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Jyn Erso, known by the aliases Kestrel Dawn, Jyn Dawn, Liana Hallik, Tanith Ponta, Lyra Rallik, and Nari McVee, was a human female soldier and former criminal who became a pivotal member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic when she led Rogue One in stealing the Death Star | Death StarStarshipSpace Stations |
plans during the Battle of Scarif | Battle of ScarifEventGalactic Civil War |
. She was the daughter of Lyra Erso, a devout member of the Church of the Force, and scientist Galen Erso, who was forced into helping the Galactic Empire build the Death Star. Erso's mother was killed when Director | Imperial Department of Military ResearchOrganizationGalactic Empire |
Orson Krennic | Orson Krennic(Human)CharacterSupporting Characters |
, the commander of the Death Star project, kidnapped her father - who affectionately referred to his daughter as "Stardust." She was raised by resistance fighter Saw Gerrera | Saw Gerrera(Human)CharacterSupporting Characters |
and became a child soldier in his army | Saw Gerrera's PartisansOrganizationPlanetary and Sector |
.After being abandoned by the Partisans, Erso spent several years on her own, committing a number of crimes in order to survive in a dangerous galaxy. In 0 BBY, she was recruited | Mission to JedhaEventGalactic Civil War |
by the Rebel Alliance to find Gerrera on Jedha, where he had information about Galen and the Death Star project. She found a holographic recording of her father who confirmed the existence of the Death Star and that the plans kept on Scarif | ScarifPlanet |
would reveal a fatal weakness he planted in its design. She attempted | Mission to EaduEventGalactic Civil War |
to save her father on Eadu | EaduPlanet |
, but he was killed. With little support from the Rebel Alliance, Jyn and Captain Cassian Andor | Cassian Andor(Human)CharacterMajor Characters |
led a squad, Rogue One, to Scarif where they stole the plans from the Imperial security complex. She transmitted the plans to the Alliance Fleet that arrived in orbit, but the Death Star soon fired on Scarif in an attempt to eliminate the Rebel threat. Erso and Andor were the last surviving members of their squad, and they died when the blast reached the complex.
Erso was remembered fondly by the Rebel leader, Mon Mothma | Mon Mothma(Human)CharacterMajor Characters |
, who believed that she would have become an even more extraordinary person had she survived. Her sacrifice was not in vain, however. The Rebel Alliance used the plans to discover the flaw Galen built into the battle station, and the weapon was destroyed by Luke Skywalker | Luke Skywalker(Human)CharacterMajor Characters |
during the Battle of Yavin | Battle of YavinEventGalactic Civil War |
, starting a chain reaction which would see the doom of the Empire.Read more... |
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