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The name of the new Star Wars film is confusing everyone

The name of the new Star Wars film is confusing everyone

A teaser trailer for the next Star Wars movie landed today, and everyone has understandably completely lost their sh-t, because it looks awesome.

The first look at Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a prequel to the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, and chronicles the efforts of rebels trying to steal the Empire's plans for the Death Star.

It doesn't give away much, but does introduce us to Felicity Jones as the main, rather badass character Jyn Erso: "This is a rebellion, isn’t it? I rebel."

'RogueOne' has immediately begun trending on social media all over the world - but, because of a lot of autocorrect functions, so has 'RougeOne', which has led to some head scratching:

Make up jokes:

And spawned a Star Wars/Moulin Rouge crossover-verse, starring Ewan McGregor, naturally.

Anyway. The film looks awesome no matter how you spell it, and you can watch it below:

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