Characters / Star Wars – Rogue One

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Character page for the characters involved in the Rebel Alliance's plan to steal the plans of the Death Star.

Contains heavy spoilers for the film Rogue One. Browse through at your own caution.

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Rogue One

In General

"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."

— Opening Crawl of A New Hope

After receiving a warning from Imperial scientist Galen Erso regarding a major superweapon test, the Rebel Alliance assembled a team consisting of Erso's daughter Jyn, Captain Cassian Andor, and the reprogrammed Imperial battle droid K-2SO to investigate. Returning with several volunteer fighters and a dire warning about the existence of the Death Star, they were ultimately dismissed by the bickering Alliance Council.

Unwilling to give up on stopping the superweapon, the team led a crack squad of renegade Alliance soldiers, hastily codenamed "Rogue One," in an assault of the Imperial archive on Scarif. The ground attack was swiftly reinforced by sympathetic elements of the Alliance Navy, leading to one of the first major battles of the Galactic Civil War and the theft of the Death Star's schematics — albeit at the cost of their lives...

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• All for Nothing: Fortunately averted. They sacrificed their lives to get the Death Star plans, which were entrusted into the memory systems of R2-D2, who was ultimately able to make his way to Yavin 4 with the help of Luke Skywalker and his friends, allowing Luke to blow up the battle station during the Battle of Yavin. However, if Luke had taken R2 to the Anchorhead to get a memory wipe when his uncle Owen Lars ordered him to do so, the team's sacrifice would have meant nothing.
• Army of Thieves and Whores: A special infiltration unit composed of criminals, assassins, spies, Imperial defectors and nasty-types who genuinely want to make a difference.
• The Atoner: Some of them have done some nasty stuff in the past and come from unsavory backgrounds, so their mission on Scarif is their opportunity to be something bigger than themselves. When Cassian introduces Jyn to the men who're willing to help her steal the Death Star plans, he outright says that they all did horrible things in service to the rebellion, and that by participating in this fight while the rest of the Alliance is close to falling apart, they might yet salvage some of their honor and accomplish something that really matters.
• Badass Crew: A daredevil commando that will show the Empire what it's capable of.
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Many members contrast the crew from the original trilogy.
  • While Leia was a princess and diplomat who worked with the Senate, Jyn is a renegade with a criminal background.
  • While Han started off as an self-serving smuggler, Cassian is a former Child Soldier has been dominated all his life with his desire to attack tyrannical governments.
  • Luke was an young and inexperienced Force user who had to work his way into becoming a Jedi, Chirrut is a middle-aged Warrior Monk who acts in tune with the Force.
  • C-3P0 is a neurotic non-combatant from the Galactic Republic, K-2SO is a snarky security guard who was formerly under the control of the Empire.
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi was a Jedi who went into self-imposed exile, while Bodhi was an Imperial pilot who defected to the rebels.
  • Chewbacca and Pao are the distinctive Token Non-Human of their crew, but Chewbacca was Han's smuggling partner while Pao is a corporal in the rebel forces.
  • R2-D2 was a maintenance droid who operated on logic and carried information, while Baze is a human, a grizzled gunman, and can be very emotion-driven.
• Doomed by Canon: It's made likely, by their lack of an appearance in the Original Trilogy, that they won't survive by the end of their journey. None of them do.
• Dressing as the Enemy: Cassian, Jyn, and K-2SO disguise themselves as Imperials at one point (although, given that he's a reprogrammed Imperial droid, Kaytoo doesn't have to try very hard).
• Dwindling Party: Everyone starts dying one by one on Scarif.
• Dying Moment of Awesome: The squad knows going into Scarif isn't going to end well for any of them, but they decide the mission is big enough to justify the risk of death. None of them make it out alive, but they certainly don't go out lightly. K-2SO dies defending the entrance to the archives room (not without taking out plenty of Stormtroopers by himself), Bodhi's last act is to help establish the connection needed to signal the rebel fleet, Chirrut and Baze die like heroes on the battlefield as believers in the Force, and Jyn and Cassian are Together in Death, embracing each other on the beach as they get engulfed by the gigantic explosion.
• Expy: Kathleen Kennedy states that the duo dynamism of Chirrut and Baze is intended as a space version of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza respectively.
• Face Death with Dignity: The squad members stay true to their convictions and fail to cower in the face of near certain doom. K-2SO calmly says his Last Words to Cassian and Jyn before sustaining too much damage to function any longer, Chirrut goes out reciting his Survival Mantra after fulfilling what he believes to be the Will of The Force, Bodhi simply closes his eyes when he sees the grenade stop bounding around inside the cargo hold of his ship, Baze goes on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge while reciting the same mantra as Chirrut but is calm when he sees a grenade roll next to him, and finally, Cassian and Jyn embrace before the Death Star's superlaser shockwave kills them.
• Fire-Forged Friends: Most of its members can't stand each other initially due to difference in ideologies, but by the time they go to Scarif, they have managed to put their differences aside and work together to achieve their goals.
• Foregone Conclusion: Ultimately, they do succeed in their mission to retrieve the Death Star's blueprints.
• The Hero Dies: Everyone on the crew is killed in the process of securing and transmitting plans to the Death Star.
• Hero of Another Story: They are unheard of in the original trilogy past the opening crawl of A New Hope and a mention by Vader in said film — the fact that their mission succeeded and directly led to Leia's ship being chased by Vader was all we previously knew. And they have no direct personal connection to "Skywalker & Friends".
• Heroic Sacrifice: The squad risks their lives on Scarif to make sure the Death Star plans get to the Rebellion, giving hope to the galaxy, at the cost of all of their lives.
  • K2SO holds off swarms of Stormtroopers while Jyn and Cassian manually search for the plans before getting shot to death by blaster fire.
  • Bodhi keeps up the connection between the ship and the Rebel fleet while open to enemy fire before getting killed by a grenade.
  • Chirrut walks through the middle of the battlefield unprotected to open Bohdi's transmission before getting blown up.
  • Baze singlehandedly confronts a squad of approaching Deathtroopers and kills them all before getting dying in the explosion of a grenade the last one dropped.
  • Cassian and Jyn end up on a beach after transmitting the plans and are killed by the Death Star's superlaser.
  • All of the other soldiers get killed holding the line on Scarif in various ways.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: Baze and Chirrut, despite their many disagreements, are effectively inseparable.
• Hope Bringer: They are explicitly stated to have given hope to the Rebellion for their actions on Scarif. This foreshadows the sequel's title.
• In the End, You Are on Your Own: The main squad and a number of other volunteers go against orders to stay put and leave to steal the Death Star plans on the high-security world of Scarif, knowing fully aware that not all them will walk out of it alive. When the rest of the rebels on Yavin 4 find out via Imperial comm chatter about their attack, they immediately deploy the fleet to Scarif..
• Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: An Imperial scientist's criminal daughter, a formal Rebel Alliance officer, a reprogrammed Imperial security droid, a blind man wielding a staff, a trigger-happy mercenary, a guilt-ridden Imperial space-truck driver, and a tired war veteran.
• Religious Bruiser: Chirrut and Baze are non-Jedi followers of the Jedi religion, and were once temple guardians in the Holy City of Jedha. By the time of the movie, the guardians have become little more than a group of impoverished monks wandering the streets of the Holy City. Chirrut is still faithful, but Baze has given up hope, and only remains due to friendship.
• Revenge: Chirrut and Baze defended Jedha as Guardians of the Whills. After the Empire obliterated the city with the Death Star, the both of them taking part in the mission to find the Death Star's plans can be interpreted as such, as they have nothing to lose. It's also one for Jyn, as Krennic killed her mother.
• Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: In the climax of Rogue One, they're ordered not to retrieve the plans, because of how futile it seems. They go rogue and do it anyway.
• Small Role, Big Impact: These guys are responsible for the Original Trilogy happening, and they die in the very same movie they're introduced in.
• Spanner in the Works: These guys undertook a Suicide Mission none of the higher-ups in the Rebellion had thought was ever going to work, but against all odds, they managed to recover the plans exposing the Empire's most horrific weapon's weakness — and the Empire didn't even see it coming. This one act shakes up the Rebellion into keeping up the fight against the Empire, which will lead to Luke Skywalker's entrance into the Alliance, the eventual redemption of Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker, and the empire's defeat after Emperor Palpatine is killed by Vader.
• Suicide Mission: The mission to steal the Death Star plans is so suicidal that the Rebellion largely gives up on it, and the commando team has to undertake it on its own. The Rebel Council turns out to have been correct in their assessment of how suicidal the mission is, as none of Rogue One survives the mission.
• Those Two Guys: Chirrut and Baze are an inseparable pair.
  Chirrut Îmwe: You almost shot me!
  Baze Malbus: You're welcome.
• Unresolved Sexual Tension: Jyn and Cassian develop some type of affection for each other over the course of the film, though they die before an actual romance can start.

Commanders

Jyn Erso

Sergeant Jyn Erso

"Rebellions are built on hope!"

Species: Human

Homeworld: Vallt

Portrayed by: Felicity Jones, Beau Gadsdon^note 8-year-old, Opening Scene, Dolly Gadsdon^note 4-year-old, Coruscant Flashback

Dubbed by: Chloé Berthier (European French), Jessica Ángeles (Latin-American Spanish), Haruka Shibuya (Japanese), Natalka Denysenko (Ukrainian)

Appearances: Catalyst | Solo^note novelization only | Rebel Rising | Forces of Destiny | Star Wars Rebels ^note  voice only | Rogue One

"We'll take the next chance. And the next. Until we win, or the chances are spent."

The daughter of Galen and Lyra Erso, Jyn was taken in by Saw Gerrera and trained as a rebel after the death of her mother and kidnapping of her father at the hands of the Empire. After being abandoned by Saw, Jyn roamed the galaxy for several years as a petty criminal before being arrested and imprisoned by the Empire.

Eventually she was broken out of prison by the Rebel Alliance, who wanted to use her as a means of contacting Saw, whose Partisans had captured a defecting Imperial pilot with critical information about an Imperial weapons project. While on the mission, Jyn learned the truth about her father's fate and formed a unit of rebels to strike at the Imperial archives on Scarif to steal the plans for the Death Star.

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• Action Girl: 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^note And that's just for that one fake identity. When she and Cassian get cornered by a squad of stormtroopers in Jedha City, she curbstomps them so epically with her collapsible baton and their own blasters that the seasoned operative can do nothing but stare in mute amazement.
• Affectionate Nickname: Galen lovingly calls Jyn "Stardust". The weight of this nickname is such that Jyn completely trusts Galen's hologram in Jedha and immediately recognizes the project codename of the Death Star.
• Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Her Dark and Troubled Past and later upbringing has made her very distant.
• The Artful Dodger: She has been on her own since the age of 16.
• Badass Adorable: Continues the streak started by previous female lead Rey. She's 21-years-old, quite petite, an endearing snarker, and is a trained combatant and something of a scoundrel; throughout the movie, her feats only get more impressive.
• Broken Bird: Jyn had a hard life. As a child she watched her mother gunned down by Imperial troops, and her father effectively kidnapped to work on an Imperial weapons project, and the next time she sees him it's only for him to die in her arms after a Rebel air strike. Her guardian turned her into a Child Soldier, and then up and abandoned her, ostensibly for her own protection since his men were beginning to learn who she really was. From then on she was on her own, more or less resorting to petty crime to get by, until she ended up in an Imperial labor camp. All of these experiences leave her beaten down and jaded, to the point where she's stopped caring about anything other than her own survival, and is honestly content to just keep her head down and ignore how bad things are for everyone else under the Empire.
• The Cameo: Her voice, specifically her Rousing Speech towards the Rebel Alliance in Rogue One, can be briefly heard alongside many other pivotal characters in the Star Wars canon as Ezra walks through the World Between Worlds in Star Wars Rebels, about a year prior to her actually giving that speech.
• Character Development: 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.
• Child Soldier: Regarded as one of Saw Gerrera's best soldiers while she was a teen.
• Connected All Along: The novelization for Solo reveals that young Jyn met Enfys Nest, leader of the Cloud Riders, who gave her some advice in regards to the Rebellion.
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Unlike Luke, Rey, and Anakin, Jyn is not put on the path to become a Jedi. She also knows her own origins and had always believed in the Force.
• Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: 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 her being the daughter of an Imperial scientist.
• Daddy's Girl: The turning point for her away from cynicism and towards hope is watching her dad's hologram and listening to how important to him his "Stardust" remained after so many years. He wrote that message for her and she made damn sure his legacy was carried out.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Her father was taken by the Empire when she was a girl due to his scientific knowledge. She was on her own from her teens onward, and joined the Rebellion more to spite the Empire than for any high minded ideals.
• Deadpan Snarker: Has her moments, especially early on when dealing with Kaytoo.
• Deathly Dies Irae: Her "Theme" is based on Dies Irae, fitting for the daughter of the man who designed the Death Star.
• Decomposite Character: She shares some traits with Bria Tharen from The Han Solo Trilogy, namely that they're both Action Girls who are heavily involved in the mission to steal and transmit the Death Star plans and both die in the process of completing their mission. Unlike Bria, though, Jyn is never romantically involved with Han Solo (they apparently never even met), with that aspect of Bria's character being taken up by Solo's Qi'ra.
• Distaff Counterpart: To Han Solo. Design-wise she looks like a gender-swapped version of him, is a down-to-earth Deadpan Snarker, has a criminal past, and is initially apathetic to the Rebellion and only joins out of personal interest. A key difference is that Han has made a name for himself as a notorious smuggler before being swept up into the conflict, while Jyn is a relative nobody prior to joining the Rebellion. Additionally, Han initially doesn't believe in the Force, while Jyn has always believed in it even if she isn't Force-sensitive.
• Experienced Protagonist: Jyn was personally trained as a soldier by Saw and thus is extremely skilled in fighting, stealth, and infiltration by the time she is introduced to the audience as an adult.
• Face Death with Dignity: She smiles tearfully as she embraces Cassian and waits for the blast from the Death Star to reach them, knowing that even though she has only seconds left to live, she has fulfilled her father's wishes and has given the Rebellion a fighting chance. The novelisation even states that she is "finally at peace".
• Final First Hug: She and Cassian embrace each other as they're consumed by the blast from the Death Star on Scarif.
• Friend to All Children: She may seem apathetic, but she'll stop to help a little girl in danger, as seen in Forces of Destiny and Rogue One. Probably helps that she used to be the same.
• I Am Very British: Speaks with a Received Pronunciation accent. In-universe, this is likely due to her father's Imperial background.
• Improbable Weapon User: When Melshi and his squad free her from penal labor at an Imperial outpost, she returns the favor by bludgeoning her way past the heavily armed rebels with a shovel.
• It's Personal: The Mission to Steal the Death Star Plans begins because of a message sent from her missing father.
• The Lancer: Becomes this to Cassian as they become a proto-group; namely the cynical outsider to his idealistic insider (albeit even his idealism is quite tarnished by the things he's done on behalf of the Rebellion).
• Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter: While her father doesn't seem to be exactly "mad" (his actor's name notwithstanding), she still fits the role as far as others are concerned. They don't know that she's actually helping her father because he isn't mad.
• Magnetic Hero: Jyn begins her mission with only Cassian's assistance, and over the course of the movie draws together a team willing to take on a suicide mission that gambles the fate of the galaxy on its success.
• Memento MacGuffin: Jyn was given a kyber crystal by her mother before they were separated.
• Messy Hair: It's hard to hold a stylish coif when you're running petty crimes and undertaking suicide missions.
• Military Maverick: She is reckless, aggressive, and undisciplined, but also so good at her job that Mon Mothma assigns her to one of the most critical missions in the history of the Rebellion.
• Missing Mom: Her father is still around, albeit in Imperial custody, but her mother was killed attempting to gun down Krennic.
• My Name Is Inigo Montoya: An almost word-for-word reenactment of this trope commences when she and Krennic finally meet for the first time.
  Krennic: [holding her at gunpoint] Who Are You?!
  Jyn: You know who I am. I'm Jyn Erso, daughter of Galen and Lyra. You've lost.
• Not in This for Your Revolution: While she has a history of causing trouble for the Empire before the events of Rogue One take place, 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:
  Saw: You can stand to see the Imperial flag reign across the galaxy?
  Jyn: It's not a problem if you don't look up.
• One Head Taller: Both the average-sized Cassian and the huge K2SO are this compared to her.
• Parental Abandonment: Her mother is gunned to death while her father is retaken by The Empire and later dies as well. She ends up joining both of them in death by the end of the movie.
• Pet the Dog: Though she's introduced as being a jaded common criminal who's more concerned with causing trouble than making a difference, her rescue of a little girl caught in the midst of a skirmish against the Empire is the first sign that she's a good person underneath.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: She's quite petite and noticeably smaller than anyone else in the movie (except for the guy whose armor she nicks at one point), but you really don't want to get on her bad side.
• Rebellious Spirit: Jyn certainly seems to have one; she has a criminal past and doesn't exactly seem overly excited to be in the Rebellion itself.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red Oni to Cassian's Blue Oni, being brash and forceful. She also wears earthen colors in contrast with Cassian's blues.
• Reluctant Hero: Jyn never intended to become both the instigator and the leader of a suicide mission whose success might well decide the fate of the galaxy. All she wanted was to be left alone, but alas, the call knows where you're imprisoned.
• Resigned to the Call: Initially. She clearly recognizes the Rebels won't take no for an answer and the promise of a pardon with the chance to disappear sways her.
• Scarf of Asskicking: Early in the movie she wears a grey shawl with the added benefit of being able to be used as a headwrap, concealing her face from Imperials.
• Supporting Protagonist: Cassian is clearly the one in-charge of Rogue One, but she is unquestionably The Hero of the story.
• Tears of Joy: Upon watching a message from her father, who she hasn't seen in 15 years, and remembering how much he loves her.
• Tragic Keepsake:
  • Jyn has a white crystal on a necklace, a kyber crystal, from her mother. She received it the day her father was taken by the Empire and her mother was killed.
  • Jyn keeps the synthskin gloves of Maia, one of Saw's soldiers who died during a mission, to remember their friendship lost to war.
• Tsundere: Due to her Trauma Conga Line and Dark and Troubled Past, she claims that she doesn't care about anything to prevent from getting hurt again, only to ultimately come through when push comes to shove. Namely, for all those times she said she hated her dad in Rebel Rising and the beginning of Rogue One, she starts to cry when Saw shows her the message from Galen.

Cassian Andor

Captain Cassian Jeron Andor (born Kassa)

"Light the place up. Make ten men feel
like a hundred."

Species: Human

Homeworld: Kenari

Portrayed By: Diego Luna, Antonio Viña^note Childhood flashbacks in Andor

Dubbed by: Diego Luna (Latin-American Spanish), Yasuyuki Kase (Japanese)

Appearances: Andor | Cassian & K-2SO | Adventures | Secrets Of The Empire | Rebel Rising | Rogue One

"I'd rather die trying to take them down than giving them what they want."

Born "Kassa" on the primitive planet Kenari, Cassian was rescued and adopted by smugglers Maarva and Clem Andor after his tribe ran afoul of the Galactic Republic. Spending much of his life as a petty criminal, a string of bad luck forced him on the run and ultimately led him to join the nascent Rebel Alliance under the tutelage of spymaster Luthen Rael.

Years later, Cassian would be assigned by Rebel Intelligence to escort Jyn Erso on her mission to make contact with Saw Gerrera's Partisans. After the Alliance refused to act on the information they gathered, Cassian recruited old friend Ruescott Melshi and his men to join the newly-formed "Rogue One" in an unsanctioned mission to steal the Death Star plans.

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• Affectionate Nickname: "Cass", among friends and family.
• Always Save the Girl:
  • 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.
  • In Andor, he also puts himself in significant danger to rescue his ex-girlfriend Bix from an Imperial-controlled hotel in the Season 1 finale.
• Anti-Hero:
  • In Andor, he has a reputation for sleeping around, is involved in shady work, owes everyone money, and is known for being a liar and a cheat. The writers wanted to avoid making Cassian an Ideal Hero in order to stay true to the series' themes of average people coming together to make something great happen.
  • Five years later in Rogue One, he's become a manipulative and aloof spy with a reputation for being an ice-cold killer. This makes Jyn and the others extremely wary of trusting him, but he's firmly on the heroes' side and is an otherwise excellent commander.
• Awesomeness by Analysis: Observation is one of Cassian's keenest skills. On Aldhani, he's able to tell whether his 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. At least part of this appears to be due to being raised by scavengers, taught to look for valuable things in what other people dismiss as junk.
• Badass Longcoat: When he returns to Ferrix in the Season One finale, he dons a brown longcoat.
• BFG: His choice of weapon to use to kill Galen Erso is a huge rifle with at least two modes.
• The Call Knows Where You Live: Luthen is happy to buy the tech Cassian stole from the Empire, but his real goal is to recruit Cassian to the Rebellion.
• The Captain: The leader of Rogue One.
• The Charmer: Andor reveals that he's a bit of a womanizer.
  • The series opens with him flirting with a prostitute, leaning in all coy to tell her that he doesn't have a girlfriend. Maarva namedrops three of his past paramours, and adds that those are just the ones whose names she knows.
  • He used to sneak out to see Bix when they were teenagers, and the plot is kicked off when her current boyfriend wrongly suspects her of cheating on him with Cassian.
  • On Aldhani, he tries flirting with Cinta only to find that she is "already sharing a blanket", with her lover Vel pointedly inserting herself between them.
  • After fleeing to Niamos, we see him in a hotel room the morning after he's hooked up with a new girlfriend.
• Child Soldier: According to the visual guides, he grew up on a Separatist world occupied by the Republic and was raised to hate the occupying forces.
• Cold Sniper: While all of The Squad have Improbable Aiming Skills, Cassian is the only one shown equipped with a sniper rifle and is capable of lining up an extreme range shot on Galen Erso, although he does not pull the trigger. His years of performing less than savory missions have left him rather cold and aloof to others.
• Deus Exit Machina: During the pre-game briefing in Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire, 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.
• Crippling Overspecialization: Cassian is a skilled gunfighter and has quite the silver tongue, but has few options to avoid arrest when deprived of a weapon and up against a corrupt Shore Trooper on a power trip.
• Dies Wide Open: He opens his eyes just as the blast from the Death Star's weapon hits him and Jyn.
• Disney Death: 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 from Krennic on top of the tower. Sadly, he and Jyn die for real after Governor Tarkin orders the Death Star to destroy Scarif, which claims Krennic's life as well.
• Establishing Character Moment:
  • Chronologically, Cassian is first shown entering a brothel and carelessly identifying himself as being from Kenari. 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 a fellow rebel informant who is prevented from escaping due to his broken arm, the good captain shushes him 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 hesitates for a few precious seconds before escaping, and the novelization makes it clear that killing Tivik was a last resort: he hasn't lost his humanity, which foreshadows him ignoring orders and not killing Galen when he has the chance.
• Everyone Has Standards: Despite not actively caring about the Rebellion's cause at this moment in time, Cassian is utterly disgusted when he learns that Skeen intends to backstab Vel Sartha and the rest of the Aldhani infiltration team by cutting and running with the entire payload they just robbed from the Empire. When Skeen offers Cassian in on the deal, the latter immediately guns him down in contempt.
• Experienced Protagonist: At the start of Andor, Cassian is already a very experienced thief who can easily hold his own in a fight. His skills are enough to draw the attention of Luthen for recruitment into the Rebellion. By the time of Rogue One, he has even more experience after a few years as an agent for Alliance Intelligence.
• The Face: Cassian works as a recruiter for the Rebellion, and is shown to have good personal skills in order to balance out the more brusque Jyn.
• Final First Hug: He and Jyn embrace each other as they're consumed by the blast from the Death Star on Scarif.
• Good Is Not Soft: His role in the Rebellion is recruiting assassins, saboteurs, and spies.
• Has a Type: He tends to become interested in brunette women who can handle themselves in a fight. He used to be involved with Bix, he tries flirting with Cinta (before learning she's with Vel), and has some ambiguous Ship Tease with Jyn Erso. All three are dark-haired women who are either resourceful survivors, badass warriors, or both.
• He Cleans Up Nicely: While not exactly struggling in the roguish castoff look, he cuts a very dashing figure in an officer's uniform. In the Rogue One novelization, Jyn is briefly distracted by the fact that the pilfered uniform just happens to fit like it had been tailored for him, and not the Imperial sod he stole it from.
• Hiding Your Heritage: Cassian and his adoptive parents have been claiming he's from Fest ever since he was taken from his true homeworld of Kenari in order to protect him from reprisals against his people from the Republic, and later the Empire.
• In Love with Your Carnage: He looks somewhat "dazed" and definitely impressed after watching Jyn take down a bunch of stormtroopers with her truncheons.
• Irony: Andor reveals that Cassian and the other Narkina 5 prisoners were forced to build parts for the Death Star, which he later helps destroy by stealing the plans for it.
• I've Come Too Far: A rare heroic example. After spending a lifetime of fighting and doing whatever his superiors wished of him, he decides that all of it will have been for nothing if he does not help Jyn steal the Death Star plans.
• Kill Me Now, or Forever Stay Your Hand: He offers this ultimatum to Luthen in "Rix Road." No prizes for guessing which option Luthen chose.
• Knowledge Broker: According to All There in the Manual, he was the Fulcrum for the rebels in the Albarrio sector.
• Legacy Character: He is the third person known to take the role of the informant Fulcrum.
• Mama's Boy: A very downplayed example. In Andor, he's depicted as something ove The Casanova, with a few good friends, but his closest relationship is with his adopted mother. The first half of the season revolves around him gathering the funds needed for them to get off-world and into more comfortable surroundings.
• Master of Unlocking: He carries a set of lockpicks hidden in his boot, which Saw Gererra's goons fail to relieve him of before they throw him in a cell with an electronic lock. How do you open an electronic lock with a lockpick, you ask? Why, stab the former with the latter.
• Naturalized Name: Cassian's original name was Kassa, which was altered to help disguise his true homeworld of Kenari when Maarva abducted him to save his life from Republic reprisals against his people when he was a child.
• Neutral No Longer: Andor's first season sees him make the slow transition from an immoral scoundrel only interested in making a quick payday and finding a nice cozy corner of the galaxy to hole up in to the hero who will be instrumental in stealing the Death Star plans and saving the galaxy. Over the course of the show, he is convinced into taking part in a heist against the Empire, given a manifesto by an idealistic member of the crew, makes a clean escape from the heist only to be arrested by a power-tripping shoretrooper, discovers the Empire is using its prisoners as life-long slave labor, reads the manifesto he got, hears his mother's posthumous call to arms against the Empire, and ultimately offers his services to Luthen as an agent of the nascent Rebel Alliance.
• Number Two: Cassian seems to prefer letting others take the lead, even if they're less experienced, and uses his skill to advise and support them to make up for the gap. In Rogue One it was Jyn who led the team to Scarif despite Cassian being its nominal leader, in Andor he never questioned Vel's leadership of the Aldhani heist despite his greater experience, and in Narkina 5 it was Kino who led the breakout and gave the Rousing Speech. In all cases, Cassian's participation was essential, but he was rarely the one giving orders.
• One-Liner Echo: Inverted, kinda. Cassian occasionally says a one-liner to another character, who then goes on to later use it in a memorable Rousing Speech. 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 during a Rousing Speech he makes during said prison break.
• Only in It for the Money: Joins the heist on Aldhani for the 200,000 credit cut Luthen offers. He initially is ordered to hide this from the rest of the crew, who are dedicated Rebels who would not trust a mercenary, but admits it to them when it becomes clear that he needs to offer some truth to settle their doubts.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Cassian Andor, the stoic leader by designation, is looking a little unsteady when he gets off the ship on Eadu to assassinate Galen Erso. The first person to see it is the blind man.
• Plot Hole: While in Gerrera's holding cell, Andor tells Îmwe that this was his first time in a "cage", but Andor establishes that Andor had been imprisoned at least two times before. Then again, this could also be a case of Exact Words, since he was sent to a battlefield the first time, and the second time, the cells had electrified floors instead of bars.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Is the Blue Oni to Jyn's Red Oni, being cool under all circumstances. He also wears blues to Jyn's browns and grays.
• Refusal of the Call: When initially asked to join the Rebellion by Luthen, Cassian refuses, as he sees it as a lost cause and is only interested in the money from the Aldhani heist.
• Revision: 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.
• Serial Homewrecker: When Bix sees the bruise on his face from his "incident" with the Pre-Mor corpos on Morlana One the previous night, she asks Cassian if he got that from being punched by "another husband", implying that he seems to have a thing for married women.
• Significant Wardrobe Shift: Cassian starts out Season 1 of Andor wearing at least three layers of body-obscuring clothing plus a Star Wars version of a bulky Carhartt work coat on top, which give the effect that he is at once hiding and armoring his true self under his clothes. As the series goes on and he gets drawn more and more towards the Rebel hero we know from Rogue One, he sheds layers until he finally loses his Badass Longcoat in the season finale wrapping it around a broken Bix, leaving him in a form-fitting jacket and shirt and his leanest silhouette yet as he gives himself over to the Rebellion.
• Shoot the Dog: Shoots an informant in the back when he realises that he can't escape the incoming stormtroopers because of his broken arm. He is also later ordered to shoot Galen Erso instead of rescuing him, as he is deemed too vital to the Empire to leave alive. While he gets several chances to snipe him on Eadu, he ultimately refuses to pull the trigger.
• Sole Survivor: It becomes increasingly clear that between the Republic's attacks on Kenari during the Clone Wars and the supposed "mining disaster" under Imperial rule said to have killed everyone on the planet Cassian might be the only person from Kenari alive by the time of Andor, though he is still trying to find his little sister.
• Spies Are Despicable: Cassian is one of the most morally gray characters on the side of good in Star Wars, and he engages in all sorts of ruthless and underhanded methods and tactics for the greater good.
• Supporting Leader: He is clearly the one in-charge of Rogue One, but Jyn is unquestionably The Hero of the story.
• Swiss-Army Gun: The weapon he uses for most of the movie is a BlasTech A280-CFE, a modular version of the assault rifles used by Rebel troops. It has three configurations: heavy pistol, assault rifle, and sniper rifle, the latter of which he uses when he plans to kill Galen Erso. Kaytoo's mention of the latter is what tips Jyn off about Cassian's true mission on the planet.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Grew up in a primitive tribe on an obscure planet, just wanting to grow up and join his tribe's customs.
• Working with the Ex: He and Bix were lovers when they were younger, but eventually broke up. Cassian's issues create some tension between them in the present, but they have a good working relationship, with Bix selling the tech that Cassian steals from the Empire.

Ruescott Melshi

Sergeant Ruescott Melshi

"You want to get out of here?"

Species: Human

Portrayed by: Duncan Pow

Appearances: Andor | Rogue One

An old friend of Cassian's, Melshi is the senior ranking member of Extraction Team Bravo, a military unit under the command of General Draven. He and the rest of Bravo Team are sent to Wobani to retrieve Jyn Erso from Imperial custody, and later join Cassian in launching the assault on Scarif to capture the Death Star plans.

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• Ascended Extra: After he was a glorified Spear Carrier in Rogue One with only a few lines, he's a major character in Andor where he's Cassian's closest friend inside the prison on Narkina-5.
• Bring News Back: After he and Cassian escape the prison on Narkina-5 he decides to personally make sure news of how the prison is run is spread throughout the Galaxy.
• The Cynic: He tends to hold and voice pessimistic views, especially during the events of Andor when he met Cassian in the Narkina 5 prison complex. For example he (correctly) predicted during Cassian's first day that Kino would not be able to get them off for punishment despite being a man down, he also (again, correctly) warned Cassian that the Empire would simply keep them in prison for as long as they wanted regardless of what their sentences were, and mocked Kino's attempt to downplay and explain away the brief loss of power when the prison administrators electrocuted the prisoner on Level 2. Lastly, while hiding out from aerial patrols after escaping from prison he rejects Cassian's attempts to encourage and motivate him at first, but does eventually come around.
• Determinator: He is a regular human, with no Force abilities or cybernetic enhancements, yet during the Battle of Scarif he manages to keep fighting despite multiple blaster wounds before finally being gunned down by Death Troopers.
• Elites Are More Glamorous: After joining the Rebellion, Melshi went into the Rebel's Special Forces division, which specialized in acts such as infiltration, reconnaissance, and sabotage.
• Killed Offscreen: He's seen alive but too hurt to move when Sefla tries to run for the master switch, then is shown slumped over the next time the scene cuts there: either dead of his initial wound, shot again by one of the Death Troopers, or just passed out (in which case he would have almost certainly died during the Death Star's blast).
• Knight in Sour Armor: Despite his cynical and sarcastic tendencies he is quick to do the right thing or show consideration to others; he immediately notes and remembers Cassian's fake name of Keef and corrects other prisoners who are just referring to Cassian as "new guy", he's also quick to try to help Ulaf when the latter is on the edge of collapse from his stroke. On Scarif, he is shot and seriously wounded while trying to help a fallen comrade.
• Mauve Shirt: He is first introduced when he leads the rescue mission for Jyn and does not appear again until Rogue One forms and leaves Yavin 4, at which point he becomes a key supporting character.
• No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Gets mortally wounded while attempting to drag a wounded Rebel to safety on Scarif.
• Supporting Leader: Although Cassian is the highest ranking officer on the ground at Scarif, he is busy infiltrating the base, leaving it up to Melshi to command the assault that serves as a distraction.
• Violent Glaswegian: He has a thick Scottish accent (or whatever the Star Wars equivalent of one is) and is a pretty gung-ho trooper.
• You All Meet in a Cell: 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. After Cassian leads a successful escape, the duo are seen running across the planet's surface to safety. They eventually make it to Niamos where they temporarily part ways.

Squad Members

K-2SO

K-2SO

"I'll be there for you, Jyn... Cassian said I had to."

Model: KX-series security droid

Homeworld: Vulpter

Portrayed By: Alan Tudyk

Appearances: Cassian & K-2SO | Adventures | The Mighty Chewbacca | Secrets Of The Empire | Rogue One

"Congratulations, you are being rescued. Please do not resist."

The Rebels managed to get a hold of one of the Empire's new enforcer droid models from the KX-series security droids, K-2SO. He joined Extraction Team Bravo to retrieve Jyn Erso out of Imperial custody on Wobani, and would later join her alongside Captain Andor to Jedha, which, through a turn of events, would lead to the formation of the Rogue One team and theft of the Death Star plans.

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• Affectionate Nickname: 'Affectionate' might be pushing it, but Cassian calls him 'Kay' for short. There's also the occasional 'Kaytoo'.
• Bad Liar: K-2SO is an Imperial droid, but he's such a bad liar that he fails in every attempt to actually pass himself off as one when speaking. The one time he does convince some troopers, it's only because they think he's suffering a software breakdown. When asked where he's taking his "prisoners," the best response he can muster is... prison, to be imprisoned.
• Badass Bookworm: His designation is strategic analysis but is a fearsome force in close combat.
• The Big Guy: Kaytoo towers at 7-feet and is every bit as strong as his large frame would suggest.
• Brutal Honesty: He does not hold back on how he feels. Cassian describes it as an interesting quirk since being reprogrammed.
• Buffy Speak: Falls into human-like word bumbling on occasion. Usually when confronted by Imperials.
• Casual Danger Dialogue: On Jedha, he's quite happy to (sarcastically) regale Jyn on why he didn't remain on the ship as instructed (i.e. it was boring and they were making a lot of noise), after having just caught a live grenade midair, before casually tossing it behind him at incoming stormtroopers.
• Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Kaytoo has a gold rim on his armholes, not the usual red.
• The Comically Serious: Even when Kaytoo's not snarking, the Brutal Honesty makes his lines really funny ("Jyn — I'll be there for you. Cassian said I had to.").
• Creepy Good: The KX-series droids are designed to be rather unsettling, with their lanky frames, black color, skull-like heads, and white eyes, but K-2 is a reprogrammed unit who works with the good guys.
• Dark Is Not Evil: He is a dark-colored droid and one of the good guys. This is justified since he was a droid of the empire before being reprogrammed.
• Deadpan Snarker
  • When he appears with the group in the Jedha conflict:
    Cassian: I thought I told you to stay on the ship!
    Kaytoo: You did. But I thought it was boring and you were in trouble. [reflexively catches a grenade thrown by a falling Stormtrooper] There are a lot of explosions for two people blending in. [tosses the grenade back at incoming Stormtroopers without even turning to look at them] You're right. I should just wait on the ship.
  • There's also this.
    Kaytoo: That is a bad idea. I think so, and so does Cassian. What do I know? My specialty is just strategic analysis.
• Establishing Character Moment: In the pre-release build up, it's the sequence where when handed Jyn's bags, he immediately drops them to the ground. His introduction in the film showcases his considerable strength, intimidating size, and snarky attitude.
• Expy: Despite his unique elements, he serves as one to both C-3PO and Chewbacca. He's like 3PO in that he's a humanoid droid with a British accent who spends a lot of time being obnoxious and has pessimistic views of the odds, but he's also a tall, tough, combat-skilled, and snarky copilot sidekick like Chewie. His extremely dry and occasionally cruel sense of humor coupled with his general violent leanings also make him one of HK-47.
• Eye Lights Out: His optics completely turn off after he succumbs to the Stormtroopers' blaster shots.
• False Reassurance: Seems to excel in this area. His introduction has him slam Jyn Erso to the ground when she tries to run from Rebels attacking her prisoner convoy, only to reassure her she is being rescued by the Alliance and that resisting this rescue is ill-advised. When Bodhi mentions failure during an Imperial spot-check will have them soundly blasted into the unforgiving vacuum of space to die, Kaytoo cheerfully states they won't all die; droids can survive in space, no problem.
• Foil:
  • Seems to be designed to contrast BB-8 (who was intended to contrast Artoo). BB is a small, childlike roller engineering droid who doesn't speak anything but Binary, while Kaytoo is a tall, spindly, humanoid security droid and a fountain of dry snark. BB was found by Rey and joins her willingly, but Kaytoo is a reprogrammed Imperial droid. Kaytoo is much more of a combatant than BB. BB is white with orange and grey trim, and Kaytoo is black with grey trim.
  • He also contrasts See-Threepio. Utilitarian black and long limbs instead of aesthetically pleasing gold and humanoid proportions. White dot optical receptors instead of "eyes". Much more physically mobile, much less prone to being fussy, much more dangerous. He doesn't have an "Artoo" equivalent, and even offers to tell Jyn the odds.
  • And once again, Chewbacca. Plated droid vs furry organic. Snarky sidekick (by force) vs loyal companion. Absolutely deadly in combat, though Kaytoo relies on his fists more. Both work with a Rebel hero with a shady past and his own speedy transport spaceship. There's a popular theory that Chewie effectively sees Han as a dog, but Andor is Kaytoo's master, full stop.
• Grew Beyond Their Programming: As a result of his reprogramming Kaytoo evolved from a straight talking security droid into a jerk, as it happens, but beyond that he is noted to slouch and grouch, while most members of his line are very orderly and dull.
• Heel–Face Turn: He was designed by the Empire but was reprogrammed by the Rebels.
• Hunter of His Own Kind: Where R2-D2 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.
• If My Calculations Are Correct: Combat droid K-2SO gives odds of survival that are perilously low, similarly to C3-PO. For example, to Cassian, when he sees reluctant recruit Jyn Erso (who he previously chokeslammed while she attempted to escape) with a blaster:
  K-2SO: You're letting her keep it? Would you like to know the probability of her using it against you?... it's high... It's very high.
• Inconsistent Spelling: When referred to as K-2, different works have spelled it as "Kaytoo", "Kaytwo", or "Kaytu".
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: For all his jerkass tendencies he has a bit of a soft spot for Cassian. He seems sincerely apologetic after having slapped Cassian on Jedha, and his parting words to Jyn and Cassian are ones of encouragement during his Last Stand.
• Lean and Mean: Barrel chest aside, K-2, and by proxy all KX model droids are quite long and lanky.
• Made of Iron: Far more durable to blaster fire than the other droid of his type which Jyn downs with one shot. It takes several concentrated shots from Stormtroopers to finally take him down.
• Mook–Face Turn: He's an Imperial droid, but was found and captured by the rebels. He joined them, though according to him, at least part of it was due to reprogramming.
• Multiple Gunshot Death: He eventually succumbs to concentrated fire from Stormtroopers.
• Non-Human Sidekick: He is to the Rogue One commandos what Chewbacca was to the main characters of A New Hope, sarcasms, droid condition and understandable speech aside.
• Offhand Backhand: Casually does this with a both a blaster and a grenade.
• Overly Long Name: His name is actually much longer than K-2SO, according to the novelization. It apparently details his history, including where and when he was built. It's reasonable to conclude that this applies to all droids.
• Plucky Comic Relief: Of the cynical Deadpan Snarker variety, as sort of a halfway point between C-3PO and HK-47.
• Redemption Equals Death: Spends most of the movie pointing out how plans can fail, the novelization says his last thought before he dies is of Cassian succeeding.
• Ridiculously Human Robots: Invoked by his reprogramming to set him further apart from his fellow KX droids. K-2 has a very relaxed attitude, even down to his posture and motion, which are much looser than the rigid gait and poses of his counterparts on the Empire's side. This more casual and human behavior is implied to be what any highly-mobile humanoid droid would be like with a free AI lacking strict programming. Of course, K-2 no longer has any to produce the expected efficient and professional (and respectful) demeanor.
• Robot Buddy: Averted. He's a seven foot tall security droid who does little to hide his contempt for his companions.
• Sarcasm Mode: Perpetually, almost as if it's a default setting. Cassian implies this goes with his reprogramming-induced Brutal Honesty.
• "Second Law" My Ass!: He is often sarcastic and at times simply fails to obey any order that he dislikes.
• Serkis Folk: Alan Tudyk plays K-2SO thanks to performance-capture technology.
• Shoo Out the Clowns: He's left on the ship during the conflict on Eadu in order to give the events that happen there dramatic weight. He's also the first to get killed to show just how dangerous things are.
• Slouch of Villainy: Although he lost the villainy part after his reprogramming. All KX model enforcer droids are built with a hunchbacked design, and K-2 takes it further by actually slouching when he's sitting or standing idly.
• The Strategist: According to Kaytoo, his speciality is "strategic analysis."
• They Look Just Like Everyone Else!: Inverted; he's a good guy now, but visually, he looks almost identical to every other not-reprogrammed Imperial KX droid, sans yellow armhole rings instead of red, and some human-like postures, such as slouching. This almost bites him in the ass on Jedha, where Jyn reflexively shoots a KX droid in the middle of a fight, though thankfully, it wasn't him.
  Kaytoo: [gaping in disbelief] Did you know that wasn't me?
• Token Non-Human: The only non-human member of the team before Paodok'Draba'Takat joins for the final assault.
• Undying Loyalty: To Cassian. One time according to the novelization, Kaytoo found Cassian in tears after assassinating someone and offered to go through a memory wipe to protect Cassian's dignity if that was what he wanted.
• You Shall Not Pass!: Holds off wave after wave of Stormtroopers single-handedly to prevent them from reaching Cassian and Jyn, with his dying act to smash the controls to the vault door to stop them from opening it.

Chirrut Îmwe

Chirrut Îmwe

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

Species: Human

Homeworld: Jedha

Portrayed By: Donnie Yen

Appearances: Galaxy's Edge | Guardians of the Whills | Star Wars Rebels ^note voice only. | Rogue One

"The Force is with me. I am one with the Force."

A Warrior Monk from Jedha who believes in the Force and the Jedi. Chirrut Îmwe fights against the Empire with the aid of his friend and protector Baze Malbus.

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• Ambiguous Situation: Almost his entire role in the film, although more specifically his feats. Whether they are the result of the Force's will, a possible Force sensitivity, blind luck or the result of some other kind of influence is left unknown.
• Badass Boast: "I fear nothing. All is as the Force wills it."
• Bash Brothers: He's been working with Baze Malbus for a long time and the two are both close and effective.
• Blind Weaponmaster: Chirrut is blind and has no trouble wiping out a platoon of Stormtroopers with only his staff. He also wields a curious firearm that looks and behaves like the love child of a real-world bow and a Star-Wars-typical blaster cannon. Chirrut uses it to shoot down a TIE fighter with a single shot, with the result that it careens out of control in just the right way that it smashes head-on into a nearby Imperial turbo laser turret, taking that one down as well, while it's flying full throttle in the middle of a dogfight at virtually melee distance with an X-Wing, at night, during a rainstorm, in a massive canyon that would cause any sound to echo everywhere.
• The Cameo: His voice, specifically his famous mantra "I am one with the Force, and the force is with me", can be briefly heard alongside many other pivotal characters in the Star Wars canon as Ezra walks through the World Between Worlds in Star Wars Rebels, about a year prior to him actually saying that.
• Charles Atlas Superpower: He is officially not a trained Force-sensitive, so his ability to take down several stormtroopers with a melee weapon while blind can only be described as straight physical martial arts.
• The Charmer: He's a Church Militant and Wide-Eyed Idealist, but he's introduced as a charming fortune teller and tends to win people over despite Baze's gruffness. He's also a Deadpan Snarker.
• Church Militant: Chirrut is a member of the Guardians of the Whills. They were once charged with protecting the temple in the Jedha holy city before it was destroyed.
• Deadly Dodging: He finds Stormtroopers to be useful shields against the blasters of other Stormtroopers.
• Dies Wide Open: His eyes are still open after being killed.
• Disability Superpower: Chirrut is blind, but has honed his senses to the point that he can be a martial artist and dead shot with no issue.
• Disabled Snarker: At least when it comes to having a bag put over his head when captured.
  "Are you kidding me? I'm blind!"
• Doomed Hometown: 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.
• Energy Bow: According the the Rogue One Ultimate Visual Guide, Chirrut's distance weapon is a "lightbow", the traditional weapon of the Guardians of the Whills.
• Establishing Character Moment: It starts with him sensing Jyn's hidden kyber crystal from several meters away, behind a noisy crowd, and culminates in him curbstomping a dozen armed and armored stormtroopers with nothing but his staff.
• Handicapped Badass: He's blind, but that doesn't prevent him from kicking a lot of stormtrooper asses.
• Improbable Aiming Skills: What else to call a blind man who's shooting at targets ranging from distant humans to dogfighting fighter jets without missing once? It gets even more improbable when you take into account that - possible Force support aside - he does all of his aiming with nothing but his sense of hearing, and the situations he usually finds himself in tend to be awash in chaotic battle noise (or heavy rain in a thunderstorm raging through a dense canyon system, in the case of the TIE fighter).
• Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane:
  • For all of his talk about the Force, the databank states that Chirrut has no Force abilities, but the movie presents his capability to operate effectively in spite of his blindness in an ambiguous way. While he's shown acting on his hearing skills to handle himself in combat, it's also implied that he might be able to tap into the Force to some degree, such as when he identifies Jyn's Force-resonant Kyber crystal pendant or Cassian's true intentions to kill Jyn's father. His ability to reach the master switch for the transmitter without being shot is similarly ambiguous, as it could be an innate Force sensitivity or simply his insurmountable trust in the Force's will, regardless of whether that will is him reaching the transmitter or being shot down while walking across the battlefield (although, on the other hand, these are stormtroopers we're talking about).
  • The canon novel Guardians of the Whills expands on this somewhat. Chirrut can't feel the Living or Cosmic Force in the same way a Jedi can, except for very brief moments that he has trouble accessing. However, he can sense the presence and aura of individuals. A lot of his skills are down to training (he's a martial arts expert, his staff has a built in sensor that relays information via the box on his waist and he's been living with his blindness for over twenty years), and he finds it harder and harder to sense this information the more conflicted and angry he becomes. He seems to have a very limited ability to feel the Force, fueled largely by his faith.
• Nonchalant Dodge: On Scarif, he smoothly evades two blaster shots aimed at his head/torso in rapid succession by casually leaning a bit to the left and the right, respectively. This would be impressive enough for any regular fighter, but this guy is blind.
• Punctuation Shaker: His surname is spelled with an circumflexed "I" but is, presumably, pronounced as "Imwe".
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Baze's Red because he is also nonchalant and calm while Baze is much gruffer and keen to shooting.
• Survival Mantra: He strongly believes in the Force, and invokes it through a mantra in the most critical situations to give himself enough courage to accomplish his mission.
  "The Force is with me, and I am one with the Force."
• Those Two Guys: With Baze.
  Chirrut: You almost shot me!
  Baze: You're welcome.
• Token Religious Teammate: He is the most religious member of the team but not the only one. It's just hard to compare with a Guardian of the Whills.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: He and Baze often argue as part of their rock-solid friendship.
• Warrior Monk: He's described as a "spiritual" warrior.
• Wide-Eyed Idealist: He deeply believes that the Jedi will eventually return to save the galaxy from the Empire, even though the majority had been wiped out. He's not wrong, but there's nothing at the time the movie takes place suggesting that something like that was even likely to happen.

Baze Malbus

Baze Malbus

"They destroyed our home!"

Species: Human

Homeworld: Jedha

Portrayed by: Jiang Wen

Appearances: Guardians of the Whills | Rogue One

"There are no Jedi here anymore. Only dreamers like this fool."

A rebel soldier from Jedha, Baze does not share his friend Chirrut Îmwe's belief in the Force. He was hardened into a pragmatic soldier by the Imperial occupation of his homeworld.

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• Armour Is Useless: Averted, his chunky red breastplate takes multiple direct blaster hits and he stays standing.
• Bash Brothers: He's been working with Chirrut Îmwe for a long time and the two are both close and effective.
• Berserk Button: Anything Imperial he can get his hands on without dying on the spot. When he notices there's an Imperial pilot imprisoned in the cell next to his, he immediately loses it and attempts to strangle him through the bars.
• BFG: Smaller than most examples but it's still pretty big, being something of a cross between a blaster, a shotgun and a machine gun, with ammo fed from a tank-like backpack. The backpack may be a justified necessity as lore on blaster rifles (at least in Legends) state that they typically have an ammo capacity of up to fifty shots before the user needed to reload and Baze uses his in a similar manner as one uses a machine gun.
  • Guardians of the Whills establishes that it's a vehicle mounted LMG he stole from an Imperial convoy, and that they had intended to use it for crowd control within Jedha City.
• Big Brother Instinct: He calls Jyn "little sister".
• The Big Guy: He is the team's weapons expert, his weapon of choice being a powerful boxy rifle, though he's not unfamiliar with a missile launcher.
• Church Militant: He is a member of the Guardians of the Whills. They were once charged with protecting the temple in the Jedha holy city before it was destroyed.
• Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: He's essentially this for Chirrut (although Chirrut can only be considered a Cloud Cuckoolander in the loosest sense of the term). He ends up saving him once or twice.
• Crisis of Faith: Chirrut claims that he used to be one of the Guardians' most devout members, but after the Jedi purge, he could no longer believe in the divinity of the Force. After Chirrut dies, his faith reignites just in time for a Last Stand.
• Determinator: He takes at least two hits from powerful blasters and still keeps on fighting. It takes a grenade detonation at point-blank range to finally do him in.
• Doomed Hometown: 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.
• Dying Moment of Awesome: He manages to kill all of Krennic's Death Troopers to prevent any of them from attacking the others—even while wounded.
• Improbable Aiming Skills: His considerable marksmanship skills, combined with his weapon's 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.
  Chirrut: You almost shot me!
  Baze: You're welcome.
• Last Stand: He goes out while taking down Death Troopers.
• More Dakka: His weapon is an automatic blaster rifle/shotgun and as stated above he's a pretty good hand with a rocket launcher.
• One-Handed Shotgun Pump: Does something quite similar several times when he fights Krennic's Death Troopers, firing overcharged single shots from his otherwise fully automatic gun to (probably) increase his chances of penetrating their heavy armor.
• One-Man Army: He can wipe out battalions on his own with his BFG. In fact, he takes out six Death Troopers in a few minutes before the last one kills them both.
• Professional Killer: Is described as a 'freelance assassin'.
• Removable Turret Gun: His weapon of choice.
• Skeptic No Longer: 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.
• Survival Mantra: As Chirrut dies, he starts repeating his mantra about the Force, starting to believe in it.
• Those Two Guys: With Chirrut.
  Chirrut: You almost shot me!
  Baze: You're welcome.
• Undying Loyalty: Despite his cynical nature, Baze is devoted to protecting Chirrut at all costs. He says that wherever Chirrut goes, he goes, too.
  Chirrut: I don't need luck. I have you.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: He and Chirrut often argue as part of their rock-solid friendship.
• Walking Armory: The Rogue One member who packs the most firepower.

Bodhi Rook

Bodhi Rook

"I'm the pilot."

Species: Human

Homeworld: Jedha

Portrayed By: Riz Ahmed

Appearances: Rogue One

"It's Rogue... Rogue One!"

A former Imperial freighter pilot from Jedha who joined the Rebellion after seeing first-hand the consequences of the Imperial occupation of his homeworld.

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• Ace Pilot: He is the team's pilot, and a highly reliable one.
• The Atoner: Galen Erso showed him the errors of his ways in serving the Empire and convinced him to deliver an important message of his to the Rebellion to atone for his past allegiance.
• Disappeared Dad: The novelization and comic book adaptation of Rogue One describe him as being close to his mother, but what happened to his dad is never explained.
• The Gambling Addict: According to supplementary materials, Bodhi had a bit of a gambling problem.
• Going Down with the Ship: He stays in the Rogue One ship and dies from a grenade.
• Goggles Do Nothing: Wears a set of goggles on his forehead most of the movie, but never puts them over his eyes.
• Guile Hero: As a cargo ship pilot, he has little combat experience. However, he uses his knowledge of Imperial protocols to mislead and misdirect enemy forces. He also has insight into Imperial tech, communication equipment in particular. And an essential pilot skill, delivering complex information quickly and clearly over radio in stressful situations, proves critical to the final mission.
• Heel–Face Turn: He's an Imperial pilot, but the acts that he's forced to perform against the people of his home planet as part of his job have made him cynical towards the Empire and willing to help the Alliance.
• Insistent Terminology: He wasn't captured by Saw's forces, he defected.
• Line-of-Sight Name: He comes up with the call sign "Rogue One" on the spot.
• Meaningful Name:
  • "Bodhi" is a Sanskrit word meaning "awakened" or "enlightened", fitting for someone who realizes the cruelty of the Empire and defects.
  • His decision to have his Call Sign set as "Rogue One" was a direct result of going rogue against the Rebel Alliance's orders to surrender against the Death Star.
• Mind Rape: Bor Gullet, the creature Saw Gererra unleashes on him supposedly detects lies. Given his state when Cassian and Chirrut find him in the nearby cell, it did something pretty nasty to his mind. He gets better once Andor gives him a reminder of his identity.
• Nervous Wreck: Bodhi spends a majority of the film on edge, with the above mentioned Mind Rape compounding this. He slowly regains himself as the story progresses, even taking charge of directing Rebel troops during the battle of Scarif.
• Non-Action Guy: The only main character who is completely unarmed and never fights.
• Schrödinger's Canon: There is a Clan Rook on Mandalore, but what connection he has with them, if any, is unrevealed.
• Still Wearing the Old Colors: Still wears an Imperial uniform after defecting to the Rebels as he doesn't want to erase a part of his past. It almost gets him killed when Baze sees him dressed like that the first time. However, when they're on Scarif, it momentarily confuses the Stormtroopers who ask him for his identification rather than shooting him on sight.

Taidu Sefla

Lieutenant Taidu Sefla

Species: Human

Portrayed By: Babou Ceesay

Appearances: Rogue One

A SpecForce officer who joins Rogue One in the mission to steal the Death Star plans on Scarif.

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• Adaptation Expansion: He has a larger role in the novels than the movie, giving Jyn a brevet rank of sergeant.
• Friendly Sniper: He is a cheerful and reasonable guy who cheekily teases Jyn before the mission while also being an expert sniper and elite soldier.
• Mauve Shirt: Joins the crew in the third act of the film as one of the main supporting commandos in the Battle of Scarif.
• Negated Moment of Awesome: Gears up to run to the master switch to open communications between Rogue One and the rebel fleet... only to be shot the second he gets out of cover.

Stordan Tonc

Corporal Stordan Tonc

Species: Human

Portrayed By: Jordan Stephens

Appearances: Rogue One

A rebel soldier who aspires to one day join the Pathfinders. He volunteered to join Rogue One after catching wind of their plan to infiltrate Scarif. During the battle, Tonc commanded the soldiers who stayed with the shuttle to guard it and Bodhi.

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• Adaptation Expansion: The novelization of Rogue One gives Tonc more scenes and dialogue.
• All There in the Manual: His first name and a few other details about Tonc are revealed in Rogue One's Visual Guide.
• Jumped at the Call: He was one of the soldiers who learned of what Cassian and the other elite Rebel spies and Pathfinders were planning on doing and joined them.
• Mauve Shirt: Despite not being introduced until late in Rogue One, Tonc gets quite a bit of screentime during the Battle of Scarif as one of the key Rebel soldiers participating in the mission.
• Tuckerization: His first name is a combination of his actor's first and last names.

Pao

Corporal Paodok'Draba'Takat Sap'De'Rekti Nik'Linke'Ti' Ki'Vef'Nik'Ne Sevef'Li'Kek

Species: Drabata

Homeworld: Pipada

Portrayed By: Derek Arnold

Appearances: Rogue One

"Sa'kalla!"

A male Drabata that served as a commando in the Rebellion and participated in the mission to steal the Death Star plans.

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• Battle Cry: Yells "Sa'kalla" as he runs into battle, which was the name of a Drabatan singer whose murder at the hands of the Empire inspired an uprising on their homeplanet.
• Borrowed Catchphrase: Shouts "Karabast!", the go-to curse of the main characters from Star Wars Rebels when he sees they're about to be attacked by AT-ATs.
• Fish People: Drabatans are an amphibious species.
• Mauve Shirt: Shows up in the third act of Rogue One as one of the leaders of the commando team raiding Scarif. He gets some prominence, but ultimately vanishes without his final fate being shown.
• Overly Long Name: His full name is Paodok'Draba'Takat Sap'De'Rekti Nik'Linke'Ti' Ki'Vef'Nik'Ne Sevef'Li'Kek. Thankfully, he goes by Pao for short.

Jav Mefran

Corporal Jav Mefran

Species: Human

Portrayed by: Francis Magee

Appearances: Rogue One

"Get in! Get in!"

A wilderness fighter specialist with the 4th SpecForce Regiment. He assisted in clearing out the jungle brush that encompassed the Great Temple of Massassi when the Alliance built their base on Yavin 4 before eventually volunteering to join Rogue One's mission to Scarif.

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• Hidden Depths: The Rebel Files reveals he was an extremely talented artist, as he drew lifelike pictures of the various wildlife he encountered around the rebel base on Yavin 4.
• Wild Hair: Has a large unkempt beard, which helps give him an image fitting his job as a wilderness survival expert.

Eskro Casrich

Corporal Eskro Cassrich

Species: Human

Portrayed by:

Appears in: Rogue One

A Special Forces soldiers who joins Rogue One's operation.

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• Blood Knight: He's a thrill seeker.
• Covered in Gunge: Not covered, but like many frontline soldiers, his face is a bit dirty.
• Leeroy Jenkins: The only reason why his teammates aren't tired of his antics is because he has competent combat skills.
• Thousand-Yard Stare: Has a somewhat far-off, troubled expression on his face.
• Uncertain Doom: He likely died during the Battle of Scarif or was finished off by the Death Star.

Serchill Rostok

Corporal Serchill Rostok

Species: Human

Portrayed by: Matt Rippy

Appears in: Rogue One

A qualified sharpshooter specialist when partnered into a SpecForces Commando squad. He works with Private Basteren for maximum strike coverage on the battlefield.

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• Alliterative Name: He's also known as "Rostok the Rock".
• Beyond the Impossible: He is able to hold his breath for over fifteen minutes^note In the real world, the Guinness World Record is 22 minutes and 22 seconds as of 2012..
• Good Luck Charm: Uses a lucky electroscope on all his missions that has a slight drift that he manually compensates for.
• Uncertain Doom: He likely died during the Battle of Scarif or was finished off by the Death Star.

Arro Basteren

Private Arro Basteren

Species: Human

Homeworld: Ertegas

Portrayed by: James Harkness

Appears in: Rogue One

Thanks to keeping constant watch over his family's crops from wild woshrikes on his agrarian homeworld, his sharpened eyesight has made Private Basteren a valuable sniper for the rebels.

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• All There in the Manual: None of his backstory is the film itself.
• Uncertain Doom: He likely died during the Battle of Scarif or was finished off by the Death Star.

Yosh Calfor

Private Yosh Calfor

Species: Human

Homeworld: Mykapo

Portrayed by: Matthew Stirling

Appearances: Rogue One

The former owner of a bloodhound kennel on his homeworld of Mykapo, Calfor is a demolitions specialist who joins Rogue One on the mission to Scarif.

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• Cyborg: After being near a few too many thermal detonator explosions, Calfor had to get an electrocochlear implant due to hearing loss.
• Demolitions Expert: He is extremely skilled with explosives. Calfor likes and prides himself on having at least three grenades within reach at all times.
• Uncertain Doom: Not specifically seen or mentioned as dying in the battle, but it's doubtful he could have escaped.

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