Here's the new Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer everyone's been waiting for since the crowd at Star Wars Celebration 2016 got an exclusive look last month. We've covered the first trailer and what to expect in these official Star Wars anthology films (separate from the Saga films like last year's The Force Awakens) already, but for the uninitiated, Rogue One follows the young rascal Jyn Erso as she joins up with the Rebel Alliance to try and steal the plans to the first Death Star, setting the film just a short time before the events of A New Hope. This trailer, like the first one, plays off the tension that is sure to mount as Erso and her crew venture deeper into Imperial territory, but also emphasizes the elegiac qualities of the struggle for survival and this rag-tag band of rebels' chance to turn the tide during the Galactic Civil War. Rogue One will be released December 16th, but for now here are five reasons why I'm anticipating this new shade to the Star Wars universe
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