New ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Photos Reveal More Character Looks & Details

After some negative buzz, reshoots and two new directors being brought on board to supervise them, Lucasfilm did the canniest thing they could do to circumvent the narrative: peel back the layers behind the mysteries of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” revealing details, plot points and character first looks.

We’ve learned so far that Darth Vader will be in the movie (once again voiced by James Earl Jones), though more of a looming presence than supporting character; and Forest Whitaker’s character is actually freedom fighter Saw Gerra from the ‘Clone Wars’ animated series (and it looks like they may have added hair to the character).

“Consider him kind of a battered veteran who leads a band of Rebel extremists,” Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy told EW this week. “He’s on the fringe of the Rebel Alliance. Even [they] are a little concerned about him.”

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It was also revealed that one character, Chirrut Imwe, played “Ip Man” actor Donnie Yen, is a blind warrior monk who is not a Jedi but follows the path of the Force like a disciple of a long-forgotten religion.

These are all really fascinating details about a “Star Wars” film that could be the most left-of-center so far…that is, unless the reshoots are trying to fix a broken film. But the plot — resistance fighters embark on a daring mission to steal the Empire’s plans for the Death Star — sounds much more interesting than another Skywalker family story or a movie about Jedis (we’ve seen six of those now). Starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn and more, “Rogue One” arrives in theaters December 16. [New photos via EW]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) Ph: Jonathan Olley ©Lucasfilm LFL 2016.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Baze Malbus (Jiang Wen) Ph: Jonathan Olley ©Lucasfilm LFL 2016.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Chirrut Imwe (Donnie Yen) Ph: Jonathan Olley ©Lucasfilm LFL 2016.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story L to R: Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) Ph: Jonathan Olley ©Lucasfilm LFL 2016.

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