The best SW movie since Return of the Jedi

Rating: 8/10 (15 January 2017)

Watch out, there are some heavy spoilers ahead!
After I've seen the episode VII (basically garbage), I've almost gave up seeing any other new Star Wars movie. But based on the recommendation by a co-worker, I gave this one a try and boy was I pleasantly surprised! Rogue One has everything the other post episode VI attempts lacked. It's original, but not overdone. It's intense, unpredictable and holds this delicate touch of surprise. The funny character (K-2SO) is witty, yet not annoying. And its finale might be even compared to some of the original SW episodes, also with a connection to the beginning of the episode IV. so fluent and fitting, the other new SW films can only dream about. There were some cringe-worthy moments, like the cliché and somewhat chaotic start of the movie, which eventually moved along into very nice cinematic experience though and there's also the much debated CGI characters of Tarkin and princess Leia. While the later mentioned was done much better (has also just about 2 seconds of screen appearance), Tarkin's face has this classical "CGI look" of a computer game character and in my opinion the effort of bringing the original character didn't add up the desired value for the whole picture. Apart from that, Rogue One is a great Star Wars film and restored my faith in the force. ;)