Warring stars and ‘Star Wars’

Go ‘Rogue’

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is available Friday, March 24, for purchase on digital HD platforms such as vudu, Amazon Video and iTunes. It’s compatible with the Disney Movies Anywhere app and comes packed with a host of behind-the-scenes features. Collectors and those who have yet to become digital converts have to wait until Tuesday, April 4, to buy it on Blu-ray or DVD.

This first in a series of so-called stand-alone “Star Wars” films focuses on the rebels led by Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) who stole the plans for the Death Star, the planet-sized weapon that Luke Skywalker blew to bits in 1977’s “Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope.” The next “Star Wars Story” will focus on the younger days of Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) and Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover) in an as-yet-untitled film to be directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (“The Lego Movie”).

But this December, we return to the ongoing saga of Luke (Mark Hamill) and his new acquaintance, Rey (Daisy Ridley), in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” which will give us the final screen appearance of the late Carrie Fisher as Gen. Leia Organa. We still haven’t seen a trailer for the saga’s eighth episode, but that is expected to change the weekend of April 13 when the entire “Star Wars” galaxy — including Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy and “Last Jedi” director Rian Johnson — converges on Orlando for the Star Wars Celebration convention.

• Sean Stangland is a Daily Herald multiplatform editor. You can follow him on Twitter at @SeanStanglandDH.