arrives in theaters on December 16, 2016.
Diego Luna
Donnie Yen
Jiang Wen
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