10 Secret Subplots Hidden In Movies
4. Pendra's Death - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
You probably don't remember the name of Rogue One's Pendra Siliu (Ivy Wong), but you might well remember the young girl on Jedha who gets saved by Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) during the battle between Saw Gerrera's (Forest Whitaker) Partisans and the Empire.
If seeing Pendra reunited with her mother thanks to Jyn seemed like a happy ending for the character, this was of course thrown into doubt when Jedha City was destroyed by the Death Star later on.
Still, there was at least the possibility that Pendra was able to escape, right? Right?
Sadly Rogue One's novelisation obliterates all hope, by confirming that Pendra did indeed perish on Jedha, despite her father's attempts to shield her from the superlaser's colossal blast.
Considering that Rogue One is already the grimmest of all the Star Wars movies, it was probably a smart move not to show a child melted to dust on top of everything else, but she absolutely died regardless.