The good news is that this is not going to be a rant about how rubbish it was. With this film being set in between 'Revenge of the Sith' and 'A New Hope' there was more of a story line and a more reason to like this film. Felicity Jones taking on the leading lady role was probably the best decision they have made regarding women in Star Wars. Tying in nicely to the start of ' A New Hope' there is no happy ending and that makes everything a lot easier.
So the bad bit is that there is no Star Wars opening credits theme start which makes all Star Wars films Star Wars films. That was a disappointment and one that should not be forgotten.
Forrest Whitacker and Donnie Yen joined the crew and stole the show. With Forrest Whitacker playing an integral part to the main story line once he was gone it was over to Donnie Yen. Yen had all the humour and the skills. As a blind temple man he dodged many Storm Troopers and cross fires. Who needs Jedi's when you have a blind man who can do a lot better than Luke ever did? Surprisingly I actually enjoyed this film. There was more comedy in it than all the other Star Wars films put together. Mads Mikkelsen had a solid performance as the portrayed enemy of them all who showed compassion and died a heroes death. I've become so used to seeing him as the bad guy but this was a character change for him and he was impressive.
Don't get ripped off by prices, when I first originally tried to book they wanted to charge me £18- it is not worth paying £18 to see. Having said all that, it was a lot better than the previous film.
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