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Star Warsfans will get another look at Leia’s adoptive father, Bail Organa, inRogue One. CBS’sThe Talkpresented Smits with a screenshot from theRogue Onesizzle reel that debuted at last month’sStar WarsCelebration in London. Hosts asked if the man who resembled Smits in fact was him. Credit: Lucasfilm, Ltd. He first resisted with a few denials before conceding. “People got nothing better to do!” “There’s stuff going on in the world!” When pressed for specifics, Smits played coy before revealing a little more....

Turns out, it was a team effort. Darth Vader Lives! Cue the heavy breathing. Credit: Jonathan Olley/2016 Lucasfilm Ltd. & tm, All Rights Reserved Darth Vader is alive, angry, and merciless. Hes a Rebel soldier so extreme the others arent sure hes really a good guy. Theres no right or wrong. TM Lucasfilm Ltd. Theres just better and best, and withStar Wars, nothing but the best is going to do....

Part Three of EW’s run-up to the new ‘Star Wars’ trailer. Sometimes theFireflyandFrozenvoice actor describes Kaytoo as being like a little kid blurting out whatever comes to mind. At Star Wars Celebration, Tudyk told the crowd the rehabilitated Imperial droid had a curmudgeon-like brusqueness. Credit: Lucasfilm If you know any old people, its like that. He has no filter. There was an old line, its not in there anymore…. I cant say whatIwant to say, but Kaytoo can say what he wants, Tudyk explains....

The hardest thing in the world is to face up to the question: What have I done? Riz Ahmeds volatile pilot Bodhi Rook is one of them, a former Imperial transport operator. Another isnt a person at all the imposing security droid K-2SO, played via performance-capture by Alan Tudyk. Credit: Jonathan Olley The droid, after all, was just following orders. But in humanity, there is no weaker excuse for having committed or been a bystander to terrible atrocities....

Hollywood has a long, not-so-proud history of not giving audiences an abundance of strong female characters. Not so with the upcomingStar Warsstandalone film,Rogue One. Jones says Jyns strength can be viewed in all the details surrounding the character, including her wardrobe. Credit: Lucasfilm Its literally down to the costume. I didnt want her to be kind of running around in a tank top, a sleeveless top. It should be just that shes focused on what she has to be doing....

Part five of EW’s ‘Star Wars’ week. It was a meeting at dawn in hushed restaurant when Felicity Jones found herself recruited for a covert mission. Most of the meeting was conducted in whispers as he explained the story and the character. Credit: Jonathan Olley With the movie opening Dec. 16, shes finally at the stage when she can talk about it. ButThe Theory of EverythingOscar-nominee has a lot more to discuss, too....

A man with a raspy voice. His body locked in life-giving armor. His face, as well as his soul, scarred by the violent actions of his past. Credit: Giles Keyte/2016 Lucasfilm Ltd.; Lucasfilm One is Darth Vader. The other is Forest Whitakers extremist freedom-fighter Saw Gerrera. There are some similarities, Whitaker says in an interview with EW. I dont know if I should tell you that. Its more about tactics than philosophy....

Part Two of EW’s run-up to the new ‘Star Wars’ trailer. A character like Bodhi is not born into the life of a soldier, Ahmed says. Hes a pilot working for the Empire, doing his job, getting on with it. Credit: Lucasfilm But when you put ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, it can freak them out. It can inspire deep passions. So Im gonna defend Bodhi. We don’t yet know what kind of craft he’ll be maneuvering, but Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler) will costar as the Rebel squad’s lead pilot, Bodhi Rook....

Jyn Undercover… Here we see her in disguise, armed for conflict inside an Imperial corridor. Tarkin is the model for these really cool, icy types, you know? Jonathan Olley/2016 Lucasfilm Ltd. Krennic runs a little hotter than that, so thats kind of fun and its a little bit different. He is unpredictable and volatile. Theyre inspired, again, by what inspired George inThe Hidden Fortress, Kennedy says. Jonathan Olley/2016 Lucasfilm Ltd....

If you tap on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The final installment in EW’s ‘Rogue One Revelations’ series Which paths through the galaxywerenttaken? (Its out on Blu-ray April 4.) Credit: ILM/Lucasfilm Maybe its better not to know. Thats going to have to remain a mystery, says director Gareth Edwards. And theres a very good reason for that. Jonathan Olley/2016 Lucasfilm Ltd. There was no next. It was something the marketing team fell in love with, Edwards says....

Rogue Waves foundation has long been built on unstable ground. The fact that this band is still standing given all that s is amazing. So this is who we are, take it or leave it. Credit: Joe Scarnici/Getty Images Ive never been happier. Delusions Of Grand Furis out April 29 on Easy Sound Recordings. Stream it below, or pre-order inphysicalanddigitalformats. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Its been three years since Rogue Waves last record,Nightingale Floors....

We went in to cut some new songs, which we did, said Wood, 68. But we got on a blues streak. We cut 11 blues in two days. Credit: Mauricio Santana/Getty Images But they really sound authentic. Of the Stones two dozen studio albums, their most recent was 2005sA Bigger Bang. They just capped a tour of Latin America with ahistoric free show in Cuba. Members of band have been hinting at a new album for some time....

He did, he did,Howard saidin response to whether Lucas approached him about the film. I was the third one he spoke to. They had all said the same thing, George, you should just do it!' Credit: Jonathan Prime Nobody wanted to follow that act, I dont think, at that point. That was an honor, but it wouldve been just too daunting. They werent that keen to have me involved anyway....