Feb 2, 2019
Jyn Erso was created by John Knoll for the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Knoll created the character as a role model for his daughters and developed her as part of his original story for the film. In an earlier draft of Rogue One, Jyn was to be given the rank of sergeant. This was cut from the final film, although several pieces of merchandise still identified her as “Sergeant Jyn Erso”. Upon the movie’s release, Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide and the film’s novelization confirmed that Jyn was in fact given the rank of sergeant during the team’s descent onto Scarif. The Daily Telegraph described Jyn as “a roguish, Han Solo-style heroine”.
