Rogue One Star Addresses Doable Star Wars Return

Star Wars followers should not say goodbye to Rogue One character Jyn Erso simply but. Actor Felicity Jones just lately hinted that her time within the Disney-owned sci-fi franchise is way from over.

Talking with Display screen Rant to advertise her upcoming film The Brutalist, Jones refused to imagine that she’d by no means return to the Star Wars galaxy as Jyn Erso. “By no means. We’ll by no means say goodbye to her. She’s going to stay on, she’ll stay on,” stated Jones when requested whether or not audiences had seen the final of Jyn. “I imply, by no means say by no means. She’s a reasonably badass character. Possibly she may come again as a hologram or one thing, which is totally attainable within the Star Wars universe.”

Regardless of signing a multi-film deal when she joined the sci-fi franchise, Jones has to date solely appeared as soon as as Jyn Erso, headlining the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. For the unfamiliar, Rogue One is ready one week earlier than the occasions of Star Wars: A New Hope, following a bunch of rebels as they try to steal plans for the Demise Star. Whereas they’re in the end profitable, Jyn and the remaining members of the crew are killed after the Galactic Empire makes use of the Demise Star to destroy the planet they’re on, Scarif.

Exterior Rogue One, Jyn Erso has appeared within the novels Catalyst (2016) and Insurgent Rising (2017), in addition to the animated internet sequence Star Wars Drive of Future. Nonetheless, Jones didn’t reprise the position for Forces of Future, with archive audio getting used for Season 1 earlier than Helen Sadler took over because the voice of the character for Season 2.

Might Jyn Erso Seem in Andor Season 2?

Jyn’s demise on the finish of Rogue One implies that Jones can solely return because the insurgent in prequel initiatives, much like how her Rogue One co-star Diego Luna returned as Cassian Andor for the Disney+ sequence, Andor, which focuses on the title character within the previous 5 years earlier than the 2016 film. With Andor Season 2 set to cowl the ultimate 4 years earlier than Rogue One begins, some followers have questioned if Jones may cameo within the sequence as Jyn, though her character by no means crossed paths with Cassian till the occasions of the film.

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Nonetheless, with Andor Season 1 bringing again Rogue One characters Mon Mothma and Noticed Gerrera, and Season 2 set to characteristic Orson Krennic and Okay-2SO, it is attainable that the present’s writers may need found out a strategy to embrace Jones’ Jyn Erso that does not battle with what was established in Rogue One. Sadly, again in Might 2023, Jones shot down a possible cameo in Andor, sharing that she “sadly … will not be [in the new season].”

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is out there to stream on Disney+. Andor Season 2 premieres on Disney+ on April 22, 2025.

Supply: Display screen Rant

In a time of battle, a bunch of unlikely heroes band collectively on a mission to steal the plans to the Demise Star, the Empire’s final weapon of destruction.

Director

Gareth Edwards

Launch Date

December 16, 2016

Studio

Walt Disney Studios

Forged

Diego Luna
, Felicity Jones
, Ben Mendelsohn
, Alan Tudyk
, Jiang Wen
, Mads Mikkelsen
, Donnie Yen
, Forest Whitaker

Writers

Chris Weitz
, Tony Gilroy
, John Knoll
, Gary Whitta
, George Lucas

Runtime

133 minutes

Most important Style

Sci-Fi

Story By

John Knoll
, Gary Whitta

Characters By

George Lucas

Increase