Valene Kane Talks About Her Role as Jyn Erso’s Mother in Rogue One

Valene Kane

While speaking to BelfastLive the Northern Irish actress Valene Kane briefly discussed her role in the highly anticipated first Star Wars spin-off movie – Rogue One. While Kane didn’t reveal much, her words did support one theory that we here at SWNN discussed before.

 

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For some time now (even before the official reveal of Jyn Erso’s name) the name Lyra Erso was around as a potential character for Rogue One. After it was revealed that Felicity Jones’ character in Rogue One is named Jyn Erso, it was clear that they both will be related.

In a recently revealed synopsis of the Rogue One prequel novel Catalyst, it was confirmed that Jyn’s mother will be an important part of the story. Now it’s no secret that Lyra is indeed Jyn’s mother, but the big question is what happened to Lyra Erso between Catalyst and Rogue One? We are yet to see Lyra in any of the promotional material, and we know that Jyn has been on her own for some time.

Now the actress herself unintentionally revealed in what capacity she will be in the movie.

 

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Here’s what Valene Kane told the BelfastLve:

The Fall star Valene Kane admits she was stunned after landing an out of this world role in the new Star Wars film. And she said the reality of joining the cast of the blockbuster fantasy movie series didn’t sink in until she walked onto the set.

Newry-born Kane, said: “I grew up watching Stars Wars and I didn’t believe it was happening until I was filming in Iceland. It has a really edgy independent vibe.”

 

That single sentence is actually quite telling. We know for a fact that the sequence that was shot in Iceland (on the specific black soil terrain) will feature Mads Mikkelsen, who plays Jyn’s father, some Death Troopers, perhaps young Orson Krennic,  and a little girl that was spotted in the BTS footage shown at Celebration Europe this year.

 

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After this interview, now we know that Lyra Erso will also appear in this sequence which is definitely a flashback scene that we thoroughly described here. Whether she will appear later in the movie is unclear. But knowing Jyn’s backstory, and the fact that she’s been living on her own since she was 15, and seeing how Valene only mentioned the Iceland shoot, perhaps some tragedy will happen in that flashback scene and we won’t see Lyra again.

 

What do you think? Is Lyra Erso going to die in this flashback scene, or perhaps we will see her later in the movie? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below.

 

 

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28 thoughts on “Valene Kane Talks About Her Role as Jyn Erso’s Mother in Rogue One

  • September 25, 2016 at 11:49 pm
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    She will obviously still be alive following the tradition of Mother figures in Star Wars….Shimi, Padme and Aunt Beru……oh wait

    • September 26, 2016 at 12:21 am
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      Well, Leia is alive… still.

    • September 26, 2016 at 7:09 am
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      Well these movies are owned by Disney now, so maybe she has some hope of survival.

      Wait…

      Shit…

      • September 26, 2016 at 8:37 am
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        Paul and TUD – thanks to both of you for cracking me up this morning. I genuinely appreciate it.

  • September 25, 2016 at 11:53 pm
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    I don’t think she will die in the flashback. If they did something like that, Galen Erso probably wouldn’t do anything for them anymore, and they needed him.

    • September 26, 2016 at 6:37 am
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      The plans for the deathstar were done in Ep III, so they may not really need him at this point. Maybe they’re just tying up loose ends?

      • September 26, 2016 at 1:59 pm
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        Apparently the weapons platform is what has taken so long to get right. The dish we see in III has been removed (who knows how many times) by the time we get to R1. That implies that the Erso’s are important in respect to the weapon.

        • September 26, 2016 at 4:05 pm
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          It doesn’t even look like a dish in EP3, looks like a frame work, there are large dark gaps in it.

          • September 26, 2016 at 11:39 pm
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            Yes. But we also see a complete dish being inserted into the socket during R1. Two and two = that ain’t the same weapon or design.

          • September 27, 2016 at 4:58 pm
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            And you think the Lucasfilm storyboard haven’t talked about this stuff? Pablo Hidalgo said how amused he is to see us discussing the same stuff they talked about a while back when helping develop the movie. It’s a new dish, either replacing the other, or filling the framework if that first one was even a dish at all.

          • September 27, 2016 at 9:56 pm
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            No, that’s not what I think, thank you very much. I was only responding to the claim made above that the plans were done in Ep III. If the weapon still doesn’t work, then tat statement is patently false.

            That’s the ONLY point I was ever making here.

          • September 27, 2016 at 9:56 pm
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            I’m still not sure of the point you are making.

  • September 26, 2016 at 1:45 am
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    Clearly Valene Kane’s character is Rey’s granny.

    • September 26, 2016 at 2:04 am
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      Of course! 😉

    • September 26, 2016 at 3:33 am
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      She does look amazingly similar to Daisey Ridley.

  • September 26, 2016 at 2:04 am
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    Wow! How cute!

  • September 26, 2016 at 4:33 am
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    Killing off the mom character? How original.

    • September 26, 2016 at 5:55 am
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      They really need to stop ripping off Bambi. 😉

      • September 26, 2016 at 4:04 pm
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        Nothing is 100 percent original.

        • September 27, 2016 at 6:13 am
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          Jokes, bruh.

  • September 26, 2016 at 5:54 am
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    They sure love their pale brunettes in this universe. 😉

  • September 26, 2016 at 7:09 am
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    That’s one beautiful woman. good on Hannibal for snagging her.

    • September 26, 2016 at 6:55 pm
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      Quite a dish.
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      Too obvious?

      • September 26, 2016 at 10:19 pm
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        Yes.

  • September 26, 2016 at 6:57 pm
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    The only Kane daughter I care about is Ajay. Come on, is he or isn’t he a cyborg and/or dead?!! I need to know!!!!

  • September 27, 2016 at 1:11 am
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    Here’s a theory… What if Lyra Erso is held in some form of stasis or coma as bait for Galen to finish his work. She could be in the strange Bacta tank that appears in the trailer (with the Royal Guards) and Galen could be the one kneeling down. So the emperor himself has his hold over Galen this way .

    • September 27, 2016 at 2:11 am
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      that makes…. alot of sense. good call. 🙂

    • September 27, 2016 at 6:13 am
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      YES!

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