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Hello there. Somehow, Star Wars memes have returned. It's not a trap, this is where the fun begins.
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I don't know about you, but knowing the characters die does not make them uninteresting to me. They aren't real in the first place. Why does the fact that they die matter? Its the same as saying the character building for any other character that isn't in a sequel doesn't matter. Once they're off the screen, does it matter if the character is dead?
In fact, I'd potentially say them dying adds more to the character potential. We get to see what made them willing to die. That said, I don't think Rogue One pulls this off. Andor absolutely does, and it's the best thing that has come out of SW because of it. We rarely get to see that in this universe. We sometimes see what people will kill for (with Anakin at least), but not the reason they're willing to die for the cause, other than just they're supposed to because they were written as heroes.
I'm not claiming that you cannot tell an effective story when you know the fates of the characters, just that Rogue One was particularly ineffective. Usually to make those plots compelling you need to have interesting well written characters with motivations you can understand and care about. The most compelling character Rogue One has is a funny robot.