Star Wars: Rogue One reintroduces a character from The Clone Wars animated series.
Who is Saw Gerrera?
The Clone Warsmade the leap to live-actionStar Warsin a big way.
So who is Saw Gerrera?
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Saw, along with his sister Steela, met Anakin and Ahsoka on the contested planet Onderon.
The Jedi reluctantly helped train the Onderon rebels for armed conflict against the Separatists.
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy described Gerreras forces inRogue Oneas extremists, and on the fringe of the Rebel Alliance.
The same argument freedom fighters or terrorists?
was happening during Saws rebellion in the Clone Wars.
Obi-Wan Kenobi also called Saws group terrorists, while Anakin argued that they represented a noble insurgency.
On the political front, Onderons puppet king is holding the rightful King Dendup captive.
In his grief, he sees the victory ceremony as a grim occasion.
Saws experience in these grueling patterns of war makes sense with his dialogue inRogue One.
If you continue to fight, he asks, What will you become?
His name even sounds likeguerra, the word for war in Spanish and other Romance languages.
Ahsoka, meanwhile, might still be on Gerreras side.
At some point during that time period, Saw also ran into theStar Wars Rebelsvillain Agent Kallus.
Story Group member Leland Cheetweetedthat the announcement was based on ideas first proposed four years ago.
The TV show never panned out, but the idea of the character ended up inThe Clone Wars.
On a planet called Lahmu, a very young Jyn asks whether Saw could stay with the Ersos.
His headstrong ways fit right in with Jyns philosophy.
After all, they both choose to rebel.
