That was one of the things that kinda took the “war movie” aspect out of the movie and turned it into a typical space opera type film. The cliche that the man protagonist and main villain must face each other personally at the end. Having her get blown away by the TIE fighter after transmitting the plans would have been more fitting I think. Then you can have Krennic die because of the Death Star, which would also be fitting given that it was his project.
But that’s nitpicking, Disney can do no wrong as far as I’m concerned. From their animated films, to Marvel, to Star Wars, to even their live action family films, this is another golden age for them.
I can’t think of any scenario where a TIE Fighter just hovering menacingly in front of her actually made any sense. It looks cool, but that shot’s always bugged me a bit. Most likely it’s just something they threw together for the trailer, as I’m 98% sure that the same shot actually got used in the film, minus the TIE fighter, with her walking out to the precariously placed control panel (OSHA was the first department to get the axe when Palpatine started cutting down on Bureaucracy in the Republic)
It must have been from the original edit of the movie. The reshoots probably did indeed move Krennic’s death. Perhaps his death was disappointingly filmed originally.
Or, as I like to believe, he even flew the Tie Fighter shown in the trailer, rising up like a final boss in a video game. That would have been hilarious. “This is my death star! My DEATH STAR!!”
I saw it and enjoyed it. On the whole “everyone dies” thing, it’s pretty clear in the movie that, when they learn that the shield’s been closed, they all know that extraction has just become impossible, and that they’re going to die. And they keep on with the mission anyway.
Tarkin wasn’t a distraction at all to me. To the extent I thought about it at all (which wasn’t much), I just assumed that they had gotten a look-alike actor, like they did for Mon Mothma. He certainly didn’t slip into the Uncanny Valley for me.
Leia might have, but she was on screen too briefly to notice. When we saw her in her robes from the back, I was thinking at first that they might not even show her face at all. When they did, that was the end of the movie, so the friend I saw it with and I had an opportunity to speculate about how they did her, whether she was a look-alike, or a digitally-youthened real Carrie Fisher, or a complete CGI construct.
IIRC most of them don’t know that the shield is closed - only the few fighters that make it through - and those that do don’t tell those on the ground.
I hate the originally trilogy. I found them all boring. I’ve seen bits and pieces of the prequels but no interest in seeing more. I haven’t seen TFA and don’t really care to. But I heard this was a decent stand-alone film and I really, really liked it.
Maybe I’ll just like the expanded universe flicks? Who knows.
But Lea looked pretty bad to me. I didn’t even notice. Tarkin was CGI. I just thought he was creepy looking because he was creepy.
I agree that Vader should’ve only been shown at the end. The choking pun was groan worthy.
I’d have to watch it again to be sure (oh, twist my arm!), but yeah, I’m inclined to think that the Vader scene in the middle part of the movie was only there for fanservice. The impact of his appearance would probably have been better if he was only mentioned by other characters (similar to the Emperor, and for that matter, Bail Organa, in A New Hope), only for him to make an abrupt and terrifying appearance in the very last part of the film.
Saw it yesterday with my work team, thanks boss! I loved it, even though I was a bit disappointed in that all the new characters were killed off. I would have liked to see them in future movies, but such is the movies. The ending felt solid.
I’m getting a bit annoyed that everything built in the Star Wars universe has huge drops, narrow walkways, and way too many exposed areas. But I though the visuals were excellent.
It seems like the purpose of that scene was to further establish the bureaucratic rivalry of Krennic with Tarkin, show Krennic’s ambitions as the motivation for his actions, and affirm that Vader is officially or unofficially more powerful in the hierarchy than either Krennic or Tarkin. Essentially Krennic was complaining to an executive vice president of a regional manager’s attempts to sideline him.
