Then, if you're watching the movies in order for the first time, Tarkin's still a mystery. That way, audiences see that Tarkin is in command now, and it still ties everything together well.
ROGUE ONE COMMANDER CGI MOVIE
He gives his famous order: "You may fire when ready." The Death Star obliterates the Scariff research facility and the movie ends. Then, at the end of the movie, when the Death Star is about to fire, we cut to the control room where we only see the back of Tarkin. Instead, have everything play out to eventually get Krennic down on Scariff. Or better yet, only have Tarkin appear only at the end, since the only reason he was there at all, was because audiences knew him, and it was a nice way to tie everything together. Almost is not good enough for life-like CGI, so the filmmakers should have just chosen a look-a-like, as they did with Leia. He looked fine in the wide shots, but looked only almost life-like in closeups. Without saying a word, he goes to town on the Rebels. The first time we see him in the film is this badass shot of him standing in a dark hallway, lit by the glow of his own lightsaber. Then suddenly, at the end of the hallway with the frightened Rebels, we see his lightsaber slowly ignite. We haven't seen Vader, only heard people talk about him. After all, in any good horror movie, you don't show the monster until the end. The only real reason the castle scene exists was so Vader could make a lame "choke" pun, and James Earl Jones can voice five minutes of Vader dialogue.Ĭutting this scene would actually make the ending scene in the hallway even cooler than it already is. We watch Krennic complaining about not being in control of the Death Star, but we already saw him argue that with Tarkin - ergo, no new information. We get to see Vader, which is always welcome, but we don't learn anything more about him, besides that he has a castle. Here's the issue: what actually happens in that scene, from a storytelling perspective? Not much.