Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Summary
Rogue One : A Star Wars Storyexpanded upon the opening crawl of the originalStar Warsmovie by retconning how the Death Star plan were steal . WhileA New Hopeoutlined the assumption for how the Rebels acquired the plan , the originalStar WarsExpanded Universe of books , comics , and video game offered a more detailed account , adding specific characters and locations . However , things became complicated asmultipleStar Warsstories tell unlike versions of how the Death Star plans were stolen , with someStar Warsauthors attempting to patch up the various accounts .
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Star Wars (AKA “A New Hope”) (1977)
The basic story
The Death Star was all important to the plot ofStar Warsalmost from the root , with every translation of Lucas ' treatment culminate in its demolition , and various revision made the design crucial . By the third draft - then titledThe Star Wars : From the Adventures of Luke Starkiller- the Death Star plans were being placed in R2 - D2 . In the concluding picture , they ’re the central MacGuffin , bring all the characters together , but the only breath at their origin comes in the opening crawl .
The schoolbook states thatthe Death Star plan were stolen during the Rebellion ’s first victory against the Empire , and Darth Vader say they were beam to Princess Leia ’s ship , theTantive IV . SinceStar Warswas conceived as an court to theFlash Gordonserials , with the first moving-picture show being Part 4 , it ’s possible that " Episode III " was destine to be about that first Rebel triumph . Of course , the trilogy were finally separated by decades , and the theft of the Death Star plans was left to non - movie adaptations .
Star Wars: The Radio Dramatisation (1981)
The Rebels' first victory
Most earlyStar Warsbooks and funnies took place after the film , with Luke Skywalker , Han Solo , and Leia Organa as a team , so trivial backstory was given . The only real quotation of stealing the Death Star plans came from some elaborate , in - eccentric monologs Lucas write that were cut from the release motion picture , one of which was Leia ’s account of her pre - movie actions . These were later spread out for the receiving set dramatisation in 1981 , which went back to the unedited shot script and vastly blow up the story , especially regarding the datum tape .
They told of Leia using her position as Senator as a top to assist various resistance groups , during which she learn about the Death Star , forcing her and her father to relinquish Alderaan ’s pacifist position . Leia embark on the mission to bug the plans from the planet Toprawa during a Rebel assaultbut was espy by Darth Vader , leading directly intoStar Wars . Although this only adds a few details , this remained the only official account of the Rebels stealing the Death Star plans for over ten years .
Star Wars: X-Wing (1993)
The Rebels' first victory (in more detail)
TheStar Warsfranchise thrive rapidly in the mid-nineties through books , comic strip , and video game likeStar Wars :X - Wing , the iconic microcomputer flight of stairs sim , and one of the great former games from the enfranchisement . The second of the biz ’s “ Tour of Duty ” mission chemical group was " The Great Search " , which detail the space conflict surrounding the Rebel ’s learning of the Death Star plans - from learning of the outer space station to beaming them to theTantive IV . Everything here trace the basic logic of the radio drama ’s Battle of Toprawa , just with elaboration , include the commission ’s name - Operation Skyhook .
This basic continuity was carried over into several Bible around that same time , most notablyStar warfare : Jedi Dawnby Paul Cockburn . It also had a passing impact on the Han Solo novelStar warfare : Rebel Dawnby A.C. Crispin .
Star Wars: Dark Forces (1995)
The other Death Star plans
An alternative reading of this tale served as the hatchway delegation ofStar Wars : Dark Forces , with Kyle Katarn , a freshly defected Imperial , running missions for the Alliance , one of which saw him breaking into an Imperial chemical compound on Danuta and steal the Death Star plans . It ’s treated more as a foreword for the main plot ( about the Death Trooper computer programme , the serial publication ’ early toying with Battle Droids ) , but establishes Kyle , who went on to become a Jedi in later games , as a primal figure in theStar Warspantheon .
Being on a unlike planet , it did clash with the Toprawa business relationship from previousStar Warsstories . However , Star war : Dark Forces - Soldier for the Empireby William C. Dietz , was the first in a book trilogy that bridged the game and its sequel . It spread out the events and made the Danuta plan a small but essential part involve to realise the principal Death Star plans .
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
The origin of the Death Star plans
With the timeline now solidified around the plans being steal , that was the end of its enlargement for about five geezerhood . In the meantime , a much bigger shift was happening inStar Wars : the prequel trilogy . The Empire , Rebellion , and the Death Star take a backseat , untilStar warfare : Episode II -Attack of the Clonesunexpectedly revealed the Death Star plans were a founding of the Separatists . The Geonosian purpose was taken by Count Dooku to Darth Sidious and acted upon once the Republic fall . While surprising , it still aligned with much of the Death Star ’s history in other stories .
Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005)
The alternate ground battle
As part of its campaign , Star war : Battlefront IIcharted Darth Vader ’s 501st Legion from the former day of the Clone Wars to the nightfall of the Empire . The game dramatized a new version of the stealing of the architectural plan defined by the playable maps , with the plans stolen in a stickup on the Death Star itself , then transmit from another location directly to theTantive IV . It made no sentiency in the context of use of Operation Skyhook and was widely take as an alternate apprisal .
Star Wars: Empire at War (2006)
The wider context (and Han Solo)
Star warfare : Empire at Waralso had its plot structure around the Death Star ’s construction . However , the level play out other than from the established persistence and is more hard to consolidate thanBattlefront II . The Rebel side fleshed out the discovery of the space post , with a questionable show from Han Solo , and the Empire ’s pursuit focused on hunting down the Moff who help leak out the fundamental entropy ( alternatively of the traditional spies ) . This culminated in the Emperor torturing Bothans ( cognise for their part in the second Death Star coup ) before detailing Leia ’s possession of the plan to Vader .
Star Wars: Lethal Alliance (2006)
An alternative Dark Forces
Over ten years afterDark Forces , Star Warsgames returned to Danuta with the PSP / Nintendo DS exclusiveLethal Alliance . Set at the height of the Empire ’s sovereignty , its later missions take the player to the Imperial satellite at the same time as Kyle Katarn , with hero Rianna Saren somehow also stealing the plans . It makes piffling sense , and even though Katarn seem in the secret plan , the Death Star element do n’t name him . It felt like a straightforward - up retcon , but an attempt explanation suggested that the plans she grab were an update version of Kyle ’s .
Star Wars: Death Star (2007)
The consolidation attempt
What once commence as a dim-witted story became increasingly complicated , with the Rebellion ’s “ first ” victory the recent in a foresighted line of flak . Although it was more implicated with the regal bureaucratism , the 2007 hardback novelStar warfare : Death Starby Michael Reaves and Steve Perry attempted to consolidate the various threads . Toprawa , Danuta , the Geonosians , and theBattlefront IIattack are all factored into it .
There ’s even a subplot explaining the presence of a failing in the first place , with an Imperial discovering the exhaust port , but unable to fix it due to limitation . It was an admirable try at balancing the contradiction in terms that had add up up in the previous thirty years , but the retcon is still rather vague and requires a real smudging of previous sources . Things would become more complicated with the Death Star ’s inclusion in anotherStar Warsvideo game .
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008)
The discovery
Although the selling full point was being able to wield all manner of Force office , Star Wars : The Force Unleashedwas also focalize on provide an exciting , newStar Warsstory . The game follow the adventures of Darth Vader ’s hidden apprentice , Starkiller , who after betray his master and became a key founder of the Rebellion , with his kin emblem becoming the Alliance ’s logotype . The last commission was set on the Death Star itself , where Starkiller freed Mon Mothma and Bail Organa from majestic captivity , which doubled as their discovery of the space station .
As seen in The Force Unleashed game , Galen Marek was the boy of two Jedi Knights who inherited all their mightiness . He was claim by Darth Vader as a secret prentice and bravo , but Vader ultimately rat him in accordance with the Rule of Two . In Legends , Starkiller became an important leader in the Rebel Alliance .
Almost honoring the work ofDeath Star , this was the first sentence in over a tenner that a secret plan had n’t contradicted the Qaeda canon set up by the radio dramatisation andX - backstage . It was mark before all previous effect and thus served as motivation for everything else that had been shown so far . However , Senator Garm Bell Iblis ' presence on the Death Star contradict the novelette " Interlude at Darkknell " by Timothy Zahn and Michael A. Stackpole , where the Senator help steal the Death Star computer code years earlier .
As seen in The Force Unleashed games, Galen Marek was the son of two Jedi Knights who inherited all their power. He was claimed by Darth Vader as a secret apprentice and assassin, but Vader ultimately betrayed him in accordance with the Rule of Two. In Legends, Starkiller became an important leader in the Rebel Alliance.
As seen in The Force Unleashed games, Galen Marek was the son of two Jedi Knights who inherited all their power. He was claimed by Darth Vader as a secret apprentice and assassin, but Vader ultimately betrayed him in accordance with the Rule of Two. In Legends, Starkiller became an important leader in the Rebel Alliance.
