It's Official: Darth Vader Will Be in 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'

Entertainment Weekly just unveiled its new cover, and before we even get to read the story, we've got the huge scoop: Darth Vader is 100 percent returning to Star Wars this December for Rogue One, the series' first non-trilogy spinoff movie since the saga launched in 1977. 

"We have a run-down of the Sith lord’s first day on set," the magazine writes, "and what his return means for the larger Star Wars storytelling universe." (Rogue One is set between 77's Episode IV: A New Hope and 2005's Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.) EW senior writer Anthony Breznican told Good Morning America (via Vulture), "Darth Vader kind of looms large over the plot even when he's not necessarily onscreen."