En særligt udvalgt skare af filmkritikere fik for nylig muligheden for at se hele 28 minutter af den kommende storfilm, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, som får premiere senere på måneden. Nogle medier var ganske tilfredse med det de havde set, men lige så mange har kritiseret filmen for at kaste karakter efter karakter ind i plottet uden at introducerer dem ordentlig. Et af disse medier er SlashFilm som skriver:
"The question proposed in this sub-header was the big discussion post-screening. It wasn't entirely clear if the footage we saw was the completely, finished version or if it had been chopped down just a bit for preview purposes. In any case, Rogue One seems to move fast, maybe even too fast. After the (really excellent) opening ten minutes, the film begins to leap between characters and locations at a dizzying pace, bringing us to a half-dozen different planets and moons and space stations in a matter of minutes, introducing characters and plunging them into action before we can even learn their names. When viewed in the context of the larger film, this speed may work and may have been a necessary choice to get to the meat of the story as quickly as possible. But in these 28 minutes, it was jarring, as if we were watching the film at 1.5x speed. While each location feels rich with detail and each character feels promising, their introductions often feel a little too rushed and cut right down to the bone."
Det bliver ganske interessant at se, om dette lidt for hurtige tempo er lige så tydeligt når filmen ses i hele sin længde på 133 minutter. Der er dog ingen tvivl om, at Rogue One har lidt af et karaktergalleri på skærmen.
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