Excellent set of episodes. Probably my second favorite behind the Narkina 5 Prison arc last season. And, of of course it was written by Beau Willimon.
I’ve seen some discourse online from people who were upset about the Cinta death, saying it falls into the “Bury Your Gays” trope because she dies in the same episode where a same sex kiss is shown onscreen in order develop another character. While I understand what they’re saying, I don’t think it applies to her and what happened to her.
With that trope, it usually applies to characters whose sole purpose is to die without any development as a plot device to further the another character’s arc. Cinta, throughout the series, was very clearly well developed and treated with just as much importance, reverence and care as any other character on this show. Vel at the end of the episode very clearly admired and loved her from the speech she gives to the Ghorman resistance fighter who accidentally killed her, and that’s going to be felt and carried by them forever. Also, she isn’t the first character to be a casualty of the growing Rebellion’s efforts to take down the Empire, and, judging by the number of characters in the series that we do not see in Rogue One, she’s not going to be the last before this season is over.
Am I sad that she is no longer going to be part of the show? Absolutely. However, all things considered, I’m happy with the way her character was written and thought her exit from the show was done very tastefully.
