Star Wars: Rogue One Artwork Reveals Death Troopers And New AT-ATs

New Shore Troopers also revealed by Lucasfilm.

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One leak coming out of the forthcoming Star Wars Celebration might not have been legitimate (even if the title did fit some major rumours), but now some artwork has been released ahead of the event that gives a couple of interesting bits of information about Rogue One.

The Star Wars Show - Disney's excellent official weekly webseries - has revealed some key artwork from the Celebration Europe event, featuring the casts of both Episode VIII and Rogue One. Hat tip to Slashfilm for the high-res images.

There's a full look at Ben Mendehlson as Director Krennic...

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And also a first look at the new model AT-AT - called the AT-ACT (or All Terrain Armored Cargo Transport), which we saw in the beach sequence for Rogue One, implying they're the target of the rebel mission...

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Presumably, the cargo ships are less geared towards open warfare than the normal AT-ATs, explaining why the Rogue One squadron are seemingly so happy to take them on on foot.

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The artwork also reveals another look - and the name of - the black troopers we saw in the Rogue One trailer too. Is there a cooler sounding bad guy henchman around than a Death Trooper?...

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And a new class of Stormtrooper - the Shoretroopers

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Clearly, they've been given lighter weight combat gear for sunny days on the beach. Despite the fact that they will definitely be melting inside that helmet.

Here's a full look at the excellent artwork piece...

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And here's the latest episode of the Star Wars show in full...

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