The Star Wars prequel Rogue One is set to blast into movie theaters on December 16, 2016. And already the film has landed on the cover of Entertainment Weekly. Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso and Diego Luna as Captain Cassian Andor are featured with various robots and aircraft in the background. One of the cover lines shouts, 'Darth Vader is back!' announcing the return of the menacing man from the Dark Side. Vader has not been seen since the last set of prequels from George Lucas. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story explores just how the Rebellion came to possess the information stored inside R2-D2 in 1977's Star Wars that revealed the fatal flaw in the Empire’s super weapon, EW explains. The saga is set 40 before Force Awakens, which introduced Rey and Finn as well as BB-8. EW had several other details of the new film. On the cover new Imperial weaponry is shown. That includes taller, slimmer walkers known as AT-ACTs hauling cargo, and flatter, fang-like interceptors known as TIE Strikers, it was revealed. It was added Erso - the outlaw who has clashed with both the Rebellion and the Empire - 'leads a mission for the good guys. It’s also personal – her father, played by Mads Mikkelsen, is a scientist whose knowledge is sought by both sides.' Also new is the tidbit that Ben Mendelsohn is playing 'an ambitious officer, who’s eager to earn the favor of the Emperor – and avoid the wrath of his black-masked enforcer.' Rogue One also stars Jiang Wen, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, Forest Whitaker, and Alan Tudyk as a performance-capture droid.
Source: Mail Online
