Rogue One - Vader’s assault on the Tantive IV.
Um, what? That’s the most universally beloved scene in the movie? If you disliked it for being fanservice, you’re gonna hate Solo.
Is it? Well, at least I now know that my friends aren’t so crazy after all for loving that scene so much.
I think it’s dreadful. Vader had nothing to do with the movie up to that point, (save from another fanservicy scene halfway through that probably only exists to set up the later sequence) so why is the last couple of minutes dedicated to him? Stuff like that contributes to Rogue One not even feeling like a proper movie at all.
My memory’s not too good so I can’t recall exactly how the thing went down, but at the time I thought the way he mowed through a bunch of goodies with his lightsaber and epic force powers like he’s the player character in The Forced Unleashed was actually pretty goofy and uncharacteristic of how Darth normally conducts himself. Vader doesn’t strike me as the type to do any dirty work himself, he’s well behind the stormtroopers when he first makes his appearance in the first movie and taking out his lightsaber to duel Obi-Wan seemed like a pretty big deal. Guess not though, apparently he sparks that thing up to take down petty troops all the time. The scene didn’t even please the fanboy in me, so I don’t know what this apparent hype around it is all about.