10 minutes in and holy fucking shit this show goes hard.
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I absolutely love the way the blaster is treated as if it were an actual firearm (AS IT FUCKING SHOULD BE) and the scene with the two cops carries all the weight that it would were it taking place in an alley in New York with a regular handgun. Just from that scene alone it already feels "real" in a way that most Star Wars media does not.
YO
They're FINALLY doing what was promised on the box when they made Rogue One. I asked someone I knew if the show was doing that, and they said "well kinda" but I think that person is a lib. I just watched the first episode and it really feels like it.
You could tell Rogue One was gonna be this because of the trailer - and then they cut out the damn line from the trailer! And they turned it into just... the Star Wars formula. Gotta do the thing in time!! Boom!