How Rogue One complicates the Rebellion's moral superiority

By Star Wars standards, Rogue One is a morally complex story. From beginning to end, it’s a film about war and espionage, and it provides some surprising depth to the nature of the Rebel Alliance. Forest Whitaker’s character, Saw Gerrera, helps bring some reality to the Alliance, and the question of how they’re conducting their operations.
Spoilers for Rogue One follow.Saw Gerrera first appeared in 2012, in the fifth season of the Star Wars animated series The Clone Wars. As th