Review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) by Farth D — 06 Mar 2018

I liked it a lot, but......

This movie was really well done and tells an interesting story about how the plans for the Deathstar in A New Hope were obtained by the Rebels. It's visually stunning, has good pacing, great locations, great acting and has the feel of a real Star Wars movie. This movie proves that you can have compelling stories and characters you can get attached to in the Star Wars universe without lightsabres and the Jedi. And I guess this is also precisely why there is a mild feeling of dissatisfaction after watching this movie (spoilers): every main character in this movie dies. I watched this movie in the theater with my son (who was 10 at the time), and he loved it until everyone died and hated it afterward. When it came out on Netflix I could not get him to watch it with me again for that reason so I watched it last week when he was not there. My personal conclusion after watching it again is that it's a 5 star movie minus 1 star cause I just don't like it when everyone dies. I guess that's also why we haven't bought this movie or any related merchandising.