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Disney gave out a few details about the new film: It’s being directed by Gareth Edwards and written by Chris Weitz, Felicity Jones has been cast for the film, and it’s set for release on December 16, 2016, after _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ but before _Star Wars: Episode VIII,_ which also had its release date announced. Disney also said the idea for _Rogue One’s_ storyline came from John Knoll, Chief Creative Officer at Industrial Light & Magic, the production company George Lucas started in 1975 to work on the first _Star Wars._ Knoll has worked on visual effects for a host of sci-fi favorites, including the _Star Wars_ prequels and _Star Trek_ TV episodes and films. That’s all Disney is saying for sure about _Rogue One_ for now. So what will it actually be _about_? The film’s title betrays one big clue. In _Star Wars_ lore, several top Rebel Alliance fighter pilots (they’re the good guys of the films) formed up an elite unit after the destruction of the first Death Star, seen at the end of _A New Hope._ The group isn’t mentioned much in the movies, but a series of video games in the late 1990s and early 2000s cemented their status in _Star Wars_ canon. The unit’s name? Rogue Squadron, headed up by “Rogue Leader.” Or, alternatively, “Rogue One.” Does that mean we’re getting a Rogue Squadron spinoff movie? Maybe! In the first trailer for _Force Awakens_, we get a glimpse of an X-wing pilot who very well could be a member of Rouge Squadron. In _Star Wars_ history, Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles have both served as Rogue Leader, but that doesn’t mean a Rogue Squadron film would be about them. 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