After the Imperial reinforcements are fought off, the group thinks they are in the clear until a group of Partisans, including Benthic, arrives and takes over the square, kidnapping Andor, Erso, and the two guardians with K2 having gone back to the ship. They are saved by the intervention of blind warrior Chirrut Îmwe and mercenary Baze Malbus, guardians of the Kyber Temple on Jedha of which the Empire is stripping of its treasures. The droid tries to play along, but the disguise is foiled. Imperial reinforcements arrive and K-2SO is mistaken for an actual Imperial droid transporting prisoners. After fighting off the Imperial troopers, the convoy returns to Tythoni Square where the uprising had taken place.

Jyn and Cassian find safety only after K-2SO disobeys orders to stay on the U-Wing and comes to their aid. The droid stays on the ship while Jyn and Cassian set out to find his contact, but the duo is caught in the middle of an armed uprising against the Empire led by Gerrera's partisans. ' This town is ready to blow.' ―Cassian Jeron Andor Ĭhirrut engages stormtroopers during the Battle on Jedha.Ĭassian, Jyn and K-2SO arrive on Jedha where Cassian expects to meet up with a Partisan contact. Edwards has described the film as 'a grounded, war-based movie, one in which normal people have to come together to fight the Empire as opposed to relying on the Jedi or the Force'. Jyn Erso, played by Jones, and a group of other characters band together to steal the plans from the Galactic Empire. It is set closer to the latter film and focuses on the formation of the Rebel Alliance and their efforts to steal the plans to the Death Star, an event that was referenced in the opening crawl of A New Hope. The film, which began production in August 2015, is set between Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. The film also sees two actors from the films reprise their iconic roles: James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader (the character is portrayed by Spencer Wilding and Daniel Naprous) and Anthony Daniels as C-3PO. Genevieve O'Reilly reprises her role as Mon Mothma, the leader of the Rebel Alliance O'Reilly portrayed the character for 2005 's Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, but her scenes were cut.

Rogue One stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, and Alan Tudyk. It is the first installment of the Star Wars Anthology Series. The film's score is composed by Michael Giacchino, marking the first live-action film in the Star Wars canon to not be scored by John Williams. The screenplay, written by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy, is based on a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a 2016 film directed by Gareth Edwards and produced by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, amongst many others.

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