Rogue One

A Brave New Universe

With the Disney acquisition of Star Wars, a new era of Star Wars began. Suddenly, a story that appeared to have been told in its cinematic entirety was once more open to creators, and the story began to broaden.

First, we were introduced to a hotshot pilot, a reformed trooper, and a scavenger as they fought a burgeoning new evil in the galaxy alongside some of our most treasured heroes, but then...something very different arrived onscreen.

Rogue One.‍

A tale plucked from a single stanza in the opening crawl of A New Hope, Rogue One represented a first in Star Wars storytelling as it deviated from the pre-established structure of the saga. There was no crawl. There was no number. There was simply a cast of characters on a mission to save the universe, and the second the screen was filled with the likes of Jyn, Cassian, K2, Chirrut, Baze, and Bodhi, we knew we were in good hands yet again.

The film succeeded in telling its own story while simultaneously enriching the overall Star Wars narrative, and surrounding its success was a host of novels and comics that let us spend more time with characters that were so painfully ripped away before their time.

Check out the following collection for more adventures surrounding the mission to Scarif.