Rogue One

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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Official Logo
Directed byGareth Edwards
Screenplay by
Story by
Based onCharacters
by George Lucas
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGreig Fraser
Edited by
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • December 10, 2016 (2016-12-10) (Pantages Theatre)
  • December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16) (United States)
Running time
133 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$200 million[1][2]
Box office$1.056 billion[1]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (or just Rogue One) is an American science fiction movie. It was released worldwide in December 2016. A Lucasfilm movie, it is directed by Gareth Edwards. It was written by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy with the story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. The film stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker.

It is the first movie in the Star Wars anthology series.[3] The story follows Jyn Erso, daughter of the unwilling designer of the Galactic Empire's super-weapon the Death Star. Her mission is to get the diagram so it can be destroyed.

Release Dates[change | change source]

Country Premiere
 Belgium 14 December 2016
  Switzerland 14 December 2016 (French speaking region)
 Denmark 14 December 2016
 Finland 14 December 2016
 France 14 December 2016
 Indonesia 14 December 2016
 Netherlands 14 December 2016
 Norway 14 December 2016
 Sweden 14 December 2016
 Turkey 14 December 2016
 Taiwan 14 December 2016
 United Arab Emirates 15 December 2016
 Argentina 15 December 2016
 Austria 15 December 2016
 Australia 15 December 2016
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15 December 2016
 Brazil 15 December 2016
  Switzerland 15 December 2016 (German speaking region)
  Switzerland 15 December 2016 (Italian speaking region)
 Chile 15 December 2016
 Colombia 15 December 2016
 Czech Republic 15 December 2016
 Germany 15 December 2016
 Estonia 15 December 2016
 Spain 15 December 2016
 United Kingdom 15 December 2016
 Georgia 15 December 2016
 Greece 15 December 2016
 Hong Kong 15 December 2016
 Honduras 15 December 2016
 Croatia 15 December 2016
 Hungary 15 December 2016
 Ireland 15 December 2016
 Israel 15 December 2016
 Iraq 15 December 2016
 Italy 15 December 2016
Cambodia Cambodia 15 December 2016
 Kuwait 15 December 2016
 Kazakhstan 15 December 2016
 North Macedonia 15 December 2016
Mexico Mexico 15 December 2016
 Malaysia 15 December 2016
 New Zealand 15 December 2016
 Peru 15 December 2016
 Philippines 15 December 2016
 Poland 15 December 2016
 Portugal 15 December 2016
 Romania 15 December 2016
 Serbia 15 December 2016
 Russia 15 December 2016
 Singapore 15 December 2016
 Slovenia 15 December 2016
 Slovakia 15 December 2016
 Thailand 15 December 2016
 Ukraine 15 December 2016
 Uruguay 15 December 2016
 South Africa 15 December 2016
 Bulgaria 16 December 2016
 Canada 16 December 2016
 Algeria 16 December 2016
 India 16 December 2016
 Japan 16 December 2016
 Lithuania 16 December 2016
 Latvia 16 December 2016
 Pakistan 16 December 2016
 United States 16 December 2016
 Venezuela 16 December 2016
 South Korea 28 December 2016
 China 6 January 2017

Critical response[change | change source]

James Dyer of Empire Magazine gave the film 4 stars, saying "The ultimate Star Wars fan film, it's short on whimsy but when it gets going there's enough risk-taking and spectacle to bode well for future standalones".[4] Amy Nicholson of MTV gave the film a C-, saying "Audiences once packed theaters to gawk at the future; now, it's to soak in the past. The emphasis is on packing in as much nostalgia as possible and tersely editing it together to resemble a film".[5] IGN's Eric Goldman gave the film a 9/10, stating "The film offers a remarkable recreation of the original Star Wars' world, while exploring this universe from a different, edgier perspective than is the norm".[6] Matthew Pejkovic of Matt's Movie Reviews scored the film a 4/5, saying "Earns its intergalactic stripes as a Star Wars spin-off of visual gumption and gritty action filmmaking, securing its place as the glue between trilogies in this ever expanding space saga".[7] Mark Dujsik of Mark Reviews Movies gave the film a 2/4, stating "We're used to the characters in this series existing primarily as archetypes. The characters here, though, barely qualify as archetypes".[8]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Rogue One (2016)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  2. "Rogue One: could Disney want to cap the success of Star Wars spin-off?". The Guardian. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  3. "Disney confirms Star Wars anthology movie for 2020". The Guardian. September 22, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  4. James Dyer. "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story". Empire. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  5. "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story You've Seen Before". MTV News. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  6. Eric Goldman (2016-12-13). "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Review". IGN. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  7. "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Film Review | Matt's Movie Reviews". www.mattsmoviereviews.net. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  8. "Mark Reviews Movies: ROGUE ONE". www.markreviewsmovies.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.

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