Details On ‘Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One’ From SW Celebration
“For more than a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times, before the Empire…” Plenty of new details about the expanded Star Wars universe revealed, as the Star Wars Celebration event in Anaheim ended with a panel featuring director Gareth Edwards. After bring us Godzilla, Gareth is next set to direct the first “spin-off” solo Star Wars movie after Disney bought Lucasfilm and brought back Star Wars. It was revealed recently that the title of the December 2016 film would be Rogue One, but during the panel they played a very early, brief teaser trailer for Rogue One that featured a different title. Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One is what the title card shows in that, but we also know more details about the plot – and it’s not really about X-Wings.
As was tweeted out by @StarWars this afternoon, Rogue One is actually about a band of resistance fighters who “unite for a daring mission to steal the Death Star plans”. The teaser they showed at the event included voiceover of that quote at the beginning, as well as a shot that pans through a jungle and as it continues (a tie fighter flies by) and suddenly the Death Star appears on the horizon in the background. So, as far as we know, this is a non-Jedi rogue mission movie about stealing the Death Star (plans). The title card actually comes up as Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One, so that seems be the official title. Though it seems easier to just call it Rogue One. Aside from Felicity Jones as a Rebel Soldier, no other casting was announced yet.
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