You’re just describing Alderaan and impscum’s arguments.
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Lord Haseo said:
… whereas Bodhi only had like one scene where he sufficiently states who he is and what his motives are. They could have least made his personality more colorful so that he could have made an impression in another way. Anything is better than having him doing nothing for most of the film.
Right, it needed time for him to be introduced, see what the plans are, and bond with Galen before escaping. But there’s no time for that in this plot structure. You could just as easily have Saw Gerrara already have the plans from an unknown spy. Character arcs are not rocket science, but I felt like the first act needed way more development or less team members who have more chemistry. They could scrap Bodhi, Baze and Cassian and bring in Chirrut earlier while not killing off Saw for a better sense of clashing ideology while allowing Jyn to grow more.