Yeah, Bail is going to send Leia to Tatooine to find Obi-Wan. That much we know from what he says, and we know Artoo and Threepio are stationed on the Tantive IV from Revenge of the Sith. They probably think they’re headed to Tatooine, so when everything is suddenly redirected to Scarif because Jyn and Cassian went rogue, Threepio expresses his disdain for being left out of the loop.
I assume Leia’s ship was docked with the Profundity in orbit above Yavin IV considering we see Admiral Raddus at the Rebel meeting to discuss attacking Scarif, after which he leaves in a huff, which is then when Bail goes to give Leia her mission. When Raddus hears about Rogue One’s attack on Scarif and decides to go fight, she’s kinda trapped and along for the ride in his ship, not knowing she’d end up with the plans.
Once she gets them and escapes, she continues the mission Bail gave her to find Obi-Wan, but this time with more urgency since she now has the plans. And of course it’s all thrown for a loop when Vader catches up with her and she’s captured, but it all works out for the Rebels in the end.
No you are making stuff up.
I mean it’s all right there in the movies, but okay.
I’m of the mind Artoo has the plans before the Tantive is captured. They certainly can’t be on the “ATM card” Leia is putting in him. I think all she’s doing at that point is recording the message and giving Artoo his marching orders.
Also keep in mind when they get to Yavin, they hook up Artoo to a large unit to do essentially a data dump. That looks like something that would take a little time to do.
Very good point and something I never thought about size of Data file. I think that the Plot was always Stolen Data Tapes and the Several Transmissions that were beamed aboard the Tantive IV.
Another contradiction is that the Size of the Death Star Plans were an issue in the original cut and having to beam them out. Come the Insert of the Darth Vader Slasher scene the Size of the File is no longer an issue and it can go from Data Tape to Simm Card. Another Contradiction to the Narrative there also.
You see on the computer behind Jyn when she sends the plans that they upload to the Profundity in four or five separate parts. Or multiple transmissions. Tobar brought this up earlier, I believe.