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the chorus Star Wars saga spend 7 films and Counting but rogue one isn't part of that it's a standalone so where and how does it fit in a New Hope's famous opening crawl alludes to a prequel that's only now nearly 40 years later been adapted to film rogue one is this prequel to Episode four a new hope I understand maybe you're a little confused here's what you need to know rogue one takes place between the two star wars movie trilogy so that's after Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader but before Luke Skywalker and company blow up the Death Star it's like a heist film crossed with a war movie remember the beginning of the original a new help Princess Leia needs r2d2 to get the Death Star's blueprints to the Rebel Alliance so they can do this road one is about the original ragtag group tasked with stealing those plans from the Empire in the first place so we have this many people against the Empire it's basically a suicide mission when the movie starts the Empire has already taken control the galaxy the Rebel Alliance is just forming it's the Empire's scrappy underdog adversary that scene in the trailer with the a dots on a beach that's the Battle of scarus but we won't spoil the plot the hero of rogue one is jyn erso she's accompanied by Cassie and and or in this hacked Imperial droid that's kind of a jerk thanks but Jim's not a Jedi she's just someone who causes a lot of trouble and here's perhaps the most unusual thing about rogue one it won't get a sequel along with the Skywalker movies we've been watching for years Disney is releasing standalone films that's why rogue one is called a Star Wars story and Star Wars stories can be about anything at all so Disney can keep making them forever so enjoy rogue one this may be your only chance to see these characters on the silver screen up next in the Star Wars spin-offs is something a little more familiar the origin story of Han Solo starring that dude from Hail Caesar is Han in dollar Glover as Lando Calrissian because Star Wars never end