Star Wars Celebration 2016 Will Feature Rogue One Panel

The highly anticipated Star Wars story, Rogue One, will have its own panel at this years Star Wars Celebration. Director Gareth Edwards and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy will be in attendance, as well as some "special guests." Those special guests may just be the stars of the upcoming film. After the trailer dropped back in March, the buzz around the new Star Wars film was loud and clear. The theories and speculations about certain characters, and the reveal of a classic character, have been the topic of conversation among Star Wars fans.

Serving as a prequel to Star Wars: A New Hope, Rogue One is centered around a band of rebels, led by Felicity Jones, who go on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star. The plot for this film is based on a line in the crawl text of the original Star Wars. Felicity Jones (Jyn Erso) is joined by Diego Luna, Mads Mikelsen, Donnie Yen, Forrest Whitaker, Ben Mendelsohn, Jiang Wen, Alan Tudyk, and Riz Ahmed.

John Williams will not be scoring Rogue One, but will be scored by Alexandre Desplat.

Directed by Gareth Edwards, Rogue One is set to be released on December 16, 2016.

*Star Wars Celebration 2017 will be held in Orlando, FL, April 13-16.*