That darker shade of Star Wars is matched by Diego Luna, whose Han Solo-like ruffian, Cassian Andor, is more rogue than rebel.
She’s hugely likeable, but never hugely happy while she, and others, talk of creating a new hope for the downtrodden republic, she’s a figure of downcast determination. Those are courtesy of Galen Erso, the Death Star’s inventor, played by Mads Mikkelsen with a weary, Oppenheimer intensity – or, to be more accurate, his daughter, Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), who has to grow up alone, after a fateful visit from the Empire to her family’s farm as a child.įelcity Jones, who has repeatedly impressed ever since she was in Chalet Girl and Cemetery Junction seven years ago, rises to the challenge of leading a Star Wars film wth all the charisma, gravitas and tough-as-nails mettle of Daisy Ridley’s Rey, bringing an orphan’s tragic backstory to her gruff grifter’s exterior. Playing out like Guns of Navarone in space, it assembles a rough and ready ensemble of outcasts from across the galaxy to nab the Death Star plans that made the Rebel Alliance’s victory in Episode IV possible in the first place. In fact, this is closer to a war movie, or a Western – in the grittiest sense of the word. The message is clear: this ain’t no George Lucas movie.
Even the comedy droid K-2SO (Alan Tudyk), when he eventually appears, is a sarcastic, cynical character. Skipping the crawl altogether, this prequel jumps straight into the action. That’s the best thing about it – and it’s evident from the off, when the infamous pre-title phrase appears and then… nothing happens. Rogue One is the least Star Wars of all the Star Wars films to date.
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Watch Rogue One online in the UK: Disney+ / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Rakuten TV / Google Play / Sky Store Cast: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, Ben Mendelsohn, Alan Tudyk
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