Nobody else knows how to write tension and payoff
This show is just unbelievably good writing-no one else knows how to write tension like this. I've watched Star Wars my whole life and desperately craved storytelling like this from it, and now we have it. Let Tony Gilroy cook!! The ability to weave payoff in the midst of so much tension, if I didn't know what characters are in later stories-I still don't know who is safe! And somehow I care about every single one of them. Cassian and Bix are the best romance in Star Wars at this point. Mon Mothma has already been revered for decades as the leader of the rebellion but to watch the cost take its toll on her for two seasons to lead to this episode.... It's just unbelievable how we have this masterpiece of cinema. Not just Star Wars; it's amazing sci-fi without all the decades of storytelling baggage. But because it's Star Wars, it's just... perfect. Exactly what we've desperately craved for years as Star Wars fans!
- rhettjthomas
- 7 may 2025