(05-29-2018 03:41 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(05-29-2018 06:40 AM)JTiger Wrote:  This is disappointing to hear. I liked Rogue One so much because it was a stand along movie and not a cliffhanger like all the other ones. I'll still go and see this one and hope for the best.

Do that. My wife and I saw it and it was by far better than the last sequel. It had action, and while I agree about the annoying PC drone it was minor to the complex story that held our attention and carried the movie through to the end where there were some surprises that tied things back into the main story line in some intriguing ways. Mostly we didn't feel ripped off like we did with the last disjointed and out of character sequel which IMO probably hurt the opening of this one.

Ron Howard directed and the focus contributed to the Star Wars character development without detracting from what had been a fairly consistent story line through the first 3 movies and in the 5th. I liked Rogue One very much and felt the droid in that one added in a surprising way. But while I felt that Rogue One jumped around a bit this movie is much easier to follow and while Rogue One was serious, this one remains faithful to the characters and plot as I mentioned, but also manages to be fun, not funny.

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The biggest issue I had was at the end.

Qi'ra was shown talking to someone who we are lead to believe was Darth Maul. If that is in fact the Darth Maul from Episode 1 then the timeline is WAY off. Maul was killed when Anakin was just a child so that would mean that Han was at least in his 20's when Maul was killed by Obi-Wan. That would make Han at least 30 years older than Luke & Leia which doesn't jive with the movie timeline.

The only possible explanation would be that it's a different Maul and that would tend to confuse things even more.

It seemed to leave more questions than it answered.