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OK. Let's talk about Jiang Wen.During today's Star Wars Celebration Rogue One panel, the Chinese actor - who plays Baze in the upcoming standalone film - appeared to give away that his partner, Chirrut (Donnie Yen) dies in the course of the film."I pretend [to all the characters]" he said when asked to explain his character's backstory, "to do a very, very big mission. I cannot say [anything more about] that."And [he gestures to Donnie Yen], when this guy dead I do something better. Maybe I believe by my action - he's thinker, I'm doer so-"At this point, Panel host Gwendoline Christie interrupted, clearly flustered, saying, "I think we need to leave it there. I think you've got to leave it there."Brilliantly, Wen changes tack and wraps up immediately, possibly aware of his mistake: "Anyway, I have a gun. A huge gun. Thank you. That is Baze!"There's been some speculation as to whether this is a problem of translation - Wen begins by saying that his English is limited - but Christie's quick interruption, and the clearly disappointed reaction from Donnie Yen after hearing the offending phrase seems to point to Chirrut's death being a true plot point.Disney has now made the rewindable livestream feed private, meaning the moment can't be rewatched.To their credit, the rest of the cast and crew onstage do an excellent job of ignoring the fact that Wen has possibly just dropped a marketing atom bomb four feet from them, on the biggest possible stage. I cannot imagine what happened inside of all their brains during the minute after.For some more spoiler-safe news (although, judging by you reading this, I suppose that doesn't matter) check out our Star Wars Celebration event page

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he can't stop watching the way Donnie Yen clenches his fist, like he wants to punch something but knows he's in front of millions of eyes. It's beautiful and heartbreaking and hilarious. Discuss this epochal moment on Twitter