Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (novelization)

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Attribution information
Author(s)	Alexander Freed
Cover artist	Elizabeth A. D. Eno (Book design)
Publication information
Publisher	Del Rey
Release date	December 16, 2016 (eBook) December 20, 2016 (Hardcover) August 1, 2017 (Paperback)
Media type	Hardcover Paperback eBook
Pages	352
ISBN	9780399178450
Chronology
Timeline	13 BBY–1 BBY

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is the novelization of the film of the same name. It was written by Alexander Freed and first published by Del Rey in the United States on December 16, 2016, in eBook format, concurrently with the film. Subsequent hardcover and paperback editions were released on December 20, 2016, and August 1, 2017, respectively.

Official description

Go beyond the film with a novelization featuring new scenes and expanded material.

As the shadows of the Empire loom ever larger across the galaxy, so do deeply troubling rumors. The Rebellion has learned of a sinister Imperial plot to bring entire worlds to their knees. Deep in Empire-dominated space, a machine of unimaginable destructive power is nearing completion. A weapon too terrifying to contemplate . . . and a threat that may be too great to overcome.

If the worlds at the Empire's mercy stand any chance, it lies with an unlikely band of allies: Jyn Erso, a resourceful young woman seeking vengeance; Cassian Andor, a war-weary rebel commander; Bodhi Rook, a defector from the Empire's military; Chirrut Îmwe, a blind holy man and his crack-shot companion, Baze Malbus; and K-2SO, a deadly Imperial droid turned against its former masters. In their hands rests the new hope that could turn the tide toward a crucial Rebellion victory—if only they can capture the plans to the Empire's new weapon.

But even as they race toward their dangerous goal, the specter of their ultimate enemy—a monstrous world unto itself—darkens the skies. Waiting to herald the Empire's brutal reign with a burst of annihilation worthy of its dreaded name: Death Star.

Media

Editions

• ISBN 9780399178467; December 16, 2016; Del Rey; US eBook
• ISBN 9780399178450; December 20, 2016; Del Rey; US hardcover
• ISBN 9780425287026; December 20, 2016; Del Rey; US hardcover, Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition
• ISBN 9780399178474; August 1, 2017; Del Rey; US paperback
• ISBN 9780593872796; June 18, 2024; Random House Worlds; US paperback

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English hardcover

Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition

US paperback

US paperback, back cover

UK paperback, front cover

UK paperback, back cover

UK hardcover, back cover

Czech cover - Rogue One: Star Wars story

French paperback cover - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Fleuve Noir)

French paperback cover - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Pocket)

French ebook cover - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

German paperback cover - Rogue One: Eine Star Wars Story

German ebook cover - Rogue One: Eine Star Wars Story

Italian paperback, front cover

Italian paperback, back cover

Russian cover - Изгой-один. Звёздные войны: Истории

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Mytus Adema Cassian Jeron Andor Raymus Antilles Sirro Argonne Ponda Baba C1-10P "Chopper" C-3PO Yosh Calfor Eskro Casrich Shaef Corssin Codo (First mentioned) Kent Deezling (Indirect mention only) Jan Dodonna Davits Draven Garven Dreis (Voice only) Edrio Galen Walton Erso Jyn Erso Lyra Erso Cornelius Evazan Pedrin Gaul (Mentioned only) Saw Gerrera Gorin (Mentioned only) Green Leader (Rebel Alliance) (First appearance) (Voice only) Vangos Grek (Indirect mention only) Bor Gullet Colin Hakelia (Voice only) Arhul Hextrophon (Indirect mention only) Chirrut Îmwe Nower Jebel

JK-027 (First appearance) JN-092 (First appearance) JN-093 (First appearance) Jola (First mentioned) K-2SO Ked (First mentioned) Obi-Wan Kenobi (Indirect mention only) Orson Callan Krennic Maia (First mentioned) Baze Malbus Meggone (First appearance) Ruescott Melshi Antoc Merrick Rasett Milio Misurno (First mentioned) Moroff (First appearance, simultaneous with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) Mon Mothma Mon Mothma's father (Indirect mention only) Mon Mothma's mother (Indirect mention only) Oolin Musters (First identified as Nail and Kennel) Nioma (First appearance) Has Obitt (Appears in flashback as Lucky Hazz Obloobitt toy) Vlex Onopin Kado Oquoné (First identified as Kado Oquoné) Bail Organa Leia Organa Tynnra Pamlo Paodok'Draba'Takat Sap'De'Rekti Nik'Linke'Ti' Ki'Vef'Nik'NeSevef'Li'Kek

Tanith Ponta (Indirect mention only) Dunstig Pterro Milton Putna R2-D2 Raddus Rai'sodan (First appearance) Sotorus Ramda Ria (First mentioned) Hurst Romodi Bodhi Rook Bodhi Rook's mother (First mentioned) Taidu Sefla Darth Sidious (Mentioned only) Huika Siliu (First identified as Huika) Larn Siliu (First appearance) Pendra Siliu Staven (First mentioned) Wilhuff Tarkin Tivik Tivik's sister (Mentioned only) TK-4012 (First appearance) Stordan Tonc Unidentified female garrison commander (First appearance) Unidentified fleet trooper Unidentified Ithorian militia member (First appearance) Unidentified Partisan (First appearance) Unidentified prisoner Unidentified male rebel technician Unidentified Shield Gate officer] (Voice only) Ames Uravan Uyohn (First identified as Uyohn) Darth Vader Jon Vander (Voice only) Vaneé Feyn Vann Vienaris (First appearance) Shaith Vodran (First mentioned) Tenzigo Weems

Organisms

Bacteria (Mentioned only) Bantha (Mentioned only) Bloodhound (Mentioned only) Mairan Nerf (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Astromech droid C-series C1-series astromech droid R-series R2 series astromech droid Medical droid (Mentioned only) Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid Security droid KX-series security droid

Events

Clone Wars (Mentioned only) Imperial Era Battle of Ferrok Pax (Mentioned only) Capture of Galen Erso Demolitions job on Foerost (First mentioned) Galactic Civil War Battle of Scarif Campaigns of Saw Gerrera's Partisans Jedha insurgency Mission to Inusagi (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only) Mission to Tamsye Prime (Indirect mention only) Liberation of Erso Mission to the Ring of Kafrene Operation Fracture Battle on Jedha Destruction of Jedha City Mission to Eadu Secret mission to Tatooine Skirmish at Carsanza (First mentioned) Skirmish at Nexator (First mentioned) Great Jedi Purge (Mentioned only) Occupation of Mon Cala (Mentioned only) Fall of Tipoca City (First mentioned) Proclamation of the New Order (Indirect mention only)

Locations

Adalog (First mentioned) Bamayar IX (First mentioned) Carsanza (First mentioned) Chemvau (First mentioned) Core Worlds (In flashback(s)) Alderaan (Mentioned only) Brentaal IV (Mentioned only) Corulag (Mentioned only) Corusca sector (In flashback(s)) Coruscant subsector (In flashback(s)) Coruscant system (In flashback(s)) Coruscant (In flashback(s)) Imperial City (In flashback(s)) B'ankor Refuge (In flashback(s)) Project Celestial Power complex (In flashback(s)) Ersos' apartment (In flashback(s)) Deep Core (Mentioned only) Eiloroseint (First mentioned) Expansion Region Thand sector Kafrene system Kafrene asteroid belt (First identified as Kafrene asteroid belt) Ring of Kafrene Fashinder Prime (First mentioned) Ferrok Pax (Mentioned only) Foerost (Mentioned only) Foerost communications tower (First mentioned) Jenoport (First mentioned) Malpaz (Mentioned only) Mid Rim Territories Bamayar (Mentioned only) Bryx sector Wobani system Wobani Wobani Labor Camp (First identified as Wobani Labor Camp) Freestanding subsectors Terrabe sector Jedha system Jedha Catacombs of Cadera Dunes of Contemplation Final Protector (Wreckage only) Jedha City Holy Quarter (First identified as Holy Quarter) Temple of the Kyber Tythoni Square Naboo (Mentioned only)

Nexator (First mentioned) Outer Rim Territories Abrion sector Scarif system Scarif Imperial security complex Citadel Tower Scarif vault Landing Platform Nine Pad Five (Mentioned only) Pad Twelve (Mentioned only) Pad Two (Mentioned only) Atravis sector Mustafar system Mustafar Gahenn Plains Fortress Vader Bheriz sector Eadu system (First identified as Eadu system) Eadu Eadu Energy Conversion Laboratory Eadu Flight Station Gordian Reach Yavin system Yavin Prime Yavin 4 Wetyin Massassi Site Great Temple Horuz (Mentioned only) Mon Cala (Mentioned only) Mykapo (Mentioned only) Patriim (First mentioned) Raioballo sector Lah'mu system Lah'mu Erso homestead Taris (Mentioned only) Squarr (First mentioned) Zemiah's Den (First mentioned)

Organizations and titles

Aide Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Cabinet Alliance Civil Government (First identified as Alliance council) Minister of Education Minister of Finance (First identified as Rebel Finance Minister) Alliance High Command Chancellor Rebel Alliance Intelligence Service (First identified as Rebel Alliance Intelligence) Andor team Fulcrum Intelligence officer Alliance Military Rebel Alliance Navy (First identified as Rebel Alliance Navy) Alliance Starfighter Command Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps Blue Squadron Blue Leader Gold Squadron Gold Leader (Voice only) Green Squadron Green Leader (Voice only) Red Squadron Red Five (Mentioned only) Red Leader (Voice only) Red Flight (Indirect mention only) Rebel pilot Commander-in-Chief Massassi Group Alliance Army 61st Mobile Infantry (Mentioned only) Rebel Alliance Special Forces Extraction Team Bravo Marine Corps Special Forces Trackers Unit Rebel trooper Alliance officer Operation Fracture Oversight (First appearance) Partisans Rebel technician Rogue One Assassin (Mentioned only) Bounty hunter (Mentioned only) Brentaal Futures Program (Mentioned only) (First identified as Brentaal Futures Program, simultaneous with Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide) Brotherhood of the Beatific Countenance (Indirect mention only) Cadet (Mentioned only) Commando Confederacy of Independent Systems (Mentioned only) Cassian Andor's insurrectionist cell (Indirect mention only) Coroner (First mentioned) Councillor Cultists of the Huiyui-Tni (First mentioned) Detective (Mentioned only) Doctor Engineer Erso family Farmer

Forger (Mentioned only) Galactic Empire Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only) Governor Grand Moff Imperial Academy (Mentioned only) Imperial Military Joint Chiefs (Mentioned only) Imperial Army Imperial ground crew Stormtrooper Corps Coastal defender stormtrooper JN-093's squad (First appearance) Scarif Deployment Unidentified shoretrooper squad Vault security contingent Stormtrooper Surface Command Imperial Intelligence Imperial Military Department of Advanced Weapons Research Director Tarkin Initiative 975th Battalion Death trooper Krennic's guard squadron Engineering Operations Manager (First mentioned) Kyber crystal research team Project Celestial Power (Mentioned only) Imperial Navy Gate Control (Voice only) Gate officer (Voice only) Imperial Navy's officer corps Orbital Command Imperial Officer Corps Imperial officer Imperial Ruling Council (Mentioned only) Imperial Security Bureau Imperial Senate (Mentioned only) Senator Galactic Republic (Mentioned only) Grand Army of the Republic (Mentioned only) Clone trooper (Mentioned only) Jedi Commander (Mentioned only) Republic Futures Program (Mentioned only) Gambler (Mentioned only) Grenadier Guardians of the Whills Historian (Mentioned only) House of Organa Alderaanian consular security First Chairman Princess Viceroy Huiyui-Tni (First mentioned) Incom Corporation (Mentioned only) Information broker

Jedi (Mentioned only) Jedi Order (Mentioned only) Jedi Knight (Mentioned only) Mercenary Merchant (Mentioned only) Minister Mothma family Monk NiJedhan monk (Indirect mention only) Order of the Esoteric Pulsar (First mentioned) Officer Admiral Captain Commander Corporal General Lieutenant Private Security officer Sergeant Tactical officer Philosopher (Mentioned only) Pilgrim Pilot Pirate (Mentioned only) Poet (Mentioned only) Saboteur Scientist Separatist holdouts (Mentioned only) Sith Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sith apprentice Sith Lord Skywalker family Smuggler (Mentioned only) Spy Squad leader Tarkin family Technician Thief (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Aqualish Quara Blutopian Drabatan Dressellian (Appears in flashback as a toy) Duros Gamorrean (Mentioned only) Gigoran Human Alderaanian Chandrilan Cloning (Mentioned only) Coruscanti (Mentioned only) Cyborg Kenari Onderonian Ithorian Kaminoan (Mentioned only) Kubaz Mon Calamari Tognath Twi'lek

Vehicles and vessels

Boat (Mentioned only) Escape pod (Mentioned only) Space station Battle station Death Star DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station Meridian trench (Indirect mention only) Northern Polar Command Sector Overbridge Golan M3185 space station Shield Gate Speeder (Mentioned only) Airspeeder (Mentioned only) Starship Capital ship Battleship (Mentioned only) Star Cruiser MC75 Star Cruiser Profundity Star Destroyer Imperial-class Star Destroyer Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Dauntless Devastator Executrix Intimidator Persecutor City-ship (Mentioned only) Consular ship Corvette CR90 corvette Tantive IV Sphyrna-class Hammerhead corvette Lightmaker (First identified as Lightmaker) Cruiser Deviant (First appearance) Freighter Gunship Dornean gunship Heartbound (First appearance) UT-60D U-wing starfighter/support craft Bravo One (Mentioned only) LMTR-20 Shuttle Abecederian line Delta-class T-3c shuttle ST 149 Nu-class attack/transport shuttle (Mentioned only) Zeta-class Heavy Cargo Shuttle SW-0608 Starcutter Firefeather starcutter (First appearance) Starfighter Bomber Y-wing starfighter BTL-A4 Y-wing assault starfighter/bomber TIE fighter series TIE/ln space superiority starfighter TIE/sk x1 experimental air superiority fighter X-wing starfighter T-65B X-wing starfighter Blue One Transport GR-75 medium transport Tank HCVw A9 turbo tank TX-225 Occupier TX-225 GAVw "Occupier" combat assault tank Train Railspeeder Walker All-terrain vehicle All Terrain Armored Cargo Transport All Terrain Armored Transport (Indirect mention only)

Weapons and technology

Armor Death trooper armor Saw Gerrera's pressurized suit Stormtrooper armor Darth Vader's armor Bacta tank Blaster A280-CFE convertible heavy blaster pistol Cassian Andor's blaster Blaster cannon Blaster pistol A180 pistol Jyn Erso's blaster Heavy blaster pistol DT-29 heavy blaster pistol Krennic's DT-29 heavy blaster pistol Blaster power pack (Mentioned only) (First identified as energy pack) Blaster rifle A280 blaster rifle E-11 medium blaster rifle E-11D blaster carbine Heavy repeater cannon MWC-35c "Staccato Lightning" repeating cannon Baze's repeating cannon Bowcaster Lightbow Chirrut's lightbow Comlink Computer Navigation computer Cybernetics Data spike Data tape Databank Datachip Datapad Deflector shield Planetary shield Disruptor (Mentioned only) Electronic translator Translating vocoder Engine

Environment suit (Mentioned only) Grenade Fragmentation grenade C-25 fragmentation grenade Thermal detonator (Mentioned only) Hologram Holoprojector Homing beacon Hyperdrive (Mentioned only) Hyperdrive motivator (Mentioned only) Hyperspace tracker (Mentioned only) Ion torpedo Laser cannon IX4 laser cannon Laser turret Lightsaber Sith lightsaber Dual-phase lightsaber Darth Vader's lightsaber Magna lock Melee weapon Knife Spear (Mentioned only) Staff Chirrut's staff Truncheon Pistol Proton bomb (Mentioned only) Proton torpedo Quadnoculars Reactor (Mentioned only) Reflec Rocket launcher HH-12 rocket launcher Shovel (First identified as Shovel) Stuncuffs Superweapon Superlaser Synthskin (Mentioned only) Thermal exhaust port (Mentioned only) Turbolaser Turbolift Turret Viewscreen Vocabulator

Miscellanea

Alcohol Wine Ammonia (Mentioned only) Archives of the Order of the Esoteric Pulsar (First appearance; excerpt only) Faith and the Force of Others (First appearance) Asteroid Asteroid field Planetoid Atmosphere Atmospheric fighter Bacta Beach Black-Saber (Mentioned only) Blood Bone Book of Stars (First mentioned) Bounty (Mentioned only) Brain (Mentioned only) Breast (Mentioned only) Bridge Brigade (Mentioned only) Cantina (Mentioned only) Capital (In flashback(s)) Carbon (Mentioned only) Carbon scoring (Mentioned only) Cargo manifest (Mentioned only) Cave Centimeter (Mentioned only) City Clothing Bandolier Boot Cape Flight suit Glove Imperial military uniforms Cluster-Prism (Mentioned only) Credit (Mentioned only) Crystal Kyber crystal Cockpit Copper (Mentioned only) Data vault Death Death Star plans Deity (Mentioned only) Demon (Mentioned only) Desert

Doll (In flashback(s)) "Beeny" (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) "Lucky Hazz Obloobitt" (In flashback(s)) (as Lucky Hazz Obluebitt) "Stormie" (In flashback(s)) (as Stormy) Dream (Mentioned only) Emerald (Mentioned only) Eriaduan Esoteric Pulsar (First mentioned) Eye Factory (Mentioned only) Farm Fentersohn run (First mentioned) Fishing (Mentioned only) Flagship The Force Dark side of the Force Force power Force choke Foodstuff Cinnamon (First mentioned) Egg Ration pack Vegetable (Mentioned only) Forest Funeral (Mentioned only) Garrison Gas giant Glass Gravity (Mentioned only) Guardian's Mantra Hair Hangar Heart (Mentioned only) Heartchopper (First mentioned) Hextrophon Collection (First mentioned) Humanoid Hurricane (Mentioned only) Hypermatter (Mentioned only) Hyperspace Hyperspace route (Mentioned only) Imperial crest Jungle Kilogram Kilometer Labor camp Laboratory Language Death trooper encryption (Indirect mention only) Tognath Leather Lekku Lightspeed Limb Lung (Mentioned only) Magma Mark Omega (Mentioned only) "May the Force be with you" Memory wipe (Mentioned only) Mesa Meter Milk (Mentioned only) Fermented bantha milk (First mentioned) Mining (Mentioned only) Moon Mountain Naval warfare (First identified as naval warfare) Necklace Jyn's kyber pendant

Nerf herder (Mentioned only) Obsidian Ocean Order 66 (Indirect mention only) Oxygen Ozone (Mentioned only) Parasite Parent Pax Aurora (Mentioned only) Plant Grass Moss (Mentioned only) Skycorn (First appearance) Tree Plastoid Poison (Mentioned only) Politics Prison Prisoner Project Stardust Project War-Mantle (First mentioned) Propaganda Protocol 13 Radiation (Mentioned only) Rebel command insignia Refugee (Mentioned only) Resolution of Censure Condemning Saw Gerrera of the Partisans (Indirect mention only) Scandoc (Mentioned only) Short Notes on the History of the Rebel Alliance Navy (First appearance) Skeleton Smashball (First mentioned) Spaceport (Mentioned only) Special forces Starfighter combat Starfighter Corps Stellar Sphere (Mentioned only) (as Stellarsphere) Stone Sandstone Suicide (Mentioned only) Sunset Prayer of the Guardians of the Whills (First appearance) Terrorist Time Second Standard century Standard day Standard decade Standard hour Standard minute Standard month Standard week Standard year Titanium Torture (Mentioned only) Uneti-wood Volcano (Mentioned only) Water Winter Writing Youngling Zama-shiwo (First appearance) Ziggurat

Sources

• Go Rogue Toys, Books, and More Available for Pre-Order Now! on StarWars.com (backup link)
• NYCC 2016: Rogue One and Star Wars 40th Anniversary Publishing Programs Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Rebel Reading: A Guide to Rogue One Books on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Much to Learn You Still Have: Talking Rogue One Aliens with Pablo Hidalgo on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - The Official Mission Debrief
• This Week! in Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi Returns, Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• "Alexander Freed: From A to Z" — Star Wars Insider 226

External links

• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (B&N Exclusive Edition) on Barnes & Noble's official website (backup link)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on Wikipedia

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