Entertaining new take on the Star Wars universe

Rating: 6/10 (11 February 2017)

Rogue One: A Star Wars story is the first Star Wars Anthology film. First the positives: the action scenes were gritty and well filmed, K2SO was great comedic relief. And the final act of Rogue One was excellent with high stakes and tense action. Unfortunately Rogue One suffers from weak characters and a thin story. In short if the previous films didn't make you like Star Wars, this one definitely won't. It definitely is entertaining and not dull like Episodes I&II but it also isn't as engaging as the original trilogy or The Force Awakens. All the characters had their moments but I never cared about them truly. Overall my favorite part of this film were the brief but effective scenes featuring Darth Vader. Voiced once again by the ever great James Earl Jones.