Review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) by Colin F — 15 Dec 2017

Of the Star Wars movies released since Disney had taken over this is by far the best. Following resistance fighters against the Empire that steal the Death Star plans in the famous "victory" mentioned in the opening crawl of A New Hope, this story combines action, darkness and nostalgia to create an appealing film.

There are some cheesy scenes such as the blind man shooting down a Tie Fighter and fighting a group of Stormtroopers with nothing but a stick, but overall the film is fair and realistic. The last 3 minutes of the film with Darth Vader adds a whole star in and of itself onto my rating.

The film also explores (although it was forced to be toned down by Disney) a dark side of Star Wars, an almost adult Star Wars. There is no happy ending, there is evil and horror. It gives me hope that Disney may create a rated R Star Wars paramilitary film but toys don't sell to adults.

Still a great film worth seeing and hears to hoping Disney continues with individual stories within the Empire time period.