Director Gareth Edwards has created one of the best modern Star Wars films in recent years, and even though it fits into the events of the mainline movies, it tells a bleak tale of sacrifice, freedom, and hope.

Full Review | Sep 26, 2023

“Rogue One” looks amazing, the effects are stunning, the action is energetic, the nostalgia is delightful, there’s the right amount of humor, and it tells a good story.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 24, 2022

Diverting and well-made though the picture may be, Rogue One ultimately serves no real purpose beyond fleshing-out established material.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 5, 2022

An incredible cast in a well executed Star Wars film. The representation is beautiful and that ending!! Memorable.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 3, 2022

Rogue One ultimately connects Episodes III and IV in ways we could have never imagined. A film that can be seen in theaters and after, you can go home and watch its sequel instantly in the comfort of your own home.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 14, 2022

It's rather stirring to watch the bricks of the Rebellion be laid, and see, outside of the Skywalker story, why taking down the Empire meant so much to all who toiled on the front lines.

Full Review | Feb 11, 2022

Its much more than a simple spin-off, is one of the highest chapters of the entire saga. It takes as its starting point a simple dialogue from Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope and transforms it into a heroic 2-hour requiem[Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 2, 2022

The set-pieces -- particularly the finale at an Imperial based on the tropical planet Scarif -- have a grittiness to them that we haven't seen since that battle on Hoth.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Aug 28, 2021

Rogue One indeed stands alone as a great Star Wars story outside the Episodes.

Full Review | Aug 26, 2021

Rogue One comes equipped with the subtitle A Star Wars Story, but let it be known that this isn't your father's Star Wars, your mother's Star Wars, or even your own Star Wars.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 17, 2021

Taking a familiar yarn and telling it in a way that has you on the edge of your seat? That's storytelling modern George Lucas would die for.

Full Review | Jul 28, 2021

Felicity Jones impresses in this thrilling addition to the Star Wars franchise.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 30, 2021

Rogue One isn't just the prequel you never knew you wanted, it's also quite possibly almost almost as good as A New Hope itself.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 16, 2021

A thrilling action movie superior to any of the prequels.

Full Review | Jan 27, 2021

It's the best Star Wars movie in nearly 40 years and it just may make you feel like standing up, cheering and wiping the tears from your eyes.

Full Review | Jan 4, 2021

Genuinely fresh roles are getting harder to dig up in this universe.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 5, 2020

You might have no idea how big the Star Wars franchise really is and still be able to love this particular movie devoid of any expectations.

Full Review | Original Score: 7.5/10 | Nov 20, 2020

There may be a lot of action, but it never loses sight of the father/daughter relationship at the heart of the story.

Full Review | Nov 5, 2020

Star Wars as a franchise is not perfect. But Rogue One gave us something different in its standalone approach. It reinforces the simple notion of hope and change and the true cost of conflict and war.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 17, 2020

Rogue One is exciting and action-packed...the type of stand-alone, peripheral Star Wars film [George Lucas] should've been making during the years between Jedi and the prequels, instead of continually tinkering with what we already had.

Full Review | Jul 14, 2020