But the fever never rests for long, just like the Dark Lord of the Sith himself, Darth Vader, who features in a new trailer for the upcoming spin-off Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
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Rogue One will be the first anthology Star Wars film and the first standalone film in the franchise – a solo Han Solo will get his own movie to be released in 2018. 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.
“Jyn Erso, a Rebellion soldier and criminal, is about to experience her biggest challenge yet when Mon Mothma sets her out on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star”.
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” arrives in theaters December 16.
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Technically, this will be the third trailer of Rogue One, since a reel was shown to attendees at Star Wars Celebration Europe in London in July.
Felicity Jones, 32, who was Oscar-nominated for her role opposite Eddie Redmayne in The Theory Of Everything, plays rebel Jyn Erso, who has notched up a string of convictions for forgery, assault and theft.
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Although his appearance is very fleeting at the end of the trailer, hearing that heavy breathing immediately recalls the goosebumps of Darth Vader’s earlier appearances in George Lucas’ original Star Wars trilogy. Are you with me?”-right before we get a glimpse at the main attraction: the back of our favorite villain’s shiny black helmet”. Rouge One: A Star Wars Story opens in USA theaters on the 16 of December this year.
