Gallery: Meet John Knoll, the Creative Genius Who Brought Rogue One to Life
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The Empire's ultimate weapon, the Death Star, in a scene from *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story*.
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Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) on the hunt for the secret plans.
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Lots of Empire air traffic over the city today.
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Chirrut Imwe (Donnie Yen) is the wrong blind monk to mess with.
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Empire baddie Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn) strikes a power pose.
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Imperial-turned-Rebel droid K-2SO (Alan Tudyk) goes eye to eye with Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones).
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Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) inside what we'll assume is a Rebel hangar.
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Battle-hardened Rebel Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker).
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Baze Malbus (Jiang Wen) wants you to say hello to his little friend.
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A very determined-looking Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones).
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The Empire is essentially a space Nazi regime, so it's got to have a space Panzer division.
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"Good boy, AT-AT! Here's a treat."
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Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) basks in the glow of a Rebel display screen.
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