One of the best Star Wars movies ever made

Rating: 9/10 (30 December 2019)

Rogue One only comes very close to being the top SW movie and maybe if I was a bit younger I'd voted it so, but it has some minor moments that hold it back (ep IV and V being top for me).
The movie starts a bit slow, but very quickly picks up the pace, builds its characters very well, so well in fact that every single team member death brings a tear in the eyes of those of us who cry at movies. Action is on point, pacing and storyline as well. What impresses most is the realism, if such a thing is possible in fantasy (SW is in my opinion fantasy in space rather than sci-fi), that encapsulates the entire movie. People, who matter die, just like unnamed innocents, a suicide mission is not just a word to build tension, but actually proves to be just so, and that is rare thing in today's cinema - to achieve a finale where everyone dies, tragic yet knowing that the mission is a success, transitionning smoothly into "A new hope IV".