Why didn't the rebels send a ship down to rescue Jyn and Cassian?
With the shield around the planet deactivated wouldn't that have been a possibility?
shareI think the point of the story was the high amount of personal sacrifice it took to steal the blue prints of the Death Star for the Rebel Alliance to use against the Empire. I was a kid when the first Star Wars series came out and I distinctly remember the criticism of the story line that the Empire was "bad" and "evil" but showed very little back story to the struggle between it and the Rebel Alliance. Rogue One does a good job appropriating the struggle of the Rebels in the face of a growing Empire driven to dominate and lord over the many different civlizations without recourse. Besides, if they did save Jyn and Cassian then how would you explain their absence in the rest of the films?
shareIn fantasy, as in life, it's the forgotten heroes like Jyn and Cassian that make the celebrated exploits of Han and Luke possible,
And while everyone talks about Vader's scene at the end -- which is, admittedly, a highpoint in the series -- the part of the movie I remember the most is Jyn and Cassian, on the beach, embracing, as that apocalyptic plume approaches. Our penultimate glimpse of Jyn, staring down Death, tells us all we need to about who this person was, and the sacrifice she and every other member of Rogue One made for the Rebellion.