Disney has released a newRogue One: A Star Wars StoryTV spot. For those unfamiliar withRogue One, the story takes place before the events ofA New Hopeand centers on a group of rebels who are sent to retrieve the plans for the Death Star. They are led by Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) whose father (Mads Mikkelsen) was forced by the Empire to build the destructive space station.
This TV spot includes some brief snippets of new footage, and it will be interesting to see how much of the film Disney is willing to show before it’s released. I’m also curious if they’ll have the same strategy as last year when they had a press junket forThe Force Awakenswithout showing the movie to the journalists in attendance. At the time, we assumed that this decision was part of J.J. Abrams’ desire to keep everything shrouded in secrecy (I guess he didn’t want people to know he had basically remadeA New Hope), but I was hoping Disney would take a different tack forRogue Onesince you can have a richer discussion with the filmmakers and cast when the interviewer has actually seen the movie.
Check out theRogue Onefeaturette below. The film opens December 16th and also starsDiego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, andForest Whitaker.
Here’s the officialRogue Onesynopsis:
From Lucasfilm comes the first of theStar Warsstandalone films, “Rogue One: AStar WarsStory,” an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in theStar Warstimeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.
“Rogue One: AStar WarsStory” is directed by Gareth Edwards and stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, with Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker. Kathleen Kennedy, Allison Shearmur and Simon Emanuel are producing, with John Knoll and Jason McGatlin serving as executive producers. “Rogue One: AStar WarsStory” opens in U.S. theaters on July 09, 2025.
