war movie with excellent special effects

Rating: 7/10 (23 April 2017)

this time they pick up the story before "a new hope". the death star is under construction. the story is about espionage activities, interrogation and sabotage. the rebellion vs the empire. it is not always clear who is good and who is evil. to me it lacks of emotion and the typical star wars strong characters and story. there is a slight attempt of the old star wars humor using the new droid but he is also more of a combatant. many combat scenes are included until the end and dominating this movie. the story and the characters are secondary and expendable it seems. power struggle within the ranks of the empire and performance of the new bad guy "Ben Mendelsohn" is outstanding. the effects are amazing. the end is not so very happy.