Originally called Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One, the newly titled Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will be the fourth movie that British director Gareth Edwards has directed to date. After the global success of last years monster hit Godzilla Edwards has found himself to be one of Hollywoods in demand directors. Rogue One, will be the first non-episodic Star Wars movie with the events of the movie taking place before the events of Episode IV: A New Hope. At the D23 Expo Lucasfilm unveiled the first photograph of the movies ensemble cast...
Rogue One is currently filming in London, England and will star Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk (as a CGI motion capture character), Jonathan Aris and Riz Ahmed. Darth Vader is rumored to make an appearance in the movie but has been reported to not be the movies main antagonist. Speaking at the expo Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy spoke briefly about the movie...
"Rogue One takes place before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope and will be a departure from the saga films but have elements that are familiar to the Star Wars universe. It goes into new territory, exploring the galactic struggle from a ground-war perspective while maintaining that essential Star Wars feel that fans have come to know. Gareth is such an innovative director and I’m so excited to be working with him and the extraordinary ensemble cast he’s selected for ‘Rogue One.'"
