The new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has been released, and there's a very Dublin-sounding accent in the intergalactic mix.
As Felicity Jones' hero Jyn Erso is freed in a prison break, her rescuer asks in a very distinct Dublin accent: "You wanna get out of here?", leading us to wonder how big a part this character plays in director Gareth Edwards' (Godzilla) Star Wars spin-off - we'll have to wait until December 16 to find out.
In another nod to Ireland, one of the planets in Rogue One is actually called, wait for it... Scariff. After East Clare was eclipsed by West of the county during filming for the next instalment of Star Wars, amends have been made and the Co Clare town should expect a lot more visitors in 2017.
Eoin O'Hagan from East Clare Tourism recently said that "Scariff being mentioned as a planet in the Star Wars franchise is going to be big news for East Clare and for the town of Scariff itself".
Rogue One is set before the events in the original Star Wars movie and tells the story of a band of Rebel fighters tasked with stealing the plans for the Death Star. It stars Oscar winner Forest Whitaker, Hannibal's Mads Mikkelsen, Y tu mamá también's Diego Luna and Bloodline's Ben Mendelsohn opposite Jones.
The new trailer reveals that Jyn Erso's father Galen (Mikkelsen) is considered "critical to the development of the super weapon" and also explains the movie's title.
There is more footage of Darth Vader and the rallying cry that, "rebellions are built on hope".
There was much concern among fans over the summer months after reports of re-shoots on the eagerly-awaited movie. Both Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy and star Jones discussed the re-shoots in an interview with trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter earlier this week.
"I'm sure if you picked up the phone and called every single large, technical movie and said, 'You ever gone in and done reshoots?' they'd all say, 'Oh God, yes,'" said Kennedy.
"So why has it turned into a big story? Because it's Star Wars, and they put a spotlight and scrutinise every single thing that gets done. But it was always planned and nothing unusual."
"Obviously when you come to the edit, you see the film come together and you think, 'Actually, we could do this better, and this would make more sense if we did this,'" added Jones.
"I've done it so many times. I mean, you wouldn't just give your first draft on this story, would you?"
