Star Wars fans get first look at latest instalment Rogue One

The first trailer for the new Star Wars film Rogue One - parts of which will be filmed in Malin Head in Co Donegal - shows Felicity Jones taking the lead as a young rebel.
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The Theory Of Everything actress’s character, Jyn Erso, is asked to join a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star, the planet-destroying weapon of the evil Empire.

In Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, she is detained by rebellion leaders who sum her up: “On your own from the age of 15, reckless, aggressive, and undisciplined.”

She tells them: “This is a rebellion, isn’t it? I rebel.”

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Jones’s character is then told about an imminent “major weapons test”, and asked to join the effort to find out what it is and how to destroy it.

The movie, directed by Gareth Edwards, takes place between Episode III and Episode IV, and is the first of three planned stand-alone spin-off films.

It fills the gap between 2005 prequel movie Star Wars Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith and 1977’s Star Wars A New Hope.

Auditions are reportedly taking place for another of the anthology films, which tells the story of a young Han Solo.

Rogue One also stars Mads Mikkelsen, Forest Whitaker and Riz Ahmed, and is set for release in December.

The Star Wars cast and crew are set to descend on Malin Head in May.