Rogue One’s Jyn Shares Her Name With Another Star Wars Character

Jill Pantozzi | April 18th, 2016

While I was away, Lucasfilm debuted the first trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. In it, we learned Felicity Jones’ character name – Jyn – and it sounded familiar to me.

Here’s the trailer. It’s got lots of fans hyped (and some grumpy).

Yes, Jones is playing Jyn Erso, and as soon as I heard the name it tingled something in my memory banks. Jyn is the same first name used for a character in the strategy game Star Wars: Imperial Assault from Fantasy Flight Games. I found out about the game through comic creator Noelle Stevenson on Twitter a while back.

Jyn is mine and she is a smug smuggler piece of shit, Diala is Molly’s and she is a stern buff Jedi (who might be a sith)

— Noelle Stevenson (@Gingerhazing) January 15, 2016

Not that the game is considered canon, and this character’s last name is Odan, but it’s a very interesting coincidence when you look at the character design and description.

The trailer tells us Jyn is guilty of “Forgery of Imperial documents, possession of stolen property, aggravated assault, resisting arrest.”

The game description itself reads:

Victory! By destroying the Death Star, the Rebellion has given hope to a galaxy living in fear. The Empire races to recover from their crushing defeat and the loss of their ultimate weapon as the Rebel Alliance works to solidify their advantage. When an Imperial distress beacon begins to broadcast from an remote outpost on Yavin 4, a small team of elite Rebel operatives is dispatched. Their mission: to silence the signal at all costs…

You may recall Rogue One is set in canon between Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope with a group of Rebel spies stealing the Death Star plans.

Interested in checking out Imperial Assault? [Editor’s Note: affiliate links] Amazon has it for $60.80. Also available are expansions Return to Hoth and Bespin Gambit.

[UPDATE] It was brought to my attention MakingStarWars.net had a lead on the name Jyn somehow back in February and made the connection not just to Jyn Odan here but also two other Jyn’s in Star Wars lore, Jyn Obah and Jyn N’oram. /Film separately had a post up earlier in April delving into who those other characters are. Long story short, we’re all huge nerds. :)