Which New Star Wars Film is Better?

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Hard one. Hmm.

No one was "freaking awesome" though.

rgambs said:

PJ_Soul said:

I felt equally neutral about both of them. I feel like the Star Wars story was pretty thin to begin with, and it's just getting thinner as it goes along. Rouge One was barely about anything IMO, but it was no worse than the Force Awakens because that is when they killed the only character in the franchise who actually made it worth watching.

My apologies to fans for my rant, lol. Just being honest.

Haha I totally agree, it was a very weak story to base a 2+hr movie on. They did really well with what little they had though, I guess.

Han was the best character, but Rey is badass and will fill his shoes.

Rygar said:

JimmyV said:

Rygar said:

JimmyV said:

Rygar said:

I consider FA to be 'not very good'...is it worth seeing Rogue One?

Do you consider other Star Wars movies to be good? If so then yes this is worth seeing. If not it might be a skip.

Big fan of the original trilogy.

Then definitely see it. This is set right before Episode IV and is heavy with original trilogy references.

I was aware of the general story of Rogue One. Thanks for the advice all the same, I saw it and enjoyed it quite a bit more than FA.

My main gripe...where were all the Bothans that died to bring us these plans? I didn't see any in the entire movie.

Rygar said:

mcgruff10 said:

Rygar said:

JimmyV said:

Rygar said:

JimmyV said:

Rygar said:

I consider FA to be 'not very good'...is it worth seeing Rogue One?

Do you consider other Star Wars movies to be good? If so then yes this is worth seeing. If not it might be a skip.

Big fan of the original trilogy.

Then definitely see it. This is set right before Episode IV and is heavy with original trilogy references.

I was aware of the general story of Rogue One. Thanks for the advice all the same, I saw it and enjoyed it quite a bit more than FA.

My main gripe...where were all the Bothans that died to bring us these plans? I didn't see any in the entire movie.

bothans captured the plans for the second death star (return of the jedi).

Dammit. Full nerd fail.

rival. said:

rogue one beats the piss out of the force awakens.

if all star wars side story movies are going to be as strong as rogue one, i would have wished disney went that route, and that route only and didn't expand past episode 6. ROTJ was the perfect conclusion to the skywalker story, no real need for episodes 7-9 in my opinion...

rival. said:

the movie was literally one dead end

i guess i went in expecting exactly what we got --- a story about the rebels stealing the plans to the death star in a one and done story. when you introduce characters that don't make an appearance in any future star wars movies, simply because they don't exist anymore, you can't waste screen time developing characters stories' too much because in the long run, their story really doesn't matter. they are just a bunch of random, no name rebels trying to complete their mission. i thought diego luna and felicity jones did a great job with their characters. i do think krennic was slightly underused in the movie and didn't live up to his full "villain" potential. guessing they decided to balance his scenes with tarkin's, which i am fine with i guess, because i wasn't expecting tarkin to get as much screen time as he got... so that was a pleasant surprise.

don't get me wrong, i like force awakens. loved it in the theater but when i watched it at home on blu-ray, i was much less impressed for some reason. i think a lot of the magic from that movie was from watching it on the big screen. i think rogue one will hold up better during home viewings than force awakens has for some someone. ah well.

JimmyV said:

I expect Force Awakens to be elevated by films that come after it. It set up several mysteries. Who are Rey's parents? Who left her on Jakku? Why? Who is Snoke? Once these answers are revealed we'll likely see little bits foreshadowing them in Force Awakens.