Rumor: Diego Luna Joins the Rogue One Cast!
According to Variety the Mexican star will join Felicity Jones and Riz Ahmed in lead role as another rebel fighter, with Ben Mendelsohn set to star as the filmâs primary villain…
From Variety:
At a panel with Edwards and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy at the recent Star Wars Celebration convention in Anaheim, Edwards revealed that the plot of âRogue Oneâ revolves around the heist of the Death Star plans by a group of rebel fighters, with Jones starring as one of the rebel soldiers. Sources say Ahmed and Luna also play rebel fighters.
The film will take place between Episode III and Episode IV, but closer chronologically to âA New Hope.â Itâs set to bow December 16, 2016.
The cast is expected to be a large ensembler similar to âThe Dirty Dozenâ and âSaving Private Ryan,â but sources add Luna is one of the leads of the film with Jones, Ahmed and Mendelsohn.
Another great casting decision by Lucasfilm. Diego Luna is great and very distinctive actor with some really memorable performances. The Rogue One cast is shaping to be a very good ensemble of talents.
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Great choice !
One of the best!
I’m happy.
He is one of the worst actors ever…its really a big mistake.
He’s awesome.
Awesome???? Are you really a SW fan??? He is hated in Mexico, just like Justin Biever…its really a big mistake.
He is not hated in Mexico he is just like meh…
I still hope we get plenty of references to the Dark Forces video game.
I agree
The force awakens
Rogue one
Episode VIII
2nd spin-off
Episode IX
3rd spin-off
Episode X
4th spin-off
Episode XI
5th spin-off
Episode XII
6th spin-off
Episode XIII
7th spin-off
Episode XIV
8th spin-off
Episode XV
…
Initially Star Wars was mean to be in 12 chapters or episodes so i think you are right
They will most likely take a break from Episodes after IX and focus solely on Anthologies. Then come back to the Episode/Anthology format 5-8 years later.
Could be! What does make you think that?
I think Lucasfilm should do a KOTOR-inspired trilogy that takes place between IX and X (2021, 2023, 2025). The spin offs continue to be made in between them.
Then, we return to the episodic series with X in 2027 – just in time for Star Wars’ 50th anniversary!!!! qxD
I think that is the time to remake OT
This is where the fun begins
Great. Now who is he? Never heard of him.
ELYSIUM (2013) (by Neill Blomkamp)
I really feel like Mendelsohn will be playing Tarkin. Seems too obvious, but sometimes things are obvious bc they are obvious.
…or just seem obviously obvious. đ
Thank you, Captain Obvious. lol
Please don’t be Ezra…
Actually that’d be awesome. He’d be real character and not a blue haired cartoon. (and this is coming from a Rebels fan)
He shouldn’t have been a blue haired cartoon named “Ezra Bridger” to begin with.
He kinda looks like him, but wouldn’t that go against the no force-users premise?
maybe it explains why he doesn’t count as a Jedi?
the best way to solve problems is to bring it out into the open and confront it.
Having a guy on the big screen playing Ezra to show the exact nature of Ezra’s relationship with the force might actually be the best way of dealing with the ‘last Jedi’ paradox,
as opposed to waiting 10 years until some @##hole makes a comic where Ezra and Luke team up [I got nothing against Rebels, but I’m pretty sure everyone above the age of 5 would think that lame].
However I don’t see Ezra in Rogue One for the simple reason of timing.
Ezra’s a bit of a main character [allegedly] in Rebels, so having him as an adult presumably after Rebels takes place sort screws over the show Rebels.
That would be like watching Harry Potter 7 BEFORE 6 was even made [which in a way, is exactly what happened to those of us who still use novels], that’s a time-skip plot-giveaway that is NOT going to happen.
Kannan?
Maybe he plays Leia in a flashback.
Or Leia’s daughter in a flashback of a flashback….
LOOL
I don’t think he’s real. He’s just really bad practical effects.
This guy totally looks like Kyle Kattarn.
I want Katarn in this so badly.
OH MY GOSH YOU’RE RIGHT
If there’s any game character worth keeping, it’s Kyle [and before you throw the UNICODE equivalent of rotten eggs at me, I’ve only played 2 star wars games so don’t be offended – unless you’re a Force Unleashed fan, in which case, be offended.]
I can see Kyle remade, but no Dark Forces, elite and eventual Jedi Master though. But survival in the movie to later be discovered by Luke? Who knows đ
What? you mean no Darth Velociraptor?
So far we have Dark Troopers and the HWK-290 (same class as Kyle’s ship) in Commander, but getting actual EU characters seems to prove difficult. We got a few in the new novels, but nothing visual yet…
Diego Luna is obviously playing Dengar.
Or not.
LOOOL
He will play Tatooine.
LOOOOOOOOL
why? do you think he’s really that… hot?
He is not Tatooine he is Jakku!
My sources say he has been cast as an X wing.
Poe Dameron’s father
Yeah that would be my guess too, although I’m gonna say Poe Dameron’s grandfather.
My sources say Masterfoods..
I predict that the next 5 official cast memebers will be male, leaving Felicity as the lone female player in the squadron. (Of course, if there are 8 or 9 pilots total, they’ll probably make two of them women. Lucasfilm is following Marvel’s strategy, let’s not forget.)
Overall, I would like to see a much greater balance between male and female representation in Star Wars.
Two out of 8 or 9’s not gonna cut it.
Yup Poes dad. I could see that.
So basically, they thought they wanted the exact average between Gleeson and Oscar, and found that
As far as Mendelson as Tarkin, hmm, part of me thinks that could actually work, the other part is disappointed in Disney’s creativity, another part of me is disappointed at myself for thinking Mendelson as Tarkin is actually a good idea. The fourth part of me is telling the third part to STFU because Mendelson and Tarkin are awesome and couldn’t possibly go wrong, and a fifth part of me is LIAO at the whole discussion because it’s obviously a fake RUMOR.
Verdict, Mendelson should be Tarkin, but possibly isn’t, but definitely is… i think.
While on this thread I’d like to suggest that Rogue One should have NO Darth Vader in it.
When I watched ANH, the thing that always struck me is that Tarkin is The BOSS, Vader is acting like a new-comer, as if Vader had only been there for a week or so, that’s kind of the vibe I got; so I always wondered, what’s the story behind that? Where was Vader before the events of the movie? What was Vader and Tarkin’s history? What was their collegial dynamic?
I’m thinking Rogue One should essentially explain WHY Darth Vader was sent out to the Death Star, was he sent as an security insurance after the events of this film?
o_O maybe Ezra IS in this film…
You should read Tarkin. Great character exposition and has some interesting Vader bits showing the Tarkin/Vader relationship.
Yeah, I should, haven’t found it in anyone’s garbage yet though :/
I’m going with a trans gender Mara Jade.
I hope Rogue One doesn’t turn out to be some “rough/hardcore/whatever” version of SW with a group of soldiers running around fighting the bad guys (classic stormtroopers?) and end up following a similar narrative such as Aliens, etc.
It is cool the time period allows for a Vader presence although I would think they wouldn’t go that route.
Yes! Now all we need is Alfonso Cuaron (they of course worked together in the fantastic Y Tu Mama Tambien) to get on board making a Star Wars film. He could really do a fantastic Anthology film. Would excite me to ridiculous degrees if he made a Star Wars film.
Diego Luna is one of the worst mexican actors…he is hated in Mexico, It would be a disaster if Disney choose him for a role in SW.
“This is Ezra Bridger” – No but at least this some interesting news to speculate on after a very long and QUIET week.
Yes now we have a young Lobot in the movie!!!!!!!
Not too crazy about these spinoff films, but it’s great to see someone from your hometown get a starring role in a SW film, if this is true.
In ANH, Vader stated that the data tapes were beamed to the ship (Tantive IV) by Rebel spies. Where did everyone get the idea that they were X-wing fighter pilots? And these data tapes better be beamed to the ship and not delivered in person. There’s no room here for personal interpretation, or point of view. It must be concrete continuance with the original story. Perhaps they are the same Bothan spies that later on (ROTJ)some died to give Rebels information on the new Death Star. Perhaps they are experts in Death Starology.
Great news.
One question I have is what about one of Jimmy Smits (Bail Organa) or Genevieve O’Reilly (Mon Mothma), or both? Would help to link to the other movies and the 2 actors as they’re from Episode 3, would be about the right age.
Could the 3 leads mentioned be Sabine, Ezra and Kanan???
Can we have a single article without any discussions about skin color?
Well, the dumb people won’t let us.
I think the Star Wars fandom needs a campaign against racicm done by fans.
Well my comment was pretty well-founded and critical of Disney’s old-fashioned idea of what it is to be progressive, but I got edited, :/
that’s what I get for replying to he who shall not be named.
Meh, whatev’s
Of course if you offer an opinion that does not conform with the liberal agenda you will be edited by this and just about any other site in this age of “white males need not apply”.
The only folks bringing up skin color from what I can see on this site are those having continuous orgasms over about how diverse the new Star Wars casts are.
So, Viral Hide, perhaps you should allow your viewers to express their freedom of speech and opinions and perhaps allow an open dialog in lieu of shutting said contributors down.
As a student of history I always wondered how the Nazi Party was able to dupe a modern civilized nation into the things that nation did during the 1930s and 40s. What I have witnessed in the United States and western nations in general over the last decade make it totally clear on how a nation can be taken in the wrong direction.
Banning speech and causing those whom may have different ideas than your’s to be forced to whisper their opinions behind closed doors is a big step in the direction of losing what freedoms we still have left. For the record I thought Diego Luna was incredible in the movie Open Range. This statement has nothing to do with race or racism and everything to do with tolerating the words of those you may disagree with. Remember, no one has the right to be “not offended”.
Yeah, sometimes I’m creeped out by seeing a post removed, but in this case, yeah, Snow had it coming, but bear in mind this guy is sort of [rightfully] banned on principle.
The removed post accused Disney of being anti-white male, as well as suggesting conspiracy theories about the decline of the white male and going down a checklist of other minorities that are present as if that’s a crime,
to which I counter-argued that Disney typecasts and stereotypes EVERYONE.
The reason I got edited is because it was a reply to Tim Snow [it’s a long story] who almost invariably says stuff worth deleting, so naturally his post being deleted also removes any reply-thread attached to it.
I think racism or whatever is more of a done-issue than most people let on.
I think most people are kind of over it and are ready to move on, but alas, one crazy person represents 100 sane if it means getting more clicks.
@ VH
Whites have essentially been phased out of Star Wars.
And as a white male, I’m supposed to be happy about this, and keep quiet?
Who’s being unreasonable here?
Well I for one do not have my very life-force bound to the percentage of white males in Hollywood.
I do not get physically smaller every time I see a black guy in a movie.
In fact, two of my favorite actors are Cuba Gooding Jr. and Samuel L Jackson.
Again, I’d like to stress: YOU DO NOT GET PHYSICALLY SMALLER EVERY TIME A WHITE ACTOR IS FIRED.
Wait, skin has color? Strange, everything I see is metallic grey.
It would be cool to see biggs darklighter leading the squad since he was there for a while.
Wasn’t there a very recent rumor that Max Von Sydow confirmed his role in TFA being Boba Fett? Is there any substance to that?
http://epicstream.com/news/Max-Von-Sydow-Reportedly-Confirmed-as-Boba-Fett-in-Star-Wars-The-Force-Awakens
No, nothing is confirmed. Moviepilot used that misleading word.
Even though we posted the MVS being Boba Fett rumor months ago, I am still hesitant about it. Although the source who told me this is pretty credible. He was right in the past, but that doesn’t mean he can’t be wrong now. We’ll see…
I see your Isaac, and raise you a Luna.
@ dude in a hate
“The removed post accused Disney of being anti-white male”
Whites are being phased out of Marvel comics and the exact same things is now happening in Star Wars.
Disney owns both. So of course they’re anti-white male.
What other conclusion can you come to?
Since day 1, white men have enjoyed the lion’s share of the roles in film, television and comics, among other areas in our culture, to the overall marginalization of women and minorities.
Look how many heroes are white men. Superman. Batman. Wolverine. Harry Potter. Spider-Man. Neo. Indiana Jones. James Bond. Han Solo. John McClane. Star Lord. Rambo. RoboCop. Captain America. Ahem, pretty much everyone from ‘The Lord of the Rings’ saga… đ
Etc. ETC. I could go on for days. We all know it’s true – white men have ALWAYS ruled Hollywood.
However, now that companies like Disney are being more progressive and inclusive while still involving white men, your ONLY conclusion is they’re anti-white male? Seriously? ^_-
Do you also cry “white genocide” when you see a white person with a minority?
People tend to create what they know.. It just so happens that white guys created those characters and they happen to be white..
“People creating what they know” is a major reason why white guys have always dominated in Hollywood.
This is precisely why we need more diversity.
From actors to writers to directors, etc., we need a much wider variety of men and women as part of the creative process.
When you have white guys creating characters in an industry that’s always been white male-dominated and these white guys identify as being white guys and most of them have grown up with lots of other white guys and have seen them ad nauseam in movies, television, comics, video games, etc. AND “there’s no particular reason for this character to be female or a minority”…
…is it any big surprise that the overwhelmingly vast majority of the characters in our media culture are white guys?
“However, now that companies like Disney are being more progressive and inclusive while still involving white men”
To be “inclusive” means to “exclude” someone else. In this case, the core Star Wars paying audience. White males.
Now, you say they’re still “involved with the franchise,” well, where are they?
The only white guys still left are relics and mummies with only minor roles.
What’s the takeaway?
That Disney’s “vision” for the future is a white female and black male front and center with some barely visible white guy in the background.
This is what Rober Iger and the board of directors want.
Walt Disney – the man who actually created the company from nothing, and had all the vision and artistic talent – is rolling over in his grave.
Who was everyone rooting for at the end of the last trailer? Han facking Solo that’s who and last time I checked he was of the caucasoid lineage. Settle down Tim I’m sure there will be plenty of white people front and center in the new movies and you’ll have plenty of characters to identify with. I honestly think JJ was smart in not having a blue eyed, blonde haired male front and center after the horrors of Hayden and the high standard Luke left..
@Tim:
“To be âinclusiveâ means to âexcludeâ someone else. In this case, the core Star Wars paying audience. White males.”
You don’t get how that word works. For decades, minorities have gotten used to seeing white men rule the galaxy. Now it’s our turn.
“Now, you say theyâre still âinvolved with the franchise,â well, where are they?”
Besides the original cast, there’s Domhnall Gleeson, Adam Driver, Max von Sydow, Andy Serkis and the many, MANY white men that make up the rest of TFA’s cast. Have you forgotten about them?
“The only white guys still left are relics and mummies with only minor roles.
Whatâs the takeaway?”
First of all, you conveniently ignore the many white men that make up TFA’s cast. Secondly, white men don’t have to be the leads all the time. Star Wars is for everyone, not just white men. Stop acting spoiled.
“That Disneyâs âvisionâ for the future is a white female and black male front and center with some barely visible white guy in the background.”
Now you know how minorities have felt for decades.
With little exception, Hollywood’s numerous visions of the future have been either whites-only or overwhelmingly white with a handful of minorities tops.
“This is what Rober Iger and the board of directors want.”
It looks like they want people from all walks of life to be a part of Star Wars, not just white men. Don’t worry. Sooner or later, you’ll see more Star Wars films with white male leads. They aren’t going anywhere.
“Walt Disney â the man who actually created the company from nothing, and had all the vision and artistic talent â is rolling over in his grave.”
Seems like you’re doing the rolling for him.
Just like it’s not wise to upset a Wookie, it’s not wise to upset your core audience by excluding them.
White males are where the majority of money comes from at the box-office. They can make or break movies.
So by Disney taking an obviously anti-white male stance, they’re exposing themselves to a fan backlash.
It’s possible they may not even recoup that $4 billion they payed Lucas, and the ST could do the unthinkable and lose money.
“Itâs possible they may not even recoup that $4 billion they payed Lucas, and the ST could do the unthinkable and lose money.”
Ha! Dream on, Tim.
The “core audience” doesn’t care that none of the new leads are white men. Hell, despite all your complaining, you’re STILL going to see TFA yourself!
Where’s the huge backlash? Where’s the passionate cries to boycott everything Star Wars because “white men are being ignored”? A handful of people like you complain anonymously across the Internet, but that’s it. Just talk.
I dare you to NEVER watch anything Star Wars EVER again.
Put your money where your mouth is and swear to never watch TFA even once if you really cared enough “about the cause”.
Move along. Move along.
Wedge is that you?? đ
ALERT!!!!To all the SW fans, please help us to make Diego Luna out from SW, he is hated in Mexico, just like Justin Biever in all the world..Jar jar was a mistake…but Diego Luna is worst…we are on time to rescue Rogue Movie.
Loved Diego Luna in the animated film The Book of Life.