Rogue One: A Dark Forces Story?

(apologies in advance if this has its own thread already)

I keep hearing a rumor that Rogue One is actually a loose adaptation of LucasArts' 1990s Dark Forces SW video-game series starring Kyle Katarn. I think it might be worthwhile to post some evidence from Rogue One that might bear on this theory.

We have Felicity Jones as Rebel spy, Jan Ors "Jyn Erso":





And Diego Luna as a scruffy, unsmiling Rebel in a brown jacket:





Not to mention some seriously Dark Trooper armor for Imperial soldiers.





And then there's Donnie Yen as a blind swordsman, who seems to have been inspired by Jerec from Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II.





So who is Ben Mendelsohn playing, then? It's likely he's not Grand Moff Tarkin, given his white uniform. But then who else could he be... except maybe General Grand Admiral Rohm Mohc, architect of the Dark Trooper program?





Imagine a scenario where an offscreen Tarkin and Admiral Mohc are each backing rival projects to project Imperial power across the galaxy: Tarkin proposes bulding the Death Star, while Mohc favors an army of Dark Trooper power-suits with robotic brains. Interservice rivalry has never looked so deadly.

Thoughts?

 

Yeah this topic doesn't really warrant an entire thread. Locking.