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The latest Star Wars movie has got enthusiastic thumbs-ups in Hollywood, in Sydney and from George Lucas himself, but the real test was obviously in Perth - and you'll be happy to know it passed with flying colours.
"It was a great stand-alone film, good to see something different from the recent Star Wars; a lot darker," fan Rob Livings pronounced early on Thursday, after Event Cinemas Innaloo's midnight screening.
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos.
Woody Harrelson will direct and star in the first film to live stream to cinemas on January 19. It will also co-star with Owen Wilson and Willie Nelson.
"I'm disappointed they wrote out JarJar," yelled one joker.
Directed by Gareth Edwards, Rogue One stars Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso, the leader of a rebel mission to steal the plans to the Empire's Death Star, a backstory that stands alone but also syncs to events leading to the original 1977 Star Wars.