New Star Wars: Rogue One Footage Premieres

After confirming it will release in China, Lucasfilm today released a new Chinese trailer for Star Wars: Rogue One. It’s a pretty spectacular video, diving into the story and showing some incredible action sequences. Take a look:

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Rogue One is directed by Godzilla‘s Gareth Edwards. It comes to China on January 6, which is a few weeks after it debuts in the US on December 16. China is reportedly the world’s second largest film market.

According to a report, the Star Wars series does not do historically do as well in China. In an effort to change this, Disney launched a local marketing blitz that included a poster for the film with its Chinese stars, Donnie Yen and Jiang Wen, up front. Go to THR to see the poster.

Earlier this week, Lucasfilm released a new video for the movie that introduces viewers to main character Jyn Erso, who is played by Felicity Jones. Another new video showed off Darth Vader and Stormtrooper battles on the tropical planet of Scarif.

While you have to wait a bit longer to see Rogue One, you can pick up Star Wars: Battlefront’s tie-in DLC, Rogue One: Scarif, right now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The DLC features four maps set on Scarif and adds Jyn Erso and Orson Krennic as playable characters.

Source: GameSpot