Over the past decade, the idea of a shared cinematic universe has gone from kids’ sandboxes and playgrounds, to the big screen in a major way.
Since that time, the new Star Wars canon has grown in exciting ways, including novels, movies, comic books, video games and a second animated TV series in Star Wars Rebels.
This is only the second movie since the formation of the Story Group and this unified story world, so it almost feels like Rogue was a coming-out party of sorts.
Since then, other properties and studios have gotten into the act, including Warner Bros’ DC Extended Universe and most notably of late, Star Wars.