A genuinely great Star Wars film

Rating: 8/10 (25 December 2016)

Rogue One is a more gritty take on Star Wars, from the start you just know that the rebels are going to die taking on the Empire and going after the Death Star plans. The cast worked well for the film. Each character has a different motive for joining the rebellion.
This movie does a great job of tying in both trilogies, seeing Bail Organa aged and briefly seeing burned Anakin in his healing chamber. They did a fantastic job of recreating Peter Cushing in CGI, he looked so life like.
Seeing Darth Vader at the end when he mercilessly slaughters the rebel troopers and dismembers them, was awesome! You finally saw how dark Vader actually is and it was a more realistic scene as rather than the rebels trying to shoot him in a pathetic attempt to kill him, they instead flee for their lives like their in a cage with a wild animal, whilst passing the plans down to each other.
And finally it fixed the big plot whole of the original film, the Death Star's weak spot. Now instead of a stupid mistake we find out that it was deliberately put their by the constructor, so it would be an easy target for the rebels. This makes sense as he was used against his own will by Empire to help in it's creation.
Fantastic film.
8.6/10