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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 6980143" data-attributes="member: 710">The reason the Storm Troopers approach the blind man instead of outright shooting him at range is because he's a blind man.&nbsp; He can't be a threat, just&nbsp; nuisance, they probably think. (Especially since the Jedi are gone anyway). A lot of his effectiveness in combat also relies in making enemies basically do his work for him. His stick might hurt, but is not a threat on its own against the armored troopers.The first scene with Vader seemed a bit superflous, but I think it has a narrative role at least - it mirrors the different locations the heroes visit once the &quot;current&quot; action begins. Too many movies (and especially Force Awakens seemed to be so) seem to have a lot of &quot;total accidental timining that works well for the story&quot;. But here, each of the sides have reasons to do certain things, and there is basically a fixed starting point for all of them before they can't actually do what they do in the story - only once the defection of the Imperial Pilot with the message is revealed, both sides start springing into action. (Of course, FTL travel times are still at the speed of the plot.)I liked the characters overall, and I think they did establish was they were capable and who they were reasonably well. Jyn is described as a good fighter (one of Gerrera's best) way after they already established her abilities on screen already - her fight during her escape attempt, the fight on Jedah, and her ability to steal a weapon while basically in Rebel captivity.&nbsp; And we also see that she can care about some things - like when she tried to rescue that girl. (Tried because I doubt her mother went off-world with the kid before the Death Star did his job.)Cassian doesn't get as much chance to establish himself, but we still get to see some of it - when he kills his informant to keep him from being captured, the dirty deeds he did for the Rebellion were established.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 6980143, member: 710"] The reason the Storm Troopers approach the blind man instead of outright shooting him at range is because he's a blind man. He can't be a threat, just nuisance, they probably think. (Especially since the Jedi are gone anyway). A lot of his effectiveness in combat also relies in making enemies basically do his work for him. His stick might hurt, but is not a threat on its own against the armored troopers. The first scene with Vader seemed a bit superflous, but I think it has a narrative role at least - it mirrors the different locations the heroes visit once the "current" action begins. Too many movies (and especially Force Awakens seemed to be so) seem to have a lot of "total accidental timining that works well for the story". But here, each of the sides have reasons to do certain things, and there is basically a fixed starting point for all of them before they can't actually do what they do in the story - only once the defection of the Imperial Pilot with the message is revealed, both sides start springing into action. (Of course, FTL travel times are still at the speed of the plot.) I liked the characters overall, and I think they did establish was they were capable and who they were reasonably well. Jyn is described as a good fighter (one of Gerrera's best) way after they already established her abilities on screen already - her fight during her escape attempt, the fight on Jedah, and her ability to steal a weapon while basically in Rebel captivity. And we also see that she can care about some things - like when she tried to rescue that girl. (Tried because I doubt her mother went off-world with the kid before the Death Star did his job.) Cassian doesn't get as much chance to establish himself, but we still get to see some of it - when he kills his informant to keep him from being captured, the dirty deeds he did for the Rebellion were established. [/QUOTE]

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