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Fans argue Rogue One is the best modern Star Wars film

moviesMay 4, 202630747

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is being praised as the best post‑Lucas Star Wars film for its World War II 'men-on-mission' tone, tight squad-raid plot and darker, scarier moments. Gareth Edwards directed the film while Tony Gilroy performed late-stage rewrites and reshoots that sharpened the first two acts and the film's wartime pacing. The franchise logged 33 billion streaming minutes in 2025, with films making up 44.2 percent of that total and Rogue One placing third among films behind A New Hope and The Phantom Menace; Andor led live-action viewing with 7.4 billion minutes. That emphasis on grounded, morally messy raids and Darth Vader's relentless hallway sequence explains why many now view Rogue One as the Disney-era entry that most successfully expanded Star Wars beyond the Skywalker saga.

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Star Wars ranks; worst to best. Some hot takes prob. RoS Resistance Tales of the Empire Tales of the Underworld TPM AotC Obi-Wan Boba Fett Mandalorian TFA Ahsoka TLJ Solo Maul Shadow Lord Tales of the Jedi Skeleton Crew Visions Acolyte Clone Wars Rebels Rogue One Bad Batch RotJ RotS ANH ESB Andor

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