I doubt any of the characters will die in the movie... And the whole Aerith scene looked like a dream sequence to me...

I had a dream last night that Wedge Antillies was standing next to me as I was playing Counterstrike:Source on de_dust. He was telling me about all the Rogue Squadron members that died... "Luke, Wes, Tycho and Janson..." and I was like... Wes Janson is one person... and he isn't dead. Then my brother (Tea) Deagled me in the head. I think there was a mole-man in there somewhere...