Forest Whitaker is in talks to join the cast of the Star Wars Anthology film, Rogue One
Already in the cast are Felicity Jones, Riz Ahmed, Deigo Luna and Ben Mendelsohn. Gareth Edwards is directing the film for Lucasfilm.
Disney and Lucasfilm had no comment on the casting.
Rogue One is about the stealing of the Death Star plans that takes place prior to the original Star Wars film. It is scheduled to be released December 16, 2016.