Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Attribution information
Director(s)	Gareth Edwards
Producer(s)	Kathleen Kennedy Tony To Allison Shearmur (Executive producer) John Knoll (Executive producer) Simon Emanuel (Executive producer) Jason McGatlin (Executive producer) Kiri Hart (Co-producer) John Swartz (Co-producer)
Writer(s)	Chris Weitz Tony Gilroy John Knoll (story) Gary Whitta (story)
Starring	Felicity Jones Diego Luna Ben Mendelsohn Donnie Yen Mads Mikkelsen Alan Tudyk Riz Ahmed Jiang Wen Forest Whitaker
Music by	Michael Giacchino (Original Star Wars themes composed by John Williams)
Production information
Released	December 15, 2016 (UK) December 16, 2016 (US)
Run time	133 minutes
Chronological information
Timeline	1 BBY, days before A New Hope, with a prologue set in 13 BBY
Series	Star Wars Anthology Series
Preceded by	Solo: A Star Wars Story

"A rebellion built on hope."

―Tagline

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a 2016 film directed by Gareth Edwards and produced by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, amongst many others. The screenplay, written by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy, is based on a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. The film's score is composed by Michael Giacchino, marking the first live-action film in the Star Wars canon to not be scored by John Williams. It is the first installment of the Star Wars Anthology Series.

Rogue One stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, and Alan Tudyk. Genevieve O'Reilly reprises her role as Mon Mothma, the leader of the Rebel Alliance; O'Reilly portrayed the character for 2005's Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, but her scenes were cut. The film also sees two actors from the films reprise their iconic roles: James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader (the character is portrayed by Spencer Wilding and Daniel Naprous); and Anthony Daniels as C-3PO.

The film, which began production in August 2015, is set between Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. It is set closer to the latter film and focuses on the formation of the Rebel Alliance and their efforts to steal the plans to the Death Star, an event that was referenced in the opening crawl of A New Hope. Jyn Erso, played by Jones, and a group of other characters band together to steal the plans from the Galactic Empire. Edwards has described the film as "a grounded, war-based movie, one in which normal people have to come together to fight the Empire as opposed to relying on the Jedi or the Force".

Official description

"'A New Hope' is the story of a boy who grows up in a tranquil home and dreams of joining a war. What if we have the story of a girl who grows up in a war and dreams of returning to the tranquillity of home?"

―Gareth Edwards

From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves. In theaters December 2016.

Synopsis

Capture of Galen Erso

"The work has stalled. I need you to come back."

―Director Orson Callan Krennic

Krennic and his death troopers arrive on Lah'mu to capture Galen Erso.

Approximately six years after the formation of the Galactic Empire, Imperial Director Orson Krennic and a squad of death troopers land on the planet Lah'mu and forcibly recruit scientist Galen Erso to complete his work on the Death Star, a space station the empire hopes to be capable of destroying entire planets. Galen's wife, Lyra Erso, is killed when she shoots and injures Krennic to in an attempt to stop him from taking her husband. Their daughter, Jyn Erso, goes into hiding until Saw Gerrera, leader of the Partisans, rescues her and takes her in.

Jyn's imprisonment

Thirteen years later, an adult Jyn Erso, under the alias of Liana Halik, has been imprisoned in a Detention center on Wobani, sharing a cell with Oolin Musters.

Mission to the Ring of Kafrene

"A planet killer! That's what he called it."

―Tivik to Cassian Andor

Cassian and Tivik discuss the "planet killer."

On the Ring of Kafrene trading outpost in section nine, the Rebel Intelligence officer Captain Cassian Andor meets with a contact, a man named Tivik, who reveals that an Imperial cargo pilot defected from the Galactic Empire the day before and is telling people that they are making a weapon with the Kyber crystals from Jedha. After persuasion from Andor, Tivik reveals that the weapon is a "planet killer" and that Rook is telling people that Galen Erso, an old friend of Saw Gerrera's, sent him. Andor escapes before he can be caught by Imperial Stormtroopers.

An urgent message

"I need to speak to Saw Gerrera..."

―Bodhi Rook

Having defected, Imperial pilot Bodhi Rook seeks out Saw, carrying an important message from Galen concerning the Empire's construction of an ultimate weapon. He finds Gerrera's hideout on Jedha but Gerrera's Partisan soldiers, including Benthic, are distrustful of Rook's intentions and capture him. They bring him before Gerrera and though Bodhi pleads his case to the Partisan leader, Gerrera does not trust him either, fearing that he is being lured into a trap. To discover if Rook is being truthful or not, Gerrera subjects him to the torturous creature Bor Gullet, an experience which leads to a temporary loss of Bodhi's sanity.

Freeing Jyn Erso

"We're up against the clock here, girl, so if there's nothing to talk about, we'll just put you back where we found you."

―Davits Draven

Jyn before the Alliance High Command

Jyn is freed from Imperial captivity by Extraction Team Bravo and brought before Rebel leaders including Mon Mothma, Jan Dodonna, Bail Organa, Davits Draven, and Andor. They convince her to help get them an audience with Saw, whom Jyn has not seen since he abandoned her years prior. Though the mission is presented to Jyn as one of extraction, Draven covertly orders Cassian to kill Galen so as to prevent the weapon from being completed. Jyn, along with Cassian and his reprogrammed Imperial droid K-2SO, set off for the moon Jedha in a Rebel U-wing.

When has become now

"When has become now, Director Krennic."

―Governor Tarkin

Tarkin warns Krennic that failure will not be tolerated.

On the bridge of the Executrix, Governor Wilhuff Tarkin monitors construction of the Death Star. As he looks on, the superlaser is being installed. Krennic comes aboard the Star Destroyer and approaches Tarkin on the bridge. Tarkin expresses his concern over the defected cargo pilot, who is spreading rumors on Jedha about the Death Star's existence. He tells Krennic that his time is up as far as completing the battle station goes and that the Emperor would not tolerate any more delays on the project. Suggesting that both problems should be solved together with a test of the weapon, Tarkin makes it clear to Krennic that failure will not be tolerated.

Battle on Jedha

"This town is ready to blow."

―Cassian Jeron Andor

Chirrut engages stormtroopers during the Battle on Jedha.

Cassian, Jyn and K-2SO arrive on Jedha where Cassian expects to meet up with a Partisan contact. The droid stays on the ship while Jyn and Cassian set out to find his contact, but the duo is caught in the middle of an armed uprising against the Empire led by Gerrera's partisans. Jyn and Cassian find safety only after K-2SO disobeys orders to stay on the U-Wing and comes to their aid. After fighting off the Imperial troopers, the convoy returns to Tythoni Square where the uprising had taken place. Imperial reinforcements arrive and K-2SO is mistaken for an actual Imperial droid transporting prisoners. The droid tries to play along, but the disguise is foiled. They are saved by the intervention of blind warrior Chirrut Îmwe and mercenary Baze Malbus, guardians of the Kyber Temple on Jedha of which the Empire is stripping of its treasures. After the Imperial reinforcements are fought off, the group thinks they are in the clear until a group of Partisans, including Benthic, arrives and takes over the square, kidnapping Andor, Erso, and the two guardians with K2 having gone back to the ship. Benthic feels that Andor was hostile towards the Partisans during the uprising because he shot one of their own who was preparing to throw a grenade at a tank next to which Jyn was hiding. Jyn reveals to the Partisans that she is the daughter of Galen Erso and the partisans take them to their headquarters in the Catacombs of Cadera and imprison them.

Galen's message

"The reactor module, that's the key. That's the place I've laid my trap."

―Galen Walton Erso

Galen's message revealing the Death Star's flaw.

While Cassian, Chirrut, and Baze are locked in cells, Jyn is brought before Saw. The calm captive Chirrut "prays" to the Force with his mantra "I am one with the Force and the Force is with me" while Baze mocks his partner's mystical ways. Cassian becomes impatient with Chirrut and begins to try and pick the cell lock himself. Gerrera is surprised to see Jyn, having parted ways with her years before. He is still wary that the pilot's message and Jyn's return is simply a trap but when Jyn explains her intentions of finding Galen he becomes more comfortable. He questions what Jyn wants to obtain from this to which Jyn answers that she wants no part of it and that her role is finished. Refusing to believe that Jyn no longer cares about the Rebel cause, Gerrera offers to show her something that he feels will change her mind. Meanwhile, on the Death Star, Tarkin and Krennic prepare to test the weapon on Jedha City, having evacuated all Imperial forces from the moon via Protocol 13. Krennic goes to order the complete destruction of the moon, but Tarkin overrules him and orders that the test-firing be conducted at minimum power. With imminent danger approaching, unbeknownst to those on the moon, Cassian, Chirrut, and Baze linger in their cells. They notice that in the cell next to them is an Imperial pilot, Bodhi Rook, and Cassian begins to question him, curious if he is the cargo pilot that brought the message. Bor Gullet's effects on Bodhi are clear and he does not seem to understand what Cassian is talking about until he mentions Galen's name and Rook's memory is jogged. As the Death Star's superweapon commences primary ignition above the moon, Gerrera begins to show Jyn the message that Bodhi brought. The message is a hologram, in which Jyn's father expresses his love for her and discloses his coerced help on the Death Star project. Galen also reveals that he covertly compromised the Death Star's design by including a subtle vulnerability in its reactor that can be used to destroy it. He tells her that the structural plans are at an Imperial high-security data bank on the planet Scarif. However, before the hologram can finish, the Death Star fires on the moon and chaos ensues.

Destruction of Jedha City

"Save the Rebellion! Save the dream!"

―Saw Gerrera

Saw Gerrera's fate is sealed.

As the imminent destruction of Jedha City begins, the Partisans in the Catacombs begin to flee. Cassian quickly hot-wires the cell door and he, Chirrut, and Baze escape captivity. Cassian hurries to the convoy's possessions that were seized when the Partisans kidnapped them and frantically uses his comlink to call K-2SO who describes the destruction ensuing outside. Cassian informs him to locate their position so they can escape. Before they can flee, Cassian goes to find Jyn, telling Chirrut and Baze to flee the pilot, which Baze does by blasting the cell door with his MWC-35c "Staccato Lightning" repeating cannon. Cassian locates Jyn and informs her that Bodhi has told him where her father is. Gerrera urges her to go with Cassian, but when Jyn suggests he comes with them he refuses, electing to remain there and die with the city. The mass exodus of the catacombs begins, and those who exit look on in horror as they see Jedha's surface beginning to peel back destroy everything in its path. As the Catacombs begin to collapse along with everything else, K-2SO pilots the U-wing through the destruction to pick up the convoy. Cassian, Jyn, Chirrut, Baze, and Bodhi hurriedly board the U-wing and the ship begins its escape through the destruction. Gerrera watches from the collapsing Catacombs as the U-wing takes off and the blast wave overtakes the area. Shortly before his impending death, Gerrera tears off his breath mask and accepts his fate. Jyn watches from the U-wing as the wave consumes the Catacombs and kills Gerrera. The convoy looks on in horror at the destruction outside as K-2SO and Cassian pilot the U-wing, fleeing the destruction that threatens to overtake them. Barely escaping the blast wave, Cassian hurriedly punches in the calculations and the U-wing blasts into hyperspace, narrowly escaping Jedha.

Krennic and Tarkin look on as Jedha City is destroyed.

As the Death Star's demonstration is carried out, Krennic, Tarkin, and many other Imperials look on. Krennic expresses the "beauty" of the destruction. With the demonstration complete, Tarkin congratulates Krennic but promptly uses Rook's defection from Galen Erso's Imperial facility on Eadu and the security leak on Jedha under Krennic's command as a pretext to take control over the project. Enraged, Krennic openly challenges Tarkin's decision and decides to deal with the defector and the potential Rebel sympathizer on Eadu personally. In the aftermath of the incident on Jedha, Cassian sends a coded message back to the Alliance base to inform them that Jedha has been destroyed and that he has learned that Galen is on Eadu. Receiving the message, General Draven is dumbfounded by the destruction of Jedha City but advises Andor to keep to the plan of killing Galen. Already in hyperspace, Cassian receives Draven's instructions and informs K-2SO to set their course for Eadu. The entire convoy is in shock concerning Jedha's destruction, and a troubled Chirrut begs Baze to describe the extent of the destruction. Baze reluctantly consents. Knowing now that her father is on Eadu, Jyn explains to Bodhi — who mistakenly believes that his message was too late — that Galen has laid a trap in the Death Star. However, with the message having been destroyed in the chaos on Jedha, she has no way of backing up her claims and the group is wary to believe her. With Cassian refusing to send word of Jyn's claim to the Alliance, she resolves to get her father on Eadu and bring him back to the Alliance so that he can tell them himself.

Mission to Eadu

"The Force moves darkly near a creature that is about to kill."

―Chirrut Îmwe

With Tarkin having seized control of the Death Star project, Krennic departs the Death Star in his ST 149 shuttle en route for Eadu, where he plans to expose the Rebel sympathizer in Galen Erso's team. Meanwhile, the Rebel convoy, also seeking out Galen Erso on Eadu, approaches the planet in their U-wing. The planet's stormy conditions hinder their approach, and as Bodhi guides them towards the Imperial installation, they crash whilst attempting to avoid Imperial detection.

Jyn tracks her father to an Imperial research facility on the planet Eadu, where Cassian chooses not to kill Galen. When Krennic arrives and threatens to have Galen's main team killed for causing the security leak, Galen confesses he is responsible. Krennic executes the team nevertheless, and Jyn makes her presence known just as a Rebel bombing raid begins, leaving Galen fatally wounded. Jyn's father dies in her arms before she and her group escape in a stolen Imperial cargo shuttle.

Krennic's groveling on Mustafar

"Be careful not to choke on your aspirations, Director."

―Darth Vader to Orson Krennic

Vader confronts Krennic at Mustafar following the news of Galen Erso's betrayal

With Galen Erso silenced, Krennic travels to Mustafar to speak with the mysterious Dark Lord, Darth Vader at his castle. Upon Krennic's arrival, the Dark Lord's servant, Vaneé alerts Vader, who is meditating in a rejuvenation chamber that the Director has arrived. Vader exits his meditation to confront Krennic on a platform overlooking the volcanic landscape of the planet. The Dark Lord expresses his concern that the Death Star has become more of a problem than the solution it was intended to be, citing Krennic's inability to keep the project a secret as the main catalyst for the change in approach. Krennic defends himself and his creation, claiming that he has delivered a remarkable weapon to the Emperor. Because of his self proclaimed success, he petitions that Vader grant him an opportunity to personally meet with the Emperor and advise him of the Death Star's unprecedented potential. Vader, however, is far more concerned about the rumors that had reached the higher levels of the Empire of the destruction of Jedha City and the attack on the Eadu facility by the Rebellion and what these revelations mean as far as the secrecy surrounding the Death Star project. Krennic attempted to shift blame onto Tarkin for ordering the demonstration on Jedha in the first place, but Vader is not impressed by this futile effort and criticizes Krennic's groveling, reminding the Director that the secrecy behind the Death Star project was instituted in order to prevent open defiance from the Senate. Vader suggests that the Jedha incident be disguised as a mining disaster, but seems to imply that Galen Erso's betrayal might have been a bitter blow to the Empire's secrecy. Vader instructs Krennic to ensure that no other leaks occur so that the Emperor would be satisfied that the project had not been compromised. As Vader swiftly departs, Krennic makes a last plea for his continued control over the project, hoping to remain in command of the battle station rather than Tarkin. However, Vader's patience has run thin, and when Krennic requests that Vader speak to the Emperor on his behalf, the Dark Lord chokes the Director using the Force. As Krennic falls to his knees, Vader warns him to temper his aspirations, lest they cause his downfall. He releases Krennic and the conversation is ended.

Rebel council meeting

"Rebellions are built on hope."

―Jyn Erso

Jyn pleads to the Alliance High Command to take action on Scarif.

Having returned to the Rebel base on Yavin 4, Jyn and Bodhi are both present at an Alliance Council meeting where Jyn proposes for the rebels to travel to Scarif and steal the Death Star schematics so they will know where to target the flawed reactor module. The Rebel leadership — including Mon Mothma, Jan Dodonna, Bail Organa, Tynnra Pamlo, Nower Jebel, Vasp Vaspar, Davits Draven, Admiral Raddus, and Antoc Merrick — cannot come to a consensus; many of the Senators propose to scatter their fleet because they have no choice but to surrender. Mothma, Organa, and Raddus attempt to defend Jyn's plan. Unfortunately for them, with Galen Erso and Saw Gerrera dead, and their hologram destroyed, the Rebel leadership has no way of verifying Jyn's claims. The fearful opposition of Pamlo, Vaspar, and Jebel outweighs the support, despite an impassioned plea from Jyn, calling for hope. Without the full support of the council, Mothma is forced to play the devil's advocate, declaring the odds too great to commit so much of their forces.

Rogue One departs for Scarif

"Rogue One, pulling away."

―Bodhi Rook

Frustrated at their inaction, Jyn, Cassian, K-2SO, and a number of Rebels volunteer to take matters into their own hands. The party takes the shuttle to raid the databank themselves. Before they take off, however, they are confronted by Rebel command, who asks them to identify themselves. Rook improvises a call sign of "Rogue One" before heading off to Scarif without Alliance permission.

The Battle of Scarif

"They've no idea we're coming. They've no reason to expect us. If we can make it to the ground, we'll take the next chance, and the next, on and on until we win, or the chances are spent."

―Jyn Erso to the members of Rogue One

Once Rogue One arrives at Scarif, they begin to transmit a clearance code, praying that it has not been listed as overdue. Fortunately, the code is valid. The team enters the Shield Gate and head to the planet below. Briefly, before starting the mission, Jyn speaks to the squad in an effort to inspire them, emphasizing that despite being clearly outnumbered, anything is possible with the element of surprise on their side. Cassian debriefs the men and orders them to attack the troops as a distraction so they can gain entry to the Citadel and find the plans. As Jyn, Cassian, and K-2SO search the data bank for the design plans, the rest of their team set off explosives and commence firing in the nearby landing area in an attempt to distract the resident stormtroopers.

Arriving at Scarif, Rogue One jumps the inspection team and steals their uniforms. Jyn and Cassian masquerade as the inspection team and gain entrance to the Citadel with K-2SO in tow.

Inside the Citadel, K-2SO hacks into another Imperial droid of the same model to gain intelligence to locate and access the vault. Krennic orders the garrison deployed after the squad sets off the diversionary explosives. Tarkin is alerted that the Scarif installation has been compromised by rebels and is concerned the rebels may be after the Death Star plans. Tarkin has Lord Vader informed of the developments before ordering the Death Star into hyperspace to investigate.

Meanwhile, back at the Rebel headquarters on Yavin 4, the Rebellion learn of the battle from intercepted Imperial transmissions but before the council is notified, Admiral Raddus has already sent his fleet in support of Rogue One's efforts.

While Rogue One is battling the stormtroopers, Bodhi contacts Scarif Imperial headquarters and feeds them false information and create confusion in order to give the squad a better tactical advantage. The garrison deploys AT-ACT walkers to battle the squad.

Once Raddus's fleet arrives, Red and Gold Squadrons are ordered to protect the fleet, while Blue Squadron is ordered to get to the surface to reinforce and provide air support to Rogue One battling on the beaches. Several X-wings, including Blue Leader Antoc Merrick, and a single U-wing gunship make it through the opening before Shield Gate control closes the gate, killing several pilots. Cassian contacts Bodhi and asks him to contact the fleet to attempt to open the gate so they can transmit the plans. Bohdi asks the ground troops to find a master switch so he can communicate with the fleet by interfacing with the communications tower.

Rebel troops land from the gunship to reinforce Rogue One. The fleet begins to attack the Shield Gate but to no avail. Rebel X-wings engage numerous TIE fighters stationed on the Shield Gate, with both sides suffering substantial casualties. Jyn finds the plans on the Citadel mainframe — codenamed Stardust, in which Jyn immediately recognizes the name as a secret personal message from her father to help her find the Death Star plans. K-2SO closes the vault door moments before stormtroopers arrive to investigate. K-2SO desperately attempts to lure them away, but the stormtroopers become suspicious and he is forced to attack them. Before being destroyed by enemy fire, K-2SO locks the vault door so the stormtroopers could not open it again, allowing time for his comrades to retrieve the plans. Krennic is informed that the vault has had unauthorized access and goes to investigate. Jyn and Cassian climb the data vault and physically remove the data plans. Right after the retrieval of the plans, however, the duo are ambushed by Krennic. He shoots Cassian with his blaster, causing him to fall.

Chirrut is killed after activating the master switch to allow communication with the Rebel fleet from Rook's shuttle. A squadron of Y-wings commanded by Jon Vander launches multiple ion torpedoes at a Star Destroyer, disabling it.

Rook manages to contact the Raddus's flagship, Profundity, and informs them they must to open the deflector shield to allow the Death Star plans to be transmitted to them. Shortly after, a thermal imploder was thrown into his ship, killing him and destroying the shuttle. Having received Rook's transmission, Raddus quickly formulates a plan to break open the shield using the resources he has available.

Raddus orders a Sphyrna-class Hammerhead corvette, Lightmaker, to physically ram into the side of a disabled Star Destroyer, which pushes it into a second Star Destroyer close by, and creates a chain reaction that effectively destroys all three ships. Baze, having been inspired by Îmwe's sacrifice, repeats his comrade's signature phrase — "I am one with the Force, and the Force is with me" — multiple times, but is then killed by a grenade. One of the Star Destroyers then crashes into the shield gate protecting Scarif and disables the planetary shield, allowing full communications to be re-established. Krennic pursues and corners Jyn on the top of the Citadel tower but before he can kill her, Cassian, who had survived the blaster wound, shoots and badly wounds Krennic. Jyn then successfully transmits the schematics to the Rebel command ship, before helping the injured Cassian into a nearby elevator.

Tarkin arrives with the Death Star and fires a single reactor ignition of the superlaser to destroy the compromised base in an attempt to prevent the plans from falling into enemy hands. While the blast overshoots the base — though the fringes of the beam take out the transmitter, and Krennic along with it — and impacts several kilometers away, it nonetheless triggers an explosion powerful enough to guarantee the death of everyone in the vicinity. Jyn and Cassian, knowing they have no means of escape, await the approaching blast on a beach near the base. In their final moments, Cassian assures Jyn that her father would have been proud, and seconds later the blast incinerates them, along with the base.

After paying respects to his fallen comrades, Raddus orders his fleet to jump to hyperspace, but before the entire fleet can escape, most are intercepted by Vader's Star Destroyer, Devastator, which begins to either destroy or disable the blockaded Alliance ships. Vader boards Admiral Raddus's disabled command ship and singlehandedly massacres many Rebel troops in pursuit of the Death Star plans, only to watch as the CR90 Corvette Tantive IV launches from the hanger bay, narrowly escaping Vader's grasp.

Secret mission to Tatooine

"Your Highness. Transmission we received… What is it they've sent us?"
"Hope."

―Raymus Antilles and Leia Organa

Aboard the Tantive IV, Princess Leia Organa receives the stolen plans and declares that the Rebellion has just received "hope." The Tantive IV jumps into hyperspace.

Development

Origins

"I started thinking about which story would I like to see told? I informally pitched it around...One of the people I pitched it to was Pablo, and he was pretty enthusiastic about it as well...I made an appointment with Kathy and Kiri, pitched the 20-minute version of this, and got a pretty good response."

―John Knoll

Rogue One concept art revealed at Celebration Anaheim

John Knoll, a visual effects supervisor and the chief creative officer at ILM, began developing the idea for Rogue One in the mid-2000s, after learning that George Lucas was developing a Star Wars live-action TV series. However, Knoll put aside the idea once he realized that it would not fit within the show's concept. The series was eventually put on indefinite hold due to budget constraints, and Lucas decided to retire from filmmaking, hiring Kathleen Kennedy as the new head of Lucasfilm. According to Kennedy, Lucas was "really interested in exploring all the stories that existed inside the universe." (Lucas had long considered making films outside of the saga, dating back to development of the original Star Wars film.) Lucasfilm settled on calling these non-episodic adventures the Star Wars Anthology Series. At the urging of his colleagues, Knoll pitched his idea to various people within Lucasfilm, including Lucasfilm Story Group member Pablo Hidalgo, who was enthusiastic about the idea. This led to a meeting with Kennedy and Kiri Hart, a member of the Story Group and Lucasfilm's vice president of development. Kennedy, who said she was president "for about 20 minutes" when she had the discussion with Knoll, thought it was a great idea and that "there was no way" she could say no to the idea. Like Kennedy, Hart was "immediately excited about" the film. It was then chosen as the first stand-alone film to be produced, due to the involvement of plot elements that general audiences would be familiar with.

Production

"Gary Whitta did the first draft and then I came in and did a couple of drafts and then after me came Tony Gilroy, Christopher McQuarrie, Scott Burns, I believe David Arndt had some notes on it, and then Tony Gilroy came back on again. And it's astonishing to me that, for me, from my point of view, how well it turned out, given how many writers were working on it any one time."

―Chris Weitz

Gary Whitta, who had written The Book of Eli and After Earth, was hired to write the film's screenplay. The main characters did not die in the original script, due to the filmmakers' assumption that Disney would want to use the characters again. Whitta's script also ended with a wedding. On March 12, 2015, it was announced that Chris Weitz would take over screenwriting duties from Whitta. (Reportedly, Scott Z. Burns and Christopher McQuarrie also wrote drafts of the script.) It was further announced that the film would be titled Rogue One—a name coined by Whitta during the writing process—and that Felicity Jones, who had been nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in The Theory of Everything, had been cast in the film. In Weitz's draft, it was not made clear that the Empire was building the Death Star: "It was just the sense that the rebellion — that something bad was going down and we need to find out about it. There was this developing sense of dread throughout the film."

John Knoll wanted the film to be shot on a low budget, going so far as to propose that some sets be reused from The Force Awakens. However, "As we got into more detailed story development, you know, the canvas sort of kept expanding and more epic things kept popping up and going into the movie. And you know, the discussion with Disney, it became clear that they were really open to the idea of going bigger with these movies." Gareth Edwards, who had directed Monsters and was directing Godzilla at the time, was hired to direct the film, early in the creative process. A previsualization reel based on the story was created using footage from many other films, such as WarGames, Aliens, and Zero Dark Thirty. Edwards also used ILM's new developments in virtual reality to aid in pre-visualizing the film.

The film began principal photography in London in August 2015. This was announced during the D23 Expo that same month. Additionally, a StarWars.com blog post revealed the full cast for the film. At least two of the cast underwent special training for their roles: Felicity Jones in a style of martial arts and Diego Luna in military training. Members of the British Armed Forces were also hired as extras. The production team worked to create a film that felt real, as if it was taking place in a real location; and one that was set within the gray areas of Star Wars, as opposed to the clear morality of the original Star Wars trilogy. The look of the film was inspired by the work of artist Frederic Remington, as well as footage of real-life wars. Warwick Davis, who had a small role in the film, described Edwards' directing style: "He would shoot in a very unique way where stuff was kind of almost improvised, but you never knew quite when he was shooting and when he wasn't, so you just kept doing stuff just in case he was rolling at that time."

Certain Star Wars traditions were eschewed in post-production, such as an opening crawl (though one was included in Whitta's original script) and "wipe" scene transitions. ILM utilized unused footage from A New Hope to insert Rebel pilots from that film into Rogue One; Edwards had the idea after stumbling across a box of negatives while touring the Lucasfilm Archives.

Reshoots

"And they were in such a swamp... they were in so much terrible, terrible trouble that all you could do was improve their position."

―Tony Gilroy, on the film's reshoots

Initial plans for reshoots had already been made upon the film's conception. According to Edwards, "it was always part of the plan to do reshoots. We always knew we were coming back somewhere to do stuff. We just didn't know what it would be until we started sculpting the film in the edit." However, in June 2016, rumors surfaced that Disney had ordered substantial reshoots in an effort to "lighten" the film's tone, with Tony Gilroy and Simon Crane having been hired to assist.

In truth, after Edwards had delivered his final cut of the film, Gilroy had been hired to write, shoot and edit new material, for which he was paid over $5 million. Edwards attributed the lengthy reshoots to the spontaneous, cinéma vérité nature of the production. According to Entertainment Weekly, the reshoots dealt more with character development rather than the plotline. As explained by Kathleen Kennedy, "There's nothing about the story that's changing, with a few things that we're picking up in additional photography. I think that's the most important thing, to reassure fans that it's the movie we intended to make." The script underwent structural changes, with (among other things) all character deaths moved toward the end, and the addition of the Darth Vader ending sequence.

Music

The film's musical score was originally composed by Alexandre Desplat, although Michael Giacchino took over during post-production.

Release

The cast announcement photo for the film

A brief teaser trailer was shown for Celebration Anaheim attendees, depicting the Death Star far off in the distance on a jungle world. Lucasfilm was not able to promote the film anywhere outside of Celebration Anaheim, however, during the summer of 2015, due to the similarities between the titles of Rogue One and the then-upcoming film Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. The title of Rogue Nation was registered with the Motion Picture Association of America prior to Rogue One, leading to the embargo on Rogue One promotion. On April 7, 2016, a teaser trailer debuted during ABC's Good Morning America. A ten-second preview of the teaser had been released online the day before. On July 15, there was a Rogue One panel at Celebration Europe featuring Gareth Edwards and Kathleen Kennedy; During the panel, a featurette and a new trailer were released; The featurette aired that night during the ABC broadcast of Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey. A trailer aired during the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Beginning on September 20, TNT aired the first six Star Wars films. This was part of a deal in which Turner networks received exclusive rights to air eleven Star Wars films, including Rogue One in 2019. On October 12, it was revealed that a new trailer would be released the following day on October 13. ABC aired an additional preview of the film on November 24, as part of their "Magical Holiday Celebration." On December 2, Twitter hosted a livestream Q&A with Edwards and crew members; On the same day, members of the press were invited to Skywalker Ranch to view 28 minutes of footage from the film. Cast and crew made various media appearances, most prominently on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Good Morning America, Conan, Sirius XM, and MTV News. The film had its Hollywood premiere on December 10.

Some of the cast and crew participated in UNICEF's Force for Change and Kid Power programs, creating Target-exclusive T-shirts, of which five dollars from each would contribute to the cause. Edwards also used the opportunity of making the film to promote the ASSERT charity. As with The Force Awakens, a terminally ill cancer patient—Neil Hanvey—was allowed to see the film early. Hanvey passed away two days after seeing the film.

Merchandising

The Rogue One merchandise line officially launched on September 30, 2016. A prequel comic miniseries of the film was set to be released in October and published by Marvel Comics, containing three issues and a one-shot, until it was revealed that the miniseries has been canceled on May 17. Two of the movie's other related products were also canceled before they were released: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: Rebel Alliance Field Manual, which was canceled when the publisher Media Lab Books lost the license, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: The Official Visual Story Guide. On November 15, Del Rey published a prequel novel to the film, entitled Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel. Dorling Kindersley released an art book and ultimate visual guide for the film on December 16, the same day as the release of the film itself. A short story titled "The Voice of the Empire" tying into the film was featured in Star Wars Insider 170. A Rogue One expansion was released for the video game Star Wars Battlefront. Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes hosted several exclusive events introducing characters from Rogue One.

In August 2016, Lucasfilm released a series of online images advertising Hasbro's Rogue One toy line, which debuted on September 30. The toys were also featured in Go Rogue, an officially sponsored, fan-created online video series that continued throughout September. The Black Series figure of Jyn Erso was released on October 15, 2016. By September 4, 2016, the figure had already skyrocketed to become the #1 Best Seller in Amazon's Action & Toy Figures category, based on hourly-updated figures. Verizon sponsored Rogue One: Recon, a 3D experience created by ILM Experience Lab. Nissan offered a Rogue One–themed Limited Edition of its 2017 Nissan Rogue. In October 2016, Rogue One–inspired commercials aired for Duracell, Nissan and Gilette products.

Home media

Rogue One became available on Digital HD on March 24, 2017, and on Blu-ray and DVD on April 4, 2017. The retail version contains bonuses exclusive to the store outlet where it was purchased. Target's 5-disc set includes collectible packaging with interchangeable character covers and exclusive bonus content (Blu-ray 3D + two Blu-ray + DVD + DVD exclusive content – 2 additional bonus features + Digital HD + collectible packaging), Best Buy has a 4-disc set with exclusive SteelBook packaging (Blu-ray 3D + two Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD + SteelBook packaging), and Wal-Mart sells a 3-disc set with exclusive K-2SO packaging and two Galactic Connexions trading discs (two Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD + K-2SO packaging + two Galactic Connexions trading discs). In addition to the film itself, the various home-media releases include various special content, including John Knoll's inspiration for the concept of the film, coverage of the cast regarding their respective characters, coverage of easter eggs hidden throughout the film, and behind-the-scenes looks at how Tarkin and Leia were given digital touchups.

Reception

In a December 2015 poll by Fandango, Rogue One was voted the most anticipated film of 2016. Early estimates predict a significant box office intake, though considerably less than The Force Awakens. Tickets went on sale on the midnight of November 28, followed by reports that Fandango had crashed due to high demand. The film had the second biggest day one pre-sales, following The Force Awakens.

During the lead up to release, which coincided with the aftermath of a Republican victory in the U.S. presidential election, writers Weitz and Witta were criticized for making political comparisons with the film, culminating in calls for a boycott from the alt-right.

As of the afternoon of Thursday, December 15, 2016, the film was listed as "Certified Fresh" at the movie review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes. Out of 208 reviews, 175 reviewers gave the film a score considered "Fresh," for an overall freshness level of 84% and an average rating of 7.5/10. The site's consensus stated that "Rogue One draws deep on Star Wars mythology while breaking new narrative and aesthetic ground -- and suggesting a bright blockbuster future for the franchise." While reception was on the whole greatly positive, acclaim for the film was not universal. Alyssa Rosenberg, a critic for the Washington Post, called the film "disappointing" and stated that Star Wars would need to get past the dynamic of the Rebellion vs. the Empire if it was going to work. Some reviewers also objected to the use of digitized versions of the characters of Wilhuff Tarkin and Leia Organa, such as Noah Berlatsky of Quartz questioning why "vast resources of film studios and creative personnel [are] being used to create a zombie version of something everyone has already seen?" It was reported that George Lucas liked the film more than The Force Awakens, which he was openly critical of.

On January 22, 2017, the film surpassed the one billion dollar mark for global box office receipts. On May 17 of that year, the film was awarded the title of "Movie of the Year" at the MTV Movie & TV Awards. Regardless of how well the film performed, there were never plans for a sequel.

In April 2020, co-writers Chris Weitz and Gary Whitta recorded a YouTube commentary and Q&A for the film, hosted by IGN.

Continuity

Episode IV A NEW HOPE
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire. During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet. Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her ship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy....

Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope depicts the aftermath of the battle to steal the Death Star plans.

Rogue One is set between the films Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, during the Age of the Empire. The film revolves around a group of resistance fighters who unite to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Galactic Empire's deep space mobile battle station that is capable of destroying entire planets. The theft of the plans was first referenced in the opening crawl of A New Hope, which described the event as the Rebel Alliance's "first victory against the evil Galactic Empire." The crawl further states that "Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to ... the DEATH STAR". The opening scenes of A New Hope deal with that battle's aftermath, with Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan fleeing from the Empire with the plans in order to deliver them to the Rebel Alliance. The Death Star is ultimately destroyed in A New Hope after the princess and her companions—Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO—deliver the plans to the Rebellion and a weakness in the station is discovered.

The title Rogue One refers to a callsign, but is also intended as a pun, as the film is the first canon live-action film that is not part of the saga and is, therefore, the "rogue" one. Unlike the previous films, Rogue One does not revolve around the Jedi. Rather, the film is about a group of people who do not have the ability to use the Force and have to find a way to bring hope to a galaxy ruled by the Empire. Also unlike the original trilogy, which provided a black and white view of good and evil, Edwards stated at Celebration Anaheim that Rogue One "is gray" and that the film could be described as "Real…This is a real place that we're really in…" Finally, Rogue One was the first live-action Star Wars theatrical film that did not feature the traditional opening crawl, further asserting itself as the "rogue one."

Media

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Credits

By type

Cast

Uncredited cast

Crew

Uncredited crew

Special thanks

Cast

Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso Diego Luna as Cassian Andor Alan Tudyk as K-2SO Donnie Yen as Chirrut Îmwe Jiang Wen as Baze Malbus Ben Mendelsohn as Director Orson Krennic Guy Henry as Governor Tarkin Forest Whitaker as Saw Gerrera Riz Ahmed as Bodhi Rook Mads Mikkelsen as Galen Erso Jimmy Smits as Bail Organa Alistair Petrie as General Draven Genevieve O'Reilly as Mon Mothma Ben Daniels as General Merrick Paul Kasey as Admiral Raddus Stephen Stanton as the voice of Admiral Raddus Ian McElhinney as General Dodonna Fares Fares as Senator Vaspar Jonathan Aris as Senator Jebel Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Senator Pamlo Spencer Wilding and Daniel Naprous as Darth Vader James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader Ingvild Deila as Princess Leia Anthony Daniels as C-3PO Valene Kane as Lyra Erso Beau Gadsdon as Young Jyn Dolly Gadsdon as Younger Jyn Duncan Pow as Sergeant Melshi Jordan Stephens as Corporal Tonc Babou Ceesay as Lieutenant Sefla Aidan Cook as "Two Tubes" Daniel Mays as Tivik Andy de la Tour as General Hurst Romodi Tony Pitts as Captain Pterro Martin Gordon as Vaneé Eric MacLennan as Rebel Technician #1 Robin Pearce as Rebel Technician #2 Francis Magee as Grizzly Rebel Bronson Webb as Rebel MP Tim Beckmann as Captain Antilles Geraldine James as Blue Three Ariyon Bakare as Blue Four Simon Farnaby as Blue Five Drewe Henley as Red Leader (archive footage) Angus MacInnes as Gold Leader (archive footage; new audio) Gabby Wong as Gold Nine Richard Glover as Red Twelve Toby Hefferman as Blue Eight Richard Cunningham as General Ramda Jack Roth as Lieutenant Adema Michael Gould as Admiral Gorin Rufus Wright as Lieutenant Casido Michael Shaeffer as General Corssin Geoff Bell as 2nd Lieutenant Frobb James Harkness as Private Basteren Derek Arnold as Pao Matt Rippy as Corporal Rostok Nick Kellington as Bistan Michael Nardone as Shield Gate Officer Nathan Plant as Imperial Guard Droid Christopher Patrick Nolan as Alderaanian Guard Michael Smiley as Dr. Evazan Warwick Davis as Weeteef Cyu-Bee Dee Tails as L-1 Ruth Bell as Jedha Server #1 May Bell as Jedha Server #2 Angus Wright as Hammerhead Captain Keith Dunphy as Blockade Runner Pilot Alan Rushton as Engineer #1 Robert Benedetti-Hall as Engineer #2 Richard Franklin as Engineer #3 Weston Gavin as Engineer #4 Nick Hobbs as Unidentified engineer #5 With Special Acknowledgment to Peter Cushing, OBE

Uncredited cast

Charlie Akin as Marine Soldier Samantha Alleyne as Scarif Rebel soldier Russell Balogh as Ralo Surrel Ram Bergman as Death Star Technician Victor Botha as Death Trooper David Childs as Rebel Marine Aidan Cook as Caitken Sabine Crossen as Magva Yarro Zarene Dallas as Zal Dinnes Prince Dave as Jedha Citizen Gareth Edwards as Rebel Soldier Carrie Fisher as the voice of Princess Leia (archive sound) David Forman as Pedrin Gaul Tony Gilroy as Yavin 4 ground control (voice) Benjamin Hartley as Harb Binli Duncan Jebbett as Technician Rian Johnson as Death Star Technician Kenny Lee as Dark Priest and Market Trader Kamil Lemieszewski as Engineer Tim Rose as Shollan Gerard Smith as Jedha Insurgency Warrior Matthew Stirling as Private Calfor Johnny Topping as X-Wing Tech Jimmy Vee as R2-D2 Gary Whitta Ian Whyte as Moroff Paul Weston as Feyn Vann Dion Williams as Wion Dillems

Crew

Gareth Edwards—Director Chris Weitz—Writer Tony Gilroy—Writer; Second Unit Director Gary Whitta—Story Allison Shearmur—Executive Producer John Knoll—Story, Executive Producer Simon Emanuel—Executive Producer Jason McGatlin—Executive Producer Kathleen Kennedy—Producer Tony To—Producer Kiri Hart—Co-Producer John Swartz—Co-Producer Michael Giacchino—Composer Greig Fraser—Director of Photography Neil Corbould—Special Effects Supervisor Jina Jay—Casting Director Chris Scarabosio—Sound Designer Neil Lamont and Doug Chiang—Co-Production Designers Rob Inch—Stunt Coordinator Neal Scanlan—Creature Effects Supervisor Dave Crossman and Glyn Dillon—Co-Costume Designers

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

4D6-J-A7 (First appearance) Fassio Ablund (First appearance) Mytus Adema (First appearance) Jalice Andit (First appearance) Cassian Jeron Andor (First appearance) Raymus Antilles Wedge Antilles (Voice only) Jimmon Arbmab (First appearance) Sirro Argonne (First appearance) Ponda Baba Woan Barso (First appearance) Arro Basteren (First appearance) Benthic (First appearance) Harb Binli (First appearance) Bistan Caysin Bog (First appearance) Danbit Brun (First appearance) C1-10P "Chopper" C2-B5 C-3PO Caitken (First appearance) Yosh Calfor (First appearance) Casido (First appearance) Eskro Casrich (First appearance) Yort Cavwol (First appearance) Tobix Chasser (First appearance) Torius Chord (First appearance) Riss Clyos (First appearance) (Fighter only) Dobias Cole-Truten (First appearance) Jeremoch Colton (Retcon) Bandwin Cor (First appearance) Shaef Corssin (First appearance) (First identified as Corssin) Datchi Creel (First appearance) (Fighter only) Weeteef Cyu-Bee (First appearance) D4-R4B (First appearance) Broan Danurs (First appearance) Haxen Delto (First appearance) Kent Deezling (First appearance) Wion Dillems (First appearance) Zal Dinnes Jan Dodonna Davits Draven (First appearance) Garven Dreis Robich Duggsin (First appearance) (Fighter only) Mennis Duren (First appearance) Edrio (First appearance) Galen Walton Erso Jyn Erso Lyra Erso Essie (First appearance) Cornelius Evazan Sul Fansord (First appearance) Beezer Fortuna (First appearance) Dustil Forell (First appearance) Frobb (First appearance)

G2-1B7 (First appearance) Pedrin Gaul (First appearance) Niles Gavla (First appearance) Jaldine Gerams (First appearance) Saw Gerrera Killi Gimm (First appearance) Wona Goban (First appearance) Warda Gojun (First appearance) Torge Gommer (First appearance) Euwood Gor (First appearance) Gorin (First appearance) Baccam Grafis (First appearance) Calum Gram (First appearance) Vangos Grek (First appearance) Bor Gullet (First appearance) Colin Hakelia (First appearance) Todes Halvax (First appearance) Capin Harinar (First appearance) Nik Hepho (First appearance) The High Priest (First appearance) Chirrut Îmwe (First appearance) Valwid Ined (First appearance) Nower Jebel (First appearance) Toshma Jefkin (First appearance) Bozeden Jeems (First appearance) Laren Joma (First appearance) Omisha Joyo (First appearance) K-2SO KMD-RA-71 (First appearance) K-OHN (First appearance) Farsin Kappehl (First appearance) Obi-Wan Kenobi (Indirect mention only) Chaff Korus (First appearance) Orson Callan Krennic LU-28 (First mentioned) Rodma Maddel (First appearance) Baze Malbus (First appearance) Brace Marko (First appearance) (Fighter only) Javroth Meers (First appearance, simultaneous with Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel) Jav Mefran (First appearance) Ruescott Melshi (First appearance) (First identified as Melshi) Antoc Merrick (First appearance) Rasett Milio (First appearance) Farns Monsbee (First appearance) Moroff (First appearance, simultaneous with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization) Mon Mothma Oolin Musters (First appearance) Nozzo Naytaan (First pictured) Toshdor Ni (First appearance) Has Obitt (Appears as Lucky Hazz Obloobitt toy) Cycyed Ock (First appearance) Vlex Onopin (First appearance) Pitt Onoran (First appearance) Kado Oquoné (First appearance) Bail Organa Leia Organa

Sheev Palpatine (Mentioned only) Tynnra Pamlo (First appearance) Paodok'Draba'Takat Sap'De'Rekti Nik'Linke'Ti' Ki'Vef'Nik'NeSevef'Li'Kek (First appearance) Silvanie Phest (First appearance) Jek Tono Porkins (Fighter only) Tam Posla (First appearance) Dunstig Pterro (First appearance) Milton Putna (First appearance) R2-BHD R2-D2 R2-SHW (First appearance) R3-M2 (First appearance) R3-S1 (First appearance) R5-K6 R5-SK1 (First appearance) Raddus (First appearance) Sotorus Ramda (First appearance) Barion Raner (First appearance) "Red Twelve" (First appearance) Tunda Ress (First appearance) Paril Ritta (First appearance) Hurst Romodi (First identified as Hurst) Bodhi Rook (First appearance) Serchill Rostok (First appearance) Sa'Kalla (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only) Taidu Sefla (First appearance) Shollan (First appearance) Huika Siliu (First appearance) Pendra Siliu (First appearance) Kullbee Sperado (First appearance) Garn Stewer (First appearance) Ralo Surrel Hera Syndulla (Mentioned only) Namen Takamen (First appearance) (Fighter only) Wilhuff Tarkin Leevan Tenza (First appearance) Nesta Term (First appearance) Ansin Thobel (First appearance) Walea Timker (First appearance) Tivik (First appearance) Tivik's sister (First mentioned) TK-62 (First mentioned) TK-1016 (First appearance) TK-14057 (First appearance) TK-32028 (First appearance) (Voice only) TK-40121 (First appearance) Heff Tobber (First appearance) Stordan Tonc (First appearance) Gale Torg Angber Trel (First appearance) Gavra Ubrento (First appearance) Unidentified fleet trooper (First appearance) Unidentified Human Rebel (First appearance) Unidentified male rebel technician (First appearance) Unidentified prisoner (First appearance) Unidentified Rebel MP (First appearance) Unidentified Shield Gate officer (First appearance) Unidentified shoretrooper squad leader (First appearance) Unidentified Tantive IV copilot (First appearance) Ames Uravan (First appearance) Uyohn (First appearance) Darth Vader Criden Valdas (First appearance) Jon Vander Vaneé (First appearance) Feyn Vann (First appearance) Vasp Vaspar (First appearance) Evaan Verlaine (Fighter only) Tenzigo Weems (First appearance) Gazdo Woolcob (First appearance) (Fighter only) Attico Wred (First appearance) XX-25900 (First mentioned) Magva Yarro (First appearance) Guch Ydroma (First appearance) Anj Zavor

Organisms

Bird Cat (As a tooka doll) Tooka (As a tooka doll) Houjix (as dejarik piece) Kintan Strider (as dejarik piece) K'lor'slug (as dejarik piece) Molator (as dejarik piece) Monnok (as dejarik piece) Mollusk Mairan (First appearance) Ng'ok (as dejarik piece) Opee sea killer (Appears as a toy) Reptile Lizard Tauntaun (Appears as a toy) Shaak (Appears as a toy) Spamel (First appearance) Versimillipede (First appearance) Wampa (Appears as a toy) Wurrek (First appearance) Worm Silichordate (First appearance)

Droid models

Assassin droid (Appears as a toy) IG-series (Appears as a toy) Astromech droid A-LT Utility Droid (First appearance) C-series C1-series astromech droid R-series R2 series astromech droid R3-series astromech droid R4 astromech droid R5 unit Labor droid SE-2 worker droid (First appearance) Medical droid 2-1B-series medical droid Power droid GNK-series power droid Probe droid Viper probe droid Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid RA-7 protocol droid Repair droid MSE series MSE-6 series repair droid Security droid KX-series security droid Service droid L-1g general purpose droid (First appearance)

Events

Clone Wars (Mentioned only) Imperial Era Capture of Galen Erso (First appearance) Galactic Civil War Battle of Scarif Campaigns of Saw Gerrera's Partisans Jedha insurgency (First appearance) Mission to Tamsye Prime (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only) Liberation of Erso Mission to the Ring of Kafrene (First appearance) Operation Fracture (First appearance) Battle on Jedha (First appearance) Destruction of Jedha City (First appearance) Mission to Eadu (First appearance) Secret mission to Tatooine Great Jedi Purge (Mentioned only)

Locations

The galaxy Core Worlds (In flashback(s)) Alderaan (Mentioned only) Corusca sector (In flashback(s)) Coruscant subsector (In flashback(s)) Coruscant system (In flashback(s)) Coruscant (In flashback(s)) Galactic City (In flashback(s)) B'ankor Refuge (In flashback(s)) Project Celestial Power complex (In flashback(s)) Ersos' apartment (In flashback(s)) Expansion Region Thand sector (First appearance) Kafrene system (First appearance) Kafrene asteroid belt (First appearance) Ring of Kafrene (First appearance) Section nine (First appearance) Mid Rim Territories Bryx sector Wobani system Wobani (First appearance) Imperial Detention Center & Labor Camp LEG-817 (First appearance) Cell Block 4227 (First mentioned) Freestanding subsectors (First appearance) Terrabe sector (First appearance) Jedha system (First appearance) Jedha (First appearance) Catacombs of Cadera (First appearance) Dunes of Contemplation (First appearance) Final Protector (First appearance) (Wreckage only) Jedha City (First appearance) Dome of Deliverance (First appearance) Gesh's Tapcafe (First appearance) Holy Quarter (First appearance) Path of Judgments (First appearance) Temple of the Kyber (First appearance) Tythoni Square (First appearance) Jedha's kyber mines (First mentioned) Outer Rim Territories Abrion sector Scarif system Scarif Imperial security complex Citadel Tower Scarif vault (First appearance) Landing Platform Nine (First appearance) Pad Eight (First mentioned) Pad Five (First mentioned) Pad Fourteen (First appearance) Pad Ten (First mentioned) Pad Twelve (First mentioned) Pad Two (First mentioned) Atravis sector Mustafar system Mustafar Gahenn Plains (First appearance) Fortress Vader (First appearance) Bheriz sector (First appearance) Eadu system (First appearance) Eadu (First appearance) Eadu Energy Conversion Laboratory (First appearance) A2 (First mentioned) Eadu Flight Station (First appearance) Gordian Reach Yavin system Yavin 4 Wetyin Massassi Site Great Temple Yavin Prime Raioballo sector Lah'mu system Lah'mu Erso homestead (First appearance)

Organizations and titles

Administrator Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Cabinet (First appearance) (First identified as council) Alliance Civil Government (First appearance) Minister of Education Minister of Finance (First appearance) Minister of Industry (First appearance) Alliance High Command Chancellor Alliance Military Rebel Alliance Navy Rebel Alliance Starfighter Command (First appearance) Rebel Fleet Command Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps Blue Squadron Blue Eight Blue Five Blue Four (First appearance) Blue Leader Blue Nine Blue Three Gold Squadron Gold Leader Gold Nine (First pictured) Gold Three (Fighter only) Green Squadron Rebel pilot Red Squadron Red Five Red Leader Red Twelve (First appearance) Tierfon Yellow Aces (Emblem only) Massassi Group Rebel Alliance Intelligence Service Andor team (First appearance) Fulcrum Intelligence officer (First appearance) Materials analyst (First appearance) Alliance Army Rebel Alliance Special Forces Extraction Team Bravo Marine Corps (First appearance) Special Forces Trackers Unit Wilderness fighter Rebel trooper Alliance officer Rebel technician Rogue One (First appearance) Rebel Commando Sergeant Signal Intelligence (First appearance) Partisans Cavern Angels (First appearance) Rebel sentry Assassin Bounty hunter Brotherhood of the Beatific Countenance (First appearance) Central Isopter (First appearance) Chief Clan of the Toribota (First appearance) Confederacy of Independent Systems (Indirect mention only) Cassian Andor's insurrectionist cell (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only) Councillor Decraniated (First appearance) Disciples of the Whills (First appearance) Doctor Erso family Forger (Mentioned only) Fortuna family Galactic Empire Emperor's Royal Guard Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only) Governor Grand Moff Imperial ground crew (First appearance) Imperial Military Imperial Army 71st GAV Battalion (First appearance) Imperial combat driver AT-ACT driver (First appearance) Imperial combat assault tank pilot Imperial Hammers Elite Armor Unit (First appearance) First Sergeant Stormtrooper Corps Coastal defender stormtrooper Desert stormtrooper Scarif Deployment (First appearance) Unidentified shoretrooper squad (First appearance) Vault security contingent (First appearance) Stormtrooper Stormtrooper Commander Surface Command (First appearance) Vehicle commander Imperial combat assault tank commander (First appearance) Imperial Intelligence Imperial Military Department of Advanced Weapons Research Director Tarkin Initiative 975th Battalion (First appearance) Death trooper (First appearance) Krennic's guard squadron (First appearance) Kyber crystal research team (First appearance) Imperial Navy Gate Control (First appearance) Imperial Navy Trooper Death Star Trooper Imperial Navy's officer corps Imperial Starfighter Corps TIE fighter pilot Unidentified TIE squadron (First appearance) Imperial weapons technician Orbital Command (First appearance) Imperial Officer Corps Imperial officer Imperial Security Bureau Imperial Senate (Mentioned only) Senator Gate officer (First appearance) Grenadier Guardians of the Whills (First appearance) High Priest (First appearance) House of Organa Alderaanian consular security First Chairman Princess Viceroy Inspector General (First appearance) Jedi (As statue) Mercenary Minister Mothma family Officer Admiral Captain Colonel Commander (Mentioned only) Corporal Deck officer General Junior Lieutenant (First pictured) Lieutenant Second Lieutenant (First appearance) Major Readiness officer (First appearance) Second officer (First appearance) Security officer Phirmism (First appearance) Pilgrim (First appearance) Priest Private Saboteur Scientist Skywalker family Sith Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sith apprentice Sith Lord Squad leader (First identified as Squadron leader) Tarkin family Technician

Sentient species

Anomid (First appearance) Aqualish Quara Blutopian (First appearance) Britarro (First appearance) Delphidian Drabatan Dressellian (Appears as a toy) Gigoran Human Alderaanian Chandrilan Corellian Cyborg Kenari (First appearance) Onderonian Iakaru Keredian (First appearance) Lorrdian (First appearance) Mantellian Savrip (as dejarik piece) Meftian (First appearance) Mennis Duren's species (First appearance) Mon Calamari Sabat (First appearance) Talpini (First appearance) Tognath (First appearance) Twi'lek Vobati (First appearance)

Vehicles and vessels

Escape pod (Mentioned only) Rebel personnel carrier Repulsorcraft Speeder Landspeeder Gian V-44 (First appearance) Space station Battle station Death Star DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station Equatorial trench Northern Polar Command Sector Overbridge Golan M3185 space station Shield Gate Bay 2 (First mentioned) Bay 8 (First mentioned) Starship Bomber Light bomber Capital ship Dreadnought (Appears as a toy) Providence-class Dreadnought (Appears as a toy) Star Cruiser MC75 Star Cruiser (First appearance) Profundity (First appearance) Star Destroyer Imperial-class Star Destroyer Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Dauntless (First appearance) Devastator Executrix Intimidator Persecutor Venator-class Star Destroyer (Appears as a toy) Consular ship Corvette CR90 corvette Tantive IV Sphyrna-class Hammerhead corvette Consonance (First appearance) Lightmaker (First identified as Corvette Five) Freighter Light freighter VCX-100 light freighter Ghost Frigate EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate Gunship Braha'tok-class gunship Shuttle Eta-class supply barge (First appearance) Abecederian line Delta-class T-3c shuttle (First appearance) ST 149 (First appearance) Lambda-class T-4a shuttle Zeta-class Heavy Cargo Shuttle SW-0608 (First appearance) Starfighter Aggressive ReConnaissance-170 starfighter (Appears as a toy) Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor (Appears as a toy) TIE fighter series TIE/ln space superiority starfighter TIE/sk x1 experimental air superiority fighter TIE/rp Reaper attack lander (First appearance) TIE Boarding Craft UT-60D U-wing starfighter/support craft Bravo One LMTR-20 (First appearance) X-wing starfighter T-65B X-wing starfighter Blue One (First appearance) Red One T-65C-A2 X-wing starfighter (First appearance) Y-wing starfighter BTL-A4 Y-wing assault starfighter/bomber Gold One Transport GR-75 medium transport Tank HCVw A9 turbo tank (First appearance) TX-225 Occupier (First appearance) TX-225 GAVw "Occupier" combat assault tank (First appearance) Train Railspeeder (First appearance) Walker All-terrain vehicle All Terrain Armored Cargo Transport All Terrain Scout Transport

Weapons and technology

Airlock (Mentioned only) Armor Helmet ACH-14 advanced combat helmet (First appearance) Thyrsian battle helmet (First appearance) Flight helmet K-22995 light flight helmet Saw Gerrera's pressurized suit (First appearance) Stormtrooper armor Death trooper armor Darth Vader's armor Audio sensor (First appearance) Bacta tank Blaster Blaster cannon Vulk TAU-6-23 "Blastmill" rotary blaster cannon (First appearance) Blaster pistol DH-17 blaster pistol Heavy blaster pistol DT-29 heavy blaster pistol Krennic's DT-29 heavy blaster pistol Hold-out blaster EC-17 hold-out blaster Blaster rifle A-300 blaster rifle (First appearance) A310 rifle (First appearance) Assault rifle (First appearance) Boiler rifle DH-17 blaster rifle (First appearance) DH-17/E-11 hybrid custom (First appearance) DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle DLT-19D heavy blaster rifle (First appearance) E-11 medium blaster rifle E-11D blaster carbine (First appearance) E-22 reciprocating double-barreled blaster rifle Sniper rifle DH-447 sniper rifle (First appearance) Ion blaster M-45 repeating ion blaster Reconfigurable blaster A180 pistol Jyn Erso's blaster (First appearance) A280-CFE convertible heavy blaster pistol (First appearance) Cassian Andor's blaster (First appearance) Repeating blaster Heavy repeater cannon (First appearance) MWC-35c "Staccato Lightning" repeating cannon (First appearance) Light repeating blaster SE-14r light repeating blaster T-21 light repeating blaster Bowcaster Lightbow (First appearance) Chirrut's lightbow (First appearance) Code cylinder Comlink Communications array Computer Targeting computer Cybernetics Neuro-box interface (First appearance) Datacard Deflector shield Planetary shield Droid Electronic translator Translating vocoder Vocoder mask (First appearance) Engine Sublight engine Fibercord Galven barrel Glowrod Grenade Fragmentation grenade C-25 fragmentation grenade (First appearance) Hologram Holotable Hyperspace tracker (First mentioned) Hyperspace transport ring (Appears as a toy) Identicard (First appearance) IM-40 three-slot ammunition and tool pouch Ion torpedo Kyber crystal container Laser Laser cannon H-s1 heavy laser cannon (First appearance) KX9 laser cannon L-s1 laser cannon Lightsaber Sith lightsaber Dual-phase lightsaber Darth Vader's lightsaber Macrobinoculars Macroscope Magna lock (First appearance) Melee weapon Baton Force pike Staff Chirrut's staff (First appearance) Electro-prod staff (First appearance) Missile launcher HH-12 rocket launcher (First appearance) Moisture vaporator GX-8 water vaporator Officer's disk Personal identifier transponder Photoreceptor Proton bomb VL-61/79 proton bomb (First appearance) Quadnoculars Q4-E quadnoculars (First appearance) QD4.4 Electroquadnoculars (First appearance) TE1.3 Quadnoculars (First appearance) Reactor (Mentioned only) Reflec Servogrip pincer (First appearance) Shovel Solar collector Sonic Imploder Superweapon Superlaser Mk I Superlaser Thermal exhaust port (Mentioned only) "Tulip" style Imperial work station Vocabulator 55VH Vocabulator (First appearance)

Miscellanea

Asteroid Asteroid field Atmospheric fighter Bacta Bar Beach Black-Saber (First mentioned) Blood Breath mask Bodyguard Cafe Callsign Capital (In flashback(s)) Cargo manifest (Mentioned only) Censer City Clothing Blue Gown of the Sullen Moon (First appearance) Cape Field jacket (First appearance) Flight suit Imperial military uniforms Rank insignia plaque Lorrdian Cowl of Quiescence (First appearance) Robe Cluster-Prism (First mentioned) Credit (Mentioned only) Crystal Kyber crystal Data vault (First appearance) Death Death Star plans (First identified as "Stardust") Dejarik (In physical, non-holographic form) Desert Doll "Abommy the Gig" (First appearance) "Bad Mister Goob" (First appearance) "Longee" (First appearance) "Lucky Hazz Obloobitt" (First appearance) "Mr. Iggy" (First appearance) "Opee Opee" (First appearance) "Sniksnak" (First appearance) "Stormie" (First appearance) "Tinta" (First appearance) Tooka doll "Koodie" (First appearance) "Starrie" (First appearance) "Wuzzwork" (First appearance) Eriaduan Eye Farm Fire Fleet Flagship The Force Dark side of the Force Force power Force choke Telekinesis Force-sensitive Garrison Gas giant Glass Guardian's Mantra (First appearance) Gunner Hair Hanna pendant Hyperspace Imperial crest Jungle Kyber crystal container Labor camp Language Drabatese (First appearance) Lasat "Karabast" Tognath (First appearance) Lekku Magma "May the Force be with you" Mesa Milk Blue milk Mining (Mentioned only) Monk Moon Naval warfare Navy Necklace Jyn's kyber pendant (First appearance) Obsidian Parent Pauldron Planet Planetary ring Plant Grass Tree Palm tree Areca nut palm tree (First appearance) Plastoid Prisoner Project Stardust Mark Omega (Mentioned only) Pax Aurora (Mentioned only) Project War-Mantle (First mentioned) Protocol 13 (First appearance) Quadanium steel Rebel command insignia Refugee Resolution of Censure Condemning Saw Gerrera of the Partisans (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only) Saw's symbol Scandoc (First mentioned) Sexes Soldier Stone Sandstone Stuncuffs Suicide (Mentioned only) T-15 (First mentioned) Tea Chav tea (First appearance) Time Standard year (Mentioned only) Transparisteel Troop Uneti-wood (First appearance) Victory decal Watchtower Water Winter Writing Protobesh (First appearance) Unidentified Aurebesh script (Jedha) (First appearance) Youngling

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External links

• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Rogue One on StarWars.com (backup link)
• ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY on Lucasfilm.com (backup link)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on Industrial Light & Magic' official website (backup link)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on Disney.com (backup link)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story at the Internet Movie Database
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on Wikipedia
• Rogue One ILM Chain Reaction on the official ILMVFX YouTube channel (backup link)
• Meet John Knoll, the Creative Genius Who Brought Rogue One to Life on www.wired.com (November, 2016) (archived from the original on January 19, 2020)
• Rogue One's reshoots show how Disney saved the first standalone Star Wars movie on www.theverge.com (January 15, 2017) (archived from the original on June 22, 2020)
• GALACTIC INNOVATIONS: STAR WARS AND ROGUE ONE on the Alexis Alcázar YouTube channel (backup link)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on the Aurebesh Wiki

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