‘Rogue One’ Early Screening Reactions Have Arrived!

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story premiered for a group of lucky critics and stars at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday night. Full reviews are still under embargo (we reviewed 30 minutes of footage here), but brief, spoiler-free reactions are already popping up on Twitter. The film is tracking for a huge opening but may exceed even those estimates based on the reactions so far.

If there were worries about the reshoots being a problem, it sounds like they were for the better, with many viewers praising the exciting last half / third act / ending:

https://twitter.com/THRMattBelloni/status/807814114437308418

https://twitter.com/alicialutes/status/807822398506471424

People also praised the cast, including Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), Chirrut Îmwe (Donnie Yen), and — as predicted — Alan Tudyk’s sassy robot character, former Imperial enforcer droid K-2SO.

It’s been no secret that director Gareth Edwards was making a war movie — and reshoots were rumored to be making the tone more in line with other Star Wars movies — and it sounds like Rogue One is still a gritty war movie, but still definitely Star Wars:

https://twitter.com/ConnerWS/status/807814904035950592

There were a few complaints, and borderline spoiler-ish tweets. Skip ahead to the next paragraph if you don’t want to know even vague details about the plot.

https://twitter.com/kylebuchanan/status/807815240926646276

https://twitter.com/Breznican/status/807823738221625344

https://twitter.com/Breznican/status/807824300002537472

https://twitter.com/Breznican/status/807824540852047872

In general, people in attendance were effusive with praise:

https://twitter.com/amy_geek/status/807818961391788032

https://twitter.com/kyle_newman/status/807815545340903424

https://twitter.com/Breznican/status/807823366103044096

And plenty of people wanted to rank Rogue One in comparison to other Star Wars movies or talk about how well it connects to A New Hope:

https://twitter.com/wilw/status/807827014887452676

https://twitter.com/ScottFeinberg/status/807815295305846784

https://twitter.com/andyblewis/status/807852522199101440

Hmm, people seem excited.

https://twitter.com/ThePeteAwakens/status/807817509248217088

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story opens December 16th.

(Via #RogueOne, the Hollywood Reporter, Cinema Blend, Screen Rant, The Wrap, The Mary Sue, and CBM)