Do you actually think that the R1 plot would be compelling had it not been littered with Star Wars imagery? Take away the Death Star and replace it with some other space device and I don’t think anyone would have been interested.
I actually like a number of things in R1. I think it’s better than TFA and has some valuable stuff in it. Visually, the film is stunning. There are some fantastic action sequences and it’s well directed overall.
What, take away the very thing the movie is about? You are not making much sense.
“Rogue one: the movie about the death star plans, but really it is just a long character study staring Dr evazan, and there is a giant basket instead of a death star.”
Yeah, that’s not at all what I’m saying. Thanks for oversimplifying it to make me sound like an idiot, though. I really appreciate that. What I’m saying is, the only reason that the Death Star plans are compelling is because we all know the Death Star and we know all the iconic imagery. If Rogue One weren’t in the Star Wars universe but was still about these exact same characters doing the exact same thing except they were fighting bad guys that weren’t stormtroopers and were looking for plans for a planet-destroying vessel that wasn’t the Death Star, this movie would not be very compelling. I know that’s my opinion, but I’m trying to ask if anyone here would honestly think that this exact same movie, without the Star Wars imagery, would be even remotely interesting.