![]() The future of the entire galaxy now rests. ![]() Once a possible weakness in its construction is uncovered, the Rebel Alliance must set out on a desperate mission to steal the plans for the Death Star. It could have been anything, and not just the ‘more gritty’ or ‘more comedic’ binary options so often thrust upon sci-fi adventures, though being pushed and pulled between the two of these is unfortunately where it ended up. All looks lost for the Rebellion against the Empire as they learn of the existence of a new super weapon, the Death Star. Here was a prequel not constrained by cliffhangers (we all knew roughly how it had to end), not required to follow the tone of the main films and not mandatorily ‘fun for all the family’. Dark and oppressive, its a war movie through and through finally, as many have so uttered, putting the War in Star Wars. ![]() It was permissible for Episode VII: The Force Awakens, the goal of which was chiefly to announce “we’re back!”, but Rogue One - the franchise’s first standalone film - had an opportunity to be different. There’s a comfort in being in the Star Wars Universe and you immediately feel a renewed affection for it upon re-entry.īut a Star Wars film shouldn’t rely on its Star Wars-yness. You could gleefully watch paint dry so long as the camera pans back from the wall to John Williams’ score, an AT-AT walker’s legs trampling in front of it as a Stormtrooper complains to another on his rotation about the state of the Imperial canteen food. It’s easy to enjoy a Star Wars film just because it’s a Star Wars film. ![]()
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