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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) describes the events just before A New Hope (Episode IV) that provided The Rebellion with the Death Star plans. Always use in conjunction with the [star-wars] tag and any other relevant tags.
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During end battle of Rogue One, why did Bodhi try so hard to establish comms with the Allian...
This is addressed in the scene where Cassian Andor speaks to the pilot Bodhi.
Cassian: Listen to me. The Rebel fleet is out there. You've got to tell them to blow a hole in the shield-gate so we …
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How would the shield gate have “regenerated”?
Because in the novel (unlike in the film) the Star Destroyers struck the gate's inner ring causing the shield within the ring to temporarily overload. In the film the gate was a single ring which the …
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Why would this character choose to stay behind?
In the original script (as reflected in the film's junior novelisation) it would appear that the ship was much farther away, requiring a run of several minutes through the maze of the catacombs. A man …
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Who was the mentioned jedi in the Rogue One movie?
The film's junior novelisation is explicit in its confirmation that Mothma and Bail Organa are talking about Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Mon Mothma glanced around to make sure no one was listening in. While t …
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Why is Rogue One allowed to take off from Yavin IV?
The implication, according to the film's junior novelisation is that Bodhi's clever ruse was sufficient to buy them the time needed to take off before anyone in ground control was able to do anything …
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How did the Alliance find out Liana Hallik was Jyn Erso?
The Rogue One: Rebel Dossier factbook indicates that the Rebellion proper (under Mon Mothma) have a source of information, presumably Tivik, inside Saw Gerrera's rebel cell. This infiltrator has evide …
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Why does Krennic land so far away from the Erso farm?
Krennic expresses some concern that Galen may have booby-trapped his surroundings. The ship performs a series of scans before it touches down. One assumes that parking so far away gives them more opti …
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Why did the shoretrooper throw a grenade into cargo shuttle SW-0608?
It seems clear that the Rebels are defending the shuttle. Whether it was the means by which the Rebels came to Scarif or whether it was simply taken over in the initial assault, the fact that the Rebe …
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Why did the Rebels not try to Stop Rogue One from departing?
They took off very quickly and presumably jumped to lightspeed inadvisably close to the planet's gravity well, taking them outside the Rebel's sphere of influence in a very short period of time.
“The …
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What is Red Five doing?
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In the film several of Red squadron seem to have panicked and broken formation. Both Red One and Red Five peeled off, earning an admonition from Red Leader.
Red Leader: Stick close to me. R …
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Has Cassian Andor ever been captured and tortured by the Empire before Rogue One?
Yes and no.
There aren't any specifics given, but the fact that he's been subjected to Imperial torture at some point is definitely part of the official canon.
The fledgling Rebel Alliance relies hea …
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In the space battle above Scarif, why didn't the Rebels fly around the shield gate and enter...
They can't go 'around' the shield because the shield encompasses the entire planet.
“What am I looking at?” she asked, squinting at the ring. She made out the specks of starships descending through i …
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Is the Rogue One alternate ending featured anywhere?
Director Gareth Edwards has stated in interviews that he doesn't think it likely that an 'alternate cut' will ever see the light of day, or even many deleted scenes. The film was so VFX heavy that unf …
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Why did Andor mention his gloves here?
The official novelisation suggests that he's indicating that his scandocs are in his gloves, which he keeps in a leg pocket.
Cassian kept his eyes off Tivik. There was nothing he could do to coax
the …
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If K-2SO is alone, then who is "we" here?
He is referring to himself and Cassian as 'we'. The 'them' that he is referring to are Jyn, Baze and Chirrut.
Note that he's explicitly confirmed to be talking to himself in the official novelisation. …