Summary of the story
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he research scientist, Galen Erso, and his family sought refuge on the planet
Lah'mu when the Imperial weapons developer, Orson Krennic, arrived to coerce
him into completing the Death Star, a superweapon with the capacity to
obliterate planets. During the confrontation, Galen's wife, Lyra, was killed,
while their daughter, Jyn, managed to escape and was subsequently rescued by
rebel extremist, Saw Gerrera. Fifteen years later, cargo pilot, Bodhi Rook,
defected from the Empire, carrying a holographic message recorded by Galen to
Gerrera on the desert moon, Jedha. Rebel Alliance intelligence officer,
Cassian Andor, learned of Rook's defection and the Death Star from an
informant.
J(caps)yn was liberated from an Imperial labor camp at Wobani and was
brought to the Rebel leaders, Bail Organa and Mon Mothma, who convinced her to
locate and rescue Galen so that the Alliance could acquire more information
about the superweapon. Cassian was covertly instructed to assist Jyn but was
ordered to eliminate Galen instead of extracting him. Jyn, Cassian, and the
reprogrammed Imperial droid, K-2SO, journeyed to Jedha, where the Empire was
extracting kyber crystals from the holy city to power the Death Star. Gerrera
and his partisans were engaged in an armed insurgency against them. With the
assistance of the blind spiritual warrior, Chirrut Îmwe, and his mercenary
friend, Baze Malbus, Jyn made contact with Gerrera, who was holding Rook
captive. Gerrera revealed to her the message in which Galen disclosed that he
had covertly incorporated a vulnerability into the Death Star. The schematics
outlining this were located in an Imperial data bank on the planet Scarif.
