The latest trailer does nothing to lessen fears that the forthcoming standalone will be humourless,cluttered with minor characters, and missing in the ForceRemember the first time you watched Star Wars, or before you knew that Luke Skywalker was definitely going to blow up the Death Star? When there was still a tip of a sniff of a chance that the Rebels might lose the battle,that Luke might never develop his full range of Force powers, or that Darth Vader might pick him off like any one of the dozens of other X-Wing pilots who went spinning off to a fiery death? That’s how I feel about Rogue One right now. The trailers so far enjoy shown us plenty of shiny stuff, and from Darth Vader’s return to new versions of classic Star Wars staples such as stormtroopers and At-At walkers. But we’re still in that final run with Luke,wondering whether he’s going to make it to the stop of the canyon and save the galaxy from the world-killing Imperial menace. We want to believe everything’s going to be OK, but we’re just not certain.
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Source: theguardian.com