‘Rogue One’: Is This the Opening Crawl It Needed?

How the hell should I know? In fact, it had one very important Jedi. In the original 1977 film, the opening credits tell the audience that Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have stolen plans to the Death Star, the Galactic Empire’s ultimate weapon. Sure, he has a flair for putting the “dead” in deadpan, but under droll director Gareth Edwards, that’s how he rolls.

There’s no memorable “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away”.

But the story is never even remotely involving.

It’s natural for fans to question his actions and what drove them, which is perhaps why Galen became such a recurring topic during a Twitter Q&A hosted by one of Rogue One’s screenwriters, Gary Whitta. All Easter eggs are so quick that you will definitely miss it if you won’t look closely. Most of us, I’m afraid, couldn’t care less. Often, the complaint I hear the most in regards to Star Wars tends to go like, “I just don’t understand”.

Certain plot points of George Lucas’s original film have always pestered the “Star Wars” community and casual viewers alike, and the weaker elements of the assault on the Empire are stronger as a result. The rest of the movie plays out as a cat-and-mouse game where The Rebels and The Empire try to outwit one another.

Fail: A bit darker and a lot more violent than last year’s “The Force Awakens“, but great entertainment nonetheless. And how could I possibly dislike a movie that co-stars Mads Mikkelsen and Forest Whitaker? Only members of the REBEL ALLIANCE dare take a stand against the ruthless Imperial forces.

First she has to track down old family friend Saw Gerrera (Forrest Whitaker) and while on his planet, the team adds blind warrior Chirrut Imwe (Donny Yen), short-tempered warrior Baze Malbus (Wen Jiang), and turncoat pilot Bodhi Rook (Riz Ahmed).

Disney knocked it out of the park on this movie.

As for the multicultural casting, you could look at the efforts to fill most of the smaller parts with ethnics as a form of penance for Hollywood’s problematic past in this regard. I was really impressed how entertaining it was and how the story felt new and yet familiar all at the same time.

So is the other conscious piece of antidemography.

And just like that, Vader has executed the rare double-pun – an uncommon feat for Star Wars villains.

“Rogue One” isn’t without flaws. Rogue One has been positioned as a standalone film, outside of the main trilogies, and as such, Lucasfilm made some slight departures from the norm.

In both the video and accompanying Star Wars blog post, the excitement for drawing connections between the franchise’s various stories is palpable.

While the movie may be lacking, if you’re planning on seeing it, there’s no better way to do so than on the big screen.