Cassian Andor is great in Rogue One. He definitely shot first.

I like seeing the Rebellion isn’t all white knights and everyone gets dirty in war. Cassian is ready to do whatever he thinks is necessary to get the job done. His new series should be very interesting.

Chirrut Îmwe and Baze Malbus are great too. Baze lost his faith in the Force after the Empire raids the Guardians of the Whills temple while Chirrut remains steadfast in his belief, but their friendship still endures. I love how the Death Troopers, who had been able to easily pick off anyone who stepped out, were unable to shoot Chirrut as he walked to the control panel. He does get caught up in the blast as a Death Trooper shoots the panel itself and it explodes. Baze rushes to his side and in their final moments, Baze has his belief in the Force restored and proceeds to take out the Death Troopers before being killed by a grenade. Chills.

I’m a huge fan of Mads Mikkelsen and his presence elevates anything he is in. Forest Whitaker does a great job of bringing a character from the animated Clone Wars series to life. Ben Mendelsohn is great as Krennic. Very memorable as he looks out to the horizon to see the Death Star, all his ambition, about to destroy him.

Tarkin and Leia do not look perfect, but I applaud the effort and their appearance doesn’t take me out of the movie. I think it is amazing how far they’ve come and can only imagine what they will be able to do in a few years.

Don’t get me started on Vader. I’ll fill up this entire forum!