"Rogue One": First Reactions to Early Footage Screening

This evening select media were invited to Skywalker Ranch to screen approximately 28 minutes of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (a few outlets got to see it yesterday as well, so we’ve included some of their reactions too). Naturally, critics took to Twitter afterwards to give their first impressions.

Here are some of the tweets so far — plus, for more info on what was shown and a more in-depth review of it, check out Alex’s post:

Just saw 20 amazing minutes of Rogue One. This might be even better than Force Awakens! pic.twitter.com/JDBLPWIoC1

— LaughingPlace.com (@laughing_place) December 4, 2016

https://twitter.com/mikeryan/status/805143304631414785

Saw 28 minutes of #RogueOne. So far, so very good. Gritty as hell. K-2SO is hilarious. And the emotion is going to be strong with this one.

— Kevin Polowy (@djkevlar) December 3, 2016

With all the talk of ROGUE ONE reshoots and troubled production…Doesn't matter…footage was really awesome and can't wait to see more

— Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) December 3, 2016

https://twitter.com/LucasSiegel/status/805262064193179648

We just got to view 28 minutes of #RogueOne. WOW! Story had me hooked right away. #StarWars #RogueOneEvent

— Melissa Mitchell (@SippyCupMom) December 4, 2016

https://twitter.com/JacobSHall/status/805262495237619712

Just screened a bit of Rogue One at Skywalker Ranch and it was stunning, explosive, and thrilling! #RogueOneEvent

— Sherry (@FamLuvStuff) December 4, 2016

I've only watched 30 minutes of Rogue One footage and I have tons of questions. #RogueOneEvent #RogueOne

— But First, Joy (@ButFirstJoy) December 4, 2016

Spoiler-free review of the first 20 mins of #RogueOne: omfg

— Chris Taylor (@FutureBoy) December 4, 2016

28 minutes of #RogueOne had me salivating. Great action, characters and new worlds. Older #StarWars fans are going to dig it. #rogueoneevent pic.twitter.com/nrUM2UepWl

— Mark Daniell (@markhdaniell) December 4, 2016

LIVE on #Periscope: Inside Skywalker Ranch after a 30 min preview of Rogue One! https://t.co/jBk9xJ5Qi1

— Brian Tong (@briantong) December 4, 2016

Rogue One Footage: Here's What We Saw – CINEMABLEND https://t.co/xslS67HChn

— CinemaBlend (@CinemaBlend) December 4, 2016

https://twitter.com/carogonza/status/805264571443322880

Just saw extended footage of Rogue One and it's amazing! I can't wait to see the whole movie in… https://t.co/s9IX1TLSUf

— Karen Heffren (@DesertChica) December 4, 2016

https://twitter.com/JacobSHall/status/805266787105271808

I screened Rogue One footage tonight, and it was amazing!

What a bunch of great new characters! #rogueoneevent #RogueOne pic.twitter.com/YeqyKJfQ5x

— Becca (@BeccaLudlum) December 4, 2016

I think the whole theater let out a sign of disappointment when the #RogueOne footage was cut off! 😭 #RogueOneEvent

— Melissa Mitchell (@SippyCupMom) December 4, 2016

The style is so much more intimate… it is but isn't like Star Wars you've seen before. #RogueOne

— Amy Ratcliffe (@amy_geek) December 4, 2016

Nope. The 30 min that we saw felt VERY new and unique in-world. #RogueOne https://t.co/IRqNFs75n9

— One Perfect Shot (@OnePerfectShot) December 4, 2016

The Rogue One footage was beautiful, loved it when they go weird and Donnie Yen is already the best new Star Wars thing.

— Eric Vespe (@EricVespe) December 4, 2016

Just screened a bit of Rogue One footage & it's just so clear that Gareth Edwards treasures the franchise. Also Jyn = 😍 #rogueoneevent

— Kelsea Stahler (@KelseaStahler) December 4, 2016

https://twitter.com/jowrotethis/status/805275657580068864

And just for fun:

I just saw 30 seconds of Rogue One & it was AWESOME.

(Might've been a Nissan ad…but still really good filmmaking)

— Mark Ellis (@markellislive) December 3, 2016

Welp — sounds pretty positive across the board (and we promise we weren’t cherry picking). We’ll see if the film lives up the hype when it hits theatre December 16th.