Rogue One : A Star Wars Story Rogue One : A Star Wars Story is a subtheme released in Fall 2016 and Spring and Summer 2017 as part of the Star Wars theme , to coincide with the release of Rogue One : A Star Wars Story in theatres . Many sets have been released , some of which are based off of vehicles in the movie , and some based off minifigures based off of the characters in the movie . Plot . A rebellion built on hope ! Research scientist Galen Erso and his family are in hiding on the planet Lah ' mu when Imperial weapons developer Orson Krennic arrives to press him into completing the Death Star , a space station - based superweapon capable of destroying an entire planet . Galen ' s wife Lyra is killed in the confrontation while their daughter Jyn escapes and is taken to safety by Rebel extremist Saw Gerrera . Fifteen years later , cargo pilot Bodhi Rook defects from the Empire , smuggling a holographic message from Galen to Gerrera on the desert moon Jedha . Rebel intelligence officer Cassian Andor frees Jyn from an Imperial labor camp at Wobani before bringing her to the Rebel leaders , who convince her to find and rescue Galen so the Alliance can learn more about the Death Star . Unbeknownst to Jyn , Cassian is covertly ordered by General Draven , an Alliance military officer , to kill Galen rather than extract him . Jyn , Cassian , and reprogrammed Imperial droid K - 2SO travel to Jedha , where the Empire is mining kyber crystals to power the Death Star while Gerrera and his partisans are engaged in an armed insurgency against them . With the aid of blind spiritual warrior Chirrut Îmwe and his mercenary friend Baze Malbus , Jyn makes contact with Gerrera , who has been holding Rook captive . Gerrera shows her the message , in which Galen reveals he has secretly built a vulnerability into the Death Star and directs them to retrieve the schematics from a high - security Imperial data bank on the planet Scarif . On the Death Star , Krennic orders a low - powered shot from the superlaser to destroy Jedha ' s capital , causing Jyn and her group to take Rook and flee the planet , but Gerrera chooses to remain and die with the city . Grand Moff Tarkin congratulates Krennic before using Rook ' s defection and security leak as a pretext to take control of the project . Rook leads the group to Galen ' s Imperial research facility on the planet Eadu , where Cassian chooses not to kill Galen . When Krennic directs that Galen ' s main team be killed for causing the security leak , Galen confesses that he is responsible , but the research team is executed anyway . Jyn makes her presence known moments before Rebel bombers attack the facility , resulting in Galen being wounded . Jyn reunites with her father , only to have him die in her arms , before she escapes with her group on board a stolen Imperial cargo shuttle . Krennic visits Darth Vader , seeking his support and an audience with the Emperor , but Vader dismisses his appeal for recognition . Jyn proposes a plan to steal the Death Star schematics using the Rebel fleet but fails to get approval from the Alliance Council . Frustrated at their inaction , Jyn ' s group is supported by a small squad of Rebel volunteers intent on raiding the databank themselves . Arriving at Scarif via the stolen Imperial ship , which Rook dubs " Rogue One " , a disguised Jyn and Cassian enter the base with K - 2SO while volunteers attack the resident Imperial garrison as a distraction . The Rebel fleet learns about the raid from intercepted Imperial communications and deploy in support . K - 2SO sacrifices himself so Jyn and Cassian can retrieve the data . Îmwe is killed after activating the master switch to allow communication with the Rebel fleet . Rook is killed by a grenade just after informing the Rebel fleet that it must deactivate the shield surrounding the planet to allow the transmission of the schematics . Malbus dies in battle shortly after . Jyn and Cassian seize the schematics , but they are ambushed by Krennic , who shoots Cassian . Krennic corners Jyn , declaring the Empire ' s victory , but Cassian , who has survived , shoots and wounds Krennic . Jyn transmits the schematics to the Rebel command ship . The Death Star enters Scarif ' s orbit , where Tarkin uses the weapon to destroy the Empire ' s base . Krennic dies in the resulting explosion , while Jyn and Cassian embrace on a beach before dying in the ensuing shockwave . The Rebel fleet prepares to jump to hyperspace but are intercepted by Vader ' s flagship . Vader boards the command ship and kills several soldiers in his pursuit of the schematics , but a small starship escapes with them on board . Aboard the fleeing ship , Princess Leia declares that the schematics will provide hope for the Rebellion .