ROGUE ONE - MOVIE REACTION - FIRST TIME WATCHING 

Before this movie came out, people would make jokes about how the Deathstar was stunningly easy to destroy. This movie turned that on its head by making it purposeful sabotage by the designer, on top of being such a wonderful movie that makes you feel like Star Wars is actually... a War. I've never gotten through the end of the battle scene without crying.

This movie is the best prequel ever made. It ties two segments so well, it adds to the lore and it was the first time we could see how scary Vader can be.

The fact that this movie showed the sacrifices it actually takes to give hope and a future for the Rebellion is just wonderful to see. Probably the main reason why this movie did so good.

At the start of the space battle you said "this feels so similar to the original" - well if you didn't realise, the "gold leader standing by" and "red leader" clips were actually cut from A New Hope. Also a nice subtlety was the pilot Red 5 dying in the space battle, who is replaced by... Luke Skywalker as Red 5 in a New Hope :) It's the little things that they absolutely nailed in Rogue One unlike some of the other Star Wars spin offs.

I saw A New Hope in the first weekend of its release in 1977. I had never left a theater with such a feeling of elation before. Rogue One was the first Star Wars movie since then that left me with the same feeling of elation.

I’d like to have MORE Star Wars projects that are darker in tone like this one.

I remember seeing this movie in theaters with my friends. One of them had seen it before and told the rest of us “all the characters die”, but none of us took him seriously since it sounded so unbelievable. It wasn’t until the characters actually started dying that I realized he was serious

Rogue One has become my favorite Star Wars movie. It just edges out Empire for the top spot. The reason for this was the feel of the movie, it really encapsulated the war part and I think we need more of that. Jedi and the big heroes are nice but seeing the war from the perspective of regular people is amazing. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

My favorite Star Wars movie. Dark, gritty, ruthless. Also it plays in the time of the original trilogy but made with modern technology. It never looked and sounded better! I hope we get more movies like this. Current hope is on the Andor show. 😊

There will always be a special place in my heart for Rogue One 🙌

By far the best of the "new" Star Wars films and certainly the best outside of the original trilogy, even though the sad end is known from the get go, if one has seen the original Star Wars. Just very well told and well executed.

Every time I watch that ending, it makes me wanna throw on a new Hope, because it’s literally the next scene!

While I cried ugly tears when everyone died one by one, I later thought about it and realised that it makes perfect sense. Of course they all had to die since none of these characters are in A New Hope. And given the line in that movie about how many died to deliver the plans. This became my all time favourite Star Wars movie. The list is endless with all the details they put in to make this such a seamless transition to A New Hope. Just pure perfection.

Great reaction Addie. My older child was 10 when we watched this and he had never seen a movie with an ending like that before. He looked up at me with tears in his eyes and he said I don’t like that daddy. I said I know it sucked everybody died. Still one of my favorites of all the films.

If you like K2SO (the droid), he was voiced by Alan Tudyk. He also played the pilot Hoban Washburne in Firefly, and Steve the Pirate in Dodgeball. He was also brilliant in the British version of Death at a Funeral. All of them are well worth watching for him, and other reasons.

I was a bit surprised to see Grand Moff Tarkin since Peter Cushing had been dead for 20 years but I liked it. Princess Leia was a shock too. I read later that she saw the movie before she died and liked the CGI version of her a lot. She also gave her blessing to do it. This made me happy.

Great reaction. That last scene with Darth Vader fighting in the hallway gives me chills every time.

I will always remember the first time I saw this movie in the theater. Three days after Carrie Fisher died. There was NOT a dry eye in the house. This is a great movie. Thank you.

Good things Disney SW gave us: 1) showing a more active Vader 2) This movie.

This is simply the best of the later movie to come out since the original trilogy. The writing was fantastic, it relied upon the story rather than flashy CGI, although they used that to some great new standards. Vader’s rage at the end was absolutely brilliant and masterful! So glad you enjoyed this one!

This movie was released 11 days before Carrie Fisher’s death.

One of the most iconic Darth Vader scene was here , cinematic at the finest with smoke and red light from Saber...love it ... Vader went full juggernaut mode

Vader: "Careful that you don't 'choke' on your aspirations, director," If that isn't a dad joke, then I'm Mickey Mouse.

As a longtime Star Wars fan, seeing this in theaters was....emotional. I have to say it's become my favorite Star Wars film of the entire franchise.

What I love about this movie is it REALLY drives home just how much was sacrificed and how massively heroic the people who ensured those plans got out were because they came at an extremely heavy cost.

The perfect example of how they can make a compelling movie without any of the original characters - and no Jedi to save everyone. I'd argue that this is the best Star Wars movie because the stakes were understood by everyone - it was a suicide mission to save the galaxy- and everyone stepped up to get it done.

Peter Cushing who played Tarkin in "A New Hope" in 1977, died in 1994. So yes, they had to make a CGI version of him.

This is by far one of my favorite movies in the entire Star Wars series. Such an awesome movie!

Fun fact, when K2 slaps Cassian, it was improvised by Alan who played K2. You can see Diego Luna struggling to keep a straight face behind his hansd

My favorite SW movie ever!

It neatly explains why Vader's so pissed off in ANH. He literally just watched this ship fly away and Leia's all like "We're on a diplomatic mission for Alderaan." Like hell you are young lady! There's no wind in space, so Vader was making his cloak flap using the force. #extra.

10:07 The scene where K2 slaps Cassian was improvised by Alan Tudyk. Immediately after this happened, you can see Diego Luna holding up his hand to cover his face. He did this to obscure a huge smile so that the scene didn't have to be redone. Probably my favorite bit of trivia from this movie.

One word to describe Rogue One: Masterpiece

Ah, perfect timing to be watching this film since the premiere of Andor is near. And you are correct. Tarkin's was CG to make it look like Peter Cushing was back from the dead, so to speak. Same for Leia at the end, only this came out before her death on December 26th of that year (and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, died the next day). For Tarkin, Guy Henry provided the voice, and Leia saying "hope" at the end was archived audio of Carrie Fisher in the Original Trilogy. And yes, again, that was James Earl Jones, but Hayden wasn't in the suit for this film. They had two different people for the two scenes he was in. Edit: Well, next up in the films is Solo, and then you have the Sequel Trilogy, plus you have Clone Wars, Rebels, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and of course, Andor, and there's also gonna be Acolytes (possibly, if we get any trailers or news about that) and Ahsoka. Who's Ahsoka, you ask? The Clone Wars will tell you, but make sure you watch the episodes in chronological order, starting with episode 216.

Addie, you continue to impress. I've been unsubscribing from a lot of reactors lately for their inability to comprehend (or even pay attention to) what is directly presented to them in the films they watch. You are both astute and passionate. Keep up the great work!

when Leia turned around I just lost it in the theater crying. Fisher had only recently died.

I saw Star Wars in the theater in 1977. I was 7 years old, and I've been a fan of it ever since. This movie really ties into the first movie which makes it even more iconic.😮

When I first saw this, was really getting into it like like the reacters I see now. Wondering, these characters are pretty awesome I wonder why we never hear from them again, til half way thru when it started clicking they weren't gonna make it. K2SO was my favorite in this one for sure, a droid with just the right amount of sass..

This is easily my favorite Star Wars film to come from Disney. If you have the chance, there's a documentary about the making of the film that is really interesting.

Been waiting for this one. Such an amazing movie. The best SW film outside of 4, 5, 6, & 3.

Addie, I saw this film in theater two weeks after Carrie Fisher passed away. I cried.

Krennic seeing the Death Star light up and it reflect in his eyes before he dies? Perfect.

Still the best SW media out of Disney, I remember in the theater on day 1 that scene where Jyn and Cassian board the shuttle and she says "may the force be with us" caused the theater to erupt in applause, great movie.

24:34: Yeah. We've seen, throughout Star Wars, bases built on lava worlds, ice worlds, jungle worlds, desert worlds, mountain worlds, swamp worlds, ocean worlds, and so on. Finally, someone said "You know what? Let's build our base on the TROPICAL BEACH PLANET."

"Be careful not to choke on your ambitions." Force Pun activated.

This is one of my favorites. I cried too at the theater when I saw it the first time. Glad to see you reacting and watching Star Wars, the best franchise ever.

The arrival of the Rebel fleet above Scarif still gives me chills. It's so well done.

Peter Cushing (the actor who played Grand Moff Tarkin) died in 1994. He was not available for shooting this movie. 😂

The only good Star Wars movie made by Disney

Agreed! Bail Organa is a great, very nostalgic character

8:26 - "The strongest stars have hearts of Kyber" Sums up the whole movie and it's protagonists.

It’s crazy how important this movie is to the main story of Star Wars, and it reinforces the credibility of the original movie A New Hope. You never really understood how they got the plans for the Death Star in the first place, and didn’t understand why they would build such a vulnerable weak spot. This movie explained that in a way that didn’t feel forced or added in after the fact to fill in a plot hole, even though it’s exactly what it did. In my opinion, Rogue One was one of the best Star Wars movies ever made. And it’s a stand alone movie with basically almost no characters we ever see again. It’s a story of true sacrifice and bravery for the rebellion and the fight against the Empire and tyranny. It did such a good job of explaining so many things, and it’s actually insane how perfectly and seamlessly it leads right into the start of Episode 4. So much so that if you didn’t know a single thing about Star Wars, including when the original even came out, and you decided to watch it in story order, so 1,2,3,rogue one,4,5,6,7,8,9 and you watched the version someone put out editing rogue one and episode 4 together into one movie where they cut the end credits scene off of rogue one, and the intro scene of a new hope so that it went from the last scene of rogue one to the first scene of ANH, it would transition so flawlessly the only thing you’d think was “wait, why does this movie suddenly now look like it’s much older?” Like you wouldn’t even realize it was a different movie. The only tell is that you’re going from the quality of a movie released in 2016, to the quality of a movie released in 1977. If all Star Wars movies had the same quality, you’d never even notice the transition to a totally different movie. And that’s the only thing I hate about when I rewatch the movies in chronological order. You go from pretty decent quality and CGI with episodes 1-3, to much better quality and CGI in Rogue One, then way back to not so great quality and basically no CGI or pretty sub par CGI in 4-6, to back to really good quality and CGI with 7-9. It also throws you off too because the lightsaber duels in 4-6 are very “boring” in their complexity and in how the characters move and fight vs how they are in 1-3 and 7-9. Vader and Obi Wan it can kinda make sense because they’re much older now so they aren’t as agile and nimble and strong as before in 4-6, but seeing Luke fight in a similar way just a LITTLE more agile still looks odd. Sure you could also explain that with him not really having had proper training, but it’s just odd to go from Jedi and Sith having these great choreographed skillful light saber duels in 1-3, then Vader showing still great skill in rogue one, to the lackluster duels in 4-6. To the more choreographed duels again in 7-9. Even though the duels in 7-9 weren’t that great either, I mean even Phin and Rey who were both untrained with a lightsaber were able to wield it and look like they could move around with it better than anyone in episodes 4-6. And the reason for that was because of how they had to create the lightsabers in 4-6. They were extremely fragile sticks with reflective tape on them so they could be tracked and have effects put on them in post so the super fast movements would have made it very difficult to do so. In fact there’s still frames where you can see they weren’t able to catch it and they aren’t lit up right. So imagine if they had better faster duels they would’ve missed a lot more. But it’s just odd to see the difference and it suddenly looks like no one knows how to use a light saber properly in 4-6 and then in 7 Rey and Phin suddenly look just as controlled as Luke did if not more so at some points. I mean Rey is kinda understandable because she used a stick already and was skilled with swinging that around, but Phin didn’t have any of that and while yeah he didn’t look great, just the speed he was swinging it around at was suddenly much faster than it was being swung around by Vader, Obiwan, and even Luke in 4-6 which is just funny.

I got to see this with friends at the Hollywood premiere. It was so fun seeing fans, celebrities, and the cast cheering!

Been looking forward to this. Great reaction, Addie. Thank you for sharing this and your reactions with us.

35:24 there's a scene in episode 4 when they're reviewing the plans for the Death Star where someone says something like A lot of people lost their lives to get us these plans. This is what they were referring to.

I giggled like a little schoolgirl when I heard the respirator watching this for the first time. When you hear the breathing, you know the door isn't stuck. Vader is holding it with the Force.

Everyone dying is why this movie works. Real cost and consequences. Tragedy and heroics in the face of death.

Two fun small details: at the end, Director Krennic, on top of the tower, is clipped by the Death Star beam. Darth Vader is holding the hallway door shut with the Force.

Excellent movie! It's basically a Star Wars meets The Dirty Dozen type of story about a suicide mission. Can't wait for the new Andor Series this Fall.

Not only a great Star Wars film, but up there with some of the best war films. Seeing this in the theater, it struck me that I was watching a very well done war movie that just happened to be set in space. The gritty, raw nature of the production was the perfect choice, the characters were almost flawlessly designed and executed, and the connection into lore & elsewhere was done in a very meaningful way. I couldn’t help but feel more for EP 4, and how well it fit into the puzzle. The Force is with me, and I am with the Force.

This movie made the Death Star SUPER terrifying. Even on its weakest possible setting, that superlaser is still a planetary extinction event.

I don't think there has been any moment in any movie that made me happier the first time I saw it, than the moment the Rebel fleet arrives over Scarif. That and the whole battle following it are.. almost everything I've wanted in a Star Wars movie, or any movie, my whole life, and nothing before or since has done it as well.

Rogue One always hits with an extra punch. When I was leaving the theater after seeing it I got the news report that Carrie Fisher had passed away.

Ahsoka Tano could still save Jyn and Casian if she goes to the world between worlds. I hope one day we could see that happening.

12:10 “are we going to see Vader?” *grins gleefully*

The moment in Episode 5 when its said "many bothans died to bring us this information", hits hard after this movie

Saw Guerera is an interesting character. he shows up in clone wars and then much later in this. In RO he's basically the rebellion's version of darth vader. So blown to pieces he's just a mass cybernetics. Whereas, being a sith, Vader draws strength from the pain and hatred of his condition, Saw seems completely worn down and just finished. He's paranoid and exhausted and ready to die.

My Favorite Star Wars Trilogy, Rogue One, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back. So awesome!

5:19 And that droid is played by (voice and motion capture) Alan Tudyk (Wash from "Firefly" & "Serenity")

29:40 remember that quote : “i’m one with the force, the force is with me” :)

I just came to see the end of the reaction. Very moved by you Addie! Cheers from Paris!

Great review! I felt all your reactions.

Hello, Addie. I love how you were trying to keep your composure under you excitement at the end. I sure felt it too when Leia turned around. Yes, great tie-in to IX

Wonderful reaction to this beautifully crafted movie. Thanks Addie!

21:00 That really drives home that if you remove Vader's armor and prosthetic limbs, he's a quadruple amputee with 4th-degree burns on a respirator.

K2 best droid. Also, that hammerhead corvetter ramming one ISD into another, amazing scene. I'm sorry I missed this movie in theaters.

11:25 hah after one of Saw's goons kicks Cassian, that evil smile he gives him: I'll getting back to you about that...

I love that you called her weapon a"blaster". It shows you pay attention. Great show on this review. When you re-watch it again you'll see more and more how it moves right into "A New Hope". Then watch that one... Thanks. 2 thumbs up!

Large parts of Scariff Base were filmed in the Canary Wharf's London Underground station. It's very obvious in one of the early trailers. The Interval between Rogue One and Episode for is anywhere between 2 hours and two weeks.

Best Star Wars movie as far as I am concerned. Perfect connected tissue between 1-3 and 4-6. I love how it you watch movies in release order from 4-6 and 1-3, then comes Rogue One and it seemlessly leads back into watching 4-6. Perfect Circle.

Chirrut Imwe is played by the legendary martial arts master Donnie Yen :D That lava planet was Mustafar, that's where Vader built his fortress. This film ends hours before Ep. 4 starts :P It's a great tie-in to the original trilogy. Sadly, there is no Blue Squadron in Ep. 4, because they were all shot down on Scarif :(

Addie, those two thugs that Cassian and Jyn bump into on Jedha were the same two that harrassed Luke in the cantina in A New Hope.

Good news. Rogue One is playing at IMAX theaters for the next several days. This is your chance to see a SW movie on the big screen. Also, they're gonna show a sneak preview of the upcoming Andor series.

Probably my fav new Star Wars, it's better that it wasn't such a happy ending. It shows the sacrifice that many have to make.

Awesome reaction video!

"That sounds like Darth Vader" That's intended. There are extremists on both sides, and they used being supported by machines as the connecting bridge.

They not only CGIed Carrie Fisher but also the commander of the Death Star, the leader of the rebels who you pointed out smiled, and they used shots from episode IV's battle scene which were filmed and not used back in 1977. The lady you pointed out who smiled has a speech before they attack and destroy the Death Star where she says many people died to get the plans to them.

This is my favorite! Enjoyed your reaction ty!

oh how i wish every starwars project had this director

Yesss been waiting for you to watch Rogue One! It's absolutely my favourite of the Disney Star wars films. The characters were great and how it added to the opening crawl of a New Hope. Love your reaction. 😁

Who said The Empire has no taste clearly hasn't seen their training planet of Scariff. That's my kinda vacation spot and where I'd love to do my training too.

It was great to see the face you made when you saw R2D2 and C3PO, all the reactors I've seen have done the same too, I guess no one expects to see them here, great going, love your work 🤟😆👆 Greetings from Guatemala.

We all cry too. This is one of the best Star Wars movies.

Great reaction! 😊 This is one of my top 5 "Star Wars" movies. Fun, But Sad Fact that I forgot to mention on Patreon: This movie was released 11 days before Carrie Fisher passed away in December of 2016. Looking forward to your next reaction. 😊

26:32 they have actual old footage of red squadron that was not used in the old movie, restorated and reused here. there is after all merely hours between the end of Rogue one and the beginning of A new Hope. 20 minutes if I'm not entirely mistaken.

This is actually the only new Star Wars movie that I actually really like

The thing I love about this movie is that blowing up the base would have killed everyone anyways. But they gave each main character a meaningful death, and made you feel their loss individually. Even Director Krennic, who was the first person on the base killed by the Death Star, when it cut through the top of the tower.

OK so I finished the video. Glad you enjoyed it. Yes Tarkin and Leia were both CGI over another actors face, and Carrie Fisher died just a month after the film was released and it was still in theatres. Also Michael Giaccino did an amazing job with the music on this movie, and "your father would be proud" will forever be one of my favourite pieces of theatrical music

Rogue One is hands down the best Disney Star Wars movie.

awesome reaction 🤠