I'm really liking the name Cassian Andor sounds very StarWars-ey to me.Īlso thinking although they are completley different names, it's a bit of a almost flipped anagramy/reworking of Lando Calrissian (drop the L's and move the r), he might have a similar scoundrel vibe.
Strangely they are led by Aisha (Zoe Saldana), a mysterious woman who turns out to be the daughter of one of the main villain, she has a personal stake in stealing a hard drive with the secrets for a new kind of weapon (a new kind of nuke). Jyn Erso from Rogue One seems to have several similarities to Jan Ors and Kyle Katarn, both of whom are Legends status characters. Also: Felicity Jones' character is named Jyn Erso, which feels like a nod to Jan Ors, the name of Katarn's girlfriend. Now he's very slightly starting to remind me of Cougar (Óscar Jaenada) the sniper from DC's Losers film.Īnother movie about an assemble of outcasts 'rebels' who become the unsung heroes on a somewhat suicide mission. A 2016 Vanity Fair article discusses the genesis of Rogue Ones story, and casts some serious doubt on this theory: John Knoll, the Industrial Light. Click to expand.He's definitely rockin some sniper poses. Is Jyn Erso based on Jan Ors and/or Kyle Katarn - Science Fiction.
