Star Wars: Rogue One (A Star Wars Story)

Star Wars: Rogue One

A Star Wars Story

~ A Short briefing by Vimal Kodai ~

 Gareth Edwards' Star Wars: Rogue One

Star Wars: Rogue One, is brought to life through the artistic and science-fiction guild talent of the newcomer director to the Star Wars franchise, Gareth Edwards. A prequel to the first ever Star Wars movie (Star Wars: A New Hope—released officially in 1977) directed by George Lucas, and a sequel to Star Wars: Revenge of the Siths, Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars: Rogue One sets off on a faraway distant planet where an ex-engineer of the Galactic Empire (Galen Erso—incarnated by actor, Mads Mikkelsen) lives and survives peacefully alongside his wife and daughter. 

 Star Wars: Rogue One's Darth Vader

Star Wars: Rogue One's Galen Erso

Galen Erso who holds the missing link to fully completing the construction of the Death Star lives off the land by doing farming on this remote planet. He wishes to have no business or ties to the evil-minded, Darth Vader (role held by actor, Spencer Wilding).

 Admiral Orson Krennic (Role incarnated by actor Ben Mendelsohn)

Rebel Saw Gerrera (Role played by actor Forest Whitaker)

Jyn Erso (Lead role taken up by actress Felicity Jones)

A key architect and ex-engineer of the Galactic Empire whom the mighty Lord of the Dark side, Darth Vader, has been searching for, Galen Erso is finally intercepted and tracked down by the former. Vader’s admiral in chief, Orson Krennic (played by actor, Ben Mendelsohn) who leads the way to apprehending Galen Erso, is determined to remind the latter of his duty and faithfulness towards the Empire. In the attempt to pursue this course of action, Galen’s wife is shot down and murdered while the daughter of this very important engineer succeeds to escape from the scene unharmed. Galen’s daughter, Jyn Erso (role taken up by actress and starlet, Felicity Jones) survives the tragic episode and is rescued by her new guardian, a rebel with many causes, Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker).

Captain Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso and Droid (K-2SO)

Captain Cassian Andor (Held by Actor Diego Luna)

Fifteen years later, one of the Resistance teams, led by Captain Cassian Andor (feature and character played by actor, Diego Luna) is missioned to capture Jyn Erso and have her lead the way to tracking her father, Galen Erso. The Resistance is determined to obtain the original schematics of the Death Star. Apparently, the ‘missing in action’ ex-engineer of the Galactic Empire, has again joined Darth Vader and applied his ingenious abilities to fully construct the Death Star. Now, the Resistance fleet of Princess Leah, is setting up a plot to destroy the Death Star. To do so, they require the schematics of the Death Star at all costs. Therefore, by finding Galen Erso, they will be able to increase their chances and likelihood of attaining this sole objective. Jyn Erso, the daughter of this engineer is supposedly the one and only who knows how and where to find her guardian, Saw Gerrera—the one who can lead the Resistance to Galen. Her capture is eminent and very crucial to this mission of the Resistance fleet. The latter will be directed straight to its right destination with Jyn on board.

Thus, the plot of Star Wars: Rogue One takes its course and the sees itself finding newer and newer adventures that explode with: explosives, gunshots, fights in outer-space that are filled with thrills, martial arts combats and fighting scenes undertaken by actor Donnie Yen who plays the role of character Chirrut Imwe; stealing of the schematics of destroying the Death Star from another remote planet, thrill fights and battle on this remote planet’s paradisiac island, escape from many misadventures, the killing of the Admiral of Galactic Empire—Orson Krennic, and finally, the handing over of the schematics to Princess Leah. These will all lead to the movie which has already been released in 1977 and which stands for a brand new hope. George Lucas’s Star Wars: A New Hope has found itself a major starter and refilled prequel which targets this same new hope as being the ultimate goal of the Resistance.

Donnie Yen holding the exceptional role of character Chirrut Imwe

Cast of Star Wars: Rogue One crew

Star Wars: Rogue One

Star Wars: Rogue One gives a very different but new perspective on how George Lucas's 1977, Star Wars: A New Hope came to be. It has a new storyline which relates very closely to the networking ideology behind all the Star Wars movies. It gives a whole new glimpse and an original outlook of an entirely amazing Star Wars story.