Star Wars: Rogue Ones third act is earning a lot of love.
Heres our take on why…
This article comes fromDen of Geek UK.
Well be discussing major spoilers fromRogue Onein this article.
Its a movie, it seems fair to say, that a lot of people love already.
Ive already seen it overtakeReturn Of The Jedi in some peoples rankings of the franchise on the whole.
Heres our take on why the last hour ofRogue Oneworks so well… Perhaps thats because the balance between nostalgia and newness is trodden carefully here.
From the grizzly to the epic,Rogue Oneoffered up plenty of permutations on characters biting the blaster fire.
From there, they began dropping like flies.
Meanwhile, Riz Ahmeds Bodhi Rook is on standby to whisk Jyn and Cassian away.
Hell be safe, surely?
A Stormtrooper-lobbed grenade soon blew up Bodhi, and our heroes escape vehicle with him.
Unlike Bazes death, this one only took a second.
It was shocking; an unexpected turn taken at breakneck pace.
Brutal, heart-breaking business.
But still, Jyn and Cassian are alive at this point.
Wouldnt their future lives make a lovely spin-off or two?
Ooh, and are there hints of a romance here?
That could be nice…
Oh wait.
Tarkins going nuclear and blowing up the entire base and everyone near it.
But the heartache wasnt all I was thinking of at the time.
I was also thinking, Gee, thats a gorgeous explosion.
And it really was.
Vader was terrifying in the original trilogy, but was stripped back into a sand-hating whiner in the prequels.
The way he moves, and the speed at which he kills, is shocking to witness.
That really was a masterful third act, then.
One that felt anchored inStar Warshistory while adding its own brutal twists to it.
This final chunk ofRogue Onewas one of the best hours of blockbuster cinema in recent memory.
We really neednt have worried about those reshoots our lack of faith was clearly misplaced.
The latest episode coversRogue One.
