Spoilers for Rogue One ahead. Jyn Erso's fate wasn't always fatal in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Speaking with EW, Gary Whitta — who co-wrote Rogue One's story — discussed the original, happier ending for the Star Wars film. He explained that even though the plan always was to kill off the entire crew, they were worried Disney wouldn't approve of such a dark storyline. So with that in mind, Whitta went about devising another narrative for Rogue One, in which Bodhi Rook, Chirrut Imwe, and Baze Malbus didn't exist.