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New Poster From Rogue One: A Star Wars Story<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

October 12,\u00a02016<\/p>\n

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\nWalt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm have released a new poster\u00a0for the new standalone Star Wars stories series, \u201cRogue One: A Star Wars Story.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gareth Edwards<\/strong> (\u201cGodzilla,\u201d \u201cMonsters\u201d) directed \u201cRogue One,\u201d which tells the story of resistance fighters who have united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star. The film is produced by Kathleen Kennedy and is slated for a December 16, 2016 release.<\/p>\n

Rogue One<\/span><\/strong> tells the story of resistance fighters who have united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star.\u00a0Felicity Jones leads the cast as Jyn Erso alongside Mads Mikklesen who plays her father, Galen Erso. Diego Luna (Milk<\/span><\/strong>, Killing Them Softly<\/span><\/strong>) stars as Captain Cassian Andor with\u00a0Donnie Yen (Ip Man<\/span><\/strong>, Blade II<\/span><\/strong>) as the blind spiritual warrior Chirrut Imwe, Jiang Wen (Let the Bullets Fly<\/span><\/strong>, Devils on the Doorstep<\/span><\/strong>) as his heavily armored best friend Baze Malbus,, Alan Tudyk (Firefly<\/span><\/strong>) as the droid K-2SO, Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler<\/span><\/strong>, Four Lions<\/span><\/strong>) as the Rebel pilot\u00a0Bodhi Rook, plus\u00a0Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland<\/span><\/strong>) as\u00a0Saw Gerrera, a character first introduced in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and\u00a0Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0Mississippi Grind<\/span><\/strong>) as the film\u2019s main antagonist,\u00a0Director Orson Krennic.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Rogue<\/a>\u201c\u2018Rogue One\u2019 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,\u201d<\/strong> says Kathleen Kennedy. \u201cIt 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\u2019m so excited to be working with him and the extraordinary ensemble cast he\u2019s selected for \u2018Rogue One.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Veteran ILM visual effects supervisor John Knoll<\/strong>, who shares a long history with the Star Wars movies, dating back to the mid-1990s, originated the idea for the movie. Allison Shearmur<\/strong> (\u201cThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire,\u201d \u201cCinderella\u201d), John Knoll, Simon Emanuel<\/strong> (\u201cThe Dark Knight Rises,\u201d \u201cFast & Furious 6\u201d) and Jason McGatlin<\/strong> (\u201cTintin,\u201d \u201cWar of the Worlds\u201d) are executive producers. Kiri Hart<\/strong> and John Swartz<\/strong> (\u201cStar Wars: The Force Awakens\u201d) are co-producers.<\/p>\n

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To create the lived-in, realistic feel of \u201cRogue One,\u201d Edwards chose Greig Fraser<\/strong> (\u201cZero Dark Thirty,\u201d \u201cFoxcatcher\u201d) to be his director of photography and Neil Corbould<\/strong> (\u201cBlack Hawk Down,\u201d \u201cGladiator,\u201d \u201cSaving Private Ryan\u201d) to be his special effects supervisor. Star Wars and Lucasfilm veteran Doug Chiang<\/strong> (\u201cStar Wars: Episodes I-II,\u201d \u201cForrest Gump\u201d) and Neil Lamont<\/strong> (supervising art director for the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series, \u201cEdge of Tomorrow\u201d) will be the production designers. Additional crew members will include stunt coordinator Rob Inch<\/strong> (\u201cWorld War Z,\u201d Marvel\u2019s \u201cCaptain America: The First Avenger\u201d), creature effects supervisor Neal Scanlan<\/strong> (\u201cPrometheus\u201d) and co-costume designers Dave Crossman<\/strong> (costume supervisor for the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series, \u201cSaving Private Ryan\u201d) and Glyn Dillon<\/strong> (costume concept artist for \u201cKingsman: The Secret Service,\u201d \u201cJupiter Ascending\u201d).<\/p>\n