With so much of the story already told and an ending you know is coming, Edwards had a much more difficult task ahead of him than JJ Abrams did with The Force Awakens. It’s brutal and it hurts but it is oh-so powerful you can’t help but be swept up in it. No one really dies, the bad guy repents and finds peace, the day is saved and then everyone has a party. As much as I love Star Wars (and I do), it always felt like a fairytale to me. Sounds depressing right? In a way, Rogue One isn’t a happy movie but it’s no less impressive because of it. This isn’t the Alliance we were introduced to in A New Hope - this is what was happening behind the scenes, in the dirt, up against the wall - basically doing whatever it took, even if that meant becoming just as bad as the enemy you were fighting. The Rebellion is on its last breath, still going because they don’t know what else to do, arguing amongst themselves and mistrustful of everyone. There are no heroes, just people fighting with whatever they have left against an enemy so powerful it seems hopeless.
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