Star Wars Rogue One

**Neo Emolga** · 12-19-2016, 05:27 AM

I haven't seen it yet, but I have seen the trailer and it does look really good. But, most importantly, I have heard REALLY good things about it from friends and it seems to be selling quite well.

I ordered tickets for this Friday and already seats at my local movie theaters are getting nabbed for this (I had to go with a 10:15pm showtime for good seats unless I wanted my face glued to the screen in the front row). Have any of you guys see it yet? And if so, what did you think? Definitely meeting the hype or do you feel otherwise?

AD · 12-19-2016, 05:30 AM

I. Shed. Tears.

This ~~movie~~ story is a beautiful destroyer of hearts.

**Neo Emolga** · 12-19-2016, 06:08 AM

Originally Posted by EZ

I. Shed. Tears.

This ~~movie~~ story is a beautiful destroyer of hearts.

It's funny, I thought Episode 7 was good even though it seems people were a bit on the fence on that one and there were two camps of people who felt it was iffy and too much like A New Hope and others that thought it was great.

But all around, I've heard people say this may be the best Star Wars movie out of all of them. Now that's a BIG statement to make. I originally thought it would be good, but not epic and would just be more of a spinoff in a sense.

Now, I'm definitely looking forward to it. :3

**Noblejanobii** · 12-19-2016, 06:13 AM

I'll be seeing this tomorrow so I'll let you guys know how i like it. @Speed-X is seeing it right now though!

**SassySnivy** · 12-19-2016, 07:14 AM

I'm not big on the Star Wars continuum, but I've really enjoyed The Force Awakens and Rogue One. I REALLY like how Rogue played out! It was really intense.

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AD · 12-19-2016, 08:59 PM

Honestly, this is probably my favorite out of all the SW movies. I completely agree with @Speed-X

Definitely Top 3 of all time movie for me

**Homura** · 12-20-2016, 03:35 PM

Rogue One was a good movie. It had one thing to accomplish and it did it well. Small plot holes here and there but nothing really jumped out as a glaring problem.

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**Noblejanobii** · 12-20-2016, 04:09 PM

Sorry I would have written my review last night but I was too tired after seeing it.

So here are my thoughts:

Spoiler:

Overall I thought it was a very good film. Prior to the Death Star blow up an entire planet we never really got to see just how devastating the power of this weapon was. So to see that this thing was able let like a nuke being set off was insane. I have to admit, it did well in balancing comedy with seriousness, with most of the movie on a really serious note but with the much needed laughs thrown in here and there. It was amusing to see the Storm Troopers forget rule number 1 of movies and tv shows, never go up against a blind monk.

I think one of the best qualities of this movie is that no one has super powers. Sure we have the monk chanting "I am one with the force and the force is with me" and other instances like that, but other than Darth Vader we never really see anyone use the force like we have in the past, and it was kind of refreshing. As great as it is to see someone learn how to use the force, it is kind of already been done, so this was a breath of fresh air.

As for the ending, I thought it was sweet. Admittedly, it caught me by surprise, though I started to suspect that was what was going to happen after they started knocking off all the squad pilots. I was a little peeved it took them so long to think "hey let's crash a star destroyed into the shield gate" because it literally wasn't that hard to think of. But overall, the ending was interesting. I think it really kind of showed one side's answer to one of the hardest questions in a war. Do you sacrifice your own people for the greater good? And in this case, the Imperialists did just that. There's just one little hitch that I have with the whole "everybody dies" ending.

Right after watching the movie I was actually really satisfied with the ending to Rogue One. However, I had been waiting to watch Matpat's Film Theory on it to see how the movie matched up with his theory and something in his theory that caught my attention. If you don't want to watch his theory, it pretty much states that the members of Rogue One aren't dead, they actually become the Knights of Ren. Now, remember, he made this theory before the movie came out, so he had no way of knowing that they actually died. But he provided some pretty intriguing evidence in favor of them actually being captured rather than dead. The two things that really stuck with me are a scene from the Rogue One trailer and the concept art for the Knights of Ren. To explain in brief detail, one of the trailers for Rogue One has a scene where Saw says "What will you do when they catch you? What will you do if they break you? If you continue to fight, what will you become?" and then immediately after it shows Jyn wearing an imperial uniform. Now you'll have to forgive me because for the life of me I can't remember if they said that in the actual movie or not, but I thought it was interesting that placement of everything. It could just be a red herring, or it could be some sort of foreshadowing. The second thing is the concept art for the Knights of Ren. We see a brief glimpse of the Knights of Ren in Episode 7 but you can see their concept art in a book that came out at the same time as Episode 7. And while I recognize this is concept art and could have been scrapped, the idea still stands. The five other knights of Ren besides Kylo are known as "Heavy", "Sniper", "Monk", "Armory" (or something like that), and "Rogue". And except for "Rogue" the other four all look like four members of the crew from Rogue One. And that got me thinking. Where did the Death Star hit the planet with its blaster? If you'll recall, on Jedah, they hit the city head on, so they certainly have the capabilities to aim effectively. But in the climax of Rogue One, they miss the research station. THEY MISS THE RESEARCH STATION. Sure they clip the satellite, but they miss what we as the audience are led to believe is their actual target by a long shot. I can even remember discussing it with the people I went to see it with how they missed the station completely and joked it was to preserve the archives they had on the planet. But what if we weren't wrong? What if they did miss on purpose? What the Imperialists made it look like they destroyed and killed everyone, but didn't?

Honestly if we never really get an answer to that question I wouldn't be mad. Rogue One was so good that I wouldn't really mind it being a "stand alone" that never really connects to the other movies directly except for the ending scene. It was just kind of interesting to think about. It was also really cool to see Saw since he actually shows up in both the canon cartoon series for Star Wars. It makes me want to go back and see if Jyn was there too, just for my own curiosity.

**Suicune's Fire** · 01-23-2017, 01:09 AM

I only just saw Rogue One yesterday and I WAS SO IMPRESSED.

Firstly, CGI Tarkin was incredible. I mean, you could tell the second he spoke (also that his voice was obviously not Peter Cushing's), but aside from that it was so brilliantly done. CGI Leia made me tear up. Carrie's death hit me hard, and seeing her 19 year old self in Rogue One struck a nerve. Even though she died after the movie already came out, it felt like a tribute to her. Very nicely done. I LOOOVE that James Earl Jones is still around to play Vader, because without his voice, they surely couldn't have had him speak at all.

I knew everyone was going to die even before all the spoilers I saw because of in Episode IV when Mon Mothma is like "many ___ died to bring us this information" referring to the Death Star plans. On the subject of Mon Mothma, OH MY GOSH Genevieve O'Reilly is the spitting image of Caroline Blakiston. o__o Even her voice sounds extremely similar.

Spoiler:

Overall I really enjoyed this movie. It was so much better than The Force Awakens, I reckon. I also love the fact that they basically had a bloody battle in this tropical beach-like area. Nice contrasts there. xD I also teared up when the monk dude died. :( He was so cool.

**Soups** · 01-23-2017, 08:18 AM

I really enjoyed Rogue One. I don't know if I'd go as far as to say that it's the best Star Wars movie, but for me, it's up there. Although I felt that it started a tad bit slow, it more than made up for it in the second half of the movie. The final scene (it's one of the best scenes in ANY Star Wars movie) is everything.