They're accompanied by pilot Bodhi ( Riz Ahmed) and the sarcastic robot K-2SO ( Alan Tudyk), plus the blind wannabe Jedi Chirrut ( Donnie Yen) and his battling sidekick Baze (Jiang Wen). So she joins a team to contact him, led by Cassian ( Diego Luna), who doubts that Galen is on their side.
Rumours are swirling that the Empire is building a massive Death Star, and rebel Jyn ( Felicity Jones) discovers that it was designed by her long-lost father Galen ( Mads Mikkelsen), who sends her a message saying that he left a flaw in the system specifically for the rebels to exploit. It opens as the Empire is systematically crushing the rebellion, leaving them wondering if there's any point to continuing the fight.
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In other words, it might be the first Star Wars movie made specifically for grown-ups. It's also a seriously rousing action film with a riveting cast of characters and a surprising willingness to embrace even the darkest elements of storytelling. It requires some understanding of the context as it chronicles events that lead directly into 1977's Episode IV: A New Hope. Rogue One has its flaws, but it’s still a thrilling and ultimately emotional addition to the Star Wars canon.With the tagline "A Star Wars Story", this first spin-off from the saga isn't actually a stand-alone movie. Jones is terrific as Jyn, a convincing heroine whose gender is never an issue, but she’s flanked by an impressive supporting cast including Riz Ahmed’s endearing pilot, Bodhi Rook, and Donnie Yen’s self-possessed soldier, Chirrut Îmwe. The first half is somewhat bogged down by scene-setting but the second half offers an exhilarating rush of dazzling CGI action and high-stakes drama. As producer and Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy has suggested, it’s essentially a war movie set in space.
A dry-witted droid called K-2SO (voiced by Firefly‘s Alan Tudyk) offers flashes of light relief, but this a surprisingly grey and gritty film where key characters are constantly under threat and sometimes die. In June it was reported that Disney had ordered reshoots to “lighten the mood”, but if so, the memo doesn’t seem to have reached director Gareth Edwards ( Monsters, Godzilla). If she can track down its design spec, the Rebel Alliance stand a chance of denting the Empire’s dominance.Īlthough there are neat nods to other films in the franchise, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story quickly establishes its own distinctive tone. Jyn’s estranged father Galen Erso ( Hannibal‘s Mads Mikkelsen) has designed an epic weapon called the Death Star for the Rebel Alliance’s archenemies, the Empire, but she’s convinced he deliberately included a fatal flaw. The initially convoluted plot follows tough loner Jyn Erso ( The Theory Of Everything‘s Felicity Jones) as she embarks on a treacherous intel expedition with a charismatic Rebel Captain, Cassion Andor ( Y tu mamá también‘s Diego Luna), and a motley crew of Rebel Alliance soldiers. It’s also a far more interesting film than JJ Abrams’ sweetly nostalgic 2015 reboot. Rogue One isn’t a sequel to last year’s Star Wars: A Force Awakens, but a standalone spin-off set directly before the events of George Lucas’s iconic 1977 original, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
After forking out over $4 billion for Lucasfilm in 2012, Disney is determined to gets its money’s worth.
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