Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 December 2016
Remember that enigmatic line in the original Star Wars film, when a rebel general tells the crews assembled to attack the Death Star, “Many Bothans died to bring us this information”? This is the story sitting behind that sentence.
The recently formed Rebel Alliance is all that stands in the way of Darth Vader and his Sith Master, Emperor Palpatine. The revolutionary leader Mon Mothma hears the Empire is about to test a new secret weapon that will put an end to all resistance, and begins a search for just the right team to bring her the information she needs. Enter Jyn Erson, a maverick fighter with a huge chip on her shoulder where the Empire is concerned. Used to going it alone, Jyn puts aside her preferences to work with a team made up of veteran Rebel soldiers, fighting monks and freelance assassins to obtain the plans needed to destroy the Death Star.
The usual spiritual focus of Star Wars films is the ubiquitous “force”. It is mentioned in the film, but this time the emphasis is on the need for people to cooperate in order to achieve a worthy goal. It’s strange, but though Hollywood has produced this film as a celebration of modern values, I see more in common between the historical church and the Rebel Alliance. It’s the boisterous voices of moral liberalism that insist everyone conforms to their ideals or face acrimony and exclusion. It’s the church, however, that displays more acceptance of people from every tribe and nation, uniting them under the common purpose of saving the world for God. It goes to show you can have a mental rebellion even while you’re watching the Rebellion.
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