Meet The Rogue One Crew

It's not the entire crew, but it is the first picture that's been offically rleased for the film that has most of the actors.  There were a couple of actors that will soon be joining the crew that were introduced this past weekend at D23.  The new title for the film was also released.  Here it is:

 

So it looks like the "Anthology" has been dropped form the official title of the movie.  Let's do a run down of the actors that will be starring in the film, as part of the official announcement at StarWars.com:

The filmmakers have assembled a stellar cast, including Felicity Jones, nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in The Theory of Everything,

Diego Luna, who was featured in 2008's Oscar-winning Milk and the critically acclaimed Killing Them Softly.

Ben Mendelsohn, recently nominated for an Emmy for his role in Bloodline and co-starring in the upcoming Mississippi Grind.

Donnie Yen, Hong Kong action star and martial artist who starred in Ip Man and Blade II.

Jiang Wen, who co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the award-winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep.

Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically-acclaimed Lee Daniel's The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006's The Last King of Scotland.

Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006's Casino Royale.

Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance-capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon-to-be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November.

And Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA-winning film Four Lions.

This is what Kathleen Kennedy had to say on the upcoming film:

“‘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,” says Kathleen Kennedy. “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.’”

Let's hope that Tudyk doesn't die at the end of this battle...that would be too much deja vu!

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story opens in theaters December 16, 2016.