The Best Star Wars film of the 2010s

Rating: 10/10 (20 November 2018)

Yeah, we can ALL agree that TLJ was a major joke and shame to everything Star Wars. The Force Awakens was okay, but did not spark as a legitimate Star Wars that could be at least on par with the original trilogy, but was entertaining. Rogue One is the greatest well crafted Star Wars film outside the original trilogy from way back in the day! No, it is not about the characters who wield light sabers, so do not expect a lot of saber duels in this film. Expect A LOT of gun fights instead! I know, Sabers are to Star Wars as the whip is to Indiana Jones, or even Iron Man is to Tony Stark, but this film managed to make a lack of sabers make sense. About the characters, they are all FANTASTIC!!!! No, there is not a lot of character development, but that is a sliver of an issue that fades away VERY quickly, because all of these characters really have their shine and it is impossible to dislike any of these characters, well with the exception of a couple of villains. These characters are not even wooden or generic, but feel like people who are worth caring about, and they are. There are a few characters who are more fleshed out than others, but all of these characters are fantastic! Considering this is a movie under Disney, humor is spread throughout this movie, but hits EVERY time! The character who carries his own humor is K-2SO, a reprogrammed android who fights alongside the Rogue One group. He is a very unique android unlike the most known, including C3PO and R2D2. He is an android who acts very human like, even though there is nothing that looks human on him, like Terminator. He looks like a robot, but speaks very much like a human would and has human-like expressions. He steals just about every scene he is in! He is the comic relief of this movie. This is the kind of humor that should be in a SW film, if done right. Rogue One is a very dark and dramatic story that is REAL SW material, believe it or not! I wish more newer SW films were like this! The cgi is fantastic, the story is fantastic, the portrayals are fantastic, the emotions are fantastic, and the battles are fantastic! About Darth Vader, yes he has only 4 min of screen time at least, but he is very crucial to the story. His appearance is nothing short of how menacing he is the original movies in any case. Plus, HIS SCENE!!!!! His scene actually makes the ENTIRE film, even if the rest of the movie was fantastic! That scene, even with the music combine and acting of the rest of the rebels who 'survived' his attack, he shown his darkest moment he has ever had in the SW saga and it was INCREDIBLY chilling, even when he had an objective during that scene that was so simple, and that scene was basically a horror movie moment. This movie, believe it or not, even being under Disney, is a special masterpiece that is very dear to the original SW saga! Forget the meaningless Solo film and sequel trilogy... This movie is also an anthology that actually is a prequel to the first SW, A New Hope, just happening shortly before A New Hope begins. One last thing, I wish the Rogue One team didn't all die, because of how much I love the characters, but it only made sense for that to happen, because...this is a prequel....and obviously they are not in the main saga...