Rogue One is a very interesting movie, but if you've already seen A New Hope, and you're watching Rogue One to find out how it ends, you're wasting your time.
They successfully get the plans away and to Yavin, and destroy the Death Star. On the other hand, being an immediate prequel, Rogue One's ending is, of course, 100% spoiled by A New Hope :( Rogue One does not, in my opinion, spoil A New Hope at all, and thus can be watched before it. Revenge of the Sith introduces some of the characters (Mon Mothma, Bail Organa) but frankly, just doesn't offer all that much useful information to make it even remotely required as prerequisite.Īs a side note, as per twitter answer Pablo Hidalgo of Lucasfilm Story Group, the most critical scene from A New Hope to watch before Rogue One is the 2-minute scene where Vader, Tarkin and Imperial brass are discussing how Death Star fits into imperial geopolitics (and Vader commits workplace harrassment). I don't really count Leia as a character per se as there isn't much role for her in Rogue One nor do I count assorted useless Easter Eggs like Pondo Baba). While not required, A New Hope introduces the larger setting in detail (Empire, Rebellion, Death Star, Mon Calamari) and characters (Mon Mothma, Vader, and to an extent, Grand Moff Tarkin.
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Of course, you would get much more enjoyment out of Rogue One if you have seen A New Hope (and my recommendation is to actually do a series of A New Hope=> Rogue One=> A New Hope rewatch for most enjoyment). who Darth Vader is, and what Empire is, what is a Rebellion and what is Death Star). This is especially true if you know the culturally bare minimum about Episode IV (e.g. Yes, A New Hope introduces some characters (as does Revenge of the Sith), but Rogue One fully explores their motivations, and as such, doesn't require them to be watched first.
The setting is of course heavily related to the Original Trilogy and the Prequel Trilogy, especially A New Hope, but as a story it's self-contained and can be almost fully understood without knowing details of either of the Lucas films, even Episode IV. Technically speaking, you don't need to watch any.
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