'Star Wars Rogue One' New Photos Show Epic Rebel X-Wing Battles

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We have less than a month left until Rogue One: A Star Wars Story arrives in theaters on Dec. 16 and we're still receiving new details. Entertainment Weekly released 15 new screenshots from the movie, including some new images featuring Rebel X-Wing battles. Of course, we can never have too many stills of Darth Vader either:

X-Wing fighters breach a space-station gateway to enter the planet's atmosphere.
X-Wing fighters breach a space-station gateway to enter the planet's atmosphere. ILM/Lucasfilm
X-Wings attack a space station over the planet Scarif, which holds all the technical secrets the Empire has been working on.
X-Wings attack a space station over the planet Scarif, which holds all the technical secrets the Empire has been working on. ILM
Rogue One U-Wing Rebel Starship features X-wing thrusters.
Rogue One U-Wing Rebel Starship features X-wing thrusters. ILM/Lucasfilm
While Imperial special weapons director Orson Krennic is obsessed with the Death Star, Vader is said to have a 'broader perspective' and looks beyond military hardware.
While Imperial special weapons director Orson Krennic is obsessed with the Death Star, Vader is said to have a 'broader perspective' and looks beyond military hardware. ILM
The Empire is at the peak of its power. So too is Darth Vader.
The Empire is at the peak of its power. So too is Darth Vader. Jonathan Olley

Other released Rogue One: A Star Wars Story screenshots include images of Rebels gathered at a briefing room to discuss plans to attack the Empire; Rebel Captain Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) speaking with an informant (Daniel Mays); Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) aboard a starship with Warrior monk Chirrut Imwe (Donnie Yen) and machine-gunner Baze Malbus (Jiang Wen); and a still of Riz Ahmed as Bodhi Rook, an Imperial pilot, described as "a character with a lot of anxiety, guilt and deep agitation," that ultimately joins the Rebellion.

On Jyn Erso's band of rebels, Felicity Jones tells EW that Rogue One is very much an "extreme underdog story." The Rebels are outgunned, outmanned, outplanned.

“In many ways, the Rebels don’t have a leg to stand on,” Jones said. “They’re a motley crew, they all have had difficult backgrounds. They’re all outsiders in some way, and they’re coming together to fight something far bigger than them, more efficient. The Empire is wealthier, and it has everything the Rebels don’t, so the odds are definitely stacked against them.”

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