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[@MRLBOYDMOVIEREACTS]

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[@thesmokypurr]

This and Andor go hand in hand, I look forward to watching your reaction to it as well MRLBOYD ❤

[@Farmer_Dave]

Can we get the Mandalorian from you sir.

[@Jason-pc8xi]

Andor would be great for more origin content before the other shows. It's my favorite writing and similar and imo better than this movie.

[@Rocco1332]

@@thesmokypurr Andor would be right up his alley, he's likes to think about things the way Andor makes you think.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Yeah, the ultimate Star Wars fanfilm... and with more TV ties in to come. Some of the same Lucasfilm staff, but plenty of new talents, too.

[@citizenbrain8065]

I'm almost 40 and grew up watching these movies. Possibly controversial take, but for me, this is the best Star Wars movie. This and Andor are by far my favorite Star Wars content.

[@MuricaTurkey]

Not controversial IMO! This is absolutely my favorite. I'm a sucker for a tragic hero journey, where there's a meaningful end to said hero (or heroes). I'm so glad they didn't screw this story up just to pander to people often not wanting heroes to 💀. It makes sense that it ends this way. I mean... Why would Leia even NEED to send a message if any of them could just go tell a bunch of people after this? Why would Leia even NEED to be in A New Hope? The whole point is she gets the info. So it makes A New Hope EVEN BETTER. Which is a real feat. Too many people are just used to being fed crappy stories that are shallow and manipulative "feel happy" or "feel sad" flicks that are full of plot holes to the point of being nonsensical. Everyone: "Why does this movie have everyone survive despite it not making sense? Why, then, are chick flick romance stories constantly involving terminal illness and tragedy, often for NO REASON?!" Hollywood: "Because we want your money. We want you to be overwhelmed and jerked around until you're dead inside... Then we get to be lazy, and you get to consume thoughtlessly. Don't think about the story too hard!" Eh. Sorry for the rant. I'm just so over the shallow manipulation and crap entertainment (I think especially as a woman, since they're constantly claiming to do a bunch of it "in our honor". 🙄 K. Thx. I hate it 😂 Give me Rogue One level masterpieces instead)

[@hildajensen6263]

​@@MuricaTurkey I understand. - I really connected with this movie when I remembered Mon Mothma's line "Many bothans died to bring us this information" and knew that every one of these characters were going to die. And for once they actually delivered.

[@xellestar]

probably because they are the least star wars-like content

[@jessebbedwell]

Similar age and I am in full agreement. Wished the newer films all had this kind of behind the scenes, new character take on the originals and beyond. Not the garbage we've gotten.

[@jwhite17]

No question, this is the best movie, and the last 3 minutes are the best moments in the whole franchise

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

The blind guy wasn't a Jedi, just a force user.

[@WizArtChelo]

He wasn't a force user. I rather say he's force sensitive.

[@benjaminroe311ify]

@@WizArtChelo I mean you are both right. Not a jedi. Force sensitive? Yes... Able to "Use" the force? Yeah a little bit... mostly to sense things through it that others can't he uses it to "See" but yeah that's pretty minimal use.

[@depressedutchman]

Everyone is technically a force user , he force flow through every living being

[@CptRedexCC--]

He was one of the Guardians of the Whills and the Whills were these creatures who trained Yoda in TCW.

[@CptRedexCC--]

​@@depressedutchmanThat's not right. Force users use the force, force-sensitives have the potential and every other have midi-chlorians because they are the life.

[@StannisHarlock]

They were building the Death Star for 20 years. They had problems getting the laser to work with the kaibur crystal, which is why the father is important. But this didn't happen as episode 4 was happening. It happen just before episode 4. So Luke is still on Tattoine complaining to his uncle about something

[@wbrennan2253]

Sorry, your comment brought to mind Pallet Swap Ninjas song "Luke is is the Desert and Whining"🤣

[@dracoargentum9783]

The comment of Luke whining about farming made chuckle.

[@j0hnf_uk]

Or going into Tosche station, (again), to pick up some, (more), power converters. I'm sure the guy who sells them is sick of seeing Luke come in to buy them in order to waste time with his friends. Still, it's better than death sticks, I guess.

[@smiles1035]

Poor Luke never got to go pick up his power converters 😥

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

@@smiles1035His “friends” were really just using him, anyway. All of them except Biggs used to make fun of him behind his back. But, he didn’t have a lot of peers to choose from, I guess. Rural life!

[@Robbo-mx8nn]

Probably my favorite of all the newer Star Wars movies

[@msoundg]

Same, it's actually good, lol

[@Appreciation-Community]

The only good one that isn't the originals

[@Aggamemnon]

I'm glad you said "of all the newer." 😂

[@brettg274]

The only Disney SW I’ll recognize as canon.

[@PorterJustPorter]

it's fine, but it's really lacking in the character development area.

[@jimross1976]

This movie went through major rewrites. The teaser trailers they originally used for this film mostly had footage which ended up being scrapped and not shown in the Final Cut. And it still ended up being what most fans wanted. It is a fantastic film and gave us an incredible Darth Vader hallway scene at the end. And it just goes to show that not every movie should have a happy ending. Sometimes the heroes must suffer and/or perish for the greater good. This movie succeeded on so many levels.

[@lgoamity]

Was going to mention this Vid's Thumbnail includes that Iconic shot from the "What will you become?" Trailer. If the movie is ever mentioned this photo is often always used. Yet, its not seen in the actual movie. They dropped the ball after they "sold" me with that Trailer/Scene and didn't at least tease it or allow room for future development/stories.

[@j4k3me]

The reason I love this movie is the same reason I love Halo Reach. Sometimes no one makes it out and it makes for great story. Heroes aren't meant to be invincible.

[@dracoargentum9783]

The Greater Good

[@jimross1976]

@@dracoargentum9783 yarp 😄

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

Definitely a lot of rewrites but it should also be noted that tent pole or blockbuster movies often have footage and dialogue in the trailer which either gets trimmed in the final cut or which was specifically selected/created for the trailer. (For instance, the hovering TIE Fighter in the RO trailer was _added_ for dramatic effect.) We can all have an opinion about whether it’s a fair practice or not but getting butts into seats is the goal, and trailers are usually made before the film is finished. It is what it is.

[@chrisfulton1689]

What you need to understand about Saw (Forrest Whittaker [sp?]) is he had been fighting since the Clone Wars. He's lost family, friends, those close to him (like so many others), and he was just tired of fighting. He had been fighting for so long that I think the fight was all fought out of him, and he just wanted peace and rest. He knew Jyn had that Spark of Rebellion in her and just needed something to force her hand into accepting her role and her fate. Everyone by this point (right before the events of Ep. 4 A New Hope), not least Saw Guererra, that one wonders how many more were just sick and tired of fighting and just sick and tired of being sick and tired. Those that stuck it out, yes, are heroes, but so is poor Saw who fought the fight he felt compelled to fight.

[@WarlordShogun]

It's hard for people to really keep in mind how much time has passed in Star Wars. Saw had been fighting an endless war for 30 years at that point.

[@jasons7844]

Well said!!

[@donpietruk1517]

Saw was fighting to free his world from Separatist occupation even before the Empire took over. And I thought the Rebels drumming him out was shoddy. They didn't live his reality with Imperial installations mixed in with the civilian population. But somehow he's not supposed to strike at targets when they are literally using civilians are shield hostages?

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@WarlordShogun And the tie in book Rebel Rising shows more of Jyn's time with him, plus her own attempt to stay away from the Empire (which kept tragically going wrong, as every attempt to make a new life generally got ruined in some way by an Imperial presence, conflict or bureaucracy) Saw did also participate in a wide-scale assassination, of a social convention of Imperials, furthermore.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

@@donpietruk1517 OK, the reason that drives a wedge between Saw and the Rebels is that the Alliance to Restore the Republic is led by politicians who are not trying to directly oppose the Empire militarily, but to gain enough support in the Senate to remove Palpatine from his political power. The senators and other officials they need to gain that support aren't going to be easier to deal with when they see the Alliance not only approve, but actively participate in killing their own constituents, and so Saw's methods work directly against their aims. And both of them are wrong; the politicians because many of them don't really know or understand what Palpatine is, and why their strategy is therefore doomed to fail. And Saw... well, what he's doing is, in scale, like spilling a drink on the Governor of American Samoa, and then shaking his fist in the direction of Washington DC and yelling "that'll teach you, you bastards".

[@davidsykes6584]

We refer to the '1st one' as "A New Hope". It makes it easier to differentiate. Rogue One is easily my favourite Star Wars film since the Original Trilogy.

[@JRcomments]

Personally I always refer to Ep 4 in its original name as I first watched it during its release. Star Wars. "A New Hope" came later.

[@jarodperez4272]

@@JRcomments I do the same, but "A New Hope" was in the opening text crawl, but I get what you mean.

[@j.f.fisher5318]

A New Hope wasn't in the original theatrical release though.

[@JRcomments]

@@jarodperez4272 I was 11 when I saw SW in May 1977. “A New Hope” was not part of the opening crawl. They added it later that year if I’m not mistaken. Star Wars was not nationally released at the same time. I saw it in Aspen CO about a month before it was released everywhere else. Back then the movie industry wasn’t sold on Star Wars, and it only opened up in a few places, and within a few weeks they saw how immensely popular it got, and the rest is history. Technically, I got to see two opening shows because when I returned from Aspen to where I live, it “premiered” in my area a couple weeks afterwards.

[@davidsykes6584]

@@j.f.fisher5318 But doesn't really matter, it's the title that was later associated with it. I know, I was there in 1977, I probably didn't start using the term 'A New Hope' until the 90's. Honestly, if it's good enough for George Lucas, it's good enough for me.

[@CDRhammond]

George Lucas originally wanted red squadron to be blue but due to the technology being used at the time the color blue did not work during filming so they had to go with one that did. This movie also explains why no one from blue squadron made it to the battle of Yavin.

[@JAYWALKER1000]

For reference "the first one" was just called Star Wars (no episode, no subtitle) when it first came out (1977). When the "first one " was rereleased (just before the "second one" was released) everyone who went to see it again said WTF when Episide !V: A New Hope appeared on he screen.

[@satsunada]

This entire movie is based on one line from Episode 4.. where Mon Mothma is talking to the assembled pilots (including Luke) and they're detailing the Death Star's weakness. Mon Mothma chimes in and says "This information was gained at great cost" ... that one line, plus the opening of episode 4.. is all that created this entire story.

[@SaladVonBaco]

Mon Mothma doesn't appear until Return of the Jedi talking about the sacrifices of many Bothans who died to bring them information about the 2nd Death Star. This movie is based solely on the opening crawl of A New Hope which states, "It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire.During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet."

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

@@SaladVonBacoYep. This misattribution will now live alongside the “Luke, I am your father” line which doesn’t (quite) exist.

[@SaladVonBaco]

@@AngeloBarovierSD lol Absolutely agree with you.

[@themisspultone]

just a quick note. Saw Gurara is a character from the clone wars animated show. He is basicly a man that has been a rebel for years/ a decade even. He has lost his family, his sister, and at this point most of his body parts. He is tired

[@ddretnuh]

Knowing the episode #’s will help you so much chronologically with the overall story, what year each movie was made only matters for the tech available to make it

[@UncleUncleRj]

I don't really understand the difficulty with the episodes. Look at Lord of the RIngs. The Lord of The Rings trilogy came out before the Hobbit trilogy and most ppl know that The Hobbit occurs before LOTR in the story. Yet even though they know The Hobbit movies are first, everyone still watches LOTR trilogy first. It's the same thing as Star Wars. The originals came out first, then the prequels. 456, 123. You can watch them in episodic order, but it's not the preferred way by most fans.

[@hildajensen6263]

@@UncleUncleRj Yes, but this poor guy was talked into watching the movies in the bloody Machete order. So they are NOT two clear sets in his memory at this time.

[@ElMundoDeHadesOK]

@@hildajensen6263 when he finished all the episodes he said he understood why he was told machete order was good...... and he agreed...

[@willfanofmanyii3751]

@@ElMundoDeHadesOK While also not understanding anything.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

@@willfanofmanyii3751This..

[@dneill8493]

Best land battle. Best droid. Best Vader scene. Each time i watch it edges closer to being my favourite.

[@benjaminroe311ify]

It certainly is either the best or one of the best.

[@darthjarjar2742]

Rots is still the best, but this may be 2nd

[@The5Ronin]

There is an unconfirmed theory that the Stormtroopers aim was intentionally innacturate in the 4th (first) movie, because Tarkin needed them to escape with the tracker on the falcon. Even Obiwan called Imperial stormtrooper aim precise.

[@XHUERO3]

Yup

[@alistairgrey5089]

That's not unconfirmed, that is directly referenced in dialogue by both Leia and Tarkin.

[@dracoargentum9783]

I usually run in the Theory that the Stormtrooper's aim is as accurate as the Force allows: if the Force needs the target alive, marksmen start missing. I mean, a handful of Stomtroopers clear out the hall of minor rebel fighters quick enough.

[@alistairgrey5089]

@@dracoargentum9783 The force is one of the best excuses for plot armor. It really does give a get out of jail free card to the writer, even if it does feel a bit cheap sometimes.

[@mikegoodwin2386]

Stormtroopers were supposed to be pretty good shooters, as Obi-Wan noted their precision on the Jawa sandcrawler. But whether or not they were intentionally missing to let our heroes get away from the Death Star or not, you can't have the main characters killed off too early. Like in most movies, the bad guys can't seem to hit the heroes, making their aim look bad. Maybe it was a bit over done. It became a joke about how bad their aim was. So mostly due to fan service, in later movies the Stormtroopers usually had terrible aim.

[@nickinderrieden7630]

On the SW timeline, this is basically Episode 3.9. The start of the movie is during the beginning of construction of the Death Star, and the end gives the full story of the opening of the first movie, Star Wars (Episode 4: A New Hope). The first movie was the first movie because George Lucas only had clout and cash from American Graffiti, and the first movie has fewer set pieces, and much of the action can be an off screen exposition dump, very theatrical. After the first movie was the first blockbuster the budget expanded and every entry in the series became technically superior due to increasingly limited constraints. Rogue One is also one of my favorites. You should watch the "Andor" prequel. Then rewatch Rogue One, 4, 5, 6, and then start "The Mandalorian". You can do the refresh on your own time if so inclined, but a more experienced understanding and appreciation might be interesting. Love the channel keep it up.

[@TroyNiemeier]

The Death Star laser didn't miss, it directly hit the dish on the top of the tower (cutting off any communications) and impacted some miles away.

[@TroyNiemeier]

Not too bad for glorified stormtroopers on the DS! ;)

[@criticalchai]

It's like hitting a satelite antenna on a house with a nuclear cruise missile. it took out the dish but the impact also blew up the city. I gotta say that is some damn fine aim to hit a tower from orbit...

[@RemoraDFC343]

This movie does a good idea of making us realize that in real life, not every hero survives. Often in war, there are a lot of forgotten and unsung heroes who's sacrifice led to victory. Each of these persons (and droids) were crucial to getting the plans. Which then got into R2D2, and later Obiwan Kenobi. Which resulted in the Princess rescue. Which led to the Rebels using the data to destroy the weakness in the Death Star. All those events, and the victory, was the result of many sacrifices. And in my opinion that is a strength of this movie, that Disney did not shy away from the idea of Good wins, but everyone dies. Because at the level of danger that these people were going up against, as an underground movement resisting a galactic empire with planet destroying capabilities. Logically, a lot a lot a lot of people would be deleted along the way to achieve victory. "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" - Thomas Jefferson

[@Regulas_Leonis]

The ending of this movie is the opening of episode 4. Those are the plans that Vader is looking for when you first meet him.

[@timometsanoja9666]

This movie leads directly into episode 4 (the first movie). If you want to see more of this kind of action there is a series called "Andor" on the Disney service and it is very good. It follows how Cassian Andor ends up at this place in this movie and it is about the birth of the Rebel Alliance. They are still working on the second season and it will be out at some point, but season 1 was phenomenal... The actor who played Cassian did come back for the series. I would highly recommend checking it out at some point. Probably the best Star Wars series we have seen at this point... The force and Jedi or Sith are not in the focus in it, so you kind of see what it is like for the "regular" people. The ending of Rogue One is kind of meh when you know exactly about what this movie is about. It is really beautiful to say at least. And it does have that Vader scene at the end where he goes ham... He really was an unstoppable force at this point. Zero chance other than to run.

[@abirivera1610]

@MRLBOYDMOVIEREVIEWS I don't know if someone has already addressed this, but the reason for the abysmal aim between the storm troopers and the clone troopers, is that the clones were decommissioned sometime between the prequels and the original trilogies. The storm troopers are conscripted soldiers from across the galaxy, and the clones were cloned from Jango Fett, who also assisted with their training. So the clones had better training than the storm troopers. Hopefully this helps if it wasn't already explained.

[@JakeFromYoutube]

The ending of this movie actually transitions directly into the beginning of A New Hope. Sidenote, it's just easier to refer to them by name, that's how you avoid the whole "first movie" thing haha

[@kirkdarling4120]

You're right, but that requires getting into the Star Wars universe just enough to know the film titles.

[@steved1135]

Yup. I'm 52 years old so, for 30+ years, Empire was the best Star Wars movie of all time. And then I saw this. Perfection.

[@zacharyclark3693]

The Andor series on Disney+ is the backstory of Cassin Andor and the birth of the Rebellion. If you liked Rogue One you’ll love the Andor series.

[@chriskola3822]

I saw the originals in theater (in the '70s and '80s) so I will always have a softspot for them. Having said that, this is my favorite of the "new" ones.

[@jamesgalimo1007]

I'll keep this as short as possible. In the beginning, 1977 specifically, there was Star Wars, and only Star Wars, and it was good. Then, in 1980, The Empire Strikes Back was released and Yoda was launched upon the world, and it was even better. In 1981, Star Wars was rebranded "A New Hope," although we pretty much still just called it ""Star Wars." In 1983 came Return of The Jedi, which ended the whole thing, and that was pretty much all the Star Wars there was for well over a decade. I mean movie-wise. There were a couple cartoons, a few made for tv movies about the Ewoks.There were some novels, comic books, video games and breakfast cereals. The prequels didn't come out until 1999, with Phantom Menace, which became Episode 1 and about 80% of the population hated Jar Jar Binks (which isn't really relevant, but I always like to bring it up, because he sucks). Some time in the early 2000's was when Episode 4's rebranding of "A New Hope" really got leaned into.

[@metalman1019]

Peter Cushing's appearance in Rogue One as (Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin) was completely CGI as he died in 1994, that why he looked the same as this is set before episode 4

[@Uraqt_1337]

The thing with the stormtrooper aim is, that it’s actually very good. I mean they are elite soldiers. But on the deathstar they were ordered not to kill the protagonists so that they could find the rebel base with the beacon. Leia even says that

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

Not to mention that Obi-Wan Kenobi comments about how skilled, smart and precise they were.

[@Uraqt_1337]

@@Lobsterwithinternet exactly. It’s a bit sad what Disney did to them in the mandalorian. And also almost every new Star Wars fan just thinks that they are bad

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@@Uraqt_1337 They're partly to blame but it's also a combination of George’s and subsequently the fanbase’s fault for making it a meme. For RotJ, George made them get beaten by Ewoks instead of the Wookies he originally wanted. Which cemented in fans' minds that they were incompetent which was read back into the rest of the trilogy as a fan meme which ended up being picked up and made a reality by those fans when they grew up and became the ones writing and directing Star Wars.

[@Uraqt_1337]

@@Lobsterwithinternet yeah i know but it has never been so clear as with the mandalorian. But of course I know that it’s mostly the fanbase

[@andymiller6661]

There's multiple times we see them have bad aim, without orders.

[@maxsutheriii9607]

I'm proud to say, after i judged you pretty (maybe too) harshly for the Machete Order, I actually quite like your Star Wars series and unique perspective. I think everyone in the comments should rally for him to watch Andor, given his enjoyment of this one and pretty thorough understanding of it.

[@maxsutheriii9607]

Edit: except for his misunderstanding of the timeline about 3/4 of the way through. Close enough lol

[@bmaster5324]

oh yeah, he would love Andor FOR SURE

[@tonyallen4265]

He was so outrageously confused by A New Hope I'm really surprised he kept going. His first Star Wars reaction was so riddled with questions that he totally missed any joy of the movie. At least he continued with the franchise in spite of his dumbfounded over-analizations.

[@dallassukerkin6878]

From the moment I first saw Rogue One I have been saying that it is basically a British war movie set in the Star Wars universe :) It has exactly the same feel with characters that are heroic and doing what they think is right in the moment without being Hollywood HEROIC!!!!!!!!!! :D

[@rawkmode6315]

In the first film, the opening crawl literally says, "Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire. During the battle, rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the Death Star, an armored space station with enough firepower to destroy an entire planet. Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the secret plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy..." This entire film is based on those three sentences there, and the original Star Wars is about what happens afterward. Also, "Star Wars" (if you saw it before 1981) or "A New Hope" (if you didn't see it until 1981 or later) is THE FIRST ONE. "The Phantom Menace," on the other hand, is EPISODE ONE. Don't ever call Episode One the "first one," its heresy. I already mentioned it in another comment, but if you want to see what led up to this movie, the television series "Andor" gives us that back story and its fantastic. It has the same writers and director as this film and a star studded cast. Its supposed to be 2-3 seasons long, but only season 1 has aired on Disney+ yet. Great show, you should give it a watch.

[@RogunK]

This movie is loosely based on and greatly expands the one chapter at the end of the 3rd Han Solo book that was written back in the 1990's. Jyn's character is based on Han Solo's first love (Bria) that left him and joined the Rebellion and became the leader of an elite rebel group called the Red Hand. They were the ones that infiltrated the facility to steal the deathstar plans and sent them to Leia on her ship. It was basically a suicide mission and they all died. After that last chapter is the epilogue where it shows Han and Chewie on Tatooine about to meet and old man and a teenage boy who are wanting passage to Alderaan. I loved Rogue One, but I also hated how much they changed from those books that I grew up reading.

[@CarbonMage]

25:25 this is the first Star Wars movie that wasn't "Episode something," so some very deliberate cinematography choices were made to lean into it being something a little new. Giacchino also did an excellent job capturing that vibe with the music.

[@Lightningrod75]

The tan ones are special because they help you sell more action figures.

[@gr8handsftl]

I've seen every Star Wars movie when they each came out in theaters. Rogue One is my favorite of all of them

[@kirkdarling4120]

In terms of the elation I felt as I left the theater, Rogue One ranks in my book right next to A New Hope. Inasmuch as much of the impact of A New Hope was that it had been a decade since we'd seen comparable special effects, that might mean Rogue One is even better.

[@Day_Reezy]

When Boyd said "They seem like a great crew, let's see more of them" Is there a Rouge 2? I was like uh oh!!! Wait until he finds out 🤣🤣🤣

[@SlackerSuperstar]

You HAVE to watch the Andor series! Same writer and t's even better!

[@wilwaycoholland4337]

Proof that they can still make good star wars films, they're just actively choosing not to, this being the exception.

[@Velociraptour]

The blind one is not a Jedi. He and the gunner are/were Guardians of the Whills. They used to guard the Kyber Temple, but the Empire mined all the Kyber. So "mining disaster" is not so bad a cover story.

[@robertpollard7681]

I saw this movie About a month after carrie fisher passed and it brought tears to my eyes to see her in this one a fitting tribute in my opinion

[@bitcrafter]

Ok, "How you label things is strange..." Yes, but you have to understand WHY it happened. When Lucas created Star Wars, he had NO idea it would succeed. There was no guarantee a second episode would be made. However, it took the nation over overnight. Literally, I know, I stood in line for hours waiting. People stood in line sometimes 2-3 showtimes before their showing. Lines went around large buildings, TWICE. It was huge. But before that, the movie was over budget and considered to probably flop. What I remember from this time, Lucas always wanted to make a nine movie saga, but wanted to start in the middle because that's where all the "action" meat was in the story. He felt the story of Anakin would be too slow for the audience and wanted a "hook." Star Wars as a saga wasn't written so George was flying by the seat of his pants. He always had an outline, but not the full thing, hence a lot of plot holes. So the reason it's chaotic, it was never organized from the start. Even the original movie was STAR WARS and not EPISODE FOUR. This movie was born from a line in the Star Wars movie however, the reference at the end to many people died getting us this information. Rogue One is their story. The story how the information was obtained for the Rebel Alliance to defeat the Empire and destroy the Death Star in A New Hope.

[@michaelpapp5518]

12:11 i think he would have been a Jedi if the order had not been extinguished, yes. It’s amazing. He is force sensitive yet was able to escape the empire all this time.

[@misterevil1967]

I think that Chirrut was force sensitive but not enough to be a Jedi. In my head canon he's probably a Miruluka. However there's nothing anywhere that says he is.

[@michaelpapp5518]

@@misterevil1967 what is a Miruluka?

[@Dust_Bin_Gaming]

@@michaelpapp5518 A species of blind, force sensitive 'humans'.

[@Dust_Bin_Gaming]

There are Force religions/orders out there other than the Jedi/Sith (good and bad ones).

[@michaelpapp5518]

@@Dust_Bin_Gaming oh. Cool. If that’s the case then it’s possible. What did the Empire do to these people?

[@dogzeye]

George Lucas was a huge fan of the old flash Gordon movies in black and white. He purposely filmed all of his movies with the scrolling text and old wipes to emulate the flash Gordon films. The wipes were old techniques even for the 70s. Lucas not only knew what he was doing. He did it flawlessly.

[@DomAtaGlance]

The girl who plays Jin outclasses daisy ridley in every single way. She deserves far better

[@michaelpapp5518]

6:01 Saw Gurrera is even more extreme. He’s, like, more in it to hurt the Empire than help liberate the people. Saw doesn’t always have the best judgement.

[@swanchamp5136]

Saw probably hurt the rebellion more than he helped with his reckless tactics.

[@echobucket]

you should watch the first season of Andor. If you liked this I think you will like that as well

[@marchammer1364]

Andor is the next must-watch. It shows the darkness and threat of the empire. It really makes u understand why the rebellion has to sacrifice everything to come to this point. Once 2nd season is finished it’s supposed to end where roque one begins (so no milking the cow endlessly). It’s pure quality with some mindblowing goosebumps moments

[@kallreader7376]

Great reaction. Donnie Yen, the blind force sensitive martial artist, is a talented kung fu practitioner, he mixes multiple martial arts including MMA and wing chun kung fu. You should check out the Ip Man series (a Hong Kong movie dramatic marital arts biopic series about Bruce Lee’s original instructor). Great fights and interesting story line.

[@RyanRichardsToby]

The thing about warp in ST is that you're not moving. The space around you is moving. You could technically fly through planets or stars because you're not colliding with them; the space around you is passing through them. Several other systems on the ship are making sure you don't come out of normal space within matter or extreme gravity.

[@SciFiCatGuy]

Once upon a time, Rogue One and Game of Thrones had a secret love child, and they called it The Expanse. The original concept for The Expanse was for an MMPRPG, but after doing immense and immaculate research the co-authors, Ty Frank and Daniel Abraham, realized that wasn't going to happen due to funding, so they turned it into a tabletop RPG. After playing the tabletop game with friends, including George R.R. Martin, (Ty Frank was his assistant), they had a cool storyline and characters, so they turned it into a novel series, (9 novels, 7 novellas, and 2 short stories.) The novel series was so popular it was made into a TV series, (now on Amazon,) which was so popular it was made into the Telltale RPG you are playing, bringing it full circle back to the original concept. (The game, btw, takes place before the events in the books/show.)

[@spiritualhammer392]

Great reaction and insights! This film mostly happens within days prior to A New Hope 4, so this one can be considered 3.5 in that order. Truly a great Star Wars film - I rank it second after Empire Strikes Back for many of the same reasons you have mentioned. Thanks for posting!

[@hettbeans]

We're having opposite experiences - as I've gotten older, Trek has become more and more important to me and Star Wars has fallen more and more to the side. I still love Star Wars, but it's fantasy adventure. Trek is aspirational.

[@rikk319]

They're both fictional entertainment and fill the need for escapism.

[@drewwar9344]

​@technopirate304 No it's not that's why science fiction fiction being a key word in that ..Space fantasy which is what star wars is fantasy Like medieval stories it has dragons it has knights it has princesses. And magic and wizards

[@quellenathanar]

The great thing about the genre is: you have a galaxy full of stories. They can come in different flavors and styles. For me, the story itself is the main attractor. Sure there are characters I enjoy, but each film and or TV series/show adds to the depth, and the entire genre is that much better for it. Rogue One makes IV-A New Hope better posthumously.

[@kirkdarling4120]

Somewhere out in the Star Wars universe waits a hilarious comedy to be written.

[@TheFireMonkey]

This movie provides an explanation for why the rebels were able to so simply destroy the Death Star. That was perhaps the biggest plot hole in the original movie, the idea that such a powerful weapon would have so careless a design flaw - the answer, sabotage from within.

[@TheFireMonkey]

@technopirate304 yes, but the idea that the lead scientist developing the Death Star was an unwilling participant who intentionally designed a hidden weakness into it was not mentioned.

[@TheFireMonkey]

@technopirate304 the way this movie explained it is, I think, perfect. It fills the hole nicely without changing anything previously established - it just adds behind the scenes stuff we didn't know

[@davidsykes6584]

You really need to watch the Andor series, a great watch, and the back half of it is amazing.

[@bmaster5324]

by the way, this movie takes place several days before the event's of A New Hope (the first one you watched) hope this helps

[@rawkmode6315]

Nah bro, you definitely can call some rebel factions extremists and others not. Most of the "rebel" factions at this point (right before the original Star Wars film,) are actually political in nature, not violent. The primary faction around which all the others are loosely organized is called, "The Alliance to Restore the Republic," and it includes many Senators and other political and social elites. Its even legal to be a member of this group, and Senators who are members (like Mon Motha and Bail Organa) often speak on the floor of the Senate, saying critical shit about the Emperor and his empire. After the events of this film, however, the group will be outlawed, and come to be referred to as, "The Rebel Alliance," by Imperials. There are tons of other groups out there fighting the empire, and many of them are straight up terrorists. Some work with the Alliance and some don't. The television show "Star Wars: Rebels" has a group of freedom fighters working to weaken and disrupt the Imperial occupation on the planet Lothal for years, until the leader (Hera Syndulla...who actually gets name dropped in this film as "General Syndulla,") finally reveals to the rest of the crew that they're actually a resistance cell working for the Alliance and have been the whole time. The group led by Saw Guerra (Forrest Whitaker,) is considered the most extreme terrorist of them all. The television show "Andor" is fantastic and goes into all this stuff fairly deeply, and the acting and effects are great.

[@hildajensen6263]

As a "thank you" for continuing to give Star Wars a chance, may I suggest a movie that is enjoyable for most fans of sci-fi: Galaxy Quest. One of it's many qualities is that it is a single movie, with a complete story. So we can all let our minds take a break from timelines.

[@kenyattacoleman7284]

I consider this movie episode 3.9 because it leads directly into episode 4 ( A New Hope)

[@theinquisitor2792]

18:29 K2-SO is a security Droid. Piloting is a secondary function. There are pilot droids with the vision capabilities you speak of

[@Jnf4uk]

Good to see you man. Hope your well and healthy!

[@indiegamechris4759]

If you watch Andor, make sure to stay for the post-credits scene after the last episode!

[@DavidWright1138]

Generally, I think "the first movie" means Episode IV, also called "A New Hope" - which came out in 1977; and "episode one" means the first movie in the series, Episode I, also called "The Phantom Menace".

[@CatSamurai99]

Episode IV is the first movie. You can call it the "first movie", it just isn't Episode I.

[@wayneresper7761]

You pulled a Yoda in your commentary, "consistently beautiful to look at, this movie is" 😂, fantastic.

[@TK-30115]

The tan troops are called Shoretroopers, and are specialised for beach-like environments. The black ones are Death Troopers, special forces with advanced training and physical augmentations. There are many variants of Stormtrooper that are specialised for certain roles or environments.

[@josephtingley654]

After you finish the movie watching part of your journey, I recommend you start from Episode 1 all the way through in chronological order including The Clone Wars and Rebels which fill in many questions you've asked throughout your Star Wars journey. Now that you watched this movie, it literally rolls into the Star Wars Episode 4 and makes the opening scroll mean a whole lot more, now that you know the first major victory over the evil Empire.

[@CritterPaladin]

You can just refer to the first Star Wars movie released as Episode IV. George Lucas included that in the opening crawl not only because he had an outline of backstory for the film that he hoped he might make one day, but also because we wanted to evoke the feeling of coming into an old Saturday Matinee film, like Flash Gordon serial, part way through the series.

[@matthewgrady3423]

-The first time I saw this movie between two independent wrestling shows I worked. First show was on Friday in Columbia and the second was on Saturday, which was when I saw it, was in Orangeburg. I figure that traveling from Charleston to Columbia to Orangeburg and then back to Charleston made more sense than Charleston to Columbia to Charleston to Orangeburg to Charleston. Luckily, this had come out that weekend. -For your comment about the number of the movie, there was a tribute to George Lucas where Tom Hanks used that about his speech about the movies. It’s funny but it’s also a great representation of the confusion of the whole thing. -The biggest thing I noticed was that the feel was the closest to the original one. The prequels used a lot of CGI that you could clearly see that it was. This just felt like everything was 100% real. The technology looks exactly like in the originals. Also, you could feel where the characters were the focus of the filmmakers over the special effects. -Seeing “Peter Cushing” as Tarkin was weird. It reminded me of when I met the guy that my grandmother had been seeing, who looked exactly like my grandfather who had died about 10 years prior. -K2 was great choice for a droid to have if they weren’t going to have C3PO, who I popped over for his cameo. He made for a great character who brought an element of comedy without being all about the chuckles. -I loved the use of the footage of the fighter pilots calling in from A New Hope(To avoid confusion) with the arrack on Scarif. It was so great and, as you talked about, REALLY brought that connection to the series. -That Vader scene…… In that minute, Vader was Jason Voorhees. In that scene, I got chills of just how evil he came across. That final shot as they used that classic Empire theme with the slight variation at the end as Vader is watching as the Rebels get away was genius. I saw a special about Star Wars where they talked about that scene. After the original trilogy, Darth Vader went from being a villain who elicited fear to a marketable character that was used in commercials. Plus there was the end of Revenge of Sith with the “NOOOOOOOO!” that made him a bit emo. Considering how this was right before the start of the original trilogy, they knew they had to make him the Vader people saw then. I don’t like using the word but what they did was perfect. While I loved the scene, I could feel that initial fear I saw the first time I saw Darth Vader. -To tell you how much I loved this movie, I spent at least a minute in a bathroom stall at the theater crying my eyes out.

[@katheryne-bois]

To let you understand about Rogue One, when they made the movie, they decided to mix modern cinematography to the the cinematography used back in the days of Star Wars 4, 5, 6, so they could use the same camera lenses used in those days back in the time to be used with modern cinematography of today, so the movie could be relatable to being from the era of Star Wars 4, 5, 6, as the movie is about the moment just before Star Wars 4! They used that kind of technology so it looks as all being following a motion of how everything looks from more the time pass!

[@CDRhammond]

Rogue 2 was one of the snow speeders that got blasted in episode 5. "Commander Skywalker this is Rogue 2 do you copy" "Captain Solo this is Rogue 2 do you copy" Han Solo: "Good morning nice to see you drop by" "Echo base this is Rogue 2 I found them repeat I found them"

[@kirkdarling4120]

I call this "The Dirty Dozen Saves Private Ryan from the Guns of Navarone," referencing past WWII movies that it has sequences to remind me of. I saw the original Star Wars (later called "A New Hope") on the first weekend of its release in 1977. I left the theater than night elated. I saw this movie in the first weekend of its release, and it was the only other Star Wars movie that left me with the same feeling of elation. The blend into the original movie had been a well-kept and welcomed surprise.

[@LogicalNiko]

One of the theories that try to explain the inconsistent trooper accuracy with blasters is that the force naturally effects reality around some people related to events in certain key nexuses kind of providing what appears to a lot of "lucky" circumstances. And while not completely overriding free will, the force always seems to favor those paths that lead to the final destiny of the chosen one. While those extremely adept at the force can foresee these possible pathways and either make predictions of the key turning points, and can sometimes manipulate them to delay the inevitable. (e.g. The emperor manipulates Anakin, Luke, and eventually Ben delaying things one generation each time, but the lines keep trying to converge). The other major explanation goes back to the original Lucas drafts where the movies we are watching are all the epic tails of from "The Journal of the Whills" an ancient collection of events once recovered from the memory banks of an old R2 droid unit and various other sources. These stories were compiled and circulated, passed through generations of hands with different accounts and interpretations. Kind of like the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Gnostic Texts, etc. This is why each of the films began with an opening paragraph of text. But this means that every work in the Star Wars universe is just the surviving Hero stories, the operatic tales, the tales of folklore. Thus the ability to just constantly miss blaster bolts or have perfect timing on events "just is" because its how these bits and pieces of long lost history need in order to connect all the different versions of these tales.

[@HeatRaver]

Saw was going to "run no longer" because he literally couldn't run; you'll recall he had crappy mechanical legs, that he knew would only slow Jyn down from getting away. He sacrificed himself knowing Jyn would carry on the torch.

[@atb2674]

The actor you recognized as the famous martial artist is Donnie Yen, he is best known for his work with Wing Chun style in the Ip Man franchise. He played the title character, who is an important historical figure in the martial art world (& Ip Man was a master to Bruce Lee)

[@amsro9094]

8:34 "Consistently beautiful to look at, this movie is" - Yoda

[@ShotokanRed]

All 9 movies of the Skywalker Saga begin with an introduction and are titled as episodes 1-9. The "first" movie, A New Hope, was episode 4.

[@j9lorna]

When you think about it, it makes sense that the Death Star stormtroopers would likeky be trainees or cadets. There is no reason to have your best and most capable guys being protected on a remote battle station. Those guys would be deployed where needed.while the newbies would be in training on the death star.

[@reflectionist]

8:13 - The reason Tarkin aged so well is because Peter Cushing (the actor) died in August of 1994 and the guy you're looking at in THIS movie is... completely CGI. Obviously, his estate cleared it. Lucasfilm / Disney have an interesting take on the AI boom. I mean, Darth Vader is awesome, but James Earl Jones was 85 when Rogue One came out, he isn't trying to or even interested in doing that voice anymore. In fact, he kind of beat everybody to the punch. He came right out and said that he was done voicing Darth Vader, but he felt like trying to retire the CHARACTER would be extremely disrespectful toward all of the other actors and voice actors that have portrayed that character over the years. And he gave Lucasfilm legal permission to use AI technology to SYNTHESIZE his voice from existing audio recordings, so that everybody gets their just desserts, and nobody has to deal with, "yeah, but it's not James Earl Jones..." I have no idea what they plan to use that for, though. It's such a wildly unique situation, but if he was comfortable enough to break the news himself, you can bet your ass there are HUGE limitations on what can/can't be used, and what they can/can't do with it. James Earl Jones made that whole thing sound kind of wholesome... which is why it kind of shocked everybody when somebody used AI technology to make a song of AI CHESTER BENNINGTON singing a song about CHESTER BENNINGTON'S PASSING. Everybody was so excited about what they could do, nobody stopped to think of whether they should. Because THAT is super fucked up. I'm curious to hear your take on that.

[@jonathanmiller4305]

If you like this I strongly suggest you react to the series ANDOR, it’s a prequal to this movie and in my opinion is one of the best produced, best acted series in the star wars catalog

[@flexableferret]

Absolutely beautiful movie and characters. Something that I notice most reactors miss is that they are only testing the Death Star with a single reactor as opposed to the regular full power blast that instantly destroys planets. The long term effects on that planet surface must be absolutely devastating eventually though. LoL I totally agree that this movie does a great job of showing the true destructive force of the Death Star. The more realistic military style of the movie was awesome. I recommend this movie alot.

[@shaunhart1753]

Takes place between Revenge of the Sith, and the very beginning of A New Hope. This whole movie is referenced in the scrolling description of A New Hope. MC Riz is the pilot and references Star Wars 2x in his verse on the track "Immigrants" from the Hamilton Mix Tape

[@crimsonknight7011]

K2S0 is voiced by Alan Tudyk who has done lots of voices like King Candy (Wreck-it Ralph), Sunny (IRobot), etc. Also many live performances such as Tucker & Dale vs Evil, Firefly, A Knights Tale, Deadpool 2, and Steve the Pirate (Dodgeball)

[@dripcaraybbx]

Absolutely incredible that you recognized the "You'll be dead" guy from the cantina in A New Hope

[@CDRhammond]

I loved that Chopper appeared if only for a moment in this movie. You might not have seen the show, but Chopper is basically the R2-D2 of star wars: rebels.

[@buddah1221]

interesting fact the whole basis of coffee this standalone spinoff is a single line from the opening crawl of A New Hope (episode IV) "....the rebellion has just scored its first major victory against the empire stealing the plans for the death star..."

[@LexoG33]

The Andor series is a prequel to this movie, there is currently one season but there are 3 planned I believe. I think it's definitely among the best in the franchise, and I love that it's pretty explicitly antifascist and anti-imperialist.

[@CarbonMage]

I think it's just 2 planned total, though the original pitch was for 5 (1 for each year leading up to Rogue One)

[@david-1775]

BTW - The first movie made (1977) is number four in the series. The name of the movie is A NEW HOPE

[@nyc10037]

Rogue One tells the story of how the Rebels received the Death Star plans and who was behind it. It takes place shortly before Leia is captured in Episode IV ( A New Hope).

[@Burt_Fuggin_Reynolds]

This has to be one of the most frustrating reaction channels to watch, because Mr. LBoyd comes across as well spoken, intelligent and well measured in his thoughts and approach, however at the same time he leans so heavily on his inability to remember actors, plots, or just general pop culture. It's just too frustrating to watch at times.

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

9:30 You are probably the 2nd reactor out of many to recognize the character from the Cantina in A New Hope that wanted to fight Luke. He is a Rogue Doctor wanted for illegal experiments.

[@Lemon_Force]

16:00 Actually they wouldn't be that important because space is so unimaginably vast that you could fly in a straight line from one side of our observable universe to the other without hitting anything. So you could be reasonably safe just "punching it" in a quick escape situation like that only going a short distance.

[@cyrilmauras4247]

The ending of this film goes immediately into the beginning of episode IV. The plot of this film is directly from the line crawl in the beginning of episode IV.

[@Pecos1]

Yes, the two guys on the street you thought were from the 1977 film were indeed. One of the many Easter eggs. Also, Saw Guerrera (Forrest Whitaker), is the first character to be brought to life from the animated series Clone Wars.

[@JakeFromYoutube]

Theres also a prequel show to this movie about Cassian Andor, and as someone who has been a star wars fans for years and seen everyrhing, it could be the best all around star wars thing they've made, original movies included.

[@PreceptorGrant]

If you liked this, I'd highly recommend the Andor tv series. It's set prior to this movie, it covers how Cassian Andor came to join the Rebellion.

[@crimsonknight7011]

This movie ends actually at the very beginning of A New Hope. So this is before Luke started his training. This was right when she gave the plans to R2-D2 and sent them to the planet.

[@kendallshimabukuro6250]

Yup... was this my favorite beyond even the various animated series.

[@Fsudryden]

A lot of us refer to the movies in two ways. By the name of the film or by the episode number. For example Episodes 1-3 are the prequels, Episode 4-6 are the originals, and episodes 7-9 are the sequels. This movie takes place literally just before the beginning of episode 4. The end is literally the beginning of episode 4.