A crowing question Star Wars fans have been asking , even workweek after Rogue One ’s spillage , has been : Why the heck was Princess Leia at the Battle of Scarif ? fortunately , a few expert from the Lucasfilm Story Group have bring in the air .
Star Wars expert Pablo Hidalgo and company look on a late episode ofThe Star Wars Show , mentionedlate last hebdomad . They were ask why Leia ’s consular ship , Tantive IV , seem at the end of the flick , direct connecting Rogue One to Star Wars IV : A New Hope . Turns out , it ’s because she and Admiral Raddus got sidetracked during their already scheduled trip to Tatooine to pluck up Obi - Wan Kenobi .
“ The program was always that Leia was go to go to Tatooine to pick up Obi - Wan and Raddus was move to escort her , ” Hidalgo said . “ Then the news of Scarif get in , and that was hold more important … [ because ] it ’s the one warship that they have at this point . ”
Hidalgo tell Raddus was accompanying Leia because she was the “ public human face of the cause , ” and they needed to keep her secure so she could continue getting them supplies . The ship ’s inclusion body itself was explained in the Rogue One novelization ; Tantive IV remained on Raddus ’ warship , as opposed to staying on Yavin or flying solo , because it was undergoing some repairs . That could be why it was unable to outrun the Star Destroyer — other than the fact that it ’s , you know , a Star Destroyer .
Another lilliputian interesting tidbit shared was that Leia was actually on Yavin the whole time the Tatooine trip and Jyn Erso ’s rebellion were being planned . Hidaldo state they keep Leia ’s presence a arcanum because the movie wanted to “ write the reveal , ” but Leland Chee total that they added R2D2 and C3PO ’s cameo as a clue .
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