Re-imagining Star Wars

Rating: 7/10 (27 December 2017)

When I first heard that there would be stand alone Star Wars movies, I was skeptical. But this film left me more optimistic. Seeing a Star Wars story without having to relive the structure/character/pace of the first seven was pretty freeing, actually. It was not necessarily original (plenty of old school westerns and war movies felt similar), but it worked. And just as Winter Soldier imagined super hero tales as a spy movie, Rogue One imagined Star Wars as a classic war adventure. The characters work, the homages are well done and I was sucked in. Plus, it answered some fun questions from back in the day. I just wish we could have avoided CGId versions of actors from 40 years ago.