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Dec 2016
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Episode 52: Rogue One - A Star Wars Stor...

DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA
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Director Gareth Edwards discusses his new film and the latest installment in the Star Wars saga, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The film takes place just before the first Star Wars film (Episode IV: A New Hope), and tells the story of a small group of rebel soldiers and their desperate gambit to capture the plans for the under-construction Death Star. 
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