In the end they steal the death star plans :P

Rating: Null/10 (15 December 2016)

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Personally I liked Force Awakens and I ranked it on the top 3. Well its now on the top 4 as its replaced by Rogue One.
The story is simple. A band of rebels embark on a quest to steal the death star plans. As I said the story is simple, somewhat predictable and we already know the ending. But the beauty is in the journey, not in reaching the destination.
The movie starts kind of slow but picks up pace as it progresses. The characters are pretty good.
Jyn Erso is on a dilemma of deciding if her father is either a hero or a villain. Very well played by Felicity Jones.
Cassian Andor is an intelligence officer who seeks to retrieve Galen Erso at all costs. Not really a fan of Diego Luna, but he did a good job.
K-2SO.... well Disney did it again. They "replaced" R2 with BB8 and now K-2SO is the new C3PO... a bad ass C3PO. BB8 is adorable but K-2SO is the "uninteded" comic relief and he gets the most laughs.
Chirrut and Baze join the rebellion apparently for no particular reason, but they actually fit. Donnie Yen is somewhat wasted IMO, but still.
Galen Erso is the scientist who is forced to build the death star, but he has plans to help tip the scale. Very big fan of Mads Mikkelsen and he doesn't disappoint.
Director Orson Krennic is the person in charge to build and operate the death star. I'm not really sold on his performance, but at least he doesn't get in the way
Yes Darth Vader is there. He has little screen time, but boy does he make it count.
There's a particular character that I won't name but its only natural that it appears on the death star. I'll only say this. Man the technology of face replacement done since Tron Legacy is now VERY CONVINCING.
Then there's the cameos, most of them expected but a couple seem a little bit forced IMO.
The special effects are top notch. It all blends together, you can hardly tell the difference between CGI and real models/characters.
The action sequences are among the best I've seen, although one scene is to say the least "questionable". The ground battles remind me of some WW2 movies. It's nice to see the storm troopers actually hitting something.
Now the nitpicking
I don't really like the Jedi but not Jedi trend. These characters that know the force but aren't actually Jedi. The only one that could have made sense was Leia and she didn't even know the force.
Some characters are underdeveloped. For example, we don't know Chirrut and Baze motivation to join the rebellion.
The worst IMO is WHY, please god WHY is this trend of cutting scenes that appear on the trailers?
Still its a great movie so...
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