--- title: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: Behind the Scenes in VR description: A galaxy far, far away just got a lot closer — because now you can experience the making of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in virtual reality. canonical: https://time.com/4586327/star-wars-rogue-one-virtual-reality/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-30T17:43:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:03:43.735Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Go Behind the Scenes of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' in Virtual Reality og:description: A galaxy far, far away just got a lot closer og:url: https://time.com/4586327/star-wars-rogue-one-virtual-reality/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt865fc20c0f2901b9/6988b0227cdbac50f8d566bd/rogue-one.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: null og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Go Behind the Scenes of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' in Virtual Reality twitter:description: A galaxy far, far away just got a lot closer twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt865fc20c0f2901b9/6988b0227cdbac50f8d566bd/rogue-one.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Go Behind the Scenes of _Rogue One: A Star Wars Story_ in Virtual Reality by [Michael Miller / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Michael Miller / People Nov 30, 2016 5:43 PM UTC  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryJonathan Olley—Lucasfilm Ltd. by [Michael Miller / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Michael Miller / People Nov 30, 2016 5:43 PM UTC **Pick up PEOPLE’s special issue,** **_Star Wars: The Secrets of Rogue One_** **, on newsstands Nov. 30 — including a special** **_Star Wars_** **virtual-reality bonus with goggles included! And watch** [**_People Special: Star Wars Rogue One_**](http://people.com/pen/00000157-1a27-d656-ab57-1e3fbb760000/00000158-b259-d430-a37d-be59e3070000/) **on the new People/Entertainment Weekly Network (PEN) starting Nov. 30\. Go to**[ **PEOPLE.com/PEN**](http://people.com/PEN/)**, or download the PEN app on Apple TV, Roku Players, Amazon Fire TV, Xumo, Chromecast, iOS and Android devices.** A galaxy far, far away just got a lot closer — because now you can experience the making of [_Rogue One: A Star Wars Story_](http://people.com/tag/star-wars/) in virtual reality. The creators of the new [_Star Wars_](http://people.com/starwars) movie, out Dec. 16, are giving fans the opportunity to go behind the scenes of a battle between rebels and stormtroopers with a stunning interactive experience available exclusively from PEOPLE. Check out the 360° video above, explorable by clicking and dragging your mouse across the screen. For a fully immersive virtual-reality experience using VR goggles, download the LIFE VR app for iOS and Android or visit [time.com/lifevr](http://time.com/lifevr). (Don’t have goggles? They’re included in PEOPLE’s new special issue, _Star Wars: The Secrets of Rogue One_, at newsstands now! [Click here](http://people.com/movies/rogue-one-star-wars-virtual-reality-experience-assemble-goggles/) for an easy guide on how to assemble them.) In the video, _Rogue One_ director Gareth Edwards takes us to Pinewood Studios in London, where the crew is filming an action sequence on the planet Jedha in which rebel fighters Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) lead an ambush against an Imperial tank and a squad of stormtroopers. “You can see the people in costumes constantly acting,” says the director. “They don’t know when they’re going to be in shot. That was part of the design of this set, so that at any point we could move the camera around and film 360° spontaneously.” _To watch the full experience and explore more exclusive virtual reality content, download the LIFE VR app for iOS and Android or visit_ [_time.com/lifevr_](http://time.com/lifevr)_._ The entire market is explorable from the audience’s vantage point. Edwards notes that he “wanted this to feel as immersive as possible, like you were in a real war zone situation.” In addition to the immersive view of the scene, Edwards gives exclusive insights into fascinating set details, like some architectural homages to Luke Skywalker’s home planet, and George Lucas’s personal contribution to one of the stormtroopers’ helmets. Onscreen annotations reveal even more secrets of the set. “We’re experiencing it in a way that feels organic, like this place could actually exist,” explains the director. “It’s crucial really to believing in what our heroes will be fighting for.” _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/movies/virtual-reality-exclusive-go-behind-the-scenes-of-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story/) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4586327/star-wars-rogue-one-virtual-reality/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4586327/star-wars-rogue-one-virtual-reality/"},"headline":"Go Behind the Scenes of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in Virtual Reality","datePublished":"2016-11-30T17:43:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:03:43.735Z","description":"A galaxy far, far away just got a lot closer","url":"https://time.com/4586327/star-wars-rogue-one-virtual-reality/","keywords":["Virtual Reality","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt865fc20c0f2901b9/6988b0227cdbac50f8d566bd/rogue-one.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michael Miller / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt865fc20c0f2901b9/6988b0227cdbac50f8d566bd/rogue-one.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"null","caption":"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story","creditText":"Jonathan Olley—Lucasfilm Ltd.","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/virtual-reality/","name":"Virtual Reality"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4586327/star-wars-rogue-one-virtual-reality/","name":"Go Behind the Scenes of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in Virtual Reality"}}]}] ```