terrible excuse for a star wars movie. don’t even care about any of the characters. the whole movie is pointless, fruitless, Episode IV is fine without it.
but of course it sells, because like almost any fanbase, the mindless masses jump in because of the brand.
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and a Star Wars movie without a lightsaber duel? [/details]
might well call it some generic sci fi shooter movie instead of slapping Star Wars on it.
just as they pulled noname rebels out the ass for the plot, they could have easily created a young lightsaber wielding Jedi that wasn’t at Coruscant during the time of the Jedi massacre, and a Jedi that Vader had yet to kill until that movie.
[details=Spoiler]a “Force believer”[/details] is so useless,
makes the Stormtroopers look more of a joke like a gag character would make them look (like the Ewoks and Jar Jar that you critics hate so much)
and not the kind of fanservice Star Wars fans crave
give us an unknown never seen before Jedi eventually dueling with Vader, not some “adoring fan” that can’t even see.
Such a lazy grunt crazy sci movie that is so hollow and generic. it would have been fine as a movie that isn’t Star Wars. Rogue One really drops the Star Wars story standards.
And it is an overwhelming shame that the Star Wars mainstream will overhype that nonsense, while belittling, ostracizing and underrating the prequel trilogy. insane, really.
and you can see the insanity of the mainstream pack mentality fanbase, when they glorify Rogue One, ignoring its flaws, and twisting perspective behind a veil of delusional praise just because Disney is backing it and it’s not PT
Meanwhile,
the prequel trilogy is ostracized because Disney says so, and the conservative Old Trilogy purists say so.
But ohhhh, the OT purists make Rogue One an exception because you know, Disney,** proving those old school fans to be hypocrites and traitors to the tradition they so fanatically defend. **
Rogue One story is just another stereotypical military engine, decorated with a Star Wars shell.
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the seconds of Vader massacring Rebels[/details] is not worth spending any money and time with the rest of that filth of a movie. that Rogue One story was better untold since that same story was generally told before, and in better ways.
and on top of that, Rogue One is demoralizing and leaves a bad taste, it’s too sad to be a Star Wars movie, it is the complete opposite of the motivational and empowering standards Episode IV established.
but of course a simple mind would just be like #Vaderissocoolbeststarwarsmovieevar 
I am all for a female lead character, and there’s not enough strong female leads across books, movies, videogames, etc. but not when the story/concept/design is trash and betrays what Star Wars was known for and what fans expected out of it.
and on top of that, Rogue One is very sexist (YES IT IS!!) because the one time they make a Star Wars movie with lead female rebel protagonist
[details=Spoiler]and they kill her off!!! WTF!!!
meanwhile PT Anakin becomes the successful big bad that fans praise, and Luke ends his saga as a successful hero that lives on.
it’s like misogynists in Disney were like
Disney Misogynists/sexists/wifebeates “we misogynists/sexists/wifebeaters are uncomfortable with Rogue One having female lead and find that offensive.”.
Disney bigwigs+producer+director+writer “ok we’ll make her get killed off”
Disney Misogynists/sexists/wifebeaters “we’ll call it even then”
If Episode VII did similiar to what Rogue One did, it would be such an underwhelming, forgettable and lame movie.
Just because it’s a spinoff is no excuse to be so juvenile with its design, like some disc jockey screwing up a Star Wars music track.
so bring on the hate, the shills can defend it all they want.