'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' release date news, spoilers: New trailer out; Run-time and opening scene leaked

Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) wearing what could be a Kyber crystal necklace from the "Rogue One" international trailer YouTube/LucasFilmLtd

"Rogue One" will be premiering in a few weeks, and to add fuel to the fiery hype for the upcoming "Star Wars" spinoff war film, LucasFilm has released a brand new trailer featuring more of the Death Star.

Last week, LucasFilm released a brand new trailer for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" on the official "Star Wars" YouTube Channel. In it, fans get to see a lot more of the Death Star and a lot more humor from the different characters in the film. The new android being voiced by Alan Tudyk, K-2SO, sprinkles the trailer with his quips and a scene with Donnie Yen's blind Force believer Chirrut Imwe and Jiang Wen's gruff-looking rebel fighter Baze Malbus at the end of the clip makes for a lot of laughs.

Commenting on the video, a lot of fans are expressing excitement over the upcoming "Star Wars" spinoff film with some saying that they know how to spend the holiday season and others looking for advanced tickets to the screening.

In other "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" news, Jedi News revealed a few spoilers taken from a special presentation of the film held last week in Mexico. The spoilers include the entire running time of the film. Not only that, but the special presentation reveals details of the first few minutes of the movie as well.

The film opens with the traditional lines of "A long time ago," but starts taking off without the iconic "Star Wars" opening crawl and takes fans straight off into space with a ship owned by Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn) flying off to the planet where Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) lives with her parents. Jyn's family tries to escape right before the arrival of the Empire, however, Jyn's mother gets shot and her father is taken away by Krennic and his forces. Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker) comes in to save Jyn, and at the end of the scene the film then officially begins with the "Rogue One" title.

"Rogue One" premieres on Dec. 16, 2016.

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