The movie is slated to come out at the end of this year.
Good morning. Here's what you need to know for Friday, April 8, 2016:
The trailer for a new Star Wars spin-off premiered Thursday and people are hyped, to say the least.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will act as a sort-of prequel to Episode IV: A New Hope (the first movie) and will follow a group of rebels set on stealing plans for the death star.
Gareth Edwards will direct the movie. He also directed the most recent Godzilla movie and worked on Nova for a spell. Edwards described the movie as taking place in the Star Wars universe, but being “self-contained.”
Sorry, looks like there’ll be no BB-8 this time around.
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Weather
High of 49 degrees with a 40 percent chance of rain today. (Courtesy of Scalia Lab)
News
Someone painted a pro-Trump mural near Bentley sometime before late Thursday morning, and it was painted over before the day was through. (The Post)
There was a Take Back the Night march Thursday night. (The Post)
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The Jackie O’s brewery will soon run on solar power. (The Post)
Scores and Game Times
Peyton White won MAC golfer of the week last week. We also have previews of the baseball and softball games this weekend.
You might also want to know …
Vladimir Putin claims the Panama Papers are part of the West’s efforts to weaken Russia. (The Independent)
A Tampa Bay area teacher is being disciplined after she required middle-schoolers to fill out a formed detailing how “privileged” they are. (WTSP).
For more global news, check out The New York Times' daily briefing.
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