Darth Vader Rumored To Appear In Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One

A new rumor suggests that perennial Star Wars big bad Darth Vader will be appearing in the first Star Wars Anthology film, Rogue One.

The report from BirthMoviesDeath specifies that Vader will not be the film's primary antagonist, but will be pulling the strings in the background. Whether his on screen appearance will be in the flesh (and robotics) or limited to holographic projection is unknown.

Rogue One is set prior to the events of the original trilogy, detailing how a rebel alliance team was able to steal the plans for the Death Star. At this point in Star Wars continuity, Vader was still the strong right hand of the Empire and under the command of Grand Moff Tarkin, who was also in command of the Death Star. It makes sense then that Vader would be tasked with retrieving the stolen plans.

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