Two things. CGI Tarkin was the best and most convincing CGI I've ever seen. To me, it looked exactly like him. Exactly. The CGI Leia looked a little fake. And Vader's final scene slaughtering fools in the hallway was fucking brilliant
Bryon Letterman Bryon Letterman lmao for me it was opposite, I was a afraid Leia would look different when I saw the back side of her then when I saw her I was like "holy shit" CGI Tarkin, however, at first glance I knew he was CGI
The ending with Vader killing all those rebels was a scene I've always wanted to see happen in Star Wars. Seeing Vader cut loose and just slaughter people was amazing.
BlueHooloovoo The sad thing is the possibility of seeing it again is dim considering this goes straight into episode 4 and Vader dies in episode 6. The only hope we have is if they make a prequel to this. How and what topic? Don't know. I can only see an Obi-Wan film with Vader vaguely in it in separate scenes.
Living Lightning Well when Vader survived the destruction of the Death Star in his tie fighter he flew off into space. What did he do between that and Empire Strikes Back? They could make a side story about that.
Well, to be fair, people nowadays actually regard this as the only Disney Star Wars entry that was actually good, so his happiness for this aged quite well!
Eh, I live in a small town. The only time I really had something similar to a reaction in a movie theater was when a guy yelled out "Holy shit!" when Ant-Man became Giant Man.
everything from the intense "we know who that is in the dark," to vader's first iconic inhalation in that scene, to when his red light saber lights up the hall way and reveals himself..... my goodness, i had to catch my breath during that scene. that one span of about half a minute alone had better suspense than most movies that are considered suspense. granted, i'm pretty sure the lore and pop culture behind the darth vader character had some help with that, but still.... epic
That scene was the most daunting, grave, and powerful scenes I've ever seen. I was in awe at how Vader lifts the rebel up to the ceiling, deflects some shots, the. Slices him in half while still striding forward. That was the best ending to a Star Wars movie I've ever seen.
I'm one with the force The force is with me I'm one with the force The force is with me I'm one with the force The force is with me I'm one with Donnie Yen Donnie Yen is with me
Kittie Harambe that shit hurt man. the beach scene really hurt me. Horrifying scene, I went with 8 year olds and I had to lie about jyn and andor's fate. won't take kids to this movie again. so brutal.
jack Keo Yeah man That shit hurt badly but I give credit to Edwards he made the characters attachable and then they showed the Darkness of war instead of down playing it by far for me this beats force awakens
Kittie Harambe The moment they decided to blow up Scarif, I felt so much hatred towards the Empire. I never had a problem with them but as the killed the Rogue One squad I just couldn't handle it.
Think about all the innocent people they killed on Alderaan and all the other people that would have been killed if the Rebels hadn't stopped them. The Empire is evil
@@ninjanibba4259 Like war, they just end up as a number. It could've been more but I see it as one of those occurrences that nothing survives out of your squad and to tell the story
I don't think that was the issue, it was how Yoda was fighting, It just came across as OTT and silly, exactly What G Lucas is known for. Why all the spinning and jumping. If you slow it down it makes no sense. And the 3 Lucas Prequels are full of stupid somersaults and unnecessary flips. Vader scene was believable not OTT
Perfect. I felt that if Vader was going to put in it -- he needed to be a terrifying tempest. When you heard his breathing and then the saber turning out-- I just shat my pants
"Do not choke on your aspirations." Rouge One (Chokes a dude) "Apology accepted captain Needah." Empire Strikes Back (Kills a dude) "We would be honored if you would join us." Empire Strikes Back (After being shot at) "I find your lack of faith disturbing." Star Wars (Chokes a dude) "Perhaps I can find new ways to motivate them." Jedi (Threatening "Lazy" workers) "The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am." Jedi (Underplaying his badassery) I don't think the Rouge one line is out of character for Vader at all.
its funny as krennic discovered the death star had a weakness before tarkin fired on him if krennic had lived they could have fixed the flaw | tarkin causes his own downfall
Aaron how this movie ended was good and amazing to the star wars plot but to see everyone this movie was about dying in the end made me feel bad in some kind of way
But to be honest, I didn't really care for them when they died. All of the characters were actually pretty weak. This movie is good because of what it does for all of star wars not for what it does for itself.
Aaron tbh i was expecting them to die.:.dats how war is...brutal...it made the movie more powerful impact dat way and gave episode 4 a new hope MORE reason to complete the death star mission
I loved that line so much! And of course pretty much all of K-2SO's lines. Favorite K-2SO moment has to be when he nonchalantly tosses that grenade behind him, blows up a bunch of stormtroopers, and then says sarcastically "yeah, maybe I should go wait in the ship". Best Star Wars droid IMO, seconded by BB8.
The CG for those two was great. Tarkin DID look better than Leia (though he was teetering on the brink of the Uncanny Valley.) Actually I thought Red and Gold Leaders looked even better. Totally realistic. Give it 10 years and we may see a science fiction or fantasy movie with totally CG characters that look photo-realistic.
chakrafiend I stand corrected. I just checked i09's article on that. That's actually even cooler than Rogue One skirting the Uncanny Valley with the two characters.
jediknightgeo that tarkin was cgi I saw immediately. I actually really thought that the girl who played ( it's cgi I know ) was almost an identical actress. fucking hell we won't get dissapointed if they are going to use characters in the movies who's actor died. shortly, the cgi and special effects were top notch
I must admit, when Tarkin showed up in the movie I got an uncontrollable smile. From ear to ear, I was just smiling. That was great, very well done and I loved it.
Easter Egg: If you notice how Vader ignites his saber in the hall battle/slaughter in Rogue One, he does it in the exact same pose as he does when he confronts Obi Wan on the Death Star in Star Wars.
It was a much grittier star wars movie than others which were very friendly fantasy adventures, but this one felt like a war movie with a lot on the line if they failed their quest. There was a real sense of urgency in this rather than wonder.
YES. That's what I hated about TFA, there were absolutely no stakes and it was just kinda boring because of that. The humor was overdone too. It felt like a Marvel movie, or pretty much anything else Disney touches. But Rogue One was beautifully done both cinematically and content wise.
@@kennethha416 ...can't really speak for the person you're replying to, but considering I kind of agree, just wanted to defend the point. I think it's valid to feel like there were no stakes in TFA more than other star wars movies because it was kind of a retread. everything had already been done before, the third death star was a tired idea and it never felt like more than a movie after that shit came in, it never sucked me in and made me feel for what was happening. It just felt like going through the motions. I think what works in rogue one is that the stakes feel more personal, we know they're going to get the plans, but we don't know if they're going to be alright, so we end up caring about the people more than the fate of the universe, which is kinda what sucks me in usually. empire is the same way for me, the fact it doesn't have to resolve and can end on a cliffhanger, it let the writers kind of make the stakes more personal. We end up caring about what's going to happen to han by the end of it, and I think caring about the characters, the people, is really the stakes that are more engaging to watch. I agree that the big ending of the original star wars is more for fun than like really thinking the good guys won't win, but it hadn't been done before and was a wild ride. I don't really like return of the Jedi because it's a retread, I end up not caring about the death star in that move either, has that same going through the motions kinda shit, but then again, they have the Darth Vader luke drama which is pretty engaging so it's kind of alright. The personal stakes are clearer to me. I don't even remember why the characters are fighting at the end of TFA, I don't give a shit about the death star, and the fact Kylo Ren gets his ass beat probably blew the feeling of tension also. Long story short, the more personal the drama the more feels at stake, once you care about the characters, it's like even shit that doesn't kill them starts to hold weight, like you just want them to be ok. I didn't ever feel like any of the characters wouldn't be ok in a lot of the star wars movies, episode 3 was ok at it, but a lot of them just felt like, get on with it, I know Anakin's not gonna die in a bug factory or whatever, can we just go. I wouldn't say there wasn't any stakes in the star wars movies though, they did the personal stakes alright sometimes
Kittie Harambe I was sad at end because I was like damn I want to see more of her as this character but....nope I heard her contract had a sequel clause so I guess they could do one with the events leading up to this and her living alone.
GrayWoIf I was Crying in my Popcorn I literally had to tell my friend a kernel got it my eyes but I give credit to Edwards he was able to make the team attachable and force awakens wasn't able to do that so by far better then force awakens
Seriously I thought I was dreaming but no; I was literally watching my all time favorite fictional villain be the ultimate badass and monster everyone in the Empire and Rebel Alliance know him as. Loved it so much.
in the movie at the time in the rebellion "there is no rogue one" and in the empire strikes back there is a rogue two. it brought new layer to the call sign in the sense that it was to honor the memories of the rogue one. i thought that was nice
not to be that guy, but it's because "Rogue Leader" is considered rogue one followed by rogue two. it's similar how to there's no "Red One" but there's a Red Leader and then a Red Two. but i like your thing
Can I just say how beautiful all the design and artistry work was? Because I marvel at how the art departments made the visual aesthetics feels like they belonged to the original trilogy era. The beige materials, the way the ships moved, K2-SO (a fittingly archaic design), even the way the starry abyss looked. Just _wow_.
Honestly my favorite Star Wars movie. I was surprised when I heard some people were disappointed, I understand being disappointed by the Force Awakens, but this is the Star Wars movie I thought people wanted. Guess you can't impress everybody.
The Force Awakens had flaws that didn't affect the quality of the movie. Rogue One had huge flaws that really dampened the experience, and made you have to consciously outweigh the pros vs the negatives. Rogue One also had really good potentially and some really cool ideas, but didn't deliver on them and they fell short (i.e. the Vader scene could have been amazing if he was killing the main characters, but instead they gave them unmemorable deaths and had Vader murder a bunch of rebels that we didn't care about). The Force Awakens had awesome potential and ideas and fucking delivered on them big time!
ed1rko17 Unmemorable deaths? The only unmemorable deaths in this movie were the father and the pilot dude because of choppy editing, the other ones were extremely well-made.
Want to know the best part? Red Leader and Gold Leader weren't reconstructed with CGI, like Tarkin. They were done with deleted scenes from A New Hope while adding the Rogue One space background.
FloBraMan Figured as much. One of the scenes inside the cockpits looked blurry as hell so I thought they either ran out of budget (HA!) or they grabbed some scenes forme episode 4. Man I need to watch this movie again and loom for the easter eggs. The one I remember the most was with the two dudes from the cantina but not much besides that.
A New Hope: "I find your lack of faith disturbing" The Empire Strikes Back: "Apology accepted, Captain Needa" (right after choking him to death) Return of the Jedi: "The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" Vader has actually played some puns through the saga. I saw no problem with the aspirations quote.
Adam Stringer I also love the reaction of the rebels just trying to open the doors and screaming "TAKE IT! TAKE IT!", while Vader was right behind them killing them one by one. I was on the edge of my seat!
This was the second best Star Wars movie there is. Held true to the story, no underlying love story, straight up warfare, badass Vader slaughtering scene, amazing lead in to A New Hope, and no bullshit. So good!
The only thing it didn’t hold Star Wars logic to was the speed of a planet’s explosion. In the old movies, they’d just blow up like a rock of sand. But the new movie.. you know they’d take their time. I can’t complain. It was fun watching those scenes and bridging the perspectives in my imagination. But the fact I say “but”, is still there.
I just got back from the movie and im still on cloud 9. I was a little kid in the movie theater watching the original StarWars, back in the day... emotionally satisfying is the perfect description...im gonna have a hard time getting to sleep tonight..im so hyped up.
I bet George Lucas Jumped out of his chair, screamed 'NOW THATS WHAT THE FK IM TALKIN ABOUT' and broke into the cabbage patch dance at the ending. lol..I had moderately low expectations for Rogue One...blew my mind..i still cant calm down
Bill Archer yeah lol and btw the one image that has stuck with me the most is Vader destroying those poor guys at the end. That was great filmmaking, and just as The Force Awakens was in my Top 3 of 2015, Rouge One will probs be for 2016 too.
Maybbe less of a reference to the novel and more to the actual weapon. The dark saber was basically the Deathstars superlaser without the rest of the space station. Or am I getting things confused right now?
Well,since the Novel is about the Darksaber it does not really matter if they reference the book or the actual weapon. Obviously they would find the construction plans for the weapon in those archives and not a book ^^ You are correct,the Darksaber was intended as a budget version of the deathstar.
The ending was perfect. The last 5 minutes might just be the greatest moments in Star Wars history. Not only was it a good movie with a GREAT ending, but it adds depth and new dimensions to a movie we've been watching for 40 years.
yea but i belive in the first movie Mon Mothma said "a lot of bohans died getting this information" but there were no fucking bohans ! only rebel humans and that alien that was not a fucking bothan
thegreatmoustachio I fokin love Halo Reach man. I was thinking about how it was similar to Reach cause the of the depressing endings both of them have.
All of Donnie Yen's fight choreography was a joy to watch, but then when you're the guy who basically made Wing Chun what it is today in terms of its popularity, then damn right your fights are gonna be top notch.
@@emhu2594 They honestly should of had their own movie. One that delves into the mystical religious aspeects of the force and the Empires iron grip coming to squash it.
Anyone see the similarities between this movie and Halo Reach? 1. Both are prequeals that lead right before the orginal 2. Both have 6 main protagonists 3. They are delivering information that will save the universe 4. All of them died at the end
Maxie W chanting over and over again was annoying but he was a badass so I didn't care that much. K2so was so funny. I didn't find him annoying at all.
SicParvisMagna123 also when it fires and it shows the tunnel, and there's a storm trooper who reaches above his head and grabs onto something like a support, so a lot of footage from the scene of them prepping and firing yeag
Carson Quillen Wasn't sure about that reusing that stuff, and I can't remember about that stormtrooper bit. For one thing I'm sure the laser would have been improved slightly.
I love TFA but man Rogue One was just better. Tighter plot, darker, better effects, fits perfectly into the canon, it's basically exactly what I was hoping for.
recreating tarkin is discrediting? so what they were supposed to recast him? he was so good that they made him in cgi so his portrait of tarkin lives on
Kleszczu PL Yeah, to me it seems they did him the greatest honor they could given the circumstances. They painstakingly recreated everything about Tarkin from the face to the voice and mannerisms, because to do any less would have been an insult.
Watched this movie 3 times. The third time was in IMAX 3D and I cried all 3 times. Such an amazing movie. Strong emotion, strong action, great acting and cinematography LOVE IT
Hope springs eternal. Perhaps when they start making movies again in a decade or so. Right now I guess we'll have to "settle" for the tv shows... aka some of the best star wars content ever made.
I don't know if that was Mustafar. But, that was Vader's castle! It's awesome that it's canon now because that goes all the way back to Empire Strikes Back. It was a concept that Lucas had that eventually just got tossed aside, so it's awesome that we finally got to see it and see a filmmaker make use of it. Makes Vader way more awesome in my opinion.
Funny thing. I actually saw Lucas original concept art for Vaders fortress in the Star Wars identities exhibition. Looked similar to the one in Rogue One
The fact that they did bring Bail Organa back as a character also reminds us who he was from the prequels and when Leia says "you served my father in the Clone wars", will make sense to those who won't watch the prequels again..
It made sense when I was 8 years old watching Star Wars in the 80s. As I said before, Leia said you served with my father in the Clone Wars. That is pretty much all you need to understand that 1) Leia has a father, 2)Obi Wan new her father, and 3) that Leia's father trusts this Obi Wan person to send his daughter to find him.
Dirus Nigh So Bail Organa was a character in the 80s? You've missed my point. The only father of Leia's you can actually put a name to is Vader. Before the prequels, of course.
LegionaryWithAGladius Well he's not mentioned by name in the original trilogy but I believe the original 1976 Star Wars novelization mentioned him, as did the script.
aheadbyadecade Is the average star wars (and even some dedicated fans) going to have access to this? Besides, you say you believe so, not that you know so.
That last scene where Krenick sees the death star in the sky he realizes it's over and they are all dead that was just sad, i felt so much for krenick.
Yeah dude im with 3rd world gamer, Krenic was just trying to do the best he could, he was given an evil task to complete by a bunch of evil men (Vader, Palps and Tarkin) Just cause he built the best deathstar he possibly could (under orders) doesnt make him the evil behind it, the deathstar was his greatest achievement and Tarkin wanted to take his name off of the credits for it, krenic just wanted to be one of the bigger fish in the Empire Ocean
I finally watched it today.OMG I am not even a hardcore fan of Star Wars, but this movie was really will put together into the franchise.The cgi was pretty believable 7-10 for cgi leia and Wilhuff Tarkin. I really enjoy the movie.Oh, almost forgot the best part at the end, that was amazingly terrifying and that pose So badass.
Vader in this film was like a monster straight out of a horror film. Even his intro, when he's in the tube, was unsettling. He's just hanging there, limbless, with that iconic breath. And that scene near the end was like something out of a Jason film. But boy, seeing Red Leader and Gold Leader again was amazing, and totally unexpected. Probably some of the best use of stock footage I have ever seen. All the main characters dying was really unexpected as well. I don't know if I liked it as much as Jeremy did, but I really did enjoy it, and was at the edge of my seat through most of it.
Rogue One definitely improves A New Hope; or at least it does for me. Kinda like when someone says 'you'll enjoy it so much more if you read the book first'.
The Force Awakens didn't have the same flaw as the original Death Star. Han, and Chew placed charges which caused damage from within creating a hole for Poe Dameron to fly through. Once inside he was able to blast the interior destroying Starkiller Base. Because if we all remember, before the hole was created, they were bombing the surface of the weapon which had little to no effect.
You shove TNT down the barrel of a tank and it's going to do some damage. The point I'm making is that Jeremy stated that Starkiller Base had the same flaw built into it as the Death Star did, and he asked who made that one. I was making the point that the same flaw was not made into Starkiller Base and the Empire did learn from their mistakes. The only reason Han and Chewie made it through Starkiller Bases shields is because they were in light speed.
I am sure that if i put some TNT in to the Earth's core it wouldn't blow up the Earth... or if i used said TNT and a nuke it still won't blow up the Earth. There isn't a lot of chain reactions that could destroy the Earth in one go. So, really there is a a huge design flew in Starkiller base. The more i think about TFA the more it just pisses me off. It's was a fun movie but its also fanboy ass.
TX51 You're comparing the earths core to a structure that isn't a planet at all, that harnesses the power of stars and is waiting to discharge all that stored energy, so when someone punches a hole in that seal and it explodes, you're saying that's the same as if we dug to the center of the earths core? You do realize how dumb that sounds right?
FolkLordll Yes, I do want to compare the two as this is a fictional situation and it completely stupid from the get go. I'll humour you though. if e=mc2 then all the mass stored in the starkiller base must be equal to its power out put... if so, it shouldn't be to hard to believe that there is enough mass in the earth's core to destroy a planet. the only difference is that in star wars they have found a way to turn all that mass in to energy. so, yes it is the same. I'm not stupid.
Silent Insanity Or just ignore this guy, watch the prequels and decide for yourself. They're not bad movies. Disappointing compared against the originals yes, but far from terrible.
The original trilogy is great, but outdated. The only thing the prequels had on them, was that they were "modern" films. But with Rogue One and Force Awakens out, now the prequels will ALSO feel "outdated".
since this movie was made to explain the super convenient hole in the death star that a lot of people saw as a plot hole, are they now going to make a movie explaining why ewoks were able to take out an entire imperial army.
entire? Well they did show that the blind guy with a wooden stick was able to disable armor wearing stormtroopers. So I guess we just have to believe the helmets were poorly constructed in that any hit to them reverberated right into the head causing nausea or something disabling.
No, I think the mind squid was necessary. The mind squid was Rogue One's version of waterboarding. It was torturous, terrifying, and disturbing. It left the pilot in an utter state of shock and fear, despite his willingness to actually be so forthcoming with information. It said alot about Guerrera's clan without saying much at all. Rogue One was GREY. It was a gritty grey film that tried to show the horrors of war from a Star Wars standpoint. The overarching theme was supposed to be that Rebel and Empire were no different in terms of goals. Remember "You carry a prison wherever you go"? That was, to an extent, referring to the cage of aligning with a FACTION in a galactic war, and the consequences of bearing the weight of that faction and what it does to you individually. The happy melodic Star Wars music, nostalgic as it was, had a habit of clashing with that dark theme of "There is no good and bad in war", and honestly that is Disney's fault as the original Rogue One was supposed to be much more darker and grittier, but they decided to scrap that because it was deemed too much by Mickey Mouse and his cohorts.
I agree with you but how was the original Rogue One supposed to be darker? They originally intended for all characters to survive but then reshot half the movie to make them all die. So what are you referring to exactly?
Rogue One is what Suicide Squad should've been. A ragtag crew of people go on to fight for the greater good on missions that will kill them. 2 people (only the important people) died in Suicide Squad. THE WHOLE TEAM DIED IN ROGUE ONE. That was literally a Suicide mission.
I kind of disagree, even though I didn't like Suicide Squad and I can't believe I'm actually sort of defending the movie, but I don't think they needed to kill off all of the characters. Sure they could have killed off more than just the two fodder characters they went with, and yes they do go on what are supposed to be suicide missions, but the members can still survive their missions and continue to go on more.
Well the soldiers that died during that mission gave it a slight suicide mission feel but thier deaths were glossed over too quickly to effect any stakes
to (mis)quote a certan character "i dont think that word means what you think it means". a literal suicide mission would be, if they had to kill themselves to complete the mission, or more specific the mission was to kill themselves.
Allow me to put on my nerd glasses while I explain the Starkiller base. The only reason that the thermal oscillator was vulnerable is because the station was charging from the power of the sun. The oscillator modulates the energy (with sci-fi magic) so that the storage of that energy doesn't pop the Starkiller like a balloon. When they destroyed the oscillator, the energy couldn't be modulated and the base was destroyed by the energy currently being stored. Had they destroyed the oscillator while the Starkiller was just chilling in space it would not have destroyed the base
Also I like that you said that Leia's ship went to warp speed. I'm a Star Trek nerd too and I always appreciate when you say that we can love both at the same time
I didnt even realize Tarkin was Cgi I thought it was an actor in a very well made prosthetic. Which by the way guys, where would you put this movie in the viewing order?
Since I've seen all of them before I always run in chronological order now. But If you're introducing someone new to the series.... do it in order of theatrical release. Except TFA and Rogue One could be done in either order really.
Guitarbro221 Nornally watch in chronological order but when introducing someone I use the machete order: 4,5, then flashback to 1,2,and 3, now rogue one, and then 6 and 7
Did anyone else notice that literally every single major charcter's death was from an explosion? Literally every death. Also the Vader scene is probably the greatest thing we have seen from Vader yet.
I loved the way Rogue One merged the original trilogy with the prequel trilogy, Characters and the Mustafar planet from the prequel trilogy making appearance was amazing! Rogue one was amazing! BTW great review and analysis!
Best Star Wars scene, period. Up until now this was Luke almost falling to the dark side in RotJ for me, but Slasher Vader takes the number one spot easily.
You had me going with the Starkiller base point at first, but you gotta remember: That thing WAS protected; the crew of the Falcon coerced Capt. Phasma to shut down the shield generator. But the First Order had a failsafe, which was conveniently and clumsily sidestepped by the crew of the Falcon just happening to have a bag of explosives. Those explosives did a LOT of damage, but really only enough for one single X-Wing to go in, and circle around blowing the shit out of multiple fuses, etc. I dunno, in my opinion, I felt The Force Awakens went out of its way to show how fucked the Resistance was going into that assault. Does it explain Return of the Jedi's Death Star's weakness?
I love Vader's Pun, by the way. I'm hearing that's not very in-character for him, but I think it helps to bridge the gap between the two trilogies as well. Vader has always used puns, he just got better at them. Perks of the Dark Side exposure, I guess.... wit,. "Oh, you know, Master... I couldn't find a speeder that I really liked, in the right color with the best speed capabilities and all..." "I have the high ground, Anakin!" "Don't... UNDERestimate my power!" "Don't choke on your aspirations." "Apology accepted, Captain Needa." And don't forget, when Han was being interrogated: "They didn't even ask any questions." Vader was just fuckin' with him!
I think you hit the nail on the head here Jeremy, just don't go on excusing yourself so much for your verdict in your non-spoiler talk! This movie was in my opinion amazing. It had so many nods to the originals, and like you said sewed together so many story lines perfectly. I've never been so excited watching a Star Wars film, as I was during this because it was like having gift after gift unwrapped before your eyes. Characters that we haven't seen in years were once more back on the screen (loved that they re-made Grand Moff Tarkin), and the way the props, settings, and characters looked in this film was on point with the originals. This film really looked and felt like a true Star Wars movie and in my opinion was one of the best in the entire series. That, taking into account that it was made so long after the originals is an incredible feat, and I was so impressed by this film from beginning to end.
I feel like that one scene where K-2SO says "I've got a bad fe-" then the characters shut him up is just the movie making fun of the other prequels for overusing the "I've got a bad feeling about this" line
DigitalDunzey over using? The line is uttered once in every film, including the original trilogy, in fact it's used twice in A New Hope, so explain how it's "over used" in the prequels"?
I think the mind squid thing was supposed to be showing that Saw would go to drastic measures to get the info and I think it was supposed to mirror the imperial interrogation droid the Vader uses on Princess Leia. Thusly, "The rebels are just as bad as the empire!" I don't think any of the "grey area" stuff worked in the film, though.
JazGalaxy but still the squid monster scene did nothing to advance the plot. The editor should have cut it and included it on a DVD as bonus (unnecessary) material
Maybe I'm wrong, but when Saw was breathing through his respirator, it sounded a bit like Vader. I thought that was a nice touch. Adds to that idea of "The rebels are just as bad as the empire"
Great review. I love what this movie does for A New Hope. Makes it so much more emotional. You see Vader differently, you see R2 with the plans differently. And when Luke blows up the Death Star, it's like got this amazingly satisfying feeling of revenge for what Tarkin & Co did to our heroes in Rogue One. I love it!
Only people who haven't seen the film and listen to some rando online who admitted that he didn't see the film when he started his "boycott." (I put quotes around that because if you weren't going to see it because of a made-up controversy, you weren't gonna see it at all. )
Scott O Some guy went onto twitter and said the reason for the reshoots was to put in anti-trump propaganda. Which obviously wasnt true but a slew of people believed him and began boycotting the movie. He then came out and said he lied.
The ending of this movie pretty much killed the "Jyn is Rey's mother" theory and I'm glad It means the "Luke is Rey's father" theory is still going strong 😃
The way the movie smoothed out some of the rough edges of the original trilogy alone makes it fantastic. It ties it with the series even though it is a stand alone "spin-off" and does it better than all the winks and call backs in the Force Awakens. Unlike the other prequels it really feels like it enriches the New Hope, it makes some of the scenes in it stronger and make more sense.
cantstumpthetrump Not watching the same movie they were since most of the complains was about a black storm trooper, how unfair Rey won her fight v Kilo (Mary sue). Characters where the best part of TFA but the story was king in R1
When Vader destroyed that hallway, my life became complete.
Dormammu so did mine
Dormammu dormammu I've come to bargain
Dormammu i went home and tried to convince my wife to read the thrawn trilogy. no dice, lol. but yes, it made me a kid again
You mean the circle is now complete? *ignites saber*
could have been a min longer but still orgasmic nevertheless
Two things. CGI Tarkin was the best and most convincing CGI I've ever seen. To me, it looked exactly like him. Exactly. The CGI Leia looked a little fake.
And Vader's final scene slaughtering fools in the hallway was fucking brilliant
They weren't fools. They were brave rebels.
Arraik Cruor you can be brave and still be a fool
tarkin looked pretty much cgi, especially his mouth movement
Bryon Letterman Bryon Letterman lmao for me it was opposite, I was a afraid Leia would look different when I saw the back side of her then when I saw her I was like "holy shit" CGI Tarkin, however, at first glance I knew he was CGI
Bryon Letterman it's the opposite man but Vader omg
The ending with Vader killing all those rebels was a scene I've always wanted to see happen in Star Wars. Seeing Vader cut loose and just slaughter people was amazing.
BlueHooloovoo same here. he was one pissed off sith!
BlueHooloovoo Heck, Star Wars The Force Unleased video game showed that as you play as him in the prologue, and it is awesome
Sasuke210000 It's just nice to finally see it in live-action.
BlueHooloovoo
The sad thing is the possibility of seeing it again is dim considering this goes straight into episode 4 and Vader dies in episode 6. The only hope we have is if they make a prequel to this. How and what topic? Don't know. I can only see an Obi-Wan film with Vader vaguely in it in separate scenes.
Living Lightning
Well when Vader survived the destruction of the Death Star in his tie fighter he flew off into space. What did he do between that and Empire Strikes Back? They could make a side story about that.
It’s weird to see Jeremy happy when talking about Star Wars
A lot has changed
Yeah, I just saw this in my suggested videos list. When I heard him sing the song, I genuinely felt sad.
Ryan Flaherty keep crying ryan.
Well, to be fair, people nowadays actually regard this as the only Disney Star Wars entry that was actually good, so his happiness for this aged quite well!
I watched his reaction to Rise of Skywalker and then watched this... so much hope.. GONE. Kennedy must go...
But Rogue One's awesometacularness will never change.
This is probably the first movie I've seen in theaters that had people clapping and cheering at the end of a movie. And I was proud to be apart of it.
Logan Smith really? I see that way too often even suicide squad people clapped
Logan Smith Whenever a cameo appeared everyone screamed when I saw it
People clapped for Rogue One and La La Land. At least for the theaters I was in.
OMG, Me too!
Eh, I live in a small town. The only time I really had something similar to a reaction in a movie theater was when a guy yelled out "Holy shit!" when Ant-Man became Giant Man.
That Vader scene was one of the greatest scenes in cinema history.
DurtySprite As I live and breathe, that Vader sequence was one of the most epic moments I've witnessed in a movie.
everything from the intense "we know who that is in the dark," to vader's first iconic inhalation in that scene, to when his red light saber lights up the hall way and reveals himself..... my goodness, i had to catch my breath during that scene.
that one span of about half a minute alone had better suspense than most movies that are considered suspense. granted, i'm pretty sure the lore and pop culture behind the darth vader character had some help with that, but still.... epic
You need to see more cinema.
It felt like being trapped with the Grim Reaper! No matter how hard you try and defend yourself,escape,or beg for help death will always come.
That scene was the most daunting, grave, and powerful scenes I've ever seen. I was in awe at how Vader lifts the rebel up to the ceiling, deflects some shots, the. Slices him in half while still striding forward. That was the best ending to a Star Wars movie I've ever seen.
Before this I've never seen a movie that literally killed all the main characters. It was amazing and depressing.
Terri S some of the most beautiful characters deaths I've seen.
You've not seen any but that doesn't make it unique or original, loads of movies do this.
MicrowaveBackground Obviously. I'm just saying that I've never seen it before and it was a good movie.
Guess you've never watched a Quentin Tarantino movie before.
victor gentry nope
"The Death Star was an inside job" confirmed
FloppyFlapjak Premise of the movie
This joke has many layers.
omgdontstealvids123 college humor did a good job with this joke
Luke basically 9/11'd crown jewl of imperia
I'm one with the force
The force is with me
I'm one with the force
The force is with me
I'm one with the force
The force is with me
I'm one with Donnie Yen
Donnie Yen is with me
Jasmine Chauhan my favourites were
Jyn
K2
Then Donnie Yen
when they all died one by one
My heart was slowing being ripped apart 😂
Kittie Harambe Same here. Their deaths made me feel so much hatred for the Empire that I hadn't ever felt
They were barely "characters" aha
Jokers Left Nut there characters were fleshed out and thus were easy to be attachable
no they werent
Wait so the Rogue One team was some kind of...suicide squad?
GrayWoIf
Except they were actually funny, likable and died
We don't talk about that Hot Topic garbage. The worst Joker interpretation yet. A generic Will Smith performance. What more can I say?
GrayWoIf The REAL and more awesome suicide squad
made my day, lol.
GrayWoIf
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 WTF yes dude yes it is 😂😂😂😂
I got so attached to Jyn and the team And when they all died I was secretly crying in my popcorn
Kittie Harambe that shit hurt man. the beach scene really hurt me. Horrifying scene, I went with 8 year olds and I had to lie about jyn and andor's fate.
won't take kids to this movie again. so brutal.
jack Keo Yeah man That shit hurt badly but I give credit to Edwards he made the characters attachable and then they showed the Darkness of war instead of down playing it by far for me this beats force awakens
Kittie Harambe The moment they decided to blow up Scarif, I felt so much hatred towards the Empire. I never had a problem with them but as the killed the Rogue One squad I just couldn't handle it.
Jasmine Chauhan I know how you feel after I finished watching Rogue one I went home and watched A new hope just to see that Dount Blow up 😂 😂
Think about all the innocent people they killed on Alderaan and all the other people that would have been killed if the Rebels hadn't stopped them. The Empire is evil
It's funny when a one-off Star Wars story where all the main characters die is the best Star Wars movie Disney made. Luckily we have The Mandalorian.
Having people die isn’t enough if you don’t care, and I didn’t care along with a lot of other people
So that means nothing
@@ninjanibba4259 Like war, they just end up as a number. It could've been more but I see it as one of those occurrences that nothing survives out of your squad and to tell the story
@@dadian803 i guess, but it still changes nothing to affect ANH, especially when the map is a small part of the story compared to the rest of the plot
@@ninjanibba4259 most people really cared about the characters
But I won't deny that they don't have alot of character Dept
@@ninjanibba4259 Wrong
The Vader Scene at the end is the greatest scene of all time.
The acting from the Rebels was phenomenal, You could feel their fear of Vader.
it was what yoda fighting scene was not --believable.
With the current tech, they can definitely make Yoda more believable than before.
I don't think that was the issue, it was how Yoda was fighting, It just came across as OTT and silly, exactly What G Lucas is known for. Why all the spinning and jumping. If you slow it down it makes no sense. And the 3 Lucas Prequels are full of stupid somersaults and unnecessary flips. Vader scene was believable not OTT
Perfect. I felt that if Vader was going to put in it -- he needed to be a terrifying tempest. When you heard his breathing and then the saber turning out-- I just shat my pants
"Do not choke on your aspirations." Rouge One (Chokes a dude)
"Apology accepted captain Needah." Empire Strikes Back (Kills a dude)
"We would be honored if you would join us." Empire Strikes Back (After being shot at)
"I find your lack of faith disturbing." Star Wars (Chokes a dude)
"Perhaps I can find new ways to motivate them." Jedi (Threatening "Lazy" workers)
"The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am." Jedi (Underplaying his badassery)
I don't think the Rouge one line is out of character for Vader at all.
Anyone else realize that the weapon of jynn's father killed jynn
***** no, good catch I'll have to look for that. Tarkin's face when he found out he could kill krennic though
Jose Santayana wow your right, I was too in the moment to notice that
its funny as krennic discovered the death star had a weakness before tarkin fired on him
if krennic had lived they could have fixed the flaw
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tarkin causes his own downfall
You're guys making me contemplate even MORE about the movie now. :D
Krennic died knowing he had completely failed.
A fitting end.
This movie really surprised me. Just seeing all the main characters just die, was just shocking. But in a good way.
Aaron how this movie ended was good and amazing to the star wars plot but to see everyone this movie was about dying in the end made me feel bad in some kind of way
But to be honest, I didn't really care for them when they died. All of the characters were actually pretty weak. This movie is good because of what it does for all of star wars not for what it does for itself.
Aaron tbh i was expecting them to die.:.dats how war is...brutal...it made the movie more powerful impact dat way and gave episode 4 a new hope MORE reason to complete the death star mission
@@rean247 Wrong
The Darth Vader scene at the end gave me a nerdgasm!
No lie me too. And Princess Leia too man.
W-James multiple nerdgasms
Vader first scene= Never disturb the Dark Lord during his spa day
Razh 80 Awesome profile picture!
W-James, I'll get the mop.
"Are you kidding me?! I'm blind!"
That's the line that really cracked me up.
Yeah hahahahaha
I loved that line so much! And of course pretty much all of K-2SO's lines. Favorite K-2SO moment has to be when he nonchalantly tosses that grenade behind him, blows up a bunch of stormtroopers, and then says sarcastically "yeah, maybe I should go wait in the ship". Best Star Wars droid IMO, seconded by BB8.
true lol
My favorite line.
Funny you say that, I went to the premiere with my friend who is partially blind, and we make a lot of blind jokes and he fucking died in that line
Real talk, I got SO MANY Halo Reach vibes from this movie. Six protagonists that all go down in their own separate ways.
Jun, the sniper, never died in the game. Still alive in the canon too.
And not all different ways, Bodie and Baze both died from a grenade
Jokers Left Nut
I dont remember Bodie and Baze to be apart of Noble team. o:
+Gamzee Makara is that a joke?
*AND REACH FINISHES WHERE HALO CE BEGINS*
Honestly I thought the CG for Tarkin and Leia was AMAZING
SwenglishGamer I'd have to disagree. I thought it looked tremendously well done.
The CG for those two was great. Tarkin DID look better than Leia (though he was teetering on the brink of the Uncanny Valley.) Actually I thought Red and Gold Leaders looked even better. Totally realistic.
Give it 10 years and we may see a science fiction or fantasy movie with totally CG characters that look photo-realistic.
Red and Gold Leader were NOT CGI. They took deleted scenes from ANH and spliced in the Rogue 1 background for them.
chakrafiend
I stand corrected. I just checked i09's article on that. That's actually even cooler than Rogue One skirting the Uncanny Valley with the two characters.
jediknightgeo that tarkin was cgi I saw immediately. I actually really thought that the girl who played ( it's cgi I know ) was almost an identical actress. fucking hell we won't get dissapointed if they are going to use characters in the movies who's actor died. shortly, the cgi and special effects were top notch
What's so bad about "Be careful not to choke on your aspirations"? It's no different than "Apology accepted captain needa".
Boinks Not quite. One wasn't a bad pun/wordplay. And also in one there was an actual death which made the comment dark and possession of stakes
Boinks there's a difference between a pun and a witty response
Boinks it's dumb. It's sooooo dumb I cannot stand how dumb it is
Boinks "All too easy" ~Empire Strikes Back
Boinks i liked it. I love Vadar's pun. not like he didnt make cringe worthy statements before.
I must admit, when Tarkin showed up in the movie I got an uncontrollable smile. From ear to ear, I was just smiling. That was great, very well done and I loved it.
Easter Egg: If you notice how Vader ignites his saber in the hall battle/slaughter in Rogue One, he does it in the exact same pose as he does when he confronts Obi Wan on the Death Star in Star Wars.
gutz1981 That was the first thing I noticed, and was noticing his fighting style is "comparable" in A New Hope.
I'd say his fighting style looks like Episode 3 Anakin for sure. We didn't have any of this fast paced fierce lightsaber usage in the OT.
To be fair, he only really fought lightsabre users in the OT. It requires a different approach.
It was a much grittier star wars movie than others which were very friendly fantasy adventures, but this one felt like a war movie with a lot on the line if they failed their quest. There was a real sense of urgency in this rather than wonder.
YES. That's what I hated about TFA, there were absolutely no stakes and it was just kinda boring because of that. The humor was overdone too. It felt like a Marvel movie, or pretty much anything else Disney touches. But Rogue One was beautifully done both cinematically and content wise.
The character development left me wanting, other than that the final act was amazing
@@Spooky_Psyche Yeah if you hated TFA because it had no stakes then you should probably hate literally every other SW movie
@@kennethha416 ...can't really speak for the person you're replying to, but considering I kind of agree, just wanted to defend the point. I think it's valid to feel like there were no stakes in TFA more than other star wars movies because it was kind of a retread. everything had already been done before, the third death star was a tired idea and it never felt like more than a movie after that shit came in, it never sucked me in and made me feel for what was happening. It just felt like going through the motions. I think what works in rogue one is that the stakes feel more personal, we know they're going to get the plans, but we don't know if they're going to be alright, so we end up caring about the people more than the fate of the universe, which is kinda what sucks me in usually. empire is the same way for me, the fact it doesn't have to resolve and can end on a cliffhanger, it let the writers kind of make the stakes more personal. We end up caring about what's going to happen to han by the end of it, and I think caring about the characters, the people, is really the stakes that are more engaging to watch. I agree that the big ending of the original star wars is more for fun than like really thinking the good guys won't win, but it hadn't been done before and was a wild ride. I don't really like return of the Jedi because it's a retread, I end up not caring about the death star in that move either, has that same going through the motions kinda shit, but then again, they have the Darth Vader luke drama which is pretty engaging so it's kind of alright. The personal stakes are clearer to me. I don't even remember why the characters are fighting at the end of TFA, I don't give a shit about the death star, and the fact Kylo Ren gets his ass beat probably blew the feeling of tension also. Long story short, the more personal the drama the more feels at stake, once you care about the characters, it's like even shit that doesn't kill them starts to hold weight, like you just want them to be ok. I didn't ever feel like any of the characters wouldn't be ok in a lot of the star wars movies, episode 3 was ok at it, but a lot of them just felt like, get on with it, I know Anakin's not gonna die in a bug factory or whatever, can we just go. I wouldn't say there wasn't any stakes in the star wars movies though, they did the personal stakes alright sometimes
Who else thought that Darth Vader hallway scene was fucking badass
And also Felicity Jones crying acting was so great she really sold Jyn Erso to me
Kittie Harambe I was sad at end because I was like damn I want to see more of her as this character but....nope I heard her contract had a sequel clause so I guess they could do one with the events leading up to this and her living alone.
GrayWoIf I was Crying in my Popcorn I literally had to tell my friend a kernel got it my eyes but I give credit to Edwards he was able to make the team attachable and force awakens wasn't able to do that so by far better then force awakens
Kittie Harambe That Darth vader scream made me fanboy outloud for the first time in my life :)
Seriously I thought I was dreaming but no; I was literally watching my all time favorite fictional villain be the ultimate badass and monster everyone in the Empire and Rebel Alliance know him as. Loved it so much.
Bsgrjsbr Sqdbarj come on she sold that scene
in the movie at the time in the rebellion "there is no rogue one" and in the empire strikes back there is a rogue two. it brought new layer to the call sign in the sense that it was to honor the memories of the rogue one. i thought that was nice
Ooooh yea....thats cool
Yea, I loved that reference as well. Here's some info on Rogue Squadron.
starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rogue_squadron
not to be that guy, but it's because "Rogue Leader" is considered rogue one followed by rogue two. it's similar how to there's no "Red One" but there's a Red Leader and then a Red Two. but i like your thing
I'd like to think Luke named his squadron that to honor the Rogue One.
Can I just say how beautiful all the design and artistry work was? Because I marvel at how the art departments made the visual aesthetics feels like they belonged to the original trilogy era. The beige materials, the way the ships moved, K2-SO (a fittingly archaic design), even the way the starry abyss looked. Just _wow_.
The whole movie was absolutely beautiful.
Jugem16 the Battles could've been better tho
Jugem16 this movie was beautifully made
Jugem16 don't forget the costumes!
Honestly my favorite Star Wars movie. I was surprised when I heard some people were disappointed, I understand being disappointed by the Force Awakens, but this is the Star Wars movie I thought people wanted. Guess you can't impress everybody.
I don`t know of anyone who was disappointed with The Force Awakens. Maybe someone trying to act like a super sophisticated Star Wars scholar.
The Force Awakens had flaws that didn't affect the quality of the movie. Rogue One had huge flaws that really dampened the experience, and made you have to consciously outweigh the pros vs the negatives.
Rogue One also had really good potentially and some really cool ideas, but didn't deliver on them and they fell short (i.e. the Vader scene could have been amazing if he was killing the main characters, but instead they gave them unmemorable deaths and had Vader murder a bunch of rebels that we didn't care about).
The Force Awakens had awesome potential and ideas and fucking delivered on them big time!
welcome to the world of unrealistic nerd expectations.
12345DJay Could'nt have said it better.
ed1rko17 Unmemorable deaths? The only unmemorable deaths in this movie were the father and the pilot dude because of choppy editing, the other ones were extremely well-made.
I like how those two thugs from Mos Eisley cameoed in it
nd hickson How has no one mentioned this I thought I was the only one.
Victor Genchis I thought it was pretty obvious lol
Amazing attention to detail, don't you think?
Yes bro, it was perfect
Threepio and Artoo as well!
Want to know the best part? Red Leader and Gold Leader weren't reconstructed with CGI, like Tarkin. They were done with deleted scenes from A New Hope while adding the Rogue One space background.
,+Telly Vin-a When that one guy was having someone on their tail, I was hoping for a save from Porkins.
Their footage was a little blurry in IMAX though
FloBraMan Figured as much. One of the scenes inside the cockpits looked blurry as hell so I thought they either ran out of budget (HA!) or they grabbed some scenes forme episode 4. Man I need to watch this movie again and loom for the easter eggs. The one I remember the most was with the two dudes from the cantina but not much besides that.
Venom Pupper the t-15 power converters man, who could forget those?!? (Joking for those who can't understand)
peter im glad they are phasing them out.
Holy shit the scene with Vader literally gave me chills, good god.
My fave scene in all of star wars, not gonna lie
those rebels shouldve felt intimidated
Slack Jack yeah it was awesome tho
That was not a good hallway to be in at that point in time...
Leo uses wight
A New Hope: "I find your lack of faith disturbing"
The Empire Strikes Back: "Apology accepted, Captain Needa" (right after choking him to death)
Return of the Jedi: "The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am"
Vader has actually played some puns through the saga. I saw no problem with the aspirations quote.
None of those were puns lol. Him being cheeky, yes. But not puns.
@@alexmaverick6647 I couldn't care less, it was still a demonstration of his dark humor playful side.
I was about to bring up Needa's apology, but you beat me to it. And yeah, I didn't have a problem with that pun in Rogue One either.
The scene where Darth Vader massacres the Rebels was awesome and terrifying.
Adam Stringer I was laughing my ass off at that scene. He was just rolling his eyes while deflecting it I bet
Vader went from cold imposing benign villain, to insane psycho murdering leviathan. It was fucking amazing lol!!
Adam Stringer I also love the reaction of the rebels just trying to open the doors and screaming "TAKE IT! TAKE IT!", while Vader was right behind them killing them one by one. I was on the edge of my seat!
This movie did a really good job of showing why everyone's so terrified of that asthmatic giant.
Adam Stringer yeah
This was the second best Star Wars movie there is. Held true to the story, no underlying love story, straight up warfare, badass Vader slaughtering scene, amazing lead in to A New Hope, and no bullshit. So good!
It kind of did have a love
For me this movie is the 3rd best star wars film. Of course the best is still empire strikes back. Then the new hope.
The only thing it didn’t hold Star Wars logic to was the speed of a planet’s explosion. In the old movies, they’d just blow up like a rock of sand. But the new movie.. you know they’d take their time. I can’t complain. It was fun watching those scenes and bridging the perspectives in my imagination. But the fact I say “but”, is still there.
Oh it had bullshit.
@@chatochafa130 I believe they didn't use the same amount of power to destroy each planet. Therefore making the destruction slower.
This movie was emotionally satisfying filled with incredible action and amazing acting all around. Definitely one of the best of the year for me.
I just got back from the movie and im still on cloud 9. I was a little kid in the movie theater watching the original StarWars, back in the day... emotionally satisfying is the perfect description...im gonna have a hard time getting to sleep tonight..im so hyped up.
Bill Archer haha I literally just got back from the cinema too, it was absolutely brilliant and it is all I can think about right now.
I bet George Lucas Jumped out of his chair, screamed 'NOW THATS WHAT THE FK IM TALKIN ABOUT' and broke into the cabbage patch dance at the ending. lol..I had moderately low expectations for Rogue One...blew my mind..i still cant calm down
Bill Archer yeah lol and btw the one image that has stuck with me the most is Vader destroying those poor guys at the end. That was great filmmaking, and just as The Force Awakens was in my Top 3 of 2015, Rouge One will probs be for 2016 too.
Alexander Vicious why?
Did anyone else hear "Black Saber" right before "Star Dust" in the file base room?
I think it was Darksaber, a reference to the 1995 novel :)
Maybbe less of a reference to the novel and more to the actual weapon.
The dark saber was basically the Deathstars superlaser without the rest of the space station.
Or am I getting things confused right now?
Well,since the Novel is about the Darksaber it does not really matter if they reference the book or the actual weapon. Obviously they would find the construction plans for the weapon in those archives and not a book ^^
You are correct,the Darksaber was intended as a budget version of the deathstar.
Bastian Grau
You're right, it doesn't really matter.
Just wanted to make sure I remembered it correctly ;)
Maybe its a connection to Sabine from star wars rebels; in the most recent episode she had gotten a short black lightsaber
The ending was perfect. The last 5 minutes might just be the greatest moments in Star Wars history. Not only was it a good movie with a GREAT ending, but it adds depth and new dimensions to a movie we've been watching for 40 years.
and fixes the biggest plot holes!
yea but i belive in the first movie Mon Mothma said "a lot of bohans died getting this information" but there were no fucking bohans ! only rebel humans and that alien that was not a fucking bothan
DDpact Pretty sure that was death star 2 was it not?
oh yeah , my bad
Leia: "I'm on a diplomatic mission from Alderaan!"
Vader: "Bitch, I just saw this ship five minutes ago."
Rogue One is the Halo Reach of Star Wars.
I know right? I really loved this movie, so great seeing characters return and that epic space battle too!
thegreatmoustachio I fokin love Halo Reach man. I was thinking about how it was similar to Reach cause the of the depressing endings both of them have.
thegreatmoustachio THATS WHAT IM SAYING
I'm so glad I'm not the only one that felt this
Haha right on. That's what I was thinking too. Similar story and outcome.
thegreatmoustachio I like that analogy!
Just got back from the theater. This is without exaggeration, the happiest I've ever been having watched a movie.
Rick and/or Morty I felt the same way, I couldn't stop smiling.
All of Donnie Yen's fight choreography was a joy to watch, but then when you're the guy who basically made Wing Chun what it is today in terms of its popularity, then damn right your fights are gonna be top notch.
argella1300 space Asians are cool
the movie could have been only about those 2, and it would have been a great movie
@@emhu2594 They honestly should of had their own movie. One that delves into the mystical religious aspeects of the force and the Empires iron grip coming to squash it.
Anyone see the similarities between this movie and Halo Reach?
1. Both are prequeals that lead right before the orginal
2. Both have 6 main protagonists
3. They are delivering information that will save the universe
4. All of them died at the end
and both are in space!
David Finni Halo reach was the last halo worth buying
Yes I was thinking the same thing!
6 protagonists
The blind guy
His friend
Jyn
Kassian
K2so
The pilot
And they all die in their own separate ways before the end...
So sad we won't get anymore k2so, such a fun character
ian lee .... agreed...such an awesome character
Alan Tudyk is a comedic master
ian lee unpopulair: I Find k2so and chirrut (the blind one) annoying
Maxie W chanting over and over again was annoying but he was a badass so I didn't care that much. K2so was so funny. I didn't find him annoying at all.
maybe in the future they will make a k2so and cassin andor solo film like they are doing with han solo
Hearing the breathing then the lightsaber lighting up the darkness and going on a massacre was one of the best Star Wars scenes ever
Gurpreet Aujla I was laughing my ass off when he just started deflecting it like it was nothing
Gurpreet Aujla like me and my friend looked at each other and we knew shit was about to go down
You all know when Cinemasins eventually does an "Everything Wrong with Rogue One" video, he's going to detract at least 10 sins from the sin counter.
Awesome Inspector A lot less than 10.
They're gonna ding them on reusing the death star footage twice in the movie though, both firing times had reused footage
Carson Quillen Assuming it WAS reused footage. The only footage I thought could have been identical was when they press the buttons for firing.
SicParvisMagna123 also when it fires and it shows the tunnel, and there's a storm trooper who reaches above his head and grabs onto something like a support, so a lot of footage from the scene of them prepping and firing yeag
Carson Quillen Wasn't sure about that reusing that stuff, and I can't remember about that stormtrooper bit. For one thing I'm sure the laser would have been improved slightly.
"THE SCENE" will stand the test of time trust me.
Swagmeister ah yeah that Kylo fight with Luke in ep 8 was awesome. but it doesn't hold a candle to. "The Scene"
Star Wars Episode 8? Already seen it mate.
+Karumu Ryushie Okay calm down with those predictions lol
I come from the future, it has...
Rogue One > The Force Awakens
James71 And Jyn > Rey. Jyn is trained by Saw and has a good backstory while Rey is a typical Mary Sue who is so good at anything without reasons.
Reasons will start to come forth in Ep 8, whether they be good or bad reasons is anybody's guess.
James71 I love them both
James71 i feel like The Force Awakens is better then this one
I love TFA but man Rogue One was just better. Tighter plot, darker, better effects, fits perfectly into the canon, it's basically exactly what I was hoping for.
Deadshot: We're the Suicide Squad
Jyn: Aww... That's cute
The ending was perfect. It sets up a new hope and the original trilogy perfectly
recreating tarkin is discrediting? so what they were supposed to recast him? he was so good that they made him in cgi so his portrait of tarkin lives on
Kleszczu PL Yeah, to me it seems they did him the greatest honor they could given the circumstances. They painstakingly recreated everything about Tarkin from the face to the voice and mannerisms, because to do any less would have been an insult.
C Mufasa exactly
C Mufasa fun fact that was an actor with the face pasted on. he did the impression and mannnerisms spot on
I can't remember but did Peter do the voice for Tarkin during the clone wars tv series?
RedfurredPikachu He's been dead since the 90's, so probably not.
Watched this movie 3 times. The third time was in IMAX 3D and I cried all 3 times. Such an amazing movie. Strong emotion, strong action, great acting and cinematography LOVE IT
Seeing Darth Vader in the end of Rogue One was fuCKING AWESOME
I love how they perfectly recreated the footage from Episode 4 right before the death star is fired (the button pressing and stuff)
DanComedy Yeah me too. I was waiting for the sound effect when they press the button lol
Tonight when I saw it, I cried when I saw Leia at the end. R.I.P Carrie Fisher.
DICK WEED Saw it on a whim today. RIP Carrie
I went to see the movie, and sometime before the trailers started, my friend told me that Carrie Fisher had died.
That ending scene with Vader was awesome. I can't think of anyway that could've been better.
Who else noticed the Clone Turbo Tank from Episode 3 when Jynn was rescued by the Rebels? I thought that was a cool call back for the Prequel fans.
Didn't even notice.
Yep. That was sick!
For some reason, this was my only outloud reaction in the movie. Clone Wars is the shit!
Clone wars was insane
AZED Not old yet. Yet.
When you realise this is the last video Jeremy ever made wearing his Star Wars cape 😭
Hope springs eternal. Perhaps when they start making movies again in a decade or so. Right now I guess we'll have to "settle" for the tv shows... aka some of the best star wars content ever made.
@@mathsalot8099 there’s a movie coming out in 2023
I don't know if that was Mustafar. But, that was Vader's castle! It's awesome that it's canon now because that goes all the way back to Empire Strikes Back. It was a concept that Lucas had that eventually just got tossed aside, so it's awesome that we finally got to see it and see a filmmaker make use of it. Makes Vader way more awesome in my opinion.
Nathaniel Larkin It was Sullust
Its been confirmed to be Mustafar.
+Exla357 mustafar
Funny thing. I actually saw Lucas original concept art for Vaders fortress in the Star Wars identities exhibition.
Looked similar to the one in Rogue One
Some parts of the interior reminded me of the Vjun temple as well.
The fact that they did bring Bail Organa back as a character also reminds us who he was from the prequels and when Leia says "you served my father in the Clone wars", will make sense to those who won't watch the prequels again..
It made sense when I was 8 years old watching Star Wars in the 80s. As I said before, Leia said you served with my father in the Clone Wars. That is pretty much all you need to understand that 1) Leia has a father, 2)Obi Wan new her father, and 3) that Leia's father trusts this Obi Wan person to send his daughter to find him.
Dirus Nigh So Bail Organa was a character in the 80s?
You've missed my point. The only father of Leia's you can actually put a name to is Vader.
Before the prequels, of course.
LegionaryWithAGladius Well he's not mentioned by name in the original trilogy but I believe the original 1976 Star Wars novelization mentioned him, as did the script.
aheadbyadecade Is the average star wars (and even some dedicated fans) going to have access to this?
Besides, you say you believe so, not that you know so.
Back when Jeremy was wearing the cape, just geeking out and all excited about Star Wars. Good times.
It will now forever be known as THE scene. Best scene.
Hall since part II
That last scene where Krenick sees the death star in the sky he realizes it's over and they are all dead that was just sad, i felt so much for krenick.
3rd World Gamer it was poetic justice.
It's also all the more poetic when the Death Star actually hits the Citadel and Krenic before the planet.
Wafrie 01 I beg to differ, Kenrick was trying his best to do good at his job.
I really appreciated Krenick. Seen that guy in Bloodlines on Netflix and he's incredible, brought some nice depth to the Imperial officers.
Yeah dude im with 3rd world gamer, Krenic was just trying to do the best he could, he was given an evil task to complete by a bunch of evil men (Vader, Palps and Tarkin) Just cause he built the best deathstar he possibly could (under orders) doesnt make him the evil behind it, the deathstar was his greatest achievement and Tarkin wanted to take his name off of the credits for it, krenic just wanted to be one of the bigger fish in the Empire Ocean
I finally watched it today.OMG I am not even a hardcore fan of Star Wars, but this movie was really will put together into the franchise.The cgi was pretty believable 7-10 for cgi leia and Wilhuff Tarkin. I really enjoy the movie.Oh, almost forgot the best part at the end, that was amazingly terrifying and that pose So badass.
internet high5!
Wilhuff Tarkin?
Valentina Esmera Vader was like the King of the Dark Side!
Interesting going back and rewatching this and seeing the passion compared to what we'd eventually see with The Rise of Skywalker.
Vader in this film was like a monster straight out of a horror film. Even his intro, when he's in the tube, was unsettling. He's just hanging there, limbless, with that iconic breath. And that scene near the end was like something out of a Jason film.
But boy, seeing Red Leader and Gold Leader again was amazing, and totally unexpected. Probably some of the best use of stock footage I have ever seen. All the main characters dying was really unexpected as well. I don't know if I liked it as much as Jeremy did, but I really did enjoy it, and was at the edge of my seat through most of it.
Rogue One definitely improves A New Hope; or at least it does for me. Kinda like when someone says 'you'll enjoy it so much more if you read the book first'.
Great point!
The Force Awakens didn't have the same flaw as the original Death Star. Han, and Chew placed charges which caused damage from within creating a hole for Poe Dameron to fly through. Once inside he was able to blast the interior destroying Starkiller Base. Because if we all remember, before the hole was created, they were bombing the surface of the weapon which had little to no effect.
but it was still a single spot on this planet sized entity which could destroy the whole thing, shielded maybe but still a huge vulnerability
You shove TNT down the barrel of a tank and it's going to do some damage. The point I'm making is that Jeremy stated that Starkiller Base had the same flaw built into it as the Death Star did, and he asked who made that one. I was making the point that the same flaw was not made into Starkiller Base and the Empire did learn from their mistakes. The only reason Han and Chewie made it through Starkiller Bases shields is because they were in light speed.
I am sure that if i put some TNT in to the Earth's core it wouldn't blow up the Earth... or if i used said TNT and a nuke it still won't blow up the Earth. There isn't a lot of chain reactions that could destroy the Earth in one go. So, really there is a a huge design flew in Starkiller base. The more i think about TFA the more it just pisses me off. It's was a fun movie but its also fanboy ass.
TX51 You're comparing the earths core to a structure that isn't a planet at all, that harnesses the power of stars and is waiting to discharge all that stored energy, so when someone punches a hole in that seal and it explodes, you're saying that's the same as if we dug to the center of the earths core? You do realize how dumb that sounds right?
FolkLordll Yes, I do want to compare the two as this is a fictional situation and it completely stupid from the get go. I'll humour you though. if e=mc2 then all the mass stored in the starkiller base must be equal to its power out put... if so, it shouldn't be to hard to believe that there is enough mass in the earth's core to destroy a planet. the only difference is that in star wars they have found a way to turn all that mass in to energy. so, yes it is the same. I'm not stupid.
Did u guys see the blue milk
YESS
That's the moment I knew this film was going to be sick
yeah I got to say it taste so good
They did a subtle zoom in on it.
As my first Star Wars movie, it was pretty Awesometacular to me.
Silent Insanity please don't ever watch the prequels Just go watch a new hope, empire and return of the Jedi and stay untainted
Silent Insanity Or just ignore this guy, watch the prequels and decide for yourself. They're not bad movies. Disappointing compared against the originals yes, but far from terrible.
The original trilogy is great, but outdated. The only thing the prequels had on them, was that they were "modern" films. But with Rogue One and Force Awakens out, now the prequels will ALSO feel "outdated".
GreyKnight I don't think the prequels, especially RotS, feel that outdated at all.
Silent Insanity Same here!
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since this movie was made to explain the super convenient hole in the death star that a lot of people saw as a plot hole, are they now going to make a movie explaining why ewoks were able to take out an entire imperial army.
Alice Duren hahahah
Oh that's easy. They're just mini Wookies and the Rebels misclassify them.
Alice Duren you might see that in the Han Solo film
Actually a comic book would be enough, I hate Ewoks, they better make a comic book with ewoks eating human flesh and being very dangerous >:(.... XD
entire? Well they did show that the blind guy with a wooden stick was able to disable armor wearing stormtroopers. So I guess we just have to believe the helmets were poorly constructed in that any hit to them reverberated right into the head causing nausea or something disabling.
No, I think the mind squid was necessary. The mind squid was Rogue One's version of waterboarding. It was torturous, terrifying, and disturbing. It left the pilot in an utter state of shock and fear, despite his willingness to actually be so forthcoming with information. It said alot about Guerrera's clan without saying much at all.
Rogue One was GREY. It was a gritty grey film that tried to show the horrors of war from a Star Wars standpoint. The overarching theme was supposed to be that Rebel and Empire were no different in terms of goals.
Remember "You carry a prison wherever you go"? That was, to an extent, referring to the cage of aligning with a FACTION in a galactic war, and the consequences of bearing the weight of that faction and what it does to you individually.
The happy melodic Star Wars music, nostalgic as it was, had a habit of clashing with that dark theme of "There is no good and bad in war", and honestly that is Disney's fault as the original Rogue One was supposed to be much more darker and grittier, but they decided to scrap that because it was deemed too much by Mickey Mouse and his cohorts.
I agree with you but how was the original Rogue One supposed to be darker? They originally intended for all characters to survive but then reshot half the movie to make them all die. So what are you referring to exactly?
Wtf is a mind squid?
when Vader came thru at the end... gold pure badassery
Rogue One is what Suicide Squad should've been.
A ragtag crew of people go on to fight for the greater good on missions that will kill them. 2 people (only the important people) died in Suicide Squad.
THE WHOLE TEAM DIED IN ROGUE ONE. That was literally a Suicide mission.
It should've taken the risk to kill off big actors, which Rogue One did.
Sam Lewis A Suicide Squad sequel was announced before the first one came out
but yeah everyone should die in the last Suicide Squad movie
I kind of disagree, even though I didn't like Suicide Squad and I can't believe I'm actually sort of defending the movie, but I don't think they needed to kill off all of the characters. Sure they could have killed off more than just the two fodder characters they went with, and yes they do go on what are supposed to be suicide missions, but the members can still survive their missions and continue to go on more.
Well the soldiers that died during that mission gave it a slight suicide mission feel but thier deaths were glossed over too quickly to effect any stakes
to (mis)quote a certan character "i dont think that word means what you think it means".
a literal suicide mission would be, if they had to kill themselves to complete the mission, or more specific the mission was to kill themselves.
Allow me to put on my nerd glasses while I explain the Starkiller base. The only reason that the thermal oscillator was vulnerable is because the station was charging from the power of the sun. The oscillator modulates the energy (with sci-fi magic) so that the storage of that energy doesn't pop the Starkiller like a balloon. When they destroyed the oscillator, the energy couldn't be modulated and the base was destroyed by the energy currently being stored. Had they destroyed the oscillator while the Starkiller was just chilling in space it would not have destroyed the base
Also I like that you said that Leia's ship went to warp speed. I'm a Star Trek nerd too and I always appreciate when you say that we can love both at the same time
I didnt even realize Tarkin was Cgi I thought it was an actor in a very well made prosthetic. Which by the way guys, where would you put this movie in the viewing order?
Guitarbro221 this should be it. Watch OT, then the prequels, then Rogue One, then come back to OT again.
I prefer to watch them in order from 1 to 7
Since I've seen all of them before I always run in chronological order now.
But If you're introducing someone new to the series.... do it in order of theatrical release. Except TFA and Rogue One could be done in either order really.
Rogue 1 then the OT. That's it.
Guitarbro221 Nornally watch in chronological order but when introducing someone I use the machete order: 4,5, then flashback to 1,2,and 3, now rogue one, and then 6 and 7
Just saw ending Vader scene in theaters about 30 min. ago... HOLY FUCK THAT SHIT IS HARDCORE
Did anyone else notice that literally every single major charcter's death was from an explosion? Literally every death.
Also the Vader scene is probably the greatest thing we have seen from Vader yet.
K2-S0's death wasn't from an explosion....it was from getting shot tons of times...Thats why I think his death is the best one.
He gets shot a bunch of times but then he slams the control panel which explodes and kills him.
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I loved the way Rogue One merged the original trilogy with the prequel trilogy, Characters and the Mustafar planet from the prequel trilogy making appearance was amazing! Rogue one was amazing! BTW great review and analysis!
anyone else cry when k2-so died?
Gizmoguy47 Donnie Yen...R.I.P
i was close to it through the whole last part
Gizmoguy47 Me. I loved that Droid :'(
This is one of the best reviews of this film I've ever seen
That end Vader scene made it worth watching this movie all by itself.
Best Star Wars scene, period.
Up until now this was Luke almost falling to the dark side in RotJ for me, but Slasher Vader takes the number one spot easily.
the scene when the star destroyer crashes into another one...you just don't see beauty like that..
You had me going with the Starkiller base point at first, but you gotta remember: That thing WAS protected; the crew of the Falcon coerced Capt. Phasma to shut down the shield generator. But the First Order had a failsafe, which was conveniently and clumsily sidestepped by the crew of the Falcon just happening to have a bag of explosives.
Those explosives did a LOT of damage, but really only enough for one single X-Wing to go in, and circle around blowing the shit out of multiple fuses, etc.
I dunno, in my opinion, I felt The Force Awakens went out of its way to show how fucked the Resistance was going into that assault.
Does it explain Return of the Jedi's Death Star's weakness?
I love Vader's Pun, by the way. I'm hearing that's not very in-character for him, but I think it helps to bridge the gap between the two trilogies as well. Vader has always used puns, he just got better at them. Perks of the Dark Side exposure, I guess.... wit,.
"Oh, you know, Master... I couldn't find a speeder that I really liked, in the right color with the best speed capabilities and all..."
"I have the high ground, Anakin!"
"Don't... UNDERestimate my power!"
"Don't choke on your aspirations."
"Apology accepted, Captain Needa."
And don't forget, when Han was being interrogated: "They didn't even ask any questions." Vader was just fuckin' with him!
Death Star 2 was incomplete so it was easy to just fly in and destroy its reactor.
I think you hit the nail on the head here Jeremy, just don't go on excusing yourself so much for your verdict in your non-spoiler talk! This movie was in my opinion amazing. It had so many nods to the originals, and like you said sewed together so many story lines perfectly. I've never been so excited watching a Star Wars film, as I was during this because it was like having gift after gift unwrapped before your eyes. Characters that we haven't seen in years were once more back on the screen (loved that they re-made Grand Moff Tarkin), and the way the props, settings, and characters looked in this film was on point with the originals. This film really looked and felt like a true Star Wars movie and in my opinion was one of the best in the entire series. That, taking into account that it was made so long after the originals is an incredible feat, and I was so impressed by this film from beginning to end.
I feel like that one scene where K-2SO says "I've got a bad fe-" then the characters shut him up is just the movie making fun of the other prequels for overusing the "I've got a bad feeling about this" line
It's not making fun of the prequels. That line is in every Star Wars movie.
DigitalDunzey that was really funny scene loved it
Maybe if they let him finish, everyone would have lived. That seems like how it works in all of the other movies.
DigitalDunzey just a couple minutes before that scene I was wondering whether that'll be in this one or not
DigitalDunzey over using? The line is uttered once in every film, including the original trilogy, in fact it's used twice in A New Hope, so explain how it's "over used" in the prequels"?
When Vader ignited his lightsaber in that hallway i knew i was about to see the best climax in years and there was no going back.
I think the mind squid thing was supposed to be showing that Saw would go to drastic measures to get the info and I think it was supposed to mirror the imperial interrogation droid the Vader uses on Princess Leia. Thusly, "The rebels are just as bad as the empire!"
I don't think any of the "grey area" stuff worked in the film, though.
JazGalaxy but still the squid monster scene did nothing to advance the plot. The editor should have cut it and included it on a DVD as bonus (unnecessary) material
TenraiGudo I agree 100%
Maybe I'm wrong, but when Saw was breathing through his respirator, it sounded a bit like Vader. I thought that was a nice touch. Adds to that idea of "The rebels are just as bad as the empire"
***** I didn't even catch that, but you're right.
God I miss when a new Star Wars movie was this enjoyable.
only time Disney managed to make a good Star Wars film
Great review. I love what this movie does for A New Hope. Makes it so much more emotional. You see Vader differently, you see R2 with the plans differently. And when Luke blows up the Death Star, it's like got this amazingly satisfying feeling of revenge for what Tarkin & Co did to our heroes in Rogue One. I love it!
I can't believe people were calling this movie anti-Trump propaganda.
Only people who haven't seen the film and listen to some rando online who admitted that he didn't see the film when he started his "boycott." (I put quotes around that because if you weren't going to see it because of a made-up controversy, you weren't gonna see it at all. )
the guy who said it was 'anti-trump' actually admitted that he did it to show how easy it was to sway people around false news is what I read.
Garrick Groover who is saying that?
Scott O
Some guy went onto twitter and said the reason for the reshoots was to put in anti-trump propaganda. Which obviously wasnt true but a slew of people believed him and began boycotting the movie. He then came out and said he lied.
All the creator said was that the empire were white supremacists. Which was kind of obvious after episode 7 and the Hitler speech.
Looking at Jeremy’s excitement for the beginnings of Disney’s Star Wars is so sad knowing what happens to his optimism later.
It's even more sad 4 years later
i cried at the end... it was so intense.
don't be a butt, Brian. i will not apologize for being uber nostalgic for Star Wars Episode 4.
jeremalaria i cried too no worries :)
That’s how good this movie was. We new the ending yet it was so emotional and intense. Brilliant movie
I fuc *** love you dude, I was waiting for this spoiler talk of yours more than any other review, you certainly made us wait.
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The ending of this movie pretty much killed the "Jyn is Rey's mother" theory and I'm glad
It means the "Luke is Rey's father" theory is still going strong 😃
Both theories are trash. Not every new character has to be related to someone from the OT, that's just generic and stupid.
except the directors talks about how obvious it was in the force awakens
Kate B "They're both British, they must be related"
JJ Abrams said that Rey's parents weren't in TFA. Which rules out Luke, Leia, and Han.
Bridget Casad but then Rey/daisy said that in TFA we do see her parents though 🤔
The way the movie smoothed out some of the rough edges of the original trilogy alone makes it fantastic. It ties it with the series even though it is a stand alone "spin-off" and does it better than all the winks and call backs in the Force Awakens. Unlike the other prequels it really feels like it enriches the New Hope, it makes some of the scenes in it stronger and make more sense.
am i the only one who hears"grandma tarkin"?
ganta igarashi yes
When the Vader scene happened I literally jizzed everywhere.
Same
Lol now everyone is hating on The Force Awakens
who is?
Triforce96
On other reviews especially Chris Stuckmann R1 spoiler talk
*****
Lol I know it's a freaking battle royale there
Luther D. Strode People hated on the movie since it came out, where've you been?
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Not watching the same movie they were since most of the complains was about a black storm trooper, how unfair Rey won her fight v Kilo (Mary sue).
Characters where the best part of TFA but the story was king in R1
Rouge One was better then The Force Awakens.
Dick Deepinsideher best SW since ep. V
luis perez Agreed. That Vader scene... 10/10.
IMarkovic1995 lol you have bad taste
i agree wholeheartedly... but i also liked the force awakens
OnePunchRise Yeah I loved the force awakens, but Rouge One was just on another level.
Leia: We're on a diplomatic mission to alderaan
Vader: We literally just watched your ship escape this massive battle with the plans ....
That was such a dumb excuse from Leia