Redundant

Rating: 3/10 (31 December 2016)

This movie exists for one reason only: to add a twisted explanation as to why the whole Death Star exploded after being hit by two magical torpedoes. This was a problem for fans and non-fans alike for decades (right after the "Han shot first" issue). Now a rebel-at-heart architect of Death Star is introduced, and we can no longer criticize this deus ex-machina event - THERE WAS A FLAW BUILT-IN ALL ALONG!
There are also some useless and irrelevant scenes with Darth Vader (if you remove them, nothing changes in the movie - it may even make more sense), some pointless cameos for the original trilogy fans, one CGI cameo of a long-dead actor (also doesn't change much in the plot, just plays on your nostalgia) and a corvette that rams and actually moves a star destroyer...