Felicity Jones is the latest heroine from a galaxy far, far away as she stars in the new trailer for the Star Wars spinoff, . The Oscar-nominated actress will play Jyn Erso, a rebel fighter.

The teaser gave fans a first glimpse at an entirely new story, in which Felicity's character Jyn is a "reckless, aggressive and undisciplined" who has been alone since the age of fifteen.

Felicity Jones is the lead character in the first ever spinoff movie,

will be set before the events of the original Star Wars film,, but is separate from the main saga with an entirely new cast. The plot focuses on Felicity's character Jyn and a group of rebel fighters as they plan to steal plans for 's deadly weapon, the Death Star.

Though lacking in Jedi Knights, Han Solo or Chewbacca, the trailer is jam packed full of classic villains and weapons, along with a mysterious new villain.

Felicity will play Jyn, a rebel charged with finding plans for the Death Star

Fans flocked to Twitter to excitedly discuss the trailer, with one user writing: "Shall we all start a petition for Disney to release #RogueOne now? I can't wait until December," while another wrote: "Take. My. Money. #RogueOne."

The sci-fi film, which also starsactor Mads Mikkelson and actor Diego Luna will be released by Disney this December, almost a year afters was released to enormous commercial and critical success.

Episode VIII is currently in production, and star John Boyega has been hinting about the new movie. John told that will be: "much darker" and that his character Finn will have a more demanding role. He said "[it] will be much more physical so I might be in the gym a bit more."

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