Andor Orson Krennic

They do have the advantage though that Mendelsohn seemed to be aged a bit in the main Rogue One timeline, the opening section with the young Jyn he's more "natural". I'd guess its easier to age with makeup than it is to make someone look younger and they probably wanted Krennic a bit older as well so he could see more a rival to Tarkin, someone who had been climbing the ladder for many years. End result is he actually looks around the age Krennic should be in 4-5 years pre Yavin.

I'v not followed the extra material but I notice he has his Rogue One rank as well for this which puts him pretty high up the pecking order although I spose you could argue the nature of the ISB does mean there power potentially outstrips their nominal ranks.

It will be interesting to see what his involvement with Meero is, we do definately get some pointers in season 1 than Meero is a bit of a careerist, at least compared to Karn's idealism but she hasnt been shown to be AS cynical as Krennic who probably has a pretty good idea of the direction the Empire is going being in the know about the DS construction. Indeed I actually wonder whether that might be were Meero gets involved with him? she's been shown to be very good at chasing up leads around equipment and perhaps picks up on resources used for the DS being hidden.

 

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I wondered whether the older looking Medelsohn image was from towards the end of filming. There are shots where he looks younger and match up with his appearance in RO, may be they were done at the beginning of the shoot? His different hairstyles really adding to the contrast between those images.

 

True the filming did cover quite a bit of time with the reshoots although I don't think quite enough to cover the difference. I admit I'm guessing a bit here but to be it looked like they aged Mendelsohn a bit for the main Rogue One timeline, he looks quite a bit younger at the premier to me, more like the scenes at the start of the film.



Again isnt aging always an easier job than de aging for makeup? he's onscreen much more aged but its still a fairly long scene at the start. Krennic's canon age as well was older than Mendelsohn when Rogue One was shot as well by a few years at 50-51.

 

Orson, coincidentally, is the name of a character from Mork & Mindy, hailing from a planet where people are born old-looking, and appear younger as they age.

 

He was one of the best characters in Rogue One for sure. Mendelsohn really nailed the haughty imperial attitude right from the first scene. So much aura compared to Hux and Pryde in the ST movies

 

There's also famous film director Orson Welles.

Meanwhile, "Krennic" probably comes from famous German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach, whose first name is reminiscent of another famous film director.

 

From Mork's home planet of Ork. If I'm not mistaken, he's the one who reverses Mork's aging process so he can marry Mindy.

 

A sweet Krennic feature:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIgiQoOyCLv/?igsh=MXhyZmI4bnNpdHRyZQ==

 

Who also voiced Unicron

 

Really liked Krennic's first appearance in season 2, he is a competent boss, while also has great hilarious moments.

 

They've added a new layer to Krennic, he really is a sneaky manipulating *******. But he's still no match for Tarkin.

 

Krennic's apparent coziness with the Emperor around this time adds a new layer to his desperation to get an audience with him in RO. He's no longer trying to move up in the world, but rather seeking to regain lost favor. Will something happen in the Ghorman project to cause that fall from favor? Or is that just Palpatine being a capricious manipulator?

 

I think Krennic might have had short meetings with the Emperor early on to talk about this Energy power. And now he is lucky to get Emperor on the Holo with him to talk. For now the Death Star is his project. And thats what the Emperor wants most.

 

Krennic could talk with the Emperor if its about the Death Star so the spider silk is tied into that somehow. anyway the Krennic banner is the best

 

The Ghorman kalkite is needed to cost the reactor lenses for the Death Star. The spider silk is of no practical consequence to the project.

 

Except that the Emperor will have to start getting the silk for his robes from other planets with inferior silkspiders.

 

FTFM

 

Mendelsohn is one of the greatest things to happen to SW.

 

I can buy and actually like the thought of Krennic being the Emperor's favorite executive during this time period only for him to eventually lose favor amongst Tarkin's rise by Rogue One. That kind of turnover feels like it reflects the cutthroat turnstile nature of a fascist regime.

 

I must admit I was happy to see the return of Ben Mendelsohn as Krennic.

 

Krennic v Mothma on ideology was something to behold - she is not hiding her feelings about the empire at all.

 

Her public persona is as a separatist do-gooder, not as a supporter of the Empire. She has to hide the concrete steps she is doing to facilitate effective resistance to Imperial control, but her opinion of the Empire is public record.