Star Wars: Rogue One - 12 Big Questions We're Asking After The First Trailer

12. How Does Jyn Run Into The Rebels?

Meet Jyn, the newest Star Wars hero. Aside from how great it is to see Star Wars giving us another female lead on the back of The Force Awakens, there also appear to be some similarities between Jyn and Rey, and also both of them and Luke. They all fit within a certain model: loners, probably from a distant planet, who yearn for something more, and end up joining the fight against the evil in the galaxy. Although based on this glimpse of Jyn, there's a bit of Han Solo in there as well: "I rebel." 

The question, though, is how she gets to this point. We're not filled in on much of her backstory, apart from she's been on her own from 15, and has seemingly been arrested for a number of crimes. Does this mean she's from Yavin, where the Rebel base is? Or somewhere else? And even then, how is it that she's taken in by the Rebels, rather than Imperial forces, especially when one of her crimes is the forgery of Imperial documents?