To transmit the plans, they had to escape and run along the beach and go up the tower.
Earning over $1 billion worldwide, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is an unqualified hit for Disney and Lucasfilm, demonstrating that their focus on standalone Star Wars movies is a good decision.
We had to find ways to compress the third act, which was quite long as it was.
That became a decision that eliminated the shots you see in the trailer of the back of Cassian and Jyn and the AT-ATs.