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Her name is Jyn Erso.
And she’s not just the main character inRogue One, she’s also basically the title character.
label – ask Laura Dern, who’s playing an unspecified part in next year’sEpisode VIII.
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We know her.
This is Mon Mothma, former senator and leader of the Rebel Alliance.
But … O’Reilly is back!
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Here we see Luna and Jones running through some pop in of Imperial facility.
Note the tall, bony droid running behind them.
It’s a good bet he’s going to be this metallic sidekick.
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Here are the troopers sprinting on the other side of the platform.
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Coming soon to a Christmas tree or birthday party near you: theStar Warshover tank!
This looks to be the aftermath of the beachside battle we see in the trailer.
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AT-ATs coming at-at you.
The palm trees and shoreline make it almost seem like theStar Warsversion of Pearl Harbor.
That would make this the destruction of an important battleship.
There are bodies in the surf and smoldering wreckage on the shore.
His regal cape drags in the water.
God help him, maybe he loves it so.
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Another caped character seen only from behind.
Is this him, approaching a glowing, cylindrical tank?
This shadowy figure doesn’t really move like Vader, though.
Here, we’re shown that iconic concave dish being moved into place.
Some other kind of demolition gear?
In any case, it’s his expression of total fearlessness that makes him so imposing.
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A staff?
That’s no match for a good blaster at your side, Donnie Yen.
But in his hands, this doesn’t seem to be a problem.
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Not to mention, it calls to mind Rey’s staff-wielding inThe Force Awakens.
(Cue theory: IS THIS REY’S DAD???)
This is a place of sophistication, of wealth, and Yen’s character projects the same.
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Forest Whitaker, on the other hand, looks like a madman.
Armored and weary, he staggers through this tunnel (sewer?)
like a street rat who has some pieces missing after many years of hard-won survival.
The minute-and-a-half teaser trailer goes to great effort to make it clear that her character is an unstable element.
Is her appearance in the uniform ofa Death Star gunnerorTIE Fighter pilota sign that she could be a traitor?
Most likely a disguise.
But the fact that she passes so well says something, too.
The film has many more surprises to reveal before its Dec. 16 debut.
