This is the prequel we're all looking for

Rating: 9/10 (15 December 2016)

From visual to storyline to soundtrack, this is overall a much better experience than The Force Awakens Visually, this movie uses the same color blend as A New Hope, making the assimilate of old unused footage to be as natural as possible, it also stay true to the effects of old, from Death Star's lasers to explosions by blasters. Furthermore, the use of incredibly advance CGI, reviving Grand Moff Tarkin and PRINCESS LEIA, is so perfect that you wouldn't even be able to notice the difference without a trained eyes. Combine all that with tons of awesome action sequence that showcase the true power of the Empire and the Dark Side, enhancing the sense of horror and hopelessness of the Rebels cause Soundtrack, bringing back the sound effects and timing of 80s movies, but not just that, they also uses all of the original soundtrack by John Williams, but with minor tweak here and there, from Major to Minor scale, different tunings, different notes, different pacing, etc. according to the scenes. However, I'm most impressed with the dark storyline. It showcase the complexity of good and evil, instead of the old " Rebels are good, the Empire are bad", this movie actually shows that for a good cause, man can be led astray and do horrible things. Moreover, it doesn't shy away from death ( like oh so many Disney movies ), spending each moments, each seconds to build up each characters so when they sacrifice for others to live, audiences will actually care and wept for them. Overall: A magical movie for trve fan, a satisfying prequel for a cultural phenomenon that is Star Wars