Star Wars Rogue One teaser shows first glimpse of new trailer

Speaking at Disney’s annual shareholder meeting earlier in the year, Disney CEO Bob Iger said, “It’s our first original standalone Star Wars story. It’s about a band of rebels who are plotting to steal the plans for the Death Star.”

Explaining to the shareholders the film is set “right before the events in the very first Star Wars movie,” Iger told the crowd “I can’t wait for you to see it; it’s in theaters this December.”

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The cast includes Oscar-nominee Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen – who recently posted a picture of the helmets from the film on Instagram – Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk and Riz Ahmed.

It’s here!

Jones , who played Jane Hawking in the Theory of Everything, will take on the female lead as one of the rebel soldiers in the movie.

The film’s British director Gareth Edwards previously said : “It comes down to a group of individuals that don’t have magical powers that have to somehow bring hope to the galaxy.

“It’s about the fact that God’s not coming to save us,” said Edwards. “The absence of the Jedi hangs over the movie.”

* Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is released on 16 December 2016