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Meet Rose!

Kelly Marie Tran will be fighting for the Resistance in December

hile everyone is naturally “The notion that anyone out is the second time we’ve seen C’ai.
W excited about seeing just there, any of us can step up and Kasey appeared as the ill-fated Abednedo
what Rey and Luke have
Ello Asty in The Force Awakens. While
turn into a hero, that’s really where
been up to on Ahch-To, the character of Rose comes from. that character was killed during the

and finding out how well Finn has She’s not a soldier, she’s not looking battle of Starkiller Base, the character
healed from his injuries, it’s worth to be a hero and she gets pulled in a can nevertheless be glimpsed in one of
remembering that The Last Jedi will very big way into an adventure in this the film’s closing scenes, waving off Rey

introduce some new characters too. movie with Finn.” in the Millennium Falcon.
According to director Rian Johnson, Tran had to keep her new role a It took a bit of quick-thinking on the
the most important of these is Rose complete secret even from close part of the story group’s Pablo
Tico, as played by actress Kelly Marie friends and family, telling them all Hidalgo to explain away the
Tran. “[She] has the biggest new part that she was working on an indie discrepancy. It’s now
in the movie and ironically is played movie in Canada. “So many people established that this was,
by the smallest actor,” said Johnson of tell you what this is going to be like,” in fact, an entirely different
Rose when Tran was introduced on she told the Celebration crowd, “and member of the same
stage at Star Wars Celebration in then you get on the stage and hear so race. He was offi cially
Orlando, earlier this year. much excitement and love for this named as C’ai in the
Rose is a maintenance worker in thing you get to be a part of. I just “Escape from
the Resistance. Her primary role is to want to do it justice!” Starkiller Base”

keep their starfighters in good working Rose isn’t the only new character in DLC for the
order, but she soon strikes up a strong the film. Also fighting for the LEGO Star

friendship with Finn. Johnson says Resistance is C’ai Threnalli, an Wars: The
that, like Luke and Rey before her, Abednedo pilot who will be fl ying Force
Rose is an ordinary character caught alongside Poe Dameron, played by Awakens
up in extraordinary situations. Paul Kasey. Technically, however, this videogame.

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