Rogue One Wikipedia. Rogue One A Star Wars Story, or simply Rogue One, is a 2. American epicspace opera film directed by Gareth Edwards. The screenplay by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy is from a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. It was produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the first installment of the Star Wars. Anthology series, set immediately before the events of the original Star Wars film. The cast includes Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker. Rogue One follows a group of rebels on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star, the Galactic Empires superweapon. Vanilla Gorilla Movie Full Hd. Based 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, including omitting the customary opening crawl. Principal photography on the film began at Elstree Studios near London during early August 2. February 2. 01. 6. The film went through extensive reshoots and additional filming in mid June 2. Gilroy joining for these. The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 1. United States on December 1. Rogue One received generally positive reviews, with praise for its acting, action sequences, musical score, and darker tone, although some criticism was directed at the lack of character development and the films use of computer generated imagery to recreate the likenesses of some actors. Rogue One A Star Wars Story, or simply Rogue One, is a 2016 American epic space opera film directed by Gareth Edwards. The screenplay by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy. The film has grossed over 1 billion worldwide, making it the second highest grossing film of 2. It received two Academy Awards nominations for Best Sound Mixing and Best Visual Effects. Forest Whitaker as Saw Gerrera, a veteran of the Clone Wars and a friend of the Erso family who had mentored Jyn in her later childhood years. Jimmy Smits, Genevieve OReilly, and Anthony Daniels reprise their roles from previous films as Bail Organa, Mon Mothma, and C 3. PO, respectively. James Earl Jones also reprises his role from previous films as the voice of Darth Vader,2. Spencer Wilding and Daniel Naprous, replacing David Prowse who played the role in the original films. Grand Moff Tarkin and Princess Leia Organa are played by Guy Henry and Ingvild Deila, respectively, with the digital likenesses of Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher superimposed. Henry also provides the voice for Tarkin, while archival audio of Fisher is used for Leia. Angus Mac. Innes and Drewe Henley are featured as Gold Leader Dutch Vander and Red Leader Garven Dreis, respectively, via unused footage from A New Hope Mac. Innes returned to record new dialogue for Vander, while new dialogue for the deceased Henley was assembled from archival material. David Ankrum, who voiced Wedge Antilles in A New Hope, reprises his role in a vocal cameo. Ian Mc. Elhinney, Michael Smiley, Andy de la Tour and Tim Beckmann play General Jan Dodonna, Dr. Evazan, General Hurst Romodi and Captain Raymus Antilles, respectively.