Star Wars: Rogue One Trailer - 13 Major Plot Hints

5. There Could Be FOUR Villains

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Obviously we know that Darth Vader's involved, but we've now seen glimpses of the excellent looking Ben Mendehlson's white cloaked Grand Admiral (probably, anyway), and Mads Mikkelsen is yet to be unveiled. But the trailer also gave us a shot of what seems to be the Emperor, or at least someone visiting the Emperor (so it might well be Mikkelsen's character after all).

The presence of the iconic red Imperial Guards makes it pretty much nailed on that this sequence has something to do with Palpatine, despite early suggestions that he would be playing no more than a background role.

Perhaps his presence is limited to a single scene when he sends whoever this shady cowled character is after the Rogue One infiltrators? Or could it be that Jyn is actually also valuable to the Emperor, and he has his own man sent to take her down?

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