Watch 1 Second of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' In Advance of Tomorrow's Teaser Trailer
UPDATE: Watch the first full Rogue One: A Star Wars Story teaser trailer
ORIGINAL POST: Well, we’ve only seen one second of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story so far but we’ll tell you this: It’s about to bring a whole new meaning to the term “black stormtrooper.”
The official Star Wars YouTube channel has released a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it glimpse at the teaser (premiering tomorrow on GMA) for the upcoming standalone film in a practice that is becoming frustratingly common in the movie marketing world. But in this case the tease-of-the-teaser at least offers up something meaty to chew on for the next 12 hours: an all-black stormtrooper lingering in the foreground while what appears to be a moisture vaporator billows black smoke behind him.
As our Marcus Errico pointed out when Rogue One star Donnie Yen leaked a photo of three of the film’s prop helmets (a photo that quickly evaporated from the ‘net itself), the black model is “slightly reminiscent of the Storm Commandos, an Imperial special-forces unit featured in several comic books and video games over the years — but even more menacing with its sleek, sharply tapered angles.”
As you’ll probably recall, the term “black stormtrooper” emerged after the first teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens opened with John Boyega’s Finn tearing off his helmet. It initially was a pejorative term used derisively by a small-but-loud posse of narrow-minded Star Wars fans who took exception with the casting. But it later transformed into a term of affection: Boyega giddily recalled to us that Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am once approached him at an event and marveled over meeting “the black stormtrooper.”
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is directed by Gareth Edwards and also stars Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker, Diego Luna, and Riz Ahmed. The film, about the daring mission to steal the plans of the original Death Star and deliver them to the Rebel Alliance, opens Dec. 16.
