Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: December 15, 2017
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IG88Jul 7, 2018
I grew up watching Star Wars. I've seen the original more than 50 times. I've played the games, collected the comic books and read about a dozen of the novels. I've got about $300 worth of Star Wars: Armada ships in my book case and evenI grew up watching Star Wars. I've seen the original more than 50 times. I've played the games, collected the comic books and read about a dozen of the novels. I've got about $300 worth of Star Wars: Armada ships in my book case and even though EP1 and EP2 were not stellar (they were good though..), EP3 was amazing. I listen to the sound tracks and when I ran a marathon years ago, I listened to the "Throne Room" track when I crossed the finish line. I've built models as a child of X-Wings and other ships, I've bought easily $1000 worth of Star Wars legos and sent them to my nephews. I've seen the Clone Wars cartoon series all the way through twice and I'll probably watch it again someday. My youth, my imagination, my heart all belonged to Star Wars.

Not anymore. I never will watch Episode VII or VIII again. Horrible garbage that craps on all the lore of the past, changes all the characters and story for the worst and has killed any interest I have in Star Wars ever again. I didn't see Solo and I will not be seeing Episode 9. Star Wars is dead to me. It's a liberal crap fest of silly men and purple haired over arching women. The men are all stupid and the women all are just so smart. The force is silly and the Jedi are meaningless. I didn't care if any of them lived or died. I'm still not even sure what happened in this movie or why I should care. The magic is gone, Star Wars is dead. I wish these movies were never made (Rogue One was ok, but not worth the crap that is 7 and 8). I will watch the original 6 until I die, and just pretend Disney never got involved.… Expand
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HarryMercerJul 10, 2018
Why not a fanatic, I have always been a Star Wars fan and was really looking forward to the Last Jedi. I avoided all spoilers and went to screening just a few days after it was released.

Unfortunately, despite trying to remain positiveWhy not a fanatic, I have always been a Star Wars fan and was really looking forward to the Last Jedi. I avoided all spoilers and went to screening just a few days after it was released.

Unfortunately, despite trying to remain positive throughout the viewing, ultimately I was left hugely disappointed. For me the movie was totally superficial. A good looking movie that lacked any real soul or depth in either the story or the characters. That was the real problem for me, Star Wars or any good movie has always been character driven for me. I feel a connection to the characteristics and become invested in their story. The Last Jedi had the opposite affect on me. Characters that I had been interested in like Rey, Finn and Poe and even long time favourites like Luke Skywalker came across as quite plastic and to be honest almost unlikeable. By halfway through the movie their story had little suspense because I no longer cared what happened to the characters.

After watching the movie I was quite interested in others opinions and was quite surprised by the positive reviews that it received from critics. Especially reviews that praised it for it’s originality and for taking chances. I know it tried to shock at different stages but it came across as being cheap and gimmicky rather than anything of real substance. In fact I wished that they had followed through with some of these scenes. They could have made some of these characters more compelling maybe even making Kylo Ren a formidable villain.

Overall the movie was just disappointing or as some of my friends put it a ‘lemon’. i do realise that half the viewing population loved the movie and to those people more power to you in fact I feel a bit jealous because I wished that I enjoyed it as well but I can’t recommend this movie as anything more than a B movie time filler.… Expand
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ThumokJul 17, 2018
A great disappointment. So far the worst Star Wars movie. Weak plot, shallow characters and except from a few CGI moments completely forgettable.
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ospJul 18, 2018
It is absurd that the "critics" across the web are giving such good reviews. This is not only a really terrible sw movie (they take a **** on the lore and The Last Jedi does not feel like sw movie at all) but it is genuinely a really terribleIt is absurd that the "critics" across the web are giving such good reviews. This is not only a really terrible sw movie (they take a **** on the lore and The Last Jedi does not feel like sw movie at all) but it is genuinely a really terrible movie in general (as a craft in the least). I am very distrustful of "critics" since The Force Awakens reviews. And now it is beyond obvious - critics are either dishonest and bought, scared and self-censored or just plainly incompetent and stupid.

I don't need to spoiler here anything and write what wrote dozens (hundreds? thousands?) of people before me - check youtube channels, google the "what is wrong with the last jedi" or...just use your OWN brain when you watch it. It is not a "toxic" fandom, nazis, fascists, alt-right, manbabies, misogynists or whatnot (as the media and Disney call us) - this movie is simply dumb. The plot is dumber and worse than the screenplay for the remake of Ninja Turtles or Power Rangers - seriously..it is that bad, nonsensical, filled with plot holes, filler side quest with a null outcome and consequence (30+ minutes of scenes which could be cut from the movie and it would steal absolutely nothing from the "story"), lore/world breaking stuff (how they let this happen?), abundance of so called "twists", really BAD and inappropriate humor and once again to emphasise: plot holes, plot armors and deus ex machina everywhere (people getting from point A to point B even when the enemy is everywhere and pointing guns at them with magic I guess)... On top of that there is criminally mistreated character of Luke Skywalker...just god awful treatment.

There is so much wrong with this excuse for a movie so that there are hours of rants on the internet...go and look. The movie is long (nothing is happening there for almost 3 hours!), feels empty, it's boring, the antagonists are complete jokes - literally (mama jokes, prank "phone" calls...). And the protagonists are either dumb, they are acting irrationally to serve a "plot" or inexplicably overpowered and plain. No character development, no struggle especially for Rey - Yes, she proved herself as a textbook example of Mary Sue yet again... Story is sooo lame and stupid that a twelve year old boy/girl could think it of on his/her way to the school.... And you can hate Jar Jar or George Lucas for the prequels but those movies had the beginning, a middle and the end (each of them) and they had an overall arc. George's movies are an example of a consistent and meaningful storytelling. And most importantly they built and extended the sw universe - they give the viewer a feeling that the story is happening in a big galaxy with a bunch of planets and worlds... I was thrilled to read at night the wookiepedia, the books and play the games in that wonderful world George and others created: Thrawn saga, Jedi Outcast, Academy, Kotor 1-2, Force Unleashed...

That all is gone now - Disney killed it and cooked a cheap and dumb movie with Star Wars logo to make money but without any Star Wars ingredients. I did not like VII (basically lot of similar problems and complete rehash of IV - again, go and search internet what is wrong with this one if you need someone to pinpoint it for you) but I went to the cinema after the horrible VII to see episode VIII for the one and only reason they left me - I went to see VIII only for Luke Skywalker, I wanted at least this fan service...I wanted the Jedi Master which he should be...but we've got a clown, a joke of the character instead... This trilogy lacks the SW soul.

You think I am a butt-hurt manbaby (the insult J. Abrams or Rian Johnson calls the fans?) - then why is the director Rian Johnson every day on twitter posting stupidity and trying to defend his creation?? Because he, lucasfilm and disney sees the huge hate but not from some few weirdos like media tries to sell - but from across the fandom and the audience. He tries to blame everything and everyone (even gamergate omg) but himself. Go and laugh at his twitter account... That guy is PATHETIC.

I am not seeing the episode IX. There is nothing to bring me to the cinema for the next episode - it is not just some "childish" boycott - I am just genuinely not interested how this trilogy ends.

P.S. And thanks to the bad taste they left in my mouth I am skipping any other SW movie from their social-justice labs. If they want to push agendas - let them embed it in a good movie at least... The leftist propaganda is too forced and off putting. Movies like SW is a form of escapism...they just tainted it.

P.P.S. To Disney: Solo flopped and you may try to fix this disaster but you cannot undone this money-grab. When you try to reboot this mess I have an advice for you: hire some REAL storyteller who has some talent and will invest at least one afternoon for the screenplay. He should be a real fan with a good taste and respect to the established lore - for now just let this garbage die and be forgotten.… Expand
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AugustinecbJul 21, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Force Awakens was just okay, but this movie made that one so much worse in hindsight. Seems like the whole movie was cheap head fakes. Plus most of the movie doesn't really even make sense.… Expand
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jadejawsApr 25, 2019
Abomination of the series. Absolute disgrace to the entire series and throws away entire established ethos. This whole movie is a agenda.
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HevnerenMay 7, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. He had 4 months to prepare, didnt start writing before the last day. Tried to kill off everything from the last movie it seems. Put in different themes as if he were a child. Most of the crap is done for cheap laughs, nothing really seems to make any sense, since the whole movie is focused on a long chase that makes no sense. And in the end ruining Star Wars continuity. ships cant be faster than eachother. One ship can kill everything. Bombers were stupid and useless. Useless characer holding a secret for no reason to cause mutiny. People leaving and coming back to the chase. I mean I do not understand any of the crap in this movie. Finn getting saved right before dying while going full speed, by someone who was the opposite way further away. Luke Skywalker was made a walking joke most of it. Ruining his image.

Seems Disney has so much power of the reviewers. This is a bad movie. Giving it a 100 or 10 is an insult to filmmaking and the Star Wars Universe.… Expand
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ManweTheValarDec 20, 2017
I almost left after the first 5 minutes after it ignored the basic laws of physics, then there was the ruination of good characters. Technically beautiful, but the story was just horrible rehashing of The Empire Strikes Back.
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LucasMoltoDec 29, 2017
Better than SWTFA. Worst than Rogue One. Nothing more to say. Love the Lucas 6 ones.
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BigBlue481Sep 2, 2018
How about a good story people?! When I think think episode I is the best thing out there after the original trilogy, that leaves a lot to me desired. How many pulp novel out there of this genre are better....
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hhhhojeihsuJan 2, 2018
I would say this movie is pretty nice if this is the first star wars you've ever seen. But if you're a die hard star wars fan then you'll find it pretty disappointed.
I am a star wars fan myself. And I would like to say this movie does notI would say this movie is pretty nice if this is the first star wars you've ever seen. But if you're a die hard star wars fan then you'll find it pretty disappointed.
I am a star wars fan myself. And I would like to say this movie does not deserve 0 nor 10. I've seen movies better and worse than this.
It is really difficult for a sequel to surpass its predecessor. And the team try to do their best. They wiped out some of most beloved characters in order to tell you this is a new era, and we should let go the past. That' partially true.
Let's talk about the movie itself:
- It's a two and a half hour movie. But I think they should focus more on the main storyline. There're some sub-plot fits better with novel or comic but not the movies.
- Splendid visual. Disney just simply doesn't disappoint us.
- Bad pun. I don't know Disney tries to let the franchise more children friendly or what. Some of humor just feel unnecessary with Star Wars itself.
- Unbelievable moments. I don't want to contain spoilers in this review. But sometimes the plot just blows your mind. In a bad way. You'll feel like: Come on this is not how it's gonna work.
- Lots of battles. Those space battles are really satisfying. But I still want to see more duel between light-saber users.
- Commercial elements. For unknown reason, I always think some character, robot, creature are added because it can be a cash grab for Disney aiming at younger audience. Just a feeling.

It's still a Star Wars movie, but the plot is really the drawback on this episode. Unless they find out a way to blow our mind in episode IX. I'll give it 5 out of 10 now.… Expand
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Razrback16Jan 7, 2022
Not surprising to see the critics loving this woke trash that completely disrespects characters like Luke Skywalker. Very happy to report I watched this at a friend's house and never wasted a cent on it. I'd recommend you don't, either. ThisNot surprising to see the critics loving this woke trash that completely disrespects characters like Luke Skywalker. Very happy to report I watched this at a friend's house and never wasted a cent on it. I'd recommend you don't, either. This isn't Star Wars, and it most certainly isn't canon.… Expand
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AdamM88Apr 19, 2021
Nope. Pathetic and horribly written movie that has no clear plot, destroys Star Wars lore and iconic characters like Luke Skywalker while shoving bad jokes and sjw politics down our throats.
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GamerNordJan 16, 2021
One of the worst Star Wars I have ever seen. Somehow even worse than the infamous holiday special. This is a film made by a cameraman, it has cool shots and artsy camerawork. And that concludes the list of good things in this film.One of the worst Star Wars I have ever seen. Somehow even worse than the infamous holiday special. This is a film made by a cameraman, it has cool shots and artsy camerawork. And that concludes the list of good things in this film.

Fan-favourite characters are not at all themselves, Luke is like an entirely different person altogether, undermining all of the character development of the original trilogy. How does one go from "I refuse to kill my father, I am a jedi" to "Uh oh, my nephew has dark thoughts, better sneak into his hut while he's sleeping and stab him with a lightsaber."? The answer is, one does not. This movie is garbage, and the people who made it most likely haven't even watched a single star wars movie before. Every intense moment is interrupted by a bad joke, just like the intense moment of everyone who expected this film were experiencing was interrupted by the bad joke that is this film. The film features numerous plotholes, while plotlines from the previous film are thrown completely out the window. The hyped-up villain turns out to be no trouble at all. There's an entire plotline that literally ends with main characters going "welp, I guess this was all pointless, let's go back." Previously established lore is freely broken in several places, which results in the previous films all also being subjected to question on those areas. All the male characters suddenly have IQ's of 90 or below, because identity politics were more important to the filmmakers than the characters that everyone loved. And the capable characters, aka all the women involved are also completely and utterly boring mary sues, who come out of nowhere and there are no emotional ties established between them and the audience, because there is nothing relatable about any of them. People relate to characters who struggle, make mistakes and rise above themselves, not to characters that are good at everything by default. In fact everyone dislikes characters like that, because the natural reaction to someone being perfect at everything is envy. If it weren't for some nice camera shots, I would rate this movie a 0 out of 10.… Expand
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DarthMojoDec 21, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Where to start. I didn't hate the movie but from what experienced it was definitely the weakest of the new Star Wars films. I left confused and disappointed. So much of what was setup in Episove VII simply vanishes. No Snoke reveal. Maz Kanata, who is pretty key in Rey's force journey makes a Skype cameo, Hux becomes a dunce. Too much humor, felt more like Space Balls or a parody then a dark, serious film. There were some good moments but I'm really being generous with a 4. It lacked any kind of plot, the time line which is supposed to happen right after Episode VII makes no sense, the First Order recovers in 5 minutes and Hux is finding the hidden, not so hidden base. The main Space Chase was just an awful plot device. I mean ships and people were jumping on and off of the Resistance and First Order ships in that sequence and Tie fighters destroyed the bridge of a ship, almost killing Leia, but no let's just chase them till the run out of gas? The ending was interesting and introduces us to new abilities in the force and the throne room scene with Rey and Kylo was awesome but outside of that the movie was 70 minutes too long, 100 jokes too many, and sought to do nothing then smash the die hard fans construct of the Star Wars universe. Disney is taking this series in the direction of it's Marvel films, so expect cheese, no plot, no real meat to the stories.… Expand
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MetaUser2014Dec 21, 2017
This is a manufactured film. It reeks of design by committee. It has no ideas of its own. What isn't rehashed from the original trilogy is lifted from Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings. There are enormous plot holes. Perhaps the worst wasThis is a manufactured film. It reeks of design by committee. It has no ideas of its own. What isn't rehashed from the original trilogy is lifted from Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings. There are enormous plot holes. Perhaps the worst was what they did with the last cruiser. If that was possible, why didn't they do it earlier? It makes screeching tonal shifts from the silly to the supposedly serious. The light sabre action is less exciting than in either of the other two Star Wars trilogies. I wouldn't like more Revenge of the Sith wire-fu. Return of the Jedi and The Phatom Menace got this right. The visual design is good, but this is true of most big budget films.… Expand
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Jewy-McJewDec 21, 2017
This is why the director and editor should never be the same person.

Removing out months of hard work from the final cut is so emotionally difficult but as The Last Jedi has shown, is sometimes brutally necessary.
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SeakJan 27, 2018
Many reasons why The Last Jedi failed. Besides some great action scenes, the movie was a total flop. In story, dialogue, side stories, characters, and many other issues. If you keep up with the story of Star Wars, this is a one time must see.Many reasons why The Last Jedi failed. Besides some great action scenes, the movie was a total flop. In story, dialogue, side stories, characters, and many other issues. If you keep up with the story of Star Wars, this is a one time must see. Otherwise pass on this.… Expand
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Jaker747Oct 5, 2018
After seeing this in theaters, I have to say I was disappointed. This review is probably going to get shuffled into the other reviews, but for those reading, this movie is not good. Lets start with the positive; the visuals. This movie hasAfter seeing this in theaters, I have to say I was disappointed. This review is probably going to get shuffled into the other reviews, but for those reading, this movie is not good. Lets start with the positive; the visuals. This movie has some of the best visuals of the Star Wars franchise, and it is probably one of the best looking movies of all time. But the rest of the film is not very good. The characters have changed for the worse, it is riddled with plot holes and things that don't make sense, and it is full of awkward moments as this film desperately wants to be Marvel. This film is mostly harmless, but they really messed up the characters in this one, especially Luke. This kinda breaks continuity with the rest of the franchise. This is not a good movie, it destroyed the Star Wars franchise, and there is little chance of redemption from Episode IX.… Expand
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Mr-DonOct 7, 2018
Rian Johnson and Kathleen Kennedy practically ruined Star Wars. Identity politics should not be in movies. The main reason we go to cinemas is to escape reality, not to be reminded that SJWs exist and that they don't care about good storiesRian Johnson and Kathleen Kennedy practically ruined Star Wars. Identity politics should not be in movies. The main reason we go to cinemas is to escape reality, not to be reminded that SJWs exist and that they don't care about good stories or good characters... I rate this as the worst Star Wars movie. Attack of the clones was better… Expand
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Shang-TsungMar 1, 2019
fuc garbage. By this one movie, Disney have destroyed whole Saga. I will never watch again movie named "Star Wars", made by Disney. I'm not a bot. I am hetero white man, and I'm really sorry for that. Mary Sue in her best
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Kakey551Mar 20, 2021
Finally got round to watching this really wish I hadn't bothered . Gonna give the next one a miss.
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Alessandro_96Jun 14, 2019
I've seen people give this movie a 4, a 3 or a 2, just because it had good music and effects, well I disagree, this movie deserves a round and straight ZERO, because music and effects can be bought and made with money, what cannot be boughtI've seen people give this movie a 4, a 3 or a 2, just because it had good music and effects, well I disagree, this movie deserves a round and straight ZERO, because music and effects can be bought and made with money, what cannot be bought is a good story and a good review, so no this film won't have that, it's absurdly bad, hollow and useless, the absolute worst movie of all time, not just star wars, the worst of the whole human history.
For the amount of money and work it was dumped on it, for the fact that it had a fresh workground to develop from the Force awakens, and that it was supposed to be a continuation of no other than the most acclaimed and beloved franchise of all time, this movie failed so hard that I cannot thing of any possible worst entrance ever added to a movie franchise, something that completely destroyed everything that was so beloved. Sure the resident evil movies are horrible but the resident evil franchise is not star wars, the last predator movie actively ruined everything that was established, same with Alien covenant, sure you can find many other examples, but in proportion to how beloved the original trilogy was, for how horribly they mistreated the old cast in this one, there has never been a precedent, this is the worst possible movie to have ever existed, period!… Expand
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SenpaiEXEJun 4, 2021
A complete insult to the star wars franchise. It also contains heavy sjw politics which makes it even more **** then it already is.
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McDickOct 15, 2019
Who in there right mind would ever think that this movie was cash money ):< **** you kyle
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ludovica_zOct 19, 2019
Merchandising fodder with no artistic ambitions, visually disappointing. Unlike the older films the colours of each scene are all over the place with no consistency of palette. There are no good shots. I give some points because of theMerchandising fodder with no artistic ambitions, visually disappointing. Unlike the older films the colours of each scene are all over the place with no consistency of palette. There are no good shots. I give some points because of the strong female leading character which is refreshing and unusual. Unfortunately she has had zero development as a character and the acting is uninspiring, I don't feel any connection to her whatsoever, or to any of the other dumb characters. The dialogue is embarassing and the jokes ruin most scenes. The whole film is an embarrassment.… Expand
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godxunicornNov 20, 2019
This movie was just awful af.. I hate rian Johnson and Disney do so such a bad job on a so good story line from star wars
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UnluckyPlayerDec 7, 2019
Worst Star Wars movie of all time this **** coudn't be a cannon please just delete this **** in universe. It's just so **** bad.
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OrionSapperJan 22, 2021
This movie was dogsh*t. Rian Johnson and Kathleen Kennedy created an OP Rey and demoted Luke. There is no way Luke would ever had acted like this. They ruined the new trilogy. Awful.
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MichaelTheSlavMar 31, 2021
This film made be quit SW for a while. Fortunately I realized I can just refuse to give a **** about the Disney Trilogy and continue to enjoy my favorite franchise.
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Pedda11Jan 6, 2022
Calling this movie a dumpsterfire is an understatement, Ryan John Johnsen is a man of low talent, his wirting is so bad.
There is a resistance general whos straight up a villian, but is potrait as a hero, Rey is still a Mary Sue, Fin is stillCalling this movie a dumpsterfire is an understatement, Ryan John Johnsen is a man of low talent, his wirting is so bad.
There is a resistance general whos straight up a villian, but is potrait as a hero, Rey is still a Mary Sue, Fin is still anoying, Luke Skywalker is a dick and like TFA the whole plot just works because one fortunate coincidence after another.… Expand
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RonnamJun 12, 2021
Worst movie ever. Hateful toward the original characters. Completely disloyal to Star Wars’ themes and philosophy. Treats Luke abysmally. The people who made this foul abomination clearly despise Star Wars fans.
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Unicron666Jul 3, 2021
Godawful, I can't recommend enough that you skip this film. It has no redeeming features and is one of the only star wars films I would describe as boring. Well done rian Johnson, you suck!
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callmednaApr 2, 2021
This movie is awful it totally **** on what star wars is supposed to be. Disney ruined star wars. The only thing that is good in the disney era is Rogue one and i guess The Force awaken is ok. Also the mandalorian
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HowardoJan 23, 2021
This is by far the worst star wars movie and its not close. The way luke skywalker was written was an abomination, the most interesting plot lines (snoke, the knights of ren, etc...) were all wasted. Just garbage and ruined star wars going forward.
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Ignat_ZMar 27, 2021
Movie starts with a scene of B-Wings trying to drop armed bombs on a dreadnought using manual remote control to launch bombs and way to deliver them down by gravity. In a space.

This sets-up an expectation for a SpaceBalls movie franchise,Movie starts with a scene of B-Wings trying to drop armed bombs on a dreadnought using manual remote control to launch bombs and way to deliver them down by gravity. In a space.

This sets-up an expectation for a SpaceBalls movie franchise, not star wars, unfortunately script does not have wits and fails to deliver.… Expand
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Movieman29Apr 5, 2021
this is probably the worst sci-fi movie ever made. between the cento-bight scene and unlogical bombers to the genius weaponizing that is rian johnsons hyper drive, this movie missed on all cylinders. Rose can somehow fly a ship better thanthis is probably the worst sci-fi movie ever made. between the cento-bight scene and unlogical bombers to the genius weaponizing that is rian johnsons hyper drive, this movie missed on all cylinders. Rose can somehow fly a ship better than any pilot ray kicks 3 people at once and kylo's character has now become the pretty boy.… Expand
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CapelliniJun 18, 2021
they destroied the series with the sequels. it's disgusting to this after the prequels
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MaddoxWhiteApr 25, 2021
What happened, Rian? Idk why you decided to try and change so much of what Force Awakens set up.
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Attila16Jun 6, 2021
A movie that left an unforgettable wound to the star wars universe, you should watch it.
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JDK8699Sep 19, 2022
The last three Star Wars movies in this series have been a complete disaster, find every copy and burn them all, then find some stars wars fans who love the fandom and get them to write and direct the three movies as they will be 100% betterThe last three Star Wars movies in this series have been a complete disaster, find every copy and burn them all, then find some stars wars fans who love the fandom and get them to write and direct the three movies as they will be 100% better than the utter excrement currently out there.… Expand
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JACOBJORDANB200May 5, 2023
BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD DISLIKE WORST STAR WARS MOVIE and worst Star Wars movie ever and worst movie to the fans of Star Wars and they missed the storyline after the Force Awakens and they redeemed their selves with rise of Skywalker because lastBAD BAD BAD BAD BAD DISLIKE WORST STAR WARS MOVIE and worst Star Wars movie ever and worst movie to the fans of Star Wars and they missed the storyline after the Force Awakens and they redeemed their selves with rise of Skywalker because last Jedi was a failure last Jedi more like worst Star Wars movie ever get the heck out of here The force awakens and rise of Skywalker was good but last Jedi was just a load of cow manure couldn't get into last Jedi because like where was the suspense in last Jedi it was just like what is this like where is the budget last Jedi was the worst movie because it was just a load of **** because there is nothing to please the audience who went to see last Jedi there was nothing in last Jedi to please the fans and they dishonor them last Jedi because they missed the detail after the Force Awakens and then redeem yourself with rise of Skywalker because last Jedi was a failure… Expand
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YetiConfettiDec 28, 2017
I was extremely disappointed with this movie. I was not expecting some Oscar-worthy, mature-audience-oriented film, but I was expecting something fun that maybe I could see myself watching a few extra times over the years and maybe, justI was extremely disappointed with this movie. I was not expecting some Oscar-worthy, mature-audience-oriented film, but I was expecting something fun that maybe I could see myself watching a few extra times over the years and maybe, just maybe, answered a few of my theories the way I wanted to see them answered. Some say I set my expectations too high, but after seeing The Force Awakens about 10 times and loving every minute of it I expected more than this. As a Star Wars fan, I would give it an even lower rating but I'm trying to be objective here. It wasn't just a bad Star Wars movie, it was a bad movie in general. I see a lot of TLJ haters commenting on bad acting, forced humor, the critters, the fact that they thought TFA was bad...in my mind all of this could have been forgiven with enough good stuff. I loved the critters, they were some of the better moments. What really bothered me were the lack of good lightsaber battles (not a SINGLE clash of blades), the terrible Rose and Holdo characters, the so-called "bold" moments when the director ended storylines without any warning or payoff....I could go on and on. I agree with the majority of the negative reviews here. There just wasn't enough good to make up for the bad. I'm as entitled as anyone else to leave a review. I'm allowed to dislike the movie as much as you might like it. I could write a novel on why this is the worst Star Wars film ever made, but it would be a waste of time. Just glad to hear TFA director is doing Episode 9.… Expand
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andy1828Dec 20, 2017
A real disappointment. Glaring pot holes, cringeworthy attempts at humour and a real waste of some great actors and their characters. Much worse than the prequels in many ways. Loved the visuals and ship design especially Kylo's Tie. SomeA real disappointment. Glaring pot holes, cringeworthy attempts at humour and a real waste of some great actors and their characters. Much worse than the prequels in many ways. Loved the visuals and ship design especially Kylo's Tie. Some interesting themes e.g. Is it better to save lives or kill bad guys?… Expand
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mentaldriftDec 21, 2017
As an action movie this could be a solid 6. Terrible character dialogues, poor writing medicore pacing and awsome action flare and visual scenery.
As a movie in general this is a 4 because of all the flaws despite colossal budget, sure-to-hitAs an action movie this could be a solid 6. Terrible character dialogues, poor writing medicore pacing and awsome action flare and visual scenery.
As a movie in general this is a 4 because of all the flaws despite colossal budget, sure-to-hit franchise and fleshed out universum.
As a Star Wars movie? 0. This flick just takes a huge amatourish dump on 40 years of Star Wars universe and cries OMG look at what I did! Nobody before crapped like that. After watching this movie everyone is dumber, so I give it no points and may God have mercy on the moron director's soul.… Expand
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darthtoddDec 16, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I would give this is a 5.5/10. I really loved some moments in this....and equally despised some others. I agree with a lot of what Kenny said above. Some really beautiful moments that overall were ruined by a hugely contrived plot.

What I enjoyed
1) I enjoyed the interaction between the characters. Luke, Kylo, Rey, Leia, even Snoke were all great in this.
2) The fight between Rey, Kylo and the guards was great.
3) Luke's force projection for his end fight was fantastic. I always felt that this was how strong force users would fight, not with a lightsaber (i.e. Yoda in the prequels). Well done.
4) Great visuals overall. Crait was beautiful.
5) I liked how Luke harped on how the Jedi order was flawed. It gave voice to my distaste of the Jedi as they were portrayed in the prequels. Again, Luke is fantastic in this.
6) It at least didn't feel to me like this was a rehash of any other Star Wars movie. Rian did move the series in directions I didn't expect.

What I did not enjoy
1) Poe/General Hux opening exchange was really corny to me and set a tone right off the bat where I felt uneasy with what was to come. Domhnall Gleeson is flat out miscast for this part IMO. He's a great actor in other movies but in this series is whiny and not intimidating at all as I would think a leader of the first order should be.
2) Supergirl Leia. For her to survive the explosion, then decompression, then come flying back to the ship like she's from Krypton just felt so un-Star Wars to me. Thought I was watching a Marvel movie at that moment.
3) Bombers that require a person to manually release the bombs...really? This isn't WWII. Also, could they have been any slower?
4) The use or non-use of shields, cloaking. Some ships had shields (resistance), others didn't (dreadnaught), some ships were cloaked....their use just seemed to be there to support the contrived plot.
5) The long chase between the first order and resistance....hugely contrived in my opinion. Kenny explained this well above...non use of tie fighters to attack, why didn't some of the FO destroyers jump ahead to cut off the resistance, etc etc etc. Just dumb. And then the resistance need to send someone to find a slicer, board the Super star destroyer, slice into....just dumb. All of this was lazy writing with huge holes.
6) Canto Bight was unnecessary. Although I didn't mind the design etc, it did not add much to the story. See point above.
7) So Luke dies because....he's worn out? Lame, I immediately thought of Padme dying from a broken heart. Felt really contrived to me.
8) The destruction of the FO fleet by the resistance carrier going to lightspeed spits in the face of every other star wars battle ever. Why didn't they use similar tactics to destroy the death stars, etc. And why didn't she do this earlier? Or use the medical frigate first to do this before it runs out of fuel. Dumb
9) Rose. Although I liked her at times, her exposition at other times (being the moral compass that she was) felt really hamfisted and preachy at times.

Did anyone else think Yoda looked odd? I enjoyed his part in the movie but to me, his cgi seemed off.

Overall, I'm just kind of disappointed. There were glimpses of a truly special all time great movie in here.....but some of the lazy writing for particular plot points really ruined it for me. Perhaps I'm too picky, I don't know.

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marcelklein88Dec 21, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a fan of the original Star Wars trilogy I hated this movie.
Especially all the bad attempts at being "funny". I don't want a Star Wars movie that has jokes for little 3yr-olds.
Just stop all this stupid slapstick nonsense when it isn't even funny.

Also don't introduce characters like Snoke or Phasma wenn they are just killed without knowing anything about them.

And stop casting actors only to make the movie more "diverse".
Nobody wants a "diverse movie". What people want is a "good movie" instead.

Also the movie didn't give a s*** about the last one (which itself was also not very good).

Basically it is a Return of the Jedi ripoff that has a stupid Hoth-like scene.
The movie is way too long for it's content.

I never thought I would hope for George Lucas to return. Oh my god that's how much I hated it.

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Daniel_BDec 22, 2017
If you're a Star Wars fan, you will hate this movie. If not, you'll probably like it.
It's better than Attack of the Clones, but that's not meant as high praise.
The storyline with Kylo Ren and Luke is believable and brilliantly done, andIf you're a Star Wars fan, you will hate this movie. If not, you'll probably like it.
It's better than Attack of the Clones, but that's not meant as high praise.
The storyline with Kylo Ren and Luke is believable and brilliantly done, and his relationship with Rey is well executed too. But that's only one of about 4 storylines in the film and the rest are garbage. Finn goes from being one of the funniest, most charismatic characters in Force Awakens to a bland space eater generic supporting hero. It's also full of plot holes and squanders some of the most interesting characters that the last film introduced, not to mention the most boring chase sequence I've ever watched.
My girlfriend, who had never seen Star Wars before we started dating liked it. It made me furious, and it's probably the only Star Wars movie that I won't return to see a second time.… Expand
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moviestalkerDec 21, 2017
It's sort of ironic, that one year after Carrie Fisher passed away the Star Wars franchise apparently met the same fate. Honestly I don't even know where to start here: The jokes are aimed at 5 year olds, characters are introduced and killedIt's sort of ironic, that one year after Carrie Fisher passed away the Star Wars franchise apparently met the same fate. Honestly I don't even know where to start here: The jokes are aimed at 5 year olds, characters are introduced and killed off for no reason (or explanation) and for some reason everyone keeps repeating their last sentence over and over and for some reason everyone keeps repeating their last sentence over and over... Also a sheer neverending amount of deus ex machinas and plot armor moments.… Expand
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callumcree3Dec 20, 2017
honestly, this movie is a waste of time. Unless you love having a main character who is magically amazing at everything they do.
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Teagan_StratfelDec 21, 2017
TLJ is terrible, the writing is atrocious, there are plot holes everywhere, Unanswered questions like who made the Map to Skywalker? How did Maz get Luke's Lightsaber? Who are the Knights of Ren? Who is Snoke? Why are the good guys theTLJ is terrible, the writing is atrocious, there are plot holes everywhere, Unanswered questions like who made the Map to Skywalker? How did Maz get Luke's Lightsaber? Who are the Knights of Ren? Who is Snoke? Why are the good guys the underdogs again? Why is Rey so unbelievably OP?, Rose is a **** who will infuriate anyone who watches her with her "Save the Animals!" malarky, TLJ Luke is an assassination of who Luke Skywalker is, Admiral Holdo couldn't just tell everyone something that would have stopped a lot of conflict from happening in this movie it's almost as bad a plot hole as Luke not immediately asking Rey how the hell did she find him when Luke was oblivious that there was a map to him. oh god **** this movie. Then there's Superleia, other people say in this movie the force gets mystified again but i don't know why if anything this movie created so many plot holes regarding the force i can't it seriously anymore. It's just for plot convenience now, it's not a struggle that characters must train to learn anymore, literally anyone can do it without training even though Luke needed training and he's Darth Vader's brat. It makes no ****ing sense and it ruins the force for me. Like the force apparently space doesn't have any rules in star Wars anymore, i saw WW2 bombers in the movie drop bombs in space that need gravity to ever work. Also Canto Bight Casino feels like we're back in the prequels again, this entire section of the movie can be cut because of how pointless it is. Don't watch this movie, it sucks donkey balls.… Expand
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barbariancloneDec 20, 2017
Allah belanızı versin...bu filmi çekeninde izleteninde amına koyim...bu filmi beğeneninde amına koyim...Disneyin allah belasını versin...Rian Johnson denen orospu çoçuğununda allah belasını versin...
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Raph75May 14, 2018
A very good story arc ruined by indifferent producers and an incompetent director. Whatever you thought about the prequels, they were a product of love towards the Star Wars universe and its characters. As a result you actually cared aboutA very good story arc ruined by indifferent producers and an incompetent director. Whatever you thought about the prequels, they were a product of love towards the Star Wars universe and its characters. As a result you actually cared about the story and the characters. You cheered for the great moments, you laughed for the funny moments, you cringed for the cringe-worthy moments, and you got angry about stupid characters taking up the screen time.

While watching "The Last Jedi" I felt... nothing. It was all so disconnected, the lack of passion in the direction and in the acting was so clearly visible. Nobody cared for this movie when it was being made. I have a feeling that a lot of actors in this movie, just like Mark Hamill, disagreed with the direction the movie took under Rian Johnson and they just went through the motions, like "good professionals" would.

The only likable characters are that no-nonsense First Order admiral that dies in the first 5 minutes of the movie, Poe Dameron and Finn. They are the only ones that have passion and make it look like they are willing to fight for something they believe in. For a movie that was supposed to be big on feminism that movie does not have a single likable down-to-earth female character. Rose Tico was supposed to be that character, but she was thoroughly butchered in direction. Which brings us the the biggest fault of this move: incompetent directing. There are a lot of arcs and scenes in this movie that on paper were epic and profound and were utterly ruined by Rian Jonhson and instead came out stupid, pathetic, laughable or annoying.

Poe growing as a leader - awesome on paper - ruined in execution. Vice-admiral Holdo - a gentle leader of great wisdom - ruined in execution: Mr. Johnson - there is a huge difference between projecting strength to keep everyone calm and behaving like you are too stoned to care. Finn willing to sacrifice himself and saved by Rose - awesome on paper - so completely and utterly ruined in execution. This scene would be so hyper-epic if Rose sacrificed herself "not out of hate but to save the things she loved" and then she would get the a funeral of a hero. Instead she ended up looking like a selfish you-know-what, willing to risk everybody's life to get what she wants for herself.

And so on and so forth. Every single thing in this move could be epic, instead it fizzled down to nothing.… Expand
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dr_yevApr 11, 2018
I do not understand what the critics are smoking. This movie is not good. Not good at all. I expected it to be a bit campy and maybe not "film" material given that it is star wars but I watched on an airplane and I really wish I could haveI do not understand what the critics are smoking. This movie is not good. Not good at all. I expected it to be a bit campy and maybe not "film" material given that it is star wars but I watched on an airplane and I really wish I could have my two hours back. It's heavy-handed with its messages, its jokes do not land, and it really fails to make one care one bit about its cast of characters. Oh, and it starts with a drawn-out "being on hold" joke... yes, in a universe with no telephones. I know everyone hates on the prequels and, yes, the prequels are worse than the original three movies (well, maybe, if we're honest, worse than the empire strikes back and about as good as the other two) but these recent three abortions cannot hope to hold a candle to the prequels...… Expand
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japa1453Apr 2, 2018
i didnt like it at all!!! please rename this movie because disney is destroying star wars
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ManReviewsthingDec 16, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Made an account just to write about this movie. What an absolute disappointment. "The director took risks" is a good way of saying that the director went in directions that made little to no sense. The only excitement in this movie was seeing how kylo ren's story line played out, and that was weak too. The fact that this movie currently has an 86 on metacritic makes me completely skeptical of movie reviews as a collective. There are parts in this movie that are insanely cool, but those parts are lost in a sea of weird plot turns and a weak narrative that is largely based on hyperbole. If you split the two main narratives of this movie in half, one was a complete waste of time while the other lead up to nowhere. To end this review I'm just gonna say, they made luke skywalker a complete loser in this movie and Disney is going to drive this franchise into the ground.… Expand
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xnashDec 19, 2017
The movie has had good ideas, but the storyline is so basic, the drama and tension became a simply explication, maybe because they were thinking in keep the movie in G and not under PG rated. The lost of the mystic and the effort to erase theThe movie has had good ideas, but the storyline is so basic, the drama and tension became a simply explication, maybe because they were thinking in keep the movie in G and not under PG rated. The lost of the mystic and the effort to erase the Star Wars "old school", become anoying.
For my, this is the final confirmation of the SW's dead. Since now, it became a set of jedi's chiché and stuff to keep the merchandising growing up and keeping the movie away from PG to the conquest of more childs.… Expand
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EvisDec 20, 2017
UNFAIR that critics rate a movie so high then you spend a lot of money to see it in IMAX just to realize the writing is terrible. Out of everyone I know IRL the BEST review was that it has cool space battles but terrible writing. UNFAIRUNFAIR that critics rate a movie so high then you spend a lot of money to see it in IMAX just to realize the writing is terrible. Out of everyone I know IRL the BEST review was that it has cool space battles but terrible writing. UNFAIR UNFAIR UNFAIR that no one can say this movie has bad writing without being called a Trump MAGA troll. If this movie has an agenda it utterly failed at that agenda because the writing is TERRIBLE. The plot goes no where the 2nd act is utterly disposable (but then the others are too really). The character motivations don't add up. Any suspense that is built up is discarded and then followed with a "haha" trolling joke. Whether you compare this movie to SW prequels, originals or other movies out this year, this movie is BAD.… Expand
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DarkLotusDec 20, 2017
This movie signals the total corruption and therefore death of the Star Wars franchise. It is more concerned with trying to ram SJW views down our throats then for filling its actual point of being... telling a good story with charactersThis movie signals the total corruption and therefore death of the Star Wars franchise. It is more concerned with trying to ram SJW views down our throats then for filling its actual point of being... telling a good story with characters that aren't identity politic hacks.… Expand
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abuch47Dec 20, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's also ridiculous how biased the ratings it gets are. Universal acclaim when so many people have problems with it feels like Hollywood shills can influence generations with their money and power.

I'm a star wars fan not a huge one but one none the less. I having seen clone wars. I didn't love tag but I liked it's setup and world building and hated its cornyness and nostalgia which is a similar feeling I have to tlj. I loved the original trilogy it's witty and corny at the same time. The prequels I also loved with their newscope and backfilling of the universe we had known. This movie had so many potholes that couldn't be glossed over and took me out the film. The cgi and filming was top-notch as was the soundtrack mostly. The corny lines were kids movie **** without the adult connotations that some kids movies do so well. The characters are dull as **** Rey is a lame duck but master fighter, kylo was better but doesn't seem to be growing, prepubescent anger, odd clumsy standard **** who reaches the same endpoint as ep8 by the end.

I think I hated this movie most because of the constant twists that are explained as plot points by the characters, good movies don't tell the viewer what's going on they show you through natural dialogue, emotion and leave some ambiguity. Bad movies have characters that literally real you what were doing now and next. There were million examples, will kylo kill his mum no he won't o wait she is killed anyway but wait she's alive and is now mary poppins but wait shes not strong and is now in a coma in 2 minutes of screen time wtf. Rose professes her love for fin after no onscreen chemistry or sexual tension and they kiss, and then he drags her back to base quicker than the FO walkers over massive distance past the obliteration of Lukes ghost. I have so many more yet I still liked some of it.

I don't like the direction Disney is taking this series and I need them to move on from the old characters quickly. Adding simple man's **** at every step to appeal to the largest audience is tarnishing one of my favourite franchises ever and I don't know if I can take it anymore. It starting to feel like fast and the furious in space.

Also I didn't read or talk about one fan theory except jarjar snoke and had no spoilers, I limited my exposure to the hype and only saw the trailer twice. I expected a return for the franchise and waited three days to see this movie which was less time than the last two. I was shaking in anticipation, something not normal for me as I lined up beforehand.

Also as a sane individual I didn't purchase battlefront 2015 or 2017 after pkating the ****ty betas and I've barely played a star wars game ever so maybe I just feel too strongly towards the film's.… Expand
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MrBinglesDec 21, 2017
Cheesy AWFUL badly timed humour which meant you never connected with the characters or the emotion. Meaning I just didnt care. In fact it felt so tonally incorrect at times I winced and squirmed in my seat. Like you might do whilst watching aCheesy AWFUL badly timed humour which meant you never connected with the characters or the emotion. Meaning I just didnt care. In fact it felt so tonally incorrect at times I winced and squirmed in my seat. Like you might do whilst watching a really bad stand up comedian or your uncle twerk dancing with your auntie at a wedding. WTF!

The opening scene with Poe and Hux felt like a Christmas Pantomime. All tension evaporated the moment he pretended to be on hold. DREADFUL! I didn't mind the Porgs or BB8 but serious evil and heroic characters should be just that. Luke seems to have been replaced? Mark Hamill was playing a guy called Luke. But it wasn't Luke. I didn't mind him being a recluse or grumpy. The trailer looked moody and cool. When he appeared in the film he was an unlikeable douche. AND HE MILKS A SPACE COW!! He is LUKE SKYWALKER not a bloody dairy farmer! I feel sorry for MArk Hamill. He has been betrayed. I can see why he disagreed fundamentally with the script. AND WHAT was with him chucking his lightsaber over his shoulder. It felt like a blooper they decided to keep in! I think that one moment is a brilliant metaphor for what Disney and Rian (Comedy) Johnson have done to the Star Wars legend. Jedi Training!? Rey received NO training. I get more training at my Monday night Yoga class in Peckham than she received. Yet all of a sudden she is a Jedi Master WTF. I LOVED Empire Strikes Back becuase as a little boy I got to learn how to be a Jedi. How to use the force. I learned through Yoda about the dark side and light of human nature. Here Luke makes a lame Joke about reaching out! UTTER garbage. Train the girl. I wanted Rey to prevail from a struggle. Zero character arc and as a result I dont give a Monkeys. SPACE WALKING LEIA! Did no one say anything to Rian! Not one person pointed out that that was a crap idea. No One mentioned Mary Poppins! O........M........G that was bad. Visually it was great. But the writing and the characters was awful. Get Garth Edwards back! At least he understood the Star Wars Universe. The last 3 minutes of Rogue One were better than the entire Marvel-esque gag fest that was Last Jedi. Why not get Get George R. R. Martin to write it! He'd do a fantastic job. At least he'd understand the human condition and struggle. I liked the political message! I liked the diversity. But all that has been flushed down the pan with the most expensive SNL skit in history. BOOOOOOOOOOOOO… Expand
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BigMike1234Dec 21, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It would have been a mediocre movie if it wasn`t Star Wars. But sadly it is.
I can`t get my head around the fact that some idiot thought it would be a good idea to go a new, exiting direction MIDWAY THROUGH A TRILOGY. **** hell, if they wanted to have a fresh approve why not set it like 200 years in the future? Why did they have to make Luke a grumpy, uncaring, alientit grabbing LOSER. HOW on earth do the defend Mary Sue beating Luke with virtually no training at all. Like in the first the people said no Mary Sue isn`t a Mary Sue you know. Kylo just had a bad day, you know. Happens to everybody. But suddenly Mary Sue is within 2 days of training a master in light saber combat.
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TimDRhadDec 21, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If this was a normal Movie it would be a 4, 5 based on the bad plot and overacting by bad actors. But it's not. This is STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII.
There's 40 odd years of backstory and tons of literature to incorporate.
And Disney decided to throw everything out of the window.

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huhuuhaaDec 22, 2017
Rogue One forced a strong female lead and it worked because it was believable in the context of the SW universe. Now you are forcing every race, gender, and special interest into a "sci-fi" movie. It's not believable. It destroys the canonRogue One forced a strong female lead and it worked because it was believable in the context of the SW universe. Now you are forcing every race, gender, and special interest into a "sci-fi" movie. It's not believable. It destroys the canon and the fandom. It's very telling that the people that want to purvey the themes in this movie, (intersectionality politics, strong women/weak men, miscegenation, etc.) needed an established franchise to sell their politics to a mass audience. Make an good indie film and it would sell, no reason to hijack and kill a established story.… Expand
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AaronJupiterSep 1, 2020
When you've seen The Last Jedi, you'll never want to watch a Star Wars movie again because Rian Johnson not only made a very bad movie, no, he sucked also the magic out of the saga and let Yoda, Luke, Leia and almost everybody and everythingWhen you've seen The Last Jedi, you'll never want to watch a Star Wars movie again because Rian Johnson not only made a very bad movie, no, he sucked also the magic out of the saga and let Yoda, Luke, Leia and almost everybody and everything in the movie look like travesty.… Expand
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DiogaJan 31, 2018
I was not sure it that was a Star Wars movie i mean what they were thinking when they make it.
The story is totally ruined and the cast poorly used , the effects where amazing though.
Mark Hamill was the poorly used in that movie , also whyI was not sure it that was a Star Wars movie i mean what they were thinking when they make it.
The story is totally ruined and the cast poorly used , the effects where amazing though.
Mark Hamill was the poorly used in that movie , also why bring back an caracther that his actor it's death ( SHOOTING STAR LEIA ) , the new protagonists are so Disney Cliché

The Antagonists are horrible to Snoke barely got any screen time and then got replaced by Kylo Ren (Ben Solo) that in my opinion it's the most childish villain ever.

Honestly im very disappointed i guess that´s another franchise that gets ruined by Disney ,
The Phantom Menace with his boring moments is way better than this atrocity .
Only kids , fan girls & and nostalgia blinded fans would like this movie.

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NtfwprophetApr 4, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I grew up the biggest Star Wars fanboy and sadly I just watched one of the best films of my childhood get completely ruined. There was WAY too much time spent on useless and/or annoying scenes. The humor took away from the more serious nature of the movie and that pretty much explains the feel of the entire film. That it just isn't taken seriously. Sadly, I dislike most of the characters, Snoke was not only ill conceived but also killed without truly ever having a moment in these last two movies where he felt like he was the Sith Lord. He gets very little scene time, and monomim background and is eliminated in such a way that felt unworthy of a story antagonist. Then it's followed by a scene that makes no sense in Star Wars which is the "Emperor's Royal Guard" wielding all sorts of weapons (a sword like whip, a staff that turns into 2 axe like weapons, and so on) These baffoons took Rey and kylo too long to eliminate not to mention no force powers were used and from the looks of it if there were about six more of them they could have defeated both Rey and Kylo from how much they struggled with them. Considering he is taking over as Sith Lord (or Supreme Leader) and Rey as The Last Jedi this is simply another very small piece that adds to the whole film simply missing it's mark. I love how J.J. Abrams remade Star Trek and again, I grew up liking Star Wars not Trek and to be honest I feel that J.J. Abrams ruined Star Wars and there is nothing I liked about this movie from start to end thus I gave it a 0. I could explain so much more but I feel that the movie was so bad that I simply cannot spend any more of my time on thinking or speaking about it as it is actually wasting my life. I even turned it off twice because I just couldn't bare to sit thru it in its entirety. So 0 out of 10 Absolute disgrace and sadly the end of my childhood favorite film series since I could care less how the last film turns out.… Expand
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CairngorgonMar 26, 2018
Totally soulless, corporate and focus-group designed. Absolutely no heart or memorable scenes. 7 got away with it due to nostalgia but things are different now. Also forced diversity and social justice nonsense.
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the_ed_85Apr 1, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is absolutely terrible. It takes Star Wars and attempts to turn it into a cutesy Disney movie. Leia Gets blown into space without a suit and they have her come back into the ship using the Force, when Leia doesn't even have enough Force control to part clouds without straining to the point of nearly passing out. Then having Luke be the worst Jedi master of all time, refusing to train Rey for 90% of the movie, just so that she can somehow come to equal terms with a fully trained Sith Lord. Then there's Yoda going and destroying ancient Jedi texts, which would not only never happen, but they also would not be books. They would have been datapads since books have been replaced for over 1000 years. This movie was so horrible that I sent Disney an email asking them WTF they think they're doing with Star Wars. If you're considering this movie, run away, run as fast as you possibly can!… Expand
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jshiloApr 13, 2018
It is really an awful movie. And I really love Star Wars. Even found a way to love the prequels. But this.... terrible. Wish someone could invent un-seeing.
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warden1902Apr 14, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Only thing good about this movie is the visuals. Luke has been destroyed, Rose is a totally pointness addition that adds absolutely nothing to the plot and is only there to make the movie as diverse as possible (nothing wrong with racial diversity, just a little much when e v e r y new non-evil charachter must not be a white male). Rey seems to have no character flaws and is a complete Mary Sue. Every character (accept Luke) undergoes no developmental changes and is the exact same as they were at the beginning of the movie. Sometimes I wonder if Rian Johnson even watched TFA, because every single valuable plot point from TFA was completely ignored or destroyed, especially Rey's Parents, which I thought had so much potential but was completely thrown away. Kylo Ren is no longer a intimidating bad guy like he was in TFA, he acts more like a enraged 6 year old with scizophrenia in the movie more than an actually Sith. Such a shame. TFA was okay and it gave great openings for a potentially amazing Episode 8. Unfortunately, any possibilities for a good sequel trilogy have been completely squashed by Rian Johnson and his band of money-hungry SJWs. Absolute abomination.… Expand
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Skywalker1979Jul 24, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. OMG i'm stunned like in shock. WTF where Disney thinking and how could Mark Hamill read that script and agree to it is money really worth it its like you sold your soul to the Devil Mark shame on you. Even my childhood hero can be corrupted by money! And Kathleen Kennedy and Rian Johnson i have no words its like you purposely set out to destroy the greatest movie series ever with you SJW BS and the liberal leftist propaganda just forcing it down peoples throats that's why Donald Trump won because the ordinary person is just sick of it! Princess Leia is now a General cause of course woman can be Generals as well(in real life no woman has ever been a General BTW). And you wait 40 years to see Luke all mighty God powerful, instead he's some old loser lives in a cave and rejects the Jedi's. Oh and Han Solo is portrayed as a dead beat dad in TFA must just be a coincidence all our role models are made to look like loser straight white males. Kylo Ren looks and acts terrible. Who's Rey's parents who was Snoke, we don't know cause you never told us. Finn is terrible and of all the Asian actresses they pick a overweight hero feminist who kisses the black man, and Rey kisses the black man Finn as well so it ticks a lot of boxes. The casino scene is a clear dig at Capitalism i mean the politics are just out of control. In the next Star Wars movie I know what happens so I don't have to watch it. Chewbacca gets a sex change and is now called Chewniqua and Lando Calrissian comes back to protest out in the street about the evil Empire and the Stormtrooper's brutality. General Leia flies out of her grave and becomes President of the Galaxy and we all live happily ever after in peace now a woman's in charge. Shame on you Disney you are a disgrace to the Movie business and the Star Wars legacy. And too all the kids, you have been born in the worst time in history and this is a result of people like me sitting back and saying nothing while liberals have taken control and seek to destroy everything about our way of life. For that I humbly apologise.… Expand
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MerkvahDec 19, 2017
When I left the theater, I couldn't understand why it was I didn't love the movie. I sincerely wanted to love it. I've been a Star Wars fan as long as I can remember, and Luke Skywalker was the hero of my boyhood. But this movie was heavyWhen I left the theater, I couldn't understand why it was I didn't love the movie. I sincerely wanted to love it. I've been a Star Wars fan as long as I can remember, and Luke Skywalker was the hero of my boyhood. But this movie was heavy handed with the political views of its creators. It was the most 2017 thing I've ever seen. Four days ago I was so excited to see it... now I am just heartbroken that the movie was so poorly written. Star Wars is something we have loved for a very long time, and much of this movie is dedicated to destroying all of the Star Wars that came before it.… Expand
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somedude14Dec 27, 2017
Last Jedi is somehow worse than the one that came out last year. It felt like I had paid to get punched in the brain for 2.5 hours. Fisher looked so different due to age and whatever she's paid for in her time falling apart I thought the "ILast Jedi is somehow worse than the one that came out last year. It felt like I had paid to get punched in the brain for 2.5 hours. Fisher looked so different due to age and whatever she's paid for in her time falling apart I thought the "I changed my hair" line was their way of explaining why Leia looked so different in the universe when it was a new actor (then I saw in the credits it was actually her and looked it up because I couldn't beleieve it). New Han Solo "Popo" still comes across as the dorky loser that followed the cool kid everywhere (Han Solo) and then as soon as the cool kid fell out of the picture copied all his traits because they didn't have their own personality, and copied it so poorly it wasn't just a traditional "fraction of" the cool kid, but a performance so poor it ends up going into the negatives.

Kylo Ren has some early-puberty mustache growth going in several scenes. Adam Driver can do proper facial hair so I don't know if he just forgot to shave for those takes and they were like "who cares nobody will notice", or if it's supposed to be an extension of the immaturity of his character.

Mark Hamill seemed like he was reading right off the page after waking up for almost all of his material. He's more lively in interviews about Last Jedi than he is in Last Jedi.

The movie itself is like some trash internet fanfic got picked up as an official screenplay for some reason. I went with people which is the only reason I saw it, and the only reason I didn't walk out. The guy that called me a "negative nancy" for saying it probably wouldn't be very good when he asked before it started, ended up needing to be woken up at the end because it was so bad, he fell asleep.

I feel bad for these new actors knowing their greatest acting achievement will be starring in the worst Star Wars movies (to date), and then I remember how much they were probably paid.

The best is definitely over though... walking out of TLJ, I felt the same way I did when I heard Trump won the election. At least Trump prepped me for other life disappointments... if not for that, who knows what I might've tried doing to myself when I got home from TLJ.… Expand
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i037Dec 26, 2017
I've never hated a Star Wars movie. Even the prequels, as bad as they were with their cheesy cartoony nature, i still have a positive view of them. But I hate The Last Jedi for what it does to the entire history. Not only does it disrespectI've never hated a Star Wars movie. Even the prequels, as bad as they were with their cheesy cartoony nature, i still have a positive view of them. But I hate The Last Jedi for what it does to the entire history. Not only does it disrespect the Force Awakens by undoing all of the mystery it presented, but more importantly it disrespects the previous trilogies and the Star Wars lore all together. The plot, the humor, the characters are all negatives for me. The only positive is the cinematography, which is top notch.… Expand
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HammillJan 2, 2018
They destroyed SW universe. Forever. With an agenda that uses nonsensical writing.
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SoojayMay 3, 2018
So far, this is one of the worst movies of this century. In 10 years time, this picture will be analyzed by film students on the subject 'Blockbusters: beyond mediocrity'. By the way, any critic that has given this movie a good review; takeSo far, this is one of the worst movies of this century. In 10 years time, this picture will be analyzed by film students on the subject 'Blockbusters: beyond mediocrity'. By the way, any critic that has given this movie a good review; take my advice, get out of the city and try to get your principles back.… Expand
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ViharTancosJan 2, 2018
RIP SW universe, you will be missed. It is the end of the legendary story, became an empty shell for money grabbing.
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jlee1018Dec 18, 2017
Didnt do justice to the star wars characters. Snoke, Ackbar, Luke and Phasma all deserved more. Stupid Rose and Finn storyline went nowhere and was forced.
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MusicalButterApr 20, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am a bit late here, but here it goes.

Big budget film, huge franchise owned by a company known for making classics. Just, the plot. I have to talk about the plot.

My first issue with the plot is based around character development. This is in the fact characters get better as you go along the lines of the series. We understand their weaknesses and strengths and become familiar and that we can relate to them, however instead, Rey (she already seemed abnormally good at flying, could even be better than Poe without even having experience), has beaten KYLO REN for the SECOND time through the force. One, we don't know who Rey's parents are, and thanks to Kylo always telling her she's nothing we just eventually become uninterested, and two, Kylo Ren... THE GRANDSON OF ANAKIN SKYWALKER, WHAT? You don't expect embarrassment to catch up on a scale like this. Snoke is killed in the second movie, so not only a young Kylo Ren is just been stripped of his proper potential but a character we were so fascinated by has just been killed by Rian Johnson. Despite this surprise being well played, it was better for it to be saved for a later time. Vice Admiral Holdo was not only introduced in this movie, but died on this movie too, an absolute shame. I'll list replacements from the originals if you want:

Vice Admiral Holdo (Admiral Ackbar, war hero and loved by all fans) (Lando Calrissian, a real showman and also loved dearly as a friend of Han Solo and Leia Organa).

We didn't know who this woman was, and I do wonder how she was not in any of the originals if she was Leia's FRIEND. Admiral Ackbar died AS A BACKGROUND CHARACTER, and Lando wasn't even IN the movie. Rubbish, these two are so dear to my heart, personally.

Second point: Comic Relief. The command structure of the First Order seems drastically unprofessional and a four-year-old could see that the Resistance were so cramped together in that space battle that one ship flying down would've sent another tumbling. It's not a matter of who's smarter (Original AND prequel series) whoever wins is simply who's less stupid and incompetent. C3P0 is loved for his stress-releaser for Han, Chewie, Luke and R2-D2 on the Falcon, but really the humour now seems so forced. Luke drinking the green milk was disturbing, he's LUKE SKYWALKER. Not only that but he takes the mick out of the force. Leia and Holdo seem so harsh on Poe it's not even chuckle-able anymore, and the scene with Finn shooting water all over the place when he wakes up could've been executed better. General Hux (who in the Force Awakens I could say deserved to be the successor to Tarkin) is the centre of abuse even by the Resistance, who are not afraid to CALL this dude just for laughs. If anything, Hux has been ruined just for the sake of laughter, he doesn't deserve to be the sequel version of Tarkin anymore. Nothing quoteable in this new trilogy and he literally is even more of a joke than Rose and Finn's relationship...

I've got to say, Captain Phasma did some cool stuff in the movie, including the fight with Finn. It was not only well made, but we know for sure Finn is able to, as he was one of the best people in the FN corps. Phasma shows determination and ability, but we see weakness in her selfishness and desire to always live. EXCELLENT CHARACTER! She's presumed dead, but I do hope she'll come back on the finale, as she's pretty cool and very unique.

I would say Kylo had little improvement, and not only that but since he refused to become good again and killed off both Snoke and Skywalker, his potential is capped. He will NOT learn anything, or very little, and despite him being my favourite SW character EVER, I feel very sad that this is the height of his power, simply inferior in almost every way to a scavenger on Jakku. Adam Driver's performance was yet again stunning, MUCH MUCH applause to him for his talent.

In conclusion, it's quite clear switching directors midway through a trilogy isn't a good idea. Not only were ideas, concepts and theories thrown away, but characters were wasted at basic developing stage, but Disney doesn't know there's only one more movie left. Where's the development?

I thought Rey would be a relatable and revolutionary hero. Nope. Basically putting out a message that some people can just be good at anything (her) and others have to improve (Kylo, Finn, Phasma) is pretty much a demotivation for young people looking up to any sort of hero. If you're looking for a hero to look up to, Luke Skywalker, Jyn Erso, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn are obvious examples from Star Wars. Even mention Biggs Darklighter, Yoda, Anakin. They represent Sacrifice, Knowledge and Learning, and Determination and Ambition to me, and their flaws made them great characters with huge development.

There's me out. I suppose I could talk more but, overall, the work put into this movie is good, yet the plot destroyed around 6 points in this movie.… Expand
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devin42Dec 18, 2017
Some good ideas, cinematography and solid performance from Adam Driver. Everything else is a tonally confused, misguided mess. Lazily exposited 'moral of the day' a la every Disney movie ever. It trades in anticlimax as though that isSome good ideas, cinematography and solid performance from Adam Driver. Everything else is a tonally confused, misguided mess. Lazily exposited 'moral of the day' a la every Disney movie ever. It trades in anticlimax as though that is cleverer than climax; in actuality it's just less satisfying.

New characters are largely bland and uninteresting, with performances worse than in the previous film. Mark Hamill puts in a good shift with a highly questionable storyline. John Williams puts out, unfortunately, his most uninspired score yet, with literally no new pieces worthy of listening to. Certainly closer to the prequels than the OT.… Expand
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KeldorKatarnDec 18, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is not just the worst Star Wars movie ever created, if you can even call it that, it is also simply not a good movie. It has a completely pointless side plot that doesn't fit neither in style or tone to the rest and just drags the movie out way too long. The pacing is awful, the dialogue rivals Attack of the Clones levels and the humor is atrocious. Not that the humor isn't funny.. it is for the most part. But it is used in the completely places, almost every time taking all gravitas and emotion out of a scene. And on top of that it is the kind of Marvel humor that often even breaks the 4th wall that just does not belong in a Star Wars movie. But as mentioned, even in a normal fun movie it ruins a scene and emotion every time in this one.
The characters have almost no progression or arc except maybe Kylo Ren. The others either don't progress at all, are suddenly completely different from what we saw in TFA or even regress and undo a lot of their development we saw in TFA.
Someone at Disney obviously didn't like a single thing about TFA because Ryan Johnson got a green light to basically destroy everything TFA achieves, from character establishment to entire plot points. Half the support cast is completely discarded. The way Luke Skywalker is portrayed is absolutely appalling. For a casual movie goer at least the performance of Mark Hamill is very nice, even though even his at times great performance hits rocks on the road whenever he's forced to deliver an absolutely stupid one liner or milk alien **** apparently Disney's way to bring nipples into a Star Wars movie.. otherwise his performance is very good, maybe the best of the movie. But at no time does he actually come across as Luke Skywalker. Maybe at the very end in one scene.. but even that scene has the problem that he comes across as Empire's Luke.. not as a Master.. even Return of the Jedi's Luke was more progressed as a character, so he's yet another example of this movie's tendency to undo character arcs.
The movie is basically resetting the galaxy to the state of Empire Strikes back without achieving any of the drama or emotion of that original era. The claim this movie did anything fresh is also completely without basis. This movie copies scenes from Empire and RotJ left and right. but unlike TFA which copied a lot from A new hope, this movie fails to get the tone and gravitas of any of these scenes right. TFA only failed with the new "death star" scenes. The rest worked. This movie can't get anything right. The Jedi training doesn't work, the "joing me, we'll rule the galaxy together" doesn't work. Rey running off to redeem Kylo is an entire movie too early and makes no sense for her at this time in her development. She literally called Kylo a monster after she watched him kill Han just two days or so ago. The hoth scene is the most insulting. The hoth-copycat maneuver is so obvious that they actually havea soldier lick the ground and make sure the viewer knows the ground is white from salt and not snow... apparently thinking this made the obvious copy and better... and here again the movie fails to even remotely capture the drama of the battle of hoth. Nothing is achieved in this battle. We attack, we get blown up, we retreat without having achieved a thing except for an awkward kiss out of nowhere that just makes you go "ewww" because it is THAT unbelievable.
And finally this movie also throws in useless and damaging SJW propaganda that is so painfully obvious it hurts. Diverse cast on the rebel side, white males on the first order side. female leaders on the rebel side, male leaders on the evil side. All men, both good and evil, are cowards, idiots or insubordinate machos, the women are all cool headed and holier than though, better at everything without any stablished reason how they got their skills. Add to that out of nowhere comments about the military industrial complex, capitalism, animal rights and veganism and you got the mix. But this movie is even too stupid to pull this off, by making the black lead the biggest idiot, a coward and repeatedly mentioning that he was a janitor that wiped the floors. But only a couple scenes later he suddenly pilots a speeder when in the last movie he needed a pilot because he couldn't fly a ship... and why is an engineer or whatever Jar Jar Rose was supposed to be fly one of those as well...
which brings us to the next problem of this movie. way too many people are good at everything for no reason while the first order is shown as incompetent clowns.

I could say a ton more about the failings of this movie but let me finish with almost the biggest shocker that I only realized after a while... even John Williams lets you down in this. The score is copy and paste from TFA and OT and not a single new memorable theme gets added to the mix. And not just familiar short themes: An entire OT track is hijacked and played in an action scene.

In short: This movie is awful.… Expand
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JoelovichDec 18, 2017
This movie is an insult to all the fans. They take every chance to destroy anything from the Star Wars past in the most incoherent way. Who they think would watch the movie? Kinder garden kids? Everything, from the plot (it there was any) toThis movie is an insult to all the fans. They take every chance to destroy anything from the Star Wars past in the most incoherent way. Who they think would watch the movie? Kinder garden kids? Everything, from the plot (it there was any) to the characters an the "jokes, is as superficial and disney-like! ¬¬ I hated it!… Expand
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PocketCriticDec 18, 2017
A fundamentally broken film that boasts stunning visuals, a peppering of great action and a few scenes of tense drama but ultimately requires audiences with any prior knowledge of the Star Wars universe to disengage their brains completely.A fundamentally broken film that boasts stunning visuals, a peppering of great action and a few scenes of tense drama but ultimately requires audiences with any prior knowledge of the Star Wars universe to disengage their brains completely. The film's treatment of legacy characters comes off as disrespectful to long time fans and yet also fails to deliver any compelling character development for the new cast outside of the main antagonist. Established plot points and mystery set up in J.J. Abram's The Force Awakens are squandered for the sake of shock value and the film compromises the integrity of its characters to hold together it's flimsy plot. In The Last Jedi's few moments of brilliance, it is on par with what audiences have seen in the Original Trilogy. In between those few moments of greatness, The Last Jedi struggles to gain a leg up over any of the films in the Prequel Trilogy.… Expand
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fanboy1974Dec 20, 2017
Saw the movie this past weekend at my local theater. Wanted to rate this a "0" for completely ruining Luke. Instead, I'm choosing to give it a "1" for pretty much completely ruining Luke. Terribly disappointing film.
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tigermitchDec 28, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is a dumpster fire of a bad movie. Faulty logic, poorly handled characters, plot holes that are too many to count, no synergy with any of the characters (except Rey and Kylo), and lazy terrible writing. Not to mention shoving down our throats political messages galore.

Let's start with the start of the movie. The beginning space battle is a case study on how NOT to portray a space battle. If you want to see how it is really done right, go see Rogue One. That ending space battle was fantastic. Not only was it visually exciting, but it was fairly accurate on how air battles are run. The notion that you would "drop" bombs...IN SPACE is patently ridiculous. How stupid do you expect the audience to be??? There are viewers who are above the age of 2. And let's take for granted that there is some type of tech that allows objects to counter act the void of space and produce some type of gravity/magnetic "bubble", it STILL makes ZERO strategic sense! Poe had cleared the dreadnought of surface cannons (which I find AMAZING for a single X-wing fighter), why take the chance of continuing to put your people and bombers into harms way??? You are telling me you can affix that payload onto missiles that can be launched from a safer distance away? That whole scene is just stupid all all around.

Secondly, who in their right mind believes that they handled Luke Skywalker in the proper way??? Luke Skywalker, a hopeful and optimistic man, was able to see a sliver of light in a Darth Vader (his father Anikan Skywalker) who for decades has committed genocide and atrocities. And he believed that he was worthy of being redeemed and saved!!! But for an instant saw some darkness in his own nephew, his SISTER'S and BEST FRIEND'S son, and thought he deserved to be struck down...MURDERED, at the swing of a lightsaber. That is the dumbest bit of writing for that character and clearly demonstrates how little Rian Johnson and Disney understand how to handle such an iconic character.

Third, that space chase was long, boring, illogical, and the story arch went NO WHERE. OK, let's give them that they have the tech to track them through hyperspace. Fine. The chase at sub-light speed is on. You can't send a second contingent of ships or fleet to hyperspace in from of their trajectory to form a pincer movement??? Again, VERY lazy writing to try to force a plot that sucked to begin with. Flying Leia?!? No, JUST NO. And where she came into the ship on, there aren't any air locks? Everything else about that scene sucked, I guess why not. The ONLY thing that worked was the scene where Kylo hesitates to fire on his mother but then the other tie fighters in his squadron does so in his stead. This scene clearly cements the seeds of hesitation in him (It had been planted in him long before). To just have Leia die at this moment would have at least furthered Kylo's story arch. But no, we get Harry Potter Princess Leia. Vice Admiral Holdo. WHY WAS SHE IN THIS MOVIE?!? Just to have another female heroine? And her character STUNK!!! Not telling Poe what her plan was is just dumb. This of course forces Poe to conspire with Finn and Rose in what would be the crappiest amount of filler that amounted to NOTHING FOR THE OVERALL STORY in the Star Wars Universe. "Was it worth it" Lord, epic stupidity strikes again. You go through all of that to save alien space race horses, but I guess it's OK to let those slaves remain slaves. Look I am not for abusing animals, but did we have to be lectured on this in a Star Wars movie????? And the answer is, NOOOO it wasn't worth it!!! Your mission was to find a code breaker to get you onto the First Order ship to deactivate or destroy that tracker so that you could save the Resistance! It was to help make Rose's sister's sacrifice meaningful and to help save Rey if she came back! That whole Canto Bight story arch was a total disaster.

Forth, if Luke Skywalker really does teach young padawans the ways of the Force like he did with Rey, it's no wonder Kylo said, "Screw this, I'm out of here to find a real teacher!" and destroyed Luke's Jedi academy! "Just reach out with your emotions." Oh man. Brutal. The writing totally stunk! It took Luke weeks, perhaps months on Dagobah with Yoda, physically training, mentally training, spiritually training to become a Jedi. Who in their right mind believes that even with talent, that without hard dedication, perseverance and training that you can ever realize becoming ANYTHING much less a Jedi????? That notion simply spits on everything we know to be true. Rey has no character growth. She's instantly great at everything! What a boring waste of a character. And YES!!! She shouldn't have been NOBODY, but the daughter of LUKE!

Fifth, Killing Snoke like you did. WTF! You build up this character like you did in TFA and give us ZERO??? HE was the new Darth Vader! He had gravitas. He struck fear in people and made people believe was a real threat. Not Kylo.

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SandthresherJan 1, 2018
I went into this movie expecting a lot more than ever was delivered. Going in mostly blind, it was easy to tell that this wasn't done by the same people who did Episode seven. I walked about about two thirds way through the movie and met upI went into this movie expecting a lot more than ever was delivered. Going in mostly blind, it was easy to tell that this wasn't done by the same people who did Episode seven. I walked about about two thirds way through the movie and met up with friends who saw it all the way to the end. The movie plays out like a check list of modern day stereotypes rather than the grand science fantasy epic that is Star Wars.

While the movie has some epic quality visuals and some awesome moments the poor story and butchering of already established characters outweighs it. Many opportunities are shunted aside for the sake of one liners and what I can only figure is a ham fisted social justice agenda behind it-- On that note I am most sure that this movie would pass the Bechdel test for what amount of good that is worth.

There are moments of absolute gold quality in this movie and are worthy of being in a Star Wars film, but they are short lived and often followed up with a punchline that doesn't need to be there. If the movie were written by the previous team and directed by Abrams, the movie would have been the epic sequel to Episode 7 as this movie wants to be.

Call me an 'Alt Right Troll' or some kind of Bot, I've been called worse things before. I'm sure plenty would have been upset if rather than the 7th Harry Potter movie we got an adaptation of the Fan Fiction 'My Immortal'.

TL;DR This is a Star Wars film played like a bad social justice fan fiction trying to hit every part of an ideological check list as possible.… Expand
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ficekaMar 29, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There's a way to go your own way without giving a giant middle finger to your fan base. Heck, I didn't consider myself a star wars aficionado at all and this movie still made me irrationally angry about the treatment of the characters (specifically Luke). *rant begin* If this was anything but Star Wars the critics would have taken it to school over the lack of consistent tone (weird and off-putting humor abounds in what are otherwise supposed to be significant and awesome moments. And yes, there is a "your mom" joke in the first 5 minutes), the lack of character growth, the lack of physics/ any real rules in this universe now, and the overall disjointedness of the plot (Watch Disney shoehorn in a completely useless subplot to take a shot at rich aristocrats. Look, I hate rich aristocrats as much as the next person, but it comes off as hypocritical when Disney is simultaneously beating small theater owners into submission with new screening demands.). Every critic's newspaper that published a glowing review of this mess is trying to divert attention and say that all the bad reviews are from the alt-right people who can't stand feminists. But hey, the alternative would be to admit that they are really just in Disney's pockets. I guess the alt-right boogeymen story will have to do. I voted for Hillary. I didn't vote for Star Wars to turn into a ham-fisted attempt at social commentary. These movies were supposed to be an escape. A chance to take your mind off of the bitter division in today's politics and believe in real heroes again. Sadly, the only escape you will get from this movie is when the lights come on and you can move on with your life and accept that these movies aren't for you anymore.… Expand
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garvinblastApr 29, 2018
even "The Room" has better story and direction, than that trash. This movie awfull in every aspect, except visual.
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playabotMay 14, 2018
Had to try really hard not to give this a zero - for me the movie was bad the first time and now completely unwatchable. 101 ideas, none of them make sense, none of them grounded in starwars lore, and more often then not with a politicalHad to try really hard not to give this a zero - for me the movie was bad the first time and now completely unwatchable. 101 ideas, none of them make sense, none of them grounded in starwars lore, and more often then not with a political motivation. If I could get my money back, I'd take it. I will never spend another dollar on starwars under Disney.… Expand
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ChioDec 21, 2017
The cinematography of TLJ was top notch. The soundtrack was very much in tune with the Star Wars franchise. There's one decent light saber fight.

That's all I can say good about this movie. There were so many plot holes and plot lines toThe cinematography of TLJ was top notch. The soundtrack was very much in tune with the Star Wars franchise. There's one decent light saber fight.

That's all I can say good about this movie. There were so many plot holes and plot lines to nowhere. Teasers from The Force Awakens (Who's Snoke, Who are Rey's parents), went unanswered or - at best - left with unsatisfying answers. Luke's climactic scene was stupid; I completely understand why Mark Hammil said this was not his Luke. This isn't the star wars you grew up with. This is the disney-fied cash grab that garnered more groans and eyerolls than episode I.… Expand
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yekimevolFeb 26, 2018
Ok its a massive blockbuster and its a star wars movie so the special effects and soundtrack are out of this world. But the film itself has a number of issues starting with the number of storylines that effects the pacing of the film and someOk its a massive blockbuster and its a star wars movie so the special effects and soundtrack are out of this world. But the film itself has a number of issues starting with the number of storylines that effects the pacing of the film and some fans may not be partial to the plots either.… Expand
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gq_foineOct 22, 2018
I gave this movie a 0 because they totally deserved it! They ruined all the characters! The action was just silly for Princess Leah to float out into space and come back into the ship? This had to be a joke. Then Luke doing a hologram?I gave this movie a 0 because they totally deserved it! They ruined all the characters! The action was just silly for Princess Leah to float out into space and come back into the ship? This had to be a joke. Then Luke doing a hologram? Give me a break and Supreme Snoke dying with an easy mind trick? GIVE ME A break!… Expand
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WilkensOct 22, 2018
This is the worst Star Wars movie of all. The second worst is Force Awakens. These new Disney films are not even Star Wars movies in the real sense because they completely depart from the 9 part screen play written by Lucas. Aside from thisThis is the worst Star Wars movie of all. The second worst is Force Awakens. These new Disney films are not even Star Wars movies in the real sense because they completely depart from the 9 part screen play written by Lucas. Aside from this nitpick which is very important to Star Wars fans and probably much less so to casual viewers, Last Jedi is a bad film in its own right. Most of the issues with Star Wars 7 and 8 stem from Disney allowing JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson to direct each movie as they saw fit, with no regard for a cohesive story from one film to the next. For Last Jedi, Johnson either ignored or marginalized everything Abrams did in 7, which ignored or marginalized everything in the saga that preceded it. While Johnson did this in order to carve out his own vision for Star Wars, which was a self-centered motive, he would likely say he did so to subvert viewer expectations and surprise them. In my view Johnson tried too hard to be Hideo Kojima and missed the mark by a mile. Kojima is a master of turning a plot in a direction you did not see coming, but only after making you invested in the characters. Johnson subverts expectations so often that it leaves the viewer apathetic about the characters and the general outcome of the movie. Without including spoilers, Last Jedi leaves you wondering why certain characters were introduced, leaving most viewers unable to even name these characters after seeing the movie multiple times. Other characters who are supposed to be significant, die or otherwise leave the story without explaining who they were or why they mattered. The Last Jedi cultivates apathy like no other movie I have ever seen. It creates the type of apathy that makes even a hard core Star Wars fan get up to go get a slice of pizza during the movie and not care what they missed because it doesn't matter. Between Force Awakens and Last Jedi the story has been so thoroughly butchered that nothing can be done to salvage the final episode. The worst part of all this is the disservice it has done to Harrison Ford, Carrie Fischer, and Mark Hamill who were forced into scripts that were well beneath them and ended their story lines in unceremonious and apathy-inducing ways. Hamill himself is a well known critic of the Disney Star Wars movies and I'm sure would say far worse than he already has if he wasn't such a gentleman. In the end I regret having seen the Last Jedi and Force Awakens. These movies are not only just not enjoyable to watch, they undermine the feeling I have about the whole Star Wars saga and make the previous movies less interesting. I have spent the last couple of years trying to train myself to think that this is not what happened to the characters. This is what went on inside the minds of JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson and is totally unrelated to the Star Wars universe. If you have not yet seen the Last Jedi and are a Star Wars fan, I recommend not seeing this movie.… Expand
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PH03N1X-PCDec 24, 2017
La peor película de toda la saga, como q el Disney lleno los bolsillos de los críticos con muchas billetes, por q esta mediocridad de director se tiro la que pudo llegar a ser la mejor película de la saga, no merece mas de un 6.5 y eso porLa peor película de toda la saga, como q el Disney lleno los bolsillos de los críticos con muchas billetes, por q esta mediocridad de director se tiro la que pudo llegar a ser la mejor película de la saga, no merece mas de un 6.5 y eso por ser star wars, por q la verdad va para menos, como va a tratar a un ICONO como LUKE de esa forma por favor tenga un poco mas de respeto, q director tan mediocre, no se q hubiera **** JJ pero estoy seguro q no hubiera matado la saga de esta forma, la verdad no volveré a los CINEMAS a ver otra película de Disney por q esta cago una de las mejores sagas del CINE una lastima.… Expand
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lastman99Dec 18, 2017
Critics who are not necessarily fans of the series have given rave reviews - nearly all saying things like "brave new direction" etc. They rightly praise the acting - which is probably the best of any Star Wars film (which isn't saying much)Critics who are not necessarily fans of the series have given rave reviews - nearly all saying things like "brave new direction" etc. They rightly praise the acting - which is probably the best of any Star Wars film (which isn't saying much) and Kylo Ren gives everything you wanted to see in Darth Vader's transformation. You see character development of the two leads all stuff critics love.
However when Mark Hamil complained about the script - Disney executives rave about the brave new choices and direction of the script with unusual decisions for the Star Wars films. You can spot why fans of the universe are not happy. In the post-truth era, this means they must be Russian bots, I would have thought it should be trekkers if anyone but hey why ruins the Disney narrative especially as Cineplexes and Critics need to bow to the Disney/Pixar/Marvel machine or miss out. This says everything you need to know - this is not episode eight but the marketing department of Disney making the choices and decisions for the universe. As a standalone film - it is just okay, Star Wars has always had the love of fans and forgiveness of the fans for the absurdness of the scripts and ropey dialog - for every Jar Jar Blinks there is a Darth Maul. The universe is about hard work, self-sacrifice (Jedi) and good versus evil (Sith, who take the easy route). This film just throws that out and humanises the leads making them conflicted and unsure of themselves.
Without this trade-off of good versus evil, hard work vs easy route, all the absurdities and many pointless subplots, undeveloped characters obviously just inserted for their merchandising potential, the film just jars. Lots of new characters, lots of artsy shots, lots of humour (but not Thor quality) but nothing cool. Ships which require large crews to man and pilot - are suddenly performing massive manoeuvres which they previously were unable to complete with just one person standing in the middle of the bridge. The entire might of the first order is brought to bear on a single base - with a blast door. So this might of six plus destroyers is reduced to less than a dozen walkers and a single blast cannon. Even for Star Wars this is the least believable with the most glaring plot holes and absurdity - people who were not Force users in the seven previous films suddenly have the ability to fly through space, blow blast proof doors aside and no longer need to be able to breathe. The force is no longer a fabric of the universe and just a virus that randomly selects people and makes them so powerful that they no longer need to train or develop or learn. You just destroy all previous knowledge and millennia of knowledge - hard work is not needed anymore. The force is now fit for the snowflake generation. Some ships are going so slow that they are almost going backwards and the first order can't shoot a cruiser because it is too fast but said cruiser can't even inch any further away.… Expand
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BenjaminDittoDec 20, 2017
No spoiler review. The last jedi's biggest problem for me, is that the over all tone just doesnt feel like the adult star wars bad ass movies we have gotten, even through the prequels. This was a little kids disney movie complete with so manyNo spoiler review. The last jedi's biggest problem for me, is that the over all tone just doesnt feel like the adult star wars bad ass movies we have gotten, even through the prequels. This was a little kids disney movie complete with so many poorly timed jokes and slapstick humor you lose track of the actual plot lines. My second biggest issue is the plot holes. George Lucas is called many things, but his team did a good job covering all of there nerdy plots because they know that nerds and fans love to debate star wars. And they did a pretty good job minus some things here and there. This movie was made by people that either are very out of touch with its fan base, or they are trying to change there fan base from nerds to more general public. Because this is not a movie meant for nerds. They dont even try to make the science make sense. They dont try to make the plot line up with the cannon of star wars at all. This is a movie for the general public to laugh and have a good time. If thats what disney wants to make star wars then so be it, but myself and the long term fan base is probably not going to stick around for another movie like this one.… Expand
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Ana-kinDec 21, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ESB, ROTJ and ROTS are my favourites in that order. But seriously, I would rather have Jar Jar in every single Star Wars movie than watch the Last Jedi again. Stop defending it. It's not about theories, or about Luke Skywalker dying or about Rey and Snoke being nobodies. It's just that the movie sucks. End of story. The plot is not well written and it hardly develops throughout the movie. They build up the hype in TFA for nothing! If you want your characters to be no one, don't make it look like they are related to somebody we know! Besides, half of the movie is about two characters, one of them we don't know, and what they do is completely pointless. Finn and the asian chick could have just sat at the corner of the screen waving, because they entirely made the movie boring, as NO ONE cares about them. The script is just ridiculous. We understand that they want to make a new saga, one I won't be part of (I consider that without Skywalkers there isn't more Star Wars, as Lucas said Star Wars was about the Skywalkers), but they completely ruined it with this movie. They insulted our favorite characters and made their new ones look like invencible gods, aka REY, that without any training she is capable of besting Luke Skywalker... WTF PEOPLE. This movie is **** bad written and completely insulting. Its becoming another Avengers: the plot is not interesting but it has good visual effects and we can sell lots of **** **** Disney, I hope you crumble down to the ground like the Empire did. And thank you Mark Hamill for always supporting the fandom, even if it has cost you your character's life in this new garbage movie. People can say what they want and try to lie to themselves, but this movie has no redemption at all. What they did to Princess Leia... left me speechless. But what they've done to Luke? **** insulting. I'm out of this saga, but at least I have the Original and god, even the PREQUELS are better than this BS.… Expand
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teddydeeDec 21, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Stars Wars as a franchise has hit the same problem all episodic franchises (Star Trek, The Walking Dead, the WWE) eventually hit, the story has been told so often by so many diferent people, writers run in to walls trying to keep it fresh. As such, rather than work on a thoughtful retelling (which will label them as copycats) or working within the mythology to bring about logical change, they instead settle on the swerve. While a swerve can be done to great effect and still work with in narrative (The Original Planet of the Apes, The Sixth Sense) all too often it is used to hide a poor plot or lack of a real direction in a story. I would argue that is what Rian Johnson did in the Last Jedi. *Spoilers*
Having Luke become a bitter and despondent character was a bold move, and Hamill, to his credit, did an excellent job with the portrayal. However, it was a change that did little to help the story and was promptly forgotten about when he suddenly changed his mind in a swerve that seemed only there to allow the epic battle to take place. The betrayal of Snoke by Ren was a swerve that mirrored the betrayal of Return of Jedi, and while making Kylo a better character did so at the expense of The Force Awakens. (To be fair, I didn't care for the Force Awakens, so seeing that movie cheapened wasn't a great loss) It hurts the overall narrative of all the stories in a franchise when such things happen. If you doubt it, try watching the Godfather III. The swerve to make the entire side quest to the Casino meaningless was, quite frankly, baffling. It seemed as if Rian Johnson literally had no idea what to do with the characters and the screen time put into it could have been spent elsewhere to much greater effect. Putting aside the short (albeit cringe-worthy) shot of Leia's survival in space. The swerve of her surviving seemed to cheapen the moment. Epecially when you consider the only Leia we can get from this point is some CGI painting. Needless to say, by the time Luke found his way to the the resistance, it was painfully evident that some swerve was coming. And Rian Johnson all but used the most painful, laziest, most overused swerve of them all....it was just a dream. I know, technically it was a force projection, but it all amounted to lucid dream. Luke wasn't there, it was stalling tactic, and he was ok. Except he wasn't. Throwing yet another swerve in, Luke dies, becuase... well..no reason. Just kill the past as the movie says (except for Leia). I think that proffesional critics gave the film good reviews because anytime a movie can suprise them, it is a welcome change. What they seemed to forget is a story needs more than a plot twist to be good.… Expand
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godzillacole66Dec 21, 2017
I want to preface this review by saying I did enjoy The Force Awakens and despite that films flaws I was excited to see how the new trilogy developed. Unfortunately after seeing The Last Jedi I have nowhere near as much enthusiam for seeingI want to preface this review by saying I did enjoy The Force Awakens and despite that films flaws I was excited to see how the new trilogy developed. Unfortunately after seeing The Last Jedi I have nowhere near as much enthusiam for seeing the next film. If I could describe The Last Jedi in one word it would be "Dissapointing". I feel like this film could of been so much more but ultimately fell flat in meeting my expectations. While there were some fun and visually appealing scenes throughout the movie they didn't make up for rest of the films weaknesses. I guess I could say this film lacked the spirit and fun the other films had ( Yes even the prequels ). It almost didn't feel like a Star Wars film at times but something else entirely different. It seems like the writers for this film couldn't decide what they wanted this film to be and after running out of time put out this jumbled mess. Ramblings aside, I can only hope the next film is able to redeem the franchise and if not I won't be tuning in for anymore Star Wars films.… Expand
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