So is Rogue One really a loose adaptation of LucasArts’ 1990s SW Dark Forces computer game series starring Kyle Katarn? Well… maybe.
We have Felicity Jones as Rebel spy,
Jan Ors“Jyn Erso”:
And Diego Luna as a scruffy, unsmiling Rebel in a brown jacket:
Not to mention some seriously Dark Trooper armor for Imperial soldiers.
And then there’s Donnie Yen as a blind swordsman, who clearly seems inspired by Jerec from Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II.
So who is Ben Mendelsohn playing, then? It’s likely he’s not Grand Moff Tarkin, given his white uniform. But who else could he be… except maybe
GeneralGrand Admiral Rohm Mohc, architect of the Dark Trooper program?
Imagine a scenario where an offscreen Tarkin and Admiral Mohc are each backing rival projects to project Imperial power across the galaxy: Tarkin proposes bulding the Death Star, while Mohc favors an army of Dark Trooper power-suits with robotic brains. Interservice rivalry has never looked so deadly.
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