I feel Rogue Ane  might be the most gorgeous cinematicStar Wars movie ever made. It's full of incredible vistas, foreign aliens, and wonderful locations…especially Vaders Castle—and backside that imagery is an accented plethora  of incredible concept art, and cheers to the release of The Fine art of Rogue Ane , we finally get a glimpse at some of that astonishing work.

Written by Josh Kushins—with forewords fromRogue One director Gareth Edwards, Concept artist Doug Chiang, and art director Neil Lamont—The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story collects a huge wealth of production and concept art from across the making of the movie, encounter some of the amazing folio spreads below.

Pao originated every bit a sketch for The Force Awakens—just a one-off drawing from a creative cursory that never made it into the movie. He started as a guy with loads of long, spiky hair—glam-rock hair, to give you a sense of volume—who is basically merely a oral cavity. For Rogue One, that didn't work with the war machine bending, so I replaced the hair with a kind of kepi but kept the large mouth. Gareth liked the idea of him in the boxing, turning to his comrades and yelling 'Come on!'—but his rima oris opens far beyond what yous'd expect." – Lunt Davies

Admiral Raddus Concept Art

Early on K-2SO concept art

Spaceships and Vehicle concept art of Rogue I

Look sir!! Droids

VADER'southward CASTLE

One of the all-time bits was Vader's castle which was originally mooted for The Empire Strikes Back before it was cut, with Rogue 1 using the original concept art past Ralph McQuarrie to help inspire the version they used.

Jyn Erso concept art

Cassian Andor Concept Art

They gave Cassian a shirt that flaps open like Luke Skywalker'due south in Return of the Jedi. It's very much a classic kind of Star Wars look.

Managing director Orson Krennic Concept Art

Rogue One Imperial Troopers

Senna concept art

Alert: I've saved one speciallyspoilerificimage until final, so if you haven't seen the moving picture yet, you might want to skip it…

All images: The Art of Rogue I: A Star Wars Story by Josh Kushins, and Lucasfilm Ltd. © Abrams Books, 2016(C) 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd. And TM. All Rights Reserved.

With Star Wars Celebration now over, information technology'southward nice to wait back at the backside-the-scenes Commemoration Reel for Rogue 1: A Star Wars Story,  which was made in the verbal same powerful nostalgic way every bit the Star Wars: The Force Awakens behind-the-scenes video that was released at Comic-Con final year. This new video is really quite stunning and equally a lifelongStar Wars fanyou go quite a buzz of excitement as information technology features some awesome new footage of the moving-picture show'south sets and the ambitious cinematic scale of manager Gareth Edward'southward product.

…I truly got goosebumps of excitement and just melted into bliss as I watched thisCelebration Reel.

One of the more interesting thing to come up out ofStar Wars Celebration and Rogue One's Celebration Reelwas the new grapheme details, a start look at Mads Mikkelsen'southward Galen Erso , the new droid Thousand-2S0 and some glimpses of the extra's in the movie, likewise equally John Knoll, Master Artistic Officeholder/Senior Visual Furnishings Supervisor at ILMshowing u.s. some early Rogue One Concept Art of the chief characters for the Rogue One film, which heoriginally came upwards with the idea for.

GALEN ERSO

Lucasfilm offered us a first wait at Mads Mikkelsen every bit Galen Erso in the film.

Galen is the male parent of Felicity Jones' Jyn Erso. The thespian didn't reveal too much more nigh his character, just at that place accept been rumors in the by he will accept direct ties to the Empire, and may even have had a hand in building the Expiry Star.

Mads Mikkelsen (Galen appears to be his name in the film) is kind of the key to the movie in a manner. He is a scientist that took over the Geonosian Death Star project. He solved several of the flaws the Empire could not and is sort of a revered person in the Empire for his contributions. All the same, Mikkelsen's graphic symbol is a Robert Oppenheimer-type grapheme. Oppenheimer helped blueprint the atomic bomb only to say, "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." The guilt "Galen" feels for his contributions to the Empire became too much and he defects, attempting to make things right. In order to do this, he enlists the help of his merely young daughter 'Jyn Erso' who nosotros get a brief glimpse off in the Product Video.

K-2S0

I of the characters I've been virtually interested in learning about in Rogue One: The Star Wars Story is the droid character being played by Alan Tudyk. The vii feet tall droid called K-2SO, and thanks to Star Wars Celebration, we take some new revealing details nearly the grapheme. Actor Diego Luna says that the droid is a friend of his insubordinate fighter character in the movie, Cassian Andor. We've seen a brief bit of footage of K-2S0 already in the start trailer that was released. When describing the character, Luna says:

"I of the most important members of this squad is a droid, an Regal droid that is programmed by the rebellion. His proper name is Grand-2SO. He's probably the best friend Cassian has in the Rebellion, or the simply 1."

Nosotros also got see a  brief scene in which Jyn easily 1000-2SO her bag, and he doesn't similar the idea of carrying it because he's not that kind of droid. This droid really has an attitude. Tudyk went on to talk near his character, explaining:

"That's Thou-2 for you. Look, she gives him her pack and he doesn't actually grab information technology. That's Thou-two: 'Get get the numberless, droid.' 'No, I'd rather non. That'south non my thing.' Cassian reprogrammed him, and did similar a information wipe. When he reprogrammed him, he's non quite all there. He speaks his mind and says things, I don't know, that can be unsettling. He'due south very honest. If you know any old people, he'south similar that; he only says any he thinks. Information technology was smashing. It was really great to play him."

What a fun graphic symbol! I love that he has an attitude. Although he will exist a total CGI character, Tudyk was on set wearing a motion capture suit. The player went on to talk nigh a funny exchange of conversation he had withAnthony Daniels, who plays C-3PO.

"I met him at that party, at the opening night [for The Force Awakens]. I said, 'I'm K-2SO. I'yard going to be the next droid in the series of droids.' He said, 'Do you wear a suit or are you CGI?' I said, 'Oh, I'm CGI.' And he said, 'You shit.' Lovely homo. Nosotros're pen pals. Pen pals to this twenty-four hours."

3B6-RA-7

Keen too to see 3B6-RA-vii, nicknamed "Threebee," who was originally seen in A New Hope aboard the Sandscrawler when R2-D2 and C-3PO got captured by the Jawa's. According the Star Wars history, he was part of the Majestic Security Agency, 3B6-RA-7 was programmed to work every bit a protocol and spy droid, It'll exist exciting to see if he follows those spy roots on Rogue Ane.

The Infinite Monkey

One of the new characters which fans really went bananas for was Rogue One's Space Monkey, a cackling gunner aboard a helicopter-like vessel, this Space Monkey has certainly made a big impression on social media and fifty-fifty appeared live on stage.

UPDATE: His real proper noun: Bistan. He's the gunner on a new starship known every bit the U-Wing, a sort of gunship and troop transport. "It'due south non necessarily a character that nosotros become to know, but I call back he has a very memorable, iconic look," said Edwards. "[He's] one of my favorites. I can't give abroad what happens to him."

The New Characters of Rogue One

Kathleen Kennedy said "We accept this amazing opportunity to exist able to tell stories within this incredible universe, In the past, all the Star Wars movies accept been fabricated equally prequels or sequels, and at present we can take these standalone movies to explore unlike places, unlike characters and different experiences all effectually."

Y'all certainly can come across they have certainly done that with all these great new characters beneath.

"Bigmouth," whose real name is Pao, a soldier who serves as a kind of platoon leader, coordinating the charge into boxing. "There was this great blueprint of this brute that's oral fissure would open really wide, and he looked like he was really good at giving orders and shouting at people during a battle," Edwards said. "I was like, 'We've got to give him that moment in the film,' and then [Pao] was built-in out of that."

The'd better requite this Mon Calamari denizen an actual name, posthaste, or else "chubby, blue Admiral Ackbar" is going to stick.

This willowy fauna calls to mind a friendly Wampa, although at that place may be no such affair. The fine white fur flounces as it runs, and a breathing device makes it a curious combination of animal and machine. It's clearly sentient, carrying either a pack of weaponry or a communications assortment on its dorsum.

The helmet of this character calls to heed a yellowish version of the red, pellet-masked Guavian Death Gang thugs from The Force Awakens.

Edrio Two Tubes

Edrio Two Tubes is a mercenary pilot who flies aslope his eggmate, Benthic. The ii share the nickname derived from the breathing apparatus that allows their Tognath physiology to process oxygen atmospheres. Edrio'south home world Yar Togna was conquered and occupied by the Empire, forcing him to abscond as a refugee. Desiring to strike back at the Empire, Edrio and Benthic have allied with Saw Gerrera

The images are from Lucasfilm's Pavilion at San Diego Comic-Con

News on Star Wars: Rogue Ane had been relatively dormant for quite a while. That is, until a couple of weeks ago, when the first supposed plot details, character descriptions, and a possible cameo past none-other than Han Solo were revealed. Given that Star Wars: The Force Awakens has already been given center stage (though it withal continues to print at the box part), it seems the fourth dimension has finally come up for Rogue One to have a take chances in the spotlight.

While The Forcefulness Awakens combined both the old and the new to create a film that both appealed to the nostalgia of fans besides as brought something fresh to the tabular array, Rogue One will more than likely focus on the old — mostly because it takes place earlier in Star Wars history. In fact, Rogue I is ready earlier the events of the Original Trilogy, every bit information technology will center on the ring of rebels who stole the Death Star plans and propelled their mission of taking downward the Empire forrad.

Due to the fact that it takes identify but a brusque time before A New Hope, it's expected that Rogue 1 will characteristic a few cameos from notable Star Wars characters — namely Darth Vader (who may have a more substantial role than initially expected) and Boba Fett. It seems those two characters won't be the just 2 elements from the Original Trilogy to announced in Rogue One. Co-ordinate to the latest rumors fromMaking Star Wars, which merits — amid other things — that Felicity Jones and Diego Luna volition star in a sequence that pays homage to the iconic scene from A New Hope in which Han and Luke go into disguise as Stormtroopers.

However, while the premise may be somewhat like, there is a small but pregnant deviation in their respective disguises. Instead of dressing upwardly as Stormtroopers, Felicity Jones will don the clothes of an Regal Gunner, while Diego Luna put on the attire of an Regal Commander. Of form, 1 should take caution as this is nowhere near confirmed. All the same, assuming that information technology'south true, this rumored scenario would exist both a brilliant way to recall to the Original Trilogy while besides putting a unique spin on the situation.

In addition, the report likewise went onto annotation more details near Alan Tudyk's character in particular. The character is said to somehow exist"more than a droid," while as well being "a commando droid" that "looks really absurd." Of course, the preceding sentence could be taken every bit being seemingly contradictory, but it appears that while Tudyk will exist playing a droid character, that specific droid volition exist more than circuitous than the others nosotros have already seen in the Star Wars universe.

The report also goes on to give a few codenames being used for the characters in the production ofRogue One. Felicity Jones' character is said to be codenamed Light-green Seal Leader, Jiang Wen'due south is Seal Communicator Blue, Wood Whitaker's is Eel Commander, and Alan Tudyk's is Seal Droid. Additionally, the written report also claims that all of the villainous characters "have codenames related to sharks."

Once more, before taking this as fact, bear in mind that none of this is confirmed. Fifty-fifty so, it'due south possible that this is not actually what the characters are referred to as in the flick itself. Remember, during the production of The Force Awakens, Daisy Ridley's character was referred to every bit Kira, but we subsequently found out that her actual proper noun in the motion picture was Rey. It seems this may be a similar situation, although given that these appear to be actual military-esque codenames, perhaps it's not the same state of affairs.

If the latter happens to be the case, then the codenames above are a quick and easy style of both making characters' allegiances articulate and also denoting their ranks in their respective groups. It's hard to know whether these will be their actual codenames in the film, although fans volition probably not have to wait too long to find out either way, equally the kickoff trailer for Star Wars: Rogue One is rumored to be premiering alongside Helm America: Civil War this May.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will be released on December 16th, 2016, followed byStar Wars: Episode VIII on December 15, 2017 andd the Han SoloStar Wars Anthology picture on May 25th, 2018.Star Wars: Episode IX is expected to reach theaters in 2019, followed by a 3rdStar Wars Album film in 2020.

Source: Screenrant & Making Star Wars