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Star Wars: Andor (2022)

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[therebelcaptainnetwork]

Hi, I have two questions I thought y'all might be able to answer for me! First of all, how old is Cassian really? I know when Rogue One came out he was supposedly 26 but now with Andor I'm not so sure...

Second, what's the origin of the ship name Rebelcaptain? I think it's absolutely hilarious but I'd love to know from someone who was there when it was created and why! Also, I assume Rebel refers to Jyn and Captain to Cassian?

Thank you so much for taking to time to anwser my nerdy questions - it's really appreciated! And keep doing what y'all are doing - It's awesome :)



Thank you! Welcome to the fandom, and we're glad you're enjoying TRCN 🧡

Sadly, we're not able to give a definitive answer to either of these questions. The response still got very long, so the rest of it is below a cut...

1) The "RebelCaptain" ship name

The first teaser trailer for Rogue One was released in April 2016. Most fans assume that the "rebel" part came from Jyn's iconic line (which ironically didn't make it into the final cut of the movie): "This is a rebellion, isn't it? I rebel." However, Cassian isn't referred to by name or title in that trailer, so the "captain" part must have come from supplemental promotional materials. 

The earliest stories tagged "rebelcaptain" on AO3 are dated June 2016, but they're orphaned, so we don't know who wrote them. (It's also possible that they were edited sometime after posting to include that tag.) Tumblr's search feature is useless for this purpose, of course, and Google Trends isn't much help either; there's no obvious peak and a few outlier searches long before Rogue One was even in production which muddy the waters. Once the film itself was released in mid-December 2016, the term seems to have taken off immediately.

So if any fan remembers exactly where/when the ship name started or can take credit for coining it, they should step up!

2) Cassian's age

Short answer: it depends which source you choose; long answer: neither age makes perfect sense, so who the hell knows.

Although no ages are given onscreen, when Rogue One was released, Cassian was stated to be 26 and Jyn 21 in official tie-in sources like the Ultimate Visual Guide. (Even at the time, plenty of fans felt that was ridiculous given the actors' ages.) Cassian was also given a few scraps of backstory (born on Fest, Separatist family, etc); if you're curious, images of the relevant pages are at the end of the post.

Then Andor Season 1 came out, and Cassian's backstory was completely altered. Now he's considerably older, likely to avoid (then) 39-year-old Diego Luna playing someone supposed to be in his early 20s. The current Wookieepedia article has a decent rundown of the cumulative evidence for his age in the film now being 33.

This was a controversial choice among longstanding fans, because it significantly delays Cassian's commitment to the Rebellion and makes his statement in Rogue One that he's "been in this fight since [he] was six" much more ambiguous.

Here are a couple of Tumblr posts with fandom reactions:

#replies #mod: incognitajones

[andorerso]

What are your hopes for Andor season 2? Do you think someone will make it out alive?

you mean other than Cassian? who doesn't really survive because little does he know he's about to walk into his own death at the end but that's neither here nor there

shockingly, I do, yeah. maybe I'm being overly optimistic but surely, everyone can't die. it's hard to tell at this point, without knowing anything about s2, but I'm banking hard on Vel and Cinta surviving (again, it may be wishful thinking, but please don't bury your gays Disney. please.) I think Luthen's toast for sure, and Lonnie as well for sure, but the rest I'm unsure about. highkey worried for Bix though. but Mon obviously survives too, and wouldn't be surprised if Syril and Dedra do as well (for some reason, I'm imagining a different kind of punishment for them than death. I'm hoping they'll lose everything and be forced to live with it. but death is good too.) I'm undecided on Brasso and Bee, feel like it could go either way.

mostly, I'm just hoping to see Cassian being the badass bitch we saw in Rogue One. I want to see the man I fell in love with, I want to see him on his missions, manipulating the shit out of people, killing imps, the usual. I want to see him crying at least once. I want him to bleed, I want him to sacrifice everything. I want to see Draven recruit him into Intelligence, and I want to see him and Kay become the iconic duo that they are. I'd like to see him cook on-screen too once, but that's just a little self-indulgent wish of mine. I also want to see him put together Jyn's file. honestly, I'm not asking for much here, I just want to see Captain Andor, that's it.

#replies #anonymous

[twoshipsnorowboat]

tagged by @lonelyspectator12​ to LIST YOUR 10 FAVORITE MALE CHARACTERS FROM 10 DIFFERENT FANDOMS THEN TAG 10 PEOPLE the latter of which i will not do because tagging gives me a headache

1. Luka Kovač. the perfect blend of sad and himbo. it’s like he was made for me to enjoy and obsess over.

(i’m so obsessed with this set. “i don’t [smoke],” the smoker says, holding a smoking cigarette in his hand. GOD. this idiot.)

2. Din Djarin. He is just a tired dad. falls under himbo but also falls under fucking relatable.

(this is relatable. i will not expand on it. actually i will cause i don’t want fbi to knock on my door. i carry film gear on the bus a lot and its very intimidating to hold several large black bags, a couple long poles, and an intimidating grey styrofoam briefcase. it is only the LED lights, the boom pole and tripod, and a ronin-s.)

3. Cassian Andor. this is a sad man with kind eyes. he has no childhood and he is fighting so others can have one. i love him.

4. Chidi Anagonye. KING relatable. cute anxious nerd. that’s literally me. we also both have glasses although his are obviously fake but whatever.

5. Captain Holt. Constantly amazing. He can make “cheese” a one-liner. That in the rain kiss was almost strong enough to clear my acne, but I was eating broken raw ramen when i was watching it so there was a 0 chance anyways.

6. Garcia Flynn. Unhinged but also always classy. Sad. Witty. The fucking suits.

7. Crowley. Best demon. Style icon. I too wish to spite my way through life just as effectively as Crowley’s M25 drive.

8. Wang Yeo aka Grim Reaper. Cool? Ha. It’s a facade. This man is a crumbling pile of 5th century bricks and he can’t call his crush. So pathetic, I love it.

9. Eddie Brock/Venom. Trash couple/dual being/whatever it’s very complicated. Their lives are so simple yet so complicated. I love the absurdity.

10. Javi Gutierrez. ULTIMATE TEDDY BEAR. WHAT THE FUCK. HE IS SO SWEET AND OPEN HEARTED. SO EARNEST.

#just FYI this is kind of out of order #1-5 is pretty right but from then on I was just flailing #rin rambles

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[bereft-of-frogs]

Who are your top 5 mcu characters and top 5 star wars characters? I guess is may change sometimes, but for now. :)

oh goodness. this is an excellent question. I think it probably will change, especially for Star Wars as I continue my rereading of the old book series stuff, digging back in and what-not; but also for both as new things are released. (I’m now like ‘omg the whole of the Wandavision crew needs way more consideration for this top 5 list than I ever thought I’d give them what’.) Sorry it’s taken a couple days! This was hard.

Putting it under a cut for length:

MCU:

1. Sam Wilson. This was really hard to choose between all of Team Cap because I love them all equally, but out of the three Winter Soldier crew, I love Sam the best. ‘...if you eat that sort of thing’ ‘So do you like cats?’ ‘I hate you’  #iconic

2. Loki & Thor. Okay here’s where I cheat a little, because I couldn’t choose one and not the other.

3. Valkyrie. I just love her. (Debated putting Hela here instead, because I also love Hela in a similar but opposite way, if that makes sense?)

4. Nick Fury. Fine in Avengers, loved him after Winter Soldier, loved him even more after Captain Marvel stripped down his cool exterior and revealed him to be a bit of a dork who liked cats and was willing to help with the dishes. I hope we get to see more of him.

5. Wanda. Oh my God, Wandavision just came out of nowhere with the Wanda feels, didn’t it? I will say I was lukewarm-neutral on her, and then Wandavision recontextualized so much of her story and made me feel so much about her.

Honorable Mentions: all of the Guardians of the Galaxy because I couldn’t just pick one; Captain Marvel herself came close to getting Fury’s spot (’I have nothing to prove to you’ sobs); Vision was another surprise ‘oh no where did these feelings come from’ character post-Wandavision, (same with Darcy wth happened); Jimmy Woo should get his own series I will sign the petition

Star Wars:

1. Mace Windu. Okay this is an deep abiding love. How could I not love him when I was 10? The man had a purple lightsaber. (Purple was my favorite color, that was pretty much the extent of my character analysis back then.) This has only been confirmed as an adult by all of Shatterpoint. This is officially a Mace Windu appreciation blog.

2. Obi-Wan Kenobi. How can you not?

3. Qui-Gon Jinn. I left the fandom for like 20 years and came back and apparently he’s ~~problematic~~ and yes I will finally admit it, this is the character I’ve been vague-ing about the AO3 tags being a cesspool. He’s just such an interesting character...and that has apparently translated to ‘he’s the worst’ which okay thanks for letting me know I won’t like your fic but...man, the ‘Qui-Gon was literally the worst’ is suddenly everywhere and I’m confused. (again ‘suddenly’ I haven’t been super active in this fandom in a while, it might not have been sudden. Not quite 20 years but it’s been a while and I never noticed back then, idk if it’s a new development or just the product of me trying to sift through AO3 instead of relying on recs...anyway that’s my #confession for the day)

4. Cassian Andor. Okay partially for superficial reasons because Diego Luna is distractingly pretty. But I also love the more serious take on the rebel who knows that he has to get his hands dirty for the cause. He and Jyn’s embrace on the beach at the end is honestly one of my favorite Star Wars moments.

5. Din Djarin. He’s just a man trying to get an education for his son and know as little as possible about the plot of Star Wars, who accidentally ends up winning in battle the rulership of a planet he’s never seen. Poor man. He’s just doing his best. I can’t wait for next season.

Honorable Mentions: K-2SO was hilarious and the rest of the Rogue One crew should technically share the spot with Cassian but Diego Luna is just so pretty; the nanny/assassin droid that Taika Waititi played in The Mandalorian because I always surprise myself by crying when he sacrifices himself in the last episode; literally every female character because my list, like James Luceno, impressively does not pass the Bechdel Test (oof I’m aware, I get it, but I had to narrow this down to 5, and I’m sorry); special mention to Bo-Katan even though I’ve only seen two episodes with her in them (I didn’t, and honestly probably won’t, watch The Clone Wars) but also I might just have a crush on Katee Sackhoff...

Narrowing these down to 5 was super hard, this was quite the challenge, and I only cheated a little there, thank you anon. Sorry it’s taken me a couple days! This was hard! XD And I’m sure it will be updated as things progress with the Marvel series coming out. Also I just got a PS4 and Jedi Fallen Order from my brother in the mail, yes I did have him ship his old PS4 across a closed international border so I could play Fallen Order (and also nothing else is giving me serotonin any more and the internet suggests trying something novel to get the serotonin molecules boogieing, so let’s see if my video game redemption arc is a go).

#Anonymous #lol samuel l jackson appears on this list twice #before anyone chimes in i am aware that the clone wars is like the cornerstone of the modern fandom and i have tried #i just....cannot get into it #i managed one season before i was like...can't keep going #i'm sorry if it makes you feel better it's stressing me out too #there are characters i want to write about but i'm like...wait apparently they have an arc in tcw? and i lose like an hour to the wiki XD #anyway this was a very short list and there are many many more character that i love #this was hard #but! #thank you for asking! #my askbox is always open! <3

[moprocrastinates]

Tagged by @slytherinoftarth! Thank you so much!! <3 I hope you and your family are staying healthy and well!!!

(low-key just looked at my Funko! Pops to decide who my favorites were lol)

rules: name 10 favorite characters from 10 different things then tag 10 people

Brienne of Tarth (GOT)-- GOD, I MISS HER, AND I HOPE SHE’S DOING WELL

Dr. Perry Cox (Scrubs)-- I think I got through my sophomore year of college because of him.

Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)-- What. An. Icon.

Hermione Granger (HP)-- Duh.

Fleabag (Fleabag)-- What an awful, good person. I love her.

Dustin Henderson (Stranger Things)-- He’s so pure and tries so hard.

Jyn Erso (Rogue One)-- I don’t think I’ve related to a character more.

Blanche Devereaux (The Golden Girls)-- Just finished binge-watching for the first time in a while. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve only grown to love Blanche more.

Finn (SW Sequel Trilogy)-- He’s by far the best character in the entire series. Also, he and Poe should’ve ended up together. 

The Eleventh Doctor (Doctor Who)-- This character saved my life. He told me I was important and valued when no one else did. 

Honorable Mentions: Sokka, Toph, Jake Peralta, Captain Raymond Holt, Cassian Andor, Poe Dameron, Jude Duarte, Nesta Archeron, Anne Shirley, Carol Peletier, Blanche Devereaux, Dorothy Zbornak, Sophia Petrillo, Rose Nylund, Anne Elliot, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and so many others.

I’m tagging: @aspeckof-stardust @janeaustened and anyone else who wants to! 

#mckenna yaks about stuff #moprocrastinates

[superdorkcat]

Upcoming Disney+ Originals (TV Shows)

One Day at Disney (December 3, 2019) - The documentary follows employees across the various divisions of the Walt Disney Company, taking a look at a day in the life of their jobs.

Diary of a Female President (2020) - The series is told through the narration of a Cuban-American 12-year-old girl’s diary, as she navigates the ups and downs of middle school and her journey to becoming the future president of the United States.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2020) - Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes deal with the aftermath of Avengers: Endgame, in which Wilson was handed the mantle of Captain America.

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Short Circuit (2020) - A program where anyone at the Walt Disney Animation Studios can pitch an idea and potentially be selected to create an original short film with the support of the Studio and their fellow artists.

Muppets Now (2020) - An unscripted series, the premise is unknown. The show will feature celebrity guests.

Be Our Chef (2019-2020) - The series invites families from diverse backgrounds to join a Disney-inspired cooking competition at Walt Disney World that’s positive and playful in tone. In each episode, two families will participate in a themed challenge based on their family traditions and the magic of Disney. The finalists will apply what they’ve learned to create a dish that represents their family through a Disney lens.

Cinema Relics: Iconic Art of the Movies (2019-2020) - An anthology series that takes a unique look at beloved films through the props and costumes that made them unique - from the craftspeople who created them, the actors who interacted with them, and the collectors/archives who own and cherish them

Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 (2019-2020) - As never before in its near-century long history, Walt Disney Animation Studios is opening its doors, allowing cameras to capture in intimate detail how the voice cast, directors, and team of artists come together to create “Frozen 2”. This multi-episode documentary series shows the hard work, imagination, heart, fun, and intensity that go into making one of the most anticipated Disney Animation features of all time.

Magic of the Animal Kingdom (2019-2020) - In the heart of Central Florida, a team of more than 1,000 highly respected animal care experts, veterinarians, and biologists perform groundbreaking work at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park and Epcot’s SeaBase aquarium. Now for the first time, National Geographic will offer viewers an all-access pass into the 24/7 world of the incredible animal caretakers running one of the most advanced veterinary facilities in the world.

Marvel’s 616 (2019-2020) - An anthological documentary series from Marvel New Media in partnership with Supper Club that explores the intersection between Marvel’s rich legacy of stories, characters and creators and the world outside your window. Each documentary will dive into the rich historical, cultural and social context that has become inseparable from stories of the Marvel Universe.

On Pointe (2019-2020) - The series will follow a year in the life of students at the New York City school as they go through rigorous training, auditions and preparations for the New York City Ballet’s annual performances of “The Nutcracker”.

(Re)Connect (2019-2020) - In each episode, a family will disconnect from their busy lives, devices and outside influences in order to address a relatable issue that’s driving a wedge between them. With the help of a specialized expert, each family will go on a unique journey to confront the family’s dilemma head on. 

Rogue Trip (2019-2020) - Renowned journalist Bob Woodruff travels the world with his 27-year-old son, Mack, and visits all of the places your average tourist is least likely to venture - the roguish, often misunderstood and frequently overlooked corners of the world whose hidden corners surprise, amaze and inspire.

Shop Class (working title) (2019-2020) - A new competition series featuring teams of inventive students, who are tasked with designing, building, and testing new contraptions. In each episode a panel of experts will rate their work based on engineering, design, and the final test of the build.

Untitled Chip ‘n’ Dale series (2019-2020) - Plot unknown, the series will feature “classic style comedy”.

Loki (2021) - The series will follow the Loki who stole the Tesseract in Avengers: Endgame. Additional plot details are unknown, but the series will tie in to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

WandaVision (2021) - The series will be a take on a superhero sitcom. Additional plot details are unknown. Similarly to Loki, the series will tie into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

What If...? (2021) - The series explores what would happen if major moments from the Marvel Cinematic Universe occurred differently.

Hawkeye (2021) - The series will focus on Clint Barton passing the mantle of Hawkeye to Kate Bishop.

Untitled Cassian Andor series (2021) - The series is billed as a rousing spy thriller that will explore tales filled with espionage and daring missions to restore hope to a galaxy in the grip of a ruthless Empire.

Ink & Paint (2020-2021) - The documentary series, based on the book of the same name, tells the story of animation at Disney, and how an unsung workforce of trailblazing women helped create some of the greatest animated films of all time.

Earthkeepers (working title) (2020-2021) - The series is a cinematic documentary series that enters the adventurous lives of the people changing the way we see the animal kingdom. The episodes focus on conservationists and the animals they’ve devoted their careers to studying, diving deep into the personal trials and professional breakthroughs of protecting the planet’s most endangered species.

Big Shots (TBA) - The series follows a temperamental college basketball coach who gets fired from his job and must take a teaching and coaching job at an elite all-girls private high school.

Lizzie McGuire revival (TBA) - An update of the classic Disney Channel series that will follow the title character as a 30-year-old millennial navigating life in New York City. 

Love, Simon (TBA) - The series is set in the same world as the 2018 film and focuses on a new student at Creekwood High School, Victor. The series follows his journey of self-discovery: facing challenges at home and struggling with his sexual orientation. He reaches out to Simon when it seems too difficult for him to navigate through high school.

Moon Knight (TBA) - The plot is unknown, but the series will introduce Moon Knight (Marc Spector) into the MCU.

Ms. Marvel (TBA) - The plot is unknown, but the series will introduce Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan).

She-Hulk (TBA) - The plot is unknown, but the series will introduce She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters).

Untitled Obi-Wan Kenobi series (TBA) - The series will take place eight years after the events of Revenge of the Sith. The rest of the plot is unknown.

Becoming (TBA) - Each episode of the documentary-style series, shot in vérité, will visit a celebrity’s hometown, touring important locations that were central to their upbringing. A supporting cast of family members, coaches, teachers, mentors, and friends will also be interviewed, sharing anecdotes and insight into the star’s “becoming” story.

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The Big Fib (TBA) - In this game show, two grown-ups claim to be experts on a topic and one of them is lying. It’ll be up to a kid contestant to try and figure out which one is telling “the big fib”.

Marvel’s Storyboards (TBA) - This series will follow Joe Quesada, Marvel’s Chief Creative Officer, as he explores the origin stories and creative drives of storytellers of all mediums, backgrounds, and experiences.

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The Proud Family revival (TBA) - The series will be revived according to the VA of Oscar Proud, Tommy Davidson. What the premise will be is unknown.

Untitled Mighty Ducks series (TBA) - The series focuses on a 13-year-old boy when he gets kicked off the junior division Mighty Ducks team, his mom decides to start their own team, finding players, a coach, and a place to play.

Untitled The Sandlot series (TBA) - Plot unknown, the series will be set in 1984 and focus on the kids of the original.

Untitled True Lies series (TBA) - Plot unknown. Mostly a reboot.

Untitled Willow sequel series (TBA) - Plot unknown.

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[ladyeowyn]

Hi!! Congrats on getting 4k your blog and edit are so lovely!!😊 Something I'm looking forward to is going to a conference in DC and seeing Captain Marvel!🤗 Can I get: ❤️☀️ (and if we can ask for more than two: 🚀 and 📚 I love the tgt, tsoa, aaddtsotu, and vicious!!)

hello and thank you so much!! 💖 you're too kind to me 😭 that's a wonderful thing to look forward to, I can't wait to see Captain Marvel too!

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The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski (fantasy, romance, ya, trilogy; wonderful book series that deserves more love)

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (fantasy, contemporary, lgbt; features an iconic romance, amazing magic system and Harry Potter vibes)

Autoboyography by Christina Lauren (contemporary, lgbt, romance)

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Rouge One: A Star Wars Story

We’ve reached the movie that pretty much serves as a prologue to the original trilogy, and the film that kickstarted the Star Wars anthology movies.  I know this movie got a bit of flack for not utilizing the iconic text crawl, but in this movie’s defense, it’s not the first time a Star Wars movie didn’t include a text crawl.  Besides, the point of the text crawl is to fill people in on what happened prior to the movie’s opening and to help set the stage.  I’m pretty sure everyone who went into this movie knew what it was going to be about.

The movie opens on a desolate planet called Lah'mu.  Here, a man named Galen Erso lives and runs a small farm with the aid of his wife, Lyra, and their daughter, Jyn. Throughout the film, it comes out that Galen once worked for the Empire as one of their chief scientists in charge of the construction of a top secret weapon.  However, when he started to find out the true nature of the weapon he was helping to design, he realized that he no longer wanted anything to do with it and deserted his post, secretly relocating to this planet with his family so they could simply live their lives in peace.  But it turns out that the Empire somehow managed to locate him. Galen obviously had anticipated this would happen as he was utilizing a Sentry Droid to alert them if any Imperial ships entered the atmosphere, and he and his family had clearly already worked out an escape plan.  

While Lyra contacts a man called Saw Gerrera, who is apparently a trusted friend of theirs, Galen takes a moment to hug his young daughter, telling her to remember that everything he’s done or will do is because he wants to keep her safe.  He then gets Lyra to take Jyn and run while he goes out to confront the approaching Imperials alone, obviously to give his family time to escape.  As such, he goes out to face Orson Krennic, the man in charge of the Empire’s weapon development branch.  Krennic tries to convince Galen to return with him to resume work on the Empire’s secret weapon, as development has hit a snag and they’ll need his expertise to proceed with the development.  But Galen refuses, stating he no longer wants anything to do with the Empire and their plans. In the end, however, Galen is forcibly taken captive.  And Lyra, who had decided to leave Jyn behind in order to come back and defend her husband, is killed.   As a result, Jyn is left alone in a secret bunker hidden within the mountain, where she remains until Saw finally shows up to retrieve her.

Have to say, that was a pretty dumb move by Lyra.   I get that Galen was in danger and she dearly loved her husband and all. But as a parent, her first priority should have been with Jyn.  Chances were, she was going to lose her father that day either way, so she needed her mother even more.  Sure, Lyra obviously knew Saw was on his way and that he would most likely take her under his wing.  But it still was a bit foolhardy for this woman to walk out on her kid like that. Especially since she and Galen had clearly planned and prepared for this day.

It’s then shown that that whole sequence was some kind of dream/flashback sequence of Jyn, who is now fully grown.  And at this point in time, she’s being confined in some interplanetary prison with a number of other inmates.  It’s later stated that she’s been arrested for possessing undocumented weapons, forgery, assault and resisting arrest.

The story then cuts to some trading post called the Ring of Kafrene.  The thing that stuck out to me was that it appears to be located on an asteroid.  Which makes me wonder how they maintain an atmosphere in this place, as people are clearly walking about outside.  Do they utilize a similar technology to what the Gungans used with their underwater city? Anyway, it’s here that we meet our next main character, Captain Cassian Andor, a member of the Rebel Alliance. He’s in the process of having a rendezvous with a fellow Rebel named Tivik who informs him that an Imperial pilot has recently defected from the Empire.  This Imperial pilot claims that the Empire, who has recently been harvesting Kyber Crystals from the planet Jedah, is building a weapon they’re calling a ‘planet killer.’  And the pilot’s friend, who just happens to be Galen, had sent him to pass an important message to Saw.  Unfortunately, a Stormtrooper approaches the two before more could be said, and Cassian shoots him dead.  This, of course, alerts some other nearby Stormtroopers, and, because Tivik is injured, Cassian kills him as well.  Now, obviously, I can see the logic to this particular action.  Since Tivik was wounded and would not be able to keep up with Cassian in evading the Stormtroopers, it would have been inevitable that he would have been captured.  And if that happened, the Imperials would have undoubtedly tortured him before subjecting him to a painful, drawn out death.  So realistically, Cassian was being merciful to his ally.  At the same time, the fact that Cassian can kill his friend without even blinking is a sobering testament to what war can do to a person.  Cassian will later admit that he has been fighting in the Rebellion since the age of 6.  Meaning he had to grow up way too quickly.  It’s in moments like this that I think it’s a shame that the original movies never really gave the characters a chance to actually be human.  The original trilogy never really touched upon the lasting effects this war must be having on those who have been fighting for most of their lives.  Think about how many might be suffering from PTSD.  So the fact that they’re kinda exploring an aspect of all of that with Cassian is kinda cool.

We then return to Jyn, who is now being transported to another prison encampment. Along the way, however, the prison convoy is halted by a group that are soon revealed to be part of the Rebel Alliance. Because they somehow managed to find out that Galen’s daughter, Jyn was aboard this convoy.  Not quite sure how they managed to figure that out, considering Jyn had been living under an assumed name at the time, but oh well. When the Rebels break into the prison transport to free Jyn, however, she reacts with hostility and tries to run away.  She doesn’t get far, though, as a Droid called K-2SO, manages to stop her. K-2SO, as it’s later stated, was once an Imperial Droid, but he was captured and reprogramed by the Rebel Alliance and is therefore now on their side.  And he’s probably one of the best characters in this movie, due to his delightfully deadpan manner.  The fact that Alan Tudyk provided the voice for this character only makes it even cooler.

Once Jyn is in their custody, the Rebels take her to their base on Yavin 4, where she’s brought before the leaders of the Rebellion, including Mon Mothma and Jan Dodonna.  (Incidentally, I applaud the casting director for their pick of the actress who portrayed Mon Mothma.  She looks just like the woman who played her in Return of the Jedi.)  During this scene, we also get a glimpse of Bail Organa himself, who really seemed to age well.  Even though I was slightly confused as to why the movie decided to play the Luke Theme Music when he first appeared. 

When Jyn is brought before the Rebellion leaders, she’s informed that the Rebel Alliance believes her father, Galen, is working on a new weapon for the Empire, but they have learned that Galen has sent a message through the deflected Imperial pilot.  A message that has been received by Saw.  The problem is, Saw is an extremist who has severed ties with the Rebellion.  As such, it’s doubtful that he will react kindly if someone from the Rebellion approached him to retrieve the alleged message. So they’re hoping that Jyn can help them out, considering she and Saw know each other, and he’d therefore trust her. Jyn, however, isn’t initially interested in helping out, as she’s grown too jaded to believe in the Rebellion’s cause and has become apathetic to the Empire taking over everywhere.  Not to mention she hasn’t exactly been fond of Saw since the day he abandoned her to fend for herself at some point after the events of the opening scene.  But she eventually agrees to assist them when the Rebel Leaders offer to grant her a pardon for her list of crimes in exchange for her help.  As such, Jyn is sent to accompany Cassian and K-2SO when they journey to Jedah in order to seek out Saw and retrieve the message Galen sent with the defected Imperial pilot.  And with luck, they can then locate Galen himself so he can be brought before the Senate for testimony.   It’s at this stage in the movie a mini subplot is initiated, with it being shown a mutual distrust exists between Jyn and K-2SO.

We also get the start of another subplot around this point.  This one involving the Empire.   Krennic, it turns out, is getting a lot of flak due to the number of setbacks that have sprung up in the development of the weapon that will eventually be revealed as the Death Star.  And now, word has gotten out that one of the cargo pilots has defected and has started spreading the word about their secret weapon.  In an effort to appease Emperor Palpatine (who has been growing impatient for the Death Star to be completed) as well as prevent the possibility of more planetary systems siding with the Rebel Alliance, Grand Moff Tarkin decrees that an immediate test of the Death Star should be performed.  And yes, Grand Moff Tarkin has been placed into this movie through CGI because the original actor, Peter Cushing, passed away from prostate cancer 22 years before this movie premiered.  It’s rather hard to rate the quality of the CGI here.  On the one hand, it always does look like there’s someone actually there.  But at the same time, there’s just something about the face that’s just….off.  Though it’s hard to pinpoint what exactly is off about it. It does make one wonder why they decided to insert this character into the movie with CGI, however.  If they can find a lookalike actress for Mom Mothma, I’m sure they could have located a replacement Peter Cushing.

Meanwhile, Cassian, Jyn and K-2SO have arrived on Jedha, where they observe a Star Destroyer hovering over the holy city.  It turns out that Jedha was once the location of a sacred Jedi Temple.  But ever since the Jedi massacre, the temple is now a shadow of its former self.  (I wonder if that’s why the planet is called Jedha.  It does sound quite similar to Jedi.)  Anyway, Cassian informs Jyn that the Star Destroyer is there because Saw and his band of rebels have been attacking the Imperial cargo ships that have been harvesting the Kyber Crystals that were stored and grown in the abandoned Jedi temple. It turns out that the Death Star’s attack beam is powered by the Kyber Crystals, so the Empire has been gathering up as many as they could find.  In order to find Saw, Jyn and Cassian enter the nearby city, with K-2SO remaining near the ship.  

Once they reach the city streets, Cassian steps away for a bit, explaining that he had a contact on Jedha who disappeared, but his sister would be waiting for them nearby. So he plans on approaching the sister to inform her that Jyn is there, in the hopes that hearing Jyn’s name would enable them to meet with Saw.  While it’s not clear, I wonder if this missing contact Cassian mentioned was Tivik, that guy he shot and killed earlier in the movie.  If so, it’s a bit unsettling to know that he has a sister waiting in vain for him to come home.  But after Cassian leaves Jyn to her own devices, after a surprise cameo of two faces that might be familiar to the long-time Star Wars fans, Jyn’s attention is caught by a blind man sitting nearby when he reveals he knows she’s wearing a necklace.  Yeah, Jyn has a necklace of a Kyber Crystal that her mother, Lyra, gave her before her death.  I don’t think the necklace is that significant in the film, but I have heard this movie did undergo a few script rewites, so maybe Jyn’s necklace was going to be important in an early version of the script but they then dropped its significance in the final draft.  Either way, all we really get from this scene is the knowledge that the Kyber Crystals were also what powered the Jedi lightsabers.  Which would explain why there’s a large collection of them on Jedha. But Cassian returns and ushers Jyn away before more could be said.

Cassian and Jyn don’t get far, though, as an Imperial squadron appears at that moment, moving their way through the city streets.  They’re apparently transporting more Kyber Crystals off the planet so they can be used to power the Death Star’s laser canon.  To avoid being seen, Cassian and Jyn duck into a nearby alleyway, but they then notice a small number of figures moving about from the shadows and rooftops.  These people are revealed to be Saw’s band of rebels, as they proceed to attack the Imperial convoy and make off with the Kyber Crystals amidst a whole gun fight. A gun fight that Cassian and Jyn get involved in.

Incidentally, there’s this one moment in this particular sequence where Jyn saves a little girl who had wandered out into the middle of the chaos.  From what I’ve seen, there’s some fan speculation that this little girl is a young Rose Tico, a character we meet in the current trilogy. But I don’t think I buy into that particular theory.  Based on Rose’s apparent age in The Last Jedi, I think it’s highly unlikely she even existed back then.

Anyway, the gunfight ends up coming to a pause when K-2SO unexpectedly pops up (resulting in a rather nice fake-out moment.)  He admits he’d gotten bored waiting around for Cassian and Jyn to return. Although, while K-2SO does help save Cassian and Jyn by fending off a few of the Stormtroopers, they then find themselves surrounded by a larger group of them.  In spite of K-2SO’s attempt at bluffing their way out of the situation by taking advantage of the fact that he was originally an Imperial Droid, it’s ultimately the blind man from earlier that helps save them.  His name is Chirrut Îmwe.  He was once one of the Guardians of the Whills, an order that was charged with protecting the temple on Jedha, up until the rise of the Empire.  When the Jedi were wiped out, Chirrut was virtually thrown out on the street.  Nevertheless, Chirrut has remained steadfast at his old post. And it’s him who manages to singlehandedly fight off the Stormtroopers that were attempting to apprehend Cassian, Jyn and K-2SO.  Although, it’s Chirrut’s friend and partner, Baze Malbus, that ends up finishing the task. Baze is another former member of the Guardians of the Whills, but he’s not as spiritual as Chirrut, as the presence of the Empire on Jedhah has left him with a cynical nature.

Before I continue the review, I’d like to comment on Chirrut, who is one of my two favorite character in the movie.  (The other being K-2SO.)  Even though Chirrut is blind, it doesn’t seem to slow him down, and he effortlessly is able to take on a number of Stormtroopers at once.  This guy is so incredible, you might even forget that he’s blind.  Which makes me wonder if he is able to see through the Force.  Of course, that presents the possibility that Churrut was Force Sensitive.  If that’s the case, I wonder why he wasn’t trained as a Jedi.  Did he just not have a master to train him?  I don’t think the Jedi Order would have rejected him due to his blindness.  Especially since I distinctly remember the existence of the Miraluka, a species that were naturally born without eyes.  In one of the Star Wars MM0s, you could even have your character be a Miraluka if you played as a Jedi.  So obviously, the Jedi Order don’t usually discriminate against blind Force Sensitive individuals.

Either way, moments after Chuirrut and Baze meet Cassian and Jyn, with K-2SO being sent back to the ship, some of Saw’s rebels appear.   They are all set to either capture or kill the four of them, until Jyn steps forward and identifies herself as the daughter of Galen Erso. This is enough for the rebels to decide against killing them, but they still forcibly bring them to Saw’s hideout in the Catacombs of Cadera, also blindfolding them, much to Chirrut’s exasperation.  When they reach the Catacombs, Cassian, Baze and Chirrut are placed within holding cells while Jyn is escorted to Saw’s chambers.

While they’re imprisoned, they happen to meet the Imperial pilot that deflected, Bodhi Rook. It turns out that when he sought out Saw with Galen’s message, Saw refused to believe him and, in order to test the validity of his story, he subjected Bodhi to this squid creature called Bor Gullet.  Apparently, this Bor Gullet has some kind of mind probing ability that will determine if Bodhi is telling the truth or not.  The only downside is that getting mind probed by Bor Gullet tends to have an adverse effect on the victim.  Obviously, this was meant to show how ruthless Saw is, as he doesn’t seem to care about what happens to Bodhi if he turns out to be telling the truth.  But there’s no real explanation for how he found Bor Gullet or anything like that.  Is Bor Gullet a sentient being or is he just an attack squid of some kind? Either way, Bodhi is visibly shaken up from his ordeal with Bor Gullet, but when Cassian notices him and realizes that he is the Imperial piolet that defected, he is able to snap Bodhi out of his state by reminding him that Galen sent him to bring the message to Saw.

Meanwhile, Jyn is in the middle of reuniting with Saw, who is happy to see her again. But Jyn is less than pleased, as she’s still mad at him for abandoning her.  Apparently, Saw had left Jyn in a bunker somewhere, armed with a knife and loaded blaster, when she was only 16.  And he never came back for her.  But Saw tries to excuse his actions by pointing out that people were starting to figure out who she was, or rather who her father was.  Turns out Saw’s followers aren’t a hug fan of Galen due to his affiliation with the Empire, and Saw was therefore worried they might take it out on Jyn.  While that kinda makes sense, I get the impression that Saw had left Jyn in the bunker with the implication that he’d come back for her, but then never did. If that’s the case, I don’t blame Jyn for being angry.  The least Saw could have done was be honest about why he had to send her off on her own.

Instead of fully resolving the strain in their relationship, Saw ends up showing Jyn the message Galen sent through Bodhi.  In the holographic message, Galen admits that he did indeed help the Empire build their deadly weapon called the Death Star, but it was only because he knew that Krennic would have simply tasked someone else with the project if he refused to comply.  So Galen had decided to take advantage of his position to sabotage the project from the inside.  He ended up purposely designing the Death Star with a small but vital flaw. Galen’s message goes on to state that the blueprints for the Death Star are located in a data vault on a planet called Scarif, and if Rebel Forces managed to obtain those blueprints, they’d be able to locate the position of that fatal flaw and take advantage of the knowledge to destroy it.

Galen’s message ends with an emotional personal postscript addressed to Jyn, in which he states he never stopped thinking of her and misses her so much.  This message clearly strikes a chord with Jyn, as she falls to her knees in tears.  While she had previously acted as if she didn’t care, it’s obvious that she still dearly loves her father and missed him terribly.

However, there’s not much time to mourn, because by sheer chance, Krennic and Grand Moff Tarkin are hovering above Jedha within the Death Star.  It had been decided that they would perform a test of the Death Star’s capabilities by directing a half-powered blast at the Holy City on the planet surface.  Turns out the Death Star’s destructive laser blast had an intensity dial.  Who knew?  After they evacuate their troops from the Jedha, hey end up firing one of these smaller blasts down at the planet, right after Jyn and Saw finished watching Galen’s message.  (Talk about ironic timing).  Fortunately, Cassian had just happened to break himself, Chirrut, Baze and Bohdi out of their cells and, after locating Jyn, he is able to make contact K-2SO, instructing him to fly the ship to their present location on the double.  After a brief suspenseful moment, the six of them are able to only just get away from the massive destructive blast enveloping the area.  However, Saw chooses to remain behind because of reasons that are not really explained. As such, he ends up dying, along with who knows how many people who were caught in the explosion and destructive aftershock.  As far as we know, our six main leads are the only ones who survived.

Up on the Death Star, Tarkin apologizes to Krennick for doubting him, as the test has proven that the Death Star’s destructive capabilities have made up for the multitude of problems that had sprung up during the development. Although, the smile is wiped off Krennick’s face when he’s informed that Tarkin intends to take over control of the Death Star.  Krennick sees this as a great injustice as the Death Star was his achievement, and he therefore deserves full credit.  Tarkin, however, counters that by stating the recent security breaches, such as Bodhi’s deflection and the possibility that he told others about the Death Star, has shown that Krennick is too incompetent to continue being in charge of the project. Krennick argues that the breaches have been sealed, since, as far as they knew, Bohdi and everyone he told about the Death Star had been on Jedha when they destroyed the Holy City.  But Tarkin scoffs at this, pointing out that Bodhi might not have acted alone, as he had been dispatched from the research installation on the planet Eadu right before he defected.  The fact that Eadu was the facility where Galen and his crew were working on the Death Star is enough to rouse some suspicion.  To follow up on this observation, Krennick decides to make an impromptu trip to Eadu.

Coincidentally, Jyn, Cassian and the others are also on their way to Eadu, as Bohdi most likely told them that’s where Galen was.  Although, it turns out that the mission to apprehend Galen and bring him back to Yaven 4 for questioning isn’t quite the true objective.  Cassian had been taken aside earlier by General Draven and given secret orders to kill Galen on sight.  Which honestly doesn’t make much sense.  Sure, the Rebel Alliance obviously believe Galen is loyal to the Empire due to the fact that he works for them and therefore concluded that he supports the construction of the Death Star.  But if they kill him, then they lose the chance to interrogate him about the Death Star, and possibly find out a way to combat it.  But I guess this is meant to give us this underlining commentary about a soldier blindly following orders.  Because on the way, Jyn begins to tell her companions about Galen’s holographic message, in which he’d explained that he only agreed to work on the Death Star so he could sabotage it from the inside, and that he’d purposely designed it with a weak spot on the Death Star’s reactor. Unfortunately, Jyn was too emotionally sidetracked to even think about taking the holographic imager with her when they were escaping the planet, meaning the message was destroyed along with the Holy City on Jedha.  So all they have is her word.  And considering Galen is Jyn’s father, she’s probably not the most impartial witness. So this is clearly set up to be a test of whether or not Cassian trusts Jyn’s word.

When they arrive on Eadu, Cassian sets off for the research facility where Galen is stationed, taking only Bohdi with him, on account of the fact that he’s been there before and therefore knows the layout of the planet and the facility.  However, after they leave, K-2SO and Chirrut tip Jyn off that Cassian is probably not looking to bring her father back alive. (Chirrut comments on how the Force moves in a certain way around someone about to kill, and K-2SO observed Cassian had been carrying a sniper weapon.)  As such, she immediately heads off after them.  And Chirrut and Baze also follow her soon afterwards.  So only K-2SO is left back at the ship.

Cassian and Bohdi manage to make it up onto a rocky outcrop overlooking the research facility, just as Galen and his crew are coming outside to meet with Krennic, who has just arrived.  Fully intending to go through with his orders to kill Galen, Cassian sends Bohdi back to the ship so he won’t try to stop him.

Down at the docking platform, Krennic proceeds to announce he knows someone among the research team has betrayed the Empire and conspired with a pilot to send messages to the Rebellion.  He threatens to kill everyone unless the traitor step forward.  After a tense moment, Galen jumps forward, just when Krennic was giving the order to kill all the engineers.  He pleads with Krennic to spare them, as he was the one who conspired with Bohdi and the others had nothing to do with it.  However, even after Galen admits to have worked alone, Krennic still has the other scientists gunned down.  Which was a jerk move, to be honest.  Why would you even do that?

Meanwhile, up on the outcrop, Cassian is aiming his sniper rifle at Galen, with his finger on the trigger.  But he ultimately realizes he can’t go through with it.  However, that’s when he notices Jyn trying to sneak her way up to the platform where Galen and Krennic are having their confrontation.  If that wasn’t bad enough, he then receives word from K-2SO back at the ship that a Rebel squadron is heading their way. Because apparently, when the ship Cassian was piloting went off their radar upon approaching Erso, the Rebel Alliance decided to jump the gun and send backup.  Cassian tries to get a message up to the fleet to order them to disengage, but it’s too late as their radios have already switched off.  So Cassian has to scramble down to the platform to get Jyn out of harm’s way.  But by the time he gets there, the attack on the facility has already started.  While Jyn is miraculously unharmed in the ensuing explosions, she can only watch in horror as her father is struck down.  She is able to reach him just in time to see him one last time before he dies.

At that moment, Cassian appears on the scene.  He has to physically drag Jyn away from Galen’s body, as a fleet of TIE Fighters have appeared to fend off the Rebel squadron.  So it’s no longer safe there.  They manage to make it back to their ship, thanks to the combined efforts of Chirrut and Baze, who are able to shoot down the TIE Fighters from the ground, and Bohdi, who becomes an official member of the Rebellion by firing off their ship’s guns at his former compatriots.

As they make their return trip to Yaven 4, Jyn and Cassian get into a shouting match over the fact that Cassian had lied to her and had fully intended to kill her father. To Jyn, it doesn’t matter that Cassian had ultimately decided to disobey his orders.  The fact that he even considered following them at all without stopping to question if his orders were right and wrong means he’s no better than a Stormtrooper.  To Cassian, Jyn has no right to be so judgmental, as she has no idea what it is to be a soldier.  Unlike him, who has been on the battlefield for most of his life.  Overall, this is a rather deep scene that further drives home what war can do to a person.  And I guess I have to give the movie brownie points for not showing a resolution to the argument.  Because the only right answer to an argument such is this is that wars are ugly affairs and that anyone who fights in one cannot come out of it unchanged.

It’s at this point in the movie that we get a scene that pretty much only exists to show audiences that, yes, Darth Vader appears in this.  For some reason, he appears to live on Mustifar now.  Which seems like an odd choice.  Considering what happened to him on this particular planet, you’d think Vader would prefer to not have to revisit this place again. Anyway, Krennic approaches Vader to request an audience with the Emperor, to make sure he can fully appreciate the potential of the Death Star.  Throughout the scene, it comes out that the Emperor would prefer it if nobody knew the Death Star existed, and to cover up its involvement in the attack on Jedha, the Senate has been told the destruction was the result of a mining accident.  Although, that does present an issue with a key moment in A New Hope, which I’ll cover next week.

Back on Yaven 4, Jyn and Cassian have just finished telling the Rebellion about what they’d found out about the Death Star, and what really happened on Jedha. This puts everyone in an uproar, as everyone is shocked and horrified that the Empire has this kind of power. However, this creates a serious divide between them.  While some are giving into despair and thinking it would be in their best interests to surrender, others are insisting that they can’t give in and have to continue to fight.  Others are suspecting that the whole thing is a trick, and that it might just be a ploy to lure the Rebellion into the open, on account that their main sources of information came from an Imperial scientist and an Imperial pilot.  But that’s when Jyn suddenly develops the ability to deliver passionate speeches of encouragement.  She urges the Rebellion to rise up, stating that if they give into the enemy now, they condemn the galaxy to an eternal submission.  Jyn suggests that the Rebels send their best troops to Scarif and capture the Death Star plans.  Because if there is a hope of destroying it, it’s worth the risk.

Unfortunately, Mon Mothma decides that, without the full support of the council, she cannot launch an attack on Scarif.  But Jyn isn’t willing to give up.  And it turns out her feelings are shared by Bohdi, Chirrut and Baze.  Out of nowhere, Cassian also appears at their side, accompanied by a handful of Rebel soldiers.  They reveal they also agree with Jyn.  As such, they decide to go off to Scarif on their own, even without permission from the Rebel leaders.  And they proceed to hijack an impounded Imperial ship to make it to the Imperial controlled planet.  When the flight control staff attempt to hail them upon noticing the ship taking off without authorization, Bohdi impulsively decides to state their call sign is Rouge One.

As the newly dubbed Rouge One is leaving for Scariff, Mom Mothma has a one-on-one conversation with Bail Organa, in which they agree that war is now inevitable. Bail Organa decides to return to Alderaan to inform his people that peace is no longer feasible, but states that the Rebel Alliance needs every advantage they can get.  Right away, Mon Mothma realizes what Bail is implying. He intends to send word to their old ally, Obi Wan, in the hopes that they can convince him to come out of hiding. Mon Mothma comments how Bail will need someone he trusts completely with a mission of this importance.  To this, Bail simply says ‘I would trust her with my life.’  Right away, we can only conclude he is referring to his adopted daughter Leia.

Sadly, we know that this is the last time we’ll chronologically see Bail Organa.  Which is a huge shame because he really was a great character.  Although, I also have to wonder if he had an ulterior motive for sending Leia to fetch Obi Wan.  Especially considering Bail was probably one of the only people in the galaxy who knew that Leia was actually the daughter of Anakin and Padmé.  As such, it was only to be expected that she’d be Force Sensitive.  And I’d wager that Bail did notice some signs of Leia’s Force Sensitivity throughout the years.  So I wonder if Bail’s plan was that Obi-Wan would take the opportunity to inform Leia of her true birthright and train her as a Jedi as well.  If that’s the case, it’s a shame that it didn’t work out like that.

And that brings us to what’s by far the best sequence in the film- the Battle of Scarif. When they arrive at the planet, Bodhi uses the knowledge of his time among the Imperials to get past the protective shield that encompasses the planet, stating the Imperial ship they’ve commandeered should have an access code on file.  Thankfully, the Empire hadn’t yet logged that particular access code as out of date, and they are allowed to enter through the entry gate within the protective shield.  When they land on the planet surface and the Imperial inspection team enters the ship, the Rebels are able to ambush them.  By sheer dumb luck, the uniforms they confiscate from them fit Jyn and Cassian perfectly, which allows them to execute their plan.  Simply put, Jyn, Cassian and K-2SO will infiltrate the Citadel where the Death Star plans are sure to be kept.  Meanwhile, Baze and Chirrut will aid some of the Rebel soldiers in setting off strategically placed bombs throughout the facility, in order to make it look as if their small army is larger than it actually is.  This, they hope, will lure the Imperial forces out of the Citadel, making it easier for Jyn, Cassian and K-2SO to retrieve the Death Star plans and get back to the ship, where Bohdi and the remaining Rebels will be waiting to fly them out of there the moment their mission is completed.

Unbeknownst to our heroes, Krennic has also arrived at Scarif at the same time.  His intention is to follow up on the discovery that Galen was the one responsible for the security breach.  As such, he instructs the Imperials manning the base to inspect every single transmission that was sent from Scarif, no doubt thinking that Galen might have transmitted the Death Star plans from Scarif.  But because of this, he’s there when the Rebels start setting off their bombs, signaling the beginning of the battle.

Word of the Rebel attack on Scarif manages to make its way to Grand Moff Tarkin aboard the Death Star.  Remembering that the original plans for the Death Star are stored there, he instructs his subordinates to set a course for Scarif, clearly planning to destroy the Imperial base.  Which is a rather shred move.  He’s clearly deciding to sacrifice the base and the Imperials stationed there to prevent the Rebels from getting away with the Death Star Plans.  As for the Rebel Alliance stationed on Yavin 4, they likewise intercept the transmission about the Rebel attack on Scarif.  When Mom Mothma hears of this, she ends up sending an entire squadron over there to aid their allies.  Which seems to contradict her earlier statement that she couldn’t condone an attack on Scarif without the full support of the other Rebel leaders.

And yes, we do get a cameo of C-3PO and R2-D2 in this scene. It really serves no purpose, though.  I guess it was just thrown in to give Star Wars fans something to giggle about.

Back on Scariff, the battle is already underway.  Because of the explosions throughout the base, the Imperials are out in force, resulting in a gun fight between them and Rouge One’s ground crew. And to keep the Imperials running around on a wild goose chase, Bohdi and the Rebels back on their ship continue to send out false reports of Rebels being sighted in various sectors. Meanwhile, Jyn, Cassian and K-2SO have made it to the Citadel’s databanks, which they were able to locate by deactivating and scanning the memory bank of another Imperial Droid. But the tide starts to turn when AT-AT Walkers appear along the beach, forcing the Rebel soldiers to retreat. And when the Rebel squadron ships appear on the Imperial base’s radar, they lock down the base.  Only a few ships manage to get past the shield before the gates are closed.  While this does mean Rouge One’s ground crew now has areal support agaginst the AT-AT Walkers, this does present a problem.  With the shield gate closed, Rouge One is trapped, and will not be able to get off the planet with the Death Star plans.  Which means they’d have to come up with another idea of how to get the plans to the Rebel fleet fighting out in space

When she and Cassian are notified of this by K-2SO, who is helping them locate the right data file, Jyn suggests transmitting the plans out to the Rebel fleet. But this would only be possible if they take out the shield gate.  As such, they task Bohdi with finding a way of blowing a hole into the gate so the transmission can get through.  So Bohdi gets to work in trying to send a message to the Rebel Command ship, which is commanded by Admiral Raddus, a Mon Calamari.  (Apparently the same species as the well-known Admiral Ackbar), to inform them of the incoming transmission.  But in order to do that, Bohdi has to hack into the communications tower.  So he contacts the ground troops, asking them to locate the master switch that will enable him to interface with the tower 

The battle continues with Rebel troops joining Rouge One’s ground troop in reaching the master switch while the fleet that remains outside the planet’s barrier shield works for a way to dismantle the shield gate.  And over at the Citadel, Jyn and Cassian are continuing to try and locate the correct data file.  Although, there’s also a brief scene when Jyn and K-2SO reach the pinnacle of their relationship arc.   At the start of their reluctant alliance, K-2SO had voiced his objection to the fact that Jyn was allowed to carry around a blaster when he wasn’t.  But in this scene, Jyn willingly passes her blaster over to K-2SO.  Which is clearly meant to show that these two now consider each other friends.  Which is great, even though I don’t think they interacted that much apart from this one moment on Jedah, when Jyn shot an Imperial Droid during the gun battle and briefly froze in shock for a moment, visibly worried that she’d accidently shot K-2SO before getting her reassurance a second later when the real K-2SO appeared.

Anyway, when Cassian is scanning the code names for the numerous data files stored there, Jyn’s attention is caught by the fact that one of the files has been named ‘Stardust,’ which had been the nickname her father had given her when she was a little girl.  Right away, she realizes that that’s the file that contains the Death Star plans. While that was clever of Galen, it is still a bit problematic, because what if Jyn hadn’t been there?  Just saying, we’re pretty much talking the fate of the entire galaxy here.  It seems like a pretty high risk to stake everything solely on the possibility that Jyn would have been present to identify the correct data file.  

Unfortunately, before Cassian can extract the data file, K-2SO has to quickly close the door to the vault, enclosing Jyn and Cassian inside.  This is because a group of Storm Troopers had arrived on the scene, and K-2SO had been hoping to keep them from being discovered.  But his plan backfires when Cassian blows his cover by calling over their comlinks, asking the Droid what was going on.  Which was really dumb on Cassian’s part.  You’d think he would have been able to put 2 and 2 together and realize they were in danger of being discovered.  Either way, when he realizes his cover is blown, K-2SO quickly drops the charade and openly attacks the Stormtroopers, managing to defeat them all effortlessly.  He then proceeds to hold off further attackers with the blaster Jyn had given him. But as more and more Stormtroopers arrive on the scene, K-2SO soon finds himself outnumbered and outgunned.  As such, he uses the last of his strength to sever the power to the vault, which will prevent the Imperial forces from opening it to reach Jyn and Cassian.  The moment he does so, he receives one last hit before dying.  So, RIP to K-2SO.  He went down fighting.

Out on the beach, the Rebels are trying to reach the control tower in order to flip the master switch so Bohdi could inform the Rebel fleet of the incoming transmisson.  But they find their path blocked by a large amount of enemy gunfire, so it appears to be impossible for anyone to reach the master switch without getting gunned down. However, Chirrut, placing full trust in the Force, is able to calmly walk out and miraculously manages to reach the master switch unscathed.  Sadly though, the moment he flips the master switch, the Force apparently decides he’s fulfilled his appointed task as Chirrut is then caught in an explosion caused by Imperials shooting the control panel.  This obviously devastates Baze, who immediately breaks cover and hurries over to his fallen comrade.  The two best friends share one last moment together before Chirrut dies from his injuries. But his friend’s death has apparently led Baze to once again believe in the strength of the Force.  As such, Baze decides to continue fighting in his friend’s name.  And he manages to take down a number of Imperials before he’s also killed by a grenade. As for Bohdi, he manages to hack his way into the control tower to send a transmission up the Rebel Command ship. And because the Rebel fleet managed to destroy the shield gate with a really impressive maneuver involving a disabled Star Destroyer, he is able to inform Admiral Raddus that the Death Star plans will be transmitted up to them momentarily.  Tragically, the moment Bohdi finishes sending that message, he is also killed by a well-thrown grenade.  As such, only Jyn and Cassian are left from the movie’s six main leads.

Back at the Citadel, Jyn and Cassian have to climb up to retrieve the data file containing the Death Star plans because the power to the file extracting mechanism was also severed when K-2SO sealed off the vault.  Just when they retrieve it, however, Krennic appears out of nowhere and begins to open fire at the pair.  Eventually, Cassian is hit in the shoulder and falls.  Fortunately, he only falls onto a conveniently placed platform, but he’s temporarily knocked out.  So Jyn has to continue the climb to the top of the Citadel alone.  After some padding, including a moment when Jyn has to get through a video-game style grate that opens and closes repeatedly, she reaches the top of the Citadel, where she prepares to transmit the Death Star plans up to the Rebel command ship. Of course, the movie has to pad things out even more by making Jyn fix the alignment on the antenna first, but once she’s done that, she’s able to begin the transmission.

But that’s when Krennic appears once again for the final confrontation, holding Jyn at gunpoint.  Defiantly, Jyn identifies herself as the daughter of Galen and Lyra.  But then, for some reason, she decides to start monologing by informing Krennic of how Galen designed the Death Star with a fatal flaw, and she’s now told the Rebel Alliance all about it.  While I get why Jyn would have felt the need to rub it in and let him know of his failure before she died, for all she knew, Krennic was going to survive this encounter.  So why would she tell him that the Death Star had a fatal flaw in its design when he could have used that information to rectify the issue before the Rebels could do something about it?

In the end, though, I guess it doesn’t matter.  Because Cassian, who had regained conciseness, pops back up again, knocking out Krennic with a well-placed hit from his blaster.  He and Jyn then limp their way down to the beach, just as the Death Star arrives at Scariff.  Out in space, the remaining Rebel ships can only watch as the Death Star delivers a deadly blast at the Imperial base on the planet below.  (And there’s a bit of poetic justice when Krennic wakes up just in time to see his demise coming.)  As for Jyn and Cassian, they are able to accept their imminent deaths with peace, knowing that their deaths won’t be in vain as the Rebel fleet had undoubtedly received the Death Star plans.  In their last moments, the two embrace as friends, seeing comfort and courage in one another as their bodies are enveloped in the deadly aftershock of the Death Star’s attack.

After they witness the visible destruction on Scaraff, the remaining Rebel ships take a moment to send their respect to the fallen members of Rouge One before attempting to make their getaway.  But the Rebel command ship is prevented from retreating when Darth Vader’s Star Destoryer suddenly appears on the scene.  The command ship is quickly disabled, with all other remaining Rebel ships being destroyed, so Vader makes plans to board the ship in order to take back the stolen Death Star plans.

On the command ship in question, the Rebels are scrambling to download the plans onto a disk in order to transfer them over to the ship waiting in the hanger bay- The Tantive IV.  What follows is a rather chilling sequence in which Darth Vader boards the ship and immediately starts massacring everyone in sight.  However, a handful of Rebels manage to make it to the Tantive IV with the disk containing the plans, and they launch the ship from the hanger bay, managing to evade Vader by jumping into lightspeed the moment its path is clear. It’s then shown that Leia is present on the Tantive IV when she receives the stolen plans, with her announcing that they’ve received hope.  And on that note, the movie ends, right where we know Episode 4 begins.

Now, something that puzzles me.  We saw that the ship Admiral Raddus was commanding was the one that received the Death Star plans in the transmission Jyn sent up.  It was that ship that Darth Vader attacked, prompting the Rebels to quickly transfer the plans to a small portable disk so they could get it to the Tantive IV that Leia was waiting in.  Well, I guess it makes sense that Leia was originally being transported to Tatoinne on Admiral Raddus’ ship, but why would they redirect the ship to join the Battle of Scarif when Leia’s mission to fetch Obi-Wan was so vital? Wouldn’t going to Scarif put her and her mission in jeopardy?  Also, why were R2 and 3PO hanging around in the docking bay on Yavin 4 when they were supposed to be on the ship transporting Leia to Tatoinne?

Also, we see in this movie that Mon Mothma was currently working alongside the Rebels stationed on Yavin 4.  So you would think that she would have therefore been involved with the events of A New Hope as well.  If so, how come we didn’t meet her until Return of the Jedi, the final film in the original trilogy?

Those issues aside, I think Rouge One was a pretty good addition to the Star Wars mythos. While it is sobering to know that all the main characters are killed off at the end, I think that worked to the movie’s advantage.  It really touched on the darker aspects of war that I think the original trilogy pretty much glossed over.  And it was rather clear from the get-go that our protagonists were entering into a suicide mission from the moment they left for Scariff.

And that’s it for all the prequel films.  Now, it’s on to the original trilogy.  Although, chances are it’s going to be the special edition versions, as the original version of the trilogy is rather hard to locate these days, unless you happen to have the VHS tapes and a working VCR.  (Unfortunately, while I do still have the VHS tapes, I no longer have the working VCR.)

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Rules:

You can only have one answer to each question.

The questions are aimed generally at every single movie or TV Show you’ve ever saw in your life, so take your time and have fun.

Tag five people to learn about some more memorable movie experiences.

Tagged by @kcrabb88, thank you! :D

Favorite movie: If I absolutely have to chose only one, then Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Favorite TV show: Granada’s Sherlock Holmes

Favorite TV Show episode: Hotel Bertram from the Miss Marple series (the one with Geraldine McEwan)

Two characters who never canonically met but you still ship them:  Enjolras/Captain America. They don’t even have a tag on AO3 and I feel like it is my mission to change that. I might never get to do it, but I’ll Keep Meaning To.

Favorite battle scene: The climax of Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Magical moving suits of armour rising up to defend their homeland, how do you get more epic than that???

Favorite kiss: 

One iconic move: The ride of the Rohirrim

A plotline you hated: Everything in Season 3 of Sherlock. I didn’t even bother with Season 4.

Favorite soundtrack: 1492 by Vangelis. Thing is, I’ve never seen the film and I never plan to - it’s a grave mistake that this score wasn’t written to some grand, lavish adaptation of the Silmarillion because that’s exactly what it sounds like.

Favorite quote:  ‘Manuscripts don’t burn’ from Master and Margarita (it counts, there’s a TV show!)

A character you think would have been better if they were from the opposite sex:  ...Cassian Andor, actually. But with the romantic tension with Jyn still there.

A character you think should have died for the sake of the story:  ...Thénardier. Not necessarily for the sake of the story, just. You know. Of all the people to stay alive...

A side character you think should have been the protagonist: I would have gladly watched the story of Bodhi Rook.

A protagonist you think should have been a side character: ...Harry Potter. I know, I know, Hero’s journey and all, but he’s kinda sorta the most boring character in the series. Okay, keep him as the Chosen One... but write the story from someone else’s perspective? That would be interesting.

A completely unnecessary and annoying character death: I’m okay with Luke dying, but it should have happened in ep. 9. All that buildup in ep. 7, only to waste him like this?

Favorite plot twist: The Lind L. Taylor trick in Death Note.

The type of character you always go for and love: The rouge detective who’s first and foremost after the trouth and justice and will go against the police to get it if neccessary. 

A movie you would love to watch in another genre: Twilight as the Phantom of the Opera type psycho-horror it always should have been.

#random fandom

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Valentine icons - Cassian Andor Edition!

Enjoy these Valentine’s icons of our favorite captain~ Please reblog if you use one!

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#swedit #rogueoneedit #cassianandoredit #SniperPilot #RebelCaptain #my edits

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Yet another tag  game! :)

I Love these!

Thanks @pb-boeboe and @choicesjam for tagging me!

Star Sign:

Cancer 🦀

Height:

6′0″

Sexuality:

Mostly straight, cis, whatever its called.

Phone Wallpaper:

Basic background, something can still read icon text on.

Ever had a teacher crush:

Nope.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years:

Probably right where I am now. Life hasn’t really changed in 10 years for me already. Maybe I’ll have a house though.

If you could be anywhere else right now where would it be:

Hmm… if real life…Flying. Anywhere doesn’t matter. Or… in rain forest in Puerto Rico or riding a horse up a mountain in Montana. Or maybe on a beach on an Island in the South Pacific. Or looking out over the highlands from castle in Scotland. Or maybe SCUBA diving in the Red Sea…

Lots of travel dreams lol

If NOT in real life…

The city of Keldabe on the planet Mandalore, Lothlorien in Middle-Earth, La Huerta in Endless Summer… to name a few.

Coolest Halloween Costume:

Omg… um… since like, Halloween is second only to Christmas in my favorite holidays its hard to pick just one! Examples though would be The Lone Ranger, Zorro, and Obi-Wan Kenobi when I was a kid. More recently would be my fantasy elf OC, a Roman Tribune, Sky Captain, a classic Pirate, Cassian Andor from STAR WARS… ok yeah this is the short list.

Favourite 90s Show:

Animated: Pretty much all Disney’s such as Duck Tales, Darkwing Duck, TaleSpin, Chip n’ Dale’s Rescue Rangers, the Aladdin TV series etc.

Live action: StarGate SG1 hands down in first place. Followed by The Pretender, Diagnosis Murder, Walker Texas Ranger, Quantum Leap and Murder She Wrote.

Last Kiss:

Funny story on that…

Haven’t ever kissed.

Ever Been to Las Vegas:

Nope

Favourite Pair of Shoes:

A perfect tie between two.

First is a totally awesome pair of Chelsea Boots by Magnanni. Sharp looking, soft yet durable leather and comfortable since day one. No break in period. Which considering I stand a lot when I am working, and wear a suit, there’s rarely a day that I don’t wear them, yet they don’t show the wear.

Second is my Converse Combat Boots.

Again, comfortable from day one with no break in, can forget I have them on and they have killer traction and grip on ANY surface. Even Ice or slick hard floors. They look like they have been through shoe hell, (suffs, mud, dents, scrapes, etc) but they will keep you warm or cool and safe no matter what.

Favourite Fruit:

Watermelon and Apples!

Favourite Book:

Waaaay too many to list. But a sampling being Lord of the Rings Trilogy, A Higher Call, Last of the Mohicans, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s court, Around the World in 80 Days, Horse Soldiers aka Twelve Strong, and the list goes on…

Stupidest thing you’ve ever done:

Oh gosh… there’s… been a lot. LOL

Umm… I’d say locking myself out of the house, then having to outthink myself to break into the house, after I just spent a long time securing the house and making it break in proof… without causing damage. Which I did… it was… amusing to say the least xD

Tagging people I wanna get to know better :)

@freshman-imagine-that @endlessflame @endless-vall @jakestan @kathleen-kitty @choicesaholic @avengingalec @estalasquinn @valentinagreaves @kennadavenportgayle @kenjkats @raventear @the-light-of-stars @kamilah-sayeed-xoxo @xo-endlessmayhem-xo @lacksubstance

And anyone who reads this,

Consider yourself tagged!

#tag games

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for the otp meme - 29 and 30 - jyn/cassian

Late, sorry, but you’ll see why :P

29) One headcanon about this OTP that breaks your heart?

So if, theoretically, they died on Scarif—okay, I’ve already said that I think the idea of Rogue One being forgotten is completely ludicrous for Jyn and literally impossible for Cassian. And I completely stand by that! 

(I’ve seen people trying to fanwank obvious problems to make the tragically forgotten narrative work. None of the rationalizations are remotely credible.)

But there is just so much that people wouldn’t know. Apart from Force visions, there is no way to know personal details of who they really were and what they went through. They’re well-known heroes, the leaders of one of the most pivotal missions in the entire history of the war. There are some pictures—personnel files for Cassian, whatever they might have found to identify Jyn to the rescue team. There’s a long service record for him, a detailed dossier for her. But nothing personal. Nothing about what drove them, what made them heroes.

Nobody knows why Jyn Erso left as a disaffected criminal and come back preaching about how rebellions are built on hope. Nobody knows that Cassian saw her throw herself into crossfire for a child she’d never seen before. They don’t know that Jyn could wreck a team of stormtroopers with some batons or that Cassian kept her alive with one perfect shot. They don’t know that Jyn’s nickname was Stardust or that Cassian had nothing but a robot friend and a crusade against the Empire. They don’t know about Galen’s message breaking her heart or Cassian carrying his prison with him. They don’t know how they went from mutually suspicious barely-allies to seamless partnership. They don’t know about the fight on Eadu or the heart-eyes in the hangar. 

They’re interesting and extremely important to the eyes of history. But they’re also ephemeral. A pair of names, and faces, and data records. That’s it.

30) One headcanon about this OTP that mends it?

OKAY, so while that breaks my heart, there’s also… the combination of prominence and mystery doesn’t make people consign their heroes to the dustbin of history. It makes them try to put the pieces together! 

And I honestly kind of love the idea of people later on—“later on” meaning literally any time from ANH onwards—really trying to figure them out. They had such narrow lives, and what they did over a few weeks has entire swaths of the Rebellion fascinated with them, trying to figure out who they were as people from all these different directions. There are serious interpretations of the facts, but there’s also just this wealth of story and imagination that grows up around them.

I mean? Basically, they know that Jyn Erso, daughter of the scientist who built the Death Star and (mostly) petty criminal, was busted out of Imperial prison by the Rebellion. She reluctantly accepted their bribe to try and negotiate contact with Saw Gerrera over information from a defecting pilot. The Rebellion sent Cassian Andor, a young but extremely valuable spy who’d obediently served the Rebellion for nearly his entire life, to work with her as a partner/handler. Ideally, they’d be able to rescue Galen Erso, but at the very least they should be able to identify his facility for the Alliance to wipe out.

Some time in: Andor sent back a message saying that the planet-killer was real, it had obliterated the Holy City, UHHHH WHAT NOW

Some time after that: Andor provided the location, but quickly tried to call off the attack. He was shouting something about “Jyn” and the platform.

Erso, who days before dismissively described political opinions as a luxury, returned calling for open revolution and swearing that her father had sabotaged the planet-killer. After the Council’s rejection, she headed out with the defector and monks, while behind the scenes, the otherwise by-the-book Andor scraped up a crack intelligence/special ops team and went rogue with her. 

Maybe someone paid attention to their extremely public conversation/gravitational pull in the hangar, maybe not. In any case, all that’s known is that they managed to transmit the plans and must have died shortly thereafter under the Death Star.

I am personally 100% convinced that—given their personalities and drastic swerves after spending time together—a romance would be generally assumed. I mean, undoubtedly there’d be some killjoys who insist there’s no way to know, and they only spent a few weeks together at most, blahblah, but most people tune them out and “unexpectedly Erso and Andor fell in love” gets more and more embedded into the standard narrative.

Okay, and what I love here isn’t just the idea of people believing they fell in love, but having no idea how it happened. Like I was saying, people always fill in blanks in stories. So instead of having one love story, Jyn and Cassian have many of them! Wildly different, and most of the time wildly inaccurate. 

My favourite version is easily the First Order’s (really):

So, the official account is pretty common knowledge under the New Republic, but of course the ex-Imperials (“ex”) have their own perspective. For them, the story begins with a mad Imperial scientist whose beautiful daughter gets seduced by a Rebel spy. It’s all very pulp serial à la Flash Gordon.

And the scientist turns traitor himself and plots with a faithless Imperial pilot to destroy the peace and stability brought by the Empire. They’re all rightly defeated, OF COURSE, but the damage was done (DUNDUNDUN), and no one knew just how much damage was done until after the fact. LO THE DANGERS OF HUBRIS

There are probably really cheap holodramas about this. They turn Krennic into a tragic, twenty-something hero, a protégé of Galen’s who was secretly in love with Jyn from boyhood but LOVED HONOUR MORE. He nobly died stopping the now-corrupt Jyn and her ruthless lover.

…This is the version Finn grows up with, ofc. He was mostly intrigued by Galen and Bodhi, the Imperial defectors, but he’s sentimental enough for the DOOMED BADWRONG LOVE to appeal. Rey’s knowledge of the entire Rogue One mission is probably minimal, so of course, he enthusiastically provides a dramatic performance of The Mad Scientist’s Daughter. 

Poe, naturally, was brought up with the story of the brave Rebel captain, the dashing outlaw he recruited, and the passionate romance that led Andor to defiance and Erso to conviction. They planned a daring rogue mission because they knew it was right, no matter what anyone said!!!, and though they they themselves died (martyrs for the cause!), their doomed heroic love brought HOPE TO THE GALAXY (*soaring music*). 

(There are a lot more schmaltzy kisses and declarations of eternal devotion in that version, though his father once admitted that he vaguely knew Andor and found it … uh, really hard to picture. That just makes it better as far as Poe is concerned.)

Anyway, he is both horrified and delighted by the First Order version and keeps adding well ACTUALLY asides.

…Damn is this long, but anyway, iconic lovers Jyn and Cassian whose story is constantly repurposed and debated does make me happy on a certain level.

#ladytharen #respuestas #otp: welcome home #jyn erso #cassian andor #meme prattle #star wars #lol now i kind of want 'the mad scientist's daughter' propaganda play vs 'the captain and the thief' romantic melodrama

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