It shows the battle on Scarif that’s shown in the the first trailer, with Rebel troops fending off a squad of Stormtroopers who are invading the beach the Rebels are holding. The first teaser poster debuted at Star Wars Celebration earlier this year and was given to attendees there. He’s also facing internal struggles of his own, namely those that come from the Emperor’s right-hand man Darth Vader. He’s the adversary Jyn and her team go up against, the one getting in their way at every turn. He was brought in by Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn), the Empire’s director of special projects and an imposing figure in the government’s hierarchy. Specifically, she’s the daughter of Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen), a scientist who was forcibly recruited by the Empire while Jyn was still a young girl to help build the super weapon.
One of the reasons Jyn is selected for this assignment is that she has ties to the Death Star itself. That team includes Rebel Intelligence officer Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), the warrior Chirrut Îmwe (Donnie Yen) and others, a specialized team that’s small and nimble enough to hopefully get in and out undetected. When the Rebels get wind of a dangerous new space station-sized weapon the Empire is building they recruit Jyn to assemble and lead a small team of specialists and fighters to infiltrate an Imperial installation and steal the plans to that weapon. Rogue One stars Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso, a young woman who has had a troubled life. The story (don’t call it a Prequel) is set just before the events of 1977’s A New Hope, the original Star Wars story, and tells the stories of how the plans to the Death Star wind up in the hands of the Rebels at the beginning of that movie. The Rebel Alliance is back on the big-screen in this week’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.