By Nick Imholte
The first standalone Star Wars film is a mere 6 months away! Not much has been released up to this point to give us much to look into, but recently EW has confirmed that Darth Vader will in fact be in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story! They have also given a glimpse into the main characters of the new movie and given us some context into the parts they will play! Take a look and let us know which character you are looking forward to come December!
1. Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones)
On her own since the age of 15 Erso is the underdog hero the Rebel Alliance needs in order to help them thwart the Empire and their quest for galactic domination. “She’s got a checkered past,” says Lucasfilm president and Rogue One producer Kathleen Kennedy. “She has been detained [by the Rebellion] and is being given an opportunity to be useful. And by being useful, it may commute her sentence… She’s a real survivor. She becomes a kind of Joan of Arc in the story.”
2. Captain Cassian Andor (Diego Luna)
A combat hardened Rebel intelligence officer, Captain Andor is a “by the book” sort of guy but ready to do whats necessary to aid the Rebellion. “He conveys a fair amount of experience and the reality of what it’s like to do this every day, to try to figure out how to resist the Empire effectively and intelligently,” says Kiri Hart, Lucasfilm’s chief of story development. “It’s not easy.”
