What We Could Expect From Star Wars: Rogue One

With Star Wars: The Force Awakens still bulldozing the competition at the box office, it's easy to forget that before Episode VIII comes out, we'll be treated to the first stand-alone Star Wars film at the end of this year when Star Wars: Rogue One is released.  This is the first of the "Anthology" series, which will be basically one-shots (kind of like in comic books).  These are independent stories that take place in the Star Wars universe, but don't actually interfere with the "Episode" story lines, but more along the lines of build on them.

So what can we expect from this first go around?  A new report from Making Star Wars claims to have the plot details to the new movie.  Want to know what it says?  Okay, but be warned, there may be ***HUGE SPOILERS!!!*** ahead!  I don't know if these reports are true, but in case they are, and you don't want to know what to expect and keep reading, don't say I didn't warn you!

It's already been revealed that this is going to be what they are calling a "heist" film.  It will follow a group of Rebel fighters, the Rogue Squadron, in an attempt to steal the plans for the Empire's new Death Star.  We now have a little more information on how this movie will play out.  In this new report, it says that the movie focuses on a scientist currently being called "Galen".  Galen is being played by Mads Mikkelsen, a "Hannibal alum".  This scientist is key to the development of the Death Star.  It says that Galen "solved several of the flaws the Empire could not and is sort of a revered person in the Empire for his contributions".  The problem is, once Galen realizes that his life's work has gone to building a weapon that can destroy planets, he starts to regret everything that he's done.

To right this wrong, Galen defects to the Rebellion, and teams up with his daughter, who is part of the Rebellion (played by Felicity Jones) to "undo the devastation her family has unleashed onto the galaxy".  This is an interesting angle, one that shows that not all of the people in the Empire are mind-numbed robots that just do what they are told.  This kind of mirrors the struggle that Finn has in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Speaking of Finn, last week I did a post that talked about TR-8R, the fan favorite Stormtrooper in The Force Awakens.  I talked about who he could possibly be, and why he was so angry with Finn.  Well, Lucasfilm came out last week and confirmed that TR-8R is actually "Nines," one of the Stormtroopers in Finn's old squad.  That would explain why Nines called Finn a traitor, and attacked him with so much force...no pun intended.