@TheSoulEater - I completely disagree I felt he was ineffective as a villain. He felt whiny and incompetent especially when Tarkin just comes in and takes control of the Death Star from him. Later when he was summoned by Vader he looked a lot like a child running to mommy to tattle on his brother for taking his things. I found nothing about him made him a good villain in the slightest. He felt more like a lackey to the movie's villain then the actual villain.

@Nerdman3000 - Well the first act did feel like it was edited a lot which is probably where the reports of extensive re-shoots came from. Maybe there is a cut where it makes him look more effective as a villain but the cut we got in the theater maybe him look incompetent and completely nonthreatening. Like the scene after they test the Death Star and Tarkin calls him out on his incompetence that info about the Death Star was leaked on his watch. He stood there dumbfounded and then went on how he deserves to have the Emperor know he did a good job. It came off childish. Lastly if the book expanded his character that is all great the only problem is I am watching a movie and they expect me to read a book to understand their characters the movie has failed on that part.

@pesmerga44 -

Krennick got things done, why he was upset was because while he had run an efficient ship, he was blind to Erso's treachery. That one mistake was what sunk him, I didn't chalk that to incompetence so much as a testament to the cleverness of Erso himself.

Him being upset that Tarkin swooped in and took his position seemed if anything understandable. It's classic corporate/military bullshit.

A guy who hasn't been in charge comes in when things have been mostly swimming thus far, takes all the credit for your success and leaves you holding the bag for all the faults.

Also he didn't run off like a child to Lord Vader, he was summoned there, no one really WANTS to bring Vader bad news. So he seemed like a frightened child from that aspect more than a whining one.

Your always half pleading for your life in his presence anyway and making sure he knows that the weakness he sees isn't your fault or he'll cut you out even if your only indirectly involved. Or how many imperial officers do you know of who have lived through such?

He put allot of time and effort into the Death Star being a success so him still vieing for resuming control of it was understandable after hearing the open ended comment Vader meant about being in command still.

He didn't feel like a lacky so much as a corporately shafted major who was trying to work with what he had, and seemed to be be the only one awares of what to do and unlike other officers who gawk at things, and just gives orders.

He was on the ground himself with his own troops making sure shit got done, he even was the one who shot Captain Cassian.

It was refreshing to see a admiral figure seen as someone who was hands on and actually invested in his job as opposed to the "council of snobs" that every other military imperial i've seen has been.

@LEOSTRATOR - let me guess, yen had the coolest fight scenes?

don't actually answer that, i haven't seen the movie.

@Elayem - Leia looked like a Shrek character.

@StormXmen123 - Images don't really give a great idea of how poorly it works. Something about the way his mouth moves when he talks is super uncanny valley and personally pulled me out of those scenes. It's just annoying because they didn't even bother to hide it with creative lighting or mix digital and practical effects. They just put him out there and for me it didn't really work. It;s frustrating too because he actually has a pretty cool role in the movie so it's annoying to have the distracting CG in there. Great movie overall though.

@Joulipous - his estate agreed and wanted them to use his character in the movie. If they had not agreed they would have went another route so it's not like they did it without permission.

Also I thought tarkin looked great, and so did Leia. Yea she looked a little weird but it was due to how young she appeared.

@Sxcory - I got to agree Tarkin look good i barely notice he was CGI i actually forgot he was now when the show Leia it threw me off because i was expecting CGI because i knew of Leia it still look good for her too. I wonder did they use her daughter as live stand-in

The later scenes of Moff T were better than the earlier things, but I had problems with:

1) His body moved like a crappy cut scene from a video game

2) He is always just standing around waiting for Krennick to come see him; doesn't he do anything besides stand around? As an acting teacher myself, the feeling of what happened immediately before the scene is what makes a performance believable.

Using a talented body double and replacing the face would have been way better.

Leia's cameo was fine though.