{"id":840,"date":"2016-12-09T15:09:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T21:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rctc.edu\/echo\/?p=840"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:41:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:41:42","slug":"the-force-is-with-rogue-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/the-force-is-with-rogue-one\/","title":{"rendered":"The Force is with Rogue One’"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Seth Boyum<\/b><\/p>\n

Graphics Editor<\/p>\n

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Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) prepare for their mission in \u201cRogue One.\u201d (Photos courtesy of Lucasfilm Ltd.)<\/p><\/div>\n

The MacGuffin of \u201cStar Wars: A New Hope\u201d was the stolen Death Star plans. While the non-canon Star Wars tie-ins have offered various accounts of how Princess Leia got them, we\u2019ve finally gotten the true story on the big screen with \u201cRogue One.\u201d<\/p>\n

Twenty-two-year-old criminal Jyn Erso finds herself extracted from an Imperial prison by the Rebel Alliance. Intelligence has reported the rumors that a secret Imperial planet-killing super weapon \u2013 the Death Star \u2013 developed by Jin\u2019s long-missing father, Galen Erso, and Director Orson Krennic, is nearing completion. The Alliance needs to find it first and make Jyn a deal; her freedom in exchange for her help in stopping it.<\/p>\n

This desperate mission throws Jyn in with various disenfranchised individuals, such as rebel spy, Cassian Andor, and his droid, K-2SO, Imperial defector Bhodi Rook, former Guardians of the Whills, Chirrut \u00e5mwe and Baze Malbus, and extremist freedom fighter, Saw Gerrera, as time runs out and Krennic\u2019s dreams come ever closer to allowing the Empire to rule the Galaxy unchecked.<\/p>\n

As the first non-Saga Star Wars movie since 2008\u2019s \u201cThe Clone Wars,\u201d the big question was if the franchise could support a non-Skywalker film. The answer is a definitive \u201cyes.\u201d While characters may be somewhat subservient to the plot, the actors give performances that make them stand out. Felicity Jones\u2019 Jyn Erso is a standout lead, with the scenes involving her and Jin\u2019s father (Mads Mikkelsen), creating the main emotional core as her story arcs from jaded follower to leader.<\/p>\n

K-2SO steals the show with \u201cFirefly\u201d and Disney veteran Alan Tudyk\u2019s deadpan delivery, with \u00e5mwe and Malbus (Donnie Yen and Jiang Wen) grabbing the rest. \u00e5mwe\u2019s mantra, \u201cI am one with the Force, the Force is with me\u201d will probably become \u201cRogue One\u2019s\u201d signature line.<\/p>\n

Ben Mendelsohn is wonderful as the grasping Krennic, although the script gives him far less to do than the development he received in the essential-to-read prequel novel, \u201cCatalyst.\u201d Beyond the principles, there are a ton of cameos and minor roles from various returning characters. These familiar faces range from returning actors to computer wizardry, but all are welcome, with Darth Vader\u2019s (voiced by James Earl Jones) brief return being the standout.<\/p>\n

\u201cRogue One\u2019s\u201d recreations of the New Hope-era are perfect and flawlessly work with the originals and are packed with in-jokes of all kinds that create the atmosphere and draw viewers into the world. All this is set to the music of master composer Michael Giacchino, whose score is unique but seamless with John Williams iconic themes.<\/p>\n

\u201cRogue One\u201d is a new, somewhat grittier look into the Star Wars world, but one that earns its place in the main series many times over and proves that Disney\u2019s success with \u201cThe Force Awakens\u201d wasn\u2019t a fluke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Seth Boyum Graphics Editor The MacGuffin of \u201cStar Wars: A New Hope\u201d was the stolen Death Star plans. While the non-canon Star Wars tie-ins have offered various accounts of how Princess Leia got them, we\u2019ve finally gotten the true story on the big screen with \u201cRogue One.\u201d Twenty-two-year-old criminal Jyn Erso finds herself extracted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}