"The Stranger" represents the seventh installment in the inaugural season of the animated micro-series known as Star Wars Forces of Destiny. Its digital premiere occurred on July 9, 2017.
While Jyn Erso is in Garel City, purchasing a fruit from an Ortolan merchant, she overhears a pair of stormtroopers as they pass by. These stormtroopers confront a little girl who is petting her cat, named Tookie, and inform her that she's contravening Code 310. The girl objects, stating that the Tooka-cat is her only companion, but the stormtrooper demands she relinquish the cat. When she refuses, he forcibly takes it and shoves her aside.
Witnessing this, Jyn throws her fruit at the stormtrooper, telling him to "pick on someone [his] own size." Jyn then proceeds to kick the first stormtrooper, knocking him to the ground. She then strikes the second trooper with a stick before making her escape with the cat. During her flight through the winding streets, Jyn is chased by stormtroopers, who discharge their blasters. She targets a coolant pipe with her blaster and uses the resulting gas leak to her advantage, disappearing into a nearby alley. Two more troopers join the pursuit. Jyn and the cat find refuge next to a trash container, where she urges the cat to remain silent, but it responds with a meow.
As the stormtroopers draw near, she fires her blaster at a drainage grate, causing the troopers to plunge into the drain below. One of the stormtroopers attempts to hold on, but the Tooka-cat pushes him down. Jyn and the cat then observe the fallen stormtrooper.
Subsequently, Jyn gives Tookie back to the little girl, who inquires about Jyn's name. Jyn reveals her identity as Jyn Erso before departing, remaining a stranger in the night.