Four New Rogue One: A Star Wars Story TV Spots Released

This weekend, theaters will be flooded with moviegoers thanks to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The film, which is Lucasfilm's first standalone in the Star Wars universe, will tell the story of Rebel fighters who embark on a mission to steal plans to the Imperial Death Star. Set between Star Wars: Episode III and IV, Rogue One has set itself up to be an intense war film that longtime fans will eat up.

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Now, the studio is getting fans more hyped for the film than ever before. With Rogue One's release date upon fans, Lucasfilm has just debuted a slew of new TV spots for the space opera.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story hits US theaters December 16, 2016. Directed by Gareth Edwards, it's the first of the new standalone features from Lucasfilm and Disney, which take place outside the core "Skywalker Saga" of films noted by an Episode number. Rogue Onetells the story of the small band of rebels that were tasked with stealing the plans to the first Death Star. The story spins directly off the opening crawl from the original Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. In that crawl, it read: "Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire. During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet."

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is set between the events of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and shortly before the events of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. In the film, resistance fighters embark on a daring mission to steal the Empire's plans for the Death Star.

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk and Jonathan Aris. The film is directed by Gareth Edwards and written by Gary Whitta and Chris Weitz, from a story conceived by John Knoll.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story hits theaters on December 16, 2016.

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