THE DEATH STAR IS JUST MISUNDERSTOOD: In Rogue One, there is no dark or light side.

Judging from the trailers, Rogue One commits to a view of war that will not reduce to one-on-one lightsaber battles or the “honorable” logic of duels. It intends to be messy, all shades of gray. Director Gareth Edwards’ goal — aesthetically and ethically — was to make the standalone film “gritty” in the style of other in-the-trenches movies that favor following the grunts on the ground over the power players (or the Jedi samurai warriors). Edwards, who previously directed Monster and Godzilla, has cited footage from Vietnam, World War II, and the Gulf War as inspirations, and hired cinematographer Greig Fraser (Zero Dark Thirty) to achieve a look that’s as grimy as it is epic. The aim? To reflect the ways in which war is messy, visually and morally. “It’s been very easy in the past to label it as we’re the good guys and they’re the bad guys.”

I have a bad feeling about this.