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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, titled on-screen as Rogue One, is a 2016 film directed by Gareth Edwards and produced by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, amongst many others. The screenplay, written by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy, is based on a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. The film's score is composed by Michael Giacchino, marking the first live-action film in the Star Wars canon to not be scored by John Williams. It is the first installment of the Star Wars Anthology Series.

Rogue One stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, and Alan Tudyk. Genevieve O'Reilly reprises her role as Mon Mothma, the leader of the Rebel Alliance; O'Reilly portrayed the character for 2005 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, but her scenes were cut. The film also sees two actors from the films reprise their iconic roles: James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader (the character is portrayed by Spencer Wilding and Daniel Naprous); and Anthony Daniels as C-3PO.

The film, which began production in August 2015, is set between Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. It is set closer to the latter film and focuses on the formation of the Rebel Alliance and their efforts to steal the plans to the Death Star, an event that was referenced in the opening crawl of A New Hope. Jyn Erso, played by Jones, and a group of other characters band together to steal the plans from the Galactic Empire. Edwards has described the film as "a grounded, war-based movie, one in which normal people have to come together to fight the Empire as opposed to relying on the Jedi or the Force".

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Title
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Director
Gareth Edwards
Producers
Kathleen Kennedy
Allison Shearmur (Executive producer)
John Knoll (Executive producer)
Simon Emanuel (Executive producer)
Jason McGatlin (Executive producer)
Kiri Hart (Co-producer)
John Swartz (Co-producer)
Writers
Chris Weitz
Tony Gilroy
John Knoll (story)
Gary Whitta (story)
Starring
Felicity Jones
Diego Luna
Ben Mendelsohn
Donnie Yen
Mads Mikkelsen
Alan Tudyk
Riz Ahmed
Jiang Wen
Forest Whitaker
Music
Michael Giacchino
(Original Star Wars themes composed by John Williams)
Released
December 15, 2016 (UK)
December 16, 2016 (US)
Runtime
133 minutes
Timeline
1 BBY, days before A New Hope (Main story)
13 BBY (Prologue)
Series
Star Wars Anthology Series
Followed by
Solo: A Star Wars Story

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