Any worries about Disney taking over the franchise have vanished after watching this. The prequel the world has been waiting for.

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2016)

"We have hope. Rebellions are built on hope." Many years ago the father of Jyn Erso (Jones) was taken by the empire and was assumed dead. The Empire, has built a planet sized weapon called the Death Star capable of unseen destruction. After Jyn and the rest of the rebels learn that it was her father responsible for designing the weapon they learn of a built in weakness. Now Jyn, Cassian (Luna) and a small rebel group set out to steal the plans for the weapon and begin to finally fight back against the mighty Empire and its leader, Darth Vader. This is a movie that is basically review proof. It's Star Wars so either you will see it or you won't. That being said this is a must see movie. Since acquiring the rights Disney has made two movies in this universe. The Force Awakens was great, but essentially a large budget remake of the original made for the fans. This one, I like more. The first third or so was a little slow but then it picked up to the point of me not wanting it to end. This movie takes place between episode 3 and 4 but is basically episode 3.9. The movie is a live action version of the crawl before A New Hope. The movie ends right where that one begins. The CGI that was used was perfect and allowed you to really be transported back to the original movie. I was a little hesitant at first because this wasn't part of the "Star Wars Episode Saga" but after watching this I have to say that this one fits right in perfectly and really adds so much to the original that it made be want to watch that one immediately after seeing this one. Overall, any worries about Disney taking over the franchise have all but vanished after watching this. This is the prequel the world has been waiting for. I give this an A+.