The Star Wars Universe is Strangely Tangible in "Rogue One"
Rogue One (2016) In previous releases in the Star Wars franchise the audience has been subjected to witnessing the drama unfold within the Skywalker family, which was an entertaining (phenomenally so) experience, but felt distant and turned the audience into a sort of third party. Rogue One , however, transforms the audience into a part of the film through its fantastic and sometimes horrifying or grotesque cinematography. Rather than being given passing shots of city streets and the aliens which occupy the Star Wars universe, the camera weaves through crowded streets as though the audience is stumbling past these creatures first-hand when it isn't panning upwards to reveal intimidating shots of the massive spaceships soaring up above. This intimacy within Rogue One's cinematography is closely tied to its plot as well, which focuses on the common people rather than the Skywalker family as previous releases did. While Star Wars took audience members through a f...