Rogue One questions

[fireproof78]

But what happened to the parts we can't see? Buried in the ground somehow?

Probably.

 

[Ithekro]

Never really know after the Death Star excavated the ruins.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

This is probably a stupid question, but...

What is the significance of the pink R2 unit seen at the rebel base? I seem to remember that was some kind of easter egg reference but I forgot what it was.

 

[David cgc]

What is the significance of the pink R2 unit seen at the rebel base? I seem to remember that was some kind of easter egg reference but I forgot what it was.

There was a pink R2 unit at the end of TFA; it might've been in R1, too. It was a tribute to the young daughter of a big figure in the Star Wars cosplay community who died of brain cancer. Wookiepedia has the full story:

Creation and charity
"In 2004 Katie was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Katie loved Star Wars and loved the color pink. When her health declined to the point she couldn't get out of bed, she said she wished she had a droid to watch over her like R2-D2 watched over a sleeping Padmé in Attack of the Clones."
―Albin Johnson[src]


R2-KT, the "Droid With the Heart of Gold,"[17] was created by the R2-D2 Builders Club in 2005 as a tribute to Katie Johnson, the seven-year-old daughter of Albin Johnson, the founder of the 501st Legion costuming group. Katie was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in 2004, and Albin (who was doing 501st charity work at the time), began to receive support from around the Star Wars community. Garrisons of the 501st Legion started independent fundraisers, and when Star Wars creator George Lucas visited Japan on a promotional tour for Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, the Japanese Garrison told him of Katie's condition. In response, Lucas filmed her a "get well" video.[18]

As Katie's declining health struck her bedridden, the girl wished she had a droid to watch over her, like R2-D2 watched over Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones. When Jerry Greene of the R2 Builders heard about the Johnsons' story, he and his fellow builders organized a campaign to collect parts and assemble an R2 unit for Katie. In a few months, they constructed a custom, fully functional droid which they painted pink and named "R2-KT." According to Albin, Katie kept the droid by her bedside through her final days.[18]

R2-KT has since been used to visit children's hospitals and spread awareness of pediatric illness by attending Star Wars events. The droid has also been the focus of various fundraisers; in 2007, Hasbro Inc. produced an R2-KT action figure, raising $100,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation,[18] and in 2015, Mattelsold a Celebration Anaheim–exclusive R2-KT Hot Wheels collectible, donating the proceeds to Star Wars: Force for Change.[19] With the 501st Legion, R2-KT has raised millions of dollars for charity.[20]

Role in Star Wars canon
"R2-KT, an astromech that came out of the fan group the 501st is in the film, was in Clone Wars—shows up all over the place—is in LEGO, because we respect the fans and want you to feel like you are heard."
―Dave Filoni[src]
In 2008, R2-KT was introduced to Star Wars canon when Dave Filoni of Lucasfilm Ltd. featured the droid in the animated feature film Star Wars: The Clone Wars[18] as a way to honor the memory of Katie[21] and show respect to fans of Star Wars.[22] R2-KT made two additional cameo appearances in the Clone Wars television series, appearing in the season one episodes "Jedi Crash"[10] and "Storm Over Ryloth."[11] In the season five episode "Secret Weapons," R2-KT was set to appear alongside R2-D2 as a member of D-Squad. However, to avoid the confusion of having two characters named "Artoo," R2-KT was replaced with QT-KT, a droid styled in R2-KT's likeness.[23]

In 2015, Albin Johnson revealed that R2-KT would make a live-action appearance in Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens,[24] the seventh installment to the episodic Star Wars saga,[7] and Pablo Hidalgo of the Lucasfilm Story Group confirmed that the droid was the same in-universe character from The Clone Wars.[25] In the film, R2-KT appears in three brief cameos.[7] R2-KT also appears as a playable character in LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a non-canon video game adaptation of the film released in 2016.[26]

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I don't remember the pink R2 being in TFA, but it was definitely in R1 (at the Yavin IV base, before the rebels all take off for Scarif).

 

[Ithekro]

Two pink astromech droid were in The Clone Wars.
R2-KT (the one built for the young girl) was part of the 501st Legion and later was part of Leia's Resistance more than five decades later. The droid left D'Qar before the First Order attacked that base.
QT-KT (done that way to not have two droids that could be called "R2" for episodes at a time) was Jedi Knight Aayla Secura's droid and was assigned to missions from time to time, including one depicted in a four episode arc in the fifth season of The Clone Wars.

 

[Tuskin38]

I don't remember the pink R2 being in TFA,

She's in 2 blink and you'll miss it shots

What is the significance of the pink R2 unit seen at the rebel base?

I don't remember any Pink R2 units in Rogue One.
The only droid of any significance I can recall other than R2 himself was Chopper.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Most likely the dumbest question I have yet asked in this thread, so bear with me here...

Chirrut is in fact Force sensitive, isn't he?

I mean, obviously he doesn't have formal Jedi training, but it seems clear that he is attuned to the Force on some level. Not just because of his considerable fighting skill, but also (in Jedha City) he can sense the fact that Jyn is wearing a kyber crystal around her neck long before she gets anywhere near him.

And of course Chirrut managed to perfectly dodge all that weapons fire when he was trying to reach the master communications switch on Scarif. I don't see how he could have done that without some Force awareness...

 

[Ithekro]

It is highly likely that he was Force sensitive, but probably too low a count for the Jedi to have noticed, or the Jedi were not exclusive on Jehda, and he was taken by others who did not teach the Jedi ways. He was blind after all. And while there are martial arts and training with ones other senses that can allow for such things, he was a bit more than most martial artists might have while blind.

 

[Set Harth]

He's a blind dude who shot down a TIE, of course he's Force sensitive.

And the crystal thing.

 

[fireproof78]

Chirrut is in fact Force sensitive, isn't he?

And says something like "The Force moves darkly around one who is going to kill," about Cassian taking Bohdi Rook to find Galen Erso. So, yeah, I don't think there is much doubt.

 

[publiusr]

His self deprecation persona builds warmth…otherwise his abilities would spook people

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Chirrut is probably my favorite character in the film. I love how totally chill he is.

And I'm all when he died...

 

[David cgc]

I'm going to argue that Chirrut wasn't "sensitive," in the sense people use it of sorting characters into box A or box B. At the time, there was an idea percolating of going back to the way it appeared in the original Star Wars that anyone could learn to feel the Force, that it wasn't just boilerplate that it was a part of all living things. And an awareness of the Force wasn't just making rocks float and controlling people it was, for instance, bobbing and weaving through an asteroid field without being smashed and then finding the exact one with a giant space-worm in it.

Chirrut would never have been taken by the Jedi as a child, but he could still learn the ways of the Force. Quiet his mind, trust in its will, but it was the result of study and work, not natural talent or being born different.

 

[UssGlenn]

I wonder if Jyn having a kyber crystal originally had a function in the story? I loved the "How it should have Ended" version where Chirrut uses it to build a lightsaber.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I wonder if Jyn having a kyber crystal originally had a function in the story?

Probably a leftover from the time when her mother was supposed to be a Jedi.

 

[Tuskin38]

Probably a leftover from the time when her mother was supposed to be a Jedi.

That's exactly what it was.

 

[fireproof78]

I'm going to argue that Chirrut wasn't "sensitive," in the sense people use it of sorting characters into box A or box B. At the time, there was an idea percolating of going back to the way it appeared in the original Star Wars that anyone could learn to feel the Force, that it wasn't just boilerplate that it was a part of all living things. And an awareness of the Force wasn't just making rocks float and controlling people it was, for instance, bobbing and weaving through an asteroid field without being smashed and then finding the exact one with a giant space-worm in it.

Chirrut would never have been taken by the Jedi as a child, but he could still learn the ways of the Force. Quiet his mind, trust in its will, but it was the result of study and work, not natural talent or being born different.

Hence the reference to the Whills. A call back to the original idea of the Force.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Hi, it's me again!

This time it's about that crashed X-Wing in the middle of Jedha City. Assuming it belonged to Saw's men (judging by its "black & white" markings), it sorta begs the question - how did it get there? How did Saw's men even get ahold of an X-Wing in the first place, and why would they be flying it around inside the city? There is smoke rising from the wreckage, so it seems to be fairly recently crashed...

did the set dressers just think it would be cool to have a crashed X-Wing just sitting there, and didn't give it much thought?

 

[fireproof78]

Hi, it's me again!

This time it's about that crashed X-Wing in the middle of Jedha City. Assuming it belonged to Saw's men (judging by its "black & white" markings), it sorta begs the question - how did it get there? How did Saw's men even get ahold of an X-Wing in the first place, and why would they be flying it around inside the city? There is smoke rising from the wreckage, so it seems to be fairly recently crashed...

did the set dressers just think it would be cool to have a crashed X-Wing just sitting there, and didn't give it much thought?

They've had them, as Rebels and Andor demonstrated.