We’ve had many GFFA gifts delivered over the years, but few can compare to 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Incredibly rewatchable, bold in its vision and instantly quotable, it not only came hot on the heels of the $2,071,310,218 haul of The Force Awakens but it made Christmas the new home of Star Wars cinema, bringing in $1,058,684,742 globally and achieving the impossible: 39 years after the 1977 original, it delivered a film that sat hand-in-glove with the opening moments of A New Hope, something Andor: A Star Wars Story will look to do next year.
From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves. In theaters December 2016
