“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is the second “Star Wars” film under the Disney name. It is the first, direct, live-action spinoff of the saga. 2015’s core franchise reboot, and seventh chapter, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, was nominated for 5 Academy Awards and the Best Picture Critics Choice Award. It also earned more than $2 Billion worldwide. “Rogue One” star Felicity Jones was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in the 2014 biopic drama “The Theory of Everything”. Forest Whitaker received the Best Actor Oscar for his work in the 2006 drama “The Last King of Scotland”. Riz Ahmed starred in 2014’s acclaimed dramatic thriller “Nightcrawler” with Jake Gyllenhaal.
Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic in 2006 at the age of 7. To date, Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases and, in total, has seen more than 1,500 films. In 2010, Jackson became the youngest person to win a NY Emmy Award, for his on-air movie reviews on Time Warner TV station, Capital News 9. And in 2011, Jackson was inducted into the Broadcast Film Critics Association as their youngest member. The BFCA’s annual Critics Choice Awards is one of the industry’s most recognized and prestigious awards shows. Jackson is also a member of SAG-AFTRA and votes annually for the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Currently, Jackson can be heard every Friday morning on WGNA-FM and his reviews are also posted on his website, YouTube channel and Cultjer.com. He is also a contributor to AnimationScoop.com, run by animation historian Jerry Beck. And Jackson hosts the weekly internet pop culture news show “LCJ LIVE”, along with “The LCJ Q&A Podcast”, on which he interviews celebrities and filmmakers.