That I saw Rogue One on opening day, yet I am just now getting around to writing a review should tell you something. This movie is well crafted, entertaining, and cleverly fleshes-out the a backstory which was briefly mentioned in A New Hope. It's actually the last three or four minutes of the movie, where everything ties together, that Rogue One is at its best. That's good news for the moviegoer, because a good ending can redeem an otherwise blasé offering. The bad news is that a good ending can punctuate just how blasé the rest of the movie was... It wasn't until days after seeing the movie that it struck me how all the main characters had {spoiler alert} died, but I didn't really care because I had seen Darth Vader go medieval on some Rebels and Princess Leia circa 1977.
More than anything else this probably proves that attachments formed in youth are strong, while attempts to recreate experiences from youth are impossible... because we are no longer that person.
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