![]() ![]() As one would expect from a 'Star Wars' film there are plenty of exciting set pieces on a good variety of planets. It might be thought there would be less sense of jeopardy as we've known for almost forty years that the rebels get their hands on the Death Star plans however since we haven't seen these characters before there the lingering question of why that might be is it just because they were doing other things or is it because they don't survive?! This question played on my mind throughout the film. It also shows that the rebels are willing to do questionable things for what they see as the greater good of their cause. It is the darkest 'Star Wars' film to date for once we see just how oppressive the Empire is not just when dealing with rebels but as a brutal power of occupation. This is what the original prequel films should have been like. After seeing what the Death Star can do many rebels want to give up but Jyn, Cassian, K-2SO, the pilot and a few others decide that they will do what needs to be done whatever the personal cost and so a single stolen Imperial cargo ship, call sign 'Rogue One' sets off to find the plans. Jyn sees the message and learns that her father built a weakness into the Death Star but to use it the rebels will need to steal the station's blueprints from an Imperial facility. By now the Empire is fully aware that a pilot has defected with a message and they will do anything to stop the rebels using that information. ![]() Rebel officer Cassian Andor rescues Jyn from Imperial forces and they, along with K-2SO, a reprogrammed Imperial droid, go to Gerrera. Jyn has lost contact with him but other rebels want her to help them get to Gerrera and learn the content of the message. The pilot is held by a particularly radical rebel leader Saw Gerrera, the man who had helped save Jyn all those years ago. Fifteen years later news of the new weapon leaks out when an Imperial pilot defects while carrying a message from Galen. His wife is killed but his young daughter, Jyn, manages to escape. As the film opens Imperial forces order scientist Galen Erso, who had been working as a farmer, to return to work on a new project. Everybody who is a fan of 'Star Wars' will know that the rebels had acquired the plans to the Empire's new weapon the Death Star this film tells the story of just how they acquired those plans and at what cost. ![]()
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