PLOT
Researcher, Galen Erso goes into hiding on the planet Lah'mu when Imperial Weapons developer Orson Krennic arrives to lead him to finish-up the unfinished Death Star, a space station-based superweapon with the capacity to destroy an entire planet. Erso's wife Lyra dies in the confrontation, but their daughter Jyn escapes and is taken to safety
by Rebel, Saw Gerrera.
Fifteen years later, cargo pilot Bodhi Rook defects from the Empire, smuggling a holographic message from Galen to Gerrera on the desert moon of Jedha. After learning about Rook's defection, Rebel intelligence officer Cassian Andor frees Jyn from Imperial captivity and brings her to the rebels, who plan to use her to extract Galen and learn more about the death star. Unbeknownst to jyn, however Cassian is covertly ordered to kill Galen rather than extract him.
Jyn, Cassian and reprogrammed Imperial droid K-2SO travel to Jedha, where the Empire is mining Kyber crystals to power the DeathStar while Gerrera and his partisans are engaged in an armed insurgency against them. with the aid of blind spiritual warrior Chirrut Imwe and his mercenary friend Baze Malbus, Jyn makes contact with Gerrera, who has been holding Rock captive. Gerrera shows her the message, in which Galen reveals he has secretly built a vulnerability into the DeathStar and directs them to retrieve the schematics from a high-security Imperial data bank on the planet Scarif.
On the DeathStar, Krennic orders a low-powered shot from the superlaser to destroy Jedha's capital, causing Jyn and her group to take Rook and flee the planet, but Gerrera chooses to remain and die. Grand Moff Tarkin congratulates Krennic before using Rook's defection and security leak as apretext to take control of the project.
On the Death Star, Krennic orders a low-powered shot from the superlaser to destroy Jedha's capital, Rook leads the group to Galen's imperial research facility on the planet Eadu, where Cassian chooses not to kill Galen. When Krennic directs that Galen's main team be killed for causing the security leak, Galen confesses that he is responsible. Jyn makes her presence known moments before rebel bombers attack the facility, resulting in Galen being wounded. Jyn reunites with her father, only to have him die in her arms, before she escapes with her group onboard a stolen Imperial cargo shuttle. Krennic visits Darth Varder, seeking support with granting an audience with the Emperor, but Vader dismisses his appeal for recognition.
Jyn proposes a plan to steal the DeathStar schematics using the Rebel fleet but fails to get approval from the Alliance council. Frustrated at their inaction, Jyn's group is supported by a small squad of Rebels intent on raiding the databank themselves. Arriving at Scarf via the stolen Imperial ship, which Rook dubs "Rogue One", a disguised Jyn and Caseesian enter the base with k-2SO while volunteers attack the resident Imperial garrison as a distraction. The Rebel fleet learns about the raid from intercepted Imperial communications and deploy in support. Rook is killed by a grenade just after informing the rebel fleet that it must deactivate the shield surrounding the planet to allow Jyn and Cassian to transmit them the schematics. K-2SO sacrifices himself so Jyn and Cassian can retrieve the data. Jyn and Cassian seize the schematics, but they are ambushed by Krennic, who shoots Cassian.
Imwe is killed after activating the master switch to allow communication with the Rebel fleet. while Malbus is killed shortly after Krennic corners Jyn, declaring the Empire's victory, but Cassian, who has survived shoots and wounds Krennic. Jyn transmits the Schematics to the Rebel command ship. The Death Star enters Scarifs orbit, where Tarkin uses the weapon to destroy the Empire's base. Krennic dies in the resulting explosion, while Jyn and Cassian embrace on a beach before dying in the ensuing shock wave.
The Rebel fleet prepares to jump to hyperspace only to be attacked by Vader's flagship, exiting hyperspace. Vader boards the command ship and kills several soldiers in his pursuit of the schematics but a small starship escapes with them on board. Aboard the fleeing ship, Princess Leia declares that the schematics will provide hope for the rebellion.
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