Episode III-1/2 The story you never wanted to see, for a reason.

Rating: 2/10 (15 December 2017)

Spoiler alert... they get the plans!
If this was a story where they took out all the Star Wars elements and just made them generic Sci-Fi items, you wouldn't care. You might even feel a bit disappointed.
And can we talk about "Uncanny Valley Tarkin"? They used CGI to reproduce the late, great Peter Cushing from the first Star Wars movie, and he just looks creepy. (They also do a similar effect at the end with Carrie Fisher, which is equally creepy and not just because she died around the time this film was released.)
So a character we don't care about gets involved in a plot to steal the Death Star plans, and the heck with continuity from the original Trilogy. Except the Death Star is already flying around blowing stuff up.
Also, they make this movie a lot grittier and more violent, and yes, all the characters die at the end, even the ones introduced to make the movie more popular in China. Heck, I'm taking off another star for that one.
Now, because Disney sees these movies as a way to rake in cash, we are going to get these "Stand Alone" stories between chapters of the new trilogy for years, I guess. But they really shouldn't.