Why ‘Rogue One’ is Disney’s best Star Wars movie

It bears traits of a scene from a horror film, an entirely new and much darker way of depicting rebels in Star Wars

In the original films, the Rebellion was a flawless force for good, a group of idealists fighting selflessly for a better world. Every rebel we meet is likeable, their brightly coloured ships and uniforms juxtapose the dark greys and blacks of the Empire, and their actions are never questioned. The same can be said for the sequel’s ‘Resistance’, which functions in essentially the same way. This makes it all the more shocking when, ten minutes into Rogue One, the rebel Andor shoots a man in the back who had just helped him. The man’s panicked performance and broken arm make him seem helpless and innocent, conveying from the off that this film’s rebels aren’t perfect heroes; they’re willing to take immoral actions in the service of a greater cause. Later, another rebel named Saw Guerrera tortures Bodhi, a pilot who defected from the Empire. The scene alternates between shots of a terrified Bodhi and close-ups of a huge grotesque tentacled monster approaching him, punctuated by flickering lights and Bodhi’s screams. It bears traits of a scene from a horror film, an entirely new and much darker way of depicting rebels in Star Wars.



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