http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment...y-inside-creation-droid-2so/story?id=44694660

 

^So that's how Cassian dies in the alternate cut ( :44): right next to his droid friend, possibly at the base of the transmission tower. Presumably, Jyn is up in the tower transmitting the blueprints - and will die alone when the Death Star incinerates the complex. Pretty cold-blooded if you ask me. The cut we got was definitely the superior one.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/this-video-may-show-alternate-death-scenes-for-rogue-on-1791089668

 

Wow, really makes want to see how different the original cut was. But it seems like they made the right choice with the official movie cut.

 

I've no (well...almost no) issues with the ending, but I'd still pay big money to see that original cut/vision, especially if it had no regard for "Hollywood" endings and left me feeling completely miserable, as it should (i.e., "hope" should have been more inferred, IMHO).

 

Dr_Cthulhu wrote

So that's how Cassian dies in the alternate cut ( :44): right next to his droid friend, possibly at the base of the transmission tower. Presumably, Jyn is up in the tower transmitting the blueprints - and will die alone when the Death Star incinerates the complex. Pretty cold-blooded if you ask me. The cut we got was definitely the superior one.

They both die within a matter of several minutes. Can't say I would have minded the conclusion mentioned above, on the contrary: By transmitting the Death Star plans Jyn gives Cassian's life and death a profound meaning.

Reflecting the ending as it is now starts to resonate in my head with Vera Lynn's famous song from 1942 (blame Stanley Kubrick and Dr. Strangelove for that...) - fortunately it didn't enter my mind watching the film during the first two times.

 

It's weird to say, but I love K-2's defiant "GOODBYE" right before he smashes the control panel and is destroyed. It's as if he's aware of the sacrifice he's making, yet as a droid he's indifferent to his own fate.

 

Calling him Sheldon is an insult ACoD.

 

I also loved how he tumbles over and the camera guides you to look him directly in his eyes...just in time to hear his body shutting down and the lights in his eyes go out. It was very impactful for me.

 

K2, a droid with more genuine humanity than half the humans starring--in a good way Absolutely loved him,

and for a second there thought he/it was voiced by Anthony Daniels haha

 

the best movie cut would have been them surviving.

 

no.

 

It would have been equally powerful if 1 or 2 of them survived, but just much more uplifting. I just disagree that an ending with everyone dying is in any way powerful. It is just my opinion.

 

K-2SO is such a wonderful addition to the Star Wars universe. I found it fascinating how they filmed Alan Tudyk and Alan was excellent. It had to be hard acting on stilts, and the voice and dialogue flavor were spot on.

I recently watched Rogue One with my brother and his girlfriend, who hadn't seen it yet. She LOVED K-2, and I was biting my lip and anticipating her reaction to his death. She cried "nooooooo!" and shed a tear.

My favorites moments:

-(VICIOUS bodyslam) Congratulations, you are being rescued. Please do not resist. (all in friendly tone)

-"Are you talking about ME?" K-2SO has self-respect.

-I thought I told you to wait on the ship? "YOU DID. But I thought it was boring and you were in trouble".

-When K-2 turns around and gets shot, then quickly grabs a blaster and fires back. His wound foreshadows his death on subsequent viewings.

 

Chirrut Imwe's death was very, very sad and powerful.

 

I liked him, sure, but none of the other deaths sparked an emotional reaction from me. Just K-2SO.

 

So, will K2SO be in the new Cassian tv series?

 

I imagine, because Cassian said he had to.

 

If K2 is left out:

“Why does Cassian get a show, and I don’t?”

 

K2 is so funny. My favorite line of his was when he said he could survive in space. I LOLed at it last week when I watched the movie.

 

I laughed. K-2SO said I had to.