Star Wars: Rogue One - 10 Most Hotly Anticipated Moments
6. Seeing Saw Gerrera's Live Action Depiction
Though you mightn't be aware, Forest Whitaker's Rogue One character Saw Gerrera has actually appeared in the Star Wars canon before. He showed up in the fifth season of the animated series The Clone Wars, and played quite the integral role.
In The Clone Wars series, Gerrera and his sister Steela were part of a group of insurgents trained by Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. It'll be very interesting, then, to see Whitaker portray a character who has had direct contact with Vader before he turned to the dark side.
Will he feel betrayed? Distrustful? Fuelled by revenge? It's possible revenge might play a key role in his story arc, given the fact he ultimately lost his sister in The Clone Wars.
Whatever the case, it's going to be sweet seeing a character from the animated series depicted in live action.