Originally published October 15, 2016. Updated April 16, 2018.
Given that they both take place at roughly the same point in time, there’s been a lot of speculation as to whether any characters from the Disney XD animated series Star Wars Rebels could make an appearance in December’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
One theory in particular has suggested that the male Rebel leader played by Alistair Petrie spotted alongside Mon Mothma in the film’s trailers could be Agent Kallus, a member of the Imperial Security Bureau, who many believe could end up defecting to the Rebellion.
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While it’s an interesting theory, it is however incorrect, with Rogue One director Gareth Edwards revealing to Entertainment Weekly that the character is actually called General Draven, and has no connection to Kallus.
“His name’s General Draven,” states Edwards. “It’s no official secret. Sometimes I read stuff online like it’s this big thing that’s been leaked, and I thought, ‘Oh, I thought people knew that.’”
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is set for release on December 16th 2016, with a cast that includes Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Diego Luna (Milk), Ben Mendelsohn (The Dark Knight Rises), Donnie Yen (Ip Man), Jiang Wen (Let the Bullets Fly), Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), Alan Tudyk (Con Man), Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler), Genevieve O’Reilly (Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith), Jimmy Smits (Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones), James Earl Jones (Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope), Valene Kane (The Fall), Alistair Petrie (The Night Manager), Warwick Davis (Star Wars: Episode IV – Return of the Jedi) and Jonathan Aris (Sherlock).
