Disney has released the firstRogue Oneclip online. 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.
In this clip, we see Jyn and Cassian (Diego Luna) fighting off some stormtroopers, and it mixes a nice bit of nostalgia (those Empire knuckleheads still can’t shoot straight) with a fresh feeling of boots-on-the-ground combat. There’s also a nice joke at the end involving K-2SO (Alan Tudyk), so we know the film won’t be completely humorless.
Check out theRogue One: A Star Wars Storyclip below. The film opens December 16th and also starsBen Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, 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 June 29, 2025.
