Disney Reveal Cast for Star Wars: Rogue One.

Star Wars: Rogue One.

Disney has revealed the cast for Star Wars: Rogue One, the previously thought Star Wars Anthology movie via a photo.

The cast members include Felicity Jones, Riz Ahmed, Diego Luna, Jiang Wen, Donnie Yen, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen and Alan Tudyk.

The movie is set to take off before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope (1977). Someone has the plans for the Empire's Death Star which prompts Darth Vader's reaction in the first scene.

Kathleen Kennedy, +LucasFilm said in a statement"Rogue One Takes Place before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope and will be a departure from the saga films but have elements that are familiar to the Star Wars universe, it goes into a new territory, exploring the galactic struggle from a ground-war perspective while maintaining that essential Star Wars feel that fans have come to know"

+Star Wars Rogue One is expected to open to cinemas on Friday, 16th December 2016