It’s interesting that black and white tones are largely in reverse of the first film.
The main antagonist is dressed in white and Jyn’s highest authority (someone she will have friction with presumably) also wears white, The opposite of Vader and the Emperor.
The bulk of the rebels and some troopers are dressed in black (the Han, Luke, Leia and most of the troopers were dressed in white).
Part of me wishes we saw this struggle from an Imperial perspective (like the Tie-Fighter games) where the Rebels are the dangerous terrorists and the Empire is merely the successor to the heroism that won the Clone Wars.
I for one love the maker’s traditional outlook, harkening back to the movie’s he grew up on. White standing for good, black for evil, and taking the point of view from the “good guys” perspective. After all, the maker wanted a modern movie that brought back tradional good vs. evil values, at a time (the mid 70s) when things had already begun to get blurred. I think it gives the movie-goer an overall satisfying feeling when good triumphs evil. (deep down, we all want things to turn out as we know they should)
I’m sure your idea for an Imperial perspective would be great (and believe me, I love Imperial things generally more than Rebel - I’m a stormtrooper nut, love the tie fighter above all ships, love the royal guard, ect.) but overall I want the good guys to prevail. I do admit some of the black for evil, white for good, lines were crossed even from the original Star Wars (I can’t seem to get myself to call it a new hope, to me, it’ll always be just Star Wars, as that is what it was when it came out in 77 when I was 13 yr.s old) - a good example being the stormtroopers.