Since first hitting movie theaters in 1977, Star Wars has become a international phenomena, spawning offshoots in books, comic books, animation, video games, and merchandising galore. With J.J. Abrams telling the next chapters of the Star Wars story with Episodes VII, VIII and IX, Gareth Edwards (director of the 2014 Godzilla reboot) steps up to the plate by helming this, the first movie of the Star Wars Anthology Films (movies that according to Rogue One producer Kathleen Kennedy "exist within that vast universe that he (George Lucas) created").
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, tells a story that had never been actually told before, the story of how the Rebel Alliance obtained the plans to the Death Star, setting in motion the events of A New Hope.
The cast of Rogue One is chock full of characters for Star Wars fans and movie goers to love and cheer on. Whether its Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso, fighting alongside the Rebellion to start ending the Empire's hold of terror over the galaxy, or Diego Luna as Rebellion Intelligence Officer Cassian Andor, Donnie Yen as Chirrut Imwe, a blind Force-sensitive warrior, Alan Tudyk as the sarcastic reprogrammed Imperial droid K-2SO, or any of the other numerous new characters that are introduced throughout the movie, there are characters for everyone to love and latch on to.
And for people who have been Star Wars fans their entire lives, there are many cameos by well known characters, including the return of James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader!
As far as stand-alone movies that are a part of a bigger whole go, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a bold and brilliant first step in further expanding the overall Star Wars universe. It tells a story that fans young and old have not seen before, and fills in gaps that were never fully explained or extrapolated on in previous spin-off media. Tis' a grand addition to the Star Wars legacy, and a movie that should be seen by all.
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