The first trailer for this year's Star Wars: Rogue One revealed all kinds of story morsels, from the name of Felicity Jones' protagonist (that's Jyn Erso) to the presence of the Empire's four-legged AT-ATs. But as you'd expect, the teaser was also designed to make us fill in lots of blanks. Where's Mads Mikkelsen? Does that ice chamber contain Darth Vader?
We can't answer those questions here, but an early preview of an official guide book—the Rogue One Official Visual Story Guide, to be precise— reveals a wealth of small yet revealing details. Possibly published a little too soon on the website Edelweiss, the preview shows early mock-ups of the cover and a few of the book's inside pages. Within, we discover the previously undisclosed character names behind some of the film's leading actors. And here they are, as picked out by the website JediBibliothek:
Diego Luna: Captain Cassian Andor, an officer in the Rebel Alliance
Jiang Wen: Baze, freelance assassin
Alan Tudyk: K-250, an enforcer droid who teams up with the Rebels
Riz Ahmed: Bodhi, a rebel soldier
Donnie Yen: Chirrut, a spiritual warrior
Ben Mendelsohn: Director Krennic, the military director of the Empire
In addition, the book reveals two additional Rebel characters who haven't been seen as of yet. Called Bistan and Pao, they're both aliens and "fierce warriors." Artwork in the book shows Bistan as being quite squat and hairy, while Pao is taller, lizard-like, and broad-mouthed like a basking shark.
There are never-before seen craft designs, too, including a sleek Rebel Starfighter and a new style of Imperial fighter called a TIE Striker. There's also confirmation that those black-armored Stormtroopers are indeed called Death Troopers.
Another image shows the heroes and villains ranked side by side, the glowering face of Darth Vader looming up above them. Confirmation, if any were needed, that the Dark Lord of the Sith will make an appearance in Rogue One.
You can see the pages from the guide book at Edelweiss or Star Wars Net, though we're guessing they won't stay on the web for too long.
Star Wars: Rogue Oneis out on the Dec. 16.
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