Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: December 15, 2017
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coustoeDec 18, 2017
Horrible. Just a rehash of the original Stars Wars with little added. No plot or character development. Basically a meaningless Jerry Bruckheimer film with explosions and not much anything else.
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cephaloDec 17, 2017
Star Wars movies always involve hundreds of creative people who churn out masterpieces for the little details. Often though, the guy at the top can't match their enthusiasm and skill. This movie really epitomizes that. Some of the things IStar Wars movies always involve hundreds of creative people who churn out masterpieces for the little details. Often though, the guy at the top can't match their enthusiasm and skill. This movie really epitomizes that. Some of the things I liked about the previous movie were some of the questions it raised, so I was very disappointed to see those questions all thrown out in the sequel.

I get the feeling that the main outline for the plot was thrown together in a weekend, with no serious consideration of what had come before or what might come after. I feel I learned nothing about the past and wasn't given any reason to care about the future.

In politics or movies or anything else, don't step up for leadership if you don't have a vision. The director let his team down.… Expand
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novahyouDec 18, 2017
This movie makes very little sense considered both as a single film and also part of an ongoing saga of films with established canon and characters. It's main strenghts are having some really good performances (Adam Driver & Mark Hamill) andThis movie makes very little sense considered both as a single film and also part of an ongoing saga of films with established canon and characters. It's main strenghts are having some really good performances (Adam Driver & Mark Hamill) and a nice OST but it's very weak in every other department and only superior to Phantom Menace in acting and special effects. Some people that like the movie and cannot accept a different opinion rely on the very poor argument of fans not embracing a fresh take on the SW universe and hating change. First of all, that's false when we think of beloved works like KOTOR or the smashing success of TFA & Rogue One. But even if you disregard questionable writing like Luke's backstory with Kylo Ren, Leia's use of the force and other qualms about continuity, the story is still a mess. The pacing is off and scenes seem padded out, the humor is often weak and doesn't land and ultimately very little of what happens feels earned:
*Snoke can do a skype call video chat between Kylo & Rey and perceive every bit of the former's inner struggles yet he fails to notice his murderous intent and a freaking lightsaber moving next to him. His death is also anticlimatic and nullifies any chance of ever seeing how The First Order came to be and what his connection to the Sith was, making the whole background of the conflict very sketchy.
*The praetorian red guards that are supposed to protect Snoke and hilariously adopt fighting stances at the drop of a coin fail to realize what's going on and do their work the ONE time that very thing is required from them.
*Finn's story ultimately does nothing for the overall plot and even what it does for HIM was already established in TFA. Rose's romance with him feels contrived and underdeveloped. This is the one point that even positive and negative reviews agree upon and it's a considerable chunk of the movie.
*Poe's arc is all over the place and unnecessary. Vice Admiral Holdo is a character that is written and performed in a very ambiguous manner just for the sake of a later plot-twist. *Rey and Kylo Ren's relationship over the course of the movie makes little sense considering what she already knows about him (having witnessed Han Solo's demise) and is only possible because of contrivances with the force and a flashback that does its best in writing Luke as an ****. Some of it even feels like it came right out of a Young Adult movie adaptation but with better actors.
*Benicio del Toro's DJ is protagonist of some of the most implausible sequences and outcomes.
*Anything I could say about Phasma would require more effort than what the writers actually did with her.

As stated in the beginning of this review, the movie not only barely works as a standalone but it also knowingly decides not to further develop many threads The Force Awakens started, making the previous chapter almost skippable (one example being the main plot of Luke going into exile but leaving a map to his location...but granted, that is a flaw that TLJ carries over from TFA). I could go on but at the end of the day anyone that loved the movie will fail to acknowledge most of its flaws as a big deal and those that thought it was horrible are already speaking their minds. Overall a HUGE disappointment.… Expand
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Frosty1979Dec 16, 2017
Very disappointing. Worst Star Wars movie imho. Weird how critics can rate it so highly? Are most of them payed by Disney?

Villains are a joke. The heroes are obnoxious and boring. Story is full of plot holes and Deus Machinas. The dialoguesVery disappointing. Worst Star Wars movie imho. Weird how critics can rate it so highly? Are most of them payed by Disney?

Villains are a joke. The heroes are obnoxious and boring. Story is full of plot holes and Deus Machinas. The dialogues are cringey and totally out of character. Especially for Luke Skywalker.… Expand
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AlexMorteyzDec 16, 2017
Not counting special effects, the film is very bad, like part 7. The full cast (except for Benicio Del Toro) is terrible.Disney made of star wars very boring. It is necessary to finish this.
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Tony_24Dec 16, 2017
I was utterly dissapointed by this movie. The plot is boring, the acting is a mess, everything in this movie was horrible, nothing like the previous entries to the franchise. To add to that the movie is full of sjw brainwashing
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CharroDec 17, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I waited 2 days after watching the movie to write this as I didn't want to do it while I was so angry as I was back then. And that's why I give a 3 and not just a plain 0.

I will resume easily here what was the movie for me: a Star Wars fan since I came out from the cinema from seeing The Return of the Jedi:

What I liked from the film:
- Ren and Rey relationship
- Laser sable fight against the Red Shy Guys
- Luke, in general (Except the parts of milking the alien and similar forgettable ones)
- The unexpected twists (like killing Snoke or Luke not being there)
- In general, the last half an hour of the film

What I didn't like:
- All the rest

The best thing to say about the movie:
- Benicio del Toro

I mean, there was a moment while watching the movie when I realized that I wanted to see more about Benicio del Toro's character but not about Rose & Finn and their little running lambs, or Leia, or Poe, or the woman with Purple hair, not even about anything of what was happening to the rebels, a moment in which I realized that actually I just didn't care if Finn was going to kill itself to save the Rebellion.
It was on that moment when I was sure that something was very wrong with this movie, a feeling that I didn't have with episode VII, even when there were also some embarrassing moments in that movie like those with Han Solo, Chewie and the Alien Squids from Outer Space.

In The Force Awakens I found some things I didn't like, but the global result was more than OK.

Here, I found some things I like, but the global result is boredom and embarrassment (Look, an Unidentified Flying Leia !!)

Now I understand why JJ Abrahams ran away from this, Disney had taken over everything.… Expand
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americanpatriotDec 16, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. - The Last Jedi is Rian Johnson losing a Senate seat in Alabama. Riding llamas through Las Vegas???
- Why is there a Hunger Games/Fantastic Beasts subplot AT ALL?? Does NOTHING for the story—the codebreaking sequence is literally totally ditched. Wasted, BORING 30 min. In the middle of a Star Wars movie.
- Rose is a terrible, useless, annoying character.
- Why do Finn and Rose go all the way across the galaxy for THE MASTER CODEBREAKER and then randomly get put in a cell with a perfectly good codebreaker who just happens to be waiting to escape when they need him? - Halfway through the movie I actually thought “I wonder if I’m going to watch this again.” I should *never* think that in a Star Wars film. I still can’t believe it crossed my mind. I LOVE Star Wars. I saw the Phantom Menace and the Force Awakens four times *each* in theaters. I am NOT a hard Star Wars critic.
- SO. MANY. BAD. JOKES.
- Bill Weasley is so freaking annoying.
- We both know the two characters with fake-out death scenes should have died or not had those fake-out death scenes.
- NO backstory on Snoke???? NOTHING on Rey’s parents?? These were major questions from TFA! Rey’s lineage was a MAJOR theme in TFA. No continuity with Abrams. Hopefully J.J. saves these in Episode IX.
- Also, I initially thought The Last Jedi was original. Upon further reflection, I’ve realized that he freaking copied and pasted almost every major plot point from Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. No idea what they’re going to do in Episode IX because The Force Awakens already stole everything from A New Hope.… Expand
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DarthWattoDec 19, 2017
After the last Disney Wars fiasco, the Force Awakens, I had no interest in seeing how they would further humiliate the last great epic of my childhood. But there were some thin plot threads that might have saved the series so I kept an openAfter the last Disney Wars fiasco, the Force Awakens, I had no interest in seeing how they would further humiliate the last great epic of my childhood. But there were some thin plot threads that might have saved the series so I kept an open mind. No such luck!! This abomination is a deliberate insult to George Lucas and his millions of fans who came to identify with the larger than self issues and heroic sacrifices of his characters. It is a sign of the times, this movie is bad because our modern culture is bad. Shaming and destroying beloved characters, hollowing out the whole concept of the force and inappropriate humor all are designed to mask the thousand pound gorilla in the room- THERE IS NO STORY!!!! Shock and dismay is somehow supposed to replace plot and substance, and of course the kids will eat it up. Many of them have a fetish to cut down the previous generation and appropriate what was ours. The one overriding message of Disney Wars: The Snuff Film is that story doesn't matter, only theme park rides, toys and SJW agitprop. I blame the Lucas and Prequel haters. They couldn't handle an in depth story and wet their pj's over it. Now there is nothing left but a joke of a franchise lampooning itself while grinning like they won a Nobel prize. At least we get to see Kylo Ren on a bag of salad and a can of soup.......… Expand
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AuntySemitistDec 15, 2017
Movie plot revolves around a ship that has run out of fuel. Finn's subplot has no relevance in the story, might as well not have happened. We learn nothing more about Snoke, he's just some evil dude, I guess. Leia does that stupid force flyMovie plot revolves around a ship that has run out of fuel. Finn's subplot has no relevance in the story, might as well not have happened. We learn nothing more about Snoke, he's just some evil dude, I guess. Leia does that stupid force fly thing in space. Luke milks a space walrus and drinks the milk.
Characters end up on not-Hoth (it has salt instead of snow).… Expand
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JodleDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Rian Johnson turned the worlds greatest hero into the biggest looser to ever walk. Seriously i we just wanted to see Luke do Luke stuff one **** time before he died.. but no.. there was more effort put into the overused humor than put into doing justice to great characters...… Expand
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j4ckgreenDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Star Wars is a cash cow for Disney.
All they want it’s money.
Star Wars now is a comedy for kids. Thank you Disney. Thank you Rian Johnson.
Luke tried to kill a kid while he was sleeping. Leya flying like superman. Who was Snoke? CGI is horrible. The plot makes no sense at all.
The worst Star Wars movie that has ever been released.… Expand
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Marvel-WarsDec 16, 2017
I'm sorry but that is just not a Star Wars for me.
Marvel style humor is becoming a real plague for me.
I stopped watching Marvel movies and now sadly it's gonna be the same for Star Wars.
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LukeMartinoFilmDec 17, 2017
You know what? Its just terrible. Its a terrible film for so many reasons that I shouldn't have to explain. That being said, TLJ could easily be used as a litmus test for an individuals emotional and intellectual maturity. I think what isYou know what? Its just terrible. Its a terrible film for so many reasons that I shouldn't have to explain. That being said, TLJ could easily be used as a litmus test for an individuals emotional and intellectual maturity. I think what is most shocking to me is that this film should have been a bit of a lay up for Writer/Director Rian Johnson. TFA was not an incredible film by any stretch of the imagination but it did succeed in setting up loose ends. Loose ends that needed tying up in this film. The movie had no balls. Instead of giving us definitive answers, it often told us that the questions were stupid. I'm just upset that we have to accept that THIS is how Luke Skywalker goes out.… Expand
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chromosomexDec 15, 2017
Despite glimpses of top tier Star Wars, this movie felt wrecked by too many characters, too many "learning moments", forced conflict often not backed up by the characters' back stories, drastic character shifts with no precedence, an emphasisDespite glimpses of top tier Star Wars, this movie felt wrecked by too many characters, too many "learning moments", forced conflict often not backed up by the characters' back stories, drastic character shifts with no precedence, an emphasis on cheap laughs and cute merchandise setups, ... it really doesn't relent. By the end my whole theater stood up and left. No clapping like Rogue One. And by the time people made it to the restroom, they were arguing about which elements were worse. I can't say I didn't laugh at times, or that it was 100% bad, but this feels like a disservice and a money grab.… Expand
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Ra881tDec 17, 2017
After a day of pondering, I have only one word for this film: Abomination. Poor or totally unbelievable character development. Plotholes en mass. An absolute disappointment.
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the_cringeDec 16, 2017
George Lucas Star Wars created a world in a galaxy far away and you could imagine Luke and everyone still being alive somewhere after their adventure had been told. It is a bit like Peter Pan and Neverland where you could go if you had aGeorge Lucas Star Wars created a world in a galaxy far away and you could imagine Luke and everyone still being alive somewhere after their adventure had been told. It is a bit like Peter Pan and Neverland where you could go if you had a space ship that could fly there. Disneys Nu-Star Wars is about the real world, it doesn't even take you off the ground, it's all grounded in modern politics on planet earth.… Expand
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DarthPreampDec 17, 2017
This is a poorly written (many plot holes) and extremely sloppy movie that intends to rebrand Star Wars in an obvious divide and conquer marketing campaign. The Last Jedi is really much worse than any of the prequels; at least the prequelsThis is a poorly written (many plot holes) and extremely sloppy movie that intends to rebrand Star Wars in an obvious divide and conquer marketing campaign. The Last Jedi is really much worse than any of the prequels; at least the prequels didn't break the 4th barrier (many scenes in The LAst Jedi where the actors break character and truly poke fun at the material)!! Further, The Last Jedi is utterly disrespectful of previous characterization and even uses very important themes as springboards for cheap slapstick comedy. It is simply not a good film. It is so shallow, how can the writers actually think that we are going to buy it's poorly conceived and related nihilistic philosophy? I mean honestly Kung Fu Panda has much much more internal cohesion and real philosophy/mysticism than The Last Jedi. Sad. Disney, Rian Johnson, and JJ Abrams have ruined Star Wars, and it is unforgivable. Yes, Abrams, he was the executive produce for The Last Jedi.… Expand
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Samvise83Dec 16, 2017
Terribile movie, insignificant characters, incoherent with the saga and with itself. Cheap solution, uselessly politically correct. It is an insult to Star wars and to the fans.
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Mako2401Dec 16, 2017
Very disappointed with the choices that were made. It seems like the director completely dismissed both the fans and JJ Abrams' vision of the universe. Left me sad and confused.
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pastacheesecakeDec 16, 2017
Boring, absurdly long, no character development, questionable jokes, almost nonexistent cohesion; it almost feels like this was a fanfiction written by a 14-year-old nu-metal fan. BAD.
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EvgenSDec 17, 2017
I've registered here just to leave my feedback to this movie.

I was thinking that the Force Awaken was just a bad start and it won't get any worser... I was wrong. The plot is predictable and boring, dialogs are pathetic even for childrenI've registered here just to leave my feedback to this movie.

I was thinking that the Force Awaken was just a bad start and it won't get any worser... I was wrong.
The plot is predictable and boring, dialogs are pathetic even for children auditory. It's a big shame for me as SW fan. Complete disappointment... :(

P.S.
Thank you Metacritic for opportunity to see real ratings and feedbacks… Expand
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haggerR14Dec 16, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How much are the "critics" getting paid by Disney to give this movie good rates?

The movie has good visuals, outstanding OST as usual but:

- they butchered ALL the characters, new and old
- throw out the window any storyline instroduced by TFA without giving out answers

the prize? We get to wait for Ep.IX where the epic battle between Fethry Duck Ren & Jedi_certificate.pdf Rey.

Can't wait.… Expand
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Judge_DeathDec 17, 2017
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vladimirrApr 30, 2018
Total destruction of Star Wars saga,terrible writing horrendus plot.And arrogance of people behind this project is just...
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AsterFrayDec 17, 2017
All you need to know is that Rian Johnson didn't pay attention to anything in the previous movies and just ruined Star Wars and now Im no longer considering the Disney movie's as canon.
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rex8tomDec 17, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie was the worst Star Wars movie by far. If you can make it past space Leia then you are treated to a painful and unnecessary filler story for Finn and 40 minutes of ESP communication between the Rey and Kylo. Usually I can just root for the bad guys if I find the protagonists too unbelievable but they were comically bad. Think Spaceballs. Ripped out whatever soul Star Wars had left.… Expand
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JohnvincentDec 21, 2017
I am giving this movie a 2 because the visuals are interesting. If this movie had another name in front of it other than Star Wars I would have to say it was a decent movie. Something like: space balls 2: the search for cash.
 Or maybe:I am giving this movie a 2 because the visuals are interesting. If this movie had another name in front of it other than Star Wars I would have to say it was a decent movie. Something like: space balls 2: the search for cash.
 Or maybe: Twilight 16:  Revenge of the brooding darth emo guy. The movie is a slap in the face to hard core fans who have read the books, played the games and have fallen in love with the universe and the lore. The writing of this movie feels like it wants to pull the characters out of the long time ago far far away and pull you right back into our over the top politically correct, dumbed down humor world.  Unfortunately, The Last Jedi feels like it was written by someone who either has no clue about or has contempt for the the existing Star Wars universe. The writers have no clue how to develop characters or advance a believable plot line. Everyone except the dead are in exactly the same situation in the end as they were in the beginning.  Except for maybe the giant space llamas. Even Luke has gone from self hermit exile to self force exile. The situational plot drivers feel like a bad sitcom scene.   The captain has to drive and go down with the ship even though we have all that cool auto pilot ai crap and robots who could have actually hit the center of the dreadnought or have instantly calculated a path to take out as many enemy ships as possible. Naaaa not dramatic enough for an underdeveloped character death right? I am still amazed they didn't have General Acbar yell, "It's a trap!" right before he flew out the window.  Why bother going into the Star Wars universe when you can just take Star Wars to Vegas.  Craps tables , slot machines and all. And giant llama racing,  cool cgi animal rights activism filler is much more important than spending time on actual character development.  Who goes to jail for a parking ticket anyway?  Hell even the physics from other movies doesn't apply anymore. In previous movies one of the fastest ships in the Galaxy could not out run a star destroyer. But as they were whining on a star destroyer about never being able to catch the slow tugboat looking ships I was hoping dark helmet was about to run in and save the movie with ludicrous speed. Watching the movie felt like a dumbed down Millennial rant on how old people are bitter and fundimentaly broken, teachers are useless, and kids are good at anything they want to be and get a trophy without ever having to practice or train.  And don't forget your portable safe space so if you run out onto a battle field to say something to someone everyone will stop shooting and forget they hated you. 
Its funny how the most powerful Jedi ever, had to train for years to learn how to do simple things. However Rey can use the force right out of the box and do anything. She can beat down jedi with out ever having to train in the force. Its sad we did not know this years ago. It could have saved the jedi years of wasted time, or at least saved Luke from 8 months of running around flipping through a swamp with a frog on his back telling him he was not good enough. No wonder he was bitter.  It makes sense to change the training a Jedi thing.  Kids now days might not understand or believe the concept of having to train and work hard to be good at something.  Yuck . Who would want to buy that toy?… Expand
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ReystlinDec 15, 2017
Incredibly beautiful movie with unbelievably stupid scenario and without fights on lightsabers. Is this is new vision of Star Wars? If that is true, I will be completely disappointed.
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NashquilDec 17, 2017
Horrible Star Wars film. So many bad writing and directing decisions. A huge disappointment from start to finish. This movie destroyes classic, legendary charecters, wastes the new charecters and takes everything that was moderatelyHorrible Star Wars film. So many bad writing and directing decisions. A huge disappointment from start to finish. This movie destroyes classic, legendary charecters, wastes the new charecters and takes everything that was moderately interesting from the previous movie and just casually throws it away. The plot relies heavily on poor or ridiculous decision making by charecters, there are no meaningful or interesting answers to any questions set up in The Force Awakens and the characterization of many of both the new and old charecters is hugely flawed. Second worst Star Wars film after The Phantom Menace.… Expand
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royhorn01Dec 15, 2017
WALT DISNEY IS RUINING THE STARWARS FRANCHISE

Having just seen The Last Jedi I am hoping this is the last Starwars film made by Walt Disney. The main problem is that the scripting is very poor and there is nothing new in the films. TheWALT DISNEY IS RUINING THE STARWARS FRANCHISE

Having just seen The Last Jedi I am hoping this is the last Starwars film made by Walt Disney.

The main problem is that the scripting is very poor and there is nothing new in the films. The crystal foxes were about the only new thing in this last film. Walt Disney are being very lazy and really just milking the brand.

I.e. ‘we are losing all our ships’. What. Useless bit of narrative that is. I can see you are losing all the ships. This telling what was going on happened over, and over, and over again. Film is a visual medium ‘SHOW DONT TELL. Daisy Ridley doesn’t have an acting bone in her body. Performances by her just make me and most of the people I went to the film with CRINGE.

POOR SCRIPTING, POOR STORY AND POOR ACTING GET IT A 2 OUT OF 10

GIVE THE FRANCHISE BACK TO GEORGE LUCAS - IT IS NOT SAFE IN WALT DISNEY’S HANDS.… Expand
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Speed-RacerDec 18, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Napoleon Dynamite makes a great villain. I love preachy, condescending social justice themes in my sci fi (whether I agree with them or not). You really don’t have enough girl power in this movie - More cowbell! Laura Dern’s character is such a pivotal historical figure in the series and deserved such a large climatic role unlike Admiral Akbar who you rightfully unceremoniously killed off and literally gave his seat to someone no one cared about. I love how you developed a new character - Rose but completely ignored any development of prior main characters. I love how righteous and powerful every female character is in the movie and all male characters are impulsive and/or bumbling broken idiots. More cowbell!
/sarcasm

Seriously you could have saved this movie if you put any of the franchise actor in the Laura Dern role. What is her name again? Admiral Mary Sue?… Expand
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revianblueDec 15, 2017
Should be named Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Star Wars

A successful slap in the face to the people who criticized the prequels and George Lucas directing. Terrible directing, laughable motivations (let them destroy the gate andShould be named Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Star Wars

A successful slap in the face to the people who criticized the prequels and George Lucas directing.
Terrible directing, laughable motivations (let them destroy the gate and Rebellion, i'm gonna save my lover, for the sake of Rebellion!) senseless plot, non-existent character background...Almost every theory about Snoke and Rey failed because there isn't any background on them.
Hasbro ruined Star Wars toys, Electronic Arts ruined Star Wars games and Disney destroying the rest of the Star Wars material with mastery.… 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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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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LoveeLandDec 16, 2017
This movie ruined the few good things this new trilogy had going for it. The only bright spots of the film were the acting on the part of Daisy Ridley and Mark Hammill. Everyone else was pretty awful. Overused clichés again, out of placeThis movie ruined the few good things this new trilogy had going for it. The only bright spots of the film were the acting on the part of Daisy Ridley and Mark Hammill. Everyone else was pretty awful. Overused clichés again, out of place dialogue, and lack of appreciation for the Star Wars universe. Its like they tried to make this a marvel movie. They didn't stay true to what the force means and is in the star wars universe. And they decided to throw the plot into total chaos for the last film. Its hard to give thorough criticisms of this film without spoilers, but the biggest problems were in the writing and the plot. It was not well done at all. I thought the prequel movies were well written but suffered from bad acting, effects, and setting art. This film cant even hang its hat on being well written. Most disappointing movie I've seen in recent memory. I would tell you don't go see it but I know you will because its star wars. Just don't go in with high expectations.… Expand
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flowzrehDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Obviously, I was going to watch this movie expecting the worst. It exceeded my expectations in that regard, of course. A formulaic, boring, insulting - those are the words that come to mind. In this world of heroes, or, as movie puts it, 'legends', none of the characters of the episodes 6 and 7 feel like they earned their place, power or recognition. This is now the world of Mary Sues and fan fiction level of writing.

The movie is all over the place - from cast, in which I can only remember Mark Hamill for his outstanding work (as ever), to character development, to forced jokes almost every five minutes and petty attempts at pathos, to story delivery, which, I must note, feels disjointed, weak and sometimes not fit for a feature-length movie. Speaking of which, it was obvious for me and my friend sitting beside me from very early on that the story, with the ammount of characters and sub-plots going on, would look far better if it was series - it was that hard to follow all these characters and their irrelevant struggles, which, by the way, weren't able to convience me to empathise with them.

I said above that this is now the world of Mary Sues. Nothing characters achieve is earned. It is all given to them by the all-powerful will of writers that seem onlyto be bothered by pleasing the lowest possible common denominator, which, of course, will repay their, ahem, hard work a thousand times over. The only meaningful sacrifice in the whole movie, and fatal at that, was made by, you guessed it, Luke. Of course, as with the rest of the movie and it's contrived plot twists, this sacrifice wasn't without a 'that was not expected, in a bad way' moment. But to understand what I mean by that, you'll have to watch the movie, which I absolutely can not recomend if you have any respect to the universe of Star Wars. I can hardly find a few good words to say about this movie, but there some to be said. Except I won't - so bitter is the aftertaste. Okay, okay, the effects were nice, however, that's all I can say about them - there were a plenty of hiccups. But is it enough to give this movie more than, say, 5 (as it is the average user rating at the moment of writing this)?

To sum it up, it's not a movie for a Star Wars fan, as you might have guessed already. It's a cash grab, and I regret every penny I paid for a ticket. Sadly, these was no refund.… Expand
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Oberon1Dec 16, 2017
Its hard to admit it, but it was terrible movie. Its ironic that Disney managed to bribe most of the critics (or critics just want to be more popular with youth... poor moustache petes) but didnt managed to make a decent movie. Plot doesntIts hard to admit it, but it was terrible movie. Its ironic that Disney managed to bribe most of the critics (or critics just want to be more popular with youth... poor moustache petes) but didnt managed to make a decent movie. Plot doesnt have holes, whole plot is a giant hole. Its sad to see all these characters who had such promising start in force wakens just got so wasted. Its a movie tht imbraces what is worst in our postmodernist culture, its ode to mediocricy. If John Galt would start rebelion now it should be against companies like disney. Still there were few moments of joy in this movie, but dont be decieved. Legacy of originals, even legacy of force awakens were just wipd out with single hand. Greedy mouse shot perfectly healthy horse and started beating it and it wont stop untill there will be any profit.....… Expand
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RoosterKingDec 16, 2017
This is one of the worst Star wars ever, makes me almost miss the prequels, goddamn you Rian, you ruined star wars more than Lucas could do with Jar Jar Binks
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SchoolOfTheWolfDec 16, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Before I get into The Last Jedi, I would like to provide some background of where I am coming from. I am twenty-one years old and I have been a fan of Star Wars for as long as I remember. I grew up in the age of the prequels, and while I have gotten new perspective on them in time, I still have a fond attachment to the Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith (Clone Wars is a different story). But like many fans, nothing really tops the original trilogy for me. While The Force Awakens had clear reused material, I still walked out of the theater two years ago as excited about Star Wars as ever. They had introduced a new cast and set up for what I though could be a strong trilogy. They intruded the Big Baddy Snoke and teased there might finally be answers behind the old Palpatine's master questions. ----------------------------------------------------
Then there was the Rogue One, a gritty and darker Star Wars film that toke me by surprise. An isolated cast of characters that did not need to rely of all the big names of the other movies that would fill in a series long question about the Death Star and the Empire. This film quickly rose to become one of my favorites, perhaps just behind Empire Strikes Back. Plus the ending scene with Vader... you know what I'm talking about. Never before had I felt legitimate fear of a Star Wars Villain. This movie gave me hope. ----------------------------------------------------
Now, the Last Jedi was marketed as a darker film. "Time for the Jedi to End" This quote caught my attention. Would they finally be moving back from the singular story of the good guy Jedi and the bad guy Sith? Could this be the story where they explore the duality and balance of the force? No. I saw this film on opening night and I cannot recall a deeper sense of disappointment in a film about a series I love. ----------------------------------------------------
You will see many viewers claiming that they finally told a new story and that Star Wars fans just can't handle that, or that if you liked Force Awakens and not this film then you are not a true fan. This is the biggest punch in the gut for me. I cannot see how the film told a new story as it reused old tropes from Star Wars and other films relentlessly, and failed to commit to truly daring developments at every opportunity. Instead they give you flashy, Fast and the Furious style, action scenes and shallow character developments. There must be three or four different times where a main character is saved from death at the last minute. Sure, there is no Death Star, but that does not make this story new. ----------------------------------------------------
Inspiration from Empire is clear. There is a remake of the Dagobah scene, a student learning very little about the force from their master before rushing off to do something stupid against their master's will. There is a “join me and we will rule the galaxy scene”, and even a poor rendition of the Hoth battle scene on an all white salt planet this time. A Salty Hoth battle if you will. ----------------------------------------------------
But, it was the forced humor that got to me the most. Every couple of minutes there had to be a forced gag. The opening scene amounts to a T-Mobile "Can you hear me now" skit with a your mom joke. Comedy was used to cover substance. I certainly laughed at a joke or two, but that is the number of jokes that felt in context during the film.
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The ending digs it home and disposes of one of the series long best characters in a way I can only think the writers must have thought would be a meaningful send off. But their death seems so out of place that I felt no emotional impact whatsoever which seems like a plot driven waste. ----------------------------------------------------
The soundtrack was well certainly well done, but is misused often. Every mention of Vader required they play 8 notes of the Vader theme song just in case you don’t know who Vader is. Visually the film is spectacular and the team did excellent work with the sets, costumes and design.
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Unfortunately those pros over overshadowed for me as the film amounted to not much more than cheap payouts. The director and writers seem to have misunderstood everything that Star Wars fans loved. Meaningful character development, slower and more impactful moments with humor when it actually fits, and plots with logical twists and turns and not just for the sake of throwing people off. To those that enjoyed this film, I am happy that you found peace and prosperity in your new empire. To the rest of us, let's hope they make the next Star Wars with actual passion and our beloved series isn’t left to die with thunderous applause.
(Sorry for the poor format and dashed lines, my site kept grouping my paragraphs together when I would submit. I did my best to force organize it.)… Expand
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NormantonDec 17, 2017
This movie was SO BAD! I cant believe it. I have always liked Star Wars movies, even the episodes 1-3 even though I recognize that they are not very good. Episode 7 was a disappointment but at least it had it moments. This, on the other hand,This movie was SO BAD! I cant believe it. I have always liked Star Wars movies, even the episodes 1-3 even though I recognize that they are not very good. Episode 7 was a disappointment but at least it had it moments. This, on the other hand, was terrible. Honestly if I wasn't sitting in the middle of the row in the theater I would have left after half way though the movie. The movie is full of totally unbelievable stuff, half of the scenes try to be artistic when rest feel glued on. The story is plain stupid, dialog is terrible and especially humor is so forced it was physically painful to watch. There was no meaningful character development excluding one that was in any way interesting or plausible. The threat of the Imperium/First Oder is totally non existent when they are totally incompetent and depicted as complete morons. I don't care if you have a scifi or fantasy movie but if you have established some rules in that universe you cannot just ignore them in every scene. I also hate that is seems that the heroes can go anywhere they want at any time.

I don't want to even start with the actor performance but still I must say that only good performance was from Mark Hamill. For all the rest I was just hopping that the characters would be killed off at some point. I didn't feel any attachment to any of the characters in any level. And whats up with all the cute animals everywhere that have nothing to do with anything?

-Beyond disappointed Star Wars fan… Expand
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QueenyRebeccaDec 17, 2017
We saw this in a group of 9 people.
As the credit's rolled, we looked at each other, and without any word spoken, our facial expressions all displayed the same thing:
Shock, disappointment, disbelieve and anger. I'm still pretty down all dayWe saw this in a group of 9 people.
As the credit's rolled, we looked at each other, and without any word spoken, our facial expressions all displayed the same thing:
Shock, disappointment, disbelieve and anger.
I'm still pretty down all day because of this movie.
It's like I witnessed a car crash or something.
I lie in bed at night and can't stop thinking about how terrible this movie was.
I can't accept that they have done this to Star Wars.
The must have known that they used to most incapable and incompetent creators to work on this new Star Wars series, and they just didn't care.

They didn't care.
People will buy tickets, no matter what, so why care about making a dignified sequel? Why write a good story or pay some respect to the characters? Why give Carry Fisher's Leia a good ending?

Star Wars is dead to me now.
I will not watch episode 9 until it's on Netflix.… Expand
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leedr74Dec 17, 2017
Suck it Disney. You ruined the franchise with this trash.

This movie was the chosen one. This movie had potential to be amazing after the previous story told by Abrams and gang. You just took a dump and threw it against a movie screen andSuck it Disney. You ruined the franchise with this trash.

This movie was the chosen one. This movie had potential to be amazing after the previous story told by Abrams and gang. You just took a dump and threw it against a movie screen and made all of us pay to watch it slide down the screen for a few hours.

Massively disappointed.… Expand
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JBJamDec 15, 2017
The movie was an okish movie, but it was a really bad STAR WARS movie. After The Force Awakens i hoped many things would be explained in this followup movie. But you leave the theater with more questions than before. Also: For me the StarThe movie was an okish movie, but it was a really bad STAR WARS movie. After The Force Awakens i hoped many things would be explained in this followup movie. But you leave the theater with more questions than before. Also: For me the Star Wars Universe is very dark and sinister (especially the Sith). The Jedi represent the other side: strong, honorable knights of the light side. In this movie i think everybody is a friggin, absolutely useless moron. Every character doesn't fit in his role and you respect none of them. The Last Jedi creates a family friendly ambience throughout the whole movie with jokes and absolutely zero seriousness. You don't fear the dark side because the main antagonists in this movie behave like standup comedians. At moments i thought i was watching Space Balls and not Star Wars...
Many decisions by the characters in the movie make no sense and the pace in the middle part is absolutely horrible. But the worst thing about the movie is how the characters can use the force without any training. In 6 movies we learned that it is very difficult to master the ways of the force. Many people inside the Star Wars universe don't even know that the force exists. But here it seems to be as easy as taking a dump after dinner.
If you don't know the Star Wars Universe and haven't seen any Star Wars movies before you will enjoy yourself. You can even call it Guardians of the Galaxy 3 if you like. But as a Star Wars fan i am VERY disappointet by this movie and can only give it 4 out of 10 points.… Expand
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Sk1lerWhiteDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Rian Johnson hate Luke Skywalker because what he do to that character it’s a disgusting.
Luke tried to kill a kid while he was sleeping. WTF???
I understand why Mark Hamill hate everything about his character.
Leya flying like superman. such a stupid scene.
This movie is horrible. a comedy for kids and a cash cow for Disney.… Expand
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Iserlohn14Dec 15, 2017
Yawn, just another big-budget fanservice movie meant to pad Disney's quarterly EPS by ripping off superficial details from the original trilogy (this time it's mostly ESB and RotJ) while injecting Millennial snarky humor and cheap sight gagsYawn, just another big-budget fanservice movie meant to pad Disney's quarterly EPS by ripping off superficial details from the original trilogy (this time it's mostly ESB and RotJ) while injecting Millennial snarky humor and cheap sight gags that will make people laugh once but be embarrassing forever after.

Meanwhile most of the huge unanswered questions (and frankly, plot holes) from SW7 are either still left unanswered, or given cheap explanations that frankly were not worth the wait.

Bottom line: no one who is really a fan of SW could possibly like where this new trilogy is going. But I think a lot of these people upvoting it are just escapism addicts looking for a fresh hit, they don't care if it's Star Wars or Marvel or what have you.… Expand
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SantiDeisDec 16, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As an avid fan of Star Wars since 1999, when my father carried me into the cinema to watch Episode I with just 1 year, I can't express how difficult is for me to dislike an Star Wars film. I really went to see it with high expectations for what I saw at the trailers, but the film was nothing like it... As good as the movie looks, they wasted Mark Hamill's time and that should be punished.

I've already seen it and can guarantee that I wont be rewatching this one. Doesn't have the same rewatch value as The Force Awakens (TFA).

As a movie, this rating should be at about 0.5 - 1 because it completely takes a dump on everything the Original Trilogy (and to some extent the Prequels) set up. While TFA introduced the fact that the ending of Return of the Jedi meant nothing of consequence because the Rebels and the Empire are still around with the same power dynamics (pretty much), this movie further solidifies that nothing that came before it matters. 

Luke's scene at the end of TFA is essentially the start of a strip-tease and The Last Jedi is a continuation of that strip-tease with absolutely no payoff. His role in the movie starts with him taking Anakin's lightsaber from Rey and casually throwing it behind him like a can of soda or litter... His father's lightsaber, the lightsaber he first used, the lightsaber he lost his hand with in his first lightsaber duel with his father the moment he learned his true heritage, the first lightsaber ever seen on screen is tossed aside with little thought. It seemed to me, a metaphor for Disney throwing away what came before in favor of new-ness they can completely control and tailor to the focus-group formulas, and this scene should set your expectations for this movie.

Snoke's character amounts to little more than a bait-and-switch and is killed perhaps just past the midpoint of the movie. He narrates his own death foolishly, and I've seen some people calling it poetic but I think it's lazy. We get no back story for the character that was often described as "more powerful than Palpatine" and "ancient" and then he is killed. How they could have made it better is by NOT showing Kylo moving the lightsaber next to Snoke with the Force. The audience isn't stupid, we would be able to piece together that betrayal and it would make it more shocking. We learn Rey's backstory. She is a nobody from Jakku, her parents sold her for drinking money and, if I remember correctly, they are said to be dead. So for the last two years hundreds of YouTube channels, blogs and articles and thousands upon thousands of fans, new and old alike, have been speculating about the two biggest mysteries of the new Star Wars films, Rey and Snoke, only to have the rug pulled out from under them in pretty weak reveals that Rey is a nobody and Snoke is also, a nobody.

Disney broke the Force as we knew it by having Rey completely know how to use random Force powers as the plot demanded such as Jedi mind trick and Kylo Ren's mind reading trick (and for those that defended this as maybe she was one of Luke's students, The Last Jedi all but confirms she is literally just a nobody who never had any sort of training in her youth)

Leia's ship's bridge is blown to smithereens by TIE fighters. This is what kills Admiral Ackbar in the background and Leia is flung into the cold embrace of space. This honestly would have been a good death for the character. It respects her as a frontline fighter, general and leader to the end willing to sacrifice her life for her cause just as quickly as anyone else. But, nope! Instead we get a terrible scene of her FLYING back to the ruined bridge. If you haven't noticed the lack of Finn, Poe and Rose in this review, then you're doing fine. Everything they do is pretty lackluster. Probably the biggest spoiler is that Luke goes out like a punk. He does very little other than play the unwilling and hard-headed mentor. The movie depicts him as a crotchety old man who was willing to murder a child (Ben) because of the potential evil in the child (I guess child-murder runs in the family). 
When he finally gets his will to fight and you think that he will be the bamf we expect him to be, it turns out he couldn't even bother to show up. For the whole movie, he does not leave the island. His death scene is honestly really well shot with the sunsets but it's so undeserved. Fans have been waiting since 1980s, over 30 years to see Luke again on the big screen and there's a certain expectation for what Luke should be able to do. For Luke to go out like this means we will (probably) never see Mark Hamill go all out. What was shown here was not even a fraction of how powerful he was. Because he fades away, Disney easily has an out to say "Oh, we didn't actually kill him! Star Wars isn't for the people it used to be for. This transition from passion Star Wars to a more "general audience" friendly. I'm so sorry for writing this down, but it's the truth. Come back, George...… Expand
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GuapoGrandeDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I thought Force Awakens was decent if obnoxiously derivative, but now they went and did it AGAIN. So the Rebellion is fleeing the Empire after a devastating attack, while their one Jedi trainee has flown off to train with a wise old master. Where have I seen that before? Meanwhile some of the heroes go to a fancy installation to find someone to help them, who winds up betraying them? Then there's a throne room confrontation almost just like the one from RotJ except it's got some stiff and awkward lightsaber chop socky (trust me, I watch a ton of action movies, this scene will not hold up to repeat viewing, there are fan-made lightsaber fights that are way more intense and dramatic)?

Disney clearly has ZERO ideas of what to do here except completely rehash the original movies while stuffing affirmative action roles down everyone's throats. They have officially made a trilogy EVEN WORSE than the prequels.… Expand
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GioFDec 15, 2017
Poorly written, full of unecessary jokes, and far far away from Star Wars Galaxy.

Being innovative it's not just trying to push the story trough unseen paths, it's playing with unwritten rules (and anthropological codes) to tell the samePoorly written, full of unecessary jokes, and far far away from Star Wars Galaxy.

Being innovative it's not just trying to push the story trough unseen paths, it's playing with unwritten rules (and anthropological codes) to tell the same story in a different, maybe peculiar, way. This is Star Wars. Anyway, plot and subplot are completetely a disaster in terms of screenwriting. So It's not anymore a matter of how much FANS are attached to the franchise, it's that Hollywood it's not able, anymore, to distiguish between a bad or a good script, while they're focused (more than ever before) in a greedy, and really pathetic, search of gold. Could have we expected something different from Disney? Certantly not.
Have I hoped something better from Star Wars? Certantly yes. May the force be with all of you, this is a really sad era.… Expand
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Millermann67Dec 17, 2017
Wow! where to begin....well I never write reviews. (never} but I had to open an account just so I could release this angry. This movie is soooo f'ing forgettable...the story is poor, the acting is fine. they just seem to go in a directionWow! where to begin....well I never write reviews. (never} but I had to open an account just so I could release this angry. This movie is soooo f'ing forgettable...the story is poor, the acting is fine. they just seem to go in a direction that makes Zero sense. Im so completely torn up inside like so many others. I still can't believe they screwed this up so bad....this could have been a movie of such praise, but its a movie of endless pointless decisions, theres just so many dumb things to write about.
A) dumb humor
B) poor writing C) snoke- could have been a amazing story line....nope, sorta like Darth Maul. wasted.
D) the whole interaction between Luke and Rey....I believe they spend more time on Finn in the casino?
E) Luke / being a old **** thats not Luke!!
F) screw it ( EVERYTHING) this movie should have been EPIC! NOT AN EPIC FAIL!
DONE........thats it folks.… Expand
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KraksDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This was the worst movie I've seen in a very long time. You'd have to go back to Martin Lawrence's A Thin Line Between Love and Hate to do worse. The plot was a jumbled and pointless mess. 90% of the movie could have been cut just by making the supposed "leader" Holdo do leaderly things and inform her crew at least of an idea of her plan.

The good:

Very little. Yoda was ok.
The ships looked good.

The bad:

The dreadnought is getting beat down by a single X-Wing for several minutes and nobody thinks "Hey, we have all these other ships, let's go help it since it is a defenseless cannon platform." The entire story ends right there with Poe's death if the First Order is more intelligent than Elmer Fudd.

Look at the men in the resistance. They look mostly ragged, worn down, and desperate: Exactly as they should when they've been running for their lives for days straight. Now look at the women: perfect hair done up, make up, not even a blemish. They were incredibly unbelievable as always. Hollywood only sees women as decorations and plays up their parts much more than they really are. The best female actresses in this film get 1. put in a coma or 2. very little screen time and then killed at the end in the most idiotic and unfulfilling fashion ever.

Going back to the women, they are apparently the only good people left in the Galaxy. Even Poe Dameron gets shown to be an overly cocky glory-whore for most of the film. Luke Skywalker is a cowardly failure. Finn can't do anything really and is just a guide for Rose throughout the film. The bridge of the resistance cruiser, filled with the officers, is almost nothing but women, again with perfect hair, makeup, etc. We get it, Disney. You think you have the male market share wrapped around your finger so you're abandoning us to try and entice women to see your films more because the potential for more money lies in that demographic. You're abandoning your base, though, and it'll be to your own injury.

Kylo Ren had 1 bad scene in the entire first movie but was otherwise great. In that scene, he throws a temper tantrum and looks like a 12 year old that didn't get his PS4 for Christmas. That Kylo Ren is all we see in TLJ. He's completely nihilistic, angsty, and craving for attention. Adam Driver was almost perfect in the first film and almost perfectly awful in the second. The common thread in all of this filth isn't him though, it is a movie made by a Marketing Department.

Hey, Phasma is right here about to execute Finn and Rose...BOOM, big explosion, the room filled with hundreds of stormtroopers should be littered with bodies but instead there are maybe a dozen at most and...magic stormtrooper powers have now placed Phasma and 10 or so of her soldiers a football field away and in formation. Oh, and the guy shooting at Rose never thinks to fire a single shot at Finn, even after Rose sought cover and Finn stood there as a big beautiful target.

Absolutely nothing from the first movie is ever answered. Even the question of Rey's parentage is up in the air as Ren could have been lying to her to manipulate her. Who knows? I don't think that's the case, but with all of the annoying diversionary writing and inverse Star Wars tropes in this film, you have no idea what is real and what isn't. Snoke, the absolute best part of the entire film, dies while narrating his death in a Three Stooges Skit. Good job, Disney. You killed an amazing villain too early just like Lucas did with Darth Maul. Every single animal in the movie is designed to be as cute and marketable as possible. PETA helped craft the Rose character and even got to write a line. Horrible acting by several of the cast: Daisy Ridley is just bad. She again has a hard time keeping a straight face in many scenes and appears to be just still giddy to be in a Star Wars movie. That shouldn't show, Daisy. Rose was a pointless character with an awful actress. They wasted the talents of Benicio del Toro on the most cringeworthy Deus ex Machina moment in movie history. Laura Dern is junk. She's never been good, but with a bad character with only 1 motivation (I'm pretty sure Rian Johnson told her "Ok, here is how deep your character is: You're a smug b**** the entire film. GO!") she's even worse. I didn't think that was possible.

The movie was just bad, folks. The reviewers were paid off, plain and simple. The user score is much more accurate, and that 5.3 is going to drop a LOT more as people spend more time away from the film thinking about it. Attack of the Clones was much better, and that's an absolutely awful film that I have a hard time rewatching. Rian Johnson showed so much talent in films like Looper, but he has no spine to stand up to the executives at Disney and that comes through every second of this 2 hour and 30 minute commercial for toys. There is a reason directors keep getting fired from Star Wars productions.… Expand
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GmoBarrientosDec 17, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SPOILERS HERE!!: No training for Rey. In the new canon, you don´t need to be a padawan. You might be a **** Jedi from nothing. Training, effort, learning is for newbies....Snoke, oh man, who was ???? Why so powefull??His intentions? ...Who cares!!!!! SPLIT in 2. Thats all. Maybe Snoke is Hugh Hefner. The history behind Why Kylo Ren is Kylo ren is bad too, and simplist.… Expand
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LemonidasDec 17, 2017
The Last Jedi is the best Cinema offer ever! With one ticket you get to see two movies! The Empire Strikes Back, and return of the Jedi meshed together and served as a hot steaming pile of ***P ! I sincerely suggest to anyone who doesn't wantThe Last Jedi is the best Cinema offer ever! With one ticket you get to see two movies! The Empire Strikes Back, and return of the Jedi meshed together and served as a hot steaming pile of ***P ! I sincerely suggest to anyone who doesn't want to have his childhood memories raped and murdered, to avoid seeing this horrible movie and just pretend it never happened. It will be better this way.… Expand
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MaglenDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A completely average movie in almost every way. You could almost literally not watch this movie and not miss much going into the next movie. So many of the characters they introduced in The Force Awakens are simply thrown away for no reason.… Expand
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RuffianDec 17, 2017
Dear Disney, you are just as disgusting as EA.Dear Disney, you are just as disgusting as EA.Dear Disney, you are just as disgusting as EA.Dear Disney, you are just as disgusting as EA.
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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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LucasRRibeiroDec 16, 2017
Poorly paced. Lot of plot holes. Shallow characters with almost no development. Huge segments of the story are completly disconnected to the main plot. Many of the mysteries of the previous installment are not addressed. Manages to not followPoorly paced. Lot of plot holes. Shallow characters with almost no development. Huge segments of the story are completly disconnected to the main plot. Many of the mysteries of the previous installment are not addressed. Manages to not follow the super loose "rules" of the star wars universe. There are some really great moments though.… Expand
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VindoR_Dec 16, 2017
Decent movie, terrible star wars. Finish TFA works in destroying the original trilogy. Some big plot holes but most are in relation to the previous movies. It does one thing right though, it finally put to rest (i hope) all the denial fueled,Decent movie, terrible star wars. Finish TFA works in destroying the original trilogy. Some big plot holes but most are in relation to the previous movies. It does one thing right though, it finally put to rest (i hope) all the denial fueled, rey apologists.… Expand
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SG3000Dec 17, 2017
Worst Star Wars Movie! Have ruined all fun for episode 9. The Force Awakens was not perfect but still I liked it! Worst Star Wars film ever. :-( Im so disappointed!
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papadrew7Dec 17, 2017
I am giving this movie a 2 purely because there were some scenes that were entertaining however this movie was a disaster. For instance when Mark Hamill read the script he said Luke would never do what's in the script. After episode 7 and 8 II am giving this movie a 2 purely because there were some scenes that were entertaining however this movie was a disaster. For instance when Mark Hamill read the script he said Luke would never do what's in the script. After episode 7 and 8 I have lost hope for disney to handle star wars properly. I mean 7 and 8 make episodes 1 and 2 seem like masterpieces. The last jedi is filled with such ridiculous plot holes and scenes were the audience was laughing for all the wrong reasons. I mean I really believe that a group of 12 year old star wars fans could have made a better script then the episode 8. For shame disney. SHAME (rings bell) SHAME (rings bell).… Expand
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indominatorDec 17, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Disney , the company that **** on its franchises.it killed of all good stories, gave ea the keys to the games and now only makes terrible movies. this movie is full of plot holes, luke is an **** and a coward, leia is super jesus, lots of jokes. force sensitive jedi is as bad as an angry teenage girl. snoke just dies and pahsma too.

what i wanted is, a decent sci fi movie, what we get, is disney cleaning house to have a clean slate for the future of the franchise. ironically thats one of the things the empire is doing in the galaxy, go figure.

luke should have had a honorable death, but he just **** everything up and acted like 16 year old. he should have been the one to face snoke and his guards, he should have had a very heroice fight against the frist order in snokes ship and save the galaxy and also become a martyr and become a character to be looked up on pop culture, but no, he was cucked and only made terrible decisions, and he made sure that Kylo would hate him but antagonizing him and just accepting that he was the actual villain . Kylo is alone, cucked and left by his family. he was put there by disney as the new villain. he is not even a good character to become the new villain in the next movie, he is just some angry teen. theres no sith or no jedi, just him. and an untrained super powerful girl.

the force also has been destroyed, everyone is so powerful now its kinda ridiculous.

the good things: the movie had good plot points and character development. oh wait, no it didnt, the only thing that made sense was kylo ren, the rest of the characters felt kinda dumb but still better than the 7th sw.

for the sequel: less jokes, less force usage, more interesting lightsaber fights, a better plot and writer, and less petty characters. oh, and have other force users, the ones we have are not very interesting. and please develop better the character of kylo, he is still lame, and now he is alone to develop the dark side sotry… Expand
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duckoutboyDec 16, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I HATE this movie. THE LAST JEDI Like a China's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.

Reason 1: Where the our Ywing? Why Resistance use bizarre bomber?

Reason 2: Broken Finn's character.

Reason 3: jackass Poe Dameron.

Reason 4: Freaking casino scene.

Reason 5: Woman of Steel; leiar Kent.

Reason 6: Broken Luke's character.

Reason 7: Too slowery, too Weakness Star Destroyer.

Reason 8: Stupidly snuff it Snoke.

Reason 9: Incredibly stupid Praetorian guard.

Reason 10: Illogical Hyper Drive kamikazae Scene.

Reason 11: Spirit Yoda doing Force Lightning? Oh no. Mr. Rion. Are You crazy?

Reason 12: I'm sure. Rey is Mary Sue character like Maggot.

Reason 13: I hate many thing to this cursed movie, But… Rose. She is especially. Especially suck. I could not empathy with this character at all. Absolutely.

Reason 14: Finally, Disney made Ultimate Ruler of Galactic Empire from the Skywalker family. This Achievement was Anakin Skywalker unfulfilled accomplishments. Congratuation Anakin.

Reason 15: Meaningless Speeder attack Scene.

Reason 16: Rose's trolling. And she didn't die. Rion you betrayed my expectation. Reason 17: Luke doing Hologram Show! Wow! And he die. Rion you Freaking Psycho!

Reason 18: First order bE garbage of dregs of Galtic Empire, and Resistance be Resist College Circle. Ladies and Gentlemen! This scale is galaxy war movie! Fantastic! Cool! Amazing! Great! Excellent! Awesome! It's a magnificent!

Everyone listen please! clap to Ryan! Clap to Ryan! Crap to Ryan! Crap to Dullard Nincompoop loser Ryan Jhonson! Get lost Star Wars pevert vandalist! You hoe's bastard! whole life sucking idiot jerk Knob moron Effing Fanny Diseny's Arse! Sod off Movie World! Dumbass Culture Terrorist scum lick it your Semen!… Expand
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grafpappaDec 17, 2017
It had a few good moments and scenes, yet the writing is terrible. The film is full of plot holes. While i was watching i never had the feeling, that im watching a star wars movie. It felt like a **** Marvel film. Its being disrespectful withIt had a few good moments and scenes, yet the writing is terrible. The film is full of plot holes. While i was watching i never had the feeling, that im watching a star wars movie. It felt like a **** Marvel film. Its being disrespectful with Luke and the force itself.… Expand
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kinoiskingDec 18, 2017
Watching this film was the most unpleasant experience I've had for some time. The way Luke Skywalker was handled is a disgrace. Everything about The Last Jedi is a disgrace. And "The Resistance" versus muh evil white males, come on, who doWatching this film was the most unpleasant experience I've had for some time. The way Luke Skywalker was handled is a disgrace. Everything about The Last Jedi is a disgrace. And "The Resistance" versus muh evil white males, come on, who do you think you're fooling? I will never go see another Star Wars film, Disney has permanently ruined the franchise.… Expand
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arrowflingerJan 23, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Way to go Rian Johnson not only have you divided a loyal fanbase with this boring crapfest that's by far the worst movie in the series. You've also robbed the fans of any future Luke Skywalker spin off movie, due to how this ends.… Expand
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rfx51Dec 15, 2017
I don't know what movie the critics saw, but the Star Wars fans don't seem to like this one, myself included. This is not Star Wars. This is Disney's SJW. The actors played it well, but this story is all over the place and it doesn't have theI don't know what movie the critics saw, but the Star Wars fans don't seem to like this one, myself included. This is not Star Wars. This is Disney's SJW. The actors played it well, but this story is all over the place and it doesn't have the much needed vibe that made the original trilogy work (or even The Force Awakens, for that matter, although that's a problem for another day).… Expand
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XannieDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm willing to give this abomination a few points purely for Mark Hamill working hard to try and make what he was given work, Adam Driver's role as Kylo Ren who is one of the few redeeming parts of this movie, and production values that are expected with a budget and resources of the likes used in creating a (supposed) Star Wars movie.

However, this movie in not a continuation of the Star Wars saga. It's expensive fanfiction, and has made it clear that while you can buy a license, you can't buy the spirit or soul.

Luke Skywalker deserved far better treatment than he received in this movie, and my greatest sympathies to my fellow fans who wanted to see him as more than a bitter old man. A twisted old hermit who went from the brigh young Jedi whose unwavering faith in his fathers salvation and throwing his lightsaber aside saved the day to igniting his lightsaber while even contemplating killing his sleeping nephew and then retiring (and not lifting a finger to mend the mess he effectively created), still needing Yoda to guide him, and then dying of 'exhaustion' after a terrible 'Matrix-like' fight and death fakeout. It doesn't matter whether he comes back as a force-spirit, or whether they backpedal hard and have his death be another fake-out, because they have essentially ruined a character almost as (and more so in some circles) beloved as characters like Indiana Jones, Superman, James Bond, and so on. They have tarnished an icon. An inspiration to generations.

Carrie isn't treated much better, seen as giving up hope in her son (and thus, sending Han to his death when she should have come to that conclusion sooner) in a way Luke never did with Vader, and not even to mention a goofy scene more at home in a cape film than befitting and aging General/Princess.

The fight choreography is a mix of good, bland, to outright terrible (the guards in the throne room spend half their time dancing around and taking turns to fight). Snoke turned out to be a joke and 'decoy' main villian, which is the least interesting choice they could have made.

Rey, whom I actually like in TFA and considered the accusations of being a mary sue a stretch, it turns out is really the greatest force prodigy ever whom with even less training than Luke on Degobah can crack cliffs in meditation, duel as though defending yourself with a junk staff directly translates to being a swordsman of the highest skill, and lifting massive rocks with as much ease as Yoda and Palpatine (the peaks of force ability) did with the senate podiums. Finn seemed to be barely present. Poe had some interesting moments, but overall, didn't live up to the interest he generated in TFA. Really, the sole 'redeeming' (in that it stopped me from actively walking out) element of this trainwreck was Kylo Ren/Ben Solo. Revealed to basically be an abandoned abuse victim (who believes his uncle, the great and legendary Luke Skywalker, intended to murder him in his bed after being sent to him for help. Tell me THAT isn't a formative experience that makes becoming a darksider understandable.) who feels alone and abandoned (and projects HARD onto Rey), and whom they are clearly and blatantly signalling the redemption of. By the end of the movie he is effectively what dark Anakin Skywalker aspired to, leading 'his new Empire', intending to bring peace and security to the galaxy. With Adam Driver's performance and presence, this would have been an amazing capstone to a film... set long after the original cast have passed into legend as their great-great grandchild or something. Instead, everything (and all our beloved heroes) are destroyed morally and physically to service his character. Even Rey seems to spend the majority of the movie motivated by him. Kylo Ren is at this point basically the main character, and while that should be a questionable thing, it turns out to see the only thing that kept me in my seat til the end.

This movie is an utter betrayal of the soul of Star Wars. It destroys the legacies of heroes we grew up with in an attempt to service new ones, and ruins all of them by doing so. Nothing is sacred. I would have preferred bland and predicable over this mess. It's 'new and exciting' in the same way as going on a date with a depressive and violent alcoholic whom you knew back when they were a wholesome family man.… Expand
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Riak157Dec 15, 2017
God, had to make an account just to review this movie. Simply put, sometimes things being straightforward is good. I felt like every moment in this movie was some sort of dumb twist, but dumb in the fact that it never changed anything. OhGod, had to make an account just to review this movie. Simply put, sometimes things being straightforward is good. I felt like every moment in this movie was some sort of dumb twist, but dumb in the fact that it never changed anything. Oh look the bad guy is the good guy, just kidding theyre still the bad guy!! Not to mention all the extra fluff characters that didn't need to be introduced, like purple hair girl, and Asian girl who had a hard life and doesnt like rich things. 99% of the drama was created just by the main characters **** up, so when things get resolved, you don't feel like they accomplished anything.
The only interesting character was Luke with Rey and Kylo kind of being okay.
But they just **** all over Lukes story with the piss poor resolution.

Not to mention that this movie hardly progresses the story in anyway. You could just go from the end of episode 7 directly to the end of episode 8, and the main characters are pretty much in the same position they started.

God. There were some really good moments in the movie to, but they were just eclipsed by how anticlimatic the story felt.… Expand
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VexxAngelDec 15, 2017
The whole point of SW was its ability to transport viewers to a galaxy far far away. With all the stupid modern jokes we are taken out of that time and time again. Never going to a theatre to see SW again. Disney-fication. For kids only andThe whole point of SW was its ability to transport viewers to a galaxy far far away. With all the stupid modern jokes we are taken out of that time and time again. Never going to a theatre to see SW again. Disney-fication. For kids only and they are missing out.… Expand
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HumptyDumptyFalDec 16, 2017
A squad of Tie Interceptors would have ended this movie in 20 minutes. That's how weak it is. It's completely garbage. Don't waste your money, people are not lying. It's bad. It's really really not a Star Wars movie. Disney has killed the franchise.
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jpvandammeDec 16, 2017
There were a couple of touching scenes with Carrie Fisher and a cool fight scene with the Pratoriean gaurds. That is where the good ends. This movie was so profoundly disappointing, I don't think I can continue to support Star Wars. So manyThere were a couple of touching scenes with Carrie Fisher and a cool fight scene with the Pratoriean gaurds. That is where the good ends. This movie was so profoundly disappointing, I don't think I can continue to support Star Wars. So many weird plot holes, but most problematic was the tragic way Luke's character was treated. It is just vile that this is what the series has become, but hey at least I'll save money on no longer buying SW merchandise. I have plenty of other things I can spend time and money on instead and I hope Disney takes note of that.… Expand
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ReidaianDec 17, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all, everyone's grade is subjective. But what people who throw perfect scores at this movie need to understand, is that this amount of negative feedback is not just a matter of hate. The movie gets a lot of criticism, because it deserves a lot of criticism. If FOR YOU this is the best Star Wars movie and you love it, you have nothing to feel bad for, you are not wrong for loving it. You are wrong however, if you claim the criticism the movie receives is completely wrong. Now, to actually go into some details.

I do not hate this movie, but this is the first Star Wars movie I came out of from the cinema thinking: I did not like this movie. Even Episodes 1 and 2, when I came out of the cinema, I had a smile on my face. True, upon further reflection, they are not exactly the best movies, but this movie, first time view and I was not pumped, I was not smiling. I was just... I did not like this movie. I think they made some bad decisions. And I think Mark Hamill agrees too.

FROM THIS POINT ON SPOILERS APPLY

I think the movie starts off well, with an awesome space battle, and a pretty deep moment with Leia and Poe where she wants him to be a leader, but he's not there yet. For me the problems start when Leia enters a coma or whatever that is, and Admiral Holdo takes over. Admiral Holdo is a character that did not need to be in the film. I wholeheartedly believe that if they just kept Leia conscious for the entire film, and had that Holdo - Poe conflict actually be a big opinion difference between Leia and Poe, where Leia wants to grow him in the next big leader, her successor and actually treats him like a son (u know, the son she lost to the Dark Side), that would have been a much more rewarding evolution. I am sorry, the scene where Holdo sacrifices herself, looked amazing. But I felt nothing. If that would have been Leia, I would have been crying.

Next up is the big stinker for this movie. The "Run - get code breaker - come back to destroyer - stop tracking" plot, that is followed up by Finn and Rose. That thing is just stupid. But that is not even the biggest problem. Even with this convoluted mess of a plot, why did they need to make it such a boring, long, drag? That takes up 1/3 of the film, and it is absolutely dragged out and terrible. It touches on 3 very nice and smart themes: animal cruelty is bad, war makes good business and arms dealers sell to rebels as well, aaand the whole impressing the kids secures you tomorrow's Jedi. The themes are nice, but unfortunately most it is just those horses running through the track, through a field, through a building, through a street, through another building, through some corn. And then... oh here is a neat smart scene on how this arms dealer deals TIEs to the 1st Order and Xwings to the Resistance. 20 seconds of smart vs 6 minutes of BS CGI horse chase that does not add anything to the movie.

Last major point I did not like about this movie is what they did with Luke. First of all, I did not want to see Luke die this episode. Even if his death is actually becoming one with the Force willingly, I don't think this was the best thing to do. And if they really wanted to do it, I think the way they did it not doing the character justice. In A New Hope, Obi Wan goes out in a similar way... but not really. In Ep. 4, Obi Wan is not actually in a situation he can easily get himself out of. So he knows what he needs to do to go out like a boss. Luke does not do that. If they really wanted to kill Skywalker, they should have actually brought him there. They should have made him wreck some AT ATs, give Luke's fans a scene of him being a total bad-ass, have him fight Kylo and then have the scene where he sais... if you strike me down I will be with you forever. And then, the mind game with Kylo REALLY begins. Have Luke put a huge display of power only to LET Kylo "win", and "kill him" just so he can prove a point.

This movie, is a huge waste of potential. But the 3 points I mentioned above, are not a question of missed potential, there are plenty of those in the movie, but not these 3. They are a question of poor decisions, and ultimately why I did not like this Star Wars movie.… Expand
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KhaleeshDec 16, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This was a terrible movie, and I'll tell you why:
1) Lousy designs - Everything that wasn't lifted out of the OT and repainted is boring, unmemorable, and hamstrung by a lack of internal logic. Take the bombers from the opening scene; how can you even have a bomb bay on a spaceship? Do the bombs all have tiny rockets on them to make them "fall?" Snoke looks terrible; he looks like one of the monsters from I am Legend stole a bathrobe from Caesar's Palace. Star Wars has traditionally given birth to some of the most iconic designs in all of cinema. The only new element which works on any level is the porg. These little guys seem to have had a clear vision behind their design and execution, and the result is both adorable and memorable. Granted, that vision was merchandise, but I'll give credit where credit is due.
2) No Story - I can't even fathom trying to write a 4th grade book report on this script. So The Resistance is trying to destroy the First Order, a massive death cult with seemingly inexhaustible resources and manpower led by a mysterious and powerful figure whose personal motivations are never explained and who is now dead. His apprentice who killed him either wants to team up with Rey to rule the galaxy or murder her. Rey, who until very recently was deeply interested in learning the identity of her parents and the source of her connection with the Force, now has to decide if her love triangle with Finn and Kylo has become a love square with Rose, a rebel security guard/saboteur/pilot/social commentator with strong views about arms manufacturing. Rey also retains her title as Ultra-Mary-Sue by failing to grow, change, or develop in any way and receiving the official stamp of approval from Yoda himself, who confirms that she is indeed too cool for school. Luke is a bitter old man who establishes no meaningful relationship with any of our new characters and serves as a brief but useful decoy during the nth escape scene before literally vanishing into thin air. Bottom line: this is not a story told through the medium of film; it's a series of things that happen on film.

3) The Score - This really requires no explanation. If you've seen the movie, you understand.

Overall, I give this film a 3, as there is in fact a smattering of strong visuals and good performances throughout the overly-long 152 minute run-time. That said, I would not recommend this film to anyone. Were it not for the irresistible gravity well of the Star Wars IP, this movie would surely fail on its own merits.… Expand
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sierrasamDec 16, 2017
Disney is the First Order / Empire. Massive disappointment and mismanagement of franchise with forced subplots to sell movies in Asia and sell new stuffed animals in stores. This movie was unfocused, sloppy, and utterly disregards plot leadsDisney is the First Order / Empire. Massive disappointment and mismanagement of franchise with forced subplots to sell movies in Asia and sell new stuffed animals in stores. This movie was unfocused, sloppy, and utterly disregards plot leads from Episode VII. It was downright disrespectful of the Star Wars saga and established characters. Most of the jokes fell flat and were either strange (e.g. milk incident) or oddly placed in dialogues that undermined the film's legitimacy. There were GAPING PLOT HOLES throughout the film and truly cringeworthy moments - specifically, a moment were a main character flew through space. The fact that this movie is receiving positive reviews is baffling to me. Perhaps it is just a reflection of how beloved the franchise is or how badly we wanted this to be a good movie. We have to call this movie what it is so that Disney doesn't do this again. They are a money-making machine and they need feedback to know what to make. They need to hear , loud and clear, that this movie sucked. It's a damn shame and I hope J.J. Abrams can redeem this in Episode IX. In the past, screenwriters 'jumped the shark' or 'nuked the fridge,' but I am suggesting that Rian Johnson 'milked the space-anteater' on this one.… Expand
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DeksutoDec 17, 2017
Complete blasphemy and degradation of the whole idea behind Star Wars. Poor character development, bad sense of humor, disney-like lines and scenes that just dont fit Star Wars universe at all.They literally destroyed everything that theComplete blasphemy and degradation of the whole idea behind Star Wars. Poor character development, bad sense of humor, disney-like lines and scenes that just dont fit Star Wars universe at all.They literally destroyed everything that the original Star Wars trilogy represented. Luke's character in these movies is turned into a douchebag and all male characters are represented as **** or morons in contrast of female cast that were empowered and **** Lack of epic scenes,seriousness and depth of story. Ridiculous scenes with Leia floating in space and disney casino. Only good thing about the movie is that it looks visually good. Nothing else… Expand
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dopencheseDec 15, 2017
I come away from "The Last Jedi" feeling much the same way I felt about "The Force Awakens," but a little more. These movies aren't for me, anymore. The spectacle is great, the special effects are great, the performances are mostly great, butI come away from "The Last Jedi" feeling much the same way I felt about "The Force Awakens," but a little more. These movies aren't for me, anymore. The spectacle is great, the special effects are great, the performances are mostly great, but the written material doesn't work for me. The humour, the use of characters, even basic narrative structure. Every single creative decision, big and small, felt wrong, to me. Every part of this film is the opposite of what I find dramatically satisfying. It left me feeling somehow empty. Without hope for the future.… Expand
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hcookieDec 16, 2017
This movie is just a series of business decisions. Disney has been facing a problem, how do bring the franchise to a new generation. The best selling items are still the main trilogy, go ask how many kids want a Jar Jar Binks toy. The bestThis movie is just a series of business decisions. Disney has been facing a problem, how do bring the franchise to a new generation. The best selling items are still the main trilogy, go ask how many kids want a Jar Jar Binks toy. The best scene in Rogue One was the Vader Hallway battle. Vader, Luke, Han, Leia, R2D2, Lando...these characters haunt the hallways of Disney.

The only way forward is to literally cut away the umbilical cord of the original trilogy and forge ahead with something new, while balancing what made this franchise so precious to so many.

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The Movie's entire third act is about running out of Gas....and that one scene where Luke is drinking green milk. I don't know if Rian Johnson was trying to making an in-joke. If he was, he should have left it to more talented directors like Taika Waititi.… Expand
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DangerKimDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie had so many flaws it was impossible to enjoy it. The pacing of the film was garbage, expecting audiences to just process all the different emotions in such a short time span.For example, In one scene, Rose is grieving her dead sister, to praising Finn as a hero, to a comedic skit between her and Finn and a taser. This was all in a span of a minute or even less. How am I suppose to feel sympathy and sadness and laugh at that stupid slapstick out of place humor at the same time? Other scenes, the fluidity of the scenes and the emotions are so scrambled and abruptly stopped with the stupid sudden comedic relief that are so out of place and overdone. It's like when a character dies, and instead of grieving or feeling sympathy, they place some stupid slapstick joke to forget it even happened.
Before I watched the movie, Battlefront 2's DLC Resurrection hints at the Dreadnaught ship as being a terrifying legend. But it was taken down instantly in the beginning of the movie by a single fleet. It had built up to nothing, which was a massive disappointment to anyone who was excited to see the dreadnaught in the movie.
MY MAIN ISSUE. The random irrelevant killing sprees that occurred throughout the movie that had no emotional scenes or interesting story arcs. They killed off General Ackbar and acted like nothing happened. The beginning of the movie introduced Tallie Lintra who could potentially be a good addition to the story, seeing that she is an official hero in Battlefront 2, and she literally dies in the beginning of the movie, and no one cares. Snoke is killed in an instant, yet his guards showed more of a threat to Rey and Kylo. This entire movie was so inconsistent with its emotion, plot, and overall pacing, it was like it was written by children.
I understand the theme, where they search for something new and they need to get rid of the old. But my god, that doesn't mean you have to kill everything and everyone and replace them with bland boring characters. So many plot holes as well. Didn't explain:
C3PO's Red Arm
Knights of Ren
Who the hell is Snoke (Who cares cause he died smh)
Why did Luke turn into a force ghost, he didn't seem like he was about to perish?
Tallie Lintra, if they were just going to kill her, why make her a hero with only TWO lines?

I can't believe I wasted my time with this. And to make matters worse, this is all canon. They literally threw the franchise into the garbage.… Expand
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Chavez_0Dec 17, 2017
Rian Johnson took everything great about Star Wars (even the cool stuff that JJ Abrams setup in TFA)and completely **** on it all. I left the theater wondering what I had just watched and why I wasted 2 1/2 hours of my life on some pandering,Rian Johnson took everything great about Star Wars (even the cool stuff that JJ Abrams setup in TFA)and completely **** on it all. I left the theater wondering what I had just watched and why I wasted 2 1/2 hours of my life on some pandering, marvel-ized bull**** that used to be Star Wars. I now have zero hype for episode IX or the supposed Rian Johnson trilogy after this dumpster fire of a **** show.… Expand
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RavarathDec 15, 2017
Movie is definitely better than Episode 7 but boy oh boy that's not a big improvement. Yes, film looks great, special effects are awesome but uh... That's it. There is no depth in characters nor planets, lore even story itself seems...Movie is definitely better than Episode 7 but boy oh boy that's not a big improvement. Yes, film looks great, special effects are awesome but uh... That's it. There is no depth in characters nor planets, lore even story itself seems... lacking. It feels like a cheap money grab similar to what's been happening to gaming industry. More and more content but less and less quality. Me, personaly I was hoping for engaging story, some answers and lore that would expand this universe. It's not there.
I'm sorry but I'd rather watch Rouge One (with all it's plot holes and other issues) for 6th time than this again.… Expand
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FilmaticDec 16, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horrendous stretched out plot. Exaggerated character arcs that don't go anywhere. Indecisive and non-sequitur subplots... Luke is a completely different character. A defeated, half-baked, wise kenobi archetype that hardly was what kenobi was to luke. Rey's dialogue with luke felt forced, repetitive, and non creative. Snoke's back story ignored. Rey's backstory throwing into the trash. Kylo is the same jerkw ad with the same temperment that has hardly grown AT ALL from the first movie. SO much missed opportunity for back story growth, canon progression, and creative story telling.... but it completely flopped and again fed on nostalgic moments from the original.... There are redditors out there with story writing capablities 100x that of the team behind this movie... all in all 3/10... another overhyped, nostalgic, and overproduced underwritten film. damn shame :(.… Expand
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kijo101Dec 17, 2017
absolute garbage. takes everything good from star wars and tramples all over it .bad acting, bad characters, bad story line. rian johnson and disney i hope you are ashamed. how all the critics are scoring it so highly i do not know. just pureabsolute garbage. takes everything good from star wars and tramples all over it .bad acting, bad characters, bad story line. rian johnson and disney i hope you are ashamed. how all the critics are scoring it so highly i do not know. just pure rubbish to put it lightly.its the first star wars movie i have struggled to sit through. just ripping apart something great and turning it into a sugary disney horror show. so disappointed in this film. i have never written a review about a film before but i feel that disney and rian johnson have done such a hatchet job on this installment and the star wars universe in general that it needs to be brought to peoples attention especially with all the critics giving it such positive reviews.… Expand
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GetDaRekM8Dec 17, 2017
By no means is this a terrible and unwatchable movie but it is severely flawed. Like almost an hour and half of the movie was completely pointless and added nothing to the overall plot. Rose is one of the most unlikable characters sinceBy no means is this a terrible and unwatchable movie but it is severely flawed. Like almost an hour and half of the movie was completely pointless and added nothing to the overall plot. Rose is one of the most unlikable characters since Jar-Jar binks. The Rey - Luke story was extremely underwhelming, lots of the reveals were extremely disappointing. A couple of good space battle scenes, some nice lightsaber sequences and two or three good performances are what i liked about about the movie. I don't understand why this movie is getting stellar reviews.… Expand
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skyshadeDec 15, 2017
This is not star wars. All the bad thing at Forcen Awekens was brought to another level in the Last Jedi. It is the end of Skywalkers, is the end of Jedi and others force user that have to train, learn and dedicate to become skilled with theThis is not star wars. All the bad thing at Forcen Awekens was brought to another level in the Last Jedi. It is the end of Skywalkers, is the end of Jedi and others force user that have to train, learn and dedicate to become skilled with the force. Now powerful force users are all over the galaxy, and I'm not talking about the Mary Sue, that still unexplainable super overpower. But the worst was see how bad they treat Luke, the main plot that creates the villian and the spinning wheel of this movie was a action that contratidcs EVERYTHING about Luke.… Expand
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KrisBonnDec 16, 2017
Wasn't the worst (Episode 1 will always hold that title) but its not good. The movie relies so heavily on the "roller coaster of emotion" and shocking surprises that the actual writing and plot suffered. Speaking of plot, this movie hadWasn't the worst (Episode 1 will always hold that title) but its not good. The movie relies so heavily on the "roller coaster of emotion" and shocking surprises that the actual writing and plot suffered. Speaking of plot, this movie had more plot holes than Camp Green Lake in the book/movie "Holes".
Typical Disney/Marvel style movie. Better than Episode 1 and 2. but worse than all the other star wars movies.… Expand
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alexds6Dec 18, 2017
Very, very disappointed. Can not explain how a company like Disney, having unlimited resources and great material to work with, can make such a stupid and soulless film. No respect for the characters, stupid story, many many plot wholes...
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RoboDog1Dec 18, 2017
This was another soulless debacle thrown up on screen. It is heartbreaking that Disney has treated Star Wars with such disdain, and treats revered and beloved characters like disposable garbage. The soulless nature of this 'product'This was another soulless debacle thrown up on screen. It is heartbreaking that Disney has treated Star Wars with such disdain, and treats revered and beloved characters like disposable garbage. The soulless nature of this 'product' epitomises everything that is wrong with our society. Once again, the critics fail the people in their rush to fawn over the latest offering from their masters.… Expand
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LordDoranDec 15, 2017
Ruined everything good about, Luke and effectively ruined my childhood. If you want 2 hours of boredom, and nothing climatic happening go ahead. Just going to try and pretend this sequel didn't happen.
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AntorinDec 16, 2017
I love how in the bad ratings you see people listing what's wrong with the movie.

And good ratings are just a bunch of people insulting others for not gobbling this garbage up like they did.

This says everything you need to know about this movie.
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Elf-HealerDec 16, 2017
"Force...", "balance..." - repeats Luke to his new apprentice with all of this Star Wars pathos. Are you serious?

I can see Disney's devilish smile while taking money from this enormously overestimated series, turned into a bland soap-opera"Force...", "balance..." - repeats Luke to his new apprentice with all of this Star Wars pathos. Are you serious?

I can see Disney's devilish smile while taking money from this enormously overestimated series, turned into a bland soap-opera without any philosophy and emotional connections. It's a shame that Princess Leia got such messy and lukewarm goodbye which "The Last Jedi" is. It seems that no one really cared about origins of force, just trying to get rid of all the old characters instead (while still making money mostly for having the actors from original trilogy). But the most irritating thing is that the new ground and all the new characters have nothing new to add or explain.… Expand
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heinDec 15, 2017
Within a single movie they have completely destroyed the magic that was Star Wars. Not even the prequels did this much damage to the franchise as this single movie has done. I understand that the newer generation had to take over at someWithin a single movie they have completely destroyed the magic that was Star Wars. Not even the prequels did this much damage to the franchise as this single movie has done. I understand that the newer generation had to take over at some point. However, the way Rian Johnson has gone about accomplishing this task just desecrates the entire legacy of Star Wars. This movie is nothing but a massive back slap and complete disrespect to every Star Wars movie and character that has come before it.… Expand
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DETHKARZDec 17, 2017
Disney killed Han. Disney killed Luke. Disney killed Carrie Fisher. Disney killed Star Wars...
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rvnMoonDogDec 17, 2017
Everything I hated about the prequels. Full of Jar-Jar-esque characters and moments. This is meant to market a line of toys and other idiotic merchandise. It's full of MacGuffins and pointless plots.
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Ericmendo1Dec 17, 2017
Han Solo died for this??? I don’t believe it! I was so let down by this film. The preposterous scenario they had Finn running through made his whole story seem like an afterthought. And where were the battles? Where were the light sabers?Han Solo died for this??? I don’t believe it! I was so let down by this film. The preposterous scenario they had Finn running through made his whole story seem like an afterthought. And where were the battles? Where were the light sabers? Where was the force??? I was left so underwhelmed and confused. I am so sorry to say this but as a Star Wars fan who has watched every movie and animated series, I am not impressed or amused.… Expand
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AlexBerntssonDec 15, 2017
Jeesus what a snooze-fest. Possibly the second worst Star Wars film ever made after the clone wars. Extremely disappointing!..........................
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bkristmanDec 15, 2017
Pretty sad really.
It wasn't 'walk out of the theatre' bad but close. The biggest thing was that so much stuff happened in the film that could have been cut out that you'd leave 1 scene and go away for half an hr with 2 other characters on aPretty sad really.
It wasn't 'walk out of the theatre' bad but close. The biggest thing was that so much stuff happened in the film that could have been cut out that you'd leave 1 scene and go away for half an hr with 2 other characters on a little adventure and lose track of what you'd been watching before. 2 1/2 hours of people running around and shooting at each other and at the end really nothing much had changed. As well they were always talking about how powerful these jedi and order sith guys were but really nobody did much force stuff at all. The light sabre fights were poorly choreographed None of the characters communicated with each other which made friction for no reason.
Daisy is not a great actress and pretty much just played this by the book with 1 or 2 facial expressions .
This film has no replay value.… Expand
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Dust_HustlaDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoilers to follow.....Ok, I'll be brief. General Hux is reduced to being comic relief. Snoke (probably the most interesting character in the prior movie) is killed off. No explanation of who he is or where he came from, just wasted in the middle of the movie. Rey still manages to become a powerful Jedi with no training (?). Yoda appears, well just because. The slapstick is just gut wrenchingly bad. The "your on hold" scene (near the beginning) elicited audible groans. Finn is still completely uninteresting. The only bright spot was Mark Hamill's performance. For the first time in my life, I can honestly say I'm really not interested in what the next film has to say, and that's saying a lot.… Expand
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CoreyC55Dec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was disappointed with The Last Jedi. I feel they really dropped the ball. We all expected with a big confrontation between Luke and Snoke and got nothing. Snoke was the most undeveloped villain since the Wicked Witch of the East in the Oz prequel with James Franco. The space casino could have worked better if the code breaker and owner was Lando Calrissian. If this was a passing the torch to the next generation of heroes and villains they greatly missed the mark.… Expand
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LuWoo75Dec 16, 2017
This iteration of Star Wars isn’t even good science fiction let along a good Star Wars movie. You can tell than RJ wanted to go I’m a completely different direction than JJA and the story suffered because of it. I was a fan of JJA’s versionThis iteration of Star Wars isn’t even good science fiction let along a good Star Wars movie. You can tell than RJ wanted to go I’m a completely different direction than JJA and the story suffered because of it. I was a fan of JJA’s version as well as it was way too linear and almost no story telling. This one, I will give credit that they actually tried to tell a story but meandered so much and didn’t really either make sense or completely tie end the 3 different settings. For as much as people chastised GL for his script writing both films were completely horribly written and directed. Disney raped another franchise and left nothing left to be desired.… Expand
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aghoDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Left the cinema incredibly disappointed. So many things wrong with this movie which makes me worried for the future of the franchise with the countless spin offs and yet another trilogy on the way.

Cons: -CGI in some places was terrible, they managed to make this film look worse than TFA and RO. Some very dodgy looking scenes and the animals on the casino planet looked shoddy. -Acting was less than impressive (although Adam Driver and Mark Hamill were great).
-Luke, who faced both Vader and Palpatine and managed to sway Vader back into the light side, was scared of Kylo Ren, who had not even gone to the dark side yet, and, for a brief moment, tried to kill him. Completely out of character. -Princess Leia flying through space (no explanation needed).
-The whole Finn and Rose sub plot was not needed, boring and bad. It slowed the film down considerably, was completely pointless in the end, introduced DJ (who was incredibly irritating IMO), 5 minutes talking about how cruel the animals were treated (why is this needed) and were conveniently thrown into prison with a hacker. -Snoke, who in TFA was made out to be this all powerful Sith Master, is killed off halfway through. No explanation to his backstory, who he was, how he came to power. -Poe stalling Hux at the start. Again, no explanation needed. -Captian Phasma, like in TFA, literally does nothing in this film and, even worse, is killed. Probably had about 10 minutes screen time in both movies combined. -Comic relief/cringey 'jokes' every 5 minutes.
-Unanswered questions from TFA. How was Anakin's/Luke's lightsaber found? What's happened to the Knights of Ren?
-Poe and Finn, although my favourite characters from TFA, fell flat in this movie.
-Luke dying.
-BB8
-Pogrs.
(I would mention Rey's parents basically being nobodies, but I don't think we've got the actual answer to that yet).

Pros:
-Kylo Ren was the most interesting character by far. Adam Driver was excellent.
-Some cool visuals - e.g when the Supremacy gets blown up. -Luke vs Kylo scene.
-Yoda.
-Enjoyed the training of Rey and Luke.
-Thought Daisy Ridley was good, still think Rey is a good and interesting character.
-Kylo Ren + Rey v Snoke's bodyguards.… Expand
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