--- title: Here's How the Internet Reacted to Rogue One's Female Lead description: After a teaser for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was released, many people took to social media to express their thoughts about the film canonical: https://time.com/4285348/star-wars-rogue-one-female-lead-felicity-jones/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-07T17:17:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:26.990Z og:title: Here's How the Internet Reacted to 'Rogue One' Having a Female Lead og:description: It was a mixed bag og:url: https://time.com/4285348/star-wars-rogue-one-female-lead-felicity-jones/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52a6bea33acac902/69888e23e20a87c528a904d8/felicity-jones2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 87th Annual Academy Awards - Press Room og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How the Internet Reacted to 'Rogue One' Having a Female Lead twitter:description: It was a mixed bag twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52a6bea33acac902/69888e23e20a87c528a904d8/felicity-jones2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's How the Internet Reacted to _Rogue One: A Star Wars Story_ Having a Female Lead  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 7, 2016 5:17 PM UTC  Actress Felicity Jones poses in the press room during the 87th Annual Academy Awards at Loews Hollywood Hotel on February 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California. Actress Felicity Jones poses in the press room during the 87th Annual Academy Awards at Loews Hollywood Hotel on February 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California.C Flanigan/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 7, 2016 5:17 PM UTC After a teaser trailer for [_Rogue One: A Star Wars Story_](http://time.com/3999589/star-wars-rogue-one-photo/)was released Thursday, many fans took to social media to express their feelings about the highly anticipated _Star Wars_ spinoff. Set in a time before [Rey and Finn](http://time.com/4282080/star-wars-rap-daisy-ridley-john-boyega/) flew through the galaxy far, far away in [_The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4150168/review-star-wars-the-force-awakens/), the movie stars Felicity Jones as Rebel fighter Jyn Erso. But it’s finally seeing the character in action that has sparked a variety of reactions: **Read More:** [7 Things We Learned From the _Rogue One: A Star Wars Story_ Trailer](http://time.com/4284989/rogue-one-trailer-what-we-learned/?xid=homepage) **Many were ecstatic:** > [](https://twitter.com/cIarkandbruce/status/718083985906204673) > [](https://twitter.com/andykhouri/status/718089132229021697) > [](https://twitter.com/anthony%5Fhollis/status/576169453194518528) **While others couldn’t believe Disney had cast—** **_gasp_** **—two female leads in a row:** > [](https://twitter.com/Notfrankleake/status/718052956264931328) > [](https://twitter.com/Irish%5Ffanatic1/status/718078665234354176) > [](https://twitter.com/MurphyTremblay/status/718077146527207424) > [](https://twitter.com/DANNY%5FDICKBLOOD/status/718078985641467905) > [](https://twitter.com/Dylbo%5FBaggins13/status/718047299222577152) **And some were just there to have fun:** > [](https://twitter.com/annetdonahue/status/718091273442344964) > [](https://twitter.com/nickh%5F101/status/718060526555828224) > [](https://twitter.com/jayblackcomedy/status/718060442355109889) > [](https://twitter.com/pettygyaI/status/718089837669011456) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4285348/star-wars-rogue-one-female-lead-felicity-jones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4285348/star-wars-rogue-one-female-lead-felicity-jones/"},"headline":"Here's How the Internet Reacted to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Having a Female Lead","datePublished":"2016-04-07T17:17:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:26.990Z","description":"It was a mixed bag","url":"https://time.com/4285348/star-wars-rogue-one-female-lead-felicity-jones/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","twitter","Star Wars topic","Rogue one","rogue one a star wars story"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52a6bea33acac902/69888e23e20a87c528a904d8/felicity-jones2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52a6bea33acac902/69888e23e20a87c528a904d8/felicity-jones2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"87th Annual Academy Awards - Press Room","caption":"Actress Felicity Jones poses in the press room during the 87th Annual Academy Awards at Loews Hollywood Hotel on February 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California.","creditText":"C Flanigan/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4285348/star-wars-rogue-one-female-lead-felicity-jones/","name":"Here's How the Internet Reacted to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Having a Female Lead"}}]}] ```