I will say, I did enjoy Rogue One a lot, despite my issues with it. In my eyes, I would say it’s about tied with Revenge of the Sith for best Star Wars movie outside of the OT. I love Gareth Edwards as a director, and think he did a great job with what he was given, and would really want to see a director’s cut if that were possible. From what I know, the film was originally supposed to be more of a gritty war movie, and was reworked and re-shot into more formulaic Star Wars fare, so it would be interesting to see if that last minute change was good or bad for the final product.

But no, I wouldn’t consider it on par with any of the OT. It stands out amid the mediocrity of modern Star Wars, and managed to wow me at several points, but it’s not the same lightning in a bottle that the OT was. I view it as an honorary Star Wars film made out of love for the original films, that does a great job of mimicking those films without feeling overly derivative or disrespectful, but it’s not a masterpiece. Just a solid movie.