It doesn't start filming until this summer in the U.K., but director Gareth Edwards just showed the first teaser for STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE. Obviously, it was some early computer graphics works since there hasn't been any live action footage filmed yet but alas it is still the first teaser.
Lucasfilm did confirm this first Star Wars spin-off will be a movie about the Death Star plans heist and (obviously) set right before STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE.
The following are all relevant Twitter reports from the panel:
A band of resistance fighters unite for a daring mission to steal the Death Star plans in Star Wars anthology film, Rogue One #RogueOne.
— Star Wars (@starwars) April 19, 2015
Gareth Edwards just whose a Rogue One teaser. Alec Guinness voiceover taken from ANH. A TIE fighter flies over the treelike on forest planet
— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) April 19, 2015
… we pan up to see the silhouette of the Death Star above the planet’s horizon. Then there’s cacophonous comms chatter & screaming.
— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) April 19, 2015
Rogue One takes place in an era where there are almost no Jedi. The absence of the Jedi hangs over the whole film.
— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) April 19, 2015
'ROGUE ONE' will feature a band of Rebels retrieving the plans for the DEATH STAR, and takes place before Episode IV. pic.twitter.com/uXbJrhawgY
— Adam Hlavac (@adamhlavac) April 19, 2015
Felicity Jones plays a rebel soldier.
— Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) April 19, 2015
Concept art for #RogueOne . #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/RbSXjJ3YPK
— Rebecca Ford (@Beccamford) April 19, 2015
STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE releases on December 16, 2016.
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