History Characters / StarWarsRogueOne

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: On the receiving end of this ''twice'', first with her birth father being kidnapped by the Empire when she was a little girl and second when Saw abandoned her as a teen when it became clear that his rebel cell was not going to be as understanding as he was about the fact that she's the [[SinsOfOurFathers daughter of an Imperial scientist]].

* ActionGirl: Even before joining the Rebellion, she had quite a massive rapsheet, which included forgery of Imperial documents, possession of stolen property, aggravated assault, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking resisting arrest]]. When Cassian and her get cornered by a squad of stormtroopers in Jedha City, she curbstomps them so epically with her collapsible baton and [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard their own blasters]] that the seasoned operative can do nothing but stare in mute amazement.

* ActionGirl: Even before joining the Rebellion, she had quite a massive rapsheet, which included forgery of Imperial documents, possession of stolen property, aggravated assault, and resisting arrest. When Cassian and her get cornered by a squad of stormtroopers in Jedha City, she curbstomps them so epically with her collapsible baton and [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard their own blasters]] that the seasoned operative can do nothing but stare in mute amazement.

* BadassNormal: He is a regular human, with no Force abilities or cybernetic enhancements, yet during the Battle of Scarif he is shot twice by blasterfire but still manages to keep fighting, [[spoiler:for a few minutes before finally being gunned down by Death Troopers]].

* ActionGirl: Even before joining the Rebellion, she had quite a massive rapsheet, which included forgery of Imperial documents, possession of stolen property, aggravated assault, and resisting arrest.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The movie presents his capability to operate effectively in spite of his blindness in such a way. He's shown [[HyperAwareness acting on his hearing skills to handle himself in combat]], but it's also implied that he may be able to tap into the Force to some degree. [[spoiler:His ability to reach the transmitter without being shot suggests that he is Force-sensitive to some degree.]]

!![=K-2SO=], aka "Kaytoo"

-->''"The Captain calls you a friend. I will not kill you"''

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: And [[KillEmAll everyone does]] by the film's end.]]

* DwindlingParty: [[spoiler:Everyone starts dying one by one on Scarif.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:They all die on Scarif, but not before sending the Death Star's plans to the Rebellion.]]

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[spoiler:In the climax of ''Rogue One'', they're ordered ''not'' to retrieve the plans, because of how futile it seems. They go [[MeaningfulName rogue]] and do it anyway.]]

%%* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:She dies with Cassian on Scarif from the shockwave of the Death Star's blast.]]

* FinalFirstHug: [[spoiler:She and Cassian embrace each other as they're consumed by the blast from the Death Star on Scarif.]]

%%* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:He dies with Jyn on Scarif from the shockwave of the Death Star's blast.]]
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:He gets shot by Krennic during their escape from Scarif's server tower and drops quite some distance, appearing dead enough for Jyn to reluctantly continue without him. Fortunately for her, he recovers in time to save her butt from Krennic on top of the tower.]]

%%* FamousLastWords: To Jyn, before the explosion takes them out.
%%-->'''Cassian''': [[SoProudOfYou Your father would be proud of you.]]

%%* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:He dies in a HeroicSacrifice to buy time for Jyn and Cassian when they have to manually search for the plans in the console.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He holds off swarms of Stormtroopers while Jyn and Cassian manually search for the plans, and is killed by the endless horde of Stormtroopers. Before succumbing to damage, his final act is encouraging his fellow rebels that they can finish the job before smashing the controls to the data vault to keep Jyn and Cassian safely on the other side.]]

* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler: Dies holding off wave after wave of Stormtroopers single-handedly to prevent them from reaching Cassian and Jyn, with his final act to smash the controls to the vault door to stop them from opening it]].

%%* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Helping transmit the plans costs him his life to an explosion.]]

* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler:A native of Jedha's holy city, which is destroyed by the Death Star in the first act of the film, causing him to join up with the Rebellion.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He goes to switch on a transmitter so that the plans can be transmitted, and is killed by an explosion.]]

%%* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Baze goes down fighting several Death Troopers by himself but is too badly wounded to even attempt to avoid the grenade blast from the final trooper he takes down.]]

* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler:A native of Jedha's holy city, which is destroyed by the Death Star in the first act of the film, causing him to join up with the Rebellion.]]
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:He manages to kill all of Krennic's Death Troopers to prevent any of them from attacking the others--even while wounded.]]

* LastStand: [[spoiler:He goes out while taking down [[EliteMooks Death Troopers]].]]

* SkepticNoLonger: [[spoiler:After witnessing Chirrut's miraculous ability to reach the master switch and avoid volleys of blaster fire--heavily implied to be the Force guiding him through it--he comes around to believe in the Force.]]

* GoingDownWithTheShip: [[spoiler:He stays in the ''Rogue One'' ship and dies from a grenade.]]

[[folder:Pao]]
!!Corporal Pao

->'''Portrayed By:''' ???
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/RogueOne''

-->''"Sa'kalla!"''

A Drabata that served as a commando in the Rebellion and participated in the mission to steal the Death Star plans.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Over the course of ''Rogue One'' She goes from being a cynical individual unconcerned with the Empire's rule and the misery it brings to other people to someone that is willing to do something about it when nobody else will.

* BadassNormal: He is not Force-sensitive but has martial skills that shouldn't be underestimated.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He is not Force-sensitive, so his ability to take down several stormtroopers with a melee weapon while blind can only be described as this.

* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Where [=R2D2=] probably would've jammed his data spike into the next wall console to find out where the heroes need to go to fulfill their mission, Kaytoo does the same with the head of a captured Imperial KX droid instead. It's not shown if they actually hunted the thing down for the intel or just came across it by accident, but the way Kaytoo eagerly drills a long fat steel spike into what would be a human's brain stem is really disturbing to watch.

[[caption-width-right:300:''"Take hold of this moment. The Force is strong!"'']]

-->''"I fear nothing. All is as the Force wills it."''

-->''"They destroyed our home!"''

* HairTriggerTemper: He is described as a hot-headed pilot who, despite his volatile attitude, is very reliable to the team.

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* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Where R2D2 probably would've jammed his data spike into the next wall console to find out where the heroes need to go to fulfill their mission, Kaytoo does the same with the head of a captured Imperial KX droid instead. It's not shown if they actually hunted the thing down for the intel or just came across it by accident, but the way Kaytoo eagerly drills a long fat steel spike into what would be a human's brain stem is really disturbing to watch.

* {{BFG}}: Smaller than most examples but it's still pretty big, being something of a cross between a blaster, a shotgun and an assault rifle, with ammo fed from a tank-like backback.

* ImprobableAimingSkills: His considerable marksman ship skills, combined with his weapons fire rate and power enable him to take down large groups of Stormtroopers in mere moments. On Jedha his first display of of his skills has him headshotting '''six''' stormtroopers in less than a second. Though Chirrut would probably be more impressed if said stormtroopers weren't surrounding him and thus put Chirrut at risk if Baze misfired.

* GuileHero: As a cargo ship pilot, he has little combat experience. However, he uses his knowledge of Imperial protocols to deceive and distract enemy forces.

* StillWearingTheOldColors: Still wears an Imperial uniform after defecting to the Rebels as he doesn't want to erase a part of his past.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Cassian has what he needs from an informant (a fellow rebel at that), who is loudly griping at the fact he's just shot two Imperial Stormtroopers and his broken arm prevents him from climbing up the walls like Cassian, the good captain shushes him quiet with a calm reassurance that everything will be all right... and then shoots that man dead as well, before beating a hasty escape alone. As he will later explain to Jyn, he's been fighting for the Rebellion a long time, and he's done a lot of dirty things in the name of beating the Empire.

* TheArtfulDodger: She has been on her own since the age of 15.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Jyn Erso, though [[spoiler: they die]] before a proper romance can ensue.

* BuffySpeak: Falls into this on occasion. [[spoiler:Usually when confronted by Imperials]].

* BlindWeaponmaster: In the teaser trailer alone, he manages to whoop a couple of stormtroopers in a flash of a second, tops.

* {{Expy}}: He's quite a lot like Denzel Washington's character in ''Film/TheBookOfEli'', another film written by Garry Whitta. They're both skilled fighters with indefatigably faith that a higher power is guiding them, [[spoiler: both blind, and both die at the end.]]
* HandicappedBadass: He's blind, but that doesn't prevent him from kicking ''a lot'' of stormtroopers' ass.

* KillingIntent: On Eadu when Cassian and Bhodi were away scouting, Chirrut asks Baze if Cassian had the face of a killer because of his blindness and his inability to see it for himself. He explains to the group that the dark shadows of the Force always appear when someone is about to be killed. Kaytoo confirms his suspicions when he reveals that Cassian had his rifle in sniper mode before they left.

-->''"We'll take the next chance. And the next. You're all rebels, aren't you?"''

* ChekhovsGun: Her father's AffectionateNickname for her, 'Stardust', is what [[spoiler:makes her realize which file contains the Death Star plans -- the one named Stardust.]]

* MementoMacGuffin: Jyn was given a [[spoiler:kyber crystal]] by her mother before they were separated.

* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Jyn initially couldn't care less about the rebellion and is less than thrilled to get roped into it by Cassian and his crew. It reaches its culmination during her meeting with Saw Gererra when she throws in his face that as far as she's concerned, all the rebellion ever did for her was making her life a living hell since she was a little child. She reconsiders her attitude when she finally hears her father's message, but not before dropping this little gem:

* RebelliousSpirit: Jyn certainly seems to have one; she has a criminal past and doesn't exactly seem overly excited to be in the Rebellion itself. She herself states, "I rebel".

* TragicKeepsake: Jyn has a white crystal on a necklace, [[spoiler: a kyber crystal]], from her mother. She received it the day her father was taken by the Empire.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Cassian in spades, though [[spoiler: they die]] before a proper romance can ensue.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He holds off swarms of Stormtroopers while Jyn and Cassian manually search for the plans, and is killed when the [[EliteMooks Death Troopers]] enter the scene. Before succumbing to damage, his final act is encouraging his fellow rebels that they can finish the job before smashing the controls to the data vault to keep Jyn and Cassian safely on the other side.]]

* ShooOutTheClowns: [[spoiler:He's the first to get killed.]]