Rogue One [Official Info] Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - December 16, 2016

Announced as title of first standalone Star Wars film...

All the details directly from SW.com...

This morning at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, across the street from Lucasfilm, Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger hosted a shareholder meeting where he announced news regarding the first Star Wars stand-alone movie as well as Star Wars: Episode VIII.
Rogue One is the title for the first film in a unique series of big-screen adventures that explores the characters and events beyond the core Star Wars saga. Rogue One will be directed by Gareth Edwards (Monsters, Godzilla) and written by Oscar nominee Chris Weitz (Cinderella, About a Boy, Antz). The first actress cast is Felicity Jones, who garnered an Academy Award nomination and critical acclaim for her performance in The Theory of Everything. The idea for the story of Rogue One came from John Knoll, an Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor and chief creative officer at Industrial Light & Magic. He will executive produce along with Simon Emanuel (The Dark Knight Rises, Fast & Furious 6) and Jason McGatlin (Tintin, War of the Worlds). Kathleen Kennedy and Tony To (Band of Brothers, The Pacific) are on board to produce and John Swartz (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) will co-produce. The film starts shooting this summer in London and is due for release on December 16, 2016.
In addition, Iger confirmed that Rian Johnson will write and direct Star Wars: Episode VIII. The film, which continues the saga after the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, is set for release on May 26, 2017 — forty years and a day after the release of Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977. Johnson is widely considered one of cinema’s most gifted young filmmakers, having directed the modern sci-fi classic, Looper, as well as Brick and The Brothers Bloom. He was also behind the camera for three episodes of the critically-acclaimed TV series Breaking Bad, including “Ozymandias,” which series creator Vince Gilligan named as the best installment of the show. Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman, producer of Looper, Don Jon, Brick, and The Brothers Bloom, are on board to produce.

 

Finally a Title, Johnson confirmed, SW back to summer and we wait only half a year between this movie and Episode VIII.

 

So, this is the rumored X-Wing film? WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I hope so.

 

Wooooo, unexpected but very welcome!

 

So it's gonna be about Rogue Squadron then?

 

I have to wonder... is Felicity Jones playing Evaan, the female rebel pilot seen in the Princess Leia comics?

 

Wow, I'd better read the X-Wing novels now!

 

Upon first hearing the spin-off's title it sounds like a Rogue Squadron movie to me. Glad to something else official on the movie besides the writer and director.

 

Really pleased about this. A year and five months between Star Wars episodes is good news to me!

This is a really minor thing, but I hope the spin-off is called simply "Rogue One" rather than "Star Wars: Rogue One". The Star Wars title should be saved for the main saga.

 

I doubt they'll lose the "Star Wars", purely for marketing and name recognition.

 

Yeah, canon or not, they are great fun and will be fun just to get into the spirit of it all.

 

Anyone notice a certain writer's name missing from the press release?

 

I wonder between what periods this movie is set?

 

Just had the same thought. Either that or could quite easily be someone introduced in Rebels.

 

ILM Visual Effects ‏@ILMVFX 15m15 minutes ago
Okay @rianjohnson *now* we can get to work… We’ve put a couple pots of coffee on for you.

 

Who would have thought that a simple title would throw me back into such a rush of nostalgia - dogfighting in X-Wing v. Tie, reading about Corran, Wedge, and the gang do battle with Isard, and of course, blasting away more Tie's on the Gamecube...

If the movie can capture the same magic that all those Legends stories did, I say we have a real winner here.

 

Felicity as Evaan?
They do have a similar facial structure, though the hair color will need a change, obviously.

 

Concept Art was shown????
Peter Sciretta ‏@slashfilm 3h3 hours ago
Anyone at the Disney Investors Meeting? Can someone give us a description of the Rogue One concept art shown by Iger??

 

Tagged as Official, and thread title updated.

 

Rogue Squadron movie?

 

ROGUE SQUADRON MOVIE YES

 

Honestly I hope it's set between the OT and the ST, so that we can explore a new era unfamiliar on screen.

 

About time. Would love to see the concept art.

 

jmo Rogue "One" doesn't sound like bounty hunters, rather a call sign like Red Five, et cetera.