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GenreAction, Adventure & Sci-Fi
RatedPG-13
Runtime2 hr 13 mins
ReleasedDecember 16, 2016
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorGareth Edwards
StarringFelicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
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| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story's Details | |
| Genre | Action, Adventure & Sci-Fi |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Released | 12/10/2016 (Pantages Theatre); 12/16/2016 (United States) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 2 hr 13 mins |
| Budget | $200–280.2M (reported) |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | Characters by George Lucas |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story's Interests | |
| General | Death Star plans, kyber crystals, the holy city of Jedha, rebel briefings, data tapes. |
| Music | Michael Giacchino, borrowing a few John Williams themes for the road. |
| Movies | Star Wars (1977). Hit play the second this one ends. |
| Television | Andor. Cassian's backstory, told the long way. |
| Heroes | K-2SO (Alan Tudyk). Brutally honest droid, zero filter. |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story's Crew | |
| Director | Gareth Edwards |
| Writers | Chris Weitz, Tony Gilroy, John Knoll (story), Gary Whitta (story) |
| Producers | Kathleen Kennedy, Allison Shearmur, Simon Emanuel |
| Cinematography | Greig Fraser |
| Music | Michael Giacchino |
| Edited By | John Gilroy, Jabez Olssen, Colin Goudie |
| Production | Lucasfilm Ltd. |
| Distributed By | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
The best character in Rogue One is a reprogrammed security droid who says whatever he’s thinking, and that tells you how thin the humans are. Felicity Jones has a great face for a hero and almost no lines that reveal who Jyn is. Diego Luna does more with one guilty look than the script does with whole scenes. The early stretch hops from planet to planet like it’s late for a connecting flight, and one digitally rebuilt face from the old movies looks like a wax figure learning to talk. Then the story lands on a tropical beach planet and finally becomes a real war film, with Donnie Yen strolling through a firefight on faith alone. Alan Tudyk’s K-2SO gets every laugh. It made $1.06 billion worldwide, and it earned that money in the final stretch. A 7.4 because the last act is that good and the first half is homework. $3,632 says you put on A New Hope right after and it suddenly feels like a sequel.
What works: A gritty, desperate final battle, Donnie Yen’s Chirrut and Alan Tudyk’s deadpan droid.
What doesn’t: The first half is choppy and rushed, and Jyn and most of the crew never get enough character to match the stakes.
Who it’s for: Star Wars fans who want the war part of Star Wars, and anyone about to rewatch A New Hope.
Spoilers
The team steals the Death Star plans and transmits them to the Rebel fleet, and every member of Rogue One dies on Scarif, with Jyn and Cassian together on the beach as the Death Star fires. Darth Vader cuts through a hallway of Rebel troops, but the plans make it to Princess Leia, leading straight into A New Hope.
Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) was just a kid when the Empire took her father, scientist Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen), to help Director Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn) build a secret weapon. Years later the Rebel Alliance breaks her out of an Imperial labor camp with a proposition: help them reach Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker), the rebel extremist who raised her, because he may know where her dad is. She teams up with intelligence officer Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and his blunt reprogrammed droid K-2SO (Alan Tudyk). Gareth Edwards directs. One hundred thirty-four minutes, the mission that sets up the whole saga.
Anyone who believes in long shots. Bring a blaster and a lot of hope.
| Felicity Jones | Jyn Erso |
| Diego Luna | Cassian Andor |
| Ben Mendelsohn | Orson Krennic |
| Donnie Yen | Chirrut Îmwe |
| Mads Mikkelsen | Galen Erso |
| Alan Tudyk | the voice and motion-capture of K-2SO |
| Riz Ahmed | Bodhi Rook |
| Jiang Wen | Baze Malbus |
| Forest Whitaker | Saw Gerrera |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 17 October 2026 DataBot +520 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $1.06B; Domestic box office $533.5M; Opening weekend $155.1M; Profit / loss (est.) +$169.2M; Rotten Tomatoes 84%; CinemaScore A; box office chart updated; RT 84% (459 reviews); Metacritic 65 / 100; PostTrak audience 91% positive; CinemaScore A; IMDb users 7.8 / 10 (767,710 votes); movie.guru score 8.1.
- (cur | prev) 12:00, 17 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.