The film isn't in production just yet, but a teaser trailer was shown during the Star Wars Celebration panel. Remember how director Gareth Edwards infused Godzilla with a gritty war-movie vibe? Expect him to do that with Star Wars, which, after all, has the word 'Wars' in its title.

She'll be playing a rebel fighter, while Greig Freser, who shot Zero Dark Thirty, will help create an authentic war-movie feel as its cinematographer. Not much is known about how they acquired those plans, and that's the story this movie will tell.Īs of now Felicity Jones is the only announced cast member.

'A band of resistance fighters unite for a daring mission to steal the Death Star plans in the Star Wars Anthology film, Rogue One.'įans will recall how the swiping of those Death Star plans directly leads into the first Star Wars film, in which the rebels had already acquired the plans and eventually used them to blow up the planet-destroying base, with an assist from Luke Skywalker (and the Force), of course. In between the next big-screen Star Wars triology (which kicks off with this December's Star Wars: The Force Awakens), there will be standalone movies, beginning with 2016's Star Wars: Rogue One, which just confirmed its story, a new title and additional details during a panel at Star Wars Celebration.Ībove: Concept art shown during the panelįirst, from the official Star Wars Twitter comes our first plot synopsis for the film, arriving in theaters on December 16, 2016.

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