(Gareth
Edwards/2016/USA)
The first
of Disney’s off shoot films in the Star Wars universe and it’s a
decent effort doing exactly what it says on the tin. It’s a Star
Wars story about how the death star plans used in Episode IV: A New
Hope are obtained by the rebel forces. There is no introductory
scrawl which is only right as it’s not part of the main series and
should be seen as distinct and separate. Essentially a war movie and
quite dark in tone to the canonical films, the main characters are
developed enough to bring you along but this film suffers from trying
too hard to set up its pieces and ultimately from being overlong. We
essentially know the motivations and narrative arcs before the
outset. None of these characters appear elsewhere in Star Wars movies
mmmkay, let’s just think about that for a minute. A good trimming
would have reduced the viewing time to a manageable and satisfying 90
minutes but instead so much time is spent getting to the final
playout that a feeling of wanting it all to wrap up takes over.
Outside of these draw backs though it works well as a companion piece
to the Star Wars films and answers a long asked question of episode
IV.
(3/5)
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