Brack

Maybe this has been answered and I missed it, but was the Death Star still in the testing phase? I'm guessing so since we saw the equivalent of nukes instead of whole planets being blown up. My apologies if this was explained explicitly in the film.

Mike86

I'm not sure but I don't think it was at full power (though obviously it was capable of destroying two planets).

Mike86

This makes sense to me. Also that was kind of a creepy scene seeing him in the bacta tank.

dex14

In IV, Tarkin says to Leia that he would like her to be his guest at a ceremony that would make the station fully operational.

bunkaroo

I don't remember the exact verbiage, but they definitely mention they are not firing it at full power in either case. There was a line before the Jedha blast where I believe Tarkin says "we need to make an example not a..." something, implying the blast power they used was sufficient for their purposes.

dex14

Orbi-Wan Techno

In ANH, pretty sure Tarkin says that Alderaan was the first demonstration of the full power of the Death Star...or something to that effect...

mapasu

I came to the conclusion that #rogueone is just a "meh" movie, It is uninspiring and dull. Lots of good things to please the fandom, nothing else. In the end, it is a sad movie that has scenes cutup and put together. Not a fan

funkyryno

I was pretty impressed by this -- it's easily near the top of my favorite Star Wars movies. Definitely liked it more than the Force Awakens, which I think was played a little too safe by Disney.

I was hoping for a few more Star Wars Rebels Easter eggs, though.

outcastja

For anyone interested list of Star Wars Rebels easter eggs:

funkyryno

Cool. Thanks for that. I guess there were more Rebels Easter Eggs than I thought. Would've been cool if Hera actually made an appearance, like during the Rebel council scene.

Brack

That's right, thanks for the reminder.

bukaroo - I thought I heard Tarkin say something like that, but his CGI face was somewhat of a distraction. I got used to it near the end.

Shady12

With the Rebels mention... Can folks recommend what I should watch to get a more complete story/enjoyment? I think I must have missed a lot of ANH cameos, etc. And I haven't watched Rebels except for I think the first episode which I liked more than any of the Clone War stuff I saw. I tried watching Clone Wars and didn't like it at all.

bunkaroo

I've watched every episode of Rebels and outside of seeing a screenshot of the Ghost before seeing the movie, I don't think I would have caught any of the Rebels references. The show is mostly forgettable IMO.

Obi-Wanma

Agreed. I haven't watched any of the newest season yet, but I've seen all of the first 2 seasons, and I didn't notice any of that in the movie.

Osiris3657

The 1st half of the film was kind of "meh" for me, but the 2nd half was strong. Enjoyed it quite a bit overall, gave it 4 stars above.

I liked seeing Vader, Moff Tarkin, and of course the young Leia (even though her expression was very robotic and I thought her's was the weakest CGI). The Vader lightsaber/force powers scene was great. I did think the pun by Vader ("don't choke away your aspirations, director") was cheesy.

Liked the entire group of rebels, everyone was strong in their role. Loved Ben Mendelsohn, great villain.

I think overall I liked this a bit more than The Force Awakens.

Was also happy the director/writers had the balls to kill off everyone and make this somewhat of an "adult" Star Wars.

lopper

General thoughts without reading most of the thread:

Tarken looked awesome. The lip sync was off a little, but in general the character looked really good. Leia...once she spoke the wheels kind of came off the effect, but impressive none the less.

Vader was just okay. I would've loved to see him in the bacta tank more clearly. I agree with what someone else said about his 'don't choke' line being a little too clever. And, honestly, his massacre at the end just wasn't as savage as what I wanted to see. I think having it take place in that tight corridor actually limited what he could do. EDIT to add that I appreciated that they kept the red eyes from Ep IV, which I think they darkened in subsequent episodes.

Hated the cameo by Ponda Baba and Dr. Cornelius Evazan. It would've been okay if they just bumped into them and that was all, but then the camera went back for the extra shot and the movie was all, "see what we did, guys? see who it is? wink wink." I hate that fan service small universe shit.

But the blue milk was cool, so I don't know.

Mads fucking rocked it.

Most pleasant surprise was seeing Ben Daniels from the Exorcist TV show in this. He's great.

It was nice to hear them reference the prequels -- clone wars, Jimmy Smits, etc.

This felt more like a Star Wars movie than TFA, but I still think I like TFA more.

The score was weak.

No problems with the subtitles.

Exclusive IMAX 3D Review: skip it.

The mind reading blob creature looked pretty terrible. When will they learn?

Obi-Wanma

Anyone have any thoughts on whether or not I should take my 7 year daughter to this? She loves Star Wars (especially Rey and Princess Leia) and really wants to go, but she's really only seen The Force Awakens all the way through. I've watched Star Wars and Empire with her at home, but she doesn't really pay attention all the way through.

She's very well behaved in the theater (and saw TFA in theaters when she was 6), I'm just not sure she's ready for a movie where all of the heroes die.

Note that I've already seen it, I'm just having trouble making up my mind if I should take her when I see it again.

joe_b

I don't remember ANY of the dialogue from that teaser being in the movie.

Kal-El

Two Tubes.

bunkaroo

Also, there are scenes in the trailer of Jyn and Cassian running on the beach and she can be seen holding the plans. Never happened in the movie.

joe_b

Honestly, a little kid might get antsy during this movie. I think I would have at that age. Lots of expositional dialogue. The characters don't have the most memorable names (Galen Erso, Saw Gerrera, etc), yet they're referenced so often that it could be hard for a child to keep track of who's who and what's what on first viewing. Also, Jyn Erso is no Princess Leia or Rey. I found it somewhat difficult to care about her as a character. I'm all for strong female heroines, but she's the definition of bland. Just my two cents.

bunkaroo

There was a 10 year old boy in front of me who was snoring by an hour into the movie. It was only 8:20pm.

dex14

Wow... yea... rewatching the trailers there is a lot of stuff not in the film.

dfmaverick2

Both times, Jedha & Scarif, they called for a "single reactor" ignition.

What that exactly means, I'm not sure.