“Rogue One” director Gareth Edwards also commented on the crawl, and acknowledged that the standalone movies will likely want to differentiate themselves from the main series. They unveiled new tidbits from the film exclusively at the convention, including a new trailer that teased the return of Darth Vader in the stand-alone movie. Early details on Scarif reveal that “huge tracts of land were excavated to build ships and supply the Death Star” on the planet, which is also protected by a massive deflector shield.
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Rogue One will mark Davis’ fourth live-action Star Wars movie. In the teaser trailer which you can see below showcases the Death Star from the original trilogy, more star destroyer ships, and they’re finally going to be giving us space battles. What immediately stands out is how much of Rogue One appears to be filmed on location using practical effects instead of using a green screen.
Taking place before the events of A New Hope, Rogue One tells the story of a group of courageous resistance fighters banding together to steal the plans for the Galactic Empire’s new Death Star.
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“I’d like to just take a moment… it’s impossible for us to sit here today at Celebration, particularly at an event called Celebration, without thinking about the awful events that have happened not far from here. We were reduced to three-year-olds”, he said. Known as Rogue One: Scarif, the expansion will be available “this Holiday season” and give players the chance to play as Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and Director Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn).
