ROGUE SECUNDUS
A couple of days ago I read a blog piece by a guy called David Harris (who calls himself Razor). He wrote about the alternate ending to Rogue One before the final cut saw all of the movie end the way it did. If you haven’t watched the movie yet, stop reading now to avoid spoilers. And seriously, go see it – it’s the best one to date. If you haven’t even seen the first one (Ep IV), it’s been thirty years so that’s on you. http://dorksideoftheforce.com/2017/03/20/jyn-and-cassian-survived-the-battle-of-scarif-in-rogue-one-alternate-ending/ When the movie ends, so do the lives of every rebel hero serving in Rogue One. It’s considered, for some reason, incredibly brave for a writer to kill off their lead character. The story ganked the lot. But given the practice has been done to death (pun intended), it is no longer brave: it has become a cliché. And it really made sure there’d be no Rogue Secundus, Latin for “second”, but also meaning “favourable” or “lucky”. It...