Star Wars: Rogue One cast announced

Gareth Edwards has just started production on the next of the Star Wars films, Rogue One and at Disney’s D23, he revealed the film’s cast.

Already previously confirmed were Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed and Forest Whitaker and now Mads Mikkelsen, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Alan Tudyk and Ben Mendelsohn will join them.

Regarding the movie’s plot, Kathleen Kennedy said “Rogue One takes place before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope and will be a departure from the saga films but have elements that are familiar to the Star Wars universe. It goes into new territory, exploring the galactic struggle from a ground-war perspective while maintaining that essential Star Wars feel that fans have come to know. Gareth is such an innovative director and I’m so excited to be working with him and the extraordinary ensemble cast he’s selected for Rogue One.”

Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One will hit UK cinemas on December 16, 2016.