A ballsy flick, though a Jedi may seek not these things.

Rating: 6/10 (15 December 2016)

Potential Spoilers. You've been warned, what more do you want from me?
Rogue One, yet another quasi-prequel (and/or sequel, depending on your POV) in the Star Wars universe. Oh, Disney.
There is a really GOOD movie in here, but it's quite apparent that after principle photography, the film was coldly and viciously ripped from the loving arms of poor director Gareth Edwards in the middle of the night and turned into something else, this much is obvious based on the strange editing, and the fact that most of the footage in the various trailers are absent from the film.
That said, I don't hate it. Where The Force Awakens was a side-door remake of Episode IV, featuring Lady Luke Skywalker, one might be forgiven if he said that Rogue One is a side-door remake of Empire, albeit featuring Lady Han Solo.
The film picks up about an hour before Episide IV and is an anthology film depicting the actual events of the heist of the Death Star schematics. This is 2016, so of course the visuals are great. This is not a thinking mans sci-fi movie, but it's gritty as hell at times and features a kick-a scene of Darth Vader in his prime unleashing a full blown s--conniption on a group of poor devils.
The obvious MVP is Alan Tudyk, and his work as K2S0, reprogrammed Imperial Droid. K2s0 is a darkly humorous whose candor falls somewhere between Dr. Bones and Marvin The Paranoid Android. This performance is truly special.
Overall, Rogue One is good movie on par with the better offerings in the series.