‘Rogue One’ Featurette: Diego Luna Takes You To A Galaxy Far, Far Away
In the months leading up to the release ofRogue One: A Star Wars Story, it feels like we’ve talked about every character in the movie exceptDiego Luna’s Captain Cassian Andor, whose role appears to be “straight-laced soldier who has to wrangle together all of those strange rebel misfits.” Since I like Luna quite a bit and am eagerly awaiting to see him contribute to the Star Wars universe, this new featurette focusing on his experiences on the set of the film feels like it arrived at the just the right time.
Although not very long, this brisk featurette offers a few snippets of new footage from the movie as well as a lot of behind-the-scenes b-roll focusing almost exclusively on Luna. As you’d expect, Luna seems to be having a grand ‘ole time on the set of a Star Wars movie, often appearing downright giddy as he talks to the camera about the experience. Yeah, I think most fans can understand that feeling.
We’re currently in “full saturation” mode when it comes toRogue Onemarketing, with some new TV spotsoffering more details than the earliest trailerswhile otherslean heavily on the most recognizable iconography possibleto convince stragglers that they should get excited about this movie. There don’t seem to be too many stragglers, though – when ticketswent on sale earlier today, the internet broke again, much like how it couldn’t bear the stress ofStar Wars: The Force Awakensticket demands last year.Rogue Oneiscurrently tracking for a $130 million opening weekend, which is a little less than half ofThe Force Awakens’ opening haul, but everyone expected that drop.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Storywill open onDecember 16, 2016.
Rogue One: AStar WarsStory" is directed by Gareth Edwards and stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, with Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker. Kathleen Kennedy, Allison Shearmur and Simon Emanuel are producing, with John Knoll and Jason McGatlin serving as executive producers.
