Yes, I’m slightly sad I missed out on all the amazing Star Wars pageantry this past weekend in Anaheim, but the amount of livetime coverage Celebration was pumping out took care of that for the majority of us who didn’t go.

One of the big things that happened, aside from the extended Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer was the showing of the first footage from the new stand alone spin off Star Wars film, Rogue One.  Check out the images below as well as the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NELx1y8cr1M

Rogue One concept art! pic.twitter.com/CGuLjz1IOC

— Bryan Bishop (@bcbishop) April 19, 2015

Star Wars: Rogue One sounds so promising. Really into the direction they’re going with these. http://t.co/rBvsUUeith pic.twitter.com/7ck1N3ljRX — Bryan Bishop (@bcbishop) April 19, 2015

While we don’t know much about this spin off, we do know these details released by Disney:

Rogue One is the title for the first film in a unique series of big-screen adventures that explores the characters and events beyond the core Star Wars saga. Rogue One will be directed by Gareth Edwards (Monsters, Godzilla) and written by Oscar nominee Chris Weitz (Cinderella, About a Boy, Antz). The first actress cast is Felicity Jones, who garnered an Academy Award nomination and critical acclaim for her performance in The Theory of Everything. The idea for the story of Rogue One came from John Knoll, an Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor and chief creative officer at Industrial Light & Magic. He will executive produce along with Simon Emanuel (The Dark Knight Rises, Fast & Furious 6) and Jason McGatlin (Tintin, War of the Worlds). Kathleen Kennedy and Tony To (Band of Brothers, The Pacific) are on board to produce and John Swartz (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) will co-produce. The film starts shooting this summer in London and is due for release on December 16th, 2016.