First trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story introduces new heroes and villains

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While the marketing campaign for Star Wars: The Force Awakens is finally coming to a close with its DVD and Blu-Ray release this week, the promos for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story are just beginning. Yesterday it was announced that the first trailer for the upcoming Star Wars spin-off film would be dropping online today, and drop online it has. Check it out below...

All in all it's a very effective promo, and with The Jungle Book and Captain America: Civil War both debuting in cinemas this month, it's perfectly timed too. It's almost like Disney planned it...

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Directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen and Alan Tudyk, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is scheduled to open in UK and US cinemas on December 16, 2016.

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Amon Warmann
Amon Warmann

Amon is a contributing editor and columnist for Empire magazine, but is also a Film and TV writer for GamesRadar+, Total Film, and others. He has also written for NME, Composer Mag, and more, along with being a film critic for TalkSport. He is also the co-host of the Fade to Black Podcast, and a video mashup creator. Can also do a pretty good Bane impersonation.