article_snippet.sent: (CNN)The "Star Wars" universe keeps on expanding.
article_snippet.sent: Details of the plot for 2016's "Star Wars:
article_snippet.sent: Rogue One" were revealed during a panel at Star Wars Celebration fan festival Sunday in Anaheim, California.
article_snippet.sent: the movie will take place in between "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" and "Episode IV:
article_snippet.sent: A New Hope" (known to many as the first "Death Star Wars" movie from 1977).
article_snippet.sent: A group of rebels go on a rogue mission to steal plans for Death Star.
article_snippet.sent: the movie won't begin shooting until this summer
article_snippet.sent: so the footage shown in an early teaser for the movie -- including a glimpse of Death Star -- won't necessarily appear in the finished product.
article_snippet.sent: Producer Kathleen Kennedy said "Rogue One" was one of the first pitches Producer Kathleen Kennedy received after becoming president of Lucasfilm in 2012, and Producer Kathleen Kennedy could not turn it down.
article_snippet.sent: Rogue One" is scheduled to hit theaters December 16, 2016.
highlights_snippet.sent: The plot focuses on a rogue mission to steal plans for Death Star .
  