WATCH: Star Wars Rogue One teaser trailer released "what will you become?"

The video introduces a new female lead.

Published 7th Apr 2016

The highly anticipated Rogue One teaser trailer has been released, following an exclusive showing on Good Morning America earlier today.

The trailer was so highly anticipated that there was even a teaser for the teaser trailer!

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Rogue One is a spin off Star Wars film, designed to fill the gap between The Force Awakens released last year and Episode VIII due for release next year. Starting a new anthology series Rogue One the first in a standalone story set in the Star Wars universe.

Starring Felicity Jones (Brideshead Revisited) as Jyn Erso, the lead female, she is described as "reckless, aggressive and undisciplined".

The teaser trailer, which lasts just 1 minute 35 seconds shows Jyn getting a mission briefing while the the audience sees images of the Death Star.

Rogue One is due for release in December this year and film's cast includes Forest Whitaker and Riz Ahmed.

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