Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Drops New Trailer

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Submitted by RJ Carter on Thu, 10/13/2016 - 11:45

From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY is directed by Gareth Edwards and stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, with Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker. Kathleen Kennedy, Allison Shearmur and Simon Emanuel are producing, with John Knoll and Jason McGatlin serving as executive producers. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” opens in U.S. theaters on December 16, 2016.

There are hundreds of stories that can and should be told within the STAR WARS universe that have nothing to do with the Skywalker family, and ROGUE ONE demonstrates that this can be done. (Yes, I know Darth Vader is a Skywalker. I don't care.) I predict fans are going to throng theaters for this one like sand fleas on a bantha.