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XogoDec 16, 2017

Terrible film because of story. Rian Johnson claims to be a SW fanboy and this is the garbage he puts out? What a moron! Will go down as next to worst SW film ever. Will still make a ton of $, but Disney now has a huge mess on their hands.

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AstralifyDec 16, 2017

Whatever this over-the-top, cringe-filled parody is, it ain't Star Wars. I can't believe I'm saying this, but it's even worse than TFA. What a terrible year for Star Wars fans...

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GobloxJan 30, 2018

Not much more to add to the 3000+ negative reviews. Too many flaws to name. The one positive is at least now George Lucas didn't direct the worst Star Wars movie to date.

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AthanasiosTDec 21, 2017

The real-life Order 66 for SW. Read the comics, play the games, read the books, even watch the TV series... ALL of these are much-much better and near the SW epos than this sad film. I've said "no more" from the previous one, didn't keep myThe real-life Order 66 for SW. Read the comics, play the games, read the books, even watch the TV series... ALL of these are much-much better and near the SW epos than this sad film. I've said "no more" from the previous one, didn't keep my promise and regretted it once more.… Expand

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NATED066Jan 2, 2018

"The Last Jedi" is a film that combines deep visceral imagery with a terrible plot which insults both the intelligence of the viewer and the legacy of the original trilogy.

Director Rian Johnson must have felt the need to put his own "stamp""The Last Jedi" is a film that combines deep visceral imagery with a terrible plot which insults both the intelligence of the viewer and the legacy of the original trilogy.

Director Rian Johnson must have felt the need to put his own "stamp" on the series, but in doing so he ruined every story arc which had been created by JJ Abrams in "The Force Awakens". Spoilers ahead.

Snoke is killed early on without any indication of WHO he was and HOW he was able to build the First Order out of the remains of the empire. Rey's parents are dismissed as drunks who abandoned her. Rey also somehow forgets that Ren murdered his own father and starts to fall for him because he has dreamy pectoral muscles. Luke is a grouchy old man who "ran away" and refuses to help. Rey masters the force in like 1 day and overpowers Luke. The resistance is a pathetic bunch who can't seem to get anything right. The entire plot is a low speed chase scene through space where nothing happens. Story aside though, Rian Johnson makes several changes to the way things work in the Star Wars universe. Ships now run out of fuel. The force is mastered (by Rey) in like 1 day. Hyperspace ships can somehow interact with other non-hyperspace ships (this has never been the case before). Laser bullets "arc" like artillery shells. Bombs "drop" in space, and the list goes on.

Additionally, for a movie with a running time of 2.5 hours, nothing really happens to advance the story and by the end of the movie you're left wondering "What did I just watch?"

Save yourself the money and do not see this movie. Maybe go watch the original 3 again instead.… Expand

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Salient0neDec 24, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm giving this a 1 only due to the special effects. That's literally the only thing this movie had going for it. The script was awful, the characters had no progression, Luke would never act that way (even mark hamill did not like the script). I did my best to filter out all the disney propaganda pushed into this film (it is the MOST preachy star wars film to date), even then there was nothing there. Who is Rey? Nobody. Who is The Great Leader Snork? Who knows. Do bombs fall in space? Yes. At least Luke got to drink himself some green space walrus **** milk. That's what we've waited 40 years for, a crazy hobo Luke who failed to accomplish anything who dies from a force stroke.. or constipation.. or whatever tf happened at the end. Maybe if Mark Hamill in real life was a minority they would have let him be less of a loser. 90+% on rotten tomato, yeah we should all know whats rotten about that site. These critics are bought and paid for. I'm sure they'll delete half of these reviews claiming that it's all bots by the 'evil alt right'... full of **** Everyone I've talked to, all the youtube reviews i watched, at least 90% felt it was meh to total crap. They killed star wars (again) with this turd, the director should never be hired again. In fact i'm going to go out of my way to NEVER watch another film by that prick. I hope they dont screw up their comic franchises next or I'll be about done with disney. What a mess.… Expand

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exodussDec 17, 2017

This was not the star wars i grew up with. so many plot holes nothing to do with star wars lore. I dont think this was a good movie it left a bad taste in my mouth

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noisnamDec 19, 2017

wow.. wtf. this aint star wars this is a boring pile of crap. this is even worst than all the prequel. i can believe it. all character are uninteresting. villain doesnt feel like villain. jedi doesnt feel like jedi. all actors are medicore.

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RealMuthaFDec 15, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow, the lackluster trailers failed to give me any hype for this, so I wasn't even expecting much, but this, this is a new definition of "low".

Virtually everything in this movie is outright bad. The plot is disjointed and stupid. The action is bland, the space battles lack in scale and logic, with 1 fighter being able to destroy all of a huge dreadnought's cannons. As for lightsaber duels, well, there ARE NONE FOR F**K'S SAKE! And the one fight using sabers has horrible choreography that is nowhere near the spectacle of acrobatic battles of the overly-hated prequels.

The characters also f**king suck, both old and new. The largest new addition is an ugly fat (I mean, body-positive) Asian chick who is extra-annoying. As for the old ones, Kylo and the Ginger still act like hysterical children whereas our Wonder-Girl can still do amazing feats of the Force with no prior training, like holding a ton of boulders like it ain't sh*t.

The huge problem is that Episode 8 has managed to blatantly flush the intriguing stuff from Force Awakens down the toilet. Big SPOILERS ahead.

Made theories about who is Snoke? Nevermind, he is just a CGI model with no backstory who dies after a stupid cliche villain monologue.

Thought Phasma would be an actual character, a leader of the stormtroopers? Nah, she is just an extra who also wastes the chance to kill off the heroes to die in an utterly stupid way.

Hoped that Luke would kick some ass for the old times' sake? WELL HELL NAW BOY HE'S JUST GONNA MAKE SOME F**KING HOLOGRAM OF HIMSELF AND THEN DIE OF NOTHING!!! (How the sh*t would he even make that "hologram" on another planet with the Force?)

Theorized as to who would be Rey's parents? Lo and behold, they are noname off-screen motherf**king bums.

Sounds amazing right? To add to that there's garbage like:

Boring talks about Hope and Resistance; Yoda's cameo who looks like a plastic piece of sh*t from the old movies, talks nonsense and somehow spawns a bolt of lightning even though Force ghosts have never been able to interact with the physical world before; A space casino which looks like a normal Earth casino but with some silly creatures; Leia survives in outer space and flies like Superman though she has never displayed any knowledge of the Force except for some connection with Luke; A lot of sugar-cutie (ice foxes) and disgusting ("Porgs", that thing with nipples) creatures designed so the incarnation of Satan aka "Disney" would sell merchandise; The annoying Asian prevents Finn from stopping the ram thing for no reason.

This isn't even close to everything wrong with this movie, just what I remember off the bat. It's one of the two films that I've ever given a 1/10 to (the other being Movie 43) and the single worst movie in the Star Wars franchise. I now have zero willingness to see Episode 9 or that trilogy that will be written and directed by this movie's creator, Rian "worthless f**kbag" Johnson.

The Star Wars are dead, baby. Was fun while it lasted.… Expand

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TreznorDec 19, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is Spaceballs 2, not Star Wars: Episode VIII

Like someone else said (Hamill?), this is a space comedy for kids. I don't like it, but can understand why Disney think it would be a good idea. It's all about money in the end and they don't really care about us older Star Wars fans. I just don't get why they had to ruin all the SW lore of the previous movies, and why be so disrespectful about it? In many ways this movie is much worse than The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. They were at least made by the creator of the SW universe and even if it was targeted towards children, it was still felt like it took place in the same world. If you take away Jar Jar, some cheesy CGI and a few questionable ideas (Jango Fett clones), it's at least "Star Wars movies", even if I and many other Star Wars fans didn't like them.

I thought The Force Awakens was ok. Yes, it was basically a scene-by-scene remake of Episode 4, but it brought Star Wars back in a respectful way. I also enjoyed the great visual story telling by Abrahams and Mindel.
I really loved Rogue One. Sure, nostalgia had a lot to do with, but it was also respectful to the universe.

On a personal level I thought the slapstick comedy was awful, not to mention the casino scenes... The Empire acts like they are led by "Dark Helmet" in Spaceballs. Finn was a great character in TFA, but here they just throw all his character advancement away.
I feel really sorry for Boyega, Fisher and Hamill. Their characters are totally ruined in TLJ.

To me, this movie is a parody of SW. It would be more appropriate to call it Spaceballs 2.… Expand

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warren-troubleDec 17, 2017

While we watch the movie it was fun and entertaining but there were wtf moments that constantly ruin the mood. Then afterwards we silently ate our dinner processing what we just saw and reflecting on the various twists in the movie andWhile we watch the movie it was fun and entertaining but there were wtf moments that constantly ruin the mood. Then afterwards we silently ate our dinner processing what we just saw and reflecting on the various twists in the movie and realizing just how disappointing they were. The Force Awakens brought a new universe full of intrigue and excitement, then this movie crushed and ruined that same intrigue and excitement. Although not as bad as the prequel trilogy, it is as good and bad as the specialized editions. Much like the prequel trilogy the over abundance of silly creature and characters are unwanted and out of place, that combined with the out of character decisions and actions by the cast of this film make it one I do not look forward to watching again.… Expand

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valrondDec 15, 2017

Gets a one cause it has nice sfx and CGI. That's it. The movie is boring and way too long, it doesn't develop any of the questions TFA proposed, lots of characters die for no good reason, including many important characters, not saying which,Gets a one cause it has nice sfx and CGI. That's it. The movie is boring and way too long, it doesn't develop any of the questions TFA proposed, lots of characters die for no good reason, including many important characters, not saying which, of course. Oh, and that old guy played by Mark Hammill is NOT Luke Skywalker. If you a Star Wars fan, don't watch it, it craps all over the OT.
If you are not a Star Wars fan, don't watch it, it's a bad movie.… Expand

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slavetothewageApr 3, 2018

The Last Jedi is nothing more than badly written fan fiction with a massive budget. Only worth watching so you can make your oiwn mind up about this divisive movie.

However I wouldn’t recommend paying to see it because there’s a 50:50 chanceThe Last Jedi is nothing more than badly written fan fiction with a massive budget. Only worth watching so you can make your oiwn mind up about this divisive movie.

However I wouldn’t recommend paying to see it because there’s a 50:50 chance you’ll feel like you’ve been robbed of your cash, time and the fond memories you once held for a dead franchise.… Expand

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ice0-5Dec 18, 2017

Nope...Just no......................................................................................................I have no words besides disappointing.

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NikolayGJan 5, 2018

There are spoilers in this review.

TLJ was the single biggest motion picture letdown of my life. Disney should have released this parody on April 1st. There are over 82,000 signatures on a change.org petition to remove TLJ from Star WarsThere are spoilers in this review.

TLJ was the single biggest motion picture letdown of my life. Disney should have released this parody on April 1st. There are over 82,000 signatures on a change.org petition to remove TLJ from Star Wars canon as of 1/6/18. Disney won't do that, but that there is a petition at all conveys that something is wrong here. And something is. Aside from being a bad movie, TLJ refutes the values of Star Wars. Disney pretends complaints show how sophisticated TLJ is. Those dumb fans, they don't 'get it'. But last I checked, thin characterization, using characters simply as vehicles for action, inconsistency within a trilogy, and thinking ships need fuel in space to keep moving, were not signs of sophistication. The discrepancy with pro reviews may be explained by the fact that pros' publications receive Disney advertising dollars. I give TLJ a 1 for the actors. They are not to blame. But the writing is ruinous to the entire franchise.

First, too much CGI, visually messy scenes. The movie had no idea what to do with Finn. The casino planet scene was filler. And how is it possible, after destroying Starkiller Base, that massive weapon, that the First Order seconds later has all but vanquished the Resistance? There's no gap between VII and VIII. (There was a gap of 3 years between ANH and The Empire Strikes Back.) So why is the First Order in such top form after such a huge defeat at the hands of the Resistance (now inexplicably called the Rebellion). It's like the Resistance's accomplishments of the last movie accomplished nothing at all. By the way, I'm not a bot. And I'm also not alt right or a Trump supporter. I'm white, married to a brown woman of African descent (she was not born in the USA and her first language is not English). We have a young daughter who loves BB8, R2D2, Rey, and light sabers. But that's based on TFA. We wouldn't allow her to watch TLJ any more than we'd let her watch Sesame Street themed porn.

The biggest problems with TLJ were Luke's characterization, the lack of characterization of Rey, and the anti-Star Wars theme which rendered this not Star Wars, but Mirror Universe Star Wars, or Bizarro Star Wars.

Regarding Rey, if you think her TFA "vision" had meaning, or there was any rhyme or reason to Maz Kanata saying to Rey, "Now it calls out to you" (referring to Darth Vader's and Luke's light saber) you will be disappointed. IT IS ALL DROPPED. The identity of Rey's parents might have helped explain why she's so great at everything, but this was squandered. This is not a sequel, it is not act 2, it has almost nothing to do with TFA. Ep 2 continued Ep 1; 5 continued 4; but Ep 8 spits on Ep 7. The idea that Rey could beat Luke (trained by two Jedi masters) in a fight is ludicrous to the Nth degree, especially when you consider how much training Luke (not to mention Anakin) required. Luke lost his hand to Vader because, while he trained under Yoda, he left too early. He paid a price. Rey pays no price. She's perfect without education beyond a two minute meditation session. A protagonist so strong is not credible, and is boring because nothing can threaten her, thus no suspense. Johnson knows this; it's why the last act shifts and all but abandons Rey; there is no peril for Rey now that she's superwoman. He's left JJ with nothing for Ep. IX. As for Luke, this was anti-Luke. Luke was aware Vader had killed millions, yet in Return of the Jedi, refused to kill him. So Luke's instinct to kill Ben in TLJ wasn't in keeping with Luke's character. And would Luke abandon his cause, and his SISTER, for decades, to hide out? No. But if so, why did he leave a clue to his whereabouts for people to follow? He was searching for the first jedi temple why? No reason at all. Rian Johnson wasn't consistent with the original films or Force Awakens. TLJ is hermetically sealed off from and doesn't fit with the saga. It takes place in a separate universe. The statements throughout TLJ that heroism and sacrifice are not positive values, that there is no difference between good and bad, are anti-Star Wars. They also deny TFA, not to mention the intense sacrifices of Rogue One that made everyone's lives in TLJ possible. Bottom line. TLJ is creepy and nihilistic.

Being pro-women is great. But Poe sexist, when Mon Mothma led the Rebels for 4 movies and then Leia led them, is absurd. Making every man bumbling, evil, or arrogant is hard to miss. You don't have to tear men down in order to build women up. That is just what feminists are always publicly claiming they are NOT about. Finally, the dialogue has no personality. In TFA when Finn helps Rey on the Falcon just before Han shows up - has more personality than in all of TLJ. I just bought Thrawn book 1 for an alternative post-Episode VI saga that makes sense. Disney has the legal right to make canon but that's an empty right when there is no spirit behind it. I'll decide what I consider canon.… Expand

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keklolgloatJan 18, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Vice Admiral Gender Studies
Rose The shrek-faced Diversity Hire
Princess 'MarryPoppins' Lea

They ruined Star Wars. The madmen actually did it.… Expand

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golivaDec 20, 2017

The worst of the whole saga, I felt embarrassed, sometimes much more than in the prequels.

When you create a universe, you also create rules that give it plausibility and you can not break these when writing the script if you do not want toThe worst of the whole saga, I felt embarrassed, sometimes much more than in the prequels.

When you create a universe, you also create rules that give it plausibility and you can not break these when writing the script if you do not want to take the audience out of the movie.

This is what happens in "The Last Jedi." Too many script's twists, some grotesque scenes, and the powers shown here by the Jedi (worthy in some cases of the Dragon Ball's Saiyans), added to an array of nonsense such as adding multiple story threads that do not fit, in poorly mounted sequences, just to give a reason to appear to the secondary characters, taking you completely out of the movie. From now on, script writers can take any easy way out they need without caring about rules and plausability.

Subtlety in humor is gone forever, adding easy gags in almost every scene, some remembering Leslie Nielsen's films, or parodies like Space Balls. Mel Brooks could have directed this movie. These references are not necessarily bad, but not in the Star Wars universe.

Some positive reviews stated this movie is innovative, well... they literally copied one scene from "The Return of the Jedi" and the dialogue lines in another one. Episode 7 remembered Episode 4 in a much less explicit way.

Star Wars has moved to an even farther galaxy for most of its audience.… Expand

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JrdpJan 5, 2018

Esta película no tiene salvación, siendo una autentica mierda.
A nivel de película no es entretenida para nada, a nivel de coherencia presenta incoherencia en prácticamente todas las escenas, a nivel de historia no tiene ningún sentido con laEsta película no tiene salvación, siendo una autentica mierda.
A nivel de película no es entretenida para nada, a nivel de coherencia presenta incoherencia en prácticamente todas las escenas, a nivel de historia no tiene ningún sentido con la pelicula anterior, a nivel de lore de Star Wars se carga todo lo establecido en los últimos 30 años.
Lo mejor que se puede hacer con esta película es hacer como si nunca hubiera existido.… Expand

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Dwayne6575Dec 17, 2017

This is what happens when far left nut jobs get a hold of nice things, they ruin them. This movie is an embarrassment to the franchise. Not as bad as the prequels but still pretty bad.

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nuphJan 21, 2018

Clunky dialogue. Terrible acting and effects. No drama to the action sequences. Cheesy, campy, goofy. Bad ideas. Those things Skywalker milks are worse than Jar Jar. This film makes Lucas looks like Scorsese. Proof that critics are boughtClunky dialogue. Terrible acting and effects. No drama to the action sequences. Cheesy, campy, goofy. Bad ideas. Those things Skywalker milks are worse than Jar Jar. This film makes Lucas looks like Scorsese. Proof that critics are bought off; how else could they give extremely positive reviews when the audience ratings give it terrible ratings. Go see Bladerunner 2049 for great sci fi.… Expand

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MiPS73Dec 30, 2017

This film has the worst script ever. like a blind person tries to explain a film to a deaf person.
And the plot holes... oh the plot holes...

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fabittarDec 18, 2017

A zero might be an exaggeration. It's more like ONE (1), maybe a two but I'm sticking to one here. Is it entertaining? Kinda. Almost. A bit too long even for a bad movie with a couple of interesting scenes. Is it flawed? Terribly so. ThisA zero might be an exaggeration. It's more like ONE (1), maybe a two but I'm sticking to one here. Is it entertaining? Kinda. Almost. A bit too long even for a bad movie with a couple of interesting scenes. Is it flawed? Terribly so. This movie is awful, and should've NEVER been made. Forget the charm of the original trilogy: the Last Jedi follows the MARVEL flick formula of throwing in supposedly funny jokes and gags every 5-10 scenes. There's a lot of techno-babble filler talking, a lot of poorly developed characters you won't care about, a lot of bad BAD dialogue in general. I don't like it, to say the least. In fact, after they're done with this, I fully expect a reboot (just as awful).… Expand

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ODRHDec 22, 2017

Good second part of Mel Broook's SPACEBALLS, the only thing i like it was Luke Skywalker like Badass Chuck Norris

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SirGizzDec 18, 2017

This has to be the worse Star Wars film yet. Disney's Star Wars Avengers movie...it sucked from start to finish. Too many people seemed to paid off by the big special effects, I'd prefer a decent story which is cannot be found in this film.

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DrFistingtonMar 28, 2018

This movie is the most hideous piece of star wars related garbage in the galaxy. I'm surprised

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yoyolllJul 8, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros: The CGI was great.

Cons: Here's a list of major plotholes. The Empire has been fighting the Rebels/Resistance for 40 years now and 3 capital ships (one of which is the Emperor's flagship) are completely and utterly defenseless against a single X-Wing?? The Supremacy, the largest ship in the First Order, and the one containing the Emperor, can't take care of one single X-Wing? Why doesn't the Resistance just send 30 X-Wings to take down all 3 capital ships then? It takes under 5 minutes for this one X-Wing to destroy all the cannons on the surface of one of the Dreadnoughts. Somehow, the shields and armor of the Empire's capital ships are totally torn apart by one lone, tiny, single-pilot fighter, even though the giant cannons on the Dreadnoughts are unable to pierce the shield on the Raddus. Why exactly does the Empire build these ships? Why does Holdo stay on the Raddus? The plan was to evacuate everyone on the transport ships while the Raddus continued it's course in order to distract the Imperial fleet. Why does she have to stay on the ship just for it to continue flying the same direction at the same speed? At this point, it was unknown to them that DJ would betray them, so there was no reason for a pilot to stay on the Raddus. Also, why does the person staying on the ship need to be a senator and the acting-admiral of the fleet, as well as one of Leia's oldest and most trusted friends? You couldn't put a droid on there? Or anyone else? Two torpedoes with explosive payloads go off right next to Leia. She survives the flames, the shockwave, and the (millions of pieces of) shrapnel. She gets knocked unconscious in the vacuum of space, but manages to hold the oxygen in her lungs and survives depressurization and freezing. And when she flies back to the ship, they open a door to the vacuum of space on a moving ship without any sort of depressurization or suction at all. What? This is B-movie level bad. Finn and Rose took an escape pod from the Raddus to the casino and back. If the escape pods are equipped with hyperdrives, then why don't they use them to escape instead of the transport ships? The hyperdrive weaponization. There's about a million posts on this so I won't go into it. How does Rey know how to use a lightsaber and force powers? How can she stand toe-to-toe against Royal Guards? She has had zero combat training whatsoever, and next to no force training. Rose's sister gives her life for the Resistance. She uses a stun-baton on her personal hero because he was trying to abandon ship. She goes on what is most likely an insane suicide mission for a chance to let the Resistance fleet get away. She gives up the one possession she has left over from her family (her necklace) to complete the mission. Why, then, does she risk the lives of literally everyone remaining in the Resistance in a last-ditch desperate attempt to save Finn from giving his life to stop the cannon? The cannon that's about to destroy the last line of defense that the Resistance has. This makes no sense for her character. After she rams Finn's ship, why do the advancing AT-ATs completely ignore them? They are literally right in front of the AT-AT line. How are they able to cover all that distance back to the base without being shot or captured? Why are the FO capital ships unable to see or fire upon the transports before DJ tells them? If they were cloaked, how are they suddenly able to see them once they know about the plan? Why do they not chase them down with TIE fighters since they know that the ship containing all the Resistance's fighter ships is now empty? There is a period of time when Kylo Ren is unconscious and Rey takes Snoke's escape pod to leave. Why does she not kill Kylo, the (now) most evil person in the universe, the one who killed Han, the commander of the Supremacy, and the Emperor of the First Order? She could nearly end the war right there!… Expand

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adistnscMay 29, 2018

Bad joke again and an affront to the Star Wars fans. The script was made mindless and I am shure that a bunch of kids make a much better job.

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metavizardMar 21, 2018

Nothing really matters... except what we tell you.

Plain and simple, the movie suffers from identity crisis. They dont want to be constrained with the setting but they want to profit on the same universe. Change can be good, but with someNothing really matters... except what we tell you.

Plain and simple, the movie suffers from identity crisis.
They dont want to be constrained with the setting but they want to profit on the same universe. Change can be good, but with some reason behind it. It even forgets the past movie. Lazy writing in general and capitalism at its worst.
Bad:
- Story/plot/script/ plot holes/ inconsistent (force gets reworked and such)
- Flat main actress (not her fault though)
- Humour
- Destroyed legacy (dont count this if you arent a fan)
- Too long/ pacing/ dynamic issues
- Political correctnes/pandering to minorities/forced feminism (all males are functionally retarded)/propaganda/characters made up just for toys

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+CGI/effects
+Mark Hamil (if youre not a SW fan, otherwise makes you wanna cry)… Expand

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opiiouDec 28, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really hated this movie, almost everything about it sucked. I'm not one of those hypersensitive starwars-fanboys, im just a regular guy who wanted to see a cool science fiction adventure...but aaarggh this was terrible. Like, i didnt gave a **** about any of the characters. In some cases (Finn) it wouldve even been better if they had died. Furthermore the characters i actually gave a **** about were totally ruined and didnt even act like themselves.
The entire story of this movie seems to have no point at all, it feels like one of those anime filler episodes where theyre just running down a hallway for 20 minutes.
Even though a friend invited me to see this movie, i felt like Disney owes me 13 bucks.

Oh and by the way, Rian Johnson? Who had the Idea to hire that guy? I looked him up, and it seems like the only notable things this guy directed were two Breaking Bad episodes and "Looper". Looper was really cool, but how can you think that the guy who directed Looper would be good to direct StarWars?

To sum up: Star Wars TLJ is just another ****ty sequel, and is not worth to watch.… Expand

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GloinMay 16, 2019

So much plot hole that it will make you think "fantom menace wasn't that bad"

It s no more Science Fiction, it s just fiction.

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Sinister51Mar 11, 2018

What a boring waste of time this movie turned out to be. Was slightly interested in Rey possibly going darkside but thats it. Everything else felt like pure undirected garbage.

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gankbangerSep 30, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie does not feel like a Star Wars movie. Well established universe rules get broken, some of the lore (casino planet) feels more like The 5th Element than Star Wars. But the worse of all is the constant failed attempts at humor. I got pulled out of the immersion 3 minutes into the movie: There is a yo-mamma "joke". Comedy does not get any better as the movies goes on, with a borderline Spaceballs scene included (https://i.imgur.com/VkxjYnE.gif). The final nail in the coffin was the Luke Skywalker's character assassination.… Expand

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NecroMnemicDec 16, 2017

A really sad attempt to bring the slapstick jokes of the "Avengers"-Marvel Movies into the StarWars genre. As expected this fails miserably.
The movie itself doesn't present any clear storyline to follow and the "unexpected moments" in theA really sad attempt to bring the slapstick jokes of the "Avengers"-Marvel Movies into the StarWars genre. As expected this fails miserably.
The movie itself doesn't present any clear storyline to follow and the "unexpected moments" in the movie don't create a "oh wow"-moment but rather an eyerolling "what??".
It is incredible how much you can f*ck up a StarWars movie with Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker... after Rogue One I was really hopefull for the future of StarWars, but for the third trilogy of the Saga the only question that remains is "is it even worse than episode 1-3?".

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KyzrRelaxDec 15, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you watch star wars for space-splosions and lightsaber fights, there was a lot to enjoy here. That fight scene in Snoke's chambers is the best lightsaber fight scene in any of the movies. It's raw and primal, without relying on laughable choreography to carry a scene.

But if you like your space opera's to have a real story with flow, TLJ is easily the worst in the franchise. It's pandering to a social-justicey type crowd, and it's not even good at doing it. There's an open sore of an overtone that every male in this story is either evil or grossly incompetent. Or both. And every female in this story has lead-plated plot-armor or unimpeachable character. Or both.

Holdo is supposed to be this stotic War Admiral who Poe immediately dismisses for being a female ("That's Holdo? Huh, not what I expected..."). Holdo's rebuking of Poe causes him to believe her marching them out of fuel and to certain death. Multiple times she is asked what their plans are, and multiple times her answer is a falsely stoic: "Steady Ahead".

"She's a stronk independent space womyn who don't need no flyboi."

This leads Poe to ultimately hatch a plan that dooms the few survivors of the Resistance he didn't sacrifice for a Pyrrhic victory over a Dreadnought. The remaining survivors (of the initial 400) are wittled down to a size which very comfortably fit on the Millenium Falcon. 20-40 people? So a 90-95% casualty rate. If you include the fighters/bombers from the first scene it's definitely over 90%.

While Finn and Rose are responsible too, Poe is a Commanding Officer who's ultimately to blame in virtually erasing the Resistance. Leia's smug smirk at the end because Poe has finally learned his lesson and is a NOW a good leader? Oh now he is? After killing 90% of the last bastion of hope in the galaxy, NOW Poe is ready.

Jesus yoda-muppet christ. Poe was a GOOD character in TFA. He was a spy/pilot that was cool and collected in the face of impossible odds. In TLJ? He's Maverick in Top Gun; A hot-head misogynist who shoulda just listened to his Instructor Purple-Hair. Pfft, typical man.

I walked away from this movie thinking, "No **** wonder the Resistance is in such dire straights, with these objectively retarded leaders."

Rey and Kylo are the only two who salvage this trainwreck of a movie, and Kylo is a whipping boy for the first half of it. Rey's character is the only constant good thing from start to finish in this movie. There's so much more wrong with this movie than I've listed here, but I've only scratched the surface of this abomination and it's 9 paragraphs long.

The only redeeming part of TLJ is that it's going to be a warning against letting SJW's sink their mandibles into any of your favorite IPs, because that's the core reason this movie stunk to high heaven.… Expand

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druout1944Dec 20, 2017

Wost "Star Wars" movie I have ever seen; and the last two were not exactly good. This movie proves that making PC a priority over writing makes a terrible movie. The good guys are on some sort of constant women/minority kaleidoscope cycleWost "Star Wars" movie I have ever seen; and the last two were not exactly good. This movie proves that making PC a priority over writing makes a terrible movie. The good guys are on some sort of constant women/minority kaleidoscope cycle throughout the movie which just feels forced; particularly with the dull writing. Not sure what the PETA thing in the middle of the movie was; both absurd and irritating to me. The pre-Disney Canon has myriad epic tales about 100 times more interesting than this movie; maybe Disney needs to stop being ignorant, and use those to make actually good movies instead of pushing PC liberal socialist agendas in lieu of actual Star Wars.… Expand

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looomDec 23, 2017

Poor uninteresting movie. I liked FA however this one is dissapointment. Political correctness on absurd level, plot without a sense. Can we erase that film?

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SkeptecDec 18, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So many easy things to close dropped in this film it's ridiculous. Watch angry joe's rants about this you'll understand. It's just disappointing in every way.… Expand

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NubosisDec 18, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all, I’ve been a star wars fan (not hardcore but I really enjoyed all the movies since I watched the return of the Jedi when I was six); this movie is just bad, the there’s a lot of characters that are just out of order (pun intended) the Asian girl, just why? To make Rey jealous and turn her in to the dark side in IX? Because of Finn? And then turn Ben to the light side? With the assistance of Ghostly Luke? The purplish woman that light speed the ships like it was a bullet (that epic ending would have been perfect for Leia/Akbar) and then some more, paraphrasing a friend of mine:
The thing went like this: (in the mind of the director/scriptwriters): let’s explain who the knights of Ren are... Nah, no one cares... Let’s explain who Snoke is... Nah, who cares? Let’s kill him the stupidest way possible! , Rey parents, lets reveal who they are, Nah, they are piece of **** drunks that sold her... OK! Let’s show Luke as the great master Jedi he is... Nah, he’s an old piece of **** coward that in all the movie does not clash a damn light saber against anybody, because, the fans did no wait decades to see that, no, one that projects himself far away and then dies from exhaustion??? WTF, Let’s give an epic ending to Leia, in memory of C.F. Nah, make her flight and develop super powers from the thin air (well in space there is no air so, from thin nothingness) and make her fly like superman just because…, let’s make Chewie throw away perfectly fine food, to what end? It was already cooked! I mean, it’s a message you want to give anyone? Don’t eat animals? Chewie, go vegan!, then in the middle of the movie, let’s make a remembrance to the cantina-ish, but let’s give it a casino royale vibe and throw a high grade actor in the mix that will give a speech about how bad wars are… what a disgraceful way to treat Benicio del Toro… and let’s not forget: the comic relief, I can’t be sure, but I don’t know if there more than 3-4 on the old movies, there’s one every 3-5 minutes in this one, WHY? It’s not a comedy… I could go on and on, I did not like at all what they did with the movie and I dread where is heading, I used to love star wars, I still do, but not this Disney crap we are getting.… Expand

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kstud1Jan 6, 2018

I don’t understand how this movie has an 85 on metacritic clearly the critics see movies one way and the public sees the another, I don’t know who pays the critics, besides the movie studios, they need to review movies for themselves and stopI don’t understand how this movie has an 85 on metacritic clearly the critics see movies one way and the public sees the another, I don’t know who pays the critics, besides the movie studios, they need to review movies for themselves and stop giving their opinion to the public because we are not getting paid so we will be honest.… Expand

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PePtoKFeb 17, 2019

The worst SW movie (and that´s quite an achievement since an abomination like the Phantom Menace exists). But it could be argued that this is not really a real SW movie anymore, it´s only on the name. Like other people wrote before me, itThe worst SW movie (and that´s quite an achievement since an abomination like the Phantom Menace exists). But it could be argued that this is not really a real SW movie anymore, it´s only on the name. Like other people wrote before me, it looks nice (hence the 1 star) but it's boring and way too often illogical/nonsensical. On a side note, it includes quite a lot of subliminal (and at times direct) political, economical and sexist propaganda. This in my opinion does not belong in a good fantasy film supposedly intended to entertain people from all genders, races and political orientations. Certainly it was never part of the SW universe before. But that´s not the worst part. There are many more other deviations in this movie from the SW that we all know and love: changes in old well stablished character personalities, in how spaceships work, in how the Force works, and a long etcetera. The director actually said he was doing everything he could to try to break the SW traditions and our expectations. He did achieve his goal unfortunately, and thus the film lacks any heart that makes a SW film. Why would Disney spend billions buying an incredibly loved and successful franchise and then allow a single producer or a single director to INTENTIONALLY break with the traditions and our expectations of such a valuable intellectual property? We loved it as it was (that´s why they had to pay so much money for it in the first place!) so why the obsession with changing it so much? Don´t waste your time with this trash. Metascore 85. User score: 4.4. That says it all.… Expand

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GwionBach29Jan 1, 2018

Hot garbage. The few Luke scenes aren't worth sitting through the rest of the movie, which is terrible. Any hope that the Star Wars sequels would become something as good as the original trilogy is dashed in this movie. Other than the fewHot garbage. The few Luke scenes aren't worth sitting through the rest of the movie, which is terrible. Any hope that the Star Wars sequels would become something as good as the original trilogy is dashed in this movie. Other than the few Luke scenes, nothing works from a dramatic or a logical perspective.… Expand

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ZafeerApr 14, 2019

Wow! Terrible doesn't start to describe what a mess this film is. Characters acting completely out of character, the story had no direction, and stretches of scenes that could have been cut from the movie without any effect good or bad.Wow! Terrible doesn't start to describe what a mess this film is. Characters acting completely out of character, the story had no direction, and stretches of scenes that could have been cut from the movie without any effect good or bad. How did this script make it out of the first reading?… Expand

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StacyYoungDec 30, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Maybe the story was written too quickly for the sake of making quick money cause that's the only thing that makes sense. The movie felt shallow and incoherent and seemed to rely to much on special effects and stuff blowing up, than having a meaningful experience. About half way through I felt like it should be wrapping up soon but was repeatedly quickly disappointed that the action would pick up again and I would have to endure another long round of nothing really making much sense and too many explosions... what was the main plot? The characters were extremely annoying and shallow. If you insist on making more Star Wars movies, please do something better than this pile of vomit. What a disgrace.… Expand

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dr_zoidberg590Dec 22, 2017

Unbelievable how mismanaged this series is. The direction is so adolescant, there's no subtly at all. Help us, spin-off movies, you're our only hope!
Appalling script written by a ten year old, massively misjudged comic relief turns this intoUnbelievable how mismanaged this series is. The direction is so adolescant, there's no subtly at all. Help us, spin-off movies, you're our only hope!
Appalling script written by a ten year old, massively misjudged comic relief turns this into an SNL parody.… Expand

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JJ_Dec 22, 2017

I don't know what to say. Star Wars is dead. I'll never look at it the same way again. You've probably already heard about it so make your own conclusions. For the first time since the 80s I can easily say that I have no interest in thisI don't know what to say. Star Wars is dead. I'll never look at it the same way again. You've probably already heard about it so make your own conclusions. For the first time since the 80s I can easily say that I have no interest in this franchise anymore. Thanks Disney.… Expand

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Jago1877Jun 19, 2018

I am so sad, wish the mainstream media what stop lying about this film and come forward with their hands up. They screwed the pooch hard!

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derkreatorMar 13, 2018

Everything what's wrong with the movie industry these days. Absolute disgrace.

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LudovicusJan 17, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Long awaited and what a let-down. Star wars isn't supposed to cram a political agenda down your throat. I can't get myself to sum up all the gripes and terrible decisions but well done, you ruined starwars.… Expand

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ScienceAdvisorDec 16, 2017

Pure marketing driven movie making, with little actual development, just abrupt plot changes. Everything that was built-up in the first movie, is easily discarded by a highschool plot that wants to be more Michael Bay than the man himself.Pure marketing driven movie making, with little actual development, just abrupt plot changes. Everything that was built-up in the first movie, is easily discarded by a highschool plot that wants to be more Michael Bay than the man himself. Apparently ending with a 45 cinematic scene is enough to appease those whom are easily entertained, so they forget all the plot holes and abrupt conclusions for significant characters. The rest of us are left wondering why this movie was necessary at all, given how little actual development occurred during the first hour and 45 minutes. Rey suddenly becomes a sword master *before* Luke begins training. The master himself, the very embodiment of forgiveness (especially for a family member) is turned into a homicidal, alien nipple sucking (for laughs apparently) imitation of what he is supposed to be.

Edit - to all those claiming any view but your own *must* be due to trolls, you should look in the mirror and see what you have become. Also, for those blaming the writers, the only writer is Rian Johnson (the director). You can add a little for JJ Abrams as the Exec. Producer as well, since he should have been paying *some* attention to what was going on.… Expand

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Kai82Feb 18, 2020

The most visual impressive, well directed failure in storytelling and misuse of characters I have seen. Honestly which sane person decided to change the complete story in part 2 of a trilogy? J. J. Abrams has done a solid groundwork and veryThe most visual impressive, well directed failure in storytelling and misuse of characters I have seen. Honestly which sane person decided to change the complete story in part 2 of a trilogy? J. J. Abrams has done a solid groundwork and very good set ups in The Force Awakens. Rian Johnson has wasted everything to tell his own new unimpressive story full of plot holes because of the changes. Rian Johnson is even a really good director and writer and I would recommend much of his other work. I don't know what happen there but I will list all failures. I start with the characters: Luke Skywalker is so misrepresented that even Mark Hamill has spoken out that he doesn't know who that guy is and that Luke would do nothing like that before he got silenced. Rey got demoted to Mary Sue (Flawless avatar far better than anyone else with all abilities at grandmaster level). Snoke became the Hugh Hefner of Star Wars and a laughing stock for me. All leaders made incompetent decisions (= Hux, Leia and Holdo). Hux exspecially became an incopentent moron stereotype. Finn and Rose have a story arc that is completely wasted. You can remove all that happens there and nothing changes. In defences of Rose Tico (Kelly Marie Tran), Amilyn Holdo (Laura Dern) and others. Nothing in this is the fault of the actors. They deliver a good performance in a horrible script. Rian Johnson is credited as writer so he should be the person to blame. I want to apologize for all fans that lost their mind and wish all of you the best. I will say that Rain Johnson did a horrible job for representation of female characters. Star Wars is full of strong, intelligent and interesting female characters that could have been used. Story: Like I already said the story gets rebooted and there are a lot of plot holes. !!!Slight spoiler warning!!! Luke Skywalker hides and didn't want to be found but left a map. Snoke is so powerful that no one can defeat him but gets defeated in a humiliating way. A simple Padawan could have done this. The chase of the Resistance is pointless. The First Order could destroy them at any time without problems. Solution 1: Use half of your fleet and jump via hyperspace in front of the Resistances (Have a ship with interdiction capabilities with them for max efficiency). Solution 2: Use all your fighters to attack. Look what just Kylo can do with some support. Now think about what all fighters of the First Order fleet can do. Solution 3: Avoid this situation completely. After you jump out of hyperspace above the Resistance base use curtain fire with all your ships and have the fighters ready for interception. But it is not only the First Order. Poe gets punished for saving the Resistance. Without his action all of them would have died one after another much faster. Leia and Holdo have no strategy. All they do is delaying their unavoidable demise by sacrificing their ships. The endgame is hiding in a place their enemies can easily destroy and find as easy as the back of their hands because they track them. Solution 1: Have enough fuel in your ships and be ready to escape you morons. They are the Resistance and must be always prepared to escape because their enemy has superior firepower. There are veterans from the Rebels in their ranks. They knew this and had terrible losses in the war with the Empire that had taught them this lesson. Solution 2: Scatter your fleet in as many directions as possible. This would scatter the enemy fleet or they must set priorities. Both would give you better tactical options. Smaller ships can hide in systems that are dangerous for bigger ships (Asteroid belts, gravity anomalies, high density of gravity objects etc.) This would save many lives and in combination with solution 1 with 100% certainty. Solution 3.:Jump to places that would defeat the First Order fleet or help you. Examples would be first Kuat. The shipbuilding system is the best defended place in the Star Wars galaxy and they don't take it kindly if an enemy fleet comes in for a visit. Bonus: The First order wants this intact and would never destroy it. Secondly Mon Cala. The Mon Calamari suffered under the Empire. There is no way that they would not fight the First Order no matter the odds. I would also say Coruscant but don't know if it is as well defended as in Legends. Then the already mention arc with Rose and Finn. Nothing happens there that has an impact for the story. Why waste this time? It looked like they are proud of it. Hyperspace ramming: There were ramming tactics in Legends (In the Corellian trilogy books if I remember correctly) and in a Star Wars comic for hyperspace ramming. It was not efficient because three ships could not take out a Super Star Destroyer. I must come to an end because I run out of space. Overall this is an abomination of a Star Wars movie that is well directed. I barely can push myself to give a 1/10.… Expand

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matbabiakJan 27, 2018

God I hate this movie. I can't really say or point out anything that hasn't already been done by other critics hammering this (no story arc, no payoff after dramatic moments, too many jokes for jokes sake, Rose, Kylo sucking, Rey being tooGod I hate this movie. I can't really say or point out anything that hasn't already been done by other critics hammering this (no story arc, no payoff after dramatic moments, too many jokes for jokes sake, Rose, Kylo sucking, Rey being too powerful, Luke and everything they did to him...). Just, avoid this movie, it will leave a sour taste in your mouth for weeks afterwards.… Expand

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Yun1t0Sep 10, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. By far the worst of all the star wars. This movie is a complete mess made by someone who wanted to do something different and assuming that because its different its good. Not everything needs to be different some things are good and that's ok. Lets see... Rey keeps getting more and more powerful without any real training. Instead of failing and learning from it, she always wins! There is a woman who ordered her army to do stuff that made no sense and just said they should obey just because she said so. The people who didn't agree with her where made to be selfish and reckless. Suddenly Leia had super powers that allowed her to wake up from being unconscious and fly in the coldness in space with no problems. A woman stopped a man from saving the day because she "fell in love" with him even though they had no chemistry at all and barely just met. Also, Luke would save the day but when she selfishly stopped the guy from saving the day she didn't know this. The evil villain who was supposed to be the baddest was killed pretty quickly and easy. And then we get to Luke... Luke Skywalker, the guy who never lost faith, who never gave up, the guy who saved his fathers soul and the galaxy, for some reason, became a hate filled, hopeless guy. You know, because when you are the hero of the galaxy and manage to make all your dreams come true, its only logical that you would become bitter, hate filled and leave the world to become a hermit and not care about anyone else. Makes a lot of sense! Also, even though you never gave up on your father after he already turned evil, you give up easily on your nephew who hasn't turned evil yet and try to murder him in his sleep like a coward. This dude destroyed all that Luke stood for and was. I know this is just a movie and I shouldn't care, but I cant deny its sad. I will wait for my friends to let me know what the next movie (episode 9) is about and then Ill check it out because I dont trust this people anymore. There are a ton more things that i disliked about the movie but This is long enough. Its just terrible. I hope Rian Johnson's new Star Wars trilogy gets canceled, he should never be allowed near any SW thing ever again. The one good thing that came out of this movie, to be honest, is that this movie made me see how much I liked star wars because I never was hardcore into the movies, never owned any of them or owned anything star wars but it really bothered me what they did which was surprising to me and made me realize I do like the movies.… Expand

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Demonix74Mar 8, 2018

This movie was completely disappointing and the political messages do not belong in my Star Wars. I'm dumping the Star Wars brand until this gets a hard reboot with a different person in charge that isn't going to shove politics down myThis movie was completely disappointing and the political messages do not belong in my Star Wars. I'm dumping the Star Wars brand until this gets a hard reboot with a different person in charge that isn't going to shove politics down my throat.

I don't need star wars.… Expand

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Syrinx80May 5, 2019

The disparity between the critic score and the user score is telling, and it's present on every critic/user aggregator. It's been nearly 17 months since the movie was released, and the gap has grown as the hangover from the hype set in.The disparity between the critic score and the user score is telling, and it's present on every critic/user aggregator. It's been nearly 17 months since the movie was released, and the gap has grown as the hangover from the hype set in. Fans, in droves, are realizing that they've been sold a bill of goods. This is one bad movie, not just as a standalone film, but especially as the middle chapter in a sci-fi trilogy. The nonsensical plot is basically Empire Strikes Back warmed over: we have a space chase story, we have a Jedi training on a remote planet story, and we do have an AT-AT battle on a planet covered with white powder which turns out to be...salt. The comedy is beyond clumsy: TLJ starts off with a prank call and a yo mama joke, and it goes downhill from there. The poorly-timed and cringe-worthy attempts at laughs just kept on coming, throwing off pacing, seriousness, and the overall feel of what is supposed to be a Star Wars movie. TLJ can be written off on that alone, but the complete waste of otherwise interesting characters, lazy plotting, lousy dialogue, lack of any logic, and the intentional disrespect of the source materials all scuttle this turkey. TLJ is so rotten, that the much-reviled Lucas prequels are getting a second look by the disenchanted fans.… Expand

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RebelarchDec 15, 2017

A giant, dull, unenthusiastic meh. Disney PR is pushing this new, risky, divisive meme like they tried something fresh. They did not. The master was reluctant to train again. The pupil ran off early again. The good guys flee again. The At AtA giant, dull, unenthusiastic meh. Disney PR is pushing this new, risky, divisive meme like they tried something fresh. They did not. The master was reluctant to train again. The pupil ran off early again. The good guys flee again. The At At assault on the white planet happens at the end of the movie instead of the beginning to really shake things up.

We are in the some spot as the end of the last movie. Rey is the all powerful good guy who we already know can easily beat the bad guy Kylo. They have no answer for Snoke or why the empire off shoot has overthrown the new republic. When people talk about trying different things, being weird, and the outlier for Star Wars films, they are talking about story teases and set ups they didn't have the guts to pull the trigger on. Nothing new, weird, or fundamentally different lasts more than 10 minutes, and the film always quickly returns to safety. It is derrivative of Empire and Battlestar Galactica with no new novel ideas for it's time and had none of the plot turns those stories had.… Expand

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MusashiJun 18, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not only a whole lot of wasted opportunity, but far too much stupidity mixed in. Some good visuals (I like the modified AT-ATs) and a few good moments, but they're lost in the overall morass of mediocrity. Setups from TFA: wasted. Finn's character arc: wasted. Snoke: wasted. Rey's origin: wasted. Luke: wasted. Light-saber battle: lumbering, pedestrian choreography. NR backstory: non-existent. Incompetent + cringe-worthy leadership and decision-making from the Resistance. Was it bad that I started rooting for the First Order?

What are we left with? Ren and Hux are joke antagonists. There is no credible threat against M'Rey Sue protagonist. Finn is now a clown, having been given an excellent start in TFA. Chewie and Poe are about the only ones left worth watching, and they're secondary characters. So what's the draw for Ep IX? Meh.… Expand

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KamamuraJun 26, 2019

When even Mark Hamill, the original actor playing Luke Skywalker hates what this movie did with his character, it really tells you everything you need to know. Take your usual ten pounds package of standard Hollywood stupidity, slowlyWhen even Mark Hamill, the original actor playing Luke Skywalker hates what this movie did with his character, it really tells you everything you need to know. Take your usual ten pounds package of standard Hollywood stupidity, slowly dissolve in the bubbling, green fuming liquid of anti-male hatred and heavy handed feminism, throw in a handful of bad dialogues and poorly written characters, spice it up with nonsense like a deep space bomber that actually depends on gravity to deliver the payload to enemy ships(!), and you get a toxic mess I admit was not able to finish watching. And I tried several times. Similar to the stupid end of the Game of Thrones, this movie kills the Star Wars franchise dead. I no longer care about it.… Expand

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nugness123Dec 29, 2017

WOW. On its own, this movie was terrible and had nothing to say. Combine with the cuck wars universe, this movie was a horrific mess that is a serious slap in the face to any actual fan. Bad.

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LanarkApr 21, 2018

One out of Ten (iv just watched it again and its worst a second time around), and that's only for actors Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher (they were heartbroken with the portrayal of their characters that Johnson - supported by Kennedy -wroteOne out of Ten (iv just watched it again and its worst a second time around), and that's only for actors Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher (they were heartbroken with the portrayal of their characters that Johnson - supported by Kennedy -wrote for them, they were completely the opposite to there characterization established in the previous films - and currently running Canonical Marval comics - being essentially Anti-Luke and Anti-Leia, same for Yoda that any Star Wars fan can see) the completely wrong tone - and its not hidden through out the story - for a Star Wars movie (due to the injecting of Left Wing Marxist Socialist ideology and Contemporary SJW left wing feminism into any film is awful, this is aimed a kids, their is something rotten at the core of Disney-Lucasfilms, using Star Wars - and the present run of Marval Superhero comics IE Captain America, Captain Marval and Ms Marval for examples) as vehicles to give voice to and try to normalize such fascist ideology's. Negates the whole mythology… Expand

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willo116Feb 19, 2022

Force Awakens had it’s issues but no movie has ever disappointed me so much as the the Last Jedi did. I had high hopes but upon watching and then re-watching just in case I even asked myself if Star Wars was worth moving forward withForce Awakens had it’s issues but no movie has ever disappointed me so much as the the Last Jedi did. I had high hopes but upon watching and then re-watching just in case I even asked myself if Star Wars was worth moving forward with anymore.

The disrespect to the characters, franchise and fan base is almost unreal. I don’t need to say much that hasn’t been said already but all I can say is…. FU Rian Johnson and FU Kathleen Kennedy you both almost single handed destroyed Star Wars. You both don’t know **** about what we love about Star Wars.

Thank God for Filoni and Favreu, they have restored my faith on this franchise (that I have loved all my life). Also thanks to Respawn Entertainment that did and amazing job with Jedi Fallen Order.

I hope Rian Johnson (or J.J.) never touches Star Wars again, I hope Kathleen Kennedy is let go as Lucas clearly didn’t know what he was doing by given her the blessing to protect this franchise. I don’t even know how they got away with such a horrible movie/plot and disjointed trilogy that doesn’t make sense at all and doesn’t push the franchise forward towards anything interesting or meaningful.

I don’t hate the actors, they all seem genuinely lovely. I wanted to love Rey but her character sucks, Finn had so much potential but nothing interesting ever happened with him. Same with Poe.

The whole trilogy is a serious waste of time that its only purpose is to piss off the fan base that does care for this franchise and are willing to spend money on it, all for the sake of pushing a SJW agenda and teach a lesson no one F’n asked for. Star Wars was for everyone no one ever said it wasn’t but Kathleen Kennedy assumed it only appealed to “males, nerds and geeks”….. now that I do find insulting.… Expand

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Joesmith457Apr 22, 2018

I dont know what to say other than say it was a big mistake for Disney to kick George Lucas to the curb like they did. George needed to remain as the creative oversight for the sequel trilogy. It would've been okay to give directors andI dont know what to say other than say it was a big mistake for Disney to kick George Lucas to the curb like they did. George needed to remain as the creative oversight for the sequel trilogy. It would've been okay to give directors and writers creative control with the anthology films since they're just small stories in the larger universe, without George this franchise cannot survive, there is no outline or map of where this is all going, just remastered films of the originals. TLJ is a true showcase of what's wrong with Disney's Star Wars, a franchise which rides on nostalgia and not world building and interesting characters. TLJ is written in a way that disregards everything built up in the last film, it doesn't move the story in a meaningful way. I just hope there's a real course correction before they turn Star Wars into this soulless thing of what it once was.… Expand

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rensyphonDec 15, 2017

Not a good Star Wars movie, but honestly not a good movie in general. Rian Johnson is a good director, but he somehow dropped the ball here. The B-plot in this movie is poorly written and honestly even poorly acted (Kelly Marie Tran feelsNot a good Star Wars movie, but honestly not a good movie in general. Rian Johnson is a good director, but he somehow dropped the ball here. The B-plot in this movie is poorly written and honestly even poorly acted (Kelly Marie Tran feels like a television actress). The whole thing feels pointless. Another issue is how they really don't do much with Luke Skywalker. Aside from making his character contradictory to how he was in the original trilogy, his arc in this film just isn't compelling. The big reveal of what happened in his past just leaves you feeling "meh."… Expand

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wigclyneDec 21, 2017

Between the antics of both EA and Disney I am now done with Star Wars. Terrible movie which ruined one of the best movie heros of all time. Shocking the fight did not happen at the end. Surely everyone was gutted with that. Finn and Rey areBetween the antics of both EA and Disney I am now done with Star Wars. Terrible movie which ruined one of the best movie heros of all time. Shocking the fight did not happen at the end. Surely everyone was gutted with that. Finn and Rey are poor, especially Finn. At least the prequels had epic lighsabre duels. All lightsabre battles in 7 and 8 are terrible.… Expand

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boomba66Dec 15, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is pure garbage. The only way they wont keep making this garbage is if people don't spend their money on it. Spoilers below.

Three separate times woman slap men in this movie. Every single woman in this movie is in a position of power over the men, even Rey who is brand new to the Force basically shows Luke he is worthless.

This is complete and utter feminist agenda being shoved down our throats star wars style. Male leads-Luke commits Suicide. Poe is a hothead who is slapped twice by woman told he only thinks with his dick and has horrible dialogue and told everything he has done in the movie is wrong.....but hey don't worry the two old woman are such believable generals he smiles and walks it off. Finn is a coward who needs a tiny chunky chick to show him what courage is? Really? Kylo is a emotional wreck. Good bad, spaz......just not a great character.

All the basic foot soldier men are just shot and killed and worthless.

Female Characters. Rey most powerful Jedi we have yet to see and she has had.....zero training! Ruins the whole idea of the whole damn universe. Leia...Superman much. Rose, really this is a war movie. Soldier do not look like that, or are that out of shape some training Rose please.....and then really she is preaching to Finn and out doing him in everything the whole movie....

Admiral Hudo are you kidding me its war and you show up in a skin tight gown.....

This movie breaks Cannon, it has more plot holes then you can count, it forgets its audience in a bold attempt to make it seem like men are idiots and woman the real power. I was in the theater with 95% males all of who came out of the movie feeling like what was this **** I just watched. The one redeeming quality of the movie is its pretty and shot well. Other then that it is clearly trying to take a super liberal agenda and force it down our throats. I have three daughters, none of whom want to see these movies. And my one daughter asked why the woman in the movie didnt look like they could fight if they where supposed to be in a war?

The scroll should have read like this....

Chapter 8: the feminist Jedi In a galaxy far far away men no longer have any intelligence, character, or back bone...the coward Luke has run from all of his responsibilities and tried to kill his apprentices in their sleep. Meanwhile the last of the Republiucs fleets powered by old woman in stunning gowns and make up despite going to battle lead the last of their forces to annihilation.

But Dont worry, our Betty Sue....oh I mean Rey is the most powerful Jedi of all time and didn't even need training......… Expand

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JuggzDec 27, 2017

I am not into movies, but SW was always a different beast for me...it was and is not anymore. I have seen them all and I loved them all, but what happened to the last jedi left me speechless. So many users pointed out all of the bad decisionsI am not into movies, but SW was always a different beast for me...it was and is not anymore. I have seen them all and I loved them all, but what happened to the last jedi left me speechless. So many users pointed out all of the bad decisions and plotholes. It is true. All of it!
Going out to call THIS crap the best SW movie of all time is a pure marketing lie. It´s a trap. You know it. It´s ok to watch this movie in theatres once, as long as you won´t make the same mistake twice...I just watched it one time, and this is a novum for me. Please rewrite and reshoot this movie. pffft mary poppins leia boy I thought I had a bad dream...… Expand

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ProfesorRichFeb 13, 2018

Not only a bad Star Wars film, but a bad film in its own right. Completely misrepresents and tears up the continuity of the original characters, does a massive disservice to the universe, and even makes a hash job of the open plot lines fromNot only a bad Star Wars film, but a bad film in its own right. Completely misrepresents and tears up the continuity of the original characters, does a massive disservice to the universe, and even makes a hash job of the open plot lines from The Force Awakens.

This film is horrendous.… Expand

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ReedlyDec 22, 2017

Aside from some epic space battles the movie is a study in character assassinations, plot holes galore, forced humor and whole sections of unneeded parts. I wanted them to go in a different direction but with good execution and a lack ofAside from some epic space battles the movie is a study in character assassinations, plot holes galore, forced humor and whole sections of unneeded parts. I wanted them to go in a different direction but with good execution and a lack of utter laziness. That's ultimately what this movie feels like, utter laziness and lack of imagination.… Expand

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jozee1981Jan 3, 2018

Very disappointing. Bad writing, poor character development and misrepresentation of characters. Awful continuity with its predecessor. Not a lot to look forward to in episode IX.

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GeoMasssanoAug 7, 2018

comparing user score with critic reviews, i see what money can do everyday in this world when you pay "people" to say and vote in what you want then to say. The public says the reality not the Critic Reviews, they just got payd by Disney tocomparing user score with critic reviews, i see what money can do everyday in this world when you pay "people" to say and vote in what you want then to say. The public says the reality not the Critic Reviews, they just got payd by Disney to say and vote what they want. This film its basically the worst Star Wars movie ever, i can even say its not even a star wars movie, its something like lets Destroy the Star Wars in just 2 hours...shame on you Disney.… Expand

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jorojrDec 15, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow, what a disappointment. Rey continues to be a Mary Sue. No light saber or force training? No problem! The Poe/Finn/Rose subplot was pointless filler. Luke only needed to yell "Get off my Lawn" to fulfill the grumpy old man trope. Leia, aka Mary Poppins in space was ridiculous on so many levels. Worse of all, this movie just wasn't entertaining. Rian Johnson gets a new trilogy out of this? I hope Disney reconsiders that decision.… Expand

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NaliyaDec 22, 2017

Erratic and messy execution and build up of the story/plot. Preachy when it comes to morality. Characters that simply aren't engaging, as they have little if any personality. Sloppy dialogue. I could go on... Horrendous. Wish I could unsee it.

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gx5cpxDec 31, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a bad movie, but a terrible Star Wars movie. This movie suffers from several problems.

1. The humor. Some of the worst jokes. Star Wars is not a comedy. There are some jokes in George Lucas' movies, but at the heart it's a space drama/epic. The humor in this movie is completely misplaced. There's a "your mom" joke. That is how bad the humor is.

2. The destruction of Luke. Luke is basically crapped on in this film. Luke is a grumpy old man in this film and all of his character development from the original trilogy basically means nothing. He was HOPE, but now he is just a grumpy old man who doesn't care. He gives up and the reasoning doesn't seem convincing enough.

3. Finn and Rose. The chemistry just isn't there and the forced romance is uncalled for. I didn't see it coming at all and they randomly kiss? It was jarring.

4. Breaks the Star Wars universe. The hyperspace jump through the ships breaks the old movies. Why didn't they just hyperspace through the death star? What's the point of hiding the plans in episode 2; what's the point of making a weak point; what's the point if you can just hyperspace through the death star? Weaponizing hyperspace BREAKS space combat in every way.

5. Plot points introduced in episode 7 not followed up on. Rey's parents? No one. Knights of Ren? Not in the movie. Snoke? No one; he's dead. Luke left a map? Yet, in episode 8, he doesnt want to be found?

There are other issues, but these are the main ones. A terrible Star Wars movie.… Expand

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ThundererDec 15, 2017

This is quite possibly the worst Star Wars movie ever made. Yes, even worse than Attack of the Clones. Rian Johnson took everything set up in The Force Awakens and threw it away for cheap shock and plot twists. The plot itself is absolutelyThis is quite possibly the worst Star Wars movie ever made. Yes, even worse than Attack of the Clones. Rian Johnson took everything set up in The Force Awakens and threw it away for cheap shock and plot twists. The plot itself is absolutely pointless and two scenes actually manage to introduce massive plot holes in the entire series.

The characters are flat and one-dimensional. Rey becomes even more of a Mary Sue, Finn is wasted and is involved in a boring plotline that doesn't go anywhere, Poe has become comedian, and Luke gets the worst of it all. Only "character assassination" can describe what has happened to him.

The tone of the movie is all over the place. It's "dark", but it has so much Marvel-style quips that it feels like a parody of itself. The pacing is non-existant. Scenes are juxtaposed all the time.

In summary, I can't believe I want George Lucas back.… Expand

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gothicm3rcyDec 5, 2019

When pretty much every user positive review starts with "ignore the negative reviews" you know youre in for a flood of indoctrinated garbage.
Just by saying "ignore everything else, we're right" pretty much sums everything wrong about thisWhen pretty much every user positive review starts with "ignore the negative reviews" you know youre in for a flood of indoctrinated garbage.
Just by saying "ignore everything else, we're right" pretty much sums everything wrong about this film, and, unfortunately, the people who like it.
Were at a time when equality is no longer a thing.... instead its "watch us, were better"
Women are better than idiotic men, people over 30 are morons, feminism is great (when really feminism is chauvanism in a new wrapper) , your past heroes that shaped the universe are a joke, the list of idiocy goes on. Its only then you will understand everything about this impossible bland plot, shallow, terribly written, hell hole of a film. (If you want to see something great, with extremly well balanced equality.... watch "Fringe").
its not star wars, its "this is the new 2010's new order were filling you with""
Critics are obviously paid to like this trash.... especially given as they gave the joker such a low score (but look at the user score, notice a pattern? ) I feel sorry for our childrens future. Youre all being mouth fed modern politics in a shell that used to be a wonderfull franchise called Star Wars. .
Shame on you Rian Johnson..... I only wish mr robot could hack and erase this trash.
gave it 1 for effects.… Expand

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TuntPuntDec 15, 2017

The film is just plain bad. I won't go in depth as better people than me can write a far more in depth review. The film has a weak plot and even weaker characters that either don't get developed or go directly against their developmentThe film is just plain bad. I won't go in depth as better people than me can write a far more in depth review. The film has a weak plot and even weaker characters that either don't get developed or go directly against their development established in previous films (I'm looking at you luke).… Expand

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DICKtator1401Dec 16, 2017

It's not avengers, disney. I am so dissapointed after watching. This film has some good moments, but VERY BAD humor and some people making me to give this film only "1"

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VolteerJan 10, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Positive:
-The visuals are great and epic all the way through (hence why I'm not giving 0 points)

Negative:
-Mary Sue main character who can beat anyone in fights with 0 training while the actress says it can't be Mary Sue because that's sexist
-Unnecessary forced jokes throughout all the movie (In a scene that's supposed to be an epic battle the bad guys are LITERALLY defeated because of a prank call that ends with a "your mother" joke)
-The "First Order" is so incompetent it's absolutely laughable. They have all the top military technology and giant ships and loads and loads of soldiers (which is never explained how they got all that stuff in the first place), yet they **** up the most basic logistical tasks and keep getting beaten by 20 people in outdated junk tech
-Leia get's blown up into space in an actually epic scene that would have been a great opportunity to kill off her character since the actress died. But nope, she suddenly has op force powers that help her survive in space and she just floats to the starship door like Marry Poppins
-Admiral Ackbar is killed offscreen to make room for a forced feminist violet-haired character to be in charge (which might be why they had to come up with something to knock out Leia in the first place) who just plays games with Poe to show how she's a strong independent woman even if that ends up killing half the Resistance because she was too proud to tell her plan to anyone
-Forced Casino side-plot with yet another forced feminist character where they search for a "master hacker" while criticizing capitalism and animal abuse just to find some random drunk in a cell who just happens to also be a master hacker after being told the other master hacker is the only one who can do it. Then they get betrayed by the drunk master hacker so the whole side plot ends up being useless anyway.
-The rest of the resistance uses junk-gliders to take on like 20 top tier AT-ATs because they need to destroy a giant laser-cannon but most of them get blown up on the way. Finn tries to sacrifice himself which would actually have been a great moment and would have made it feel like there's actual consequence in the movie, but in one of the most stupid moments in movie history the random girl crashes into Finn and basically (almost) sacrifices herself for saving Finn from saving the resistance and then proceeds to kiss him after knowing him for like 8 hours.
-Finn is just able to drag the random girl for miles and miles to the base without any protection without being shot
-Luke appears and gives the movie an epic final showdown with Kylo Ren, which would have made a somewhat worthy death for him, sacrificing himself, but then reveals he just trolled everyone with a hologram. But then he just dies anyway from a heart attack or whatever so what was the point of not personally showing up...
-Once again incompetent First Order can't notice the Millenium Falcon escaping

I definitely won't pay any money for the 9th movie and deeply regret paying money for this garbage. Don't understand why so many people are giving such high ratings (especially all the critics)… Expand

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AnthonyXY79Dec 20, 2019

Hugely disappointing! The characters are inconsistent. The plot makes no sense. Scenes are dull, cliche, uninspired and dragging. There is a lot of disrespect for the characters, the lore and the fan base.

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mnaydenovJun 29, 2018

It is actually very simple. This movie has nothing good in it. It has OK visuals, OK sound and that's it. EVERYTHING else is bad. It is bad not because "it ruins SW", it is objectively bad. Bad characters, bad dialog, horrible tone shifts,It is actually very simple. This movie has nothing good in it. It has OK visuals, OK sound and that's it. EVERYTHING else is bad. It is bad not because "it ruins SW", it is objectively bad. Bad characters, bad dialog, horrible tone shifts, idiotic scenes, moralizing. Every non-technical dimension is a disaster.… Expand

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Natural28Dec 17, 2017

So much wrong with this movie.
Star Wars is now Marvel? What? When?
Rian Johnson has trashed everything from TFA, which leads me to believe, why did they bother with those story lines in TFA?

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timotiyongFeb 13, 2018

This movie is not Star Wars for me. It's some kind of action-comedy with an extremely stupid plot. The characters are boring and annoying. There is zero tension and excitement.

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NavinorDec 15, 2017

Well i hated episode 7 with my whole bodey. Episode 7 was so bad, it did hurt even a year later. But episode 8 is not that bad.

Rey is still a stupid character.

But Kaylo is better this time.

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omy785Jun 10, 2018

Remember Star Wars? Yeah. Well, this movie is not Star Wars. It's a bunch of crap, nonsensical storylines, pathetic characters, idiotic decisions, huge contradictios. Basically a middle finger to what SW has been until today. Want advice?Remember Star Wars? Yeah. Well, this movie is not Star Wars. It's a bunch of crap, nonsensical storylines, pathetic characters, idiotic decisions, huge contradictios. Basically a middle finger to what SW has been until today. Want advice? Don't watch it.… Expand

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Riekopo2Nov 9, 2019

It's a truly terrible movie. Rian Johnson should never be allowed near Star Wars. Totally trashed and disrespected the lore. Terrible acting. Terrible writing. Worst big budget film I've ever seen.

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yoshi8869Dec 20, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have a tremendous amount of stuff to say and not nearly enough characters, even with 5000. Bear with me as I try to quantify my thoughts and prioritize what I deem most important.

To start small, there are plotholes abundant. From the 1.5 hour long pointless space chase to the casino planet subplot, it's all pointless. Vice Admiral Holdo withholds information from Poe simply for dramatic effect and General Hux refuses to send TIE Fighters to intercept Ackbar's capital ship because dramatic effect. The casino planet exists to interweave a theme of animal rights and the entire subplot does nothing, absolutely nothing, to the main plot. It's literally pointless. Then, after about 90 minutes of time wasted, we reach the climax of the film which lasts about 20 minutes and there is no actual battle.

Then there's the lore breakers. For example, we see the Resistance (which I'm still not sure what they're "resisting") is reduced to a handful of starpilots and commanding officers. Why? This is a big galaxy, right? There was a Rebellion but 30 year prior. Where is everyone? That Rebellion was massive; so massive they won. The lore established by the Disney canon recognizes that billions, even trillions of Imperial citizens rose up to topple the Imperial Remnant and the First Order is all that remains. If anything, the First Order should be dwindling at this point. So why is the Resistance so flipping small? The Rebellion had millions of cells, as made clear in the TV series Rebels. It seems more likely all of this was manufactured for dramatic effect.

I am ok with Star Wars going in a bold new direction. That's fine. That's encouraged. I do not want to watch the same trilogy twice. Give me something new. However, and this is a big point, don't undo the previous plot. This seems petty, I know, but then what's the point, story-wise, of the original trilogy? Everything ends up backfiring and failing. In destroying the world created from the original trilogy, you honestly make the original trilogy a waste of time. We have to have a coherent plot from point A to point B: Phantom Menace to Episode IX. This is (hopefully) not a whiny critique from a fanboy, but an honest one from the perspective of all nine episodes. We've now created a world where 1-6 are somewhat less important of a story. If you want to have a good series of movies, then each of the films play off of one another to create one large plotline that tells one big story: the Skywalker Saga, as Lucas put it back in the day. This seems to throw that out the window. 7-9 shouldn't be a new story but a continuation of the bigger plot from 1-6; otherwise make them anthology films. These are no longer episodes in a bigger story, but three films completely separate from the previous 6. I think they did for marketing purposes rather than to maximize story potential.

Then there's Luke. He's received much criticism from the fanbase for being an inaccurate portrayal, even Mark Hamill has made it clear this is not who Luke Skywalker is, however, I'll throw that out the window. We'll disregard that the man who redeemed Darth Vader was about to kill his own sister's son because he was tempted by the dark. We'll manufacture a valid excuse and move on. However, I cannot forgive the fact that he nearly gets his ass beat by Rey, who apparently is the master of the Force despite having no training and they simply write that off because Yoda said "nah, she's an expert already. No training needed. Don't question it." Luke could have been utilized so well, but instead all we get is a mindless, pathetic, whiny old man who doesn't do much of anything and dies in the end for no reason except for, you guessed it, dramatic effect. (Remember Ackbar died so they could use Holdo to sell more toys?) Also what the hell did Chewbacca do?

All in all, this film, while visually stunning, acted perfectly, and has some amazing moments, like Holdo's sacrifice (which could've been Ackbar, but oh well), fails to utilize the potential it had to tie itself in with the first six films and instead chooses to line the characters at the chopping block and throw the entire plot out the window. This along with the long space chase, lack of adventure, and pointless characters seems to be nothing more than a marketing ploy that sacrifices plot for drama.

Production: 23/30
--Acting: 8/10
--Direction: 7/10
--Crew/Effects: 8/10

Story: 11/30
--Plot: 3/10
--Characters: 2/10
--Theme: 6/10

Immersion: 22/30
--Soundtrack: 7/10
--Visuals: 8/10
--Style/Vibe: 7/10

Personal Enjoyment: 1/10

Analytical Score: 57% D… Expand

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carlostibDec 18, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is absolute garbage. It shows that nobody in Disney, nor on same Lucasfilm has any idea of what Star Wars is. Not even Kathleen Kennedy, who is supposed to be the custodian of Star Wars lore and story cohesion and after working with Lucas for many years, you would think something of SW lore and sense would stick with her, well , it seems she's just a business woman who's only in for the money and doesn't care on the quality of the product....or she couldn't say no to Disney whims , which make her a coward business woman.
Anyway, is understandable that after the mess that The Force Awakens was , story wise, it would have been hard to fix that mess in the Last Jedi, or at least explain further some of the things portrayed in TFA, such as, who are the Knights of Ren?, Who the hell is Snoke, from where did he come from, how this apparently powerful being was out of the radar from the Sith of the galaxy (Palpatine and Vader)?. Why Rey is so powerful and knows how to master Jedi techniques where she had zero training before?. and a large etc etc etc.

Well guess what, nothing of this is explained in TLJ and is actually discarded at all by Rian Johnson's horrible excuse of a script. He decided just to kill Snoke without providing background story, he decided that Rey is a nobody with nobody parents who sold her for booze. So she's just powerful, just because, you know, girl power and 21st century feminism. Knights of Ren was a BS invented by JJ Abrams and Rian seems didn't like that subject so he decided to just ignore them completely in this movie.
And the worst sin of Johnson....he transformed Luke Skywalker into the ultimate coward in the galaxy. Yes, that same Luke Skywalker with many heroic traits from the original trilogy, that Jedi that sensed the good in his twisted and evil father (the second most evil villain in the galaxy, by the way) and went into a suicide mission to bring him back to the light , because he was family, that same Luke, years after in The Last Jedi era he decided to kill his nephew (the only son of his twin sister and his freaking best friend, Han), just because he showed few dark side tendencies....really Disney?.
That made him a coward being and seems he didn't try anymore to bring Kylo back to the light or confront Snoke as the Master Jedi he supposedly was, he just left everybody, friends, family and decided he wanted to die alone in some forgotten island in a distant world. And for what reason Luke left a map so his friends could find him "in a time of need" in the first place, if the real reason for him was to escape to die alone and didn't want to be bothered?. It doesn't make sense at all.

The way Rian Johnson's disrespected Luke's character like that is unforgivable. It throws to the garbage can the Hero's journey that George Lucas built for this character. Also, what was the point of Rose and Finn?, was just a distractor and made no purpose at all for the overall story. Why the admiral Holdo couldn't just tell Poe of her plans so he would't have call for mutiny in the first place? Is very idiotic of her part.

And Leia Mary Poppins was ridiculous. Yes, she might have the force (she is the daugther of the Chosen one, Anakin Skywalker after all) and surely she also is strong in the Force, and might even have received training or some lessons from his brother Luke, but nothing of this is explained in the movie. Is just a Christmas miracle that she survived in the vaccum of space with no suit and after an explosion blasted a few feet from her, it seems. Is Disney magic , most likely.

In conclusion, this movie is deeply flawed and plain bad, Rian Johnson should just stick to direct and never touch a pen again to write ANYTHING.
I don't have any interest of the 3 pieces of garbage he will supposedly create in the new trilogy Disney assigned to him. He dropped the ball severely in the Last Jedi. Movie is not worth the money or your time. You will waste 2 and half hours of your life in this.

It seems that the real Star Wars story finished in Episode VI, Return of the Jedi. This Disney Star Wars is not Star Wars, is something else. Is not even good sci-fi.… Expand

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EikoxDec 15, 2017

And I tought that Justice League was bad, this is worst. The first hour was bored, the next half hour I almost sleep, after that I struggled to continue with the interest. After that, when I saw most of the audience with their cellphonesAnd I tought that Justice League was bad, this is worst. The first hour was bored, the next half hour I almost sleep, after that I struggled to continue with the interest. After that, when I saw most of the audience with their cellphones doing another thing I understand it how BAD was this movie.
The story is more than awful, is plain. Not attachment with characters and OMG so many innecesary moments trying to be funny. I put only a 1 because of Yoda, was the only nice moment. The rest of the movie HONESTLY I DONT RECOMMENDED.… Expand

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marcantoinegMay 13, 2018

The worst star wars movie ever made and the death of the franchise. No creativity. Boring. An insult to the lore. Avoid.

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BorgorosFeb 23, 2018

A weird movie. So much potencial, and promises of a legendary episode, but so many dumb choices regarding the storyline. Fantastic to look at, but thats it. I really wanted to like this one, but I just cant. Poor Luke and his reduced self,A weird movie. So much potencial, and promises of a legendary episode, but so many dumb choices regarding the storyline. Fantastic to look at, but thats it. I really wanted to like this one, but I just cant. Poor Luke and his reduced self, nothing like a true Jedi any more... And that is so utterly disappointing.… Expand

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einarpazDec 19, 2017

The movie is silly and full of plot holes. The previous movie was an expensive copy of "A New Hope", but this is even worst. I hope the next one could fix some things

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RoyStephen4Dec 16, 2017

This is not Star Wars, take that ridiculous mask off!
TFA took a dump on what was achieved in the OT, but The Last Jedi takes a dump on BOTH the OT AND The Force Awakens. No small feat. Absolute garbage.

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AbsozeroApr 26, 2019

After the disaster and pandering that was TFA, I waited for this on Redbox. It was stupid, confusing and the writing was awful. I'll probably just pass on the next one. Disney killed all enthusiasm I ever had for Star Wars.

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vesuvius_primeMar 13, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story is boring, ridiculous, and cringeworthy. The characters are flat and totally undeveloped. Beloved characters from the old movies are destroyed (literally and/or figuratively). As a matter of fact, the whole beloved saga is being destroyed before our eyes. This movie has a political and social agenda that has nothing to do with Star Wars. If somebody wants to push some particular point of view, they can either make it extremely subtle (so as not to destroy the story), or make a documentary, or at least make a separate movie dedicated to those things. Star Wars should not be turned into a platform for that. I'm all for equality, tolerance, kindness, and so on, but there are other ways to express those views. They should focus on storytelling and character-building, and should hire some professional writers. For example, I wouldn't mind at all if they hire Timothy Zahn to write the scripts.… Expand

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kinruizDec 17, 2020

muy mal, mala película, bien se puede ir del Episodio VII al episodio IX, prescindiendo de este film, y no pasa nada, no evolucionan los personajes, Rey mágicamente tiene poderes que a otros Jedi les costó, y de tener esos poderes mágicosmuy mal, mala película, bien se puede ir del Episodio VII al episodio IX, prescindiendo de este film, y no pasa nada, no evolucionan los personajes, Rey mágicamente tiene poderes que a otros Jedi les costó, y de tener esos poderes mágicos desde el principio pues terminas la película con un solo episodio. me avergüenza que forme parte del canon de Star Wars… Expand

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dunboy7Dec 20, 2017

Where to start? Firsly I loved Rogue One last year it felt like a story worth telling and introduced some new interesting characters. I hated the Force awakens and would rate it as my least favourite star wars movie! So i was really hopingWhere to start? Firsly I loved Rogue One last year it felt like a story worth telling and introduced some new interesting characters. I hated the Force awakens and would rate it as my least favourite star wars movie! So i was really hoping The Last Jedi would take the Rogue One approach........It didn't!! So much potential with Luke and they just made him a grumpy old man who feels sorry for himself because his nephew turned to the dark side! Out of all people Luke should of been prepared for this potential eventuality......his dad is Darth Vader for heavens sake! So to turn him into a coward like this was unforgivable for me.
Lazy writing throughout, no coherent exciting storyline, too much feminism and poor character development but ultimately it just wasn't a fun film to watch. So disappointed!… Expand

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Ha3liumDec 22, 2017

I really don't understand why critics are praising this film. Leaving aside any Star Wars expectations (I'm fine with something completely different) here are the issues:

- Too many characters, not enough character. With about 8 mainI really don't understand why critics are praising this film. Leaving aside any Star Wars expectations (I'm fine with something completely different) here are the issues:

- Too many characters, not enough character. With about 8 main characters not including our protaganist, there isn't any time for character development.
- Having its cake and eating it. There are several moments when something dramatic happens, only for the reveal that it didn't actually happen. By the end I didn't care about anything happening because they killed the impact of any events by reversing everything that happened previously.
- Pointless side-plots that went nowhere. You can actually cut every scene with Finn & Rose, and it would make literally no difference to the plot. Nothing they do affects the film in any way.

As for Star Wars specific criticisms:
- Jedi training is now meaningless. Anyone born with the force can throw stuff around and fly without training.
- Kamakazi ship attacks that make every Death Star plot meaningless now, why didn't they just hyperspace fly a ship into the Death Star?

This film doesn't work as its own thing, and it doesn't work as a Star Wars film. How critics can be praising this crap after the treatment they gave Blade Runner 2049 is a mystery to me.… Expand

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LiquidEagleDec 24, 2017

Shockingly bad. Best could be said is that the screenplay was written to promote the sell of cheap Disney after-market merchandise. The movie itself isn't even worth reviewing. It unceremoniously ends the franchise.

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Betamax77Dec 25, 2017

DON'T PAY TO SEE THIS! Lucasfilm's dark empress Kathleen Kennedy needs to get a message that she should give keys of SW to someone who truly loves it. Disney isn't wholly to blame because they let the Marvel movies and Pixar workDON'T PAY TO SEE THIS! Lucasfilm's dark empress Kathleen Kennedy needs to get a message that she should give keys of SW to someone who truly loves it. Disney isn't wholly to blame because they let the Marvel movies and Pixar work independently under them with great results. But if anything they should have intervened with this garbage production. It could be called Star Wars: The Anticlimax. Every (action)scene is a disappointment, except maybe one throne room scene. I saw this with a free ticket and came here to warn people. Many have fortunately already said many things wrong with The Last Jedi. This movie continues Force Awakens's nullification of our classic heroes' character arcs, force feeding us one dimensional new ones (but they are so diverse!) and giving recycled story beats, only this time with really stupid twists. There is a way to handing the torch to new heroes while respecting old ones but this sequel trilogy has done about the worst possible job at it. Biggest disrespect is for Luke Skywalker. He should have been grown to be very powerful and the script should have risen to the challenge to give him worthy obstacles. They have all the scripting power of Hollywood to their disposal. But no, Rian and story group cop out the worst way. Oh and the galaxy feels empty in this, there's only Resistance with their deserted planets and the First Order, the rest of the galaxy is all on Canto Bight apparently.

It's easy to guess why Darth Kathleen Kennedy handed keys of the whole new trilogy to Rian Johnson: He's one of the two directors who is willing to work for her without objections about direction of these movies and he agreed to cover this movie with heavy handed childish SJW/feminazi- propaganda. In the movie all white men are bad or just suck and all the women are great in every way. I bet that galactic **** is cackling all the way through when watching this propaganda piece. One point for Hamill's great acting. Not seeing Ep. 9. I have no intrest anymore.… Expand

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KaihakuNov 16, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This film is not just as terrible sequel, it's a terrible film. Let's start with the positives. It's visually gorgeous and the music is fantastic. Several scenes are among the most artistic (visually) that I've ever seen in a live action film.

I'll just summarize the negatives. The characters and plotting make no sense. It wastes not only the classic Star Wars films but also the few promising elements introduced in The Force Awakens. Finn is suddenly just a bland, random guy (and somehow tagged as comic support). His interesting background as a defector is forgotten except for when the plot needs it. Rey loses her mysterious background and her surprisingly strong Force skills go unexplained, rendering her just a 'Mary Sue' when her power was hinted as being due to something far more interesting in The Force Awakens.

The hostility to everything that's come before - including the classic Star Wars films and The Force Awakens - is just tragic. The waste of Mark Hamill and Luke Skywalker is just... Terrible sequel. It doesn't do better as a standalone movie. It's tonally inconsistent, starting with a "your mommy" joke and making heavy misuse of comic relief.

The Director and writers clearly wanted to subvert Star Wars - trying to emulate Empire Strikes Back's role in the original triology - but failed utterly because they completely misunderstood what Empire Strikes Back actually did with A New Hope's narratie (inverted rather than subverted). Sigh. It does open up a copy of interesting plot points but then immediately closes them. If the film had ended with Rey and Kylo Ren taking control of the First Order it would have set the ground for a fantastic sequel. Instead it shut that down without doing anything interesting with it.

It's just a trash sequel and trash film ruined by corporate mismanagement.… Expand

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mhondeDec 16, 2017

This is the alien covenant of SW. We complained that The Force Awakens was too similar to A New Hope, so we got trolled with this one as revenge. Funny thing it is actually a bad copy of The Empire Strikes Back and the Return of Jedi withThis is the alien covenant of SW. We complained that The Force Awakens was too similar to A New Hope, so we got trolled with this one as revenge. Funny thing it is actually a bad copy of The Empire Strikes Back and the Return of Jedi with everything wrong.… Expand

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