Rogue One: A Star Wars Story [DVD] [2017]

Instead of just making more money by producing new Star Wars, Disney intend to bring the cinema audience stand alone movies set in the fictional universe of Star Wars as well. This is the first of them. It takes place in between Star Wars episode three and episode four. Familiarity with those films will naturally help you get more from this one. Although chances are you will have seen them if you are reading this. At the start, we meet a young girl whose father fled the empire. But who finds he can't hide forever. She becomes a young girl forced to grow up fast. Fend for herself. And want to get revenge on the empire. Years pass, and said young girl is now Jyn Erso [Felicity Jones] who gets the chance she has been waiting a long time for, when given an offer by a group of rebels. To help them steal the plans of a new weapon of mass destruction the empire is building. A mission she has a bit of a personal connection to. The imperial forces will stop at nothing to ensure they prevail. This might just be a suicide mission... There's no opening title scroll to fill the viewer in on any exposition, and without that, and a lot to set up at the start, it does take about fifteen minutes to really get into this. Early on the interest is held by the pragmatic and forthright K-2SO, [voiced by Alan Tudyk] who has a delightfully entertaining way of speaking. But action and laser gunfights come along whenever the script needs. And Felicity Jones carries the lead role pretty well. Steadily, though, as it goes along, this does get pretty good and pretty involving. And it's all worth it for the final quarter. Which has some excellent non stop action. It doesn't pull it's punches. It consistenly grips. There are stunning visuals. And it's very much a war movie that tries to be as realistic in it's depiction of combat as it can. All of which results in a film that ultimately hooks and ends up being excellent entertainment. It also rather smartly tries to fill in a few of the blanks and join up a few dots, as it were. But it never compromises anything from earlier films when doing that. Which is as it should be. Thus fans get their fun and everyone else gets their entertainment. This does get past the problem of one cast member from the original no longer being with us by means of digital trickery. The technology is impressive to say the least, but how you feel about it being used this way is going to be a matter of opinion. There are no extra scenes in the end credits. If all of these stand alone movies are as good as this, then Disney are onto a winner. It's not a cash grab. It's good entertainment. And hopefully more will follow. The disc has the following language and subtitle options: Languages: English. Spanish. English audio described. Subtitles: English, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portugese, Spanish, Swedish. The dvd goes straight to the main menu when loaded, with no adverts or trailers. It has no extras whatsoever.

I was utterly blown away by this film; I'd mistakenly thought they couldn't do much with the concept in terms of story, and I was SO glad to be wrong. It shows a different, darker side of the Rebellion, making it clear - as the original trilogy did not and really COULD not - that the Rebels sometimes had to compromise their ideals and stoop to the Empire's level if they were to stand any real chance of winning....or, in the face of something like the Death Star, any chance of even surviving. This actually made for a much more mature film which could still appeal to the younger audience without whom the originals would never have been so successful and so popular to this day. The visuals were superb - the ringed planet Lah'mu (not named, for some reason), the final stage of the Death Star's construction, the terribly beautiful sight of the entire plateau of Jedha City erupting in a miles-high plume of destruction, Star Destroyers colliding (I doubt that could ever have been realised with practical modelwork, as much as I love the old-school techniques)...terrific stuff. Saw Gerrera was an absolutely realistic response to a totalitarian regime; in every revolution there are always extremists, but Saw was more honest than most - and still held to "the dream" even as Jedha's landscape exploded around him. Cassian, too: ruthless to a fault, but always with the core of his beliefs staying intact, not apologising to Jyn for his intent to assassinate her father, not excusing his actions either - but realising himself that it was not the way to go. Besides, what would be the point? The Empire had already built the Death Star and therefore no longer needed Galen anyway. As for Jyn - I can't help but see her as a sort of female, angry Han Solo, i.e. having lost faith in pretty much everyone and everything, expecting nothing from anyone...and very surprised to find she's nowhere near as cynical as she thinks. A very powerful character; one can only hope she found peace in the Force. Chirrut Îmwe was an absolutely brilliant creation. He could, if not written or played properly, have been a cliché if not a caricature - the blind pilgrim with mad combat skillz - but I can only wonder how deadly he could've been with a lightsabre and true Jedi training. He was most formidable with just a staff! (It would've been nice if his comment to Jyn, "The strongest stars have hearts of kyber", had been explained - as it was in the novelisation - as something Lyra once told her, i.e. 'how did he know that?!') The only minor point was that the rivalry between Krennic and Tarkin could and perhaps should have been expanded upon; left as it was Krennic seemed almost childish, which isn't really fair - again, the novelisation depicts this in more depth. Oh well. It might have been the greatest retcon in movie history, but at last the Death Star's fatal design flaw makes SENSE. (Again referring to the novelisation, there's a very clever chapter detailing communiqués between Galen and his superiors, which show how he in fact TRICKED them into APPROVING the thermal exhaust port!) Oops, I nearly forgot the brilliant K2-SO, brought to life so superbly by Alan Tudyk, beloved to Firefly fans the world over as Wash. A greater contrast to C-3PO they surely could not have come up with, even given that he was a reprogrammed Imperial droid ("and there's a fresh one if you mouth off again!" - priceless!). I am NOT getting into the whole issue of bringing deceased actors into play via CGI, beyond saying that I actually thought Tarkin was very well-executed indeed; I was taken completely by surprise, knowing as I did that Peter Cushing passed away in 1994. In fact I didn't even KNOW at first they'd used CGI; I assumed at the time they'd created a lifelike prosthesis and/or found a near-identical lookalike. But Peter had such a distinctive look that simply putting a new actor in his place wouldn't really have worked; what they did, DID work. But the final scenes with Darth Vader proving once and for all just how truly badass he was - just ELECTRIC! You can just imagine what those doomed Rebel soldiers thought when they saw his lightsabre ignite: "By the Force, what is THIS?!" followed quickly by "Oh, we are SO dead, we are utter bantha poodoo!" Yet they DID THEIR DUTY. They stood their ground and fought, even though they were so far out of their league it was like setting a kitten against a rabid tiger, and bought the time needed for the Death Star plans to be safely dispatched. Heroes of the Rebellion, every one. All in all, a wonderful film, told differently from the originals yet, in a way, even more effectively.

I cannot recommend this film enough. Whilst the more recent Star Wars films have firmly aimed their sights at the younger audiences, this one feels like it is aimed more at those who grew up with or were around when the original trilogy were released. Every character feels well-written, there is no cringe-inducing attempts at comedy and it treats the audience like adults without relying on utter contrivance to see the story through. Has some very moving scenes and portrays the rebellion's fight against the overwhelming tyranny of the Empire with flair and nuance.

I am a huge Star Wars fan. I love the way this movie fill in some of the gaps and add new characters and depth to the Star Wars universe. to be controversial as I have talk this over with other Star Wars fans it is not my favorite of the movies. This is a very good movie, a bit slow at the beginning, which is setting the scene and the new characters, but the action really take this over the top. This is more of a soldiers tale of a movie, these kind of stories have been done quite well in the Star Wars book but this is the first time we see it on screen in the Star Wars universe. Even though I think Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso and Diego Luna as Cassian Andor are the main characters, for me as soon as I heard he was in it, Donnie Yen as Chirrut Imwe was the man I was most interested in. Apart from him not being in the movie as long as I would have liked (every scene LOL), but I was very happy with his part in the movie. His character also showed there are other force sensitive/users/religions apart from the Jedi which again adds more depth to universe. On a personal note I was more than happy to see Donnie using more martial arts and less wire work. Jyn Erso is the daughter of Galen Erso, the lead scientist of the Imperials superweapon (to long time Star Wars fans that know the time period, yes that Superweapon). She is also the step/god daughter of Saw Gerrera as rebel so extremist that was thrown out of the Rebel Allience. Following roomers of this weapon that lead to information possesed by Saw, Cassian Andor need someone Saw trust as an introduction. Enter Jyn. However Jyn is not longer the Rebel she used to be. However could this information reignite the spark within her and fire up the rest of the Rebellion many of who are cowered by the power of this weapon. A good all round movie. However I think when you introduce 6 new main characters you need more time to develop them. I know the movie was over 2 hours, but I think they could have added another half an hour for a bit more on the characters. Some of the background of some characters is covered in the books like the prequel Catalyst, and in the Rouge One novel as well. Then there are the upcoming books as well of Rebel Raising, and the Guardians of the Whills. The strongest thing about this movie is the action of the second hour with an ending sequence that will leave all original Star Wars fan (like me) gapping or jumping up and down in excitement. On a personal note the second watching id this was better than the first.

My six year old has just watched all the star wars films in story timeline order. I am a little jealous.....because, even though we had to start with Phantom Menace, it all stood up together rather well (Revenge of the Syth was the best of the frist three according to my daughter!).............but all that aside when it came to rogue one we were both hypnotized and amazed by this film (It was my third go at it and it looked even better the third time!!). I guess it is the heart and the texture of the film, settings, characters and use of effects which makes this prelude to episode 4 so outstanding. The thing that makes the best star wars films tick is the heart of the story, supported by the masterfully poignant use of effects, props, the force mythology and quality character building. For me this film has it all - and everyone involved should be so proud of this - You should have seen the look on my daughters face when episode 4 kicked in - the story and how it continued made sense to her and she really wanted to know more about everything.......but as far as the film being a stand alone goes it also is so memorable and rewarding a viewing experience - the ending leaves you pumping but also distraught, and excited - just like any decent mythical short story, you are itching for more. Mythical stories tend to contain the bare bones of what an audience truely craves - the heroes and villains yes, but also the fight, the heart and the adventure, the passion....you do not need to show everything about a character - leave the audience something to use their imaginations with.........I Anyway I am starting to twitter on, so just let me re-assure you if you have any doubts - this film rocks - the people who made this did so with great care and affection. Watch, enjoy, then watch again......... By the way - watching all 8 films so far in order is an awesome experience.......just have to wait 5 months and me and my little one will be in front of the big screen waiting for The Last Jedi........my daughter rated this film in first place, new hope in 2nd, Empire Strikes Back 3rd and believe it or not Force Awakens 4th............and yes I kind of agree with her! We both agreed that whatever the case this has to be one of the greatest stories told ever!

Good copy. Good movie to watch. Shame there is no extras other than the movie. Good value though

As this reviews title reads “I Dig This ‘Star Wars Story’ Movie” I just think that it’s crucial to the main movies storyline especially’Episode IV’ anyway to which it is directed linked & spoken of & then that has sequels which run are the continuing story. After seeing it many years ago for the first time I’ve always believed that the ‘Star Wars’ movies should have been 10 movies long with this coming in after ‘Episode III’ making it ‘Episode IV’ leaving A New Hope as ‘Episode V’ & so on & I still do think that this is how it should have happened personally. It’s a great film & I was very pleased to see it come in at number 4 in a recent poll of the worst through to best of the 11 Star Wars movies (this & Solo were included in the poll amongst the trilogy of trilogies) to be beaten by only the three movies from the original trilogy. As for the DVD it was very well priced & it’s must have for the ’Star Wars’ fanatics & it’s just a great watch as a film, very entertaining.

PLOT... All looks lost for the Rebellion against the Empire as they learn of the existence of a new super weapon, the Death Star. Once a possible weakness in its construction is uncovered, the Rebel Alliance must set out on a desperate mission to steal the plans for the Death Star. The future of the entire galaxy now rests upon its success. This movie mixes everything we love about the classic original saga and mixes it with a modern day edge but still keeping that classic look and feel in every way, for me personally its the best star wars movie ever made, the story is brilliant and plays out really well, the movie sets a slightly darker more grim tone than previous movies as we all know the fate of what happens in the future stories, the cast is great, Felicity Jones is an amazing and beautifully talented actress (Doctor Who, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Inferno) she makes a perfect lead along with Diego Luna, Donnie Yen (Martial artist and Hong Kong action star) Mads Mikkelsen, Forest Whitaker and so many more, the special effects are absolutely top notch all the way and the music score is one of the best star wars soundtracks ever recorded! Overall its a solid movie with everything you love about star wars, the magic is back again in a new way for new and old fans! A must see! And as a special treat on top of that we get to see some major characters we love come back, the major one being Darth Vader of course and he certainly makes use of his screen time with one of the most EPIC jaw dropping scenes from a star wars movie you will ever see! The Blu-ray has a fantastic HD picture Features include lots of mini featurettes on the making with interviews and cool facts about the movie (total 1hr 12mins) Bonus features are exclusive to Blu-ray too, the DVD has none. Region FREE ABC, 134-mins, 2016. Languages English, French, English audio described. Subtitles English hearing impaired, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, French. First lot come with a nice slipcover.

great film

Love the steel book. Packaging is amazing and the transfer is top notch.

Great movie to watch before star wars a new hope.

Compra internacional que chegou antes do previsto (2 dias antes) e a qualidade da embalagem é superior as que já estamos acostumados (embalagem azul) e o disco, em 4k, apresentou erros durante a reprodução (depois de uma hora de filme, ele trava. Apresenta pixelagem). O filme não apresenta dublagem e legendas em português do Brasil. Vem também a versão em blu-ray normal. Não tive problemas com esse! Vem com opções de dublagem e legendas em português do Brasil.

“Rogue One” è uno spin-off della saga di Star Wars e la storia in esso narrata si inserisce tra Episodio III ed Episodio IV. Il film è centrato sull'azione di un manipolo di ribelli che riesce a trafugare il progetto della temibile Morte Nera e a trasmetterlo ai capi della ribellione, che così potranno avere una chance per eliminare la terribile arma, fatto che notoriamente avviene in Episodio IV. I nuovi personaggi si inseriscono perfettamente nell'universo di Star Wars e le loro vicende si intrecciano a quelle di alcuni characters della saga originale che ritornano in scena per la gioia dei fan di vecchia data. Impossibile non provare un brivido vedendo di nuovo in azione Darth Vader in tutta la sua oscura maestosità, così come non si può fare a meno di commuoversi per la breve apparizione della principessa Leila nel finale. Tra i nuovi personaggi, spicca particolarmente il vilain di turno, il Direttore Krennic che, mosso da un’ambizione smisurata porta avanti il progetto della super-arma tra gli intrighi e le invidie degli ufficiali imperiali, così come è decisamente riuscita la coppia Cassian-Jyn che nel drammatico epilogo trova il riscatto per un passato tragico e costellato da azioni poco limpide. Interessante, anche se solo accennato, il rapporto tra Krennic e lo scienziato che progettato la Morte Nera, Galen Erso, che un tempo erano amici e ora si trovano su fronti opposti. La colonna sonora accompagna magnificamente l’azione e in alcuni passaggi, in un ideale trait-d-union, lascia spazio ad alcuni temi classici, come la celeberrima Imperial March che accompagna Darth Vader. Film ottimo, godibilissimo che tiene lo spettatore incollato allo schermo dall'inizio alla fine. A mio avviso, "Rogue One" ha riportato la saga ai livelli dell’insuperabile trilogia originale. Un must per tutti i fans.