More Star Wars: Rogue One Crew, Details, and Felicity Jones' Role

Star Wars: Rogue One is finally taking shape. After revealing a teaser video and official description detailing the first of the franchise's new non-episodic "Anthology Films," director Gareth Edwards spilled more information about the film, alongside Story Group head Kiri Hart, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, and Story Group member Pablo Hidalgo. The group displayed an image of several Rebel soldiers de-boarding from transports onto a battlefield. Edwards confirmed that yes, Felicity Jones is a Rebel soldier. "When you meet real soldiers, they're real and normal people. We want to demonstrate fear and warmth and energy. And Felicity embodies all those things in her body of work."