Rogue one: a Star Wars story review

 Overview

Rogue one: a Star Wars story, is a prequel to Star Wars episode IV a new hope. it stars Jyn Erso the teenage daughter of the imperial scientist Galen Erso, this movie also stars Cassian Andor and his reprogramed imperial security droid, K-2SO together these three invade an imperial base and steal the death star plans.

 Story

Jyn Erso infiltrating the base

If you have ever seen Star Wars episode 7, this is a way better story then the reused plot in that movie. The story is phenomenal, with all of its incredible acting and battle scenes. there are some jokes too, with one of my favorite lines in the movie being "There were a lot of explosions for two people "blending in"."- K-2SO. One of the best parts in the movie is when they attack the imperial base on Scarif because of the amazing writing.
  this scene is an incredible finish to the movie. Another one of the better scenes is the holy city scene where Jyn finds the recording of her father and Cassian finds the pilot who brought it. this scene is also where we find out K2 is an awful spy. another thing about it is this is when they meet Chirrut îmwe and Blaze Malbus.

K2 and Jyn try to fool stormtroopers

Music

The score this movie is incredible as with all Star Wars movies. composed by Michael Giacchino the soundtrack is perfect for the Star Wars universe. some of John Williams classic tracks also were used in the soundtrack.

The entrance to the Sony pictures studio 
where the music was recorded

The characters

K-2SO 

K-2SO prepares to fly to scarif

 K-2SO or K2 is an imperial security droid reprogrammed by Cassian Andor to aid the rebel alliance in the fight against the empire.

he is played by actor Alan Tudyk and is a funny and serious character. he was originally supposed to be an anti c-3po, being just a black Protocol droid. he and Jyn meet early in the movie when he punches Jyn and says the line "congratulations, you are being rescued. please do not resist."  the two form a kind of friendship                                                                            throughout the movie.

Jyn Erso

Jyn briefs her troops on scarif

 Jyn Erso (played by actress Felicity Jones) is the main hero of the movie. the first scene in the movie shows her as a young girl. in this scene we also have the first glimpse of the death troopers, when they kill her mother Lyra Erso. she has a grudge against them from the start. she was taken care of by Saw Gerrara, a veteran of the clone wars. her father Galen Erso created the death star designs.

Lyra gives Jyn a Kyber crystal

 

 Young Jyn is played by Beau Gadson and is in the first scene of the movie when the imperial officer Orson Krennic comes to recruit Galen to create the death star. young Jyn hides while Krennic takes her father and kills her mother. she is later found by Saw Gerrara.

Cassian Andor

Cassian with the troops he has
gathered to fight on scarif

Cassian Andor (played by Diego Luna) is a rebel spy who is sent to rescue Jyn from an imperial prison transport. he is later sent to kill Galen Erso with Jyn who is unaware of this mission.  he eventually decides not to go along with this mission and later joins the assault on scarif. Cassian also reprogramed K-2SO on one of his missions. he is now the star of his own series called Andor. 

Cassian prepares to land on scarif

Cassian, K-2 and Jyn sneak into the base and steal the plans to the death star. Jyn and Cassian then transmit the plans to rebel admiral Raddus.

Conclusion

Rogue one: a Star Wars story, is an incredible movie with an amazing cast, story, score and more. If you are thinking about watching this, do it now. it is a phenomenal movie. 

Final score⭐: 9.3/10

This review is a personal opinion. it has nothing to do with LucasFilm™ or Disney™ (pictures of Rogue one: a Star Wars story are property of Disney™) credit to Wikipedia for the photo of Sony™ studios.