SpreadsheetAg said:
Philo B 93 said:
The more I think about the movie, the less impressed I am with it as a Star Wars movie.
It was a good war movie that takes place in space, I assume a long time ago in a galaxy far away. Yes, Darth Vader had a mostly non-necessary part. C3PO and R2D2 had a total cameo. There were X-wing fighters and the Death Star. But for 7 movies, thousands of toys, a few animated series, hundreds of books, and one Christmas Special, Star Wars is about this:
1. The Skywalkers,
2. Han Solo,
3. Jedi Knights / the Force / Light Sabers
For all intents and purposes (intensive purposes for a few of you), Rogue One had none of those. The script would have been better used on a Star Trek or Guardians of the Galaxy movie. I felt bad for all the kids in the audience. The first 90 minutes is a planet hopping set up with unfamiliar faces, spies, refugees, military plans, space politics, and a bunch of other stuff that 10 year olds don't care about.
I thought TFA was a much better movie, but hey... I'm a Star Wars purist.
This is exactly the point of the movie... Star Wars is bigger than the Skywalkers and Solos
Not to mention it's sort of the DEFINITION of an Anthology piece vs. a Saga entry.
Anthology- a book/movie or other collection usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject area
Saga- a form of the novel in which the members or generations of a family or social group are chronicled in a long and leisurely narrative
Ep 1-7 and soon 8/9 are Star Wars Saga - Skywalkers and Solo's I guess (really it's Skywalkers until 7), certainly Jedi oriented
Anthology movies are tangential - OTHER stories may or may not be Jedi related certainly not Skywalker centric. Although one planned one is Solo specific.