I don't even think anyone will disagree with me, Rogue One is clearly the best movie made by the Star Wars franchise.
The director for this movie, Gareth Edwards, had only directed one movie before, Godzilla (2014). So he needed to get all of his ideas into one 2 hour film. Which he did.
From the beginning, there was great character development, it started with the main character, Jyn Erso, as a kid, when her mom was killed and her dad was taken prisoner. Throughout the movie, there were multiple flashbacks to when she was a kid, relating what she heard and saw back then to the time the movie took place.
There are really no Star Wars movies that follow a main character quite like that. Most of the previous ones were just fighting and some dramatic irony with a splash of betrayals. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Star Wars is one of the best movie franchises of all time.
But the modern movie scene needs to have more in depth characters and plots. Audiences have seen the shallow fighting and plots, but to be successful, movie need to be more in depth.
All the main characters have some story behind them, and there are multiple ways we learn about the characters, which makes it flow better. Not just is there a plot that has been blossoming since A New Hope, there are still plenty of fighting scenes and dramatic irony with some betrayals and sympathy towards the characters.
The last few scenes, the fight on the beaches and above in the air, was clearly the best battle scene the franchise has produced. There was betrayal on the Imperial side, when they blew up their own base to take out the rebels. There were great graphics, especially in the air, and despair and desperation as one by one, the main rebels were taken out.
To close, the wrapped it all the way back 40 years, to A New Hope, where Leia sends the plans to the Death Star, which the main characters sacrificed their lives to get, to Naboo, and ultimately to the rebel base and Yavin.
To be fair, the original movies are really no match for the modern ones, and Rogue One is the best of the new(ish) ones. Also, Rogue One has one the best the robots in the franchise history, only behind C-3PO and R2-D2.
Sorry this one was a bit long. Let me know what you think.
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