History Characters / StarWarsRogueOne

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: One of his primary motivations is to protect Jyn. This is initially justified, as she is needed to make the connection with Saw Gerrera. Later, especially on Eadu, it seems more about increasing respect (and potential romantic feelings) than it does any practical motivation. As the novelization puts it:
-->''Was it concern that made him fixate on her? [...] Jyn was first and foremost a means of finding Saw. She'd already served that purpose, which meant she was now expendable. She dominated his thinking nonetheless. Cassian believed neither pity nor pragmatism explained it.''

* OneLinerEcho: Inverted, kinda. Cassian occassionally says a one-liner to another character, who then goes on to later use it in a memorable RousingSpeech. The phrase "Rebellions are built on hope!" attributed to Jyn Erso on this very page was said to her by Cassian on Jedha before she used it a speech to motivate the Alliance. And during one the earliest scenes in the tenth episode of ''Andor'', Cassian tells Kino "I'd rather die trying to take them down than die giving them what they want" while attempting to convince him to join a prison break; Kino later uses the same phrase almost word for word [[spoiler: during a RousingSpeech he makes during said prison break]].

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: One of his primary motivations is to protect Jyn. This is initially justified, as she is needed to make the connection with Saw Gerrera. Later, especially on Eadu, it seems more about increasing respect and UST than it does any practical motivation. As the novelization puts it:

* AntiHero
** He's manipulative and aloof with a reputation for being an ice-cold killer -- even displaying an instance of YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness early in the film. This makes Jyn and the others extremely wary of trusting him. This is all because he's been a soldier since he was ''six''. That said, he's still firmly on the heroes' side and is an otherwise excellent commander.
** At the start of the prequel ''Andor'', he bears shades of a ClassicalAntiHero and an UnscrupulousHero who sleeps around, owes everybody money, is involved in shady work, and is known as a liar and a cheat. The writers said that they ''wanted'' viewers to question why this story was following someone like him and for Cassian to specifically ''not'' have any grand heroic "movie" moments where he's the one who saves the day in order to keep with the series' themes about average folks working together to make something great happen.

* TheCharmer: ''Andor'' reveals that he's a bit of a womanizer- he's been with multiple women prior to the start of the story and used to sneak in to see Bix when they were teenagers, and after his adoptive mother Maarva refuses to flee off-world with him, we see him next on a beach resort planet in a hotel room with a new girlfriend, who he clearly bedded the previous night. The series opens with him flirting a little with a prostitute, leaning in close to tell her that he doesn't have a girlfriend, and the plot is kicked off when Bix's current boyfriend gets jealous of her and Cassian's friendship and suspects her of cheating. When Cassian joins the rebels on Aldhani and finds that TheMedic Cinta is [[UnusualEuphemism "already sharing a blanket"]], he tries flirting with her a few times, only for her lover Vel to pointedly insert herself in between the two each time and glare at him.
* ChildSoldier: He grew up on a Separatist world occupied by the Republic and was raised to hate the occupying forces; he began sabotaging Republic equipment and harassing Republic troopers as early as ''age six,'' and in the process learned skills that would aid him in his later life as a rebel spy.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Andor is a skilled gunfighter and has quite the silver tongue, but when deprived of a weapon and up against a corrupt Shore Trooper on a power trip who thinks he's guilty of a crime, he had no options to save himself from arrest.

* DisneyDeath: He gets [[spoiler:shot by Krennic]] during their escape from Scarif's server tower and [[spoiler:drops quite some distance, appearing dead enough for Jyn to reluctantly continue without him. Fortunately for her, he recovers in time to save her from Krennic on top of the tower. Sadly, he and Jyn die for real after Governor Tarkin orders the Death Star to destroy Scarif and they cannot leave the planet (this same firing claims Krennic's life as well).]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment
** Chronologically, Cassian is first shown entering a brothel and carelessly identifying himself as being from Kenari, yet when he sees his adoptive mother the next day, he shows kindness and honesty, revealing his empathy amongst his other positive traits.
** In ''Rogue One'', when Cassian has what he needs from an informant (a fellow rebel at that), who is loudly griping at the fact Cassian has 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. However, he also looks guilty, and hesitates for a few precious seconds before escaping (also expanded on in the novelization, where it's made clear that killing Tivik was a last resort, since the alternatives are letting him live but he would be liability and it would go downhill from there): he hasn't lost his humanity, which foreshadows him [[spoiler:ignoring orders and not killing Galen when he has the chance.]]

* TheFace: Has been working as a recruiter for the Rebellion, and is shown to have good personal skills in order to balance out the more brusque Jyn.

* HeelFaceTurn: He was fed Separatist propaganda from a very young age, fully buying into their corrupt cause. However, [[TokenGoodTeammate his belief that the Separatists were fighting tyranny was genuine]], so when the war ended and the Empire rose to power, he naturally joined the heroic Rebellion.

* {{Irony}}: As ''Andor'' reveals, Cassian both helped build the Death Star (due to being forced to build parts for it while imprisoned) and destroy it (due to being on the mission to steal the plans).

* MasterOfUnlocking: Kind of -- he carries a set of lockpicks hidden in his boot that Saw Gererra's goons fail to relieve him off before they throw him in a cell with an electronic lock. How do you open an electronic lock with a lockpick, you ask? Why, [[PercussiveMaintenance stab the former]] [[InvertedTrope with the latter]].
* OneLinerEcho: Inverted, kinda. Cassian occassionally says a one-liner to another character who then goes on to later use it in a memorable RousingSpeech. The phrase "Rebellions are built on hope!" attributed to Jyn Erso on this very page was said to her by Cassian on Jedha before she used it a speech to motivate the Alliance. And during one the earliest scenes in the tenth episode of ''Andor'', Cassian tells Kino "I'd rather die trying to take them down than die giving them what they want", [[spoiler: attempting to convince him to join a prison break]] and Kino later uses the same phrase almost word for word [[spoiler: during a RousingSpeech he makes during said prison break]].

* RefusalOfTheCall: When initially asked to join the Rebellion by Luthen, Cassian refused as he saw it as a lost cause and was only interested in the money from the job Luthen offered him.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: He was fed Separatist propaganda from the age of six and spent a lot of his early childhood throwing things at Republic troops and sabotaging their vehicles.
* WorkingWithTheEx: He and Bix were former lovers when they were younger but eventually broke up. There remains some tension between them due to Cassian's issues, but they manage to have good working relationship with Bix selling the tech that Cassian stole from the Empire.

** At the start of the prequel ''Andor'', he bears shades of a ClassicalAntiHero and an UnscrupulousHero who sleeps around, owes everybody money, and is known as a liar and a cheat. The writers said that they ''wanted'' viewers to question why this story was following someone like him and for Cassian to specifically ''not'' have any grand heroic "movie" moments where he's the one who saves the day in order to keep with the series' themes about average folks working together to make something great happen.

** At the start of the prequel ''Andor'', he bears shades of a ClassicalAntiHero with shades of an UnscrupulousHero who sleeps around, owes everybody money, and is known as a liar and a cheat. The writers said that they ''wanted'' viewers to question why this story was following someone like him and for Cassian to specifically ''not'' have any grand heroic "movie" moments where he's the one who saves the day in order to keep with the series' themes about average folks working together to make something great happen.

* AntiHero: He's manipulative and aloof with a reputation for being an ice-cold killer -- even displaying an instance of YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness early in the film. This makes Jyn and the others extremely wary of trusting him. This is all because he's been a soldier since he was ''six''. That said, he's still firmly on the heroes' side and is an otherwise excellent commander.

* TheCharmer: ''Andor'' reveals that he's a bit of a womanizer- he's been with multiple women prior to the start of the story and used to sneak in to see Bix when they were teenagers, and after his adoptive mother Maarva refuses to flee off-world with him, we see him next on a beach resort planet in a hotel room with a new girlfriend, who he clearly bedded the previous night. The series opens with him flirting a little with a prostitute, leaning in close to tell her that he doesn't have a girlfriend, and the plot is kicked off when Bix's current boyfriend gets jealous of her and Cassian's friendship and suspects her of cheating. When Cassian joins the rebels on Aldhani and finds that TheMedic Cinta is [[UnusualEuphemism "already sharing a blanket"]], he tries flirting with her a few times, only for Vel, her apparent lover, to pointedly insert herself in between the two each time and glare at him.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Andor is a skilled gunfighter and has quite the silver tongue, but when deprived of a weapon and up against a corrupt Shore Trooper on a power trip who thinks he's guilty of a crime, he had no options to save himself from arrest and setting up the entire Nakira 5 Arc.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment:

* MoreDakka: His [[WeaponOfChoice weapon of choice]] is an automatic blaster rifle/shotgun and as stated above he's a pretty good hand with a rocket launcher.

* WeaponOfChoice: A cable-fed {{BFG}} that's powered by a tank-like AmmunitionBackpack.

* YouAllMeetInACell: In ''Andor'', it's revealed that this is how he met Cassian. They are both assigned together in one of Kino's work groups at an Imperial labor complex on Nakina 5. [[spoiler: After Cassian leads a successful escape, the duo are seen running across the planet's surface to safety.]]

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Observation is one of Cassian's keenest skills. On Aldhani, he's able to tell whether his Aldhani's squadmates are left- or right-handed just by watching how they stand. During his processing at Narkina 5, he silently assesses how well-armed and prepared the guards are, which proves pivotal for the eventual jailbreak.

* OneLinerEcho: Inverted, kinda. Cassian occassionally says a one-liner to another character who then goes on to later use it in a memorable RousingSpeech. The phrase "Rebellions are built on hope!" attributed to Jyn Erso on this very page was said to her by Cassian on Jedha before she used it a speech to motivate the Alliance. And during one the earliest scenes in the tenth episode of ''Andor'', Cassian tells Kino "I'd rather die trying to take them down than die giving them what they want", [[spoiler: attempting to convince him to join a prison break]] and Kino later [[spoiler: uses the same phrase almost word for word during a RousingSpeech he make during said prison break]].

* OneLinerEcho: Inverted, kinda. Cassian occassionally says a one-liner to another character who then goes on to later use it in a memorable RousingSpeech. The phrase "Rebellions are built on hope!" attributed to Jyn Erso on this very page was said to her by Cassian on Jedha before she used it in the quoted speech to motivate the Alliance. And during one the earliest scenes in the tenth episode of ''Andor'', Cassian tells Kino "I'd rather die trying to take them down than die giving them what they want", [[spoiler: attempting to convince him to join a prison break]] and Kino later [[spoiler: uses the same phrase almost word for word during a RousingSpeech he make during said prison break]].

* CripplingOverzpecialitation: Andor is a skilled gunfighter and has quite the silver tongue, but when deprived of a weapon and up against a corrupt Shore Trooper on a power trip who thinks he's guilty of a crime, he had no options to save himself from arrest and setting up the entire Nakira 5 Arc.

* YouAllMeetInACell: In ''Andor'', it's revealed that this is how he met Cassian. They are both assigned together in one of Kino's work groups at an Imperial labor complex on Nakina 5.

->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/RogueOne''

* DaddyIssues: Jyn starts to develop these about Galen, then later [[ParentalSubstitute Saw]]. She harbors resentment towards them for abandoning her for their causes while claiming it was to protect her. Though apparently, for all those times she mentally said to herself that she'd punch Galen for leaving her, she starts to break down when she receives a holomessage from him for the first time in years and she soon comes to understand [[HeroicSacrifice why he left with the Empire]].

* DashingHispanic: Of a sort. The Mexican Diego Luna uses his natural accent for the role. This has not been shown in any official media so far, but [[AllThereInTheManual one of the visual guides]] also states that he "weaponizes his [striking] good looks to lure the unsuspecting".

** In Rogue One, when Cassian has what he needs from an informant (a fellow rebel at that), who is loudly griping at the fact Cassian has 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. However, he also looks guilty, and hesitates for a few precious seconds before escaping (also expanded on in the novelization, where it's made clear that killing Tivik was a last resort, since the alternatives are letting him live but he would be liability and it would go downhill from there): he hasn't lost his humanity, which foreshadows him [[spoiler:ignoring orders and not killing Galen when he has the chance.]]

** Chronologically, Cassian is first shown entering a brothel and carelessly identifying himself as being from Kenari, yet when he sees his adoptive mother the next day, he shows kindness and honesty, showing his carelessness, along with other positive traits.
** In Rouge One, when Cassian has what he needs from an informant (a fellow rebel at that), who is loudly griping at the fact Cassian has 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. However, he also looks guilty, and hesitates for a few precious seconds before escaping (also expanded on in the novelization, where it's made clear that killing Tivik was a last resort, since the alternatives are letting him live but he would be liability and it would go downhill from there): he hasn't lost his humanity, which foreshadows him [[spoiler:ignoring orders and not killing Galen when he has the chance.]]

* ConnectedAllAlong: The novelization for ''Film/{{Solo}}'' reveals that young Jyn met [[spoiler:Enfys Nest, leader of the Cloud Riders, who gave her some advice in regards to the rebellion]].

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Cassian has what he needs from an informant (a fellow rebel at that), who is loudly griping at the fact Cassian has 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. However, he also looks guilty, and hesitates for a few precious seconds before escaping (also expanded on in the novelization, where it's made clear that killing Tivik was a last resort, since the alternatives are letting him live but he would be liability and it would go downhill from there): he hasn't lost his humanity, which foreshadows him [[spoiler:ignoring orders and not killing Galen when he has the chance.]]

* {{Retcon}}: According to the ''Rogue One'' visual dictionary, his homeworld was stated to be Fest. Come ''Andor'', it is revealed he is actually from Kenari, and being from Fest is part of a forged profile.

->'''Appearances:''' ''ComicBook/CassianAndK2SO'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAdventures Adventures]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsSecretsOfTheEmpire Secrets Of The Empire]]'' | ''Literature/RebelRising'' | ''Series/{{Andor}}'' | ''Film/RogueOne''

* DeusExitMachina: During the pre-game briefing in VideoGame/StarWarsSecretsOfTheEmpire, he tells the players that he was planning on going on this mission, but "the Empire had other plans", necessitating the players themselves to take over the mission for him.