Disney teases 28 minutes of ‘Rogue One’
MARIN (AP) — The secretive “Star Wars” spinoff movie “Rogue One” just got a little more tangible.
Disney and Lucasfilm unveiled 28 minutes of footage for reporters on Friday at Skywalker Ranch, teasing the origin story of the band of rebels who aim to steal the plans for the Death Star — the event that sets into motion the plot of the original 1977 “Star Wars.”
The footage skipped around in time and story line, but essentially sets up a world on the brink of rebellion.
The Empire’s agents are everywhere, with stormtroopers roaming the streets searching for dissidents.
We meet the protagonist Jyn Erso as a young child whose parents Galen (Mads Mikkelsen) and Lyra (Valene Kane) are of particular interest to the Empire, and specifically Ben Mendelsohn’s director Orson Krennic.