Please support Game Informer. Print magazine subscriptions are less than $2 per issue
Star Wars: Rogue One Prequel Film Gets Its First Official Set Photo
We're still waiting for the release of Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, but in the meantime, shooting has officially begun on Star Wars: Rogue One.
The film takes place before the events of Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope and follows a band of resistance fighters as they attempt to steal the plans for the Death Star (spoiler alert: they'll probably retrieve them). You can read more about the film here.
Shooting has begun, and in honor of the event, Disney shared a photo from the set with the cast in full costume, as well as a new logo for the film which identifies the film as "A Star Wars Story".
Next up: @StarWars #Rogue1! #D23Expo pic.twitter.com/PzstaD1PIb
— Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) August 15, 2015
The mission is underway. #StarWars: #RogueOne has begun principle photography! pic.twitter.com/62pJaMOHHP
— Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) August 15, 2015
Much of the film's cast has also been revealed. Initially, we only knew about Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) being in the film, but now we know Diego Luna (Milk), Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline), Donnie Yen (Ip Man, Blade II), Jiang Wen (Let the Bullets Fly, Devils on the Doorstep), Forest Whitaker (Lee Daniels' The Butler), Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal, Casino Royale), Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler), and Alan Tudyk (Firefly) who is motion-capturing a digital character, will also be in the film.
Rogue One releases December 16, 2016, and is being directed by Gareth Edwards, best know for the recent reboot, Godzilla.
[Source: @DisneyStudios, StarWars.com]
I’d like to ask you to support Game Informer’s continued coverage of games with a subscription. For less than two dollars per issue, we mail you a full year of 10 print magazines, each with cover stories and preview features filled with exclusive details about the most exciting upcoming games. We profile and interview game creators. We look back on the rich history of gaming, and we celebrate what’s next.
Here on the website, we offer much of our content for free, including game reviews, daily news, videos, event coverage, and more – all with minimal ads.
We do so with a small editorial team, alongside contributing paid writers from around the world – over 65 individuals from 9 countries around the world, just in the last couple of years.
It’s not possible without support.
In a time when game makers and games coverage have faced hard struggles and layoffs, the future of this 30+ year magazine and community is at risk. Our new standalone magazine subscription is the number one way you can keep us alive – and we believe you’ll get a pretty fantastic gaming magazine in your mailbox every few weeks for your trouble.
Thank you.
