 What's up guys and welcome to another critical review this time on the movie rogue one the first non Trilogy Star Wars movie When I say trilogy, I'm really talking about the skywalker saga, you know what I mean not main nine Star Wars movie to come out back in 2016 And back when this movie came out I remember a lot of people saying that this was one of the best Star Wars movies they that was out there That it was one of the best things that it seemed to come from Star Wars in recent memory. I However Don't agree Seriously, I like the movie. I like rogue one as a movie I think it's highly enjoyable, and it's a fun Star Wars movie I just think it that it was married too closely to the original trilogy Being that it takes place literally right before the events of episode four So it was harder for me to get attached to any of the characters because here's the thing I knew they were gonna die. I knew From the onset of the film that none of these characters were making out of the situation alive And while it's possible to do a movie that all the characters are gonna die and you know They're gonna die. Well, it's pretty challenging. Also. Sorry if you hear noise over this It is currently thunderstorming outside of my apartment Also, if I get increasingly shiny that is sweat because I can't record with my air conditioning unit on Because it is loud enough that my microphone picks it up but anyway back to row one as Pretty much anyone who's a Star Wars fan knows the story of Rogue one follows Jin Urso as she is forcibly brought back into the rebellion and Helps them get the Death Star plans that her father made And get them to the rebellion this movie does close the quote-unquote plot hole Um From the episode four where with the thermal exhaust port by making it that Jin's father specifically built it in As a weak spot so that the Death Star could be destroyed However, I don't think that really needed to be explained away Let me explain my point. That is a massive battle station the size of a Freaking moon really no Exhaust is needed on that thing. What's over outside of the single exhaust port the size of a wamp rat utter bullshit Yeah, you could make the argument. Oh, but you could put grates in there, but it still needs the exhaust The fact that they somehow managed to keep it to a singular one is more impressive to me than the fact that There is a exhaust port that goes directly down to the core of the freaking Death Star But that's just me. I don't know how others feel on that, but Getting back to generally fast. She is one of my personal bigger problems with rogue one She's supposed to be in the main character, but oh my god. She is so Boring she does not have any agency as a character whatsoever There is not a single moment in the entire film where she actively makes a decision and goes for it That plot wasn't forcing her down She only goes to find Saw Gerrera with the Rebel Alliance because they threatened to throw her back into the hole They found her in she only decides to rescue her father after she learns that he built the thing into the Death Star and That it can and that if they get him they can destroy the Death Star She only decides to You know attack the Empire after they directly lead to her father's death and she Witnessed what the Death Star could do and thought it was awful and horrid and that no one should have that kind of power Even in the end of the film after they're on Scarif She's not the one getting the data card until after K2SO has died and they have to climb up and She only it makes it the final steps of the way after Cassian supposedly dies it is generally considered bad writing to have a character with almost no agency and Jeanne is one of the worst examples of character with no agency in my opinion She is one of the few characters that ever seen on film that literally makes no important decisions to her film I am not a huge fan of Jin If that wasn't obvious like the entire supporting cast every secondary character in this film is Better than Jin Cassian is much more interesting though barely and we barely get to know anything about him Cheeto it and what's his name? The the former Guardian of whisper blah blah blah guys That I would like to know more about them But they don't get jack shit in screentime how the hell did Cassian get K2SO and get him to join his side That's not explained at all how the fuck did Jin's father convince that one pilot guy to join their side? This is not explained and it really should be because it kind doesn't make sense Cuz oh my god coincidences the Frickin hell It's not really explained how the hell saw the rare it goes fucking insane partway through the series Not even partway through series in this film. He's just crazy I don't remember him being crazy in Clone Wars to be fair. I didn't watch rebels He might have been crazy in Rebels that might be where they explained his whole thing But in Clone Wars, he was a hotheaded dumbass who wanted to kill the separatists and get them off his world But he wasn't And all in all I just found pretty much every character much more interesting than Jin herself and wanted to see movies About them and their personal struggles and yes, I know that Star Wars catalyst exists I know that catalyst is effectively a prequel to this movie and That catalyst gives Rogue one a lot more death to it and all that But a book should not be required reading materials for me to understand characters I'd be able to understand who the hell they are within the film itself Which leads me to my personal opinion on what rogue one should have been Especially after the success of the mainth Lorian rogue one should have been a show Maybe one season maybe have the characters like somehow managed to survive at the end of Scarif and then start running Side missions for the rebellion during the events of the original trilogy That would have actually been very interesting at least to me seeing characters running missions for the rebellion That aren't in the main line that we see the stories of the original trilogy take I personally think that would have been awesome. It would have been a really cool way to expand the world But nope you get a movie that has a Very very generic plot boring characters that all just died the end of the thing It's just it didn't work like some ideas that I have if rogue one were a show Basically the first part of it before we get like to the whole mission give an episode for each of the main characters Maybe combine chewy and his friend into a single episode But you know basically the show can start out with Jin give her an episode where it basically explains what she did after Saw a picture up at the very beginning of the movie we can basically see him train her as she goes through her life and See how she got left behind and what made her lose faith in the rebellion They give us an episode of Cassian explain his backstory where he comes from apparently he is a former separatist So give us that see The him basically has a kid at the fall of the separatist army Where he ends up joint where he basically ends up joining the rebellion right after the rise of the Empire and see him come Through there so we get it why he is where he is you can even show us him Reprogramming K2so in that episode hmm who to fucking thunk an episode with cheerway and his buddy where you show What happened to the jet to the temple of whispers or whatever it's called that I can't remember because it's mentioned once But show them the show the fall of that temple and why they're on the streets begging what made to do his friend lose Faith like he did then the next episode can pick up where the movie Starts basically with Jin getting rescued off of Whatever imperial planet that she was being held on then She gets taken to the rebellion and is initially reluctant to help when she finds out Oh, maybe my father is alive She takes the initiative and chooses to go to saga rare when she learns more information Then she goes to try and find your father because it's her father and she wants to save him Not because he knows the plans and can help us. She just wants to save her dad because he's her dad Cassian can still have his mission to execute Jin's father, but they can have a report back and forth She can explain why he's important in that he's not a traitor and then you can have him literally grappling with the With should I follow my orders or should I protect the man who could potentially save everyone? It's a much more interesting concept if this story is dragged out over a couple number of episodes seriously Star Wars has always done a fantastic job when it actually comes to building massive worlds with their stories I'm currently working my way through what is known as the Thrawn trilogy in like of the Legends canon now and it is one of the best book trilogies I've ever read at least in my opinion. I'm a massive Star Wars fan. So slightly biased But it's really really good and it has solid world building and explains a lot how Luke met Mara Why she wants to kill him why she is conflicted about it, you know builds the characters opposed to going Here's this person and like them So for me I feel like Rogue One could have worked a lot better if it was a show as opposed to a single film You know just something overall or I don't know maybe make Jin an actually interesting character and give her character agency As opposed to for dragging her along the plot the entire time because you know Why should I care that a character does or doesn't want to do something? Those are just some of my opinions on the movie could have been made better overall Anyway, so overall I'd say Rogue One rolls sadly low for Star Wars movie in my opinion 15 like I still enjoy watching it I think it's fun because Star Wars but overall Could be a lot better and I just find myself now Especially after watching the Mandalorian Wishing that it was a show similar to that showing the characters growth over time as opposed to being here. They are and having slightly boring established characters, but That's all for me But tell me what you guys think does the movie work as is or should it have been a series all along? 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