rogue one: a star wars story (or just rogue one) is an american science fiction movie. it was released worldwide in december 2016. a lucasfilm movie, it is directed by gareth edwards. it was written by chris weitz and tony gilroy with the story by john knoll and gary whitta. the film stars felicity jones, diego luna, ben mendelsohn, donnie yen, mads mikkelsen, alan tudyk, jiang wen and forest whitaker.