With the saga soon taking a break from the Skywalker clan in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, we had pretty much assumed that the family drama would end until Episode VIII — we were wrong.
Now it seems that the main villain of Rogue One shares a distinct connection to Jyn Erso through her father.
In the years prior to the events of Rogue One, Galen Erso is a brilliant scientist whose work in energy-based weapons could help realize the construction of the Empire’s ultimate weapon: the Death Star.
The heroes and villains of the Star Wars mythos have a nasty habit of connecting to one another in dramatic fashion.