Yes! I think you've captured - quite eloquently - what I liked most about Rogue One. Not everyone gets to be the Chosen One, or the princess. Sometimes it's just ordinary people doing what they have to do, in the hope that someday it will matter.
I've always found WW2 fascinating, so the idea that something is so vital that a person/group of people are willing to die to make it happen is not unusual to me. I knew from the moment the shield closed they weren't getting out of there, and I am very familiar with where the original Star Wars picked up (more or less immediately where Rogue One left off, plus an interstellar chase) so I knew the fleet was pretty much doomed. Still got a bit wobbly-lipped, though.
Loved that they finally answered the question that's been bouncing around since '77, though; how the hell does a planet-killing superweapon have such an easily-triggered fatal flaw? Answer: a rogue scientist snuck it in for revenge before leaking the info!
Really brings home the comment in the original SW movie re:"Many Bothans died to get this information..." Sounds like ROGUE ONE was about the Bothans....
I enjoyed Rogue One very much, and I completely agree with you about the message. Sometimes stuff just has to be done and it's shit and nobody will know what you did afterwards, but it still matters.
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Loved that they finally answered the question that's been bouncing around since '77, though; how the hell does a planet-killing superweapon have such an easily-triggered fatal flaw? Answer: a rogue scientist snuck it in for revenge before leaking the info!
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