Although Rogue One will feature a few familiar faces from a galaxy far, far away, including Darth Vader, it’s the first of the Star Wars movies to not be tied into a trilogy or primarily follow one of the Skywalkers.
When Rogue One: A Star Wars Story announced its title last year, Star Wars fans’ ears perked up, since “Rogue One” was previously a callsign heard in The Empire Strikes Back and other stories.
Rogue One is kicking off the trend of giving moviegoers a self-contained Star Wars adventure in between new trilogy installments.
Two more Star Wars spinoff movies are coming in the near future, including one following a young Han Solo.