paigetico:

❝ She’s pretty rad. Rose is a maintenance worker in the Resistance. And for me growing up, one of the things as a kid in Colorado watching these movies; you feel like [you’re in them]. Watching Luke Skywalker kind of get pulled out of wherever he is and be this unlikely hero. The notion that anyone out there, any of us can step up and turn into a hero. I think this is why people responded to Rey also. That’s really kind of where the character Rose comes from. She is not a soldier, she’s not looking to be a hero and she gets pulled in a very big way into an adventure in this movie with Finn. And Kelly just embodies that for me. ❞ [Rian Johnson’s description of the new character Rose Tico at The Last Jedi Panel of SWCO]