Rogue One

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.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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Directed by	Gareth Edwards
Screenplay by	Chris Weitz Tony Gilroy
Story by	John Knoll Gary Whitta
Based on	Characters by George Lucas
Produced by	Kathleen Kennedy Allison Shearmur Simon Emanuel
Starring	Felicity Jones Diego Luna Ben Mendelsohn Donnie Yen Mads Mikkelsen Alan Tudyk Jiang Wen Forest Whitaker
Cinematography	Greig Fraser
Edited by	John Gilroy Colin Goudie Jabez Olssen
Music by	Michael Giacchino (Original Star Wars themes composed by John Williams)
Production company	Lucasfilm Ltd.
Distributed by	Walt 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]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$200 million[1][2]
Box office	$1.056 billion[1]

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.

Critical response

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]