The world premiere of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story happened Saturday night in Los Angeles, and the early reviews suggest the film is excellent.
Star Wars fans can relax. Despite concerning reports over the past year of heavy reshoots, lots of reworking of the film, etc, it looks like Lucasfilm successfully pulled off their first spinoff movie. Check out the first Star Wars Rogue One reviews below.
Early ‘Rogue One’ reviews’
#RogueOne is pretty much everything I was hoping for & then some. So moving/satisfying for so many reasons. Already dying for a 2nd viewing.
— Perri Nemiroff (@PNemiroff) December 11, 2016
… there is a complexity that exists in rogue one that I have never seen in another Star Wars film- layers and layers of gray.
— p dubbs (@petewentz) December 11, 2016
People worried about #RogueOne not being a gritty war film need not worry. It's intense, relentless. You can practically taste the grit.
— Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) December 11, 2016
I had high hopes. It exceeded them.
— Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) December 11, 2016
I expected it to be funny. I didn't expect to be choked up. Moments of true bravery, and some speeches we need right now. #RogueOne
— Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) December 11, 2016
Before you see #RogueOne, I'd suggest staying off the Internet and twitter and don't read reviews and just go in as blind as you can.
— Rebecca Ford (@Beccamford) December 11, 2016
ROGUE ONE = excellent. People around me saying even better than THE FORCE AWAKENS. Congrats Disney/Lucasfilm/amazing talent involved.
— Scott Feinberg (@ScottFeinberg) December 11, 2016
All I will say for now is that I enjoyed #RogueOne more than #TheForceAwakens. For what that's worth… #StarWars
— Scott Mendelson (@ScottMendelson) December 11, 2016
More seriously, #RogueOne was well executed and Star Wars down to its bones. I loved it.
— Amy Ratcliffe (@amy_geek) December 11, 2016
Slightly longer #RogueOne spoiler-free review: heart-stopping and dark. Like darker than Empire Strikes Back dark.
— Chris Taylor (@FutureBoy) December 11, 2016
Rogue One > Force Awakens IMO
— Jim Vejvoda (@JimVejvoda) December 11, 2016
One of the best things about Rogue One are the new characters. They're so well done and expand the universe. You care about all of them.
— Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) December 11, 2016
With all the talk of reshoots and production problems the final cut of Rogue One is worth the wait. Man that 3rd act….so so good.
— Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) December 11, 2016
Takes a bit to get going but #RogueOne turns out to be a kick-ass action pic. And it nails the ending.
— Matthew Belloni (@THRMattBelloni) December 11, 2016
Theres an amazing amount of footage/dialogue in the #RogueOne trailers and marketing that are not in the film, including Troopers in water.
— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) December 11, 2016
Holy crap did I love Rogue One. It’s gonna take days to wipe the smile off my face. So many surprises and so much fun. Get excited.
— Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) December 11, 2016
The last time I loved a Star Wars movie as much as I loved #RogueOne, it was 1977.
— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) December 11, 2016
Holy Sith! @RogueOneMovie is unbelievably wonderful! No lie: it is #EmpireStrikesBack great! An excellent chapter in the @starwars Universe! pic.twitter.com/Lb0vQ06ifh
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) December 11, 2016
Perfect Felicity Jones an action heroine I would follow into space battle any day, in a film full of great hero turns #rogueone
— jen yamato (@jenyamato) December 11, 2016
The Rogue One review embargo lifts on Tuesday morning. Check back then for deeper reviews of the movie.