Mads Mikkelsen Hints at His Role in Rogue One

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Mads Mikkelsen, much to the delight of many Star Wars fans, is a walking spoiler hazard. Whether it is done purposefully to engage with fans or he just doesn’t care about the tight-fisted control of Lucasfilm, he has a tendency to let little things slip if you read between the lines. It is very likely that he was at it again in an interview with RadioTimes.

 

 

POTENTIAL SPOILERS

 

It’s been known for a while that Mikkelsen’s Galen Erso would be the father of Rogue One lead character Jyn Erso. But before that was officially known, it had been rumored for some time. And from the same reports that rumored that familial connection between the two characters, it was also rumored that the elder Erso would also have a significant connection to the plot of the film by being tied to the Death Star plans at the center of the Rebel’s heist.

 

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MakingStarWars reported all this way back in early January. It was just after the new year and people were still wrapped up in a certain awakening of the force, but it seems much of this report is turning out accurate. So, kudos to them for grabbing this info so early. The basics of the rumor are that Galen Erso was a scientist with some significant involvement in designing the Death Star. But, after seeing what he created he had second thoughts and defected to the rebels and now needs the help of his daughter to make things right.

 

Now, nearly eight months later, RadioTimes discussed the character of Galen Erso with Mikkelsen and he seems to hint at something along those lines, albeit in some very vague terms.

 

“He’s the father of our main character Felicity Jones, and at the same time he is a scientist,” Mikkelsen reminded us, before adding cryptically: “And then uh, if people have watched the other films I’m sure they can add two and two.”

 

Well, maybe not a simple as two and two, but it’s not much a stretch to connect the initial rumors and Mikkelsen’s statement. It’s not conclusive, but as time goes on, the initial reports seem to be closer and closer to confirmed. We’ll just need to wait a bit longer to find out for certain.

 

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Head over to RadioTimes for the full piece where Mikkelsen also discusses dealing with the passionate fan bases of his Star Wars and Marvel characters, and his mistake in accidentally revealing his character’s name early.

 

 

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20 thoughts on “Mads Mikkelsen Hints at His Role in Rogue One

  • August 2, 2016 at 2:43 am
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    If he’s a scientist, he sure doesn’t look like one judging by the costume.

    • August 2, 2016 at 4:33 am
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      And what is a scientist meant to look like?

      • August 2, 2016 at 5:08 am
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        reed richards

        • August 2, 2016 at 5:31 am
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          lol

      • August 2, 2016 at 5:22 pm
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        Like this?

        • August 2, 2016 at 9:07 pm
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          Push the button, Darth.

      • August 2, 2016 at 7:32 pm
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        Doc Brown

    • August 2, 2016 at 7:23 am
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      Maybe this is him outside of work? I’m sure space scientists don’t always wear their space lab coats all of the time.

      From this picture alone. It looks like they modeled his clothes off Owen Lars but with a darker shade of coloring.

  • August 2, 2016 at 3:50 am
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    He sounds like a bit of a Mads Scientist.

    • August 2, 2016 at 7:23 am
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      That’s some cannibullshit.

    • August 2, 2016 at 7:26 am
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      Hopefully he doesn’t have any form of prion disease, like Mads Cow Disease. 😉

      • August 2, 2016 at 2:35 pm
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        Being Jyn’s father, do you think he/they are from MADSison Wisconsin?

    • August 2, 2016 at 9:07 pm
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      BOO!!!!!!!!

    • August 2, 2016 at 7:20 am
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      No new footage unfortunately. Nice find though. 🙂

    • August 2, 2016 at 7:09 pm
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      is that Starkiller??? timeline is right….Vader in bacta???

      • August 3, 2016 at 12:43 am
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        No, it’s not Starkiller b/c he SUCKED

  • August 2, 2016 at 10:16 am
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    This guy is the Star Wars’ Einstein. He was creating (or discovering) the greatest thing for good, and turned out to be the most destructive weapon. It feels like we will see this guy in a low moment of his life, depressed, and probably out of the system as he can’t handle his fault on the death star creation.

    • August 3, 2016 at 3:46 am
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      Einstein was a complete and utter dick to people though…

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