Well this is the real Star Wars, if you know it beyond the canon movies

Rating: 9/10 (20 December 2016)

This movie is perfect from a star wars fan, especially one familiar with the rpg and the world itself.
Palpatine's reign was no joke, the rebels were few and very, very, outnumbered. They were all brave, skilled, geniuses in a way or another but they were facing the almighty empire, in all its might.
For someone who has read the throng of material that describes how it happens between episode III and IV, the settings is pretty perfect. Everything makes sense, the female lead is perfect in every aspect.
However, this movie has a major flaw for me, it's dark, very very dark. Most of the people who go to a star wars movie expect it to be lighthearted. Lucas himself firmly believed to have all his heroes always survive thrive and mostly kick ass and have fun as it gave people hope.
Disney gave us Rebels and episode 7 which seem to be aimed at little kids, with ridiculous villains (Kylo Ren, really ???) and overpowered (way overpowered) heroes who destroy everything in their path without even thinking about what they are doing (like Rey who's Chewbacca + Han Solo + Luke Skywalker combined in one single person, making her the best mechanic, pilot and someone using the most Advanced jedi powers without ANY TRAINING, shame on you JJ Abrams) Rogue one will be a real wake up call for the masses to the star wars universe and i'm not sure that everyone will like it.
However, for me, as a 30 years fan, it's a 9/10, removing 1 for its inherent darkness.