The first Star Wars anthology film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, is already off to a great start, following the movie’s world premiere where critics called it amazing and action-packed with a bunch of surprises. Many are even saying that the spinoff is just as good as the original trilogy and better than last year’s fan-favorite The Force Awakens. Two characters, in particular, are getting much of the praise: female lead Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and new droid K-2SO (played by Alan Tudyk).

Rogue One is set shortly before the events of 1977’s A New Hope and centers on the group of Rebel spies who stole the design schematics for superweapon the Death Star. No one knows yet what exactly happened to those individuals, but in the end they’re responsible for the Rebel Alliance, led by Princess Leia, being able to defeat the Galactic Empire. Beyond that, …

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