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.
He could have easily talked about himself and his motives with Jyn. It’s not a stretch to assume that she would want to pry more information about Galen out of him.
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.
I definitely wouldn’t have minded more backstory for Jyn and scenes with Galen in the first act. Would have strengthened the core of the film.
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.
I would keep Cassian but would have the conflict between him and Jyn be prolonged instead of being dropped instantly. They really had something there.
EDIT:
@SilverWook
I knew that