The main Rebel Alliance character, Captain Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), murders his own informant in his very first scene. While there’s no one right answer, here’s what it comes down to for this child of the Star Wars generation: In all previous Star Wars movies, one side wore black hats and the other wore white it was always clear not only which were the bad guys, but also which were the good guys. A whole planet is destroyed, but a minute later it’s like nothing happened, and before long Alderaan girl Leia is bantering with Luke and Han as if it had been a bad dream.
The original Star Wars films have been criticized for promoting a morally simplistic view of war and whitewashing its horrors.
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Watch how he dodges blaster fire before anyone pulls a trigger clearly he has the “Jedi trait” of “seeing” things before they happen, even if he can’t see with his eyes.Īll this raises a question: When is a Star Wars movie not a Star Wars movie?
Except, of course, that this is a Star Wars movie with no Jedi, so it’s really like if The Magnificent Seven featured Toshiro Mifune and no Western gunslingers.Ĭhirrut goes into action rattling off the mantra “The Force is with me, I am one with the Force.” Is there room in Star Wars for mystical warrior-monks who are devoted to the Force but aren’t Jedi? What are they then? Some sources claim that Îmwe isn’t actually a “Force sensitive.” This seems absurd. The effect is a bit like if you were watching Seven Samurai and suddenly John Wayne strolled in. Also funny, and pretty cool, is Hong Kong superstar Donnie Yen ( Iron Monkey) as Chirrut Îmwe, a blind warrior-monk who is basically a Star Wars version of Zatoichi, the blind swordsman.Ĭhirrut Îmwe is an odd presence because he embodies the Asian mystical warrior-monk archetype that inspired the Jedi in the first place, but he’s not a Jedi and uses a cane instead of a lightsaber. Much of the humor comes from Alan Tudyk as a deadpan robot named K-2SO, a reprogrammed Imperial droid who’s so tough and effective in battle that it’s unclear why the Empire doesn’t replace their incompetent battle droids and stormtroopers with K-2s. There’s nothing wrong with that, I guess. Much like a typical Marvel movie, Rogue One is diverting enough while it’s unfolding, with a canny blend of action, humor and fan service, to send crowds away with smiles, perhaps debating the implications for canonical continuity, but neither greatly disappointed nor much changed. Whether an art or a science, Disney seems to have it down: this process of crafting competent franchise films that are good enough. Like Disney’s first Star Wars outing, The Force Awakens, the protagonist of Rogue One is a tough, capable young woman - but where Rey was unusually strong in the Force, Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) is not a Force adept at all. There are no lightsaber duels indeed, no lightsabers at all, until a brief flash of red at a critical moment.
Except, of course, that this is a Star Wars movie with no Jedi, so it’s really like if The Magnificent Seven featured Toshiro Mifune and no Western gunslingers.
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