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60 free Rogue One trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Rogue One was pitched by an effects supervisor as an episode of a TV show that never got made, was rewritten in five weeks of reshoots, and became the first Star Wars film without an opening crawl. This Rogue One trivia quiz digs into the whole story: the plot from Lah'mu to Scarif, the cast behind Jyn, Cassian, K-2SO, Chirrut, Baze, Bodhi and Krennic, the Icelandic and Maldivian filming locations, the digital Tarkin and Leia, and the four-and-a-half weeks Michael Giacchino had to write the score. Some questions are for anyone who has seen the film once: who says 'I am one with the Force', which planet holds the data vault, why the shuttle is called Rogue One. Others are for people who read the tie-in novels: which senator Jonathan Aris plays, what John Knoll's original treatment was called, and how the movie's title clashed with a Mission: Impossible sequel. Every answer has been checked against a source and each question shows its citation and a short explanation once you answer. Rebellions are built on hope; quiz scores are built on this.
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Q 01Who directed Rogue One: A Star Wars Story?
Gareth Edwards
He had made Godzilla (2014) and wanted Rogue One to play as a war film with no crawl and no screen wipes.
Q 02How long before the events of the original 1977 Star Wars is Rogue One set?
About a week
It ends with the plans reaching Princess Leia's ship, which is exactly where A New Hope picks up.
Q 03Which visual effects supervisor first pitched the Rogue One story in 2003 for Star Wars: Underworld?
John Knoll
His short treatment was called 'Destroyer of Worlds', and he pitched it again after Disney bought Lucasfilm rather than forever wonder what might have happened.
Q 04On which planet are the Ersos hiding when Orson Krennic arrives in the opening scene?
Lah'mu
Jyn's mother Lyra is killed in the confrontation, and Saw Gerrera rescues the girl from her hiding place.
Q 05From which Imperial labour camp is Jyn freed by the Rebels?
Wobani
Mon Mothma then persuades her to find her father so the Alliance can learn about the superweapon.
Q 06What does the Empire loot from the moon of Jedha to power the Death Star?
Kyber crystals
Krennic's test-fire on the Death Star wipes out Jedha City, and Saw Gerrera chooses to stay behind and die.
Q 07On which planet is Galen Erso's Imperial research facility, the target of a Rebel bombing raid?
Eadu
Its rain-lashed mountains were filmed near Mýrdalssandur; the tropical vault planet, by contrast, was shot in the Maldives.
Q 08Cassian Andor is secretly ordered to do what, rather than extract Galen Erso?
Kill him
He hesitates at the research facility, and Galen dies in Jyn's arms after the Rebel bombing run instead.
Q 09Who names the stolen Imperial cargo shuttle 'Rogue One'?
Bodhi Rook
Edwards said the title had three meanings: a military call sign, the 'rogue' film outside the saga, and Jyn's personality.
Q 10How is the planetary shield generator over Scarif finally destroyed?
Two Star Destroyers are rammed into each other
Admiral Raddus uses an Alliance ship to shove one Star Destroyer into the other, and the wreckage falls onto the gate.
Q 11Who plays Jyn Erso?
Felicity Jones
Mara and Maslany were also assessed for the lead in January 2015 before Jones was cast that March.
Q 12Which Mexican actor plays Cassian Andor and later led the prequel series Andor?
Diego Luna
Ramírez and Aaron Paul were reportedly eyed for the male lead before Luna joined in May 2015.
Q 13Which Australian actor plays Imperial weapons director Orson Krennic?
Ben Mendelsohn
Krennic ends up Force-choked by Vader and finally vaporised by his own weapon's beam on Scarif.
Q 21Which Norwegian actress provided the face over which a young Carrie Fisher was digitally mapped as Leia?
Ingvild Deila
Archival audio of Fisher saying 'hope' was used for the line, and Fisher herself was shown the result and loved it.
Q 22Which two X-wing pilots appear via unused footage from A New Hope?
Gold Leader and Red Leader
Angus MacInnes recorded new lines for Dutch Vander, while dialogue for the late Drewe Henley's Garven Dreis was assembled from archive material.
Q 23Which director-and-producer duo from The Last Jedi cameo as two Death Star technicians?
Q 14Alan Tudyk provides the voice and motion capture for which character?
K-2SO
The reprogrammed Imperial enforcer droid sacrifices himself in the vault, and Marvel later published a one-shot about his first meeting with Cassian.
Q 15Which Hong Kong martial-arts star plays the blind, Force-believing warrior of Jedha?
Donnie Yen
Disney built its Asian marketing around him, with his own posters and multilingual video greetings to fans.
Q 16The blind warrior and his companion Baze Malbus are former members of which order?
The Guardians of the Whills
Greg Rucka's 2017 novel Guardians of the Whills fills in their backstory on Jedha before the Imperial occupation.
Q 17Which Danish actor plays Galen Erso, the scientist who builds a secret flaw into the Death Star?
Mads Mikkelsen
One reviewer suggested the film could be retitled 'Rogue One: an Engineering Ethics Story' for its take on his choice.
Q 18Which Oscar winner plays Saw Gerrera, the Clone Wars veteran who raised Jyn?
Forest Whitaker
Warwick Davis appears as Weeteef Cyubee, one of Saw's Partisans.
Q 19Riz Ahmed's character, the defector who carries Galen's message, had been what in the Empire?
A cargo pilot
He carries Galen's holographic message to Saw, and later dies from a grenade after telling the fleet to drop the shield.
Q 20Grand Moff Tarkin was played on set by Guy Henry with whose digital likeness superimposed?
Peter Cushing
Lucasfilm secured permission from the late actor's estate, which had input down to 'small, subtle adjustments'; the result still drew 'uncanny valley' criticism.
Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman
Dave Filoni does appear, reprising a voice role from Star Wars Rebels.
Q 24Which Star Wars Rebels droid makes a cameo, voiced by Dave Filoni?
Chopper
Genevieve O'Reilly also returned as Mon Mothma, a role she had first played in the prequel era.
Q 25Which screenwriter got $5 million and a shared credit for rewriting and directing the reshoots?
Tony Gilroy
He went on to create Andor; Whitta wrote the first draft and Chris Weitz continued it before the reshoots.
Q 26How did the main characters fare in the original version of the script?
They survived
Edwards assumed Disney would never allow a dark ending; the producers preferred tragedy and the survival version was never shot.
Q 27Which traditional Star Wars element does Rogue One deliberately omit at the start?
The opening crawl
Edwards said the film was 'born out of a crawl' and that adding one would create another movie.
Q 28At which studio did principal photography begin in August 2015?
Pinewood
The film was shot with Ultra Panavision 70 lenses on Arri Alexa 65 6K digital cameras.
Q 29Which country's black-sand beach at Reynisfjara stood in for the Erso homestead?
Iceland
The Krafla crater and Lake Mývatn rock formations were also used, and mountains near Mýrdalssandur became the research-facility planet.
Q 30Which Middle Eastern desert and which ancient fortress were used to represent Jedha?
Wadi Rum and Masada
Wadi Rum in Jordan is a science-fiction favourite, having doubled for Mars and Arrakis elsewhere.