According to Fandango, the prequel to the originalStar Wars(1977),Rogue One,is returning to theaters. The 2016 film will release in theaters on August 26 across the United States market. The re-release is a move by Lucasfilms to celebrate and promote the release of the upcoming Disney+ seriesAndor.Andoris a prequel series toRogue One, centered aroundDiego Luna’s character Cassian Andor. The series will stretch out a story in a two-season narrative, totaling twenty-four episodes.
The decision to re-release the film comes at the proper time frame.Andorwill begin to stream on Disney+ on September 21. The debut will be a three-episode premiere. The show was earlier supposed to start streaming on August 31. It waspostponed for the next three weeks, probably to make room forShe-Hulk: Attorney At Law.
RevisitingRogue One: A Star Warswould be a good call as it’s the first time in six years that theStar Warsera that movie brought forth would expand. The film isone of the best in the franchiseand ended up grossing more than a billion dollars worldwide.Andorwouldtake us back to the earlier days of the rebel alliance, probably dealing with its initial growth against the Empire. Theearly sneak peek of the serieshasn’t revealed much about the show’s plot, but it would end up building events that led to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Andorwould be the next in line of Disney+ originals afterThe Mandalorian,The Book of Boba Fett,Obi-Wan Kenobi, andThe Bad Batch- all of whom have expanded theStar Wars Sagato far more corners.
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Expanded Star Wars to New Corners
Rogue One: A Star Wars Storywas supposed to be an anthology film that would take place outside theSkywalker Saga. The film dealt with events that led directly toA New Hope. Thanks toAndor, the film’s story will be further expanded, making the entire saga much more extensive than ever. It was the first event that developed Star Wars aside from the three trilogies in the live-action format. And now,Andorwill make it more expansive with an amalgamation of both old and new characters.
Rogue One: A Star Warsfeatured Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso, who assembles a team of rebels with Cassian Andor, Bodhi Rook, Chirrut, Baze, and K-2SO. The group hatches a plan to steal the plans for Death Star, which Luke Skywalker uses to destroy the planet destroyer inStar Wars: A New Hope.
Many characters fromRogue Onewill appear inAndorbesides Cassian. That includes Forrest Whitaker’s Saw Gerrera and Genevieve O’Reilly’s Mon Mothma. The series was earlier pitched as a buddy series also starring Alan Tudyk’s K-2SO but was later revised to focus on Luna’s character alone. Tudyk may appear in the next season of the show.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Storyreleases again on August 26, andAndorwill begin streaming on Disney+ in a three-episode premiere on September 21.
