#rogue one: the ultimate visual guide

[jeronandor]

"Captain Cassian Andor's Intelligence Datapad" Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide (2023)

[hegodamask]

"Gareth described Krennic to me as a guy who didn’t come up through the officer class, if you like; he was more of a guy from the outer colonies who had made his way up more by virtue of the way he’d conducted himself, and by his abilities. So, Krennic’s voice is not ever meant to be the pure officer-class voice that you associate with the Star Wars universe." - Ben Mendelsohn

"So when I spoke to Tony about what Dedra has come from, she didn’t come from much. She’s an outsider, and she’s looking for a way to be important and to be considered important. And just like Syril, she wants to find control and to be able to be in a position of power so that she can feel in control. And in this industry that she’s in, she looks around and sees a lot of men of privilege being able to just kind of wing it, and it’s not in Dedra’s nature to wing it." - Denise Gough

"He is not of the principled Coruscanti classes, able to verbally parry and weave in debates and politics. Krennic's temper is far more volatile, a fact that makes some, like Grand Moff Tarkin, uncomfortable." - Rogue One the Ultimate Visual Guide by Pablo Hidalgo

"A rising officer within the ISB, Dedra Meero transfers from the Enforcement desk to Investigations. Her relatively young age and aggressive approach upsets the dull dynamic of ISB Central Office briefings." - Dawn of Rebellion The Visual Guide by Pablo Hidalgo and Emily Shkoukani

“I like the idea that Ben’s character was much more working-class [and rose in the ranks] through sheer force of personality and ideas." That said, the director adds, Krennic “hits a brick wall in the hierarchy where they won’t let him in the club and it’s going to turn into a them-or-us situation: either Krennic or Tarkin and the others.” - Gareth Edwards

As we really built out Dedra in our little writers room, we were like, “Oh, my God, she’s a woman in this place and no one takes her seriously, and she’s working harder than anybody else does. And she’s not getting credit for it.” And then we got to where she turns. We were really like, “Oh, my God. Wow, we were rooting for her a minute ago.” - Tony Gilroy

[ddesole]

Cassian Jerón Andor - Original Backstory (from ‘Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide’)

Cassian Andor grew up in the wilds of the Outer Rim, and came of age fighting against the Republic during the tumultuous Clone Wars. His father was killed at the Carida Military Academy during a protest against the expansion of Republic militarism. Though not a formal Separatist, Andor became part of a Confederacy-backed insurrectionist cell at a young age, tossing rocks and bottles at Republic walkers and Clone soldiers. He came to learn firsthand that even the most advanced combat machinery could be crippled with the right grit sprinkled in the right gears. In the time of the Empire, Andor was drawn into anarchist movements that continued to defy Imperial edicts. He was recruited by General Draven into the growing Rebellion. (Media sources: Andor (2022), Rogue One (2016), The Wasteland (2021), Black Crab (2022))

[gffa]

hi again, lumi!

i’m interested in learning about about other force traditions (both in current canon and eu/legends), the history of the nightsisters/dathomir, and any magic/abilities outside of or antithetical to the force in eu/legends/etc.

i know this is technically three big questions rolled into one, so don’t feel obligated to answer haha, but any guidance you have is appreciated!

Hi again! Ohhhh, I fear this is going to be the most unsatisfying answer ever. Because there is--simultaneously--both a ton of information about other Force traditions and almost nothing about other Force traditions. For a long time, other Force-traditions were only kind of hinted in the canon.  I have a post here that collected together what we knew up until about three years ago, but aside from groups like the Sith or the Nightsisters (neither of which had much worldbuilding to them beyond bits and pieces), they were mostly just mentioned as existing or we’re shown flashy lights without any true explanation like the Lasats from Rebels showing the way to Lira San or that we know the Bardottens connected to the Force passively, but we don’t really see much beyond that. There are some books that touch on Sith traditions--like Secrets of the Sith (2021 by Marc Sumerak)--but even they’re fairly thin.  The Nightsisters you’re probably better off reading the Wookieepedia article (as always, take any secondhand sources with a grain of salt, including my own posting about things! we try to be accurate in our retellings, but it’s never the same as reading the source material for yourself) than asking me, because I’ve never delved into them much. THAT SAID, the High Republic is actually starting to really get into it with Phase II and expanding on that part of the galaxy.  None of them delve terribly deeply into what the Force-traditions are, but you’re introduced to a great many groups, especially those that gather on Jedha, including the Convocation of the Force which was a council that gathered to promote connections between various Force traditions.

During the time of the High Republic, they don’t exactly get along very well, there’s a lot of tension and fighting, but we’ll see where all of this is going. There’s also the group the Path of the Open Hand, which first appeared in the novel Path of Deceit and they’ll play a major (antagonistic) role across the bigger arc of this phase, and they’ll show up in more books and comics, though, basically their belief is:  The Force does not want to be used, anyone who uses it, even to help someone, is taking it away from somewhere else, so if you save one person here, another person dies somewhere else to balance it.  So they’re not exactly going to get along great with the Jedi. My best suggestions for Force-traditions to look into would be: - Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide which has an entire section on the various religions that are connected to Jedha - Path of Deceit which is where we first meet the Path of the Open Hand and is a really interesting contrast of what a Force cult actually looks like versus the Jedi who very much are not a cult - Star Wars: The High Republic (2022) ongoing comic which is where the above panels are from.  It’s only four issues right now and only lightly describes each group, but you’ll get a sense of how the various Force religions interact with each other at the time. - The High Republic: The Battle of Jedha which is an audiodrama (possibly best listened to after Convergence? idk, I haven’t read it yet, but if you want the best experience Path of Deceit --> Convergence --> Battle of Jedha seems to be the way to go) about the Festival of Balance on Jedha, including many varied Force religions.

[aotopmha]

Turns out I can not, in fact, no-life a game.

It's too exhausting.

But I did get a good 7 hours in with Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail.

It was mostly just spent exploring Viper (so stop reading here if you don't want to know anything about the job), but it was a compelling time because this is the first occasion I've been able to pick up a job before all of the guides and optimization has been fully figured out (as far as I know).

I think it's fun mostly because it *feels* fast and you get a gap closer (with which you can target players as well as enemies) fairly early on (level 40). So even earlier content is a lil bit better movement-wise.

It's a class that has one-button combos as a building block, which I think is pretty interesting, but it also has your buttons almost always light up, which kind of just tells you what to do, potentially taking away most thinking or maybe any thinking at all?

Which could end up becoming boring?

I actually am curious about the "best way" to play because there are several combo strings and buffs and debuffs to consider and the detail of those specifics and using the right combo at the right time could potentially give the class a pretty neat identity. Sort of like a physical melee Bard.

Time with the class will tell how much I end up liking it in terms of gameplay.

What I can say for certain is that I love the aesthetic of Viper. I knew this the moment it was revealed, but picking it up and looking at it, I even like the starting gear for it.

So I will stick with it just for it being my style visually.

I love the aesthetic of dual-wielding swords and (double-bladed) staffs and Viper is both combined.

A potential criticism of Viper is that it is "too similar" to Ninja. I can't comment on the actual job design because I haven't played Ninja and ultimately comparatively little of Viper while not understanding it fully, but I think the fact that Viper's weapons combine into a staff and the focus is on kind of switching between heavier and lighter attacks between two weapon styles makes it distinct enough aesthetically, at least.

Ninja also more specifically has "daggers" as weapons rather than "swords".

Both very clearly share very obvious similar characteristics, but end up still being distinct enough because well, a ninja is very different from a hunter even if they share similarities.

And the very specific Ninja aesthetic isn't my style.

I think if Viper didn't happen, I eventually would've picked up Ninja and tried to make a rogueish glamour for it because ever since I saw the class, I wished it was possible to stay a Rogue post level 30.

And I think Viper is basically that, which is also kind of one of my favourite aesthetics in media in general.

Tl; dr So far, Viper is my jam.

[therebelcaptainnetwork]

Hi, I have two questions I thought y'all might be able to answer for me! First of all, how old is Cassian really? I know when Rogue One came out he was supposedly 26 but now with Andor I'm not so sure...

Second, what's the origin of the ship name Rebelcaptain? I think it's absolutely hilarious but I'd love to know from someone who was there when it was created and why! Also, I assume Rebel refers to Jyn and Captain to Cassian?

Thank you so much for taking to time to anwser my nerdy questions - it's really appreciated! And keep doing what y'all are doing - It's awesome :)



Thank you! Welcome to the fandom, and we're glad you're enjoying TRCN 🧡

Sadly, we're not able to give a definitive answer to either of these questions. The response still got very long, so the rest of it is below a cut...

1) The "RebelCaptain" ship name

The first teaser trailer for Rogue One was released in April 2016. Most fans assume that the "rebel" part came from Jyn's iconic line (which ironically didn't make it into the final cut of the movie): "This is a rebellion, isn't it? I rebel." However, Cassian isn't referred to by name or title in that trailer, so the "captain" part must have come from supplemental promotional materials. 

The earliest stories tagged "rebelcaptain" on AO3 are dated June 2016, but they're orphaned, so we don't know who wrote them. (It's also possible that they were edited sometime after posting to include that tag.) Tumblr's search feature is useless for this purpose, of course, and Google Trends isn't much help either; there's no obvious peak and a few outlier searches long before Rogue One was even in production which muddy the waters. Once the film itself was released in mid-December 2016, the term seems to have taken off immediately.

So if any fan remembers exactly where/when the ship name started or can take credit for coining it, they should step up!

2) Cassian's age

Short answer: it depends which source you choose; long answer: neither age makes perfect sense, so who the hell knows.

Although no ages are given onscreen, when Rogue One was released, Cassian was stated to be 26 and Jyn 21 in official tie-in sources like the Ultimate Visual Guide. (Even at the time, plenty of fans felt that was ridiculous given the actors' ages.) Cassian was also given a few scraps of backstory (born on Fest, Separatist family, etc); if you're curious, images of the relevant pages are at the end of the post.

Then Andor Season 1 came out, and Cassian's backstory was completely altered. Now he's considerably older, likely to avoid (then) 39-year-old Diego Luna playing someone supposed to be in his early 20s. The current Wookieepedia article has a decent rundown of the cumulative evidence for his age in the film now being 33.

This was a controversial choice among longstanding fans, because it significantly delays Cassian's commitment to the Rebellion and makes his statement in Rogue One that he's "been in this fight since [he] was six" much more ambiguous.

Here are a couple of Tumblr posts with fandom reactions:

[flythesail]

Maybe you should look at page 53 of the rogue one ultimate visual guide and then you'll calm down

[rustoperator]

Deep Dive into WEG Lore: Rogue One Ultimate Visual Guide

[absolxguardian]

Rewachting Rogue One, I feel like the star wars movies have so much more depth to them than the TV shows. But I don't think it's just because even a prestige TV show budget means you can't put as much into costuming extras. Since I've already seen the movie/read the novelization so many times, I spent a lot of the movie watching the extras instead. Movies get visual dictionaries, that's how you get the star wars thing of random extras having names and backstories. They also get novelizations, which add more nuance to character motivation.

The TV shows get nothing like that, and I think there's actually a memorandum against any media that would expand upon the shows so that the showrunners don't have to play nice with others (which is better than them being contradicted). There was going to be a Mandalorian ultimate guide and a tie in novel, but they both got canceled. But without stuff like that, for people like me, the TV shows lack the depth I love about the movies.

[cyberkevvideo]

Hello you talented and wonderful blogger! I'm rolling through Way of the Wicked with friends, and as DM I've run in to a bit of an issue. It's mostly because we have all played PF1e for so long and the game resources and combos are bananas now. But anyway, we have reached book 3. They recruited the medusa. She's broken. She turned 2 dozen horses and knights to stone in seconds. She was Dim-Door'd to the archers and stoned all 30 in 3 rounds. She's unstoppable. Help?

Are you using mine or are you using the one from the book? If it's mine, definitely sorry if I broke your game with my build that I changed for my group.

If it's the one from the book, then there are a few different ways to beat her.

It feels weird that so many were stoned in so few seconds. Remember that you can have the NPCs avert their gaze for a 50/50 chance of avoiding the save, or they can close their eyes altogether. Also, given the range is only 30 feet, how fast is she moving to get that many NPCs in the effect? Be mindful of range.

Izevel the Accursed has a DC 18 gaze attack. That's not nothing. However, you can add Blind-Fight to all the guards.

The clay golems are commanded to attack the medusa. They are immune to her gaze.

There are NPCs with rogue levels and took the dark lurker archetype (at least up to level 2).

Add a new NPC. Someone that's essentially Daredevil (or Fujitora from One Piece). Have it be an older guard who was sent to this outpost because he's an old friend of king and this area was supposed to be a peaceful retirement. Race of your choice, but give the NPC the Blind Zeal trait (Gary's added enough NPCs with traits already). Take either the Unarmed Fighter fighter archetype or the Master of Many Styles monk archetype. Take the Blinded Blade Style feat tree and Pummeling Style feat tree.

Change Captain Fidelis to a fighter and give him the Blind-Fight feat tree. Or, he could have the blind man's fold from Ultimate Equipment.

There's a new recruit. That NPC is a mesmerist with the Gaze Reflection feat.

The shield archons immediately attack. A fiendish medusa is on the battlefield petrifying everyone? They're immediately going after her. They will buff themselves and then pounce. They're completely immune to her gaze attack.

Give Captain Fidelis a vice-captain with a shield that has the assiduous property, making that NPC immune to gaze attacks. Or, same idea, but give Captain Fidelis, who has a greatsword, a +1 animated wood heavy shield with that property. It circles around him for a shield bonus, but can still use the greatsword without issue.

Give Sir Giles of Tell a veil of fleeting glances.

Give NPCs the Equipment Trick feat and take "mirror" or "shield". They can use it for reflecting gaze attacks as an immediate action (requires Combat Reflexes) or improved their defenses against the gaze (Perception 5 ranks). A few people do have the Combat Reflexes feat already, but it's mainly the monks who can't use shields. However, lots of people have Perception ranks so that should work. The "heavy blade scabbard" trick also technically works, as your opponent is "invisible" if your eyes are closed, so if the character has Blind-Fight then this also works.

Add the mirrored property to someone's armor or shield. Sir Dallidan the Bold, with his brightly crimson tabard and personal crest feels like the kind of person who'd have that.

Give someone or a lot of someone's, the Weapon Trick feat and go shielded view.

Someone has the glarecutter goggles.

There are dozens of creatures with gaze attacks, and one of them could come and attack the place at any time. The complex has a massive supply of smoked goggles (from Advanced Player's Guide; costs only 10 gp) and practically everyone has a set just in case. The -4 penalty to Perception isn't great, but that +8 to saves vs. visual is amazing.

The named NPCs each have an eversmoking bottle that's used as a signal to others that there are enemy attacks. That can be used to obscure the gaze.

Add more levels to the dwarves and give them Improved Stonecunning and Stone Sense (both in APG). This will give them tremorsense 10 feet. Not great against ranged attacks, but they're all melee anyway.

One of the treasures that Brother Nicodemus has access to in the Serene Order is the amulet of proof against petrification.

The dwarven priestess has two scrolls of Summon Monster IV and calls for hound archons. Possibly even to aid the shield archons. They'll only stick around for 7 rounds, but it's something.

Adding to what I said in point 14, there are many creatures with gaze attacks, and some even petrify. A few even bite and cause petrification, and they’re a low CR that any mook could fun into. As such, there’s probably a small supply of stone salve laying about. Those who are able to sneak around can take the salve and use it on those who have been petrified.

3.5e had a magic crystal in Magic Item Compendium (crystal of bent sight) that cost 500 gp. When attached to shields, it allowed the wielder to avoid gaze attacks without having to worry about the miss chance. A lesser mundane version could attached to helmets that give a static +2 or even +5. This way not everyone has to wear a shield. This could stack potentially with the smoked goggles.

There could be those with one time use items (wondrous or scrolls) that cast fog cloud or obscuring mist. That would also stop gaze attacks. Could even be lesser versions that only affect a 5-foot area.

Beyond that, two more magic items that can help against gaze attacks are the medusa mask and the kohl of uncanny discernment. Not sure how you'd fit those in, but the medusa mask could be a vigilante style mask for a ranger, slayer, or inquisitor who has been looking for Izevel.

Hopefully these will give you enough ammo to take that medusa down, or at least stall her so that others can come in and attack from range, as well as challenge the PCs and the rest of their minions.

EDIT: Added a few more.

[winterparkcollectibles-blog]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: 1st Ed Star Wars Rouge One Ultimate Visual Guide Hardcover W/Dustcover 2016.

[jenniferjuni-per]

Jyn Erso Appreciation Week - Free day

Liana Hallik. Tanith Ponta. Kestrel Dawn. A cloud of aliases surrounds Jyn Erso, to the extent that hearing her true name for the first time in years gives her pause. She has spent half her life burying a past of grief and abandonment, paving it over with a steely resilience and recklessness. She has little purpose other than surviving. Doing so often puts the Empire on the receiving end of her violence, but her attacks are not political.

-from Rogue One: the Ultimate Visual Guide

[theplaylistfilm]

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY on Digital HD March 24th and Blu-ray April 4th. Watch a new trailer and learn more about the blu-ray deets.

[this-is-cool]

For lovers of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - here's our hands on video and review of Star Wars Rogue One The Ultimate Visual Guide - https://www.this-is-cool.co.uk/star-wars-rogue-one-the-ultimate-visual-guide-review/ - Better late than never!

[cienie-isengardu]

Star Wars Ladies from Rogue One Ultimate Visual Guide

[gffa]

I have so many questions about this, all of which have no answers yet!  But here’s what I think we do know: ➡ The scenes on Kenari are a flashback to sometime during 22 BBY to 19 BBY, which would be 14 to 17 years prior to the current day of the Andor series.  They have to be flashbacks (rather than a current day twist) because we see Maarva at a much younger age in those scenes. It has to be during those years, because we see the Separatists’ logo on the arms of the officers, which did not exist as a government-slash-movement until 22 BBY and because Maarva says a Republic ship is coming.  The Republic stopped existing in 19 BBY, so this has to be before the rise of the Empire. You could potentially stretch it backwards a year or two, the Separatist movement has been gaining traction in Attack of the Clones for awhile, but not much, a couple of years at most, give or take, imo.

I find it unlikely that the show made a continuity mistake this big, regardless of what Maarva says about them.  Either she knows something we don’t (a Republic undercover operation?) or she’s mistaken about who they are. ➡ Future episodes will have more scenes set during the Clone Wars era because we see Clone Troopers in the second trailer.  If you’re not looking closely, you might think they’re Stormtroopers, but I’m pretty sure those are Clone Trooper helmets.

We don’t know when the Clone Troopers were fully phased out, but they didn’t all suddenly retire in 19 BBY, we see them in The Bad Batch now working for the Empire.  While TBB season 1 takes place in 19 BBY (and I’m guessing that the Empire will start phasing the clones out quickly), making me think it’s unlikely that this takes place during the Empire, but who knows. You can’t even really tell by the officer next to them because, from a distance, the late Republic uniforms of the officers were basically the same design as the Empire’s officer’s uniforms. ➡ The ships don’t really tell us much either.  We see a dagger-shaped cruiser at one point in the trailer, but is that a Republic cruiser or an Imperial Star Destroyer?  We see some LAATs in the show, but are they Republic-era ships or, when the Empire rose, did it repurpose those ships, because everything looks older and more lived-in during the Empire? That’s about all we know for what’s going on with Kenari and the timeline of the flashbacks!  Other than that, it’s just a lot of questions, and nothing is reliable background information other than what’s in the Rogue One movie.  Reference books (like the Star Wars Encyclopedia or the Rogue One Ultimate Visual Guide) are not dependable as sources, because they’ve been contradicting those for years.  In theory, novels and comics and games should be on the same level of canon as the movies and TV shows, but the last year has shown us that that’s bullshit.  All you can rely on is the movie. So what does that mean for young Kassa or Kenari?  We can’t pin much of anything down.  We can’t rely on a birth year for Cassian, we can’t rely on an age for him in the flashbacks (we don’t know how old the character is meant to be, despite the actor’s age), we don’t know how old Cassian is in the current day, we only know that it takes place in 5 BBY and that the flashbacks seem to be 14 to 17 years back, maybe you could stretch that a couple of years in either direction. What’s going on with whatever the chemical was or why Maarva thinks those officers were Republic ones, if she knows something we don’t (like an undercover mission) or if she’s just mistaken, if any of that is tied to the ruins we see Kassa walk by, we’ll have to wait and see!

That shot feels very significant, especially since none of the children of Kenari seem like they made any of the things they have, like where are the adults, where did their clothes and shelter come from, why doesn’t Kassa speak Galactic Basic?  Their camp looks very much like crashed survivors making use of things from a ship, like there’s no way a village that primitive could make a metal bin like this:

Or the clothes that the children are wearing, there’s no way they made those. And this looks very much like it was pieced together with whatever they could salvage:

Is this a colony that went bad and this is all that’s left of them and the supplies they brought?  Is that why the older children seem to understand what the ship crashing on the planet means, but they don’t look to it for help?  One girl raises her arms and yells like she’s trying to signal it, but the older leader girl tells her to be quiet and gets her to stop, why? Is them being colonists or locals who had their land colonized why Kassa doesn’t know Galactic Basic?  Or were they crashed onto the planet as well and have been surviving there for years?  A local population that was invaded by outsiders and are now using their stuff scavenged from their ships?  Or are they hiding from the Republic or the Separatists for some reason?  But where are any of the adults?  And does it have anything to do with those ruins that clearly have machinery rusting away in them? We don’t know why Cassian changed his name or why he always said he was from Fest on official forms (since Kenari doesn’t seem to carry any stigma with it, some have heard of it, but it doesn’t really mean anything to anyone, hence why Cassian told his friends, but not official forms), we don’t know why he’s looking for his sister or how she left Kenari or how Cassian knows she left Kenari, we don’t know if she’s hiding from the Empire now or if she just keeps moving to find a new job somewhere. And that’s what we know so far!  The current day timeline takes place in 5 BBY, which means it’s 14 years after the events of Revenge of the Sith/the formation of the Empire and Rogue One takes place immediately before A New Hope, so we’re five years out from those events. Some fun bonus reference points for a timeline: 22 BBY - Star Wars: Attack of the Clones       Everything that happened in the aftermath of the Trade Federations invasion of Naboo lead to the Separatist Crisis, which came to a head in 22 BBY with the Battle of Geonosis, where the war starts. 22 BBY - 19 BBY - Star Wars: The Clone Wars      The battles between Republic forces and Separatists forces span the galaxy and the Separatists invade many neutral and Republic-based worlds.  While the Separatist Senate itself is unaware of the atrocities being committed by its army (led by Count Dooku and General Grievous), the Republic is too often filled with corrupt Senators who care more about themselves than the people they represent and are so afraid of war coming to Coruscant that they’ll bankrupt the Republic buying more clones to keep the war going.  Mon Mothma--along with Padme Amidala and Bail Organa--is one of the few bright voices in the Senate, still working for change.      Somewhere in these years, Din Djarin is orphaned when his planet is attacked by Separatists and he’s rescued by Mandalorians wearing Death Watch symbols, eventually inducted into the Children of the Watch. 19 BBY - Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith      Count Dooku and General Grievous are both killed, devastating the leadership of the Separatists.  Mon Mothma and Bail Organa are working to create a group of Senators who want to call for Palpatine to give back his emergency powers, which he has held onto for far too long, this is basically considered the original founding of the Rebellion.  Then the Republic and Separatists both fall, being reformed into the Empire under Emperor Palpatine’s rule.  The Jedi Order is genocided to extinction, any remaining Jedi are forced into hiding, but are still hunted down.  Any Force-sensitive children are kidnapped by the Inquisitors and either killed or forced to turn to the dark side.  Anakin Skywalker is renamed Darth Vader, storms the Jedi Temple to kill even the younglings, and is also tasked with killing the Separatist Council leaders, so there’s no one left to lead them. 19 BBY - Star Wars: The Bad Batch      Clone troopers are still working for the Empire at this point, with their same armor, but they started to be called Clone Stormtroopers.  The transition happens during this year, starting with clones, but eventually more and more non-clones join, especially as they age twice as quickly as non-clones. 13 BBY - 10 BBY - Solo: A Star Wars Story      Probably not going to be relevant, but if you want to know it takes place 5 - 8 years before Andor now you know! 10 BBY - Obi-Wan Kenobi      Luke and Leia are 10 years old, Leia is kidnapped and Obi-Wan Kenobi goes to rescue her and bring her back to Queen Breha Organa and Senator Bail Organa. 5 BBY - Andor      Some flashbacks take place during the Clone Wars, but primarily the show seems to be set five years before the destruction of the Death Star.  The Rebellion is only just really getting started, not a lot of people probably know of it yet. 5 BBY - 1 BBY Star Wars Rebels      Pockets of rebellion against the Empire are scattered, there’s nothing that yet unites them, but over the course of the next five years, more and more people join in the efforts.  Leadership has some rocky tos and fros, there’s discord between people like Saw Gerrera and Mon Motha (eventually the leader of the Rebellion, the face of it, along with Leia Organa) about how they should fight against the Empire.  Leia Organa becomes the Senator for Alderaaan in 1 BBY, when she’s 18, the youngest Senator ever.      In 2 BBY Mon Mothma resigns from the Senate and she’s also officially branded a traitor, having to flee Coruscant and going into hiding.  She gives a speech about the atrocities being committed by the Empire, broadcast widely, thanks to the help of the Ghost crew and is thus pretty much the Empire’s #1 target. 0 BBY - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story      The Death Star is complete and a team is formed by the Rebellion to capture the plans, including Cassian Andor.  The mission will cost his life, but he will help get the plans to Leia Organa, which will enable Luke Skywalker to blow the station up soon. 0 BBY - Star Wars: A New Hope       The Imperial Senate has been borderline useless for awhile, but it’s officially dissolved in 0 BBY, the Emperor is now the sole ruling body.  The Death Star blows up Alderaan, killing Bail and Breha and everyone else on the planet.  The Rebellion takes their shot and blows up the Death Star.