Orson Krennic

"The power that we are dealing with here is immeasurable."

- Orson Krennic

Director Orson Krennic is the main antagonist of the 2016 movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. He is the Director of Advanced Weapons Research for the Imperial Military.

He is portrayed by Ben Mendelsohn, who also portrayed John Daggett in The Dark Knight Rises.

History
He is first seen when he forcibly takes Galen Erso as a hostage, and asks him where his daughter, Jyn Erso, is. He offers to take the whole family as hostages, so they can all be heroes. However, Galen's wife, Lyra Erso, shoots him, in fear that he will corrupt her and her family. His Stormtroopers then kill Lyra, and almost find Jyn Erso, who hid away.

Many years later, The Empire kept Jyn as a hostage, until she escaped with the help of The Alliance. Orson was later present when Grand Moff Tarkin tested his Death Star. Under Tarkin's command, Orson was to choose the target location. The weapon was tested on Jedham, and was meant to destroy it's rebel alliance, lead by Saw Gerrera. He later got into a brief argument with Tarkin, as he promised not to fail, as Tarkin was left disagreeing.

Orson later flew to Galen's research center, and informed that one of the scientists is a traitor. Upon nobody coming forward, Krennic ordered their immediate execution, but Galen admitted he was the traitor, and not any of his scientists. Orson has killed all of Galen's scientists nonetheless, and hit Galen on the face, knocking him to the ground. Jyn however came and saved Galen, but he is killed during the battle. He then met with Darth Vader, who discussed with him the matters of The Death Star, and the priority to destroy the rebels. He later occupied his own research center on Scarif, as he tried to find Galen's plans and send them to Tarkin. However, Jyn lead some alliance members to attack his guards (including Shore-Troopers and Death-Troopers). Orson had no choice but to stalk on Jyn Erso with his gun. He injured Cassian Andor by shooting him while he was climbing up the lift. Jyn Erso then found her way to the rooftop of the facility. Orson followed her, and asked who she is. Jyn replied that he already knows her as the daughter of Galen Erso. He was prepared to kill her, however, Cassian Andor shot his back, causing him to fall. He survived the gunshot, however, he looked at the sky, and realized that Tarkin was betraying him, by shooting The Death Star on Scarif. He was destroyed by the explosion, and was killed alongisde Jyn Erso & Cassian Andor.