Learn More About Rogue One's Bodhi Rook

Entertainment Weekly continues their daily Rogue One updates as they count down to the new trailer coming out this Thursday. This time, they get the scoop on Riz Ahmed's character, Bodhi Rook.

“A character like Bodhi is not born into the life of a soldier,” Ahmed says. “He’s a pilot working for the Empire, doing his job, getting on with it. But when you put ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, it can freak them out. It can inspire deep passions. So I’m gonna defend Bodhi.”

As for removing that Imperial insignia on his shoulder … It might seem like an easy enough thing to rip off, but Ahmed says the mark goes deeper than what adorns Bodhi’s flight gear. The character is not hiding where he came from, so the mark stays.

“I think it’s to remind you of where you’re coming from, remind you where your debts are. Do you know what I mean?” Ahmed says. “For me personally, every day, looking at that, it reminds you of what you’ve done.”

That sprocket gear is actually symbolic. Bodhi is just a cog in the Imperial machine. He isn’t an ace dogfighter who knocked Rebel rivals out of the stratosphere, he’s just a pilot who kept Palpatine’s forces supplied.

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