’s Jyn Erso fears the Rebel leadership won’t back her and Cassian’s efforts to stage a heist for the Death Star plans. “Felicity comes out of the council meeting in Yavin and says, ‘They don’t want to do it. They don’t have thedon’t
But Cassian doesn’t begin that way. “What I can tell you is that this guy, he doesn’t see further than himself,” Luna says.of that,” Gilroy says. “He’s a thief. He’s a ducker and a diver. He has a lot of anger about his childhood, and about the Empire, but he has no place to put it. He just doesn’t believe in anything at this point.”
aficionados who hear the name Mon Mothma know immediately who that is. Casual fans probably need a reminder. She has been an intriguing side character for years, butMothma first appeared in 1983’sShe was the priestess-like figure in a flowing white caftan who hosted a Rebel briefing to outline weaknesses in the all-new Death Star the Empire had under construction. She is most remembered for delivering the enigmatic and ominous line: “Many Bothans died to bring us this information.