 The character was introduced as a child in the 2016 prequel novel "" by James Luceno.Industrial Light & Magic chief creative officer John Knoll, credited for the story of "Rogue One", told "Vanity Fair" in 2016 that he conceived the plot of the film while working as a visual effects supervisor on the 2005 film "".Hearing about the development of a live-action "Star Wars" television series, he conceived a story, inspired by a plot point mentioned in the opening crawl of the original 1977 film "Star Wars", which would eventually become "Rogue One".