Bringing new stuff to Star Wars while keeping the spirit of the series. That's maybe the greatest accomplishment of Rogue One, who completely surpasses The Force Awakens in my view.
While Rogue One has many flaws such as a weak protagonist, and clichés side characters, it shines in so many other categories these flaws can be overlooked imo.
-Action scenes are on point. The X-Wing raid and Scarif battle were among my favorite battle scenes of the whole franchise!
-World building. This movie brings the POV of the small Red Shirts that usually die in the background and it works magnificently! We get the geopolitics of the Prelogy, with great portrayal in the rifts inside the factions of the movie; we get the religious side of the Trilogy as Donnie Yen's character who brings up the Force in ways many more touching and impressive than Force lightning. We now focus on the grittier side of the war, the backstabbing and the danger as Plot Armor was clearly put away this time for everyone. Well the Death Star is portrayed as it should be and I haven't been so impressed by the Star Destroyers since A New Hope's intro. Vader is shown as the absolute terror to ordinary soldiers he wasn't quite portrayed in the Trilogy. It was so different yet undeniably Star Wars, as a fan I was delighted to see all this.
In conclusion, do not go see it for the characters, but see it because of how as a whole, Rogue One makes a great depiction of the Star Wars universe.
A worthy addition to the Star Wars Franchise
Bringing new stuff to Star Wars while keeping the spirit of the series. That's maybe the greatest accomplishment of Rogue One, who completely surpasses The Force Awakens in my view.
While Rogue One has many flaws such as a weak protagonist, and clichés side characters, it shines in so many other categories these flaws can be overlooked imo.
-Action scenes are on point. The X-Wing raid and Scarif battle were among my favorite battle scenes of the whole franchise!
-World building. This movie brings the POV of the small Red Shirts that usually die in the background and it works magnificently! We get the geopolitics of the Prelogy, with great portrayal in the rifts inside the factions of the movie; we get the religious side of the Trilogy as Donnie Yen's character who brings up the Force in ways many more touching and impressive than Force lightning. We now focus on the grittier side of the war, the backstabbing and the danger as Plot Armor was clearly put away this time for everyone. Well the Death Star is portrayed as it should be and I haven't been so impressed by the Star Destroyers since A New Hope's intro. Vader is shown as the absolute terror to ordinary soldiers he wasn't quite portrayed in the Trilogy. It was so different yet undeniably Star Wars, as a fan I was delighted to see all this.
In conclusion, do not go see it for the characters, but see it because of how as a whole, Rogue One makes a great depiction of the Star Wars universe.