Advance tickets go on sale Monday for Rogue One
, the first stand-alone movie in the franchse opens on Dec. 16, and unlike last year, when tickets went on sale in mid-October for a similar debut window, Lucasfilm and parent company Disney have held back on early sales in North America for this movie.
Fans have been anxious the past several weeks as they eagerly awaited the announcement. The feeling only intensified after tickets for the movie went on sale this past Monday in the U.K., which will see the film open a day earlier on Dec. 15.
Rogue One is unique among the Star Wars films, breaking with the tradition of one story told over the span of a trilogy to rewind the chronology and introduce new characters in a spin-off, this one set right before the events depicted in 1977’s original movie.
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