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Tagged: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

· by Steven Birkner · Oct 22, 2018

Solo, and the appeal of smaller storylines

What do you get when you take away the usual ingredients of a Star Wars movie, such as lightsaber duels, the Jedi, and the Force? What happens when you tell a more prosaic, character-driven story that delves into the background…

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· by Nathan Kerner · Nov 13, 2017

The biggest plot hole in Star Wars... isn't a plot hole

So I finally saw Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. I have in fact seen it twice in the last four months. And my reaction is… …eh. I mean, it wasn’t bad or anything. It was a perfectly serviceable…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 18, 2017

Hit or Bomb First Annual Roundup: One year of box office predictions

As I mentioned in our box office predictions for October 2017, we here at the Agony Booth have been predicting which films would be HITs and which would BOMB for one year now. Yes, our very first attempt at…

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· by Steven Birkner · Jan 19, 2017

Rogue One: A mediocre EU novel on the big screen

While watching Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, I noticed that I was feeling something that I was unaccustomed to experiencing while watching a Star Wars movie. That feeling was boredom, which is an understandably unusual reaction to movies famous for space battles, blaster shootouts, and lightsaber duels.

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· by Jonathan Campbell · Dec 19, 2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016): Clumsy, but fun

Rogue One takes a different approach, and is both a prequel and an interquel, taking place between Episodes III and IV (immediately before Episode IV, as it eventually turns out) and details how the Rebellion managed to get hold of the Death Star plans that served as the MacGuffin of the original film.

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 30, 2016

Hit or Bomb? December movie predictions

December is the time of the year that brings yule tidings, whatever the hell those are, along with the studio's most family-friendliest blockbusters and their most Oscar-batiest of awards contenders. The release of another Star Wars film is imminent and looms large over this month's releases, but there are still plenty of other films vying for your hard-earned ticket dollars this December.

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· by Nathan Kerner · Nov 10, 2016

Why I'm not excited about Star Wars going on forever

Well, we made it, people. We have reached the third age of Star Wars in cinema. The sci-fi cinematic juggernaut is back, and we'll be getting more Star Wars than ever before. ...And I don’t care.

Tagged: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Solo, and the appeal of smaller storylines

The biggest plot hole in Star Wars... isn't a plot hole

Hit or Bomb First Annual Roundup: One year of box office predictions

Rogue One: A mediocre EU novel on the big screen

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016): Clumsy, but fun

Hit or Bomb? December movie predictions

Why I'm not excited about Star Wars going on forever

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