But Rogue One goes farther than just showing the story behind those pivotal three sentences. Here's a breakdown of all the ways the new Star Wars film sets up events that play out in A New Hope.

Rogue One blends almost perfectly into A New Hope. The only issues, for me at least, is the slightly jarring escape, then recapture of Leia’s ship by the Empire, on which Leia is a terrible liar.

Star Wars: Rogue One bridges the gap between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, but Rogue One doesn't start right at the beginning of episode 4. There's still story left to tell in that liminal ...

Rogue One is a great movie on its own, but it also improves the events of A New Hope in some very key ways.

One of the all-time best scenes in the original Star Wars film, A New Hope, takes on a slightly different meaning after watching Rogue One.

While Rogue One is the more obvious rewatch after finishing Andor, you can only appreciate the full scope of the story by rewatching A New Hope.

Since Rogue One is set before the events of A New Hope , the subtlety of the references feels like a deliberate and organic way to further place the new film within that specific time and canon.

ANDOR, starring Diego Luna, is set before Rogue One and A New Hope. Here is when the new Disney+ show is set in the Star Wars timeline.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is more than just a prequel; it's an answer to a question that's been lingering in the Star Wars universe since the opening crawl in A New Hope first ran in 1977.