Lucasfilm's "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" has unsurprisingly been shrouded in mystery ever since it was announced a few years ago. To this point, all we've gotten is one brief teaser trailer that was long on intrigue but rather short on any specific details. What's more, the teaser trailer didn't even show Mads Mikkelsen, one of the main stars in the film.
However, it was rumored earlier this year that Mikkelsen would be playing the father of Felicity Jones' main character. Today, the veteran actor shockingly confirmed this detail.
"I read the script," he said. "It was very beautiful and Felicity's playing this lovely, strong woman and I play her father, and ... uhh, that's too much I'm sorry."
I'm sure executives at Lucasfilm would agree. It's pretty surprising that Mikkelsen would slip up like this and confirm his role in the movie. But, hey, we're not complaining!
The original rumor suggested that Mikkelsen's character was named Galen and that he was one of the primary scientists working on the Death Star. However, he was not considered to be an evil member of the Empire. Instead, the report likened him to a Dr. Robert Oppenheimer or Albert Einstein, two brilliant men who helped create the atomic bomb but considered it they're greatest mistake in life.
If this report is to be believed, Mikkelsen will spend the majority of the movie lamenting his role in the creation of the Death Star and helping his daughter, Jyn Erso, to try and steal the plans so that he can undo his past mistakes.
But is that report 100 percent accurate? In the teaser for "Rogue One," it is said that Jones' Jyn has been alone since she was 15-years-old. Is that because the Empire kidnapped her father and forced him to create their weapon of mass destruction, or is it because he joined the empire willingly? Either way, consider us intrigued with the continued emphasis of familiar relationships in the "Star Wars" galaxy.
What do you think, "Star Wars" fans? Let us know in the comments below.
"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" will arrive in theaters on Dec. 15.
