New Rogue One Trailer Coming Next Friday

Next week kicks off Star Wars Celebration in London, England, but fans in America will be getting a nice treat with a brand-new Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer set to be revealed on Friday, July 15. Making Star Wars reveals that the behind-the-scenes documentary Secrets of The Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey (previously seen on the DVD and Blu-ray release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens) will be making its television debut on ABC and with it comes the new Rogue One trailer. The new Rogue One trailer will likely make its debut at the film’s Celebration panel earlier in the day before premiering on television and then online, so stay tuned for the new Rogue One trailer next week!

Rogue One tells the story of resistance fighters who have united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star. Felicity Jones leads the cast as Jyn Erso alongside Mads Mikklesen who plays her father, Galen Erso. Diego Luna (Milk, Killing Them Softly) stars as Captain Cassian Andor with Donnie Yen (Ip Man, Blade II) as the blind spiritual warrior Chirrut Imwe, Jiang Wen (Let the Bullets Fly, Devils on the Doorstep) as his heavily armored best friend Baze Malbus,, Alan Tudyk (Firefly) as the droid K-2SO, Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler, Four Lions) as the Rebel pilot Bodhi Rook, plus Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) as Saw Gerrera, a character first introduced in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Ben Mendelsohn (BloodlineMississippi Grind) as the film’s main antagonist, Director Orson Krennic.

John Knoll, the Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor who currently serves as chief creative officer at Industrial Light & Magic, is executive producing the film along with Simon Emanuel (The Dark Knight RisesFast & Furious 6) and Jason McGatlin (Tintin, War of the Worlds). Kathleen Kennedy and Tony To (“Band of Brothers,” “The Pacific”) are on board to produce with John Swartz (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) attached to co-produce. It was also recently confirmed that Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest HotelThe King’s Speech) will be providing the score.

Directed by Gareth Edwards, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is set for release on December 16, 2016.

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