Rogue One hosts a pretty massive cast, and the trailer was kind enough to give us a few quick glimpses at everyone. Luckily Entertainment Weekly got their hands on some key traits about a few of the biggest characters:
Jyn Erso: Lucasfilm president and Rogue One producer Kathleen Kennedy describes Jyn (Felicity Jones) as having "a checkered past," and that she's been detained by the rebellion. "She is being given an opportunity to be useful. And by being useful, it may commute her sentence. . .she’s a real survivor. She becomes a kind of Joan of Arc in the story."
Captain Cassian Andor: Played by Diego Luna, Captain Andor will be a tough Rebel intelligence officer with no patience for rule breaking. "He conveys a fair amount of experience and the reality of what it’s like to do this every day, to try to figure out how to resist the Empire effectively and intelligently,” Kiri Hart, Lucasfilm’s chief of story development, revealed. “It’s not easy."
Chirrut Imwe: Donnie Yen will step into the shoes of blind warrior monk Chirrut, who hopes to continue the Jedi message without actually being one. "This idea that magical beings are going to come and save us is going away, and it’s up to normal, everyday people to take a stand to stop evil from dominating the world," said director Gareth Edwards.
Baze Malbus: "He understands Chirrut’s spiritual centeredness, but he doesn’t necessarily support it,” Kennedy said of Baze (Jiang Wen), who is close with Chirrut, but doesn't share his ideals.
K-2SO: Ready for some competition, BB-8? Alan Tudyk will voice the large, confident security droid, who Edwards says is "the antithesis of C-3PO," and that he's "a little bit like Chewbacca's personality in a droid’s body."
Galen Erso: Mads Mikkelsen had previously dropped a few hints about his character, and now we have confirmation. Not only is Galen Jyn's estranged father, but he's also a scientist wanted by both the Empire and the Rebellion thanks to highly sensitive knowledge he has that could potentially destroy the world. "He’s one of those people that has insight into you know specific aspects of just how the universe works," Hart told the magazine.
Director Orson Krennic: Ben Mendelsohn is the film's primary baddie, with an army of Deathtroopers at his disposal to help squash the Rebellion. "The bad guy is a lot more terrifying when he’s really smart, and really effective,” says John Knoll, who worked on the story for Rogue One. “There is a lot of palace intrigue going on in the Empire, with people conspiring to move up the ranks and sabotaging each other. There’s not a lot of loyalty there."
