Star Wars - Rogue One: Where Rebels Dare

I must say this edit is near-perfect for me. However I don't care about the changes that make it fit more in line with the original like the crawl, I actually disliked the old logo and the missing planet names.

I agree with the actual story edits very much, and I was positively surprised to see the mind reader alien was not removed, I find it to be one of the grittiest scenes in all of Star Wars. I have not watched this with the original side-by-side or back-to-back but I feel the edits are indeed vastly improving the film. I hope I could give you details on that.

What more could one ask for from an edit this flawless? Oh, that's right: how about an absolutely immaculate video quality? Sure the largest file is massive at 20.4gb on a last-generation codec but that only means you can recode with x265 and maintain a crisp preservation-worthy quality at ~4gb. That spells perfect in my book!

*Applause* Another great cut by one of the finest editors of Fan Edits! Great addition to my Blu-ray set!

Highly recommend!

Pros:
- 3rd act is the best part of the film, and it is mostly intact from the original.

Cons:
- Boring character stories and arcs left intact.
- Saw Gerrera... just his character... ugh!
- The Rebellion/Resistance comes over as a bunch of whiners.

Conclusion:
In my honest opinion, the Fan Edit "The Battle of Scarif" is a better fit for this movie. I just can't get through the first 2 acts of this movie. This is not the fault of the Editor, but of the Creators of the movie itself. The characters are bland and boring, the story is to convenient and nonsensical, and last but not least, this movie didn't need to exist. It's a badly explained plot that just derails the Epic Battle in the final act. The editor did his best to make the movie watchable, and for some it has become just that... watchable. That is not enough for me.