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What in your opinion makes Rogue One so good? I'm undecided about seeing any of the Star Wars side movies at this point, but curious about the positive reactions.

I’m pretty tired so forgive me for my disconnected thoughts.

Good things about Rogue One:

It manages to be a good prequel. It has its own story to tell and it tells with without compromising, altering, or retconning anything that comes before or after it–at least to my knowledge.

The characters are all great. Their backstories are pretty simple, not gonna lie, but there’s enough meat there to sink your nerdy teeth into, and it’s not so much that it distracts from the story that’s being told.

Speaking further of the story: we’ve never really had cause to think overmuch about what we already knew about the Death Star plans and how the Rebel Alliance found themselves in possession of them. I think most of us took the knowledge for granted; it was just part of a much bigger story and didn’t really matter. We knew only that they were acquired at great cost. It was really wonderful how this tidbit of information was turned into a full story populated by a cast of characters who honestly felt they meant something.

I mean, these characters have presence. All of them. Even the droid, who doesn’t feel like a cutesy/fun sidekick so much as a character.

Hammerhead Corvette being utilized properly. *_*

Understated romance. YAY.

Two middle aged POC men who can be longtime BFFs or husbands? SIGN ME UP. Their interactions are SO GOOD. You will feel so many things.

Main characters who kind of have a romantic connection but due to the nature of the story it never really manages to develop into anything; the advantage of this is that if you prefer romance to stay out of your sci-fi space battles, it’s pretty easily ignored, but if you’re shipping trash you can delight in every little thing.

POC main character with an accent! YAY! Nobody in-canon comments on it at all; it’s just a natural part of the world LIKE IT SHOULD BE.

Another kickass female character whose kickassness makes sense and whose flaws are grounded in a simple (but pretty easy to understand) history.

The main villain character is SO INTERESTING.

BODHI. Bodhi’s as much a reason to watch the entire film as anything. It’s not that he plays a small role or anything, but he doesn’t say a whole lot over the entire course of the film and we don’t learn a whole lot about him; despite this, he comes across as a pretty deeply fascinating and relateable character. He’s definitely the “coward who tries really hard to be brave” character. I know people were a little afraid that Bodhi wouldn’t be as well-liked as some of the others due to the lack of any (even potential) romantic intent surrounding him, but so far from what I’ve seen he’s pretty universally well-liked.

The grey area that the Rebel Alliance functions in is pretty darn clear in this film. The Empire is terrible but the Alliance’s hands aren’t exactly clean, either. None of that “the alliance are all pure beans” crap.

I appreciated how they showed that even within the Alliance there are extremist groups. Better yet, that the Rebels have plenty of child soldiers themselves. I have no love for the Empire but I have to say that I was really sick of the Alliance being so overtly good vs. the big bad evil horrible no good terrible Imperials. Like…yes, we get it, you want your good guys to be Really Good. But it doesn’t make sense and it can’t work that way. This movie did a nice job of showing a hint of the underbelly of the Alliance, too.

Mon Mothma. ♥♥♥

Really opinionated things:

I liked it better than The Force Awakens on my initial watch, but on my second watch I was like “I could probably watch this 50 more times and I’d feel something every single time, but I doubt I would even be able to get through TFA that many times.”

I know this is a pretty common opinion right now, anyway, but I’ve been trying to put together coherent reasons why I liked Rogue One so much better. Truthfully, though, I hesitate to say it’s a fair comparison since Rogue One is a standalone film and TFA is the start of a trilogy; the function of these films is completely different.

That said, the lack of Kylo Ren made it 300% better automatically.

Blue Leader, the secret good bean. I liked him and his mustache. Kiss my ass.

I thought the council’s mixed opinions on fight/not fight was pretty well done. If nothing else, I found it completely plausible.

I’m only like three chapters into the novelization but it’s GREAT so far. I’m impressed by the good writing. That’s saying something. So if you liked the film consider getting the novelization!

“LITTLE SISTER” SHUT UP BAZE!! AHHHHHHH!!!

“WELCOME HOME” HSUT THE FUCK UR MOUTH CASSIAN.

STARDUST (eVEN AT THE END. leave me to die).

Things I didn’t care for:

Darth Vader. Out of his three appearances I can only really justify using screen time on one.

I kinda hoped they’d make Tarkin appear less, too? Or at least make him seem more mysterious. I was a little disappointed when he turned away from the window the first time because I thought his disdain for Krennic would have made more sense if he’d refused to look away from the window–in one of those “lmao you’re not worth my direct attention asshole” ways.

CGI Leia could have been better; the kind of side/profile of her face shot was great and then they cheesed it. (HOPE? REALLY? I get the urge to do this, really. But turning full into the camera and lifting her eyes to say it? Too much. ALSO I THOUGHT OBI-WAN WAS YOUR ONLY HOPE WHAT THE HELL.)

The pun. No thank you.

Saw’s role was pretty minimal and lacked depth. Instead of spending screen time on Vader I’d have preferred to have had a little more time with Saw. Or his rebels.

The tentacle monster thing brought with it all kinds of gross connotations I could have done without. They weren’t subtle, so I feel like they might very well have been intentional. The worst part about this was that there was no lasting impact so the entire thing could have been completely cut and replaced with a throwaway bit where Bodhi was just thrown into complete darkness for days. Cassian, Baze, and Chirrut could have joined him there later. And he would have had something in common with Jyn idk.

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