Chirrut Îmwe

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**Chirrut Îmwe** was a blind man born on Jedha fifty years prior to the Galactic Civil War. One of the Guardians of the Whills, a order of spiritual monk-warriors, he was active in the Empire's time of power and worked as an itinerant preacher in the Holy City. Though not strong with the Force, Chirrut was a believer in it and the ways of the Jedi, carrying a staff and a traditional lightbow bowcaster, his spirituality devotion had assisted him in overcoming his blindness and become a formidable warrior. Along with his old friend and guard, Baze Malbus, he became part of a volunteer group of rebel warriors tasked with stealing the plans of the Death Star I. Chirrut had died in the Battle of Scarif after helping Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor breaking into the archives and recovering the first Death Star station plans.

## Biography

### Aiding the Rebellion

#### Meeting the Rebels

Born over fifty years prior to Galactic Civil War, **Chirrut Îmwe** lived on Jedha where he became a member of the Guardians of the Whills with his friend Baze Malbus. Nineteen years after Palpatine turned the Republic into the Empire, Chirrut met Jyn Erso. He asked her if she knew what kyber crystals were after sensing she had one on her necklace; she told him they were what powered the Lightsaber of the Jedi, before soon leaving with Cassian Andor. Later on, in the course of a skirmish that took place in the Holy City, Chirrut helped free Andor, Jyn and an droid K-2SO from a group of troopers. Using his senses to determine the positions of the troopers, Chirrut attacked them with his staff, knocking them all down. Then Baze Malbus had shot trooper reinforcements approaching from behind Chirrut.

#### Escaping Jedha's Doom

After learning why Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor were there, a group of Saw Gerrera's insurgents came and placed sacks on all their heads, to which Îmwe remarked with annoyance because he was already blind and could not see where they were taking him anyway. They were taken to Gerrera's hideout and placed into a cell. In a cell Chirrut Îmwe repeated the phrase, "I am one with the Force. The Force is with me". Baze didn't believe Îmwe's praying would work to open the cell door. Îmwe asked Andor if he had been in any other cells before to which Andor told him it was his first one. He told him there was more than one type of cell and that he sensed Cassian Andor carried his around with him wherever he did go. Îmwe then sensed that there was someone in the cell beside them. It turned out to be a defected ex-Imperial pilot Bodhi Rook. They eventually made their escape as the Jedha City was attacked by the Empire's superweapon, the Death Star. Îmwe made his escape with the others aboard the U-Wing. While on board the rebellion U-Wing, Chirrut Îmwe had then questioned Baze Malbus about the Holy City to which Baze told him that it had been completely destroyed by the blast.

#### Becoming One with the Force

Jyn Erso told Cassian Andor about the weakness that her father had placed in the Death Star and the group made their way to Eadu. Once on the planet, Cassian and Bodhi went out to scout the refinery. After asking Malbus if Andor looked like a killer, Baze told him that he looked like a friend. Jyn questioned this and Îmwe told her that the Force flows darkly around a creature that is about to kill. Fearing that Cassian was going to kill her father, Jyn Erso went to search for him. Moments prior to Erso's departure, K-2SO recalled that Andor's weapon was set in its sniper configuration, supporting Erso's fear that Andor was planning to kill her father. Chirrut later followed Erso. Malbus soon followed. Baze and Îmwe stopped at a ridge to get a good look at things. Once the Rebel fighters arrived, Îmwe used his lightbow to take down a TIE Fighter which crashed into a turbo laser tower. Soon after Baze and Îmwe made their way to the shuttle that K-2SO had stolen and made their way to Yavin 4. After the rebel leadership told Jyn they could not send their Alliance Fleet to the planet Scarif, Chirrut Îmwe was among those who chose to fight alongside Jyn Erso for the sake of the rebel cause.

Together these rogue rebels came to be known as Rogue One, the team that was responsible for the theft of the Death Star plans. Once they arrived on the planet Scarif, Chirrut and Malbus were put in charge of an assault team that would set charges to lure out the Stormtroopers. After taking out several troopers, they made their way to the entrance to the complex. Chirrut and Baze Malbus held the line with the other rebels until All Terrain Armored Cargo Transports arrived at their position. Chirrut and the others ran for shelter. After learning that the master switch would need to be flipped for the rebels to receive the plans to Death Star, he made his way out onto the battle field to activate the switch, continuing to repeat the prayer, "I am one with the Force. The Force is with me". Managing to not be hit by the blasters, Chirrut did activate the switch as a fuel container was hit by Imperial blaster fire and an explosion occurred, which sent Îmwe flying backwards. Baze, seeing Chirrut injured ran onto the battlefield to help, firing at every Imperial. Îmwe did die in the arms of a friend, but he'd told Malbus not to grieve for if he were to through the Force, Baze would always be able to find him.