'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' in Pictures

Jyn Erso

Jonathan Olley © 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"

Chirrut Imwe

Jonathan Olley © 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd.

The visually impaired rebel warrior Chirrut Imwe (played Donnie Yen) helps to steal the plans for the Death Star in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story."

Baze Malbus

Jonathan Olley © 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Rebel fighters Baze Malbus (played by Jiang Wen) and Chirrut Imwe (played by Donnie Yen) in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"

Baze Malbus

Jonathan Olley © 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Baze Malbus (played by Jiang Wen) fights with the rebellion in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"

Jyn and Cassian

Jonathan Olley © 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"

Saw Gerrera

Giles Keyte © 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Saw Gerrera (played by Forest Whitaker) in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story." Gerrera was the leader of the Onderon rebels in "The Clone Wars." In "Rogue One," he works to steal the plans for the Death Star from the Galactic Empire.

Saw Gerrera

Giles Keyte © 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker) in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"

Bodhi Rook

Giles Keyte © 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Bodhi Rook (Riz Ahmed) and Benthic in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"

Director Krennic

Giles Keyte © 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Director Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn) in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"

Ready for Battle

Giles Keyte © 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), and Baze Malbus (Jiang Wen) prepare for battle in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story."

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Hanneke Weitering
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Hanneke Weitering is a multimedia journalist in the Pacific Northwest reporting on the future of aviation at FutureFlight.aero and Aviation International News and was previously the Editor for Spaceflight and Astronomy news here at Space.com. As an editor with over 10 years of experience in science journalism she has previously written for Scholastic Classroom Magazines, MedPage Today and The Joint Institute for Computational Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After studying physics at the University of Tennessee in her hometown of Knoxville, she earned her graduate degree in Science, Health and Environmental Reporting (SHERP) from New York University. Hanneke joined the Space.com team in 2016 as a staff writer and producer, covering topics including spaceflight and astronomy. She currently lives in Seattle, home of the Space Needle, with her cat and two snakes. In her spare time, Hanneke enjoys exploring the Rocky Mountains, basking in nature and looking for dark skies to gaze at the cosmos.