That theory on Jyn being Leia is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

Vader scene was so good holy crap

I loved Donnie Yen in this movie. "Are you kidding me? I'm blind!"

That Vader scene when he Slays fucking 20-30 guys as he makes his way down the hall way will put Gareth Edwards in the history book forever if nothing else does lol that was the most brutal showing of a movie villain just annihilating dudes and portraying full on power. I don't think anything I see from now on will ever give me the same reaction I got seeing that for the first time ever again haha!

Fucking hell Jyn Erso being Princess Leia would have been horrendous lol

Oh, and for those who watch Rebels. "GENERAL SYNDULLA, REPORT TO THE BRIEFING ROOM."

Rogue One is what The Force Awakens Should have been.

When they showed the WHY Luke could just take out the Death Star from her watching her father's video message, I lost it. I'll be honest... I cried when that dad died.;... freakin brilliant.. This was the very first movie I ever saw in a theater, so bringing my kids to see this and then having my youngest say "can we watch the one you saw when you were young now" after it was done.... yeah... Wicked Happy to be 40 something and serious memories I could share with my own children.

Seeing Vaders charred nugget body in that tube was disgustingly awesome

As much as many of us don't like the prequels, you have to admit, Bail Organa stepping out of the shadows was a nice touch, too.

Just watching A New Hope, and I realized that Jyn and Cassian having to "upload" the file to the fleet actually fits better with the story in A New Hope because at the beginning of Ep. 4 when Vader is choking that dude on the Rebel ship, he asks "Where are the transmissions you intercepted? What have you done with those plans?" So yeah, George Lucas meant for the Death Star plans to have been transmitted wirelessly at some point, and Rogue One nailed it.

1:30:32 "You know who's life just got more difficult? Rian Johnson." Sigh.

I teared up at the end because the very last word of the movie is spoken by Leia: "What does this mean?" "Hope." -Cue A New Hope- Fucking masterful.

Three emotions during Vader's scene: Total awe, Fanboy glee, and shit-your-pants terror. AT ONCE.

They should do Rogue One and A New Hope double features, that'd be crazy.

The best part about this movie was It wasn't about some dumb family lineage or prophesy but Instead it represented what Star Wars is all about: hope against an unstoppable evil and the sacrifice needed to keep that hope alive.

that Vader scene at the end where he kills everybody in the room was just badass

Why would you feel let down that Jyn Erso wasn't Leia?? That sounds like totally stupid idea.

I just spent an hour and a half listening to two guys re tell the movie I just saw last night. What is wrong with me

when I die I want my headstone to have a HD flat-screen installed in it with that Vader hallway scene playing on an eternal loop

Explains why Vader calls Leia on her bull when she says she's on a diplomatic mission.

Can we just hire these two to do DVD commentary of every movie ever? Like they did with original Batman? I seriously want this with pretty much every movie.

The video starts at 6:43. They literally spend 6 minutes selling you underwear.

call me a nerd, but I was so happy seeing blue milk on the table in jyns house

When Vader started fighting at the end, I almost screamed. It was sooooo badass

1:22:36 when they talk about Vader

Sounds like they finally figured out how to do a prequel.

RIP Carrie. To say you will be missed is an understatement.

That Vader scene though?! Straight out of Lords of the Sith. And the CGI... we're a few years away from destroying the uncanny valley.

Sorry DC, this is a movie about the real Suicide Squad.

"Rogue One" is a masterpiece. Together with "The Empire Strikes Back" , the best "Star Wars" movies.

You know you're in the presence of nerd legends when their review of a movie is almost as long as the movie itself.

You know what I appreciate about Kevins channel? The time stamps for content. I can skip to any point in the video I want and listen to the content I want without having to skip around. I dig that.

6:43 to skip the whole underpants ad rant. Come on Bluntman :P

I literally cant stop thinking of that Vader scene.. My jaw dropped watching that scene.. It was what i wanted to see and better than whag i could imagine.

I was half way through the video before I noticed marks shirt wasn't a MLB shirt

seeing darth vader crush the rebels is the most joy ive felt in my life! :D :D :D

Here's my take on the whole "Force Awakens vs Rogue One" argument: If you remove Han Solo and Chewbacca from The Force Awakens, you would be left with a movie that's really not worth revisiting. Remove a few characters from Rogue One and you still have a pretty solid film worth revisiting. Rogue One > Force Awakens

Just saw Rogue One. This was the quality of film I had hoped Force Awaken would have been but ultimately was not. Rogue One is right up there with the best Star Wars films ever in the series. I think the reason it came off so well is because it actually is it's own film without relying on cliches of the past films. No repackaging, just a story set in the Star Wars universe well done and oh so fresh. You actually cared about the characters. K-2SO is a good representation of the approach of this film, not assuming you should like something because it was in previous films or is cute and will sell a lot of toys but rather an original approach where you like it for it's own uniqueness and merits. My only complaint of Rogue One is near the end you get the cliche' bad guy monologue instead of just shooting which of course gives the good guys chance to kill the bad guy, blah, blah, we've seen it a thousand times before and it still makes no sense. At any rate thumbs up on Rogue One. J.J. Abrams should not be allowed to touch another Star Wars film (or Star Trek film) and just do what he's good at, braindead action films.

5 years later i’m here watching this review. and now i’m going to watch rogue one again for the 5th time. such a great review from two true og fans. also Kev talks about how empire is the best star wars. it’s the bar in theory. where does he see mandalorian in reference to empire? i know he loves mando. but just curious

Nobody ever mentions Red Leader? He looked and sound, and I could swear it looked like they took cut footage and remastered it and inserted it, but I could swear that's the same Red Leader from A New Hope.

This film made me cry at least five times. Spoilers, obviously, if you're on this video, you should have already seen the film: -I am really glad I read Catalyst before seeing the film, because Lyra's death at the start hit really hard due to it. -The CGI Tarkin and Leia were phenomenal, and also K2SO looked real to me. -I thought all the main characters were going to die, but I was still so shocked when it actually happened. -Vader's scene at the end was great. -Was that Vader's castle that was going to be in the original trilogy that we saw? -Bail Organa going home to Alredraan, though. -Did Marc keep saying Saul Guerrero? FUCK I NEED TO SEE THIS FILM AGAIN NOW.

You know why this doesn't feel like a SW "Saga" movie?...Because the Stormtroopers actually hit stuff.

Best action of any Star Wars movie. The final battle was epic

the END of the movie made it for me, greatest ending I have ever seen

6:43 to skip 5 minutes of advertising an underwear shop

A lot of reviewers say the characterization was lacking in Rogue One. Bullshit. The entire Rogue crew was amazing. The chemistry between them all was top notch especially between Cassian and Jyn...and no it is not any romantic crap. But rather two people with very different view points finding common ground. The other members have smaller roles but it works because they are instantly likeable anyways. This is ultimately a plot driven movie and rightly it should be. We don't need to know how Blase and Chirrut became friends. They were a great duo. Kinda a bad ass Odd Couple. But in the end the movie is about the death star plans. Besides it is only a matter of time before they make supplemental material for the movie. I definitely would not mind a Cassian comic book. Or a Bodhi novelization. These characters were exactly what they needed to be. And if you are worried about SJWs and feminazi writing? Don't. Every character is critical and very humanized. If only Gareth Edwards did the sequel trilogy. Rian Johnson is gonna have to create a miracle out of the mess JJ Abrams left him with. Rogue One rules.

I cried at the end of this movie it was tears of joy

I love that K-2SO gets to almost say, "I have a bad feeling about this".

So gooooooood! Leia, Tarkin, Blue Milk, Probe Droid, Red Leader, Gold Leader! Y-wings, Star Destroyers Crashing OMG!!!! Had the time of my life!

Skip to 6:44 - Smith just sells out to some crappy underwear store up until this time.

Dark Vader does a Daredevil hallway scene

does Kevin ever give bad reviews he likes everything and every movie takes him back to his childhood

Anybody cry when tarkin made his appearance? That was some amazing tech

Personally I thought rogue one was better than force awakens

Actually there is a Rogue Two. Rogue Two finds Luke and Han on Hoth the morning after they almost freeze to death.

Was anyone else reminded of Planet Druidia from Spaceballs when they saw the giant shield surrounding Scarif? If only the Rebels knew the combination was 1-2-3-4-5, so many lives could have been spared.

Lucasfilm/Disney would be crazy not to do a solo Vader film after this. Can you imagine a pseudo-adaptation of the Vader Down comic series, him being stuck in unfamiliar territory (maybe with a bounty hunter or Stormtrooper) just fucking mowing through enemies like hot butter?

Why does he keep calling it Episode 0 when it is clearly Episode 3.5?

They should make a movie about Vader after episode 3 where he's hunting jedi.

this movie is much better than The Force Awakens

I'm weak as fuck, totally watching this.

As the film ticked along I kept thinking "Damn it's good, please don't ruin it with something bs" And then Vader happened. Can't believe I was worried! Straight back to my childhood, instantly. Best Star Wars film i've seen in years.

I was skeptical going in after The Force Copycats but OMG the Death Troopers, The Sand People's long lost relative, the space battle, Darth Vader killing a bunch of rebels!!! The force was definitely with this movie.

"General Syndulla to the war room..." don't think I didn't hear it

Didn't expect them to talk about underwear for the first 7 minutes when I clicked on the video

Gareth Edwards understood the Soul of Star Wars.... unlike Rian....

"Empire Strikes Back Good" INDEED!!! One of the BEST Star Wars films ever!

Near perfect movie. So many amazing moments! And it tied up with a New Hope within minutes of difference. My only let down was the score. Just a generic John Williams knockoff. I've heard tons of generic Star Wars-y music from the games.

"Smooth as best juice through your rectum!" - Kevin Smith 2016 (Brilliant and true statement)

the beach battle reminded me of saving private ryan. was gritty and full on

Darth Vader stand-alone. Right now. They can have a separate crew on it right away.

I need that Vader MLB shirt

As a kid I was terrified of Vader That last scene of Vader made me as an adult think how terrifying he is

That analogy of Darth Vader and Forest Whitaker's character was brilliant, never even thought of that. Also the Red-5 reference. The dude on camera left is on point here

I was jizzing in my pants when I saw Vader destroying fools!!

I need to see it again ASAP for that Vader scene

darth vader went full on "the raid" on those poor red shirts.

So Vader watches Leia's ship get away, yet when he captures it and comes on-board, everyone insists to Vader that they are consular ship on a diplomatic mission. What?

For me this movie was important not in answering the question i never asked (how did they steal the plans), but in answering the one I have always asked (How was such a fatal flaw built into the Death Star)

Guys, get the Catalyst audiobook.

Vader coming down that hallway like a pants pissing nightmare. I mean wow way to make a impact with very little scenes. I loved this movie.

There is hope for K-2SO. Remember the scene where he hacks into the same base model bot that he is, their eyes flicker in unison etc. My kids and I were hoping he was copying himself onto that bot. We don't see that bot die so it could happen.

Alan Tudyk is slowly becoming the new Sean Bean.....the only thing better would be to have Alan as Sean's little brother and they both die saving each other

Sooo good. That last 10 minutes tho...! WOW!!

I thought the first 30 minutes- 45 minutes was little wacky cause of pacing, but overall loved it Five, Seven, and Rogue One are easily my favorites, Ill have to see Rogue One again to make it official tho

RIP Carrie Fisher

"Ha ha! I hadn't thought about that... stuff was cool" Kevin Smith in one sentence. Bless 'im.

They could do a "Rogue 2" in a ways. They could show the Bothan SpyNet and how they got the plans for the 2nd Death Star.

May the undies be with you?

"Luke, here is your father's lightsaber. He once used it to slaughter a temple of children and a village of sand people. I brought it with me after cutting his legs off and leaving him to burn alive on a volcano planet while I took your mother away in a spaceship. He was a good friend."

I've seen so many "reviewers" of late who went the jaded, cynic, and non-conformist route, that it's always refreshing to hear Kev review something. Even when he finds a few things wrong with whatever he's reviewing, he's so excited, so stoked that we're actually getting all this amazing content almost every fucking month. It just gives back some energy, some "childhood", that is basically what we look forward to get from these films. This guy gets me pumped about the future of movies, and so fucking happy to be so lucky to live in this age the entertainment is going through. Kudos on that, Fatman. P.S.: And Marc keeps making me feel like an idiot with the way he just gets EVERY BIT of a movie I didn't even notice. God damn writer super-mind.

Man I hope they do a Vader standalone movie. He was so fucking badass, I wanna see him killing rebel scum at the peak of his power......

Kyle Katarn will forever be known as the one true man who stole the death Star plans and survived to become a jedi Master.

There is only one job worse than being the rebel air traffic controller who has to sit in the little tower and track ships with the radar gun. That job is being the guy who had to sit in the mountain top waiting to light the beacons of Rohan which hadn't been lit in a thousand years.

I'm in my early 50's & I grew up on Star Wars. I was 13 when New Hope came out. I've followed Kevin & his flicks since Clerks. Listening to these dudes talk about Rogue One (which does fucking rock!)--- I could talk with Marc & Kevin all damn night about Star Wars movies. Cool stuff man.

i'm not sure clean underwear is your target audience.

Did anybody else notice the blue milk?!

This is basically an hour of Kevin Smith trying to convince himself that this was a good movie...while swearing a lot.

Is the code for entry they give to go to the data planet, the same one han solo give when they go in to the death star?