Disney’sRogue One: A Star Wars Storyis winding down its theatrical run, and if fans want to learn even more about this movie, they can pick upThe Art of Rogue Onebook, which was released the same day thisStar Wars spin-offhits theaters. Over the past few weeks, concept artistMatt Alsopphas been releasing concept art images from this book, which you can see below. Fans can get a closer look at the AT-ACT loading bay, the new droid K-2SO, and much more in these new images.
Rogue Onerecently passed a hugebox office milestone, crossing $1 billion worldwide. It has already won the 2016 domestic box office crown with $524.6 million, easily beatingFinding Dory’s tally of $486.2 million. It is still just behindCaptain America: Civil War’s worldwide total of $1.1 billion, but it’s possible that it could beat it out in its final days of its theatrical release.Rogue Onecurrently stands at $1.04 billion, so we’ll have to wait and see if it can surpass Marvel’sCaptain America: Civil Warfor the worldwide box office crown.
From Lucasfilm comes the first of theStar Wars standalone films,Rogue One: A Star Wars Storyan all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Storyis directed byGareth Edwardsand starsFelicity Jones,Diego Luna,Ben Mendelsohn,Donnie Yen,Mads Mikkelsen,Alan Tudyk,Riz Ahmed, withJiang WenandForest Whitaker.Kathleen Kennedy,Allison ShearmurandSimon Emanuelare producing, withJohn KnollandJason McGatlinserving as executive producers. The story is byJohn KnollandGary Whitta, and the screenplay is byChris WeitzandTony Gilroy.Rogue Onehelps set the standard for future spin-offs, which will be hitting theaters over the next few years.
LucasFilm will release moreStar Wars spin-offsover the next few years, starting withHan Solo: A Star Wars Story, which starsAlden Ehrenreichas Han Solo,Donald Gloveras Lando Calrissian,Woody Harrelsonas Han Solo’s mentor Garris Shrike andEmilia Clarkeas an unspecified character. LucasFilm will release this film on July 03, 2025, although there have been rumors it may move to a December 2018 release as well.
