Rogue One is the best Star Wars movie, amirite?

It's so good and Andor just made it better.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

The people who would energetically challenge you on that opinion are getting too old and tired to do so. I used to think ESB was the best until I watched Rogue One.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

This is a popular opinion.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Empire Strikes Back is *widely* regarded as being the best SW movie, so yes, it is unpopular.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Yea, I agree that Empire is the widely regarded best. But many of my Star Wars nerd friends, to include myself, agree that Rogue One is just amazing and possibly the best Star Wars film.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I'm glad to find people who agree. Rogue One has such compelling characters, it gives a backstory, it presents selflessness as a virtue…I firmly agree with OP on this one!

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I suppose just saying "Empire Strikes Back is not the best Star Wars movie" would've been more unpopular

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Yea, that would have definitely generated more heat but you would've seen the Rogue One lovers emerge.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Me: *emerging*

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

by Anonymous 2 years ago

My ex-girlfriend broke up with me during us seeing Rogue One and stole my leather jacket but I stayed to finish the movie cause it was really good 8/10.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Sorry about the leather jacket, buddy.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I agree, easily the most compelling Star Wars, aside from the animated clone wars series

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I feel like Star Wars sorta lends itself better to animation than live action in general.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

There's 5 Star Wars movies that I'd consider my favourite ones, and I love them all for different reasons. Rogue One is the main one of those that can say it holds up completely without nostalgia - it's in the list because it's just an awesome movie. Andor took what Rogue One did well and made more of it.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

This \^\^\^ exactly, Rogue One is probably the only SW movie that just holds up outside of SW as a generally great movie. You could watch it with little to no knowledge of the SW universe, and still think it's a good movie.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I only saw the first half of Rogue One, but I agree. I love the characters and can't wait to see more movies with them.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Oh man, you're missing out! The third act is the absolute best part of the movie, one of the best third acts of all time. And have you seen Andor?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Feels like I am taking crazy pills whenever someone says they love rogue one.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

It seems like they always really mean "I love the last twenty minutes of Rogue One". Completely ignoring the lack of character development or just how boring it is until those lost last 20 or so minutes.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I saw the movie. I don't even remember what it was about is how forgettable it was.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

My only problem is the characters are hollow and not memorable at all. I'm big on character in story telling and it was extremely lackluster. Like I've seen it three times and I still don't remember anyone's name except Jin and even then I have to think about it.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Andor (the show) does add a ton of depth to his character in Rogue One though, kind of silly now how insanely developed he is compared to the rest of the cast.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

You do have an unpopular opinion hidden in there. In a round about way you said ROTS is a better movie then ESB, and that's just flat out wrong for so many reasons. There is definitely an argument to be made for Rogue One though.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Not flat out wrong. You just disagree with that opinion.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

It's ok to be wrong

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I am not sure it is entirely better than *Empire*, but it is fair to say it is the best Star Wars movie of the present century. In true idiot fashion of Disney, the best movie and the best show (so *Rogue 1* and *Andor*) can't find audiences because they have been sandwiched between so many turds that real fans have simply given up.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I mean, it is uncontroversially the only really good one Disney crapped out so far. I think the world has moved on from trying to defend the exercise in copy/pasting that was TFA.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Rogue One is the only good Star Wars movie that Disney produced. I don't think that it's the best though. I think that episodes 1 - 3 were the best.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Now that's a controversial opinion!

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Hahahahahah. No. I can't even name a single character in it other than dArth Vader.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Star Wars is dumb trash.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Can you elaborate?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Bodhi Rook finds Cassian who finds Jyn who finds Saw who helps them find Galen who helps them all find the Scariff base is Rogue One in a nutshell..great action though

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I don't rank it above empire strikes back because it was a marvel for its time. But, overall, you're not alone on this one

by Anonymous 2 years ago

OG Star Wars fan here. Empire is one of the best movies ever made and as far as I'm concerned rogue one is equal to it.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

This is just a fact. It's the only movie, if not for the background history, that is a stand alone quality movie.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Spoiler....they all die

by Anonymous 2 years ago

At the very least, its certainly the best since 1980.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

The best part of Rogue One was the ending, which relied on the nostalgia from the other Star Wars movies. I don't think it would have worked nearly as well without the history.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Thanks for the chuckle

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Agreed. I am admittedly, however, not a Star Wars fan. This film and the Andor tv series are compelling viewing all the same.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Rogue One, Fallen Order and maybe Battlefront are the only good things since the franchise was taken over imo.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

It's ok. The last minutes where we see Vader be the bad ass that he's supposed to be is definitely the best part for me.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

respect to your opinion even tho I don't like it but you can have it

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Rogue One was the best Movie. Not the best Star Wars movie. It had tastes of star wars, but ultimatley feels short of that special magic that a movie like ESB brings. There is a mystique that surrounds vader and luke on screen together. When ever they talk, nothing else in the series compares. I am your father, was the biggest moment in my childhood. The movie isn't perfect, it's old as well. Rogue one is just not as magical.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Star Wars is awful in general

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Well the competition is not that hard so...

by Anonymous 2 years ago

You are 100% correct. Respect.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I've long said this, I'm in complete agreement.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

The Star Wars crowd is geolocating your house right now to send you 50 pizzas at your expensive, the rest of us think you're totally correct.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

It's unpopular to NOT like Rogue One. It's even more unpopular to fall in love with Andor and still not like Rogue One. (Me) After finishing Andor and rewatching Rogue One I like even less than the first time watched it in theaters. Andor Season 1 is a masterpiece in filmmaking, characters, writing, and pacing.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Are you using "best" as a way to describe the movie you enjoyed most, or "best" as in describing the quality of the movie?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I would say rogue one is the best movie in the franchise but its not the best 'Star Wars' movie.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I agree that ROTS is the best film in the saga. Rogue One is also really good.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Let me guess. Born in the 2000's?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I think rise of skywalker is

by Anonymous 2 years ago