Unidentified base control dispatcher

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"Rogue One? There is no Rogue One!"

―The dispatcher, while communicating with the Rogue One crew — 20?cb=20250116042720

An individual worked as a base control dispatcher and served as an officer in the Alliance to Restore the Republic on the moon Yavin 4 as part of the Massassi Group. The staffer made contact with starships leaving the rebel base at the Great Temple on Yavin.

In 1 BBY, the officer attempted to prevent the unauthorized departures of Captain Cassian Jeron Andor's crew and later the team that became known as Rogue One, both of which left to carry out critical missions, ignoring the officer's orders.

Biography[]

"U-wing, Yavin Tower. You have not been authorized to leave the base. You need to stand down and return immediately."

―The officer, hailing Cassian Andor's crew — 20?cb=20250116042720

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Serving with the Alliance to Restore the Republic's Massassi Group at the Great Temple on^[1] the moon^[3] Yavin 4^[2] by 1 BBY,^[4] the base control dispatcher was an officer^[3] who maintained contact with starships on the tarmac departing the installation.^[2]

AndorK2DisobeyingOrders — Andor orders K-2SO to silence the comms after the dispatcher contacted them

In 1 BBY,^[4] when Alliance Captain Cassian Jeron Andor received a distress signal from Axis network operative Kleya Marki on^[2] the planet^[3] Coruscant, he, along with KX-series security droid K-2SO and fellow rebel Ruescott Melshi covertly boarded a U-wing starfighter under the guise of an evaluation flight. From Yavin Tower, the dispatcher established communications with the crew and warned that they were unauthorized to leave the base and instructed them to deboard the starcraft. Under Andor's command, K-2SO silenced the ship's comms and the crew jumped into hyperspace.^[2]

Jyn Erso Cassian Andor disguises — The Rogue One crew ignored the dispatcher's warning that they were not allowed to leave base.

Later that year,^[5] Andor, along with Jyn Erso, Bodhi Rook, K-2SO, and other operatives who collectively became as the Rogue One crew, boarded an impounded Imperial Zeta-class Heavy Cargo Shuttle known as SW-0608 at the Yavin 4 base with the intention of stealing the Death Star plans on^[1] the planet^[3] Scarif, against the wishes of the Alliance High Command.^[1] When the dispatcher noticed the boarding, they hailed the crew through the ship's comm unit from the rebel base's comms center^[6] asking for an explanation and informing the Rogue One crew they were not allowed onboard. When the dispatcher asked for the crew's callsign, Rook improvised the name "Rogue One," to which the officer objected that there was no such designation. Rook simply replied they were pulling away, piloting the ship off base and onwards to Scarif.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

"I did this really melodramatic dispatcher on the tarmac of Yavin. [...] I was told it was gonna be replaced [...] and I get to the mix and, 'No, we're leaving it. We like it.' [...] So then when we come back, we're trying to have consistency because we're walking into Rogue One... 'You gotta do it again.'"

―Tony Gilroy, on his voice cameos^[7]

TonyGilroy-SWcom — Writer Tony Gilroy provided the voice for the dispatcher

The dispatcher made their first, voice-only appearance in the Anthology Series film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, as well as in its adult^[3] and junior novelizations,^[6] which released the same day as the film on December 16, 2016.^[8] The character was voiced by Tony Gilroy, co-writer for Rogue One, although he was not formally credited for the role.^[9]

The officer later appeared via voice again in "Who Else Knows?," the eleventh episode in the second season of the Disney+ live-action series Star Wars: Andor,^[2] which aired on May 13, 2025,^[10] Andor creator Tony Gilroy once more played the part in an uncredited capacity.^[9] According to Gilroy, his part in Rogue One was recorded to feed lines to actors and was originally intended to be replaced later, but his brother and editor John Gilroy made the decision to keep Tony's performance in the final cut. Tony was later asked to reprise his role in Andor to maintain consistency.^[7]