Star Wars The Last Jedi

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Anything outside of the original trilogy has been heavily debated and been torn to shreds by most. George Lucas was so evicorated for the prequel trilogy he said to hell with it i'm done making star wars movies. Thanks to a 4billion dollar investment from Disney we have a whole new set of movies to complain about...

On their own they're all good movies (even episode 1 when you learn to tun out Jar Jar) but Star Wars is like heroin. It'll never be as good as the first time, we're all chasing the dragon.

I'm glad Last Jedi did veer away from the formula of small band of rebels faces incredible odds trying to blow up a word killer weapon the Empire has constructed.

I'm still dissapointed with the character development. It seems more time was spent making sure a cultural and ethnically diverse group was selected than to actually create engaging characters. I've yet to decide if its just the cast or the writing.

The story as a whole is great, much better than the Force Awakens. The Last Jedi actually added something to the Space Opera that is Star Wars. Rain Johnson left plenty of room to build on.
I'm just waiting for that Empire Strikes Back plot twist that hasn't happened in 6 movies now...

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The biggest disappointment is J.J. Abrams and Rian Johnson didn't collaborate.  At least that's the word on the street.

I thought both did an ok job... but word on the street is Mark Hamill had no idea he was going to be killed off.  When he reacts to the script in the below video... I cannot help but feel a bit sad for him.  The dude's reaction is pure crushed.



This video is a little cheese.. but done alright. His initial reaction is at the beginning  There are more videos that cover it in depth.


ANother one - at 3:32 ... man he just looks like he's about to rage:



What did The Last Jedi Add?  Curious

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It added more Jedi powers. force projections, tangible ghosts, and mind melding without the pointy ears! It added a new desperation for the Rebels, and it made Kylo incredibly unpredictable. He could have any role in the next movie and I'd believe it. Darth's face-turn was endearing but how satisfying is it when a bad guy you've despised for an entire trilogy gets his punishment? Snoke getting the saber wasn't all that good for me since he'd only been a complete monster for a few scenes. I wanna see Kylo chop up force babies, kill rebels, cut off Rey's legs, you know, run amok for a while, then get dismembered Anakin style and left for dead only to be picked apart by the native wildlife. But, if he does go the way of his grand pops it needs to be so him and Rey get together and have force babies. Jana and Jacyn (I forgot how the eu spelled the solo kids names) still need to happen.

Last Jedi did a lot to try and cut ties with the original players as well as the Jedi religion as written in the book of Lucas. Now if they'd only stop trying to get one of every race and body type in the cast and just throw in more aliens. 

And really, as much crap as Hamil spewed about Star Wars for so long what did he expect? He didn't age well enough to have an Obi Wan-esque role and he shot his mouth off for years. Ford talked crap and got his too...