Let me just start off by saying, I thoroughly enjoy the Star Wars franchise. So naturally, I was very excited about this new addition. Just so you are aware, the whole movie takes about two and a half hours to watch. This is where I had an issue: the first hour and a half was almost painful. The man a couple seats to my right was nodding off, the guy in front of me was more interested in tracing the patterns of the carpet next to us than what was on the screen. It was pretty rough. That being said, it had a good story line; it was just far too slow for the first part of the film. Now, once we started seeing our favorite characters, everyone perked up a little bit. Subtle ear-to-ear grins were felt throughout the theater. Darth Vader made an appearance, as well as Princess Leia and various pilots that were in the original film.

The film is set as a prequel to “A New Hope,” (scenes from which were placed at the end of this film). There are a lot of battle scenes and fight scenes and honestly less dialogue than you would expect from a nearly three-hour movie. I would have initially given it a 5/10, but the last 45 minutes or so really made up for it with cameos and character appearances we had been waiting all evening for. Star Wars: Rogue One gets a 7/10.