| Bodhi Rook | |
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| Bodhi Rook, Imperial Cargo Pilot Defector - By: KONAMI | |
Vital statistics
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| Position | Rogue One Rebel Cargo Pilot |
| Age | 25 |
| Status | Deceased |
Physical attributes
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| Height | 1.72 Meters |
| Weight | 70 Kilograms |
Bodhi Rook was a Human male from Jedha who served as a cargo pilot for the Galactic Empire before the beginning of the Galactic Civil War. After defecting to the Rebel Alliance, Bodhi used his strong piloting and technical skills to use as part of a group of rebels that called themselves Rogue One in an Battle of Scarif. Ever practical, but very anxious, Bodhi had to gather his courage to bring the battle to the Empire. While the Rogue One fought to obtain the Death Star plans, he played a crucial role in helping communicate and project first Death Star plans out of Scarif and to the Alliance. He was killed after a grenade was thrown onto their ship used to bring Rogue One to Scarif.
Biography
Defecting from the Empire
Imperial Cargo Pilot
Bodhi Rook was born and raised on Jedha. In his youth Rook did had two run-ins with the law. One for illegal wagering on a sporting events, and the other unsafe operating of airspeeder. Bodhi had enlisted in the Galactic Empire and had aspirations to become a starfighter pilot. Seven years before the Galactic Civil War, he went to the Terrabe Sector Service Academy and studied flight training for two years, but due to insufficient test scores Bodhi didn't qualify for a admission into the starfighter programme. Two years later, he been granted rank Ensign and eventually cleared to work shuttles for the transport of Empire documents and artifacts. Bodhi had defected from the Empire after being entrusted with the vital message by Galen Erso, an Imperial scientist who worked on the Death Star, told Galen to seek out Saw Gerrera, leader for a extremist Partisans group.
Aiding the Rebel Alliance
Joining the Rebellion
Although he found Gerrera, the rebel was initially distrustful of Rook's motives, believing the message was meant to lure him into a trap. In an attempt to discover if Rook was being truthful or not, Saw subjected Bodhi to torturous experience involving a creature that could sense if he was telling the truth, at the cost of temporary loss of Rook's sanity. Rook then subsequently met the rebel operative Cassian Andor, who managed to help him regain his composure. He also met with Galen's daughter, Jyn Erso, who after seeing the message sent by her father learned of the truth of the pilot's defection. Together with Cassian, Jyn, a blind warrior Chirrut Îmwe, and the assassin Baze Malbus, Bodhi Rook escaped Jedha as the Death Star destroyed Jedha City with its superlaser. While traveling aboard Cassian's U-Wing ship, Bodhi told Jeron Andor and Jyn that Galen was at the Imperials flight station on an stormy planet of Eadu. Despite the stormy conditions, Cassian and his reprogrammed Imperial Security Droid K-2SO managed to land their U-Wing near Imperial flight station. Bodhi along with Chirrut, Baze, and Kaytoo stayed aboard while Cassian went to assassinate Galen. Jyn then did follow Cassian in an attempt to stop him and the two were then caught up in an Rebel Alliance's raid on the Eadu flight station.
Rogue One Deployment
Rook and his companions managed to find the Imperial cargo shuttle SW-0608 and used it to save Erso and Andor from being killed by Stormtroopers. The rebels then fled offworld to the rebellion base on Yavin 4. Bodhi attended an meeting of their Alliance High Command to discuss the threat posed by the Death Star. Bodhi also listened to Jyn's impassioned speech urging the rebels not to give up. Later, he accompanied Cassian, Jyn, K-2SO, Chirrut Îmwe, and Baze alongside several Rebel Marines on their unsanctioned mission to steal the Death Star plans from the Imperial security complex on the planet Scarif. For that mission, the rebels used the Imperial cargo shuttle they had stolen on Eadu. Rook and K-2SO served as the team's pilot. When the Alliance air traffic control requested their callsign, Rook replied Rogue One but was told there was no such unit. K-2SO then did respond that there was one now and took the ship into space. After arriving above Scarif, Rook and his Rogue One rebel comrades found the planet enveloped by the deflector shield generated by an Shield Gate. Scarif was also defended by Star Destroyers. He notified gate control then requested landing pad. Since the arrival wasn't scheduled, he told a gate officer they were rerouted from Eadu and had Kay transmit clearance codes.
After the Imperials accepted the clearance code, they landed the shuttle at an Scarif security complex landing pad nine. When an Imperial inspection crew consisting of an officer, technician, and two Stormtroopers boarded the cargo shuttle, Bodhi and K-2SO greeted them. They led them down into the cargo bay where they were taken out by the hiding rebels. While Cassian, Jyn, and K-2SO infiltrated the security complex in order to reach the data vault and steal the plans, Rook remained aboard the cargo ship SW-0608 to stay in contact with the Rebel Alliance command on Yavin 4. Baze, Chirrut, and their Rebel Marines then staged a diversionary attack to draw the base's garrison away from the data vault. Though not an active part of the fighting, he provided support by confusing Imperial officers with a false rebel movement reports throughout the base, delaying or redirecting Imperial reinforcements. During the Battle of Scarif, Bodhi Rook established contact with a Admiral Raddus's fleet to tell them that they needed to destroy the Shield Gate in order to transmit Death Star plans to them. During this battle, an Shoretrooper threw a grenade at the cargo hold of the ship, near where he was at a console, and killed him instantly. Thanks in part to his efforts, Jyn was able to transmit a Death Star I plans offworld.