Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is released on 15 December in Australia and the UK, and on 16 December in the US.
Film-maker Kevin Smith, a long-time Star Wars obsessive, was equally positive, tweeting that Rogue One “is unbelievably wonderful!
Reactions to Rogue One, the newest entry in the Star Wars series, have started to emerge online after the film’s world premiere in Los Angeles on 10 December.
Rogue One has had a difficult run-up to release, with rumours of extensive reshoots and neo-Nazis calling for a boycott of the film.