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Research scientist Galen Erso and his family are in hiding on the planet Lah'mu when Imperial weapons developer Orson Krennic arrives to press him into completing the Death Star, a space station-based superweapon capable of destroying entire planets. Īndor, a prequel series set 5 years before the film, will be released on Disney+ in 2022. It received two Oscar nominations for Best Sound Mixing and Best Visual Effects. It grossed over $1 billion worldwide, making it the 20th-highest-grossing film of all time and the second-highest-grossing film of 2016 during its theatrical run. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its acting, story, visuals, musical score, and dark tone, but criticism for its pacing, characters, and digital recreations of Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher. The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 10, 2016, and was released in the United States on December 16. With an estimated production budget of at least $220 million, it is one of the most expensive films ever made. The film then went through extensive reshoots in mid-2016.

Principal photography on the film began at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, in early August 2015 and wrapped in February 2016.

īased on an idea first pitched by Knoll ten years before it entered development, the film was made to be different in tone and style from the traditional Star Wars films, omitting the customary opening crawl and transitional screen wipes. The film also details the Rebel Alliance's first effective victory against the Empire, first referenced in A New Hope 's opening crawl. Set a week before A New Hope, the plot follows a group of rebels who band together to steal plans of the Death Star, the ultimate weapon of the Galactic Empire. The main cast consists of Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, Jiang Wen, and Forest Whitaker. It is the first installment of the Star Wars anthology series and an immediate prequel to Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977). It was produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The screenplay by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy is from a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (or simply Rogue One) is a 2016 American epic space opera film directed by Gareth Edwards.