Ben Mendelsohn credited as playing...
Orson Krennic
- Orson Krennic: [while meeting with Darth Vader] I delivered the weapon the Emperor requested. I deserve an audience to make certain he understands its remarkable... potential.
- Darth Vader: Its power to create problems has certainly been confirmed. A city destroyed... an Imperial facility openly attacked.
- Orson Krennic: It was Governor Tarkin that suggested the test.
- Darth Vader: You were not summoned here to grovel, Director Krennic.
- Orson Krennic: No, it...
- Darth Vader: There is no Death Star. The Senate has been informed that Jedha was destroyed in a mining disaster.
- Orson Krennic: [resigned] Yes, my lord.
- Darth Vader: I expect you not to rest until you can assure the Emperor that Galen Erso has not compromised this weapon in any way.
- Galen Erso: [goes out of his house to meet Krennic] What is it that you want?
- Orson Krennic: The work has stalled. We need you to come back.
- Galen Erso: [disagrees] I won't do it, Krennic.
- Orson Krennic: We were on the verge of greatness. We were this close to providing peace and security for the galaxy.
- Galen Erso: You're confusing peace with terror.
- Orson Krennic: Well, you have to start somewhere.
- Orson Krennic: [corners Jyn and holds a blaster directly at her] Who are you?
- Jyn Erso: You know who I am. I'm Jyn Erso, daughter of Galen and Lyra. You've lost.
- Orson Krennic: [sarcastically] Oh I have, have I?
- Jyn Erso: My father's revenge: he put a flaw in the Death Star. He put a fuse in the middle of your machine. And I've just told the entire galaxy how to light it.
- Orson Krennic: The shield is up. Your signal will never reach the Rebel base. All your ships in here will be destroyed. I lose nothing but time. *You*, on the other hand, die with the Rebellion.
- Orson Krennic: [witnessing explosions all over the base in Scarif; at first, the personnel do nothing] Are we blind! Deploy the garrison! MOVE!
- Orson Krennic: You're a hard man to find, Galen. But farming... Really? Man of your talents?
- Galen Erso: It's a peaceful life.
- Orson Krennic: [Lyra appears, holding a blaster, after Galen had said she had died] Oh, look! Here's Lyra. Back from the dead. It's a miracle.
- Grand Moff Tarkin: Most unfortunate about the security breach on Jedha, Director Krennic. After so many setbacks and delays, and now this. We've heard of rumors circulating through the city. Apparently, you've lost a rather talkative cargo pilot. If the Senate gets wind of our project, countless systems will flock to the Rebellion.
- Orson Krennic: When the battle station is finished, Governor Tarkin, the Senate will be of little concern.
- Grand Moff Tarkin: When has become now, Director Krennic. The Emperor will tolerate no further delay. You have made time an ally of the Rebellion. I suggest we solve both problems simultaneously with an immediate test of the weapon. Failure will find you explaining why to a far less patient audience.
- Orson Krennic: [glaring at Tarkin] I will not fail.
- Grand Moff Tarkin: [as the Death Star approaches Jedha] The Emperor is awaiting my report.
- Orson Krennic: One would hope that he and Lord Vader might've been here for such an occasion.
- Grand Moff Tarkin: And I thought it prudent to save you from any potential embarrassment.
- Orson Krennic: Your concerns are hardly warranted.
- Grand Moff Tarkin: If saying it would only make it so.
- Lyra Erso: You're not taking him.
- Orson Krennic: No, of course I'm not. I'm taking you all. You'll all come. You, your child. You'll all live in comfort.
- Lyra Erso: As hostages.
- Orson Krennic: As heroes of the Empire.