While many classic Star Wars characters have appeared in both animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, Whitaker’s character marks the first time that a new animated character in this universe is being brought to live-action on the big screen.
Saw Gerrera played a big part in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and now we get to see what became of the Clone War vet.
Last week, Entertainment Weekly debuted a bunch of new photos from the hugely anticipated Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
These come just one week before Rogue One arrives at Star Wars Celebration in Europe, where a lot of fun surprises are planned for this first of many Star Wars spinoffs.