Rotate An Object Toward The Direction The Joystick Is Pressed

I've been working with the mobile/android Joysticks for awhile now and I've finally got the script to do what I wanted to do thanks to the wonderful people who helped me here in the community. My next task now is to try and make the "Player Object" face the way the joystick is held (view point is 2D Top View Shooter so you're looking down on the player) by degrees. Like if I push the joystick up left the player faces up left and so forth. I don't know exactly where to begin. Can anyone please lend me a hand?

 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // SidescrollControl.js
 //
 // SidescrollControl creates a 2D control scheme where the left
 // pad is used to move the character, and the right pad is used
 // to make the character jump.
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 #pragma strict
 
 @script RequireComponent( CharacterController )
 
 // This script must be attached to a GameObject that has a CharacterController
 var moveTouchPad : Joystick;
 var fireTouchPad : Joystick;
 
 var forwardSpeed : float = 4;
 var backwardSpeed : float = 4;
 var jumpSpeed : float = 16;
 var inAirMultiplier : float = 0.25;                    // Limiter for ground speed while jumping
 
 private var thisTransform : Transform;
 private var character : CharacterController;
 private var velocity : Vector3;                        // Used for continuing momentum while in air
 private var canJump = true;
 var ftp: boolean = false;
 
 function Start()
 {
     // Cache component lookup at startup instead of doing this every frame        
     thisTransform = GetComponent( Transform );
     character = GetComponent( CharacterController );    
 
     // Move the character to the correct start position in the level, if one exists
     var spawn = GameObject.Find( "PlayerSpawn" );
     if ( spawn )
         thisTransform.position = spawn.transform.position;
 }
 
 function OnEndGame()
 {
     // Disable joystick when the game ends    
     moveTouchPad.Disable();    
     fireTouchPad.Disable();    
 
     // Don't allow any more control changes when the game ends
     this.enabled = false;
 }
 
 function Update()
 {
     var movement = Vector3.zero;
 
 // Apply movement from move joystick
     if (moveTouchPad.position.y > 0)
     {
         movement += Vector3.up * forwardSpeed * moveTouchPad.position.y;
     }
     else
     {
         movement += Vector3.up * backwardSpeed * moveTouchPad.position.y;
     }
     if (moveTouchPad.position.x > 0)
     {
         movement += Vector3.right * forwardSpeed * moveTouchPad.position.x;     
     }
     else
     {
         movement += Vector3.right * backwardSpeed * moveTouchPad.position.x;
     }
     
     // Check for jump
     if ( ftp == true)
     {        
         var jump = false;
         
         var touchPad = fireTouchPad;
             
         if ( !touchPad.IsFingerDown() )
             canJump = true;
                 print("FIRE!!!");
          if ( canJump && touchPad.IsFingerDown() )
          {
             jump = true;
             canJump = false;
          }    
         
         if ( jump )
         {
             // Apply the current movement to launch velocity        
             velocity = character.velocity;
             velocity.y = jumpSpeed;    
         } 
         }
         
     movement *= Time.deltaTime;
     
     // Actually move the character    
     character.Move( movement );
 }