Marketing Star Wars to the Millenial Generation...

Rating: 7/10 (21 December 2016)

Well the story about stealing those pesky Imperial secret plans gets another re-hash but this time in AVX 3D with a few cameos by original evil villain characters and the story has a hanging ending alluding to yet another sequel... The story line, while not predictable, definitely reminiscent of Part IV right down to the farming family, cheeky android robots, space port outposts and space battle scenes. Totally dazzling CGI imagery even better on a big screen in 3D. To keep continuity a few key Imperial characters make a re-appearance and there is a somewhat surprising ending that leads the way to the opening scene of the original 1977 Part IV including an unexpected appearance by a presumably CGI generated young princess character....In some ways if you haven't seen Part IV then see Rogue One first but if you're the Over-50 crowd and remember seeing the first Star Wars then Rogue One both makes sense yet eerily follows the same basic story and plot.