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This was really good but sad. "But in a paradox fit to baffle a Jedi Master, Rogue One is also deeply indebted to Star Wars history and mythology. The writing team of John Knoll, Gary Whitta, Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy built the entire storyline around an old fanboy joke: Why in Palpatine's name would the Empire make its ultimate weapon, the Death Star, go supernova with a single well-placed shot?
From this very nerdy premise, the film works backward. (Spoiler ahead, but you knew this.) It tells the story of Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), the grown, criminal daughter of enslaved Imperial scientist Galen (Mads Mikkelsen). Feigning acquiescence to his captors, the elder Erso secretly works to undermine the planet-killing project from within, incorporating a weakness he then risks his life to share with the Rebel Alliance. The movie's final moments take place just minutes before the start of the saga's first installment, now known as A New Hope, with a partially digitized Princess Leia receiving the data files containing the battle station's fatal flaw. The rest – via R2-D2, C-3PO, Luke Skywalker, and ("Help me") Obi-Wan Kenobi – is history." http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/why-rogue-one-is-superior-to-the-force-awakens-w456727