Blew me away

Rating: 9/10 (5 February 2017)

I had the idea going in that Rogue One was a small side story, a footnote in the Star Wars saga. It turned out to be epic in scale, building up to the amazing climax.
The story fits in perfectly with Episode IV, and is likely to please most fans of the original trilogy. There were a lot of characters and places that are new to this film, so that it doesn't feel to similar to the other ones. Still, it's familiar enough that you could believe all these events had really happened during their place in the timeline.
One disappointment was the character of Gran Moff Tarkin. One of my favorites from the first film, I didn't think we had any memorable lines or moments from him. For the work they must have done to create the performance, I'd hoped they'd use him better.