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Rating: 9/10 (10 September 2018)

There's two kinds of Star Wars fans in this world: Those who think that Rogue One is easily the best Disney Star Wars film so far, and those who are wrong.
Okay, I'll try to get off my high horse for the rest of the review.
Rogue One, to me, is the perfect example of giving fans what they expect in a Star Wars movie, while simultaneously putting a new take on the franchise. Here we see characters who are jaded and war weary. Characters who believe in the ends justifying the means. Rogue One did for Star Wars what Deep Space 9 did for Star Trek. While some will criticise the film for this I personally think it was necessary to allow for the continued evolution of the series.
Nobody wants to see new Star Wars films be nothing but a hollow rehash of previous films in the series (Hello Force Awakens). Nor do we want to see a Star Wars film completely destroy what came before it in a nonsensical and childish way (hello The Last Jedi). Rogue One skillfully skirts between these two traps and shows Disney exactly where the franchise should be headed.
Ultimately Rogue One gives us enough familiarity to keep us in the Star Wars universe, while simultaneously giving us a reason to watch new films in the series. In my eyes this film is even better than Return of the Jedi, and I don't say that lightly.