The Plot For Gareth Edwards' Star Wars Spin-Off Movie May Have Been Revealed

Everything appears to be going Star Wars crazy at the moment. Following the announcement that the teaser trailer for The Force Awakens will screen at select Regal Cinemas this weekend, reports outlining the plot for Gareth Edwards' 2016 Star Wars spin-off movie have burst onto the scene.

SlashFilm believe they've caught wind of accurate information that reveals a few very specific plot details for Gareth Edwards movie. According to the report, the spin-off will follow a select team of Bounty Hunters who are looking to pull of one of the biggest heists the galaxy has ever seen....they want to steal the Rebel Alliance's thunder and hijack the plans for the very first Death Star.

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It's not clear which Bounty Hunters will be involved, but the fact that this storyline would place it right around the events of A New Hope means you can expect to see some familiar faces, such as Bosk, IG-88 and, of course, Boba Fett. If this is true, which even SlashFilm aren't 100% sure about, this could be the background story that leads to the Rebel Alliance being able to launch their offensive at the Battle of Yavin at the end of Star Wars: Episode IV.

I personally think this sounds like a pretty interesting, if not a little unoriginal, idea. Guardians of the Galaxy kind of went full steam ahead with the whole team space heist plot, but that's not to say the same thing couldn't work within the Star Wars universe. Many thought a Boba Fett origin story would have been the way to go with this movie, but I was never particularly taken by that idea. A movie that explores a whole team of Bounty Hunters allows for a much more compelling story and tying it loosely into the movie that started it all would be a very nice touch. I still also remain cautiously optimistic that we will, at some point, get to see Darth Revan brought to life on the big screen in a kind of cinematic KOTOR event.