In 0 BBY, she was recruited by the Rebel Alliance to find Gerrera on Jedha, where he had information about Galen and the Death Star project. Erso's mother was killed when Director Orson Krennic, the commander of the Death Star project, kidnapped her father-who affectionately referred to his daughter as ' Stardust.' She was raised by resistance fighter Saw Gerrera and became a child soldier in his army.Īfter being abandoned by the Partisans, Erso spent several years on her own, committing a number of crimes in order to survive in a dangerous galaxy.
She was the daughter of Lyra Erso, a devout member of the Church of the Force, and scientist Galen Erso, who was forced into helping the Galactic Empire build the Death Star. Jyn Erso was a human female soldier and former criminal who became a pivotal member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic when she led Rogue One in stealing the Death Star plans during the Battle of Scarif. He put a fuse in middle of your machine and I've just told the entire galaxy how to light it.' ―Jyn Erso and Director Orson Krennic
