ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY [4K UHD]

Great movie!

As of March 3, 2025 I was still able to redeem the digital code. This movie great and depicts the Star Wars universe in a more serious light and feels a lot more fresh. Especially the CG and special effects. Rewatching Episode IV: A New Hope is difficult after Rogue One since the stark contrast in effects breaks the immersion for me. The practical effects were good for the time, but some have not aged as well as others. The laser blasts and lightsabers being among the worst offenders. I picked it up since it looks like Andor Season 2 will be setting up to fill the gap to the start of this movie. Andor + Rogue One will probably be the best adult Star Wars series that leads into the original trilogy.

The first Star Wars movie was amazing. But Rouge One, is even better. This is the prequel for Star Wars. And it's action right from the start. It's bravery and beauty and sci-fi and everything in between. Apparently this is not for small ones. It's kind of a girls get a blanket and curl up with your husband or boyfriend on the couch kind of movie. I very highly recommend this film.

Fantastic movie!

The story of Rogue One stems from Star Wars IV: A New Hope when the rebel pilots are briefed about the attack on the Death Star – remember? They learn about the fatal flaw built into the station that makes it vulnerable to a single X-wing fighter from information provided by Princess Leia. Flash to the opening sequence of Star Wars IV: A New Hope: Princess Leia’s ship is attacked and boarded by Darth Vader who is looking for the “secret plans,” which Leia gave to R2D2 to give to Obi-Wan Kenobi on the planet below. So how did Princess Leia come to possess the plans to begin with? From those two plot lines the writers of Rogue One have almost parenthetically created the story of how the knowledge of those plans was first obtained by a few reluctant rebels who recognize their importance, and then they steal them and fight to get them to the freedom-loving, democratic Resistance which has the means to exploit them. Edge-of-your-seat tension is achieved from start to finish of this story with the forces of the despotic, totalitarian Empire close on the heels of the two heroes (Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso and Diego Luna as Cassian Andor) who finally get them into Leia’s hands, only seconds ahead of Darth Vader’s ruthless pursuit. The story is very cleverly written and fills an opening in the Star Wars saga. A word about the music . . . Michael Giacchino reportedly had only 4 ½ weeks to score the entire film. The quotes I’ve seen have all struck the right tone and paid the proper respects but let’s face it – I miss John Williams. To mention just two points: Williams’ scoring always has theme music (a leitmotif) for each character, ala Peter and the Wolf – you could close your eyes and tell which character was on the screen just by the music. Also, the mood was quite a bit darker than Williams’ lighter, more lyrical touch. After Star Wars films I remember coming out of theaters humming some of Williams’ motifs. I have watched Rogue One 3 times now and the only melodies I remember are the recycled melodies Michael Giacchino borrowed from Williams. The body count is high on both sides, albeit bloodless, with storm troopers falling like Nazis in a Steven Spielberg movie. The festival of destruction starts when the Empire destroys an entire city with the first use of the Death Star, apparently just to see if it works, then continues until finally two of the Empire’s star destroyers (what is the ship’s complement of a star destroyer?) get destroyed by the Resistance fleet, which itself is losing cruisers and other craft like they have an endless supply. Life was cheap a long time ago in that galaxy far, far away – a galaxy in which, by the way, all the main characters spoke fluent American and fought for democratic ideals against an oppressive despotism. But it’s all in good fun with no gun control advocates or liberal politicians around to spoil the spectacle. In the end good defeats evil and that’s all that counts.

One of the best star wars stories out there and we finally get to see how bad Vader can be !

The best Star Wars movie needs to be in you home, no matter if you can watch it online.

Película recibida en perfecto estado

great film

Très bien !!

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.

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.

“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.