The movie presents the conflict between the Empire and the Rebellion in a much more gritty way, as Rebel soldiers rush down the beaches of Sarif while laser fire from a monstrous AT-ACT blows past them. Unlike the main saga films, with their larger-than-life heroes, princesses, exotic planets, and magic powers, Rogue Oneis a story about the troops on the ground – those brave warriors who don’t possess Force powers and won’t necessarily make it to the end of the film. Of course, that’s to be expected – we’re talking about a franchise called “Star WARS.” Yet, it’s still pretty surprising that until this year’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, no Star Wars film has ever presented itself as strictly a war movie.
From the dawn of the Jedi, to Golden Age of the Sith, to the founding of the Old Republic, to the rise of the Galactic Empire, to the birth of the New Republic, Star Warsis comprised of countless stories about the fall of one faction and the rise of another. In fact, the never-ending battle between the forces of good and evil is the common thread that ties almost every major Star Warsadventure – whether it’s a movie, book, comic, or video game – together. Join Amazon Prime – Watch Thousands of Movies & TV Shows Anytime – Start Free Trial Now If you were lucky enough to see A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi in theaters back in the 70s and 80s, then maybe you left The Force Awakens wondering what the fight was all for. Three decades after Luke, Han, Leia, and the Rebellion won a decisive victory against the evil Empire, the galaxy is still suffering from the same exact problems: fascism is still running rampant, whole planets are being destroyed, sons are forced to kill their fathers, and slavery still exists in some places. To those who have just joined the fandom in the past year, and gone back and watched the original films, that unfortunate legacy of galactic conflicts is most evident in The Force Awakens, a movie that shows us a galaxy far, far away that hasn’t changed much in 30 years. For all of the fantasy, hokey religions, romance, and heroism, Star Wars paints a very depressing picture of war: in the end, no matter how catastrophic the conflict or how ultimate the victory, there’s always more violence to come. The history of the Star Wars universe is soaked in blood, guts, and rusty machine parts.
This Star Wars article contains spoilers for both the canon and Legends timelines.
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