Movie Review
Review Rogue One : A Star Wars Story
Rogue One is the first Star Wars movie to be set outside the Episodic Sagas. With that, there was a lot of pressure on it to perform and launch this new series of Star Wars movies.
Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), a Rebellion soldier and criminal, is about to experience her biggest challenge yet when Mon Mothma (Genevieve O'Reilly) sets her out on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star. With help from the Rebels, a master swordsman, and non-allied forces, Jyn will be in for something bigger than she thinks.
How much you enjoy Rogue One is, for the most part, going to depend how deep you invested you are into the world of Star Wars. There were so many moments that was so much meaningful and heartfelt because I knew the backstory to some of these events and characters. By far, this is the least kid friendly movie. This was at it's core, a war movie, something we have never really gotten in the Star Wars universe. With the war theme we got an overall darker tone than we are use to, and it really suited the story they were telling. We never have experienced the war side of Star Wars because the stories have always been focused on a force user rather than the events around them. Because there are no jedi, we got to see more of the Rebellion and the Empire and the battle that is taking place during the original trilogy.
Felicity Jones is a fine addition to the “Star Wars” tradition of tough-minded, quick-thinking heroines. The movie contains so many pure Star Wars moments. I have no doubt the Droid - voiced with skill by Alan Tudky - will become a favourite of many and new aliens and ship designs are not thin on the ground. Apart from K2SO, I thought Donnie Yen's character, Chirrut was a close second standout. I really enjoyed his character because of his connection into the Star Wars law.
Overall, I loved this movie. This did what it need to do and prove that they can make Star Wars films that isn't all lightsabers and Skywalkers. But what this film does the best is enhance A New Hope. As soon as I walked out the cinema I wanted to go and watch A New Hope.
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