I'll admit, that wasn't the best heist I've seen, but that was a fantastic take on a heist in the Star Wars universe. This captured the intensity of their heist. Honestly, it kind of was triggering as it was presented almost like a terrorist attack. It made the Coaxium Heist in Solo look and feel like a kids production. This just flipped Star Wars on its end. The threats are real. The characters are flawed and driven by real world ambitions, hopes, desires, and fears. This is raw and and offers a glimpse at the desperation of the rebellion cause and brings you into Cassian's tortured mind. To seek for peace, only to be confronted with choices that take that peace further from his grasp. It will be interesting to see how Nemik's manifesto changes Cassian and how he reconnects with the rebellion. That last scene with Luthen was the perfect release. The rebellion has begun.
The only concern I have for this series going forward is a burnout by viewers knowing that many characters that we will meet will ultimately die within the 3 episode arc. I know this was hard for many people when everyone died in Rogue One. I'll admit, I wish the core would have made it out and we could have had movies that mirrored the original trilogy films, but showed us the espionage and secret missions. That would have been fun. But, I also appreciated the bravery t show the hellish reality of war. Death and permanence. This show continues Rogue One's more realistic lens of the War side of Star Wars.[/spoiler]