Baze Malbus is a major character in the Star Wars anthology film, Rogue One. He was a human male born on the desert moon of Jedha 53 years before the Battle of Yavin. Once a devoted member of the Guardians of the Whills, Malbus became a freelance assassin during the age of the Galactic Empire. Nevertheless, he maintained a friendship with Chirrut Îmwe, who also served with the Guardians. Following the destruction of NiJedha, Malbus and Îmwe became part of the Rebel group known as Rogue One. After Îmwe's death in an explosion during the Battle of Scarif, Malbus rushed the Imperial Death Troopers and was killed by a C-25 fragmentation grenade.