SpideyFan866
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I think, had Maggie been in Batman Begins, or Katie in TDK, then it would've had more of an emotional impact. Although they were meant to be the same character, being played by two different actresses and seeming somewhat different each time meant that the Rachel who died in TDK seemed too new a character and with no time for the audience to feel emotionally invested in her. Even if Katie was unbelievable as a lawyer, simply having her back as a familiar face would now make a difference when she died.
Maggie dying was too much like one of these sacrificial lamb Bond girls in a Bond movie where they haven't done very much yet up until that point when they die relatively early on. You don't really care too much and kind of expect it anyway.
No. The reason her death had no impact was because the character was made very unlikeable in TDK and after the things she did leading to the point, her death almost felt like her getting her comeuppance.