After last December’s palate-cleanser of a Star Wars reboot from J.J. Abrams, the franchise machine is cranking up with Rogue One, an in-betweener that fills in some plot gaps from the first trilogy without being burdened by so much baggage. That’s the hope, at least.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story opens this week. My review is at PopMatters:
Rogue One is initially set apart from J. J. Abrams’ Episode VII by the loudly deployed subtitle, “A Star Wars Story”. This leaves open the possibility for endless semantic wrangling over the difference between “Story” and “Episode”. Are Wookies confined only to the former? How come Darth Vader appears in both? Are we destined to see Rogue Seven: A Star Wars Bedtime Lullaby?…
Here’s one of the trailers.
Chris Barsanti 
This is real Star Wars! Felt like the originals as it had that dark and gritty side as well. This was WAY better than Force Awakens. I was afraid I would not like it as I felt the female protagonist would feel forced and un-relatable as was the case in Force Awakens with Rey, but I have to give it to this crew they made Jyn believable and relatable.
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