History Film / RogueOne

** Probably the dominating thought in every rebel's head when the [=AT-ACTs=] join the ground battle for Scarif. Baze gets another one seconds later after he fires a missile at the closest walker, smashing its head sideways... and that's it. The thing takes a moment like it's trying to figure out if that just really happened, then "looks" directly at Baze with what feels like a promise of "You are ''so'' dead!" Fortunately for him, that's when [[TheCavalry Blue Squadron]] [[GunshipRescue shows up]].

** Probably the dominating thought in every rebel's head when the [=AT-ACTs=] join the ground battle for Scarif. Baze gets another one seconds later after he fires a missile at the closest walker, smashing its head sideways... and that's it. The thing takes a moment like it's trying to figure out if that just really happened, then "looks" directly at Baze with what feels like a promise of "You are ''so'' dead!" Cue ScrewThisImOuttaHere.

** Toward the end, the looks on the faces of the cornered rebel soldiers, when Darth Vader lights up his red lightsaber and they realize they're facing the Dark Lord of the Sith himself, just scream "We're so screwed!"

--->'''Darth Vader:''' ''[when Krennic complains about his tight schedule]'' My apologies. You do have a great many things to explain.
--->'''Darth Vader:''' ''[in response to Krennic's claims about Death Star's potential]'' Its power to create problems has certainly been confirmed.
* DeathByIrony: Krennic oversaw construction of the Death Star and its superlaser and gets vaporized by them.

* DeadpanSnarker: At Galen's farm, Krennic is as snarky as they come. Alas, after sixteen years of Death Star construction stress he no longer has this quality.

** The climatic battle has three Rebel fighter squadrons taking part, namely Red, Gold and Blue Squads. Seeing how only Red and Gold Squads took part in the attack on the Death Star, you can probably guess that Blue Squad are going to be wiped out in this film.

* DeathSeeker: After Chirrut dies and the Baze sees their shuttle explode, he knows there's no escape and he no longer has a reason to try with the death of his life partner (platonic or otherwise), so he calmly strides forth, taking out a squad of Deathtroopers, tanking a number of shots. He kills the last one, only to die as the last trooper had armed a grenade. He just looks at Chirrut as he waits to die.

** Every member of Rogue One, really.

** Every member of Rogue One, really. The only exception is Bodhi, whose death happens too quickly for him to properly react.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Saw Gerrera, who doesn't flee when the AdvancingWallOfDoom is approaching his place.

* RefugeInAudacity: The attack on Scarif is absurd in the extreme. Yes, the data cache is extremely valuable, which is why the Empire has a substantial garrison, including two Star Destroyers and ''huge'' squadron of TIE fighters, as well as elite troops on the surface. It would be next to impossible to physically remove all the data tapes before reinforcements arrived, and the size of the files ensure they could never be transmitted in time either. Thus, their effort ''actually works''. The attack begins with a ridiculously small force that is able to infiltrate the station, but has no hope of achieving its goal. Until a rebel fleet unexpectedly arrives. The officers on the ground are absolutely stunned when Rogue One's diversion begins on the ground and Krennic has to scream at them to SCRAMBLE THE TROOPS. When the Rebel fleet arrives, the Star Destroyers respond with the same stunned disbelief, allowing a collection of light cruisers and a single heavy cruiser to take them down.

* RefugeInAudacity: The attack on Scarif is absurd in the extreme. Yes, the data cache is extremely valuable, which is why the Empire has a substantial garrison, including two Star Destroyers and ''huge'' squadron of TIE fighters, as well as elite troops on the surface. It would be next to impossible to physically remove all the data tapes before reinforcements arrived, and the size of the files ensure they could never be transmitted in time either. Thus, their effort ''actually works''. The attack begins with a ridiculously small force that is able to infiltrate the station, but has no hope of achieving its goal. Until a rebel fleet unexpectedly arrives. The officers on the ground are absolutely stunned when Rogue One's diversion begins on the ground and Krennec has to scream at them to SCRAMBLE THE TROOPS. When the Rebel fleet arrives, the Star Destroyers respond with the same stunned disbelief, allowing a collection of light cruisers and a single heavy cruiser to take them down.

* ApocalypseHow: A Class 5 example. Despite the Death Star only shooting at minimum power, the superlaser targeting the Holy City of Jedha delivers a huge amount of energy, seeming to have penetrated the moon's crust and created a shockwave in its mantle, as the ground is shown ''peeling off the surface of the moon'' (which is [[ShownTheirWork what would happen]] if a planet was hit by a large enough impactor, and presumably a [[DoomsdayDevice giant]] [[DeathRay death laser]] as well). The moon probably isn't going to be habitable in the wake of such massive geological devastation.