Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: December 15, 2017
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DominikTheGreatDec 18, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wanna start of with saying i made an account just to this review here.

Simply the worst star wars movie to date, bunch of bland characters that you aren't even given a proper chance to connect to. Not only that it kills off important characters like it was nothing, hey wanna know about Snoke? well too bad, it was too much work so we'll just kill him off, oh but Phasma must be an interesting character right, she could put up a fight right? nope, gets killed off just as fast as a 12 year watching porn would climax.

Well atleast the story might be good you ask? once again not really,fights are drawn out so much and not very interesting at all to say the least. What strikes me a lot is how well Rey fought against THE EMPIRIAL **** GAURDS TOO **** WELL, are you **** me, the most highly trained guards in the galaxy gets killed off by a little girl with no prior experience in combat that trained against a **** boulder... really?! oh yeah and Finn should be dead atleast 2 times in this movie, no way miss asian woman could have saved him the in front of that canon.

and oh the plotholes in this movie... i could write a lot about this movie and how much of a disapointment it is to me, but i simply don't have the energy for me to rant on. Rian Johnson you have failed and ruined Star Wars forever.… Expand
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freeskierDec 18, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'll admit, I'm a Star Wars fan. Not an ultra-mega-fanboy fan--just a regular, mortal fan who maybe read some EU when I was a kid.
So when I walked into The Force Awakens, I tried to be pragmatic about it. Of course I wanted to be floored a la Empire Strikes Back, but I was prepared to be simply entertained like I was by Rogue One or, to a lesser extent, The Force Awakens. Sadly, at the end of TLJ, I walked out really disappointed. While I absolutely agree that the movie delivered great special effects and exciting moments, I found much of the plot to be forced and hollow. Some of my complaints are problems with modern action movies in general. For instance, the original SW movies spent enough time in each setting to establish some sense of place. Example: when Luke trained with Yoda, it actually felt like he had been training for long enough to gain some knowledge. In these new movies, one or two lessons and boom: Jedi Knight. Then it’s off, breathlessly, to the next contrived problem.
Other issues, however, are specific to this movie: character overload, corny jokes, unnecessary plotlines, a stupid premise, Laura Dern’s character (why?). Where critics gush over “Nonstop Action!!!!” I was thinking “This movie is just throwing stuff at us because it doesn’t know what else to do.” It like, when the writers outlined the story, they were just like “and then, this! And then, this! And then, this! And then, this!” and so on, ad nauseum. It felt more like Marvel or Fast and Furious than Star Wars.
And that’s what really bothers me--the series feels lost from a story perspective. The Empire had this great, rich history as the benevolent Republic turned fascist. The First Order, in comparison is just thin. It seems like something writers came up with to deliver “Star Wars” action. "There has to be a bad guy, so let’s just write one in. Oh and we’ll need stormtroopers."
Star Wars is supposed to go somewhere. Trust me, I’m no fan of the Prequils, but in comparison, at least they knew where they were going. The issues with the Prequils were mostly technical—bad acting, bad directing, bad scripts—whereas the issues with this new series are both technical and fundamental. Is it the worst Star Wars movie? In absolute terms, not even close. It’s still more watchable and enjoyable than any of the Prequils. To be fair, I loved Adam Driver’s character and I thought the Snoke plot twist was brilliant. But in exchange, Star Wars has sold its soul. Disney is churning out Star Wars-flavored cotton candy. It’s all sugar, no substance. And given that these movies are the last opportunity to use much of the original trio in a meaningful way, that’s really sad.
Finally, I’ll focus on the real world for a moment: I don’t understand why this movie has gotten such good reviews from critics. Maybe Disney’s scare tactics really have moved the needle on intimidating publications out of writing bad reviews. In any event, with all the praise and the giant box office opening, there’s no reason that this same formula won’t be used again and again in the many future movies currently planned.
The Evil Disney Empire won. Lucasfilm has turned to the Dark Side. There’s nothing for Star Wars fans to do but flee to exile while their galaxy is twisted and plundered—and hope that someday, the light will return.… Expand
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DAN1138Dec 21, 2017
Corporate Star Wars is so great! No not really, easily the worst. Disney lost this lifelong fan permanently.
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junker2017Jan 2, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pro: It's a fun mindless action movie. If you liked episodes 1-3 and are bored of the original 4-7, this one is for you. It will likely be very profitable. And I think it gives a good view of what 'that Star Wars thing' looks like from the perspective of people who haven't seen any SW films.

Cons: The plot is muddled, and it's hard to get into all of the low-stakes rabbit trails that the characters take. The main innovation seems to be self-parodying jokes that refer to how wacky it's become. This will probably appeal to people who see the Star Wars franchise as an opportunity for comedy, but it doesn't otherwise really bring any significant developments. I still have faith that Disney can come up with some original ideas that don't blatantly contradict themselves and move the story forward, but they haven't reached it yet.

Also, if hyperdrives were that explosive you'd think they would have developed light-speed torpedoes long ago.… Expand
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AaronGarcia1234Apr 7, 2018
This movie was an offence to the Star Wars franchise. The prequels were better than this load of garbage.
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aresendez88Apr 29, 2018
Awful recycled plot with little to no character development. Rehashed action scenes that make you think you've seen them before somewhere such as the original trilogy, and just a disorienting 2.5 hour mess of a movie that does little elseAwful recycled plot with little to no character development. Rehashed action scenes that make you think you've seen them before somewhere such as the original trilogy, and just a disorienting 2.5 hour mess of a movie that does little else besides assasinate characters you care about and shove down your throat characters that you don't.

John Williams kills it as usual, and the movie looks great but the story is so bad you can't help but feel that it is truly meant to just be insulting to the fanbase on purpose.

I can no longer support anything Rian Johnson directs from here on out. Easily the worst Star Wars movie I have ever seen. I had a lot of problems with Episode 7 (plot holes mostly) but I generally enjoyed it in theatres. I hate this movie, I will never watch it again. This movie does nothing else for me besides make me hate it more the more I think about it.

Skip this movie Star Wars fans. Do yourself that favor.… Expand
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icefromthespoonMay 2, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The film was completely disconnected from the force awakens. Every single setup leading into the film was squandered. All major plot points were traded for SJW politics. Not one male character who wasn't completely ruined or evil. The introduction of Rose and Holdo led to a wasted 30minute side story and the dismantling of previous plots through the destruction of space battle.… Expand
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GrecobiJan 8, 2018
Visually stunning, horrendous story!

If you expect a movie to look beautiful and have some amazing special effects, this is perfect for you. If you want a cohesive and compelling story, do yourself a favour and save your money. The movieVisually stunning, horrendous story!

If you expect a movie to look beautiful and have some amazing special effects, this is perfect for you.
If you want a cohesive and compelling story, do yourself a favour and save your money. The movie consists of three main storylines and two of those are 100% artificial and would not have happened if certain characters acted in a logical way. It felt like they just existed to give character stuff to do.

Furthermore, you really experience the lack of a common thread for this sequel trilogy of Star Wars. Apparently, the writers/director did not plan out major plot points in advance and loose story ends from the previous movie are mostly ditched. In addition, some characters have a different personality than before and no visible arc throughout the film.

I would give 'The Last Jedi' zero points but admittedly the visuals are great and the score from John Williams is top-notch as always. Nevertheless, terrible Sci-Fi movie and even worse Star Wars film.… Expand
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deadstonedDec 24, 2017
Great special effects, pretty to look at. Story, characters and jokes absolutely dire. Best to skip if you are a star wars fan.
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MuzumushJan 3, 2018
The 0 score is because this movie craps all over the Star Wars established universe, it ruins Luke's character, the plot makes NO sense at all, they try to constantly shove political message every chance they get.
This movie KILLED Star Wars.
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neuro-punkJan 1, 2018
The Last Jedi singlehandedly ruined the original Star Wars trilogy with its disservice toward the characters, story/lore, etc. of the original trilogy. The Last Jedi is trash.
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MrRODDIEDec 29, 2017
A good looking film that messed up a great franchise. The First Order is stupid as hell, a messy plot and poorly used characters. Jar Jar Binks > Rose Tico
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edgarpymDec 25, 2017
This movie is an awful **** Realy It's the worst Star Wars movie ever I seen...
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TheWanderer77Dec 24, 2017
This is the only film I've ever reviewed that I've given a zero. And believe me, it needs to be utterly abysmal in order to earn such a rating without a shred of hyperbole.

In a nutshell, The Last Jedi revels in the sexism and racism itThis is the only film I've ever reviewed that I've given a zero. And believe me, it needs to be utterly abysmal in order to earn such a rating without a shred of hyperbole.

In a nutshell, The Last Jedi revels in the sexism and racism it manufactures and proudly politicizes it as a "progressive" utopia, using the Star Wars franchise as an awkward vehicle to push this not-at-all-subtle social justice agenda.

Imagine a beloved franchise being violently stabbed and bludgeoned to death, and then being spat on and laughed at by cultural vandals who care more about their utopian societal ideals than they do about any of your cherished memories. That's what this movie is. It somewhat reminded me of footage of those Taliban members going into the ancient Buddhist temples, toppling all the age-old statues and destroying historical relics because they can't tolerate anything that brings others peace that doesn't align with their own authoritarian ideological bent.

Ironically, the cultural pendulum is starting to quickly swing away hard from third-wave feminism and the extreme SJW politics presented in The Last Jedi, which will leave it looking very awkward and out-of-place in 40 years' time, as its forced "politics du jour" will be representative of a long-gone era. (Unlike A New Hope, which wasn't crammed full of contemporary political issues of the late 70's and thus can still be enjoyed today without that jarring awkwardness of breaking the 4th wall).

It's clear that Disney, Rian Johnson, and Kathleen Kennedy are trying to reboot Star Wars from the ground up, with the intention of introducing Generation-Z to these new matriarchic and gynocentric narratives as the norm. Having the kids of today growing up with them, as it were. They believe that using a wildly popular franchise like Star Wars as a carrier for delivering this propaganda will indoctrinate kids at a young age, while simultaneously burning down all the old "sexist" and "bigoted" films that came before it is an act of heroism. The message being pedaled is toxic progressiveness. However, this is failing for them in a big way. Just like it failed when others tried to ram social justice narratives into other much-loved franchises such as Baldur's Gate and Mass Effect. You think they'd learn that the vast majority of people do not want this crap in their entertainment and will retaliate against it with all their might, just as they're doing now by down-voting this turd of a film and speaking out about everything it did wrong.

I, for one, am no longer interested in paying Disney one red cent to see Episode 9: Return of the Matriarchy.… Expand
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charles95Jan 2, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lets start with the positives:

It doesn't last forever.

On to the negatives:

Lukes character is destroyed. Luke dies in squandered manner. Rey is textbook Ultra Mary Sue. Shes seems to grow more powerful the less she knows. If she continues to receive no training, she will be able to move planets with her pinky.
SJW characters abound, nothing like getting political for no reason #2017. Plot holes are like mines in a mine field here. There are soo many!! It can only be safely navigated with the proper mine sweeper (give up caring). Death stars can be defeated by light speed missiles now and everyone before this movie was an idiot for not realizing a new style of hyper weapons. The casino planet is unbearable. Free animals, ignore children. I figured it would be a 5 minute sub plot, but it was over half an hour of RICH PEOPLE EVIL. I get it! Please let me off this ride!! Leia is apparently 100x stronger than any other Jedi before. Space is no consequence to her, and oxygen is not required. Perhaps it is only females do not require any training to use the force? Kylo Ren in this movie changes his position on topics ever 10th second in the movie and is almost unwatchable. Too AngstEdgy for me. Snoke was the best villain ever. Without consent, can connect users minds and facilitate a skype call. Force lightning through holograms. Overpowers overpowered Rey like its nothing. To be betrayed by his pupil while giving a diatribe on how he could never be betrayed by his pupil. There are non relevant props that are treated with more love, backstory and screentime than Snoke (Porg/Crystal Foxes).

0/10 for this since the director (Ryan) is being rewarded and allowed to create his own trilogy.… Expand
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rupertuJan 15, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Make no mistake - this is a F@8KING S@#T film.. a F@8KING F@8KING S@#T film… Expand
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valorienJan 8, 2018
Absolutely terrible. completely ruined everything interesting from the previous movie, while also ruining the character of Luke, the Jedi legacy, and anything related to the force. This movie should never have been made.
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dmussi12Jan 15, 2018
First off, Star Wars is a myth. Myths should not question their own premises and deconstruct themselves - that’s the critic’s job. But ignoring the meta-critique, the movie itself was extremely clunky and tedious. The Finn/codebreakerFirst off, Star Wars is a myth. Myths should not question their own premises and deconstruct themselves - that’s the critic’s job. But ignoring the meta-critique, the movie itself was extremely clunky and tedious. The Finn/codebreaker storyline went nowhere. On the one hand, the daring, against-all-odds mission is supposed to work - it’s Star Wars!. On the other, even if you want it to fail and teach Po a lesson (always obey your superiors even when they seem to be leading your entire movement to certain death - a sickening betrayal of the whole ‘rebel’ ethos), they should have killed off Finn. There are so many things I could criticize about this movie, but I’ll just do one more. Why exactly are we supposed to care about the Resistance? No one responded to their distress call - clearly the rest of the galaxy doesn’t thing the First Order is all that bad if they’re unwilling to fight against them. Okay, one more thing, sorry. Why did the movie end with broom kid? I don’t care about broom kid, no one cares about broom kid. Every other movie ends with main characters - a concrete summation of coming conflict or a recent victory - this one ends with an abstract appeal to a notion of hope. Broom kid probably doesn’t even care or know about the First Order, he just wants to be freed. Just another tiny instance of this film’s message of subversion. Everything about the movie seems to betray some aspect of ‘Star Wars’. This is how a culture dies.… Expand
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Ryan55Jan 28, 2018
This is a movie that will not be remembered well in years to come. Critics claim the movie is "subversive," but subversion without verisimilitude is meaningless. The correct term critics were looking for is "nihilistic." The only people whoThis is a movie that will not be remembered well in years to come. Critics claim the movie is "subversive," but subversion without verisimilitude is meaningless. The correct term critics were looking for is "nihilistic." The only people who seem to like the movie are: A. People who have always found Star Wars annoying and enjoy seeing it be exposed to revisionism. B. People who are casual fans of science fiction/science fantasy. C. People who enjoy seeing their political views mirrored on screen, regardless as to how well written the plot and characters are surrounding the politics. All they want to see is their politics validated, character development be dammed--and I should note I agree with the politics behind the movie; I'm not some anti-SJW person. The who situation is just depressing, really. I won't be seeing any Disney Canon Star Wars® movies anymore. Extended Universe is the Real Canon, as far as I am concerned.… Expand
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Leo3Mar 18, 2018
EPiC FaIL. Totally crapped. Franchise is ultimately dead. Never watch the IX.
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emmartindaleDec 20, 2017
With this new movie, the new Star Wars series is essentially reduced to this Lord of the Rings equivalent:

-Imagine a sequel to Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King where Sauron had a son that actually manages to reforge the one ring inWith this new movie, the new Star Wars series is essentially reduced to this Lord of the Rings equivalent:

-Imagine a sequel to Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King where Sauron had a son that actually manages to reforge the one ring in about 30 seconds.
-Sauron's son uses the The One Ring to destroy all of Middle-Earth in about 30 seconds.
-A new hobbit, that DOES NOT have the name name "Baggins," embarks on the same exact quest to destroy The One NEW ring.

The biggest issue with this new story is that it rendered the events of 1-6 completely irrelevant. All that mattered was that a woman named Leia met a man named Han and they had a child named Ben. That is it. Everything that the characters fought for in 1-6 is blown up in a matter of seconds in episode 7. And there is no reverse course here in episode 8 - it doubles down. To accept these new films as sequels is to accept that. You can't have it both ways.

I'm not whining. It's simply a fact. And it's bad story-telling to suggest in the 7th chapter of a 9 part saga that what happened in 1-6 is not relevant.… Expand
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JaddmanDec 29, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Rarely do I get pissed off about something, that I write a review for it, but The Last Jedi is one of such occasions.

This movie destroys everything, that I held dear about Star Wars. The entire plot is an incoherent mess from start to finish. It's filled with plotholes, inconsistencies and irrational decisions by the characters.

It doesn't just "subverts expectations", it completely goes against all established lore of the Star Wars universe, craps on the characters of the original trilogy and delivers nothing that was built up in The Force Awakens.

Admittedly, I didn't like The Force Awakens either, but at the very least, you could appreciate the effort, that was put into "recreating the Original Trilogy magic", when creating that film.

Unfortunately, it seems like Rian Johnson not only did not see Original Trilogy, but The Force Awakens as well.

No, we didn't have "unreasonable expectations". When J.J. Abrams hyped up the questions, such as "Who are the Rey's parents?", "Who is Snoke?", "Where are the Knights of Ren?", "Why did Luke go into exile?", we rationally expected answers to these questions. We assumed, that they will be answered in the next film of the trilogy.

Unfortunately, Disney made an absolutely idiotic decision to switch Directors for each film of the new trilogy, and gave them complete free range of what to do. Unsurprisingly, when Rian Johnson took over, he made his absolute best to destroy everything that J.J. set up.

That was me speaking as a Star Wars fan. For me, as a moviegoer, this movie is just as bad.

It was unnecessary long. The 80% of the movie is a boring chase of two puny fleets, during which the bad guys just shoot at our main characters from time to time.

It is filled with ridiculous humor. From the starting scenes of the movie, with Poe's "yo mama" joke, to the Luke's first scene, where he throws out his father's lightsaber like it's Pirates of the Carribean, the jokes and quips are absolutely out of place.

The side story of Finn and Rose is as boring as it is unnecessary. It takes around third of the movie, and in the end, results in absolutely nothing.

The decisions of the main characters are absolutely stupid. Why didn't Admiral Holdo tell Poe her plan? If it weren't for her, the entire Finn and Rose subplot wouldn't even exist. In the end, she doomed the fleet, because DJ spoiled the Resistance plan, and then she waited for way too long to even do anything about it.

But more importantly, the decisions and portrayal of Luke is disrespectful to the franchise and the fans. From a symbol of hope, the man, who saw light in Darth Vader, second most evil person in the universe, Luke became a bitter old man, who decided to murder hiw own nephew, while he's asleep, just because he had some dark thoughts. And by the end of the film, after a completely anticlimactic final battle between Luke and Kylo, he just decided to die because he was a bit tired.

The only two good parts of the movie are the music and visuals. John Williams' score is as always epic and majestic, which could not even be attributed to this movie, because the pieces are mostly from the previous films. As for the visuals, I didn't expect anything else.

After what I've seen, I'm completely uninterested in the future of Star Wars universe. I refuse to support any future movies, and I'm quite certain, that Rian Johnson either hates Star Wars, or didn't see it at all.… Expand
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Zaku2zakiJan 14, 2018
I live in Singapore. Asians usually like scifi. This is an 'meh' scifi movie considering the budget TLJ had but TLJ is definitely a TERRIBLE star wars movie.

Preface: I'm an 80s baby, star wars is sacred. (even in asia.) Shutting myself fromI live in Singapore. Asians usually like scifi. This is an 'meh' scifi movie considering the budget TLJ had but TLJ is definitely a TERRIBLE star wars movie.

Preface: I'm an 80s baby, star wars is sacred. (even in asia.) Shutting myself from the hype train, I waited for the very last day of the cinema showing, so I can walk in to a near empty theater to enjoy the odyssey, the epic that star wars deservedly is.

Again, Preface: I'm an 80s baby. Grew up with the original SW trilogy throughout the 90s, rushed to watch Prequels in the 2000s. Played the video games, read the books and comics, watch the cartoons and animated series, and yes bought toys and merch.

So... about 2hr 30 min after, watching TLJ, I left the theater confused, (I understand why people had to watch TLJ 2 or 3 more times. And not in a good way). I slept it over. Woke up the next day. Thought about TLJ. Became more and more angry as I thought about TLJ. Slept again. Today, 2 days after watching TLJ = MORE ANGRY as I think about TLJ.

Critique of TLJ = Really weak story, plot holes after plot holes after plot holes, weak characters with little development (Sadness here - Rey, Fin, Poe deserved to shine in this episode...WASTED!), characters introduced who are inconsequential, storylines that go nowhere, forced SJW-3rd wave feminist messaging almost every other scene. (There has ALWAYS been strong men AND women in the sw universe but now only women are strong, smart, courageous, wise....okay....), forced out of place/oddly timed humour (Oh my god the phone joke!), brisk pacing for a 2hrs++ movie which remarkably lacks substance or depth ending up with heroes I am uninterested cheering for, villains that are not threatening. Then, how TLJ handled an iconic character which has been celebrated for pass a good 40 years....disrespectful. Excellent visuals and music though, which seems to be what matters these days.

Ultimately you start to have the feeling that the director/writer of TLJ is giving you, star wars fans and the star wars mythos the middle finger all throughout the movie. Self indulgent, self satisfied, talentless hack. Who the f**k gave the greenlight for Rian Johnson to touch the star wars ip? People need to get fired for this. Thank god Rian Johnson was nowhere near Blade Runner 2049. As a fan of star wars for almost 30 years, literally almost all of my life (as of this writing), I'm done with star wars. I'm NOT EVEN INTERESTED IN EPISODE 9. WHO CARES? As an asian observer, if americans dont even care about their own cultural treasures then why should I? Star Wars is dead.… Expand
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Jack_bandJan 6, 2018
A disappointing movie,a poor history. It makes me feel the first trilogy was even better.
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etmetaJan 8, 2018
I watched the original trilogy from beginning to end for the first time recently in anticipation of the Last Jedi. Words cannot describe how disappointed I was with this movie.
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djniceyDec 26, 2017
I've just seen this film on Dec 27th, I shouldn't have bothered. I shouldn't have been worried about plot spoilers and read the user reviews, the critical ones on here are correct so I won't repeat most of what has been said already, otherI've just seen this film on Dec 27th, I shouldn't have bothered. I shouldn't have been worried about plot spoilers and read the user reviews, the critical ones on here are correct so I won't repeat most of what has been said already, other than the film has death star sized plot holes, some of the most ridiculous plot devices, lame humour, hollow characters, pointless side plots, a complete disregard for the previous movies and Star Wars lore, and some of the most blatent political correctness I've ever seen in a movie.

I won't be watching any more Disneyfied milking of this franchise if the upcoming movies are this bad.… Expand
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SkellimancerJan 25, 2018
After jar jar messed up episode 7 I was expecting this to be awful, after all how could it not be with the mess that was left. I am thankful that I was not disssapointed! However I was pleasently surprised to see that TLJ was infact worseAfter jar jar messed up episode 7 I was expecting this to be awful, after all how could it not be with the mess that was left. I am thankful that I was not disssapointed! However I was pleasently surprised to see that TLJ was infact worse than episode 7. I look forward to the mess of Episode 9 where I can finally take my own life knowing everything is ruined forever! Thank you, Disney!… Expand
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vhowarth1982Dec 29, 2017
This is not the Star Wars Trilogy you're looking for. Sadly, it is time to move on.
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Betamax77Dec 25, 2017
DON'T PAY TO SEE THIS! Lucasfilm's dark empress Kathleen Kennedy needs to get a message that she should give keys of SW to someone who truly loves it. Disney isn't wholly to blame because they let the Marvel movies and Pixar workDON'T PAY TO SEE THIS! Lucasfilm's dark empress Kathleen Kennedy needs to get a message that she should give keys of SW to someone who truly loves it. Disney isn't wholly to blame because they let the Marvel movies and Pixar work independently under them with great results. But if anything they should have intervened with this garbage production. It could be called Star Wars: The Anticlimax. Every (action)scene is a disappointment, except maybe one throne room scene. I saw this with a free ticket and came here to warn people. Many have fortunately already said many things wrong with The Last Jedi. This movie continues Force Awakens's nullification of our classic heroes' character arcs, force feeding us one dimensional new ones (but they are so diverse!) and giving recycled story beats, only this time with really stupid twists. There is a way to handing the torch to new heroes while respecting old ones but this sequel trilogy has done about the worst possible job at it. Biggest disrespect is for Luke Skywalker. He should have been grown to be very powerful and the script should have risen to the challenge to give him worthy obstacles. They have all the scripting power of Hollywood to their disposal. But no, Rian and story group cop out the worst way. Oh and the galaxy feels empty in this, there's only Resistance with their deserted planets and the First Order, the rest of the galaxy is all on Canto Bight apparently.

It's easy to guess why Darth Kathleen Kennedy handed keys of the whole new trilogy to Rian Johnson: He's one of the two directors who is willing to work for her without objections about direction of these movies and he agreed to cover this movie with heavy handed childish SJW/feminazi- propaganda. In the movie all white men are bad or just suck and all the women are great in every way. I bet that galactic **** is cackling all the way through when watching this propaganda piece. One point for Hamill's great acting. Not seeing Ep. 9. I have no intrest anymore.… Expand
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MarkSmith36Dec 27, 2017
The worst Star Wars movie by far. And also the least 'Star Wars-y' Star Wars movie. The creators have destroyed the soul of Star Wars. Credit to Mark Hamill for speaking out and admitting that Luke Skywalker is not the Luke Skywalker that heThe worst Star Wars movie by far. And also the least 'Star Wars-y' Star Wars movie. The creators have destroyed the soul of Star Wars. Credit to Mark Hamill for speaking out and admitting that Luke Skywalker is not the Luke Skywalker that he knew. Sadly, this will be remembered as the movie that knocked Star Wars from its pedestal among fans. The few memorable moments are only memorable because they are utterly cringe worthy. The new characters are abominations. I can only presume that Disney/Lucasfilm only employ cowards or Yes Men nowadays, because that's the only explanation as to why no-one behind the scenes spoke up and pointed out to the senior people at Disney/Lucasfilm what an absolute atrocity they were creating. The soundtrack is great though, so it gets one star for the soundtrack.… Expand
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thebagginsDec 17, 2017
Has some great performances by Andy Serkis and Adam Driver, but is surrounded by some really thin scripting and cheesy - "one liners, lets try and appeal to 8yr olds" humour eg Porgs. When you're given the whole Star Wars Universe and this isHas some great performances by Andy Serkis and Adam Driver, but is surrounded by some really thin scripting and cheesy - "one liners, lets try and appeal to 8yr olds" humour eg Porgs. When you're given the whole Star Wars Universe and this is all you can come up with is really sad. Sad to me because I love Star Wars, grew up with the toys from in the 80's and have an ingrained affinity for the Star Wars universe etc, but I am flawed as to how 100's of millions of dollars can buy pretty looking action scenes, yet a boring plot, mediocre performances and immature scripting. Remember those scenes from the originals that gave you goosebumps at pivotal points? This movie sadly has none that I can recall. I can imagine the pressure from Disney to sell toys must be immense, but if this movie had some substance... as a 43yr old I would've bought an expensive toy for myself. Now, my advice is, wait to see it on Netflix (with a 60inch TV or better) especially given how long and hollow the movie is @ 2hrs33min.… Expand
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Job-the-poorDec 23, 2017
It's an atrocity. Please remake this before you do episode 9. Disney has destroyed lives with this. I say boycott Disney all across the globe. Amusement parks, movies and toys. This was heresy!!
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SgtwtfDec 25, 2017
this movie doesn't care about the fans nor for anything Star Wars if this is mark hamill and Carrie Fischer last film in Star Wars Disney has done a truly remarkable job in destroying the franchise no matter who directs episode 9 if thisthis movie doesn't care about the fans nor for anything Star Wars if this is mark hamill and Carrie Fischer last film in Star Wars Disney has done a truly remarkable job in destroying the franchise no matter who directs episode 9 if this movie is canon and not retconned it will be truly be a lost cause for the Star Wars franchise rian johnson ruined Star Wars so spectacularly that I am flabbergasted that Disney would ever consider giving him his own Star Wars trilogy after destroying this one so callously… Expand
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LordPhilipDec 30, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This film is an utter betrayal to the entire Star Wars mythos. It literally destroys everything we came to love before it and proclaims a new order based on nothing. Luke as a character was utterly betrayed. Whatever potential there was in any of the characters from TFA has been turned to **** Rian Johnson should be tarred and feathered and run out of town, but I'm afraid this is the direction that hag Kathleen Kennedy is determined to take things.… Expand
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MalFraserJan 2, 2018
The film did not subvert my expectations, I had no preconceived ideas. I wanted to be surprised and shocked (in a good way) after the nostalgia hash of TFA. But instead it made me feel angry from the start, as it became clear that this movieThe film did not subvert my expectations, I had no preconceived ideas. I wanted to be surprised and shocked (in a good way) after the nostalgia hash of TFA. But instead it made me feel angry from the start, as it became clear that this movie had thrown out TFA. I get that Rian Johnson didn't want to just blindly follow Abram's mystery boxes. But it felt like he'd only read a a two page summary of TFA and didn't care about creating a trilogy. The plots were also disappointing. The theme was failure, I got that quickly,but the film was a failure. Seriously, after the movie in just walked out with my nephew and we both just said we didn't want to talk about it. Everyone I've spoken to who saw it thought it played for cheap laughs and made fun of characters who deserved better plotlines and character arcs. There were some amazing things about this movie. But it fundamentally failed to engage me or excite me. I don't want to see the next movie. I don't want to watch more meaningless pap which critics have portrayed as the best ever Star Wars ever. I won't watch the next one.… Expand
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Sky-Mar 20, 2018
I watched this movie on DVD. Such an emptiness after watching the movie in the universe of Star Wars, I did not feel. Such a heap of absurdities of the scenario, so to disfigure everything that was created before this in the universe is theI watched this movie on DVD. Such an emptiness after watching the movie in the universe of Star Wars, I did not feel. Such a heap of absurdities of the scenario, so to disfigure everything that was created before this in the universe is the main but narrative of Lucas and others. I did not feel such frustration for a long time from films. After this film, even the 7th movie seems much better. BIG EPIC FAIL !!!… Expand
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marcantoinegMay 13, 2018
The worst star wars movie ever made and the death of the franchise. No creativity. Boring. An insult to the lore. Avoid.
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akumouDec 20, 2017
Probably the worst competently made movie ive ever seen. I genuinely felt upset for at least a week after I first saw this piece of trash out of sheer disappointment. The prequels were bad but this movie ruined Star Wars. Even after theProbably the worst competently made movie ive ever seen. I genuinely felt upset for at least a week after I first saw this piece of trash out of sheer disappointment. The prequels were bad but this movie ruined Star Wars. Even after the prequels I was still a die hard Star Wars fan but now ive lost all excitement for this brand and will not see another one of these movies in the theater.… Expand
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AlexSpiritJan 19, 2018
Boring SJW festival. Terrible writing and no logic. Boring heroes and villians. Was dissapointed. Will not watch episode 9 or give any money to Disney whatsoever
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LordOMODec 30, 2017
The Last Jedi reminds me alot of Episode 6. There is greatness as in the Luke and Vader confrontation, but also many glaring problems like an unfocused narrative, Ewoks, Boba Fett and at parts very clunky dialoge.
The Last Jedi has a greatThe Last Jedi reminds me alot of Episode 6. There is greatness as in the Luke and Vader confrontation, but also many glaring problems like an unfocused narrative, Ewoks, Boba Fett and at parts very clunky dialoge.
The Last Jedi has a great dynamic between Rey, Luke and Kylo Ren. But it also has glaring problems like an overly long story where everything feels underdeveloped with glaring plotholes, characters acting completely out of character (Luke) and adding pointless new characters and subplots. Instead of focussing on the exciting parts (Reys training) we constantly cut to the mildly interesting escape attempt of Leias fleet and an attrociously bad side story with Finn and some uninteresting side characters.
Also the movie got really disneyfied with weak attempts at silly Marvel-style humour and a bunch of useless stuff they shoved in to sell toys and appeal to kids (like alien birds and foxes and a bunch of crap on a casino planet).
Really disappointing that The Last Jedi has much more in common with Episode 6 and the prequels rather than Episode 5 or something new.
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WhatIsEntropyJan 1, 2018
I’m a casual Star Wars fan, not a die-hard or a bot. I felt compelled to register and leave this review because of the media campaign to pretend that this is a good movie. It isn’t. The writing is very poor, plot holes all over the place,I’m a casual Star Wars fan, not a die-hard or a bot. I felt compelled to register and leave this review because of the media campaign to pretend that this is a good movie. It isn’t. The writing is very poor, plot holes all over the place, pointless characters (Rose)... in one movie Rian Johnson and Kathleen Kennedy managed to destroy everything good about Star Wars. The treatment of Luke’s character is so poor, so lazily put together, so incoherent, so blatantly disrepectful of the original trilogy... What boggles the mind is how nobody (apart from Mark Hamill, bless his heart) tried to course correct this absolute insult of a movie. This isn’t bad because people “refuse to accept change” or “didn’t get what they wanted” or “have a problem with strong female characters”... this is bad because the writing is absolutely brain-dead.… Expand
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fotografMar 7, 2018
Just so we are clear. I am not a bot. I am 56 years old and first saw SW in 1977 at age 16. I have watched all the SW films MANY times and I have tens of thousands of dollars in merchandise.

I did not like force awakens much but only becauseJust so we are clear. I am not a bot. I am 56 years old and first saw SW in 1977 at age 16. I have watched all the SW films MANY times and I have tens of thousands of dollars in merchandise.

I did not like force awakens much but only because I thought it was a rehash and reboot rather than a continuation. They could have taken a risk and done something new and fresh. I have watched it again but only for the Millenium Falcon and Hans!

Last Jedi is a different beast. It's bad. VERY VERY BAD and for all the reasons others here have posted and then some. I will never ever watch it again. never ever buy any merchandise it generates. did I say never?

Some would like to think that these negative audience reviews are fake or bot driven but it just ain't so. Last Jedi is so bad that it motivated me to sign up and have a say here and also on Rotten Tomatoes. I rarely do reviews.

that's the real reason for the backlash. not bots. just motivated real people. and if we, the audience, actually loved it, the gross takings would have been much more than $591m. because I would likely have seen it more than once.

like most others this franchise is dead to me. I will never re-watch it. never buy it for home. never buy merchandise. did I say never? I will also NOT go to the theater for the next one. I'll just watch it free on Netflix if its any good.

Dear Disney may I kindly suggest you listen to your audience rather than these few twit PC critics and PC journalists who choose tickle your ear. Or, better yet, listen to me.

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MarsupMar 11, 2018
This movie just ruined my childhood heros, i really love the original saga but this one is the worst by far. The jokes are stupid, not funny and had nothing to do with a star wars movie !
The Scenario is flat, the way Luke dies is aThis movie just ruined my childhood heros, i really love the original saga but this one is the worst by far. The jokes are stupid, not funny and had nothing to do with a star wars movie !
The Scenario is flat, the way Luke dies is a nonsense...Too many things to say against this movie, i don't want to spend to many time on it !… Expand
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kstud1Jan 6, 2018
I don’t understand how this movie has an 85 on metacritic clearly the critics see movies one way and the public sees the another, I don’t know who pays the critics, besides the movie studios, they need to review movies for themselves and stopI don’t understand how this movie has an 85 on metacritic clearly the critics see movies one way and the public sees the another, I don’t know who pays the critics, besides the movie studios, they need to review movies for themselves and stop giving their opinion to the public because we are not getting paid so we will be honest.… Expand
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DeathforceDec 24, 2017
If this is what stimulates the new generation - god help us. The only thing that could save this franchise now is for Sheev to come back and lay waste to the entire galaxy with force lightening, put this fanatical sick disney mouse to rest,If this is what stimulates the new generation - god help us. The only thing that could save this franchise now is for Sheev to come back and lay waste to the entire galaxy with force lightening, put this fanatical sick disney mouse to rest, and let the midichlorians of the galaxy create life anew (apparently this is now possible as Yoda demonstrates in this abomination of film by setting fire to things). That or perhaps let Marcia Lucas edit another Star Wars film, but even then she could probably not do much with the content being created under Kathleen Kennedy.… Expand
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theoldreviewerDec 20, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a standalone movie, it's okay. Some pacing issues and WTF moments but not terrible. If it were the first "Star Wars" movie ever, I'd probably rate it a 6-7 (overall enjoyable but with some faults). It's not though...

As a Star Wars movie with almost 40 year of backstory, lore, and character development...it's pretty bad. It breaks almost everything that has been built until this point. I feel like it was written by someone with only a passing knowledge of Star Wars or who intentionally trolled fans.

Actions don't fit with characters, there are some significant plot holes, Jedi training breaks with every other movie (Rey is instantly god-like but Jedi training normally takes years/decades), notion of the force and balance goes against everything pushed in the prequels, timeline doesn't fit well with the immediate aftermath of the previous film other than Rey/Luke, the end of the space chase makes you wonder why this isn't done all the time to take out capital ships/death stars and makes all the previous military tactics look stupid, etc. The Force Awakens set up a lot of mysteries and this movie basically said none of them matter and was sort of dismissive of them in my opinion (e.g., Rey's parents, Snoke, Knights of Ren, what's Luke been doing). Also as a practical matter, Princess Leia is a character that probably should have gone out in any number of points in the story but she's the only one who survives. There are a lot of epic moments she could have died heroically. Given the realities of the situation, this doesn't make much sense.

The Rey/Kylo interaction is pretty well done. That would be the highlight of the movie. Most of the other characters are weak or just not well developed.… Expand
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ikatomasDec 21, 2017
The Disneyfication of the franchise has taken away so much of what made it special in the first place. And dare I say it, but imho TLJ is now the worst SW flim of all time. Even below ep 1,2,3.

Characters with no depth A Director with noThe Disneyfication of the franchise has taken away so much of what made it special in the first place. And dare I say it, but imho TLJ is now the worst SW flim of all time. Even below ep 1,2,3.

Characters with no depth
A Director with no knowledge of the franchise.
A forgettable, nearly laughable villian in Kylo Ren
The Disneyfication of the First Order.
A plethora of really really bad young actors overacting to a huge degree. I'm looking at you Rey/Finn/Poe. The three of you might be fine in the three stooges but in SWs......
And the **** is Rose doing? The lame gags and infantile humour might belong in a kids version of SW or the cartoons, but it has no place here.

I just get the feeling Disney went with a bunch of young bad actors so that they could keep the fees low and squeeze the Franchise for all it's worth since the kids will be around longer and can be spun off into more side stories.

TLJ felt less like a Star Wars Episode and more like a marketing movie for Star Wars written by big data analytics to pander to as many market segments as possible without actually delivering anything of substance.

Well done Disney. I must say that you have hit a brand new depth of low when you make me pine for George Lucas and I hated episode 2.… Expand
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ArogvatJan 16, 2018
Too much tolerastics and dumb persons in movie. Stupid script and dialogs. Effects are not bad.
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Stormshadow2kMar 13, 2018
If you thought The Force Awakens was bad, just hang on. This is even worse. Even the few things TFA managed to do an OK job at, this movie either skips entirely to follow up on, or just scratches the surface of. I really, really wanted toIf you thought The Force Awakens was bad, just hang on. This is even worse. Even the few things TFA managed to do an OK job at, this movie either skips entirely to follow up on, or just scratches the surface of. I really, really wanted to like it. I hoped for the longest time that it would be at least as good as Rogue One, but sadly this chapter makes the prequels look great. Huge plot holes, misplaced humor, forgetfull characters. This movie tries way too hard at way too many things simultaniously and fails at most of it. And the absolute crime that is done to the character of Luke Skywalker is atrocious. I can honestly say I wish this movie was never made, or at least that I had never seen it. And so ends my life long relationship with SW movies. It's really strange how sad it is as well. Like the death of a life long friend or family member. I feel so sorry for Mark Hamill who had to go through this.… Expand
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RichardsenDec 24, 2017
Too long, dull, boring, full of plotholes and lacking soul. Good special effects.
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MonsterIsBackJan 11, 2018
The visuals and sound are the only reason this gets a 2. The story gets a big, fat zero. What they did to Luke Skywalker alone is probably the most heinous thing ever done to a movie character - ever. This movie pretty much ruins everythingThe visuals and sound are the only reason this gets a 2. The story gets a big, fat zero. What they did to Luke Skywalker alone is probably the most heinous thing ever done to a movie character - ever. This movie pretty much ruins everything that was said and done beforehand. It is a deconstructionist, post modern social justice piece of garbage.… Expand
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darthvisoDec 24, 2017
The last jedi is a bad movie. Disney Killed Star Wars. This is not a star wars movie. This is a bad disney movie. Unlikeable characters. Luke is not the same Luke. Boring plot. I'm sad.
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sSphynXJan 12, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is not the Star Wars we love. I dont care about any of the characters. We dont get any cool Jedi fights, the one with Luke Skywalker was dreadful.… Expand
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Smurph5015Dec 28, 2017
DON'T waste your money on this cheap half assed and pathetic attempt at ripping fans off from their money and Rian Johnson have the audacity to say that "it's too big to fail" well it failed you failed and let down 30 years of story and loveDON'T waste your money on this cheap half assed and pathetic attempt at ripping fans off from their money and Rian Johnson have the audacity to say that "it's too big to fail" well it failed you failed and let down 30 years of story and love for a amazing sci-fi series and Idk if you just wanted it to be too pg13 and we need to make rated R because right now the last Jedi is just a sad joke. It's like you didn't even watch force awakens which I already thought was bad but no let's keep lowering the bar for what we call a "great movie" and then you just try to dismiss fans ratings and just say we are nitpicky and trolling. No you are just a terrible movie producer and you apologize and withdraw this pile of crap. Kill it like Eragon and start over with a writing cast that actually cares about star wars not just wants to make another marvel style money machine.… Expand
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Bloodwynd71Dec 28, 2017
I rated this movie lower because of how awfully suspect the critic ratings are. This movie was visually stunning and Mark Hamill and Adam Driver had awesome performances. The major problem with this movie is that it ignores basicI rated this movie lower because of how awfully suspect the critic ratings are. This movie was visually stunning and Mark Hamill and Adam Driver had awesome performances. The major problem with this movie is that it ignores basic storytelling aspects. This is supposed to be part of a trilogy which indicates that the story has some internal consistency. If this was a stand alone movie the writer/director can make their own decisions. Rian Johnson cast away every major decision that was laid out in the previous film. Some have likened it the children playing the game add to the story with a sentence until it gets to one who totally changes the story that came from those before. This movie had an inverse of the Empire Strikes Back story. Several of the characters serve no purpose. Major changes in the force made absolutely no sense when you look at previously established movies. People say there are bold choices. It is not bold to totally ignore established plot lines. So much is desperately wrong with this movie and the fact that the studio insults the intelligence of the audience makes it necessary to rate it even lower.… Expand
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Marco2512Dec 29, 2017
la película no es mala, pero lo que hicieron con lo iconos de mi infancia no tiene nombre, el mismo Mark Hamill se quejo de lo mismo
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Lila_amidalaJan 8, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I created this account especially to write a review here and share my sad experience with The Last Jedi movie. I'm a teen. Yes, I'm new generation and I had never see a Star Wars movie before. My parents and two older brothers, and also uncles, aunts and cousins, most of them just love Star Wars. So I always wanted to watch these movies and figure out for myself what is so special about them. But it didn't happen until my friend called me and say: "let's see the new Star Wars on the movie theater". And I say: "Yeah". I was so hesited to finally watch a Star Wars! I was going finally to understand why so many people in the whole world take this saga almost as a religion, a lifestyle or so, why it's so important to them, even influencing their own lives. Then we went to the movies and most of time I was thinking: "So this is it? That's the great Star Wars?" When I looked at my friend she was just more interested in eating her popcorn than understanding the movie! When I left the theater I said to her: "What a pointless buch of scrap!" I came home and said: "Sorry dad, sorry mum but Star Wars sucks!". They knew I was going to the movies but they didn't know wich movie I was going to see and so I saw the shock on their faces and they asked me if I was talking about The Last Jedi and I said "yes" and they looked at me with sad eyes and then my dad said: "honey, this is not Star Wars. This crap you saw is only a Disney attempt to destroy our dreams in order to make more money, because they believe that every boy and girl of your generation is stupid to be fooled by this fake Disney Wars". He was so serious that I have all of his words on my head until now and it happened three days ago. My uncle has the entire collection of six original movies of Star Wars in Blu Ray. He lent them to me, so I could see the true Star Wars. So, I picked up the first one The Phantom Manace and watched it. I just loved it! It has an intriguing story and attractive characters like Qui Gon, Obi Wan, Queen Amidala (I adore her!), a misterious villain and another that I found really scary, Darth Maul. He looked like the devil himself! And that little cute boy. OMG! I fell in love with him and I got very interested in what's the big question about him. Who was he? Why was he so special and talented? He've got some powers and I understood that the story of Star Wars was basically about him. The second movie, Attack of the Clones, I loved it even more,and the whole story is far more than just entertaining. The little boy grew into a rebel teenager and he is in love with the senator Amidala and then he loses his mother. At the same time there are many other interesting things going on in the movie, with Obi Wan investigating the bount hunter and... Jedi council, the battles... Everything about the movie is so enjoyeble, and the third one, Revenge of the sith, a sad and touching movie, I cried watching many of its scenes. Good acting, wonderful story, that matches perfectly witn the fourth one, A New Hope that comes and also explains everything. This movie actually brings a new hope as we Ani's twins grew up and fight against the Empire and the real devil of the saga, Darth Sidious. Then it comes the fifth The Empire Strikes back and more emotions come with it. We see Yoda again and the "No, I am your Father" scene. I cried again and I wished from the botton of my heart that Luke could bring his father to the good side again. And that's what he does in the sixth and last (yes, last) movie of the saga Return of the jedi! It's complete and perfect. I also liked Jar Jar and the Ewoks (my parents are not exactly their fans). And I was really wanting to see all the six movies again! That didn't happen with the garbage I saw in the movie theater! So, the young guy who firmly believed his father could be saved and turned to the good side again is the same old master that considered to kill his nephew? Ok. His father was already in the dark side for more than 20 years, and even so he didn't want to kill him! But the boy was not even in the dark side yet and he was going to assassinate him and cowardly, when he was sleeping???? No! This is not the same character, this is not the same saga. I understand why my parents, uncles, cousins and many friends are so sad. Disney is really ruining a wonderful franchise. But for me only the six wonderful movies count and I'll be always happilly watching them on and on and on. The rest, as my dad said, is Disney Wars, not Star Wars at all. Disney almost made me think that Star Wars was nothing but garbage. And I'm happy to figure out that it's not because the eps 1-6 together make the most emotional and well written story that I've ever see or read in my entire (and still short) life. Period.… Expand
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KneelJan 10, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Out of all the recent Star Wars movies this one was my most anticipated. Ok the Force Awakens might have just rehashed the Episode 4 story but it put the fun and adventure back into series and gloriously built up to the moment where The Last Jedi begins... Oh ok the start of the movie was crap. The middle of the movie was crap and yep the end of the movie was crap too, for all the reasons the other audience reviews have mentioned over and over. I so wanted to like this movie but it's crap - total crap with exception of the mighty fine visual effects. It's such a dog it just might kill the whole Star Wars series completely.… Expand
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Tonymatt6676Jan 11, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ‘Star Wars The Last Jedi’ is quite possibly the most disappointing movie I have ever seen, not the worst, but the most disappointing. The previous movie, ‘The Force Awakens’, had plenty of problems and was essentially a rehashed and modernised version of ‘A New Hope’, but despite this I still left the cinema with that feeling of childlike excitement that usually goes along with seeing a Star Wars movie. With this movie, I left the cinema with a very different feeling.

There are so many issues with this movie that I doubt any review could cover them all without writing a lengthy tome on the subject, but the problem that stood out most obviously to me was the very poor script, not only in terms of dialogue but also with regard to story telling and basic continuity with previous entries in the series.

A Jedi Master contemplating murdering a child, fuel suddenly being a consideration in the SW universe, hyperspace ram-raiding, 2 fleets of ships that have EXACTLY the same maximum speed, WW2 style bombing runs in space with ships that are so hopelessly slow that even when they reach their target, they are too slow to escape from the blast of the bombs they just dropped, and a totally inconsistent timeline are just some of the many problems with this movie.

Besides the above issues, which many may consider’nitpicking’, there were other serious problems with this movie, such as character development......as in there wasn’t any. Rey is essentially the same character at the end of this movie as she was at the beginning, unless you count her seemingly magical ability to develop new skills instantly as character development. Kylo Ren was a whiney, bad tempered child in ‘The Force Awakens’, and he still is in this movie and Finn had basically the same character arc in this film as he did in the last one.

Poe Dameron is the only one of the new main characters to have any real development....and it was all bad, with him now having regressed from a seasoned and skilled pilot and leader in Episode VII to a short tempered and tactically inept moron in this movie.

The character I’m really looking forward to seeing them develop more in the future is Snoke because he was by far the best of the new.......oh, wait......he’s dead already.......never mind....

Of the other new characters, Vice Admiral Holdo is completely ineffectual as a leader and her actions actually cause more harm than good. Rose was as pointless a character as I have ever seen in a movie (and in fact the whole Canto Blight sub-plot was like something from a different movie and seems to have only been inserted to help push a political agenda) and DJ was......errrm......yeah.

Captain Phasma was also back in this instalment, but try not to blink after she appears on screen, because if you do she will be gone again.

The film criminally wasted the last (living at least) on screen appearance of Luke Skywalker, turned Leia into Mary Poppins and took 40 years of story and development and threw it all in the garbage in favour of a ‘bold new direction’, which was just Rian Johnson’s way of saying “If you are a long time Star Wars fan, tough cookies pal, Star Wars aint for you any more”

The only positive thing I can find to say about this movie is that at times it was visually stunning. Too long, too boring, disrespectful to the material and lore that preceded it and full of plot holes so large you could fit another movie in them, ‘The Last Jedi’ is absolutely NOT worth your time and it should have stayed in a galaxy far far away......… Expand
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crizzyJan 12, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is my first review on this site. I had to do it, this movie was just so horrible. Huge plot holes. The director seems as if he has NEVER seen a Star Wars movie in his life. He completely disregarded where Force Awakens left off. The characters have ZERO character development. Finn was pointless. Leia turned into superman in space. Luke Skywalker became a total wimp, getting a beat down by a girl with zero training whatsoever. So much for Yoda's training. This movie makes no sense. They killed off a sith lord that you knew NOTHING about. I found myself so detached from the characters. The movie was painful. Even the humor was not funny. I want my money back. The worst Star Wars movie of them all. i was pretty shocked.… Expand
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BrankoSaJan 14, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a sacrilege. Nothing worse could have happened to star Wars. Incapable director, protected by even worse producer, killed the franchise 40 years old in one swift stroke... Chinese said it right: it insults IQ of the Audience. Poor Star Wars… Expand
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StevenRazJan 16, 2018
Committed character assassination, redefined the force and had mostly useless characters. They might say it's new and modern but it isn't. It is horrible what they have done to this amazing 40 year old epic journey.
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QueenTonishaJan 15, 2018
Here Lies The Body of Star Wars 1977-2017
Hacked to Death, Aged 40, by the Professional Hack, Rian Johnson "The dream that began in 1977 is over, yet forever in our hearts."Here Lies The Body of Star Wars 1977-2017
Hacked to Death, Aged 40, by the Professional Hack, Rian Johnson "The dream that began in 1977 is over, yet forever in our hearts." RIP… Expand
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BC_GuyJan 22, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's been said many times, but I still can not fathom how disappointing The Last Jedi was. My expectations for the new SW films are very low after this mess of a film.

I will start with what I liked; the visuals were nice and the fight scene in Snoke's throne room was pretty cool. Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, and Mark Hamill (especially Driver) did a great job acting in their respective roles. Now for what I hated, where do I begin...

Humor is really bad and is placed during the worst moments. At one point in the film a Resistance hangar is blown up by Kylo Ren, killing everyone inside. A second later, BB-8 comedically rolls out of said hangar as if the deaths of many Resistance members was supposed to be some sort of joke. There is also a bit at the start of the film where Poe calls General Hux to crack a your mom joke to him (really?). My theater was dead silent during these types of "jokes."

Marry Poppins Leia. The Star Wars equivalent of jumping the shark and probably the dumbest scene in the entire franchise. Also how on earth did Poe and the others open the door Leia was trying to get through without being sucked into space?

The Canto Bight subplot was pointless and the animals they ride to escape were something out of Narnia.

Holdo not explaining her plan to Poe makes absolutely no sense. It's clear from the way other characters looked at her suspiciously that the film wanted viewers to think that she was the villain. The problem is there was no reason for her to hide the location of Crait from the other Resistance members. This means the entire subplot with Poe and Holdo is a complete waste of time. Also if lightspeeding into other ships is so powerful, why didn't they just use that against the various Star Destroyers/Death Stars in the past?

Tons of characters are either wasted or ruined. General Hux has been reduced to nothing more than comedic fodder. Captain Phasma gets beat down and has less screen time than in TFA. Admiral Ackbar (known for his famous "it's a trap" line in episode VI) gets killed off-screen (I am aware his actor died IRL but he still deserved better). Supreme leader Snoke - who has had so much buildup to his power/origins since TFA - gets killed off quickly and we learn nothing about him. In episode VI, Luke is convinced Darth Vader still has good in him and tries to bring him back to the light side (even with all the atrocities his father has committed). In episode VIII, Luke attempts to murder Ben Solo IN HIS SLEEP despite the latter doing nothing wrong at the time. Luke's writing in TLJ was so out of character that even Hamill himself did not like the direction his character was going.

Rose crashing her ship into Finn's to "protect the ones you love" makes no sense at all. For starters she would have killed Finn by plowing into him, and if Luke didn't show up then Rose just doomed the entire Resistance since the First Order was about to destroy the giant wall. Also gotta love how none of the AT-ATs fire at Finn and Rose when their ships crash and Finn is somehow able to drag Rose's body all the way across Crait. Easily the worst scene in the film after Mary Poppins Leia.

There are also a ton of inconsistencies. For example, Finn and Rose are about to be executed in a First Order hangar in front of Phasma and hundreds of storm troopers. When the lightspeed crash happens, Finn and Rose are the only ones alive and now Phasma is entering the hangar from a completely different location. Uh, what? I'm honestly convinced they just filmed two completely separate scenes and just mashed them together. I know this sounds like I'm nitpicking, but inconsistencies like these were so blatantly obvious even on my first (and only) viewing it left me scratching my head.

Overall, this film was a giant let down. Unless episode IX is on par with the OT, I am done with the series as it is now Disney's cash cow.… Expand
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Gtmantis2Jan 23, 2018
Committed character assassination, redefined the force and had mostly useless characters. They might say it's new and modern but it isn't. It is horrible what they have done to this amazing 40 year old epic journey.
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pgregoryDec 24, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is without a doubt the worst Star Wars movie in the franchise, and one of the worst movies I've ever seen. No, I'm not saying that because I expected something different and am disappointed. No, I am not saying that because a beloved character dies. I am saying this because the movie has poor pacing, poor tone, completely self-contradictory and illogical plot movements, plot holes everywhere, no character arch, and simultaneously destroys any hope of the new characters being interesting AND the legacy of old heroes. The "gotcha" reversal of expectations moves, which became horribly predictable, were nauseating. The comedy never landed, and destroyed the tone. The feminist and animal activist politics were completely overbearing (and self-contradictory). At every opportunity to create good character development, the movie falls flat. Do we need to talk about alien boob milking, ships that go exactly the same speed for an entire film, useless Canto Bite missions, dying from over-meditation, or any of the other nonsensical events? Do we really need to go there? Because I can. Trust me when I say: this is not the Star Wars you were looking for. Avoid.… Expand
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androthJan 13, 2018
"Let the past die. Kill it if you have to. That’s the only way to become what you were meant to be."

This was Rian Johnson's evil plan all along. To destroy the past and mold a glorious new future. The first part of his plan succeeded. The"Let the past die. Kill it if you have to. That’s the only way to become what you were meant to be."

This was Rian Johnson's evil plan all along. To destroy the past and mold a glorious new future. The first part of his plan succeeded. The future he was molding is in ruins.

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Grubes2001Jan 6, 2018
Terrible, even 0 is too high of a mark for this pointless and empty disaster. When will professional critics start watching movies again ?
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multiwalrusDec 28, 2017
Truly, truly horrible movie that fails repeatedly in almost every way. It does its utmost best to make you hate the legends you grew up with. And it fails at that, too, thankfully. Utter garbage.
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williamsonrcJan 2, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Visuals: 3/5 (fine, but too many shot of the island which looked pretty much like a regular island).
Acting: 4/5 (very good acting)
Dialog: 3/5 (fine, nothing special, no really great lines, but also no "pass the apple Padme" cringy lines)
Story: 2/5 (empire strikes rehash + "training" rehash + rogue one mission)
Coherency: 2/5 (have no idea who is fighting who, what is going on)
New Characters: 5/5 (I liked all the new charcters. they didn't make the poges do anything amazing. liked new evil robot)
Music: 3/5 (no new additions of note. Getting old)
Creativity: 2/5 (really nothing new other than rich geezer land)
Overall 3/5. I had to see it, but it really is forgettable. More things blown up, people gettin' smarter. Force looking like everyone can do it now - big pendulum swing from the ridiculous "midi-clorians" thing from the prequels.
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Spelunker4PlatoDec 27, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoilers. It was absolute garbage.

1. Leia in space was jarring.
2. Many times there was emotional tension, and it would immediately cut to something else.
3. How are Finn and Rose going to just escape the chase, do stuff, then make it back without the empire harassing them?
4. The crystal fox was unique and fantastic, but only cheapened with more of them just walking around amongst humans. A single crystal fox acting like the white rabbit alice in wonderland motif would have been sufficient. Having dozens of them was in poor taste.
5. Rey is a mary sue. She got less training that Luke Skywalker, who is also a mary sue.
6. The jedi fight scene looked contrived. It panned forward as the red knights were twirling like ballerinas in a tarantino film. How were the red guards supposed to even see through their visors?
7. Why was there a romantic interest from Rose over Finn only so Finn could throw his arms around Rey again?
8. Why did Rose decide to taze someone when the rebels are a voluntary force?
CGI-but-also-muppet Yoda was just a bad mix. His characterization was nauseating.
9. The coastal alien milking scene was something like it was straight out of Rick and Morty, not Star Wars.
10. The rebels had nothing to celebrate at the end. The pilot character had people kamikaze at the beginning and they were reduced to like 20 people.
11. The beginning scene with the bombs being dropped... how can you drop bombes in space? The explosion of bombs in space isn't going to be effective in the vacuum of space.
12. The thief that helped Finn and Rose mentions weapons sales to both sides, and then it's never brought up again. That was the single most important thing that Rose and Finn found out and they didn't bother to tell the other Rebels when they got back.

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aemDec 28, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Luke deserved better than to appear that he just got out of a re-hab and angry at everyone and everything!!! Terrible plot!!… Expand
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julzorDec 29, 2017
This movie is a disgrace and an insult to anybody with half a brain. Seriously, Rian Johnson should be ashamed of himself. It completely ruins the franchise, the original trilogy, force awakens and everything you have ever learned about theThis movie is a disgrace and an insult to anybody with half a brain. Seriously, Rian Johnson should be ashamed of himself. It completely ruins the franchise, the original trilogy, force awakens and everything you have ever learned about the force. If you are 10 years old, brain dead or something similar and you love some pretty pew pew, cheap humor, don’t care about the logic of the plot, physics, star wars rules concerning how technology works and illogical character behavior than this is a great movie for you.… Expand
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Chud79nwosucksJan 16, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I agree with all the other negative reviews here. It opens with a Simpsons phone crank and goes down hill from there.
This movie is filled with gaping plot holes, characters either doing dumb things or performing contrary to their established natures, hates white men, and takes a flame thrower to all previous SW movies. If you take 10 seconds to actually think about what's going on, your head will explode.
Numerous nonsensical items have already been listed on this forum, but I would like to offer one more because I haven't seen it mentioned yet. It's not a "huge" thing - just indicative of this illogical farce. Apparently, Chewbacca has no problem risking his life to chauffeur his new boss Rey (yes, she actually orders him around) to the enemy's flagship so she can "save" Kylo - the same kid who just murdered his best friend a few days prior. Can you imagine the Chewie of IV-VI (or any other sentient being) going along with this BS? WTF?
I'm angry the creators and "professional" critics duped me into wasting my time and money on this garbage. But what really irks me is how Disney abuses its media muscle to attack those who dump on their 100+ million crap fest. I guess that's how the Alt Left operates these days. Anybody who disagrees with them is a racist, misogynist, or some other subhuman basement dwelling hater.
Fine.
Not one penny more will I spend on anything related to this franchise. I'm out.… Expand
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ridleywalkerJan 24, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie defies all expectations - not by exceeding them, but rather by tossing them into the trash compactor. The force is treated with little respect (I am aware it's a fantasy story) and the Skywalker bloodline is made irrelevant; anyone can be a Jedi with little to no training. By the way we are to now to ponder in a postmodern sense about whether the Jedi are ultimately a good thing. We are treated to not-so-subtle lessons in how terrible men are at leading and accomplishment, while simultaneously drilled on how great women are at all things. The larger than life mastermind of the wannabe Empire is dispatched as if he were nonessential to the plot of the new trilogy. The same fate befalls the underused Boba Fe.... I mean Captain Phasma. Finn, who really needs a good story line, is now sent to an ultimately useless mission that spins as an on the nose / finger wagging moral lesson on war and greed. His pal is a new character created to ensure sales for the international market. BB8 isn't even developed beyond a couple of quick scenes, but Chewbacca does make a cameo near the beginning an end. It's as if the director wants to say to all of the fans, "Star Wars is silly and forgettable, laugh at Luke drinking milk from the teat of a sea cow and shut up!" It is an epic troll, a spit in the face of the spirit of the original trilogy.… Expand
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ViddiotJan 27, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Star Wars, The Last Jedi is representative of the lack of storytelling skill endemic in some quarters of modern Hollywood.

The film lacks logic, character development, suffers from disjointed tone and offers nothing to carry the Star Wars saga into the future.It simply represents a series of disconnected vignettes that refuse to allow characters to develop, and despite the excellent visuals offers nothing of substance. At all.

From it's opening minutes the script devolves into farce; there is a terrible monotony to the pacing of the writing where any potentially serious moment is immediately attempted to be lightened by an elementary school level joke. The audience is subjected to a non stop barrage of character assassinations, (the old guard in particular; Luke (he has to die, we get it, but the script missed a huge opportunity to send this character off), Leia (reduced to farce), but also the new characters suffer from a writer/director who has apparently completely failed to understand his audience.

In a bizarre directional choice any attempt at adding backstory to the significant players is wasted on a sub plot to rescue 'horses' that achieves nothing. Not even rescuing the 'horses'. They are simply left for dead. It's symbolic of the whole film. As a pure piece of entertainment spectacle the film has also failed. The audience I was part of in Tokyo left the theater in a state of confusion and shock. Recently there have been some great Science Fiction films made (Bladerunner 2049, and further back Ex Machina). while these films inhabit a different genre, I mention them because of the consistency of their tone, the character development that takes place, and their ability to tell us a story we can invest in and carry beyond the theater.

In contrast The Last Jedi is totally forgettable. It fails as a comedy, a work of science fiction fantasy, and most importantly it fails as a coherent continuation of the film that proceeded it in the Star Wars story. I have rated it a 2 for it's technical and visual prowess. I wouldn't recommend this film to anyone above the original trilogy or any alternative work of science fiction or fantasy.… Expand
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UnderTheRainDec 21, 2017
They've killed the saga with this movie and turned it into a joke anyone who's a starwars fan of old who's been waiting for the end of this saga had just been kicked in the teeth. This movies plot was very weak as was the script directionThey've killed the saga with this movie and turned it into a joke anyone who's a starwars fan of old who's been waiting for the end of this saga had just been kicked in the teeth. This movies plot was very weak as was the script direction humour and lore everything was off the mark even the language felt wrong for a starwars movie. The rebellion who won 30 years ago and should of been in power have been reduced to the resistance the what? Yeah the resistance instead of the rebellion. We were expecting a Fin and Rey movie discovering the force and becoming jedi and we were treated to the po dameron show they should of stuck to their guns and killed him off in the first of the trilogy. Still they've done the same lame thing with the bf2 single player campaign which is utter trash. The director claims to be a starwars fan but i have my doubts. Was that Yoda using force lightening to burn the tree? Isn't force lightening a dark side force? It has been in every piece of starwars so far. After bf2 and these two terrible movies I'm done with starwars the franchise for me finished at return of the Jedi. Screw Disney and screw Rian or whatever his name is I'll be boycotting them both from now on.… Expand
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WillnpcDec 23, 2017
Horrible movie. Disney has killed Star Wars. This will be the last one I see in the theater until Disney sells the rights.
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StupidFatCuckDec 26, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is without a doubt one of the worst movies i have ever seen. The story is non existent. If you look at the beginning and the end of the movie the only difference is that Luke and Snoke died. Literally nothing has happened. The movie has 0 character development. Rey is the most boring protagonist in the history of cinema. Finn and Rose are on completely irrelevant sub-plot that does nothing for the movie. This movies is a complete **** with the only decent things being the music and a couple of special effect.

And thanks to disney for **** PORGS that add nothing to the movie other then to sell some **** toys. Unbelievable.… Expand
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BadSanta63Dec 25, 2017
I am literally still in shock. Its painful to see the death of a franchise. To be honest if anyone manages to see this review out of the thousands all I can say is don't let disney win. Don't let them take your money so they can milk you forI am literally still in shock. Its painful to see the death of a franchise. To be honest if anyone manages to see this review out of the thousands all I can say is don't let disney win. Don't let them take your money so they can milk you for money money to sell crappy chicken porg toys. Lets send them a message that they actually have to give a damn about this beloved franchise and not just milk it for money.… Expand
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Alienwarez567Jan 17, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Having always loved the Star Wars franchise and after seeing the Force awakens and Rogue one i had pretty high hopes for this one and was looking forward to this movie. But all ready at the first scene something was not right, Poe calling Hux was a horrible cringe moment and from there it just got worse with the jokes, they might work in the marvel universe but it does not work in Star Wars. The horrible story arc of Finn and Rose which was a complete waste of time, the Canto Bight scene all for the sake of watching a little kid force pull a broom in the end and at the moment when Finn actually have a good scene trying to stop the big Laser its ruined by Rose, which then goes on to deliver the most cringy speech ever in a star wars movie. Now comes the question how did they not get shot to piece by the walkers as they crashed very close to them ..?? horrible writing.
The story Arc of Luke is also very disappointing, I wont even go into detail but it is just awfull. The story of Kylo is that he still a whiny EMO which is on purpose to make Rey look better and here comes the Kathleen Kennedy influence. Rey is just Meeeehh there is no reason to relate to her because its obvious that she is female version of Luke but much more bland and no depth. And ooohhh the plot holes here we go. Why didn't Holdo just tell Poe what the plan was..?? Why would Luke try to kill his Nephew because he saw some darkness in him, considering how he would not stop to try and turn a much more evil being that he barely knew..??
How could Snoke escape Darth Sidious and Darth Vader clearly he was strong in the force and had experienced the rise and fall of the empire which means the 2 sith lords should have sensed him, where did his dark side training come from..??
Where are the knights of Ren..??
Why didn't the resistance not just use the 2 fregats that ran out of fuel as weapons like Holdo did with the last cruiser..?? There are many many more points that makes this movie so disappointing but I will end here.
Overall it was such an disappointment to watch.… Expand
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jackd104Dec 22, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I expect more from Star Wars. The story is just not tight-knit at all. Plot holes. Pointless go-and-fetch quests (like a video game). Throw-away characters. Heroes from the last movie with nothing important to do. Super-boring slow speed spaceship chase that lasts half the movie. Unlike many of the negative reviews here, I'm not a super pissed fanboy, just a movie goer who expected so much more (like a good story that makes sense and that has motivation for all characters). The critic reviews are baffling to me.… Expand
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GlakillJan 16, 2018
This film is the worst Star Wars ever made. It deserves some credit for some of the action scenes. Apart from that there is nothing left of good. The story is completely flawed and characters are utterly underdeveloped. I regret having watched it.
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AseretDec 28, 2017
There is no tension in this movie, worst character development ever, boring and bland
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Dre2Dee2Dec 30, 2017
A hateful bitter film that mocks anyone who enjoys movies, story, characters, or fun. A wretched heresy that cannot be buried under a mountain of rubble fast enough.
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noobtrollJan 4, 2018
A tragic tale of a director/writer who froze when it came to step up to tell a potentially great story, ripped off two of the original trilogy movies in one, ruined a great classic character and ended a story where the characters went throughA tragic tale of a director/writer who froze when it came to step up to tell a potentially great story, ripped off two of the original trilogy movies in one, ruined a great classic character and ended a story where the characters went through no changes. A pointless plot, a failed attempt at shock and awe but somehow managed to pull rave reviews from professional critics. Everyone is a critic, but this movie makes me trust the payroll critics even less.… Expand
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simply_mgJan 5, 2018
The only good thing about this movie is that Episode I is no longer the worst one. I liked some stuff from Episode VII and I expected to see a good film, but Disney definitely ruined Star Wars with this one. I can't believe it's a 2:30 hoursThe only good thing about this movie is that Episode I is no longer the worst one. I liked some stuff from Episode VII and I expected to see a good film, but Disney definitely ruined Star Wars with this one. I can't believe it's a 2:30 hours movie, I wanted to leave the theatre so badly...
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Deeznuts101Mar 10, 2018
Star Wars is dead to me.... this is such a slap in the face of all the story lines set up by JJ and characters built over 40 years....a Star Wars with no light saber battle? Killing off the bad guy with no story? What they did to Luke isStar Wars is dead to me.... this is such a slap in the face of all the story lines set up by JJ and characters built over 40 years....a Star Wars with no light saber battle? Killing off the bad guy with no story? What they did to Luke is indescribable we wait 40 years and you give us this BS story Luke was never coward but that what you make of him? You could have sent him off dying in an epic duel with Kylo. Screw you Rian and Disney....Lea floating through space? Wow just wow....oh now you can weaponize a space craft and sucide? Why didn’t they just do that to all the Death Stars before it? Duh...you can’t just add something so crazy 8 films in. What a shame... this should have been epic. I don’t plan on giving another dollar to Disney...… Expand
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jdf35Dec 27, 2017
A lousy script, politically correct casting, and more feminist claptrap; Kathleen Kennedy ruins Star Wars.
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Slyth3rDec 27, 2017
This is not only the worst Star Wars movie to ever be created but also one of the worst movies i have watched in my entire life. However if you're into SJW feminist propaganda then you're going to like it.
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sicknutzDec 23, 2017
I made the mistake of paying for this steaming pile. First of all this movie is about 45 minutes too long. Second it has no emotional core to it - it feels like a script written by committee with a direction to be less obvious this timeI made the mistake of paying for this steaming pile. First of all this movie is about 45 minutes too long. Second it has no emotional core to it - it feels like a script written by committee with a direction to be less obvious this time around in plagiarizing empire strikes back. I give up.… Expand
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JustDunnDec 22, 2017
Terrible movie. Unlikable characters. Plot holes. Skip it. Save yourself.
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bethfunDec 25, 2017
A certain amount of disappointment is, I think, inevitable given the hype a single film had to live up to, but even with that, I was... REALLY disappointed. A lot of it was the treatment of Luke's character, which (even though I'd beenA certain amount of disappointment is, I think, inevitable given the hype a single film had to live up to, but even with that, I was... REALLY disappointed. A lot of it was the treatment of Luke's character, which (even though I'd been prepared) felt like an assassination of spirit. A lot of it had to do with side plots like the casino arc which dragged, and didn't advance the story (however much I loved rose and continue to love Finn). There were plot holes that made me screw up my face in the theater and mutter, that doesn't make sense. The way it leaned into prequel levels of ridiculousness in the over the top battle sequences all felt hollow. That was the biggest disappointment for me. I think there are ways the story could have leapt to a new generation with new struggles without selling the triumphs of the previous generation as meaningless. which is what this new movie has now done, and looks set to continue to do. The new movies have wiped away all the victories of the original trilogy and returned us to exactly the same balance of power that existed when we first met Luke and Han and Leia, which makes not just this film unwatchable, but every film that became before unwatchable as well.

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NoobacainerJan 18, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This sequel had so much potential (because of ep. VII) but keeps letting you down over and over throught the entire movie. It has some good things, but it has even more bad things.

Good things about the movie: - Good visuals
- New ways of using the force
- Entertaining

Bad things about the movie:
- The portrayal of Luke's character is inconsistent (lets be real, this is not the Luke we know, the hopefull guy who saw goodness in Darth Vader, now is a whiny old man who doesnt care about anyone).
- Rey is still a Marie Sue (this is more a problem of ep. VII, but this movie does nothing to correct it. Rey is good at everything with no explanation, fighting bad guys? Always wins. Piloting the Millenium Falcon? Sure! Using the force for mind control and grabbing objects after learning about the force just 2 min. ago? Easy! Winning Kylo using the lighsaber for the 1st time? No problem. Lifting giant rocks with no training? I could go on and on...)
- Why is Rey one of the main characteres? Besides talking to Kylo Ren and lifting some rocks what does she accomplish in this movie?
- The whole casino scene is just pointless. (nothing is accomplished in this arc).
- During the chase arc, why the New Order doesnt send small ships to attack the Resistance's main cruser? - Why general Holdo doesnt tell her plan to anyone? - Finn, Poe and Rey don't get any character development. (Finn had so much potential, but keeps getting blocked first by Rey and now by Rose)
- Rose is pointless (there's absolutely no reason for her to be in the movie besides blocking Finn's character evolution).
- There's not even a sentence about Snoke's motivations or backstory. (how did he fund the First Order? How did he find Kylo Ren and turn him to the dark side? - Phasma is wasted...again.
- The humour is so... Marvel...
- The knighs of Ren... no clue about them.
- Leia Poppins (on paper sounds like a good thing Leia using the force, but the execution in the movie was so cringy).
- There's any reason for Luke's death? (I don't mind him dying, but we get no explanation for his death... did he use all of is strength to project himself to another planet?).
- American political agenda and SJW inflences (please don't bring those subjects to a Star Wars movie, this is not the right franchise to do that).
- Besides Snokes death and Kylo being now the new leader, the story didn't evolve or go further from The Force Awakens.

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RrichardMar 11, 2018
Star Wars but for dumb children of the Logan Paul era. Full of stupid jokes and bad direction. I couldn't get past the first 5 minutes. A big disappointment after TFA.
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Brandhorst1980Dec 19, 2017
Overall, the film was not good. Some positive points from the film: 2 Great battle scenes at the beginning and end, Kylo Ren is an incredible character and well acted, great character chemistry with Kylo, Ren and Luke.

Here is what is badOverall, the film was not good. Some positive points from the film: 2 Great battle scenes at the beginning and end, Kylo Ren is an incredible character and well acted, great character chemistry with Kylo, Ren and Luke.

Here is what is bad about this movie: Bad overall plot, subplots that go no where (as for the people who say it's ok the subplot doesn't work because people really fail in real life, that's not why I go to a Star Wars movie, I want to see our heroes succeed and the subplot was too drawn out and just didn't work with the story, I don't care about the Tauntan story), Luke's character was a coward (Mark Hamill did a great job, not his fault the story was bad), huge let down at the battle between Kylo and Luke, that should have been a real fight and then to have him die like that is not cool. Furthermore, I don't have a problem with the whole "anyone can use the force" but you need to still have training and stuff to do so! You can write a new and fresh story, but don't destroy the foundation of the series!… Expand
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robgorenJan 1, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Here's all you need to know about the Last Jedi:
Luke Skywalker ended up an attempted child murderer who was sucking an alien walrus' mammaries while Han Solo, his best friend, was dying. Yoda ended up a book burner, burning 1000s of years of patriarchal Jedi knowledge. Admiral Ackbar ended up dying to make way for the Lesbian Feminist Alliance. Poe Dameron suffers from toxic masculinity. Finn suffers from toxic masculinity. Kylo Ren suffers from toxic masculinity. All men suffer from toxic masculinity and belong to the patriarchy. Women are perfect. Men are evil. Make sure you vote for the vagina in 2020. The End.… Expand
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BorgorosFeb 23, 2018
A weird movie. So much potencial, and promises of a legendary episode, but so many dumb choices regarding the storyline. Fantastic to look at, but thats it. I really wanted to like this one, but I just cant. Poor Luke and his reduced self,A weird movie. So much potencial, and promises of a legendary episode, but so many dumb choices regarding the storyline. Fantastic to look at, but thats it. I really wanted to like this one, but I just cant. Poor Luke and his reduced self, nothing like a true Jedi any more... And that is so utterly disappointing.… Expand
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ThuleNord88Dec 26, 2017
It looks really good but the anti-white racist SJW degradation is beyond forgivable. Another classic piece of media destroyed on the alter of a political narrative over the stories lore and good story telling. Good going guys you ruinedIt looks really good but the anti-white racist SJW degradation is beyond forgivable. Another classic piece of media destroyed on the alter of a political narrative over the stories lore and good story telling. Good going guys you ruined another cultural staple and turned even more people against you. Another series crossed off the list.… Expand
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dm04Jan 4, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Movie is watchable but thats it. SJW Kylo is a joke, Snoke a vasted villain, Luke a vasted hero... or hero teacher. If Chewie werent there, noone would notice. All male characters are weak and stupid, the females do the trick. Whole movie serves as a feminist propaganda vehicle. Basicaly it is a 0815 scifi flick and noone would notice, if it werent labeled star wars. Heavily disappointed.,.… Expand
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