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He’s my favorite Star Wars character of all time.Īnd no, I’m not joking. I’ll stop being cute now, you saw the tentacles in the picture.

Oh, then it had to be Donnie Yen as the blind, Chirrut Imwe, right? No. What about Mads Mikkelsen as the slimy Galen Erso? Well, he was a standout, but no. Surely, it must be Forest Whitaker’s Saw Gerrera, right? I mean, I love Forest Whitaker, but no, it’s not him. Lastly, Rogue One has my favorite Star Wars character ever, and it might surprise you who it is. (Image credit: ) It Has My Favorite Star Wars Character Ever And people say that Disney ruined Star Wars. Plus, its dire conclusion just makes the hope found in Episode IV resonate all the more so now that you know what the characters had to go through just to make A New Hope a reality. Even though Rogue One wasn’t thought up or planned when George Lucas directed his first Star Wars movie, Rogue One aligns nicely with that film. When we see Princess Leia at the end of the film in that excellent scene, you know that the deaths of the Rebels were not in vain. Yes, the crew risked everything to steal the plans to the Death Star in order for Luke to blow it up in the following movie.Īnd, that’s because the crew in Rogue One provided that hope. This is, of course, intentional, since the storyline in this film takes place just before Star Wars: Episode IV, which also goes by the subtitle, A New Hope. The story does not have a happy ending (Thank God), and instead plunges into pretty dark territories. The story in Rogue One is a suicide mission, plain and simple. (Image credit: Disney) It Is Hopelessly Depressing, But Intentionally So One where real lives are at stake, and there’s very little, if any, hope. They’re not King Arthur pulling the fabled lightsaber out of the stone. And I just love how these characters are war weary and feel entirely expendable, which is of course intentional. We also get Forest Whitaker playing the battle scarred Saw Gerrera.

Instead, we get characters like Jyn Erso, Chirrut Imwe, Cassian Andor, Bodhi Rook, and the security droid, K-2SO. Rogue One doesn’t even bother with the Skywalkers. I thought Alec Guinness’s Ben Kenobi, was pretty cool, and also Ewan McGregor’s portrayal of him in the prequels, but when it comes to the actual Skywalkers themselves, that’s a hard pass for me. Luke can go, Leia can go, Darth Vader can stay, but honorary Skywalker, Rey, can also get the Force push as far as I’m concerned. You’re going to say, “What kind of Star Wars fan are you?” but I really don’t care for the Skywalker family.

(Image credit: Disney) It Doesn't Focus On The Skywalker Family