Visually Breathtaking In Every Sense Of The Word. Superior To The Previous Star Wars Film The Force Awakens.

Rating: 7/10 (27 March 2017)

This is the film that links Revenge Of The Sith(episode 3) with A New Hope(Episode 4).
In other words the correct order would be Phantom Menace, Attack Of The Clones, Revenge Of The Sith, Rogue One, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi.
In a nutshell the film is about an Imperial Engineer Galen Erso(Mads Mikkelsen). He has been living hidden on the planet Lah'mu with his wife Lyra(Valene Kane) and his daughter Jyn(Felicity Jones).
Imperial weapons developer Orson Krennic arrives to press him into completing the Death Star. Galen refuses to work on the project. However his wife is killed in the ensuing argument and he is forcefully taken prisoner. Galen's daughter Jyn escapes and is taken to safety by Rebel extremist Saw Gerrera(played by Oscar winning actor Forest Whitaker).
Galen soon finishes the Death Star. Realizing the enormity of destruction this weapon would unleash upon the universe, he implements a flaw in the design of the Death Star whereby it would be destroyed by a single lazer blast at a specific point.
Fifteen years later, cargo pilot Bodhi Rook(Riz Ahmed) defects from the Empire, smuggling a holographic message from Galen to Gerrera on the desert moon Jedha. Rebel intelligence officer Cassian Andor(Diego Luna) frees Jyn from an Imperial labor camp at Wobani before bringing her to the Rebel leader Mon Mothma(Genevieve O'Reilly), who convinces her to find and rescue Galen so the Alliance can learn more about the Death Star. Cassian is covertly ordered by General Draven(Alistair Petrie), an Alliance military officer, to kill Galen rather than extract him.
Watch the film to find out what happens next... This film has incredible action sequences you have to see to believe. The very latest of CGI imagery is used to bring the character of the late Peter Cushing, the Grand Moff Tarkin to life. Sound effects and background music score are spot on. Gareth Edwards who has worked on such movies as Monsters(2010) and Godzilla(2014) has managed to keep standards the visual brilliance of the Stars Wars saga alive.
Verdict: Though The Empire Strikes Back is still my all-time favorite, this entry is my third choice, whereas Revenge Of The Sith is my second.
More Space Movies To See: 2001 A Space Odyssey 1968, 2010 The Year We Make Contact 1984, Alien 1979, The Black Hole 1979, Nightflyers 1987, The Last Starfighter (1984), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).
Thanks for reading my review, live long and prosper.