Rogue One: 8 Reasons To Be Excited Even If You Aren't A Star Wars Fan

8. It's Not Relying On Nostalgia

Star Wars: The Force Awakens successfully re-launched the franchise after the poor response to the prequel trilogy - the rave reviews and two billion dollars in box-office receipts speak for themselves. And while it was certainly a good movie in its own right, it didn't really do a lot for the non-Star Wars fans out there, by sheer virtue of the movie (and its marketing) banking heavily on the audiences love for the series.

And if you don't like Star Wars, why would you care? Why would you care that Han and Chewie are "home"? Why would you care that the Millennium Falcon is back? Why would you care about the opening crawl, or even the score? The short answer is, you wouldn't. The Force Awakens was a joyous trip down memory lane for us fans, but for everyone else, it could've come across as a little self-indulgent.

Rogue One, however, is doing things completely differently. Yes, Darth Vader is in the movie, but we've seen nary a glimpse of him so far and the marketing is geared toward Jyn Erso, her story and her crew rather than the shiny galactic overlord. This in mind, we can assume the movie will do the same, and won't rely heavily on you having an appreciation of the Star Wars universe when you sit down to watch it.