We might finally know just how Rogue One: A Star Wars Story connects to A New Hope thanks to a new leak, but spoiler-phobes should beware of this potentially massive twist.

It's widely known among fans that director Gareth Edwards's Death Star heist movie will be set before the events of 1977's original Star Wars, but new evidence says the timeline between the two movies is much closer than we've ever imagined.

According to The Hollywood Reporter's Borys Kit, Rogue One will apparently play out all the way up to the ten minutes before A New Hope begins. This timeline has yet to be confirmed, as Borys's insider sources are not going on the record with this bit of news just yet.

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News broke this week that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is currently undergoing some extensive re-shoots, apparently to enliven the film with more fun. A livelier and lighter feel for the movie would, of course, also help it match up tonally with A New Hope.

Felicity Jones has the starring role as Jyn Erso, leader of a ragtag group of Rebel fighters given the unenviable task of stealing the Empire's plans for the Death. Darth Vader and Alden Ehrenreich's newly cast young Han Solo have been hotly tipped to appear in some capacity in Rogue One, the first of the newly-launched Star Wars Story anthology films.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story arrives in theaters December 16.

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