First time watching Rogue One, and holy shit man, loved every bit of it. If you've either seen this end scene or not I'd love your guys opinions in this, it was fucking badass in my opinion (Skip to 0:40)
pointless and dumb action to appeal to the masses
I thought it was brilliant, I'm glad they added this short scene in. Really shows how angry and wicked Vader is. Disney turned him into an absolute joke and this gives him his fangs back. If you think back or watch the original trilogy the only killing he does are the dumbass officers that fail him. In this you see him slaughtering rebels like never before. Just wish he was in more than just two scenes though I must admit.
was it cool? yes
was it needed? eh, prolly not
did i like it? yes
but still
Fun fact, that whole scene was part of the re-shoots that occurred on Rogue One, almost didn't happen.
Now does it save the rest of the movie? Hell no, I think Jyn lacked what other British Girl had (Rey), that being a sense of charm and charisma to her work, Jyn....Beyond the scenes spent with her father or affecting her father, she came off as bland to me.
Not to say I don't love some of the characters, the Blind Jedi and K-2SO namely, and the Deathtroopers or whatever the hell they're calling them.
And well, I liked that last Vader Scene, personally. Fan Service? Yeah, Some say his disabilities being half-machine would not make him this agile, but I think he could've taken them all on.
Note: There was talk of him being in more scenes or talking points, but with the advanced age James Earl Jones is getting isn't really in the continuity of moving from Rogue One where he speaks like Grandpa Vader to youth-sounding New Hope Vader.
Plus to quote my grandmother
to which I went to the movies with for this because tradition, The man who was dressing as Vader seemed to be foaming it in in terms of his movements, none of the intimidating stances to which Vader usually did.