Good Movie with Some Major Plot Holes

Rating: 7/10 (20 April 2017)

When I watch a movie, I want it to make sense. There were numerous scenes in this movie that do not make sense to me. Here are just a few of these issues.
When Cassian is sent to assassinate Erso, their ship crashes and there is no communication back to the rebel base. At this point, the rebel commander sends in his ships to bomb the entire place. Why not just do that in the first place?
Secondly, why do the rebels want to assassinate Erso? The death star is already operational. His only value to the rebels now is to get information about how to destroy it. The kill order makes no sense; capture would make much more sense.
Finally, at the end of the movie there are hundreds of tie fighters flying around and not one of them gets the order to destroy the satellite. Have a fighter shoot down this satellite and the death star plans will never leave the planet. They use the death start to blow up the entire city just minutes after the plans are received by the rebels. Why not before?
This all being said, it's a very interesting movie and is thematically different from the rest of the Star Wars movies.