When rebellions are built on hope

| OCTOBER 15, 2016, 12:00 AM IST

Photo Credits: pg 1- DC

Disney has released a new trailer online. For those unfamiliar with Rogue One, the story takes place before the events of and centers on a group of rebels who are sent to retrieve the plans for the Death Star. For those keeping track, this will be the fourth of eight Star Wars movies that deal with a Death Star in some way.

The movie has had its production troubles, but hopefully those haven’t stopped director from realizing an exciting vision that finally paints a Star Wars picture as a war film rather than space fantasy.

Unlike the trailers for , they’re not trying to hide the plot for this one. It clearly lays out that Jyn Erso () has been recruited by the rebels because her father () was kidnapped by the Empire to build the Death Star.

It’s also surprising how drastically different this movie looks from previous Star Wars movies. While it’s still very much in the Star Wars universe, the way it’s presented is unlike anything we’ve seen from the previous seven movies.

The film opens on December 16 and also stars , and .

Scan the QR code to check out the trailer.

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