Via Starwars.com:

WE ARE WITH ROGUE ONE. ALL THE WAY.

We gave them 2 minutes. They gave us a galaxy in need of hope.

During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet.

–From Star Wars: A New Hope‘s opening crawl, 1977

Now, nearly 40 years later, that battle (and the events preceding it) will at last be shown in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. We’ve gotten a teaser trailer and a sizzle reel, but during last night’s Olympic Games we were finally given a longer trailer focusing on the heroes and villains about to fill in some of the unexplored parts of the Star Wars saga.

Here are nine aspects that have made me a repeat viewer.

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