Meet the new Rebel heroes (and one awful villain) of ‘Rogue One’
The galaxy gets a new band of heroes in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the saga’s first standalone movie. USA TODAY’s Bryan Alexander provides your guide to the Rebels who set out to steal plans for the dreaded Death Star in the prequel leading up to 1977
CASSIAN ANDOR (DIEGO LUNA)
As a trusted leader with the Rebel Alliance, Cassian Andor shows he’s willing to do anything for the cause — even if that means accepting collateral damage. But he has kept his humanity enough to find and befriend the droid K-2S0.
BODHI ROOK (RIZ AHMED)
The former Imperial pilot brings his flying and technical skills to the Rebel Alliance when he dramatically defects, bringing word of the Death Star and how
to destroy it.
SAW GERRERA (FOREST WHITAKER)
The charismatic and mysterious veteran of the Clone Wars has seen his share of battles, and he has the injuries and lost limbs to prove it. But there’s no quitting for this die-hard Rebel, as long as his battered body holds out.
ORSON KRENNIC (BEN MENDELSOHN)
Can you give a rising Imperial star a little respect? Director Krennic has big ambitions and leans on his old “friend” Galen Erso to help punch his ticket to the top ranks — with the creation of the audaciously ambitious Death Star.
GALEN ERSO (MADS MIKKELSEN)
The Empire compels Galen to direct his brilliant scientific mind toward the creation of the ultimate weapon, the Death Star. But Erso’s heart isn’t in it, and he secretly tries to thwart the deadly project, at great peril to his own life.
K-2SO (ALAN TUDYK)
This is not a droid you want to mess with. K-2SO (a motioncapture performance by Tudyk) can throw down the pain as a reprogrammed Imperial security droid now loyal to the Alliance. One problem with the reprogramming: K-2SO speaks his mind and tells it like it is.
CHIRRUT ÎMWE (DONNIE YEN)
Chirrut might be blind, but he’s a fierce, lethal warrior for the right cause and believes all living things are connected through the Force.
BAZE MALBUS (JIANG WEN)
A gruff, hardened soldier who speaks infrequently and carries a big repeater cannon, Baze has a soft spot for his best friend and moral compass, Chirrut Îmwe.