Star Wars: Rogue One - 16 Major Details Lucasfilm Just Revealed
2. It's Looking At "WHY" People Rebel
One of the most intriguing things about the Rogue One teaser was the presentation of shades of grey in the rebellion endeavour; Jyn is an outcast due to her violent past, brought into the Alliance out of sheer desperation, while Saw Gerrera adds in an outside extremist angle. This wasn't about whether you were good or bad, but whether the ends justified the means; "war is hell" and other ideas a series called Star Wars had never really flirted with.
And, unlike the Jyn-in-disguise beat, that was nothing to do with misleading editing; Kiri Hart has stated that, in addition to having a cast of varied backgrounds, the film is going to go into what has driven this eclectic band to take up arms against the Empire.
"People are coming to the Rebellion because something has happened that has galvanised or politicised them," said the story chief, which means we really should see the whiter-than-white good guys in a new light come December.