Star Wars: Rogue One

I watched this movie on DVD this weekend.  I saw it in the theater when it originally came out, and really enjoyed it then.  I enjoyed it even more this second time.

I thought it was one of the best Star Wars movies made so far.  Part of that was the connections to the very first movie (Episode 4), and the frequent use of the word "hope" was a prelude to "A New Hope".  I enjoyed the few monologues about rallying the rebellion, as they portrayed the spirit of the rebellion in a way that the original didn't capitalize on.  Scenes like those definitely set a context for the rebellion.

The scenes alternating between the aerial dogfights and the hand fighting on land were really great war scenes.

Spoiler alert.....

The concept of hope and the transition of that from this movie to episode 4 made the death of the all of the characters that much more significant.