'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' trivia and fun facts

Space time

This film is set between the events of the episodes III and IV of Star Wars and five years after 'Star Wars Rebels' (2014).

Alan Tudyk is playing a droid character named K-2SO, through motion capture technology. Tudyk also previously played the robot character Sonny in I, Robot (2004).

Darth Vader's voice

James Earl Jones, the actor known as the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars films like Star Wars. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) or Star Wars. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983), will do it again in this new film.

Wardrobe

Costume designer David Crossman stated that some of the original costumes used in 'Star Wars. Episode IV: A New Hope', 'Star Wars. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back' and 'Star Wars. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi' were used in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).

John Williams's music

This film marked the first time in which John Williams did not compose the live-action theatrical Star Wars film musical score they accompanied said film. Alexander Desplat is in charge of the music.

Auditions

Tatiana Maslany, Rooney Mara and Kate Mara auditioned for the female lead role of Jyn Erso, which went to Felicity Jones.

Film's original idea

The idea for this film came from ILM visual effects supervisor John Knoll. He received a story credit and served as an executive producer of the film.