rvengefulobster:

thefulcrumcaptain:

Cassian’s hands were shaking as he pulled himself up and over the wall, grabbing at handholds along pipes and stained sills, kicking at the surface for support. He heard the stormtroopers behind him counting bodies and hurried on, chest flat against the rooftop.
[Rogue One Novelization by Alexander Freed]

NGL, I love this scene. Even in the old EU at its most edgy, a Rebel operative wouldn’t have done that. It was a shocker to actually see and that’s our first introduction to a man we have to spend the whole movie with!

I love that Cassian is getting pulled between the Mon Mothma idealism of the alliance, and then cold-bastardry of espionage and necessity.

He’s wound tight AF through the whole movie and this shit is why!