r1 spoilers ahead: okay so i hate krennic with the burning passion of a thousand suns but he was an effective villain and killing him off along with the rebels on scarif was the greatest bit of poetic justice i have ever seen in cinema.
that shot of him looking up at that beast that was his life’s work, that he hunted galen erso down to create, that he stood against GRAND MOFF TARKIN AND LORD VADER to maintain credit for? his death machine that he called beautiful? that was the greatest thing ever, watching this man look up at the abomination he created and knowing that it was going to kill him, that was so fucking satisfying.
okay but Vader literally turned off the lights on his chest panel to make an impression on the Rebels. That whole emerging from the darkness by the light of his saber thing? That was intentional dramatic effect. What a drama king.
Leia got away because he wasted 30 seconds scaring the crap outta those poor rebel mooks.
