![]() ![]() ![]() The plot is designed less like a flashy video game, and more like a down-and-dirty war movie (think documentaries about the conflict in Syria, rather than stodgy World War II films). There are no Ewoks or Jar Jar Binks-like characters here, thrown in just to appeal to pre-school-aged audiences. Plus (and here’s the aspect that should send longtime “Star Wars” fans into ecstatic orbit), director Gareth Edwards has finally made the first “Star Wars” movie for grown-ups. ![]() Now we know why the Death Star has an Achilles’ heel and how that information fell into Princess Leia’s hands. Not only does “Rogue One” overlap ever so slightly with “A New Hope,” but it takes that blockbuster’s biggest weakness - that a small one-man fighter can blow up a battlestation the size of a class-four moon - and actually turns this egregious design flaw into an asset. Be warned, though: Every detail that follows could dilute the surprise factor of what’s coyly being billed as a Jedi-free spinoff, but might more accurately be described as “Star Wars: Episode 3.9,” so perfectly does it set up George Lucas’ 1977 original. No spoilers there, since earthlings first saw that glorious explosion nearly 40 years ago. A short time before “ Star Wars,” in a galaxy far, far away, the Rebel heroes featured in “ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” took the first step that led to the Death Star’s destruction. ![]()
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