Rogue One
felt like a sci-fi war film without all the Star Wars strings attached
which can give you the feeling you should watch the original movies and
prequels to understand and enjoy the show. The main character is Jyn
Erso whose father helped engineer the Death Star. The Empire basically
forces him to work on it even after he tried to escape with his family
and live a peaceful life. When the Empire arrives at his door he sends
Jyn to a secret hiding spot while he gets kidnapped and his wife is
killed. Sometime after a family friend comes to collect Jyn and raises
her. The movie then moves forward in time to Jyn as an adult and we
watch her, with some new friends, go help her dad escape and steal the
plans for the Death Star. It doesn’t exactly have a happy ending and I
kind of like it that way. Sometimes happy endings seem like they happen
all the time and we expect all the main characters to be there at the
end, even if it seems unlikely. Personally I liked this one better than
The Force Awakens,
simply because I think I’d re-watch this and haven’t watched Force
Awakens since I saw in the theater. If you are looking for a standalone
action sci-fi, this would be a good one, but it does fit into the larger
Star Wars Saga so it can be enjoyed as part of a whole too, if you want
it to.
[Also available in
traditional print format.]
[
Internet Movie Database entry for this film ] | [ official
Rogue One web site ]
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