AfterRevenge of the Sith , no one – including the most dedicatedStar Warsfans – clamored for more Anakin Skywalker .
Really , the ending ofReturn of the Jediwas enough . We saw Darth Vader miss the grasp of the Dark Side , tug the Emperor down an inconveniently placed ventilation barb , and embrace it out with his boy Luke Skywalker . Not precisely repurchase for blowing up Alderaan , but hey , a guy has to start somewhere .
Despite the conclusion , George Lucas insisted on double back and charting the evolution of Boy Darth in his prequel films , starting with scrappy podracer Annie Skywalker inThe Phantom Menaceand ending with the suited Darth Vader , Star Wars ' variation of the " Million Dollar Man . " The Empire had the engineering science .
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You ’d think that would be the end of it . But anAFI top-100villain does not go quietly into the night . Vader will reelect .
There ’s hope to the previous idea : accordingtoEntertainment Weekly , the temperamental Sith lord will come along inRogue One , the first of many proposed spinoffs to the original saga . " Darth Vader kind of looms big over the plot , even when he ’s not on screen,“EWreporter Anthony Breznican say in aGood Morning Americasegment accompanying the promulgation . " The young villain , played by Ben Mendelsohn , he ’s examine to fulfill the wishes of the Emperor , and he ’s got Vader looming in the backdrop , over his shoulder . " We hope they mean that literally .
How canStar Warsbring back Darth Vader ? dewy-eyed : Rogue Onetakes place in the villain ’s peak . " Prequel " may be a dirty Scripture for this franchise , but it ’s the basis for this spinoff , which pick up prior to the event of the very firstStar Wars(Episode IV ) and supposedly roll up bit before Vader bursts onto Princess Leia ’s spaceship . So while there wo n’t be a Rey cameo , there may be connection to the recent trilogy ignited byThe Force Awakens .
Rogue Onestars Felicity Jones ( the Oscar - nominatedTheory of Everything ) as Jyn Erso , a Han Solo - esque outlaw muster in by the Rebellion to slip the plans for the Death Star . style more as a war movie than any previousStar Warsassignment , Rogue Onewill take Jyn Erso to new planets and a few familiar sets . Diego Luna ( Y Tu Mamá También ) , Jiang Wen ( Let the Bullets Fly ) , Donnie Yen ( theIp Manseries ) , Riz Ahmed ( Nightcrawler ) , Forest Whitaker ( The Last King of Scotland ) , and Alan Tudyk ( Firefly ) , playing a movement - captured automaton , round off out her team of bandits .
Who will commove the Force and who will endure from an invisible chokehold ? We ’ll have intercourse whenRogue Onelands on December 16th . We bonk we should be skeptical , but we ca n’t help it : we ’re unrestrained for more Darth Vader .
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