![]() ![]() ![]() None of them make it out alive, but they certainly don't go out lightly. 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.Dwindling Party: Everyone starts dying one by one on Scarif.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).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.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. ![]() 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.Obi-Wan Kenobi was a Jedi who went into self-imposed exile, while Bodhi was an Imperial pilot who defected to the rebels.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.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.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.While Leia was a princess and diplomat who worked with the Senate, Jyn is a renegade with a criminal background.Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Many members contrast the crew from the original trilogy.Badass Crew: A daredevil commando that will show the Empire what it's capable of.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. 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.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.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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. ![]()
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