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[topaz119]

Good morning, happy Monday, omg, I went to see Rogue One last night at a 10:15 show and I am already staggering around like a zombie. If I don't use my brain over lunch, I will fall asleep with my head on my desk. Plus, there is a sad lack of actual geeks at this new workplace, so I have no one to actually babble at

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[kaelie]

that the Empire that was so dominant in ANH felt like it would have needed more time to get that much control, but in looking at the well-organized Alliance here in R1, I can see where it had to be that shorter time frame, otherwise there'd have been no way for the Alliance to have built up as much power as they did have.

And yet there was a definite messy vibe to the rebellion. They were arguing among themselves about whether to fight or flee, whether to believe or not believe about the plans. It felt harried and desperate and not-quite-organized in such a real way.

I still can't quite believe they actually went there and killed everyone.

ITA, omg, and if it had been Star Trek, there would've definitely been that last-minute salvation. That's one of the things that just made this feel so *real* to me, y'know?

And the easter eggs! Biggs! Organa! And the dude who said "Watch yourself!!!" omg, it was a geek feast of epic proportions.

So, when are you going to see it again? ;-)

[topaz119]

Oh, yes, they were totally in disarray, but I think that carried over even after they won (which is how the First Order managed to work its way into power.) Have you read Claudia Gray's book, Bloodline?

Oldest leaned over when Jyn was making her impassioned speech to the council and said, "She can't make it out alive; there's no way we wouldn't know about her in the rest of the movies if she did and they're writing this too well to throw that big of a continuity error in right now," which I totally agreed with, but I was hoping *someone* made it. But you're right, I'm glad they committed to it all and saw it through to the end because it just drove home how desperate everyone was and how razor thin the margin for error was, right down to those poor red shirts on the ship, going up against Vader himself. ::sniffles::

If it hadn't been 1 in the morning I might have stayed to watch it right over again!