>- A lot of loose ends, a lot of monologuing, a lot of
>self-induced confusion in the first hour. (And the CG Tarkin
>plays far too big of a role)
>> No no to most of this. Shoot all of it. Tarkin had to play a
>big role, he was a HUGE part of that time. Not even Vader
>would disrespect him. It only sucks cause the actor is dead.
>They had to do it. Playing around it wouldve created the loose
>ends you speak of.

you can have fan service that's not shoe horned in.

Tarkin didn't have to have that much on screen time; his sniveling spelled out quickly how white cape wanted his slot. For instance, he didn't have to spell out that Mads betrayed them...that scene felt clunky and cheapened both their characters...it gave Krennic a cartoonishly large blind spot.

Gerrera should have been established...again you don't have to say him and Akakin were fucking hoes in Tatooine, but outside of the quickie Mothma (I think it was Mons) speech on how he's an extremist we got nothing. I was also confused because it seemed he had no men, just paid mercenaries? It would have been nice to see a bunch of hardcore extremists, even a montage of some of the mayhem they caused for the Empire (or the rebels) since the horrors of war was a big theme of the movie.