Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: December 15, 2017
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F3NR1R7Dec 28, 2017
Lots of plot holes, lazy writing, rushed post production, slap in the face for SW fans and SW mythos. Also it has really bad SJW vibe. This movie shouldn't be made.
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sleepygeneDec 19, 2017
I have never bothered to write an online movie review in my life before this. This is how strongly I feel about how disappointing TLJ was. I loved the Force Awakens. This movie was utter garbage. Looking forward to JJ Abrams returning to theI have never bothered to write an online movie review in my life before this. This is how strongly I feel about how disappointing TLJ was. I loved the Force Awakens. This movie was utter garbage. Looking forward to JJ Abrams returning to the helm for the next movie. I think switching directors hurt this film greatly.… Expand
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Andrew93Jan 4, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I dont even know were to begin of how horrible this film is. It distroys everything great about SW. It is awfull. I has a tons of plot holes ( i wont start to point them out because other people has also done it) and the film feels sterile , no emotions. I simply couldnt connect to it. I hope that Disney learns from this i wont put Jar Jar Johnson in charge again of a SW film.
Also , Disney should know that if they make the magic dissapear people will stop coming to see SW films because it is just another Sci-fi film, Nothing extraordinary...

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Starwarsfan1977Mar 7, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is so bad, both me and my father who are lifelong fans are insulted. We both have seen every star wars in the theater since 1977, and we can honestly say that when Lucas sold it to Disney it was over because clearly the same man no longer has his fingerprints anywhere on the movies. Even Mark Hamill in recent interviews slammed this movie. "Its not how I would have handled the situation as Luke Skywalker." Lets go over some points why this movie was terrible: 1. The first three movies, 1977 1980 1982 were basically a space soap opera. You became emotionally invested in the main 7-10 characters. The movie plot was built around these characters with action but it was always about these characters which became family.
2. The new movies. Never build up characters up the same way. Who cares about that new pilot? Who really cares about Ren like you cared about Princess Leia? These people never grew or were introduced like a family as in the first movies. The were just individuals wandering around the plot points on separate paths. This did not allow you to become emotionally invested with them.
3. The plot is haphazard, like pieces of a puzzle scattered all about a table from a 1000 piece puzzle. There were many points where you were saying to yourself, why is this part here? For example, why am I watching an alien horse breakout for 15 minutes?
4. Weak bad guy. The first three star wars movies there was a strong bad guy. Darth Vader. This new bad guy? Unsure of himself. Weak. Self doubting. That is really poor for a movie. You want strong opposite polar characters. The bad and the good. Darth Vader and Princess Leia. 5. You can no longer vibe with the old characters they brought back. Its like going to prison for 30 years then coming back home and realizing you dont really know these people anymore. Leia is some old lady no longer with the fiery personality she once had. She doesnt look or act the same. No longer know or recognize her. Luke is now a quitter. Doesnt act like Luke Skywalker. Even tried to murder his apprentice in his sleep. Dies at the end for no reason, almost like he just gave up. Not the Luke I know. And Han just came back for a cameo last movie before he got dispatched. All of them never got back like a family, they were all on their own separate paths. And don't forget the awkward hug between Han and Leia. No romantic long drawn out kiss between them now that they are old, right?
6. Same old (general) storyline, poorly rehashed. Hey, didnt the republic win at then end of Star wars 6 in 1983? Once again its the empire or some version of it chasing down a small band of rebels. Already been there, done that.
So to recap, this was a jigsaw scattered movie with a weak plot with characters you cant emotionally invest in containing cameos of characters you formerly loved but cannot reconnect with basically redoing a movie plot that was already handed in the first three Star Wars movies. It is quite clear the that man who did the first 6 movies handed it off to someone else and these 2 recent movies are somewhat soulless in comparison, being cranked out by a corporate entity who bought the intellectual property with the motive of profit. Yes, of this writing, the movie made close to 800 million dollars. Which means the bottom line says they are going to make more. However as people clue in that these are not the same movies they used to be, profits will fall.
In my personal library I have on DVD on a shelf Star Wars (1977) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and the Return of the Jedi (1983) along with the next 3 prequels from the early to mid 2000s (Star wars I-III). And as far as I am concerned, that is it. Series completed. These last two movies were like poor fan movies. Yes, this movie blew. I am going to have to cleanse the palate by watching the original Star Wars and forgot I ever saw this.… Expand
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soulassssnsDec 20, 2017
Who wrote this? Lena Dunham? Everywhere you look there is forced diversity and feminist propaganda. Not to mention they are **** all over the Star Wars story. Disney is destroying Star Wars in every Film/Game or book they make.
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MvrakDec 19, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie seems to be blatant terrorist propaganda with strong communist undertones. The characters are all very two-dimensional, with the exception of characters who were already developed in previous movies. As an example, animals are given intelligence and personalities, convincing Chewbacca not to eat meat. The comic relief is very poor.

Several scenes, such as Luke tossing a lightsaber behind himself, or Snoke's red guards standing at ready, look like they were forced into one take regardless of the fumbling.

The choice of actors is very poor. Kylo Ren and Luke Skywalker acted well, the rest may as well have been fumbling over lines. Much of the awkwardness can easily be attributed to unfamiliarity with the part rather than being a part of the actual character. The sum of the characters actions appears to be nothing, as the movie ends with nothing accomplished and only a handful of rebels left.

The most glaring flaw of all, to me, is this sudden realization that you can accelerate a ship to lightspeed through another ship. If that is possible in this universe, then it would have already been done for so many other purposes. Lightspeed weapons would easily crack planets. Lightspeed weapons would have nearly unlimited range to take out ships. As even small craft can achieve lightspeed, the idea that this is possible completely turns the entire star wars universe on its own head.… Expand
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Dag0BicksDec 27, 2017
If you watched the original trilogy (episodes IV-VI) and have formed an attachment to those characters (especially Luke) you are going to get slapped in the face. Before the movies came out I kept seeing Mark Hamill interviews where he wasIf you watched the original trilogy (episodes IV-VI) and have formed an attachment to those characters (especially Luke) you are going to get slapped in the face. Before the movies came out I kept seeing Mark Hamill interviews where he was trying to tactfully voice decent with the direction the movie was going. In one interview he actually states "I fundamentally disagree with everything (the writers) think about Luke." Man was he right. The Force Awakens left so many enticing questions to be answered, along with a bevy of mysterious characters who we all wanted to learn more about. The Last Jedi, not only fails to answer ANY important questions, it destroys the possibility or reason to ever answer them in a meaningful way (either through cheap and banal plot devices or outright character death). As in The Force Awakens the characters all have fast paced adventures while completely avoiding any interesting or meaningful character arcs. The movie is beautiful, but its all eye candy and no substance. Like eating a pile of real candy the initial sugar rush fades and you are left with nothing but the proverbial tummy ache. The more time I have to reflect on the film the more I think it was

1. Terrible.
2. May actually have fundamentally broken the Star Wars world. Perhaps it can be saved, but at this point I can't see how. It looks like Star Wars will end not with a bang but with a whimper.… Expand
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FerzenantJan 13, 2018
Worst film in series. Will be brief.
Reason is very simple: writers are complete morons!
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NRGFLOApr 27, 2018
There is nothing else needed to say about this crap of a movie that others have noted about above and below. The worst Star Wars movie of the series. That is all.
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testuser2454Dec 30, 2017
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While there are many critiques of some of the issues with this movie I will focus on a few that really ruined it for me. The 1st and biggest for me is the portrayal of Luke. in this move we are supposed to believe that Luke just gave up and went to some island to die because Ben Solo started to turn to the Dark Side. This basically undoes all character progression we see for Luke in episodes 4-6. This was just a leap to far for me and really pulled me out of the movie. i probably could have gone along with this plot point if they had spent some time developing this point. Instead all we got to support this was a few short flashbacks and some very short exposition. Maybe they could have cut the pointless Canto Bight stuff and spent some time here). One possible way this could have been down would be if Luke had been married and Ben Solo killed his spouse. I probably would not have liked this but I could have gone along with it. 


Many people have said there is precedent for Luke going into exile because both Yoda and Obi Wan did the same. I don’t buy this. In this film Luke just gives up and goes into exile to die. Obi Wan went to Tatooine to watch over Luke and try and make sure Vader/Palpatine didn’t find Luke. Yoda went to Dagoba to bide his time and see if there might come a way to undo what had been done. From my perspective they both still carried a spark of hope. Luke just gave up with little explanation as to why. Are you freaking kidding me!?!?

The next point I will talk about is the overall tone of the movie. The writer seemed to go out of his way to make sure we knew the that all the stuff from episodes 1-7 does not matter from this point on. There were some serious nihilistic undercurrents here. He went out of his way to say it doesn’t matter who Snoke is. It doesn’t matter who Rey’s parents are. The Jedi origins and history don’t matter. By the end of the movie the resistance is basically decimated with 1 ship and about 20 people surviving. I get that Disney probably wants to reset things so they can take the series in some different directions but did they have to go out of there way to tear down just about everything that came before to do it?  I really wish they would have finished out episodes 8 and 9 before trying to reset everything. The last point I will make is that the writer/director seemed to go out of his way to subvert every expectation. While I like some surprises i wish they were tied to a better story. I couldn’t escape the feeling that I was being trolled throughout this movie. You expect to find out about Rey’s past? Nope!. You expect to find out how the first order came to be? nope! you expect to find out more about Snoke? Nope You expect Admiral Holdo to act rationally and explain the plan so people know they are not just waiting for a slow death? Nope. Who are the Knights of Ren? Nope! You expect Luke to not be a bitter old man who doesn’t care that his sister is in grave danger? Nope! You expect that Finn will retain some of the character growth he had from the last movie? Nope! You expect Finn to go out and sacrifice himself to save what is remaining of his friends? Nope! You expect Poe to not act like a complete ass twice? Nope! You expect this film to make sense given the existing canon? Nope!

It seems like the movie was just one big head fake after another at the expense of making a movie that makes sense in the context of what came before. Its as if the director was so concerned with the criticism that the force awakens was just a retread that they decided to throw everything out the window whether it made sense or not. There were some of these surprises that I liked (especially the throne room fight). But overall I think this movie is a mess that destroys more than it builds. Worst of all the destruction has effectively eradicated my desire to see any more of the Disney Star Wars. I really enjoyed Rogue One and i thought The Force Awakens was ok. I even appreciated some aspects of the prequels. But this one just left me confused and disappointed. There is a Youtuber named David Stewart who has a few videos breaking down the issues with this movie (in a better fashion than I can). One of the points he made was that this movie has the aesthetic of a Star Wars movie but it does not have the heart of one. There is no heart here just window dressing.… Expand
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AVeryhonestGuyDec 20, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was hoping this would be a good movie, but I was disappointed. The plot and its execution in the film was awful and it made Luke and Leia's characters have far less influence on the film than they should have had. New characters are introduced so suddenly, and their acting is forced very badly, and one new character in particular really, really gets on my nerves. Carry Fisher and Mark Hamil managed to save a very, very small amount of this movie's integrity with their acting skills, but sadly the executives behind this movie made the film so bad that not even Mark and Fisher could save it. With that out of the way, I'll explain why I can't stand this movie:

1) The plot

In order for you to understand why I dislike the plot and its execution in the film so much, I'll have to explain something from the past first. Remember the original films? Remember how in A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi there was a perfect balance between conflict and elaboration on the plot? There was always a right time to have a space battle, a lightsaber duel, or a a clash between two armies, and then there was always a right time to have characters like Obi-Wan and Yoda to deepen the plot. It was a perfect balance. In this film, all of this is poorly executed. The action scenes did a great job at being action scenes, of course, but many of the characters themselves were awful at trying to make the audience care about them. EVERYTHING in this film is rushed, including scenes restricted to just dialogue!

Basically, this movie's plot starts with the good guys, being the Resistance, trying to escape their home base from the bad guys, being the First Order, who are out to completely destroy the good guys. The good guys escape, but then this turns into an on-going chase as the First Order's fleet tries to completely obliterate the Resistance. In between the main plot, we have Rey trying to learn to become a Jedi, and Finn going on a very cringy adventure with a new character that literally adds nothing to the story, but more on that later. The film then ends in a final battle on the planet of Crait between the Resistance and the First Order. You'll understand why the plot is so badly executed in my next points.

2) Mark Hamil's role as Luke Skywalker has been handicapped by bad writing.

Luke Skywalker, along with Leia were undoubtedly highly anticipated characters in this film. Sadly for Luke, however, is the fact that his character has been reduced to a bitter, pessimistic old man living as a hermit. Also, he ends up being a heavily flawed character with poor moral judgement and appears to be incompetent. You'd think that a Jedi Like Luke would have become wiser and very, very powerful, but with great restraint. I pictured him as being more noble. In essence, Luke is angry about the past. What Luke essentially did leading up to the plot of this film was resurrecting the Jedi Order, only to end up having it go right back to near extinction, and he's now a bitter old man who thinks he did all of this for nothing. You'd think he'd manage to show strong resolve like Yoda, but naturally that's not the case. The plot makes him look worthless. What's even worse is the fact that his character is flawed, because out of fear and contempt he tried to kill Kylo Ren in his sleep, when he was still a student in the Jedi Temple. A Jedi like Luke, who managed to defeat Vader and restore balance to the force (although temporarily), one who was always hopeful despite the odds, has been reduced to a sniveling, insecure wimp. To add insult to injury, Luke Skywalker loses a fight to Rey, who is supposed to be completely inexperienced in the Force and is a beginner at best. Now we see that Luke is not only an insecure wimp, he's also an insecure wimp who cannot adequately defend himself in combat, despite the fact that he has been studying the ways of the Force for years, and even managed to resurrect the Jedi Order. Why couldn't the writers just allow him to defeat Rey? Obviously with great restraint, of course, since he is a Jedi, and Jedi should be good.

2) Carrie Fisher's character, being Leia, is also handicapped by the plot.

Leia should have been commanding the Resistance fleet in the entire movie. But no, she has to be unconscious through a large portion of the film and replaced by a new character, who is completely subpar, hesistant and incompentent, until she finally regains consciousness.

3) Rose Tico, a new character, is awful and unnecessary.

Rose Tico is a new character that you probably can't stand. All she is is a character who works on pipes, is socially awkward, and suddenly meets Finn and thinks her life has changed because she had a conversation with a war hero. Once again, forced, awful acting makes her a character that I really dislike, much like Jar Jar. Also, she makes a really stupid decision to save Fin at the end.… Expand
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SWBNDDec 20, 2017
Where to begin? This movie was terrible. I've read a lot of positive reviews and if I hear one more time "A bold new direction", I'm jumping off a cliff. That's just another way of saying, "We took everything what the movie should haveWhere to begin? This movie was terrible. I've read a lot of positive reviews and if I hear one more time "A bold new direction", I'm jumping off a cliff. That's just another way of saying, "We took everything what the movie should have been, threw it in the garbage, brainstormed a bunch of awful ideas and ran with it. Hey, thats real bold. Thats what the movie should be called, Star Wars: A Bold New Direction, into the universe of garbage. Also, I don't have a problem with female leads, its that they were weak female leads, all teary eyed, lets run away, have faith. They're supposed to take on the Darkside?! If Vader was still around he'd a boarded that ship and lay waste to everyone. Rose to Finn, "We win by saving the people we love". No you don't! You win by blowing sh*t up. Oh man, the more I think about the movie the angrier I get. When I was kid I was afraid of Vader and even at 40 when Vader laid the smack down in Rogue One I got a little scared. Who's afraid of Kylo Ren? Snoke, who the hell was he? There's no evil. Actually there is, its the movie itself. So insanely bad it destroyed the hope of every Star Wars fan.… Expand
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GvenShelDec 23, 2017
This is kind of movie you forget about in a five minutes after watching. Completely unoriginal, sterilised, stripped away of anything that even remotely interesting. I mean, they don't even where they going with the story, it all seems likeThis is kind of movie you forget about in a five minutes after watching. Completely unoriginal, sterilised, stripped away of anything that even remotely interesting. I mean, they don't even where they going with the story, it all seems like improvisation and not very good at that. Unlikable characters, wasted potential is the motto of this movie.… Expand
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soylent_gr33nDec 24, 2017
TLDR: This movie is safe, forgettable, and entirely unoriginal.

I have seen it twice. I recognize that Rian Johnson had a difficult task, and lots of people were expecting TLJ to meet the standard set by ESB. I was not. However, I was alsoTLDR: This movie is safe, forgettable, and entirely unoriginal.

I have seen it twice. I recognize that Rian Johnson had a difficult task, and lots of people were expecting TLJ to meet the standard set by ESB. I was not. However, I was also not looking for a movie that rehashed every plot point in ESB and ROTJ (to the point of parroting back dialogue), without even developing the new heroes we had come to love from TFA. As a female fan, I was excited to see the vulnerable, nuanced character of Rey in TFA, and spent the last two years defending her from "she's just a Mary Sue" detractors. Well, bad news, in this movie she actually is a Mary Sue. (Speaking of Mary Sues, when did Finn learn how to fly? A major plot point in TFA revolves around the fact that he can't, and now he can just hop in a cockpit and all's well?)

At its heart, TLJ doesn't want to be a Star Wars movie, but it fails to take us in a new direction, or any direction. The plot and characters are stuck in place (literally). Prolific jump cuts make it impossible to build any tension and effectively diffuse what little there is. John Williams' score is actually tiring and tonally out of place with what is on screen. The short shots allow no time to develop musical themes, so we're basically reduced to "Is Rey on-screen? Rey's theme is playing." "Is Luke on-screen? Force theme." "The Resistance? March of The Resistance 1000x!!" The soundtrack is like dessert all the time, and leaves you feeling sick.

My dislike of TLJ does not stem from being a butt-hurt fan with wish fulfillment issues. The few things lauded as gutsy in TLJ were actually telegraphed in TFA and I was on board with them. A particular aspect of Luke's past did not sit well with a number of people, but I was pleasantly surprised and felt that it worked. I won't say that TLJ was good just because it touched on a couple of interesting things that were teed up for it. This movie has almost none of the threads from TFA, none of the heart of ESB or ANH, and none of the mythos that underscores the whole franchise. It's just a poorly edited, hollow exercise in irreverent predictability.… Expand
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gedivDec 25, 2017
Ive seen cutscenes in Star Wars video games that are more entertaining than this train wreck. Rumor is, the next episode will be about the New Order forcing outer rim planets to allow trannys to use women's restrooms. The first femaleIve seen cutscenes in Star Wars video games that are more entertaining than this train wreck. Rumor is, the next episode will be about the New Order forcing outer rim planets to allow trannys to use women's restrooms. The first female eskimo character will be introduced to lead the mission to destroy all the upright urinals.… Expand
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aaatom1Dec 27, 2017
Is it possible that a Star Wars movie can be worse than Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor? Well, no. Why? Because the events at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941 actually happened. Michael Bay completely disrespected anyone associated with that real lifeIs it possible that a Star Wars movie can be worse than Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor? Well, no. Why? Because the events at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941 actually happened. Michael Bay completely disrespected anyone associated with that real life historical event. But The Last Jedi, if Star Wars was a real event, comes close.… Expand
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MBladeDec 27, 2017
Terrible film. Even from a basic plot and character point of view it sucked. We got to see the destruction of Luke's Character which was a real low point in my opinion. I think people who like this film simply like pretty lights and visualsTerrible film. Even from a basic plot and character point of view it sucked. We got to see the destruction of Luke's Character which was a real low point in my opinion. I think people who like this film simply like pretty lights and visuals and the fact it checks every PC box imaginable. Just a bad film. How did people get paid to make this film? It's like welfare for hollywood types. Show up, create a turkey, collect a paycheck. If you like the original trilogy, avoid.… Expand
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IthiamESDec 28, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The movie doesn't have any sense. The argument is absurd and the most of the characters have been made to sell merchandising.… Expand
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HarryvokDec 28, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a long time Star Wars fans who enjoyed The Force Awakens as a fun movie, I found The Last Jedi to be quite a disappointment. Personally I felt they got Luke's character completely wrong (never gave up on Vader who had killed many people, but feels darkness in Kylo and thinks about murdering him before abandoning his family and friends to be a hermit while the first order continues killing people - doesn't work for me). I found new character Rose an unwelcome addition who had no real place in the movie. Her 'mission' with Finn amounted to nothing and only introduced a stuttering DJ who was there to show 'people watch out for themselves'. The whole casino story was boring.

'Cool' characters introduced in TFA, Snoke/Phasma/Knights of Ren are wasted or not mentioned at all and shows there was certainly no thought out plan for this trilogy. It is just being made up as they go along with Rian Johnson throwing away some of the most interesting characters TFA introduced.

Luke's 'show of power' was incredibly lacklustre and a massive letdown and his overall story felt like a disservice to the character. Kylo as the 'big bad' for episode 9 is unconvincing and not intimidating enough and this movie did nothing to improve him. Rey is also too powerful and skilled for someone with no training in the force. The third lesson Luke was to teach was never even mentioned.

The 'run out of fuel' plot line was unexciting, but lead to the only entertaining part of the movie which was Holdomlightspeeding the cruiser into Snoke's ship. It seems a wasted opportunity not to have Leia as the pilot as she'll now she'll have an unceremonious off screen death. It also begs the question why this light speed trick wasn't done before most of the resistance was killed or why this wasn't done in the past to destroy the Death Stars.

Overalll this seemed to throw away the past of Star Wars too quickly, including only just introduced characters and concepts. Star Wars does need to move on from the Skywalker saga, but this was done in a hastily, sloppy way. I believe this would have been a better trilogy had they flashed forward 100 years and started there instead of destroying the past in such a terrible manner.

Yes, the humour seemed forced and wasn't really funny, but that was the least of this film's problems.

I can quite happily throw this film away as Luke does his old light sabre when Rey presents it to him. As someone who has watched all other episodes multiple times, including force awakens, I don't ever want to watch this movie again.… Expand
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MJB9Dec 29, 2017
A massively disappointing sequel to the Star Wars saga. Plot holes and ham-fisted social commentary ruin this film.
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JavierdelvallDec 29, 2017
I really tried to enjoy the movie, i forced myself to like it, but everyday I get angrier at the realization that rian Johnson just made the worst star wars movie. Please Disney, please lucasfilm, stop killing star wars, stop killingI really tried to enjoy the movie, i forced myself to like it, but everyday I get angrier at the realization that rian Johnson just made the worst star wars movie. Please Disney, please lucasfilm, stop killing star wars, stop killing something i loved so much.… Expand
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xasromaDec 31, 2017
This is what happens when Social Justice Warriors take over Hollywood as well. They keep are ruining sports, video games and now the most iconic franchise of all time! Can I just enjoy my childhood film and characters for 2 hours!?! I willThis is what happens when Social Justice Warriors take over Hollywood as well. They keep are ruining sports, video games and now the most iconic franchise of all time! Can I just enjoy my childhood film and characters for 2 hours!?! I will not get into plot holes, etc. Other users have made it clear this movie only has Star Wars for name.… Expand
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thedinomeisterJan 9, 2018
The Last Jedi is a complete disgrace to the Star Wars legacy. I feel awful for the great actors involved in this travesty. Worst Star Wars ever.
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PhrixusJan 9, 2018
Not only a terrible film in its own right, it smugly and clumsily destroys the heritage of Star Wars, replacing it with nothing. Mean spirited vandalism which destroys a great unifying jewel of pop culture. An insult to the humanism of Luca’sNot only a terrible film in its own right, it smugly and clumsily destroys the heritage of Star Wars, replacing it with nothing. Mean spirited vandalism which destroys a great unifying jewel of pop culture. An insult to the humanism of Luca’s Star Wars.… Expand
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EllenPartridgeJan 20, 2018
If this is to be compared to The Empire Strikes Back, then it has failed in the one thing that a mid-point sequel in a trilogy should do; I no longer care to watch the finale.

Is it because it is too quick to introduce new features to theIf this is to be compared to The Empire Strikes Back, then it has failed in the one thing that a mid-point sequel in a trilogy should do; I no longer care to watch the finale.

Is it because it is too quick to introduce new features to the force? No, I don't care. Is it because it because I'm a Star Wars 'fanboy' and feel betrayed by the uncharacteristic actions of canonised characters? Not a jot although others seem to be. Truth is, there is just no story; nothing. It is 152 minutes of great soundtrack and pretty effects. All the subplots leave you wondering whether they are included just to showcase nostalgic elements. Unfortunately, the whole film is a mere collection of dead-end and pointless subplots. Humour and cuteness are uncomfortably forced, and relationships are unnaturally rushed. It is not even possible to provide a spoiler as it ends where it started, with no arc, either for the characters or in terms of plot. Sure, people die, but they seemed like they wanted to. About half way, I felt the same. I awarded it 2/10 as the actors performed well. Everyone else above the line was terrible; guilty of nothing more than raiding our earnings. Most worryingly, Disney also appear to have bribed most respected critics. That must have been one comprehensive press pack as this film truly is a turkey that has irredeemably ruined Christmas forever along with respect for a lot of reviewers.… Expand
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DrexxUSAJan 23, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lack of imagination, poor and vague story. Worst movie of all SW movies. Piece of crap direction. Sure, cool two scenes, Luke and Yoda and the fight at Snoke throne room. The space battle does not make any sense. Heroes dying, I have no issues with it, eventually they will. The plot of sending people to the casino world is useless. Sure, he based the Force powers shown on the movie on Extended universe novels, but again, the problem is the lack of imagination, he could take several good plots from TFA and develop them, but no, he didn't care about any of it. Also, the most sad part of this movie, is that he basically gave the middle finger to "ALL" suffering, blood and tears shed from episode 3.5 to episode 6. Now, the Rebels barely have an spaceship. At least after episode 3, there was a senate and the rebels have enough time to organize and fight back. RJ ruined this trilogy, hopefully JJ will come up with something to make it interesting again.… Expand
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captain320Mar 2, 2018
The movie is filled with cliches that do not rhyme well with Star Wars and this episode can be regarded as the "skippable" one of the trilogy.
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WalterJohsnonDec 25, 2017
It seems like the people that made this movie just sat in a hour and thought up a bunch of cool scenes for a movie, and then tied all these interesting scenes with a plot that made little sense, and had little to no regard for the originalIt seems like the people that made this movie just sat in a hour and thought up a bunch of cool scenes for a movie, and then tied all these interesting scenes with a plot that made little sense, and had little to no regard for the original lore. The Director of The Last Jedi had little regard for creating continuity from the previous film. This movie also has several of the problems of the previous film of the sequal trilogy, The Force Awakens, such as the characters are very shallow and 1 demensial and are more or less more a "diverse" version of the original film. The protaganist Rey is the ultimate Mary Sue, and the antagonist Kylo Ren is not a very intimidating villian espically compared to pass star wars villians such as Darth Vader and Darth Maul.

The actions scenes were exciting but if you're a long time fan of Star Wars you will be sure to be disappointed.… Expand
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AndyWollandJan 9, 2018
One of the worst films I've ever sat through, full of private political agenda which had no place being in the film, a ridiculous 'Mary Sue' main character, terrible script writing and massive plot holes. Was looking forward to the Han SoloOne of the worst films I've ever sat through, full of private political agenda which had no place being in the film, a ridiculous 'Mary Sue' main character, terrible script writing and massive plot holes. Was looking forward to the Han Solo film but after seeing this awful mess I seriously doubt I'll ever bother seeing any more Star Wars films. The future of the franchise is not safe in the hands of Kathleen Kennedy.… Expand
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charles_lDec 19, 2017
Truly a low point in the Star Wars saga. It felt more like Spaceballs than Star Wars with the introduction of juvenile humor. I can only hope they dunk this idiot writer/director that delivered such a strong F U to the fans. This movie feelsTruly a low point in the Star Wars saga. It felt more like Spaceballs than Star Wars with the introduction of juvenile humor. I can only hope they dunk this idiot writer/director that delivered such a strong F U to the fans. This movie feels utterly scattered as it crams in every possible character, past and present, for at least a short and corny cameo.… Expand
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Pacman79Dec 20, 2017
This is the first time I give a ZERO to a movie. I left the theater feeling angry, disappointed and ultimately, sad.

A friend told me I have to go and see the film a second time to fully understand it. I think I'm not that stupid yet (thoughThis is the first time I give a ZERO to a movie. I left the theater feeling angry, disappointed and ultimately, sad.

A friend told me I have to go and see the film a second time to fully understand it. I think I'm not that stupid yet (though that's what people imply when they say "you did not understand it") and after he said that I thought "wait a minute, this is not how a Star Wars movie should leave its audience feeling". Then I realized how bad the plot and supposed "brilliant ideas" this so-called genius "Rian Johnson" had, were. It may be a great movie. A great independent film. A great show for the new generation but it is a bad Star Wars movie. Period.

And I won't even get to the part that upset me most (my childhood hero) because I'd be spoiling it for you and I don't mean to do that. Though, if you're a fan. Stick to the 6-chapter saga and forget about Disney. If you're not, why would you even want to spend your money in Disney?… Expand
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MysticDingoDec 30, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honest review: This movie is utter trash. It completely takes the concepts and plot points originally set up in the first movie and just chucks them over their shoulder. Seriously, the result of Rey holding out the light saber to Luke ends in him just chucking it away. Where to start with this steaming pile of shiet. First, Rey is apparently nobody special. Her parents were junkers who traded her for credits then drank themselves to death and are buried on Jakku in a poppers grave. Snoke is nobody special as he is easily killed by Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren. These are two things that are set up to be major plot points in the first movie that are just chucked out the window in this new movie. The whole point of the movie is killing the past and letting go of your heroes so that "new ones" can rise. **** garbage. This is just an excuse for lazy writing and a very clear "progressive" agenda. There's the scene on the Resistance capital ship where the new admiral doesn't tell Poe her plan which results in him mutinying and setting up a plan of his own that fails because Fin and his new love interest Rose (who is beautiful by feminist standards), are completely inept. Why didn't the femnazi purple haired admiral just tell Poe her plan? I mean if you are planning to stealthily abandon ship and flee to an old uncharted Rebellion base, maybe that's the kind of thing you would want to tell the crew? So that, you know, they can prepare to abandon ship? Anyway, Fin and Rose go to the casino world, complain about capitalism, get arrested, break out, free some animals but not the slave children (Like WTF! you free the freaking animals but not the SLAVE KIDS!!!), partner up with a criminal they met in prison who later betrays them (big freaking surprise). . . Absolute trash. Next up is Fin trying to nobly sacrifice his life to save the resistance only to have his life saved by the ugly chick who wants his D. What could have been a great moment about sacrifice and real heroes ends with a horrible progressive sjw bullshiet speech about how heroes are bullshiet (WTAF). Next is Rey. OMG every scene with her and Luke was cringy AF! Luke drinks green udder milk that he squeezes fresh from some kind of ugly sea cow and complains constantly. We also finally find out what happened to the new jedi order Luke tried to establish. Apparently Luke felt a darkness growing in Ben, and decided to sneak into his room late at night to try and KILL HIS NEPHEW because he was afraid that Ben would turn dark. Surprise surprise, Ben didn't react well to that, bringing the building down on them, knocking Luke unconscious, and then Ben proceeds to turn to the dark side and kill or turn the new jedi order. I mean, Luke, the guy who was willing sacrificed himself to the emperors force lightening because he had so much faith in the sliver of light in his father, Darth Vader, the most evil bad guy ever, suddenly decides to lose all faith and try to KILL HIS NEPHEW at the slightest sign of darkness? WTF! Then there was a chance for the movie to be redeemed. After Kylo kills Snoke and he and Rey kill the Red Guard together, he reaches out to Rey asking her to join him and rule beside him and she says. . . no. Of course she says no, because this is **** Disney and good guys can never be bad. . . This movie would have instantly been better if Rey had turned dark, ruled beside Kylo, and the third movie was about everyone else dealing with the fall out of that with a Rey redemption arch. Or hell, it would have been more interesting if Rey attacked Kylo for the throne, beat him and it had been Kylo/Ben who turned back to the light, joined the resistance and then had to fight to try and bring Rey back to the light. But no. Instead Kylo stays evil, Rey stays good, and the movie is all the worse off for it. Finally, that light speed crash used to destroy the first orders capital ship was freaking lore braking as all hell. I mean, if all you had to do was light speed crash a capital ship into another one to destroy it, then why didn't the rebellion do that against both death stars? I could go on and on. This movie did have potential coming off the first one, and it literally just flushed it down the toilet. There will be those who will say that this movie is the most philosophical and intellectually deep of any SW movie, and they will be full of shiet. This movie was lazily written and directed. It's clear that they decided to go in a completely different direction from what J.J. Abrams set up and did so in the most disrespectful way. This movie is literally the worst Star Wars movie of all time. No joke. The prequels were better than this, because they at least had a consistent and coherent arch. SWTLJ, has no core story, message, or purpose to even exist in the SW universe at all. It's just characters doing **** that looks cool to set up a new trilogy free from the past and it's fans. I for one am a fan who will never watch another Disney SW movie again.… Expand
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GavnukenDec 29, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's not a 1 star movie. Effects were good. I had a feeling that the new director did not actually like star wars, so he decided to kill of every notable character in the universe and start a new story that he has a full control over. Basically Starwars is over, now we will get Disney Wars, similar to avengers. Maybe they will do Star Wars meet Avengers next, knowing Disney this is exactly where this is going. Basically thank you Disney for ruining a time old classic... No one expected you to do better and you didn't.… Expand
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mryates06Dec 30, 2017
For all those who say the movie was "fresh" and "new" keep reading, spoilers will follow.

The main plot is that the heroes are in a ship fleeing from the bad guys in space because they can't make the jump to hyperspace... just like EpisodeFor all those who say the movie was "fresh" and "new" keep reading, spoilers will follow.

The main plot is that the heroes are in a ship fleeing from the bad guys in space because they can't make the jump to hyperspace... just like Episode V. Meanwhile the Jedi hero goes to visit the old Jedi hermit to train under him but he's initially reluctant... just like Episode V. Some of the heroes seek out a gambler archetype to help them but he ends up betraying them... just like Episode V.

They have a battle on a white planet in a trench with speeders vs Imperial walkers... just like Episode V. A group of heroes sneak aboard the main enemy base in enemy uniforms to power down something keeping them from escaping... just like Episode IV. The Jedi hero is brought by the Sith apprentice to his master and the hero is about to be killed when the apprentice kills the master... just like Episode VI.

ALL of the plot is ripped right from the original trilogy except the animal rescue scene in Canto Bight... which people who liked the movie didn't even care for. And then the movie destroys the character of Luke "I can't kill my own father" Skywalker who prepares to murder his nephew in his sleep like a psychopath. Tell me, if someone told you they held an axe above the their nephew while he slept and at the last second decided not to slay him, what would you think of that person?

The main villain is a whiny little brat who has been bested by the untrained, inexperienced hero twice. How is that a credible threat? Think of your favorite villains; Voldemort or Darth Vader for example. They are good villains because they are scary. Because they seem unstoppable. It makes you want to watch more because you want to see how the hero can rise up enough to defeat them. But you don't even remotely have that in TLJ.

I could go on about the dozens (yes, literally) of plot holes, lack of interesting characters, extreme female superiority, and more that contribute to this movie being a steaming pile of dog crap, but there are more than 3,000 other metacritic reviews that go over that already.

Rian Johnson: "Who's Luke Skywalker, and how do things work in space? Never mind, I'll just wing it."… Expand
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cryptocuccDec 19, 2017
The story was a sloppy, garbled and confusing mess. The decisions Rian Johnson made with Luke's character were heart-shattering. I think I speak for most fans of the original trilogy: what they did with Luke in this movie was a betrayal ofThe story was a sloppy, garbled and confusing mess. The decisions Rian Johnson made with Luke's character were heart-shattering. I think I speak for most fans of the original trilogy: what they did with Luke in this movie was a betrayal of the character that we know Luke is. Mark Hamill said himself he was "insulted" when he read the script. I can only imagine how offended George Lucas is. I can't bring myself to see this movie a second time because it hurts just thinking about Luke. Disney is dead to me. What an absolute shame. What an absolute **** failure. Done.… Expand
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InvestigatorrDec 16, 2017
Mark Hamill was totally right to "fundamentally disagree with virtually everything" with the director. It's horribly written, with wasted and/or pointless characters, and embarrassing dialogues. In brief, 40 years of glorious SW mythologyMark Hamill was totally right to "fundamentally disagree with virtually everything" with the director. It's horribly written, with wasted and/or pointless characters, and embarrassing dialogues. In brief, 40 years of glorious SW mythology turned to ash. This movie is a disaster.… Expand
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BobaGabeMay 20, 2018
This film was just heart breaking. I enjoyed The Force Awakens and Rogue One but this film was a complete disaster. It totally wrecked the character of Luke and most of the drama in the film was completely pointless.
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TonyAntonyDec 30, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "Dear Rian, please DO learn from your mistakes if you're going to inflict a whole trilogy upon us after this mess!"
For the record, I rather like Rian as a director and as a human being. But this movie is an abomination. If it were totally standalone, it would be an average kind-of-enjoyable thing with many plotholes. But like this...it destroys the mythology, and offers nothing except meh-meh to replace what it destroyed. I WANTED to be surprised, but not in such a way that the surprises all ring hollow and/or unconvincing.
Let's see why...
Luke contemplating killing Kylo...nope. This happens to be a personal obsession of Rian's - "if you met Hitler while still a kid, would you kill him?" Check out his movie Looper for proof of this. And it could have been convincingly placed in this mythology...only it isn't. Something like that has to be earned, not shoehorned in. And yeah, it does character-assassinate Luke, this is simply not him, not even if he changed. An example (only one of the possible ways this could have been made convincing, and no it wasn't my idea to start with, got it from someone on the Net): if Ben/Kylo and all or most of Luke's students got converted by Snoke and rebelled, Luke may have been forced to kill them while crying, then could not bring himself to kill his own nephew. This WOULD have ****** him up to such a degree that he may have been the Luke we see in the movie. But not sensing unspecified darkness within Kylo, that just does not cut it from the same person who almost sacrificed himself to turn Vader. Oh, and it would have plugged the gaping "where the hell are the Knights of Ren" plothole quite neatly to boot. Not to mention paralleled both Anakin's slaughter of the younglings, AND Palpatine's making short work of everyone except Mace Windu in the prequels. A Luke to whom this happened would have cut himself from the Force - as he would no longer know just what the difference was between him and Vader/Palpatine. The way it's shown in the movie...what would be Luke's first natural reaction after the Kylo situation happened? Well, to talk it over with Yoda and Kenobi's ghosts. And how did he "cut himself off from the Force" anyway? Kylo would not think he was dead, because he would have felt it...aaargh!!!!!

Space Leia...oh dearydear...not only does she save herself, she apparently also Force-reconstructs the Mon Calamari cruiser's bridge, since it seems rather intact later in the movie...'nuff said. RIP Carrie, you deserved a much better sendoff...

Rose - yeah, annoying, but don't bash the actress for that - ain't her fault. Snoke, we hardly knew ye...yeah, we did not know much about Palpatine in the OT either...but we did not need to, McDiarmid based his performance there on the figure of Death from Ingmar Bergman's Seventh Seal...and that worked very well. In the PT, it did not - and one of the major problems there was that the characters - Padme, Palpatine etc. - seemed to be pulled out of thin air with no backstory whatsoever. The only thing we learn about Snoke is that he dresses like the late Hugh Hefner, and is apparently physically based on the WW2 SS-general Ernst Kaltenbrunner. As to how exactly he would turn anyone to the dark side, can't see it at all.

Hyperspace tracking a new tech? And pray, how exactly did the first Death Star, or Boba Fett for that matter, track the Falcon? Or how did Obi-Wan track Jango in the PT? Through non-hyperspace? Could have pulled out of that hole by claiming that it used to require a physical tracking device to be onboard - this could even have provided a kind of reason why Holdo does not tell Poe what her plan is...paranoia and fear of FO spies (though it would still be daft that she does not tell this to the guy who just blew up that dreadnought, at least in private).

Crait...far as I remember, in ESB, the only reason why the Empire did not bomb the Hoth base back to Stone Age was that it has a force field...the Crait base has none, so no reason at all for the walkers 'cept that they look cool...or maybe the FO forgot to include TIE Bombers among their gear...

Hyperspace kamikaze stuff...oh yeah, but that makes all spaceships/Deathstars automatically obsolete. Plus the fact that they had to invent Holdo to do it (and do it way too late btw) since Ackbar has an Arab-derived name so the implications would be, oh dearydear...

Feminazi stuff...I don't mind feminism at all (have 2 beloved daughters), but this got turned into such men-are-stupid-cuz-they-are-but-women-rock-cuz-they-are overkill that it provokes an opposite reaction...in a perverse way, this movie is Steve Bannon's wet dream, and I sure don't feel comfortable with anyone giving THAT guy wet dreams. I half expected Rey to tell Kylo: "You're only jealous cuz I'm an actual woman, and you need to grow your hair long & act hysterical!"

Mary Sue Rey - others have written enough about this.

What a royal mess of a story. Continuity DOES matter.… Expand
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puntmanDec 29, 2017
Other than the paid critics, who liked this movie? So disappointing and a complete waste of my time and money. Rian Johnson should be fired from Disney. Well done Rian, I didn't think it was possible but you made a film worse than Star WarsOther than the paid critics, who liked this movie? So disappointing and a complete waste of my time and money. Rian Johnson should be fired from Disney. Well done Rian, I didn't think it was possible but you made a film worse than Star Wars Episode 1.… Expand
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FatalXceptionJan 18, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie was such a disappointment to me. I've been such a Star Wars fan for such a long time, and this movie, is the first time I've really disliked the whole movie (I mean, nobody liked Jar Jar, but he didn't ruin the whole movie).

So when Disney decided to un-cannonize the expanded universe, that was hard enough, after all, it was the incredible popularity of those books and comics that brought Star Wars back into popularity enough to spawn off new trilogies and spin offs. But we could deal, it wasn't that bad, the new cannon would borrow some of the best story-lines and characters and make a whole new and interesting followup to finally finish off the stories.

This movie kind of feels like a slap in the face to all big fans of the Franchise. It decides to either not answer, or flippantly answer many of the big questions we had coming out of the last movie (who is Snoke? Who were Rey's parents?). The entire Finn/codebreaker story is superfluous to the movie. They've gotten rid of the classic "bombers" from the past and introduced some kind of slow moving gravity style bombers instead of missile style torpedoes (in space??). Just awful. Instead of homages to the popular ideas coming from the expanded universe, it stomps over everything we've come to love, the new ideas are bad, their execution poor.

The pluses are what you might expect. The movies does have a nice big budget for effects, and nice balanced cast, and mostly good acting (I didn't like the role they wrote for Luke, but that isn't his fault). So it does have some epic fights, great music, and big scenes. These things are hard to enjoy; however, because there are so many huuuuuge plot holes in the movie, and it draaaags on for an incredibly long time. At the end of the movie, the most disappointing thing for me is the overall arc they've taken the universe in. We went from new republic, to dictatorship with the empire, then rebellion. But then after return of the Jedi, I Han and Leia split up, Han lost the falcon, Luke went into seclusion, and the rebellion got crushed? We've now lost so many of our beloved characters, even the death of Akbar was just brushed past in seconds. By the end of this movie the rebellion is down to a dozen people running away in the rediscovered but damaged millennium falcon? The final ground fight was going to be the "seed of a new rebellion"? Why would anyone be inspired to join a rebellion anew, the last one was apparently ruthlessly crushed, to the point of irrelevance. I'll go see the last movie, but these films no longer feel like an ever enriching, consistent expanding universe and storyline, but rather they just do a deus ex machina whenever they want to take a hard left turn or right turn for the plot, and take stories in random new directions. I have more hope for the spinoffs.… Expand
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imawildmanDec 27, 2017
Star Wars is dead....Disney killed it. Long live social justice warrior propaganda masqueradeing as a Star Wars film. Screw Disney and Kathleen Kennedy. The prequels are better than this garbage. 1 Star for Mark Hamill.
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HordilDec 31, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So this movie plays with our all feelings. We all know that Carrie Fisher died last year, and so I assumed this one scene would be here end. But no... How? It is not explained and that is horrible. It feels so misplaced and awkward, it hurts. So she still lives in this movie, and on the other hand she is dead and nobody knows what will be with her in the next movie. This makes no sense at all.

Lukes appearance in this movie should have been cut out. The way he is portrayed here makes absolutely no sense to his character at all. This movie is so full of "what the... why?" that it hurts. So I hope Episode 9 starts with Rey waking up, realizing she had a really intense dream and then the story kinda progresses.

But like this? No. There was a building up - a tension in this movie where I really thought ok, she will become a sith and Kylo will become a jedi again. But no. And the end of.. Snoke? We don't even know who he is, and apparently he is dead now? or isn't he?

This movie just makes no sense. I absolutely dislike how they threated die old characters in this "trilogy"… Expand
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HonacloiMar 11, 2018
The screenplay was dysfunctional as a dramatic narrative. That is not an opinion but a statement of fact since I am myself (among other things) a screenwriter with a great deal of education in dramaturgy.

That critics gave this film aThe screenplay was dysfunctional as a dramatic narrative. That is not an opinion but a statement of fact since I am myself (among other things) a screenwriter with a great deal of education in dramaturgy.

That critics gave this film a glowing review does not bade well for those critics' credibility frankly. From now on I will not rely on the mainstream media for reviews since all the well known reviewers are either uneducated in the art of storytelling (so why should I listen to them?) or have other motives for providing misleading information to the public.

What they did to the once great character of Luke Skywalker is unforgivable. Mark Hamill more or less created that role, beating out Lucas's terrible dialogue and imbuing him with great spirit and conviction. He was a character I looked up to as a child, my ultimate hero, and they treated him with such disdain, subverting his character entirely without a word of explanation.

And then, in what looked like a last minute addition since it included a shot of twin suns that had not been earlier established in the film - as though to imply gravity to the scene - they had him puff out of existence in a shot that looks like it was CGId in at the last minute also.

Personally I suspect Mark Hamill didn't know they killed Luke off before he first saw the film, but is alas constrained by a gagging order from speaking out. Quite aside from disrespect for the character this showed a total respect for an extremely talented man like Mark Hamill.

I'll be skipping episode IX. Still not decided on Solo, but honestly, the prospects don't look good. The Star Wars saga may well have ended disappointingly for me on December 14th 2017. Ruin Johnson destroyed something I'd been following for 35 years, since the age of 5 and he still won't shut up with his pathetic excuses for the choices he made.

The man has no writing talent whatsoever. I'd love to have a write-off with this guy, a contest to see who can write the most engaging story. The Last Jedi was NOT A STORY. Stories require consistent and fulfilled character arcs of which this film had none. The fact that the writer/director of this film seems unaware of that point just illustrates my point that he has no business whatsoever calling himself a 'writer'.

Anyhow, rant over. Film was awful basically and it kind of hurt me internally, 35 years of emotional commitment was thrown against the wall. I can't even watch The Force Awakens anymore because this film also destroys that film since the questions posed in the first film were inadequately answered in this one.… Expand
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BronzespruceDec 19, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There are so many cringe worthy moments in this movie i don't know how people can say the word LOVE when it comes to describing this movie. I can see someone say it was ok but the bad moments in this movie were BAD. I'm not at all against going in a new direction i just wish they would have kept Luke out of it lol. I think this new Luke takes away from OG Luke. That super powerful moment when when we last see Luke in ROTJ where he throws down his saber and essentially his life when he tells the emperor that he's lost "I'm a jedi like my father before me". I guess it would be ok to take Lukes story where they did but that deserves a 3 Movie arc of its own not a 3 act arc. Thats one of my biggest issues with this movie. Luke has been ROTJ Luke in everyones mines for the last 30 some years to just take his character in a new direction in 3 acts is shameful to me. Also please don't put it on fans when the Force Awakens leaves off with this super emotional moment where Rey hands the saber to Luke, the look on looks face the emotion and tension in both of their eyes, a shot that seemed to linger on for 30 secs or so when we circled the characters to just end that scene an that tone that was set with a joke is just terrible. Luke not being true to his character, Luke milking a sea cow, Leia flying though space and the entire Finn storyline was enough to kill anything they might have done well for me.… Expand
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dunboy7Dec 20, 2017
Where to start? Firsly I loved Rogue One last year it felt like a story worth telling and introduced some new interesting characters. I hated the Force awakens and would rate it as my least favourite star wars movie! So i was really hopingWhere to start? Firsly I loved Rogue One last year it felt like a story worth telling and introduced some new interesting characters. I hated the Force awakens and would rate it as my least favourite star wars movie! So i was really hoping The Last Jedi would take the Rogue One approach........It didn't!! So much potential with Luke and they just made him a grumpy old man who feels sorry for himself because his nephew turned to the dark side! Out of all people Luke should of been prepared for this potential eventuality......his dad is Darth Vader for heavens sake! So to turn him into a coward like this was unforgivable for me.
Lazy writing throughout, no coherent exciting storyline, too much feminism and poor character development but ultimately it just wasn't a fun film to watch. So disappointed!… Expand
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drinkoDec 21, 2017
If this was a random SF movie i would have said it was watchable and gave it like a 6, but since there is 40 years of material, movies, books, comics, computer games, this movie took a dump on everything..in letters ZERO. Want be givin moneyIf this was a random SF movie i would have said it was watchable and gave it like a 6, but since there is 40 years of material, movies, books, comics, computer games, this movie took a dump on everything..in letters ZERO. Want be givin money to disney in the future...… Expand
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jigsaw586Dec 20, 2017
Amazing. Everything in this movie is wrong. Lazy writing, character assassination, nonsense plot, no build-up, lack of pay-off, and this, is NOT a Star Wars movie.
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CinCityJan 19, 2018
This is for the blu ray/dvd...whatever you do, don't buy this festering carcass of a movie. It's NOT Star Wars, only the name is the same. The rest is laughably poor. Poor directing, poor storytelling and poor adaptation of a great saga. DoThis is for the blu ray/dvd...whatever you do, don't buy this festering carcass of a movie. It's NOT Star Wars, only the name is the same. The rest is laughably poor. Poor directing, poor storytelling and poor adaptation of a great saga. Do yourself a favor and enjoy the original Star Wars movies, forget about the Disney knockoffs.… Expand
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TIZJan 8, 2018
The movie has no direction what-so-ever, from start to finish, as to where it is heading to and why. Horrible, horrible, horrible plot holes that will require either a true genius to fix or for the whole movie to be scrapped. Some forcedThe movie has no direction what-so-ever, from start to finish, as to where it is heading to and why. Horrible, horrible, horrible plot holes that will require either a true genius to fix or for the whole movie to be scrapped. Some forced nostalgic scenes between old characters do nothing for the movie and feel completely passionless. Luke...oh Luke. I really and truly feel sorry for Mark Hamill, I heard some of the ideas he had for his character and they were so good...so good and so versed. They made sense and they fit in the Star Wars universe almost perfectly. Luke's newly developed character was shockingly bad! Although, if I start complaining about characters I will never stop it seems in this movie (looking at you Rose). Who the hell is this character, Rose, that suddenly jumped front and centre stage?!

I hold no sentimental or emotional value toward Rose, Poe, Snoke and to some extent even Leia. When Snoke died I did not care, in fact I did care a bit. Why did the poor guy die? What did he do wrong? He wanted to just stop random rebels from destroying and attacking his so called 'First Order'. So what he took in a new apprentice. He actually doesn't care about Han Solo or anyone else...all we know is he hates Luke for 'some' reason, so WHY does he hate Luke?

I'm not gonna go into the plot holes or the rest of the reasons why this was the worst Star Wars episode of all time. In fact, I have already given it enough attention and it doesn't deserve anymore!
The only reason I gave it a 2 out of 10 is because as a stand alone movie, it might not be so bad, even with all of its galactic sized plot holes...(also cause I like Mark Hamill, and also Adam Driver actually seemed to legit show some emotional performance).… Expand
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VamricDec 29, 2017
This movie is an absolute slap in the face to real Star Wars fans. The prequels now look great in comparison. RIP Star Wars.
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XertaronDec 25, 2017
This movie is slightly better than Battlefront 2 but that's not saying much.
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Feyser_frMay 3, 2018
Much said already about this piece of crap , I m just sad because I started watching the Star Wars saga in 1977 but I quit now, they simply destroyed it
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Dragonfly44Aug 1, 2018
The most disappointing movie I've ever seen. The humor is bewildering. The characters are annoying. The worst thing about this movie is that it destroys nearly everything that made Star Wars great. Rating - 25%
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wailingghostJan 2, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly, aside from the beautiful 'Kamikaze' scene, this film was only improved by Chewbacca's developing relationship with a bunch of puffins. This film is completely barmy. It's main theme is failure. They take a giant dump on everything that was canon beforehand and make the most appalling effort at reuniting the space twins after thirty years apart (spoiler: they talk about hair). This is meant to be Star Wars! Bad ass Sith Lords blowing up planets and force choking people! Instead we get realistic milking and a 'Train to be a Jedi' Course that might as well have been advertised on Wowcher. For me, the original Trilogy and Rogue One are the only films that have that genuine star wars feel. The rest is just awful. This film was......just......awful.… Expand
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MJRLJan 9, 2018
Utter absolute bilge. Takes a massive dump on everything that went before. Even the preceding film. So angry/upset/depressed. Will not be wasting any more money in this direction. Not worth the heartache.
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efestianMar 16, 2018
This was an absolute travesty of a Stars Wars movie. I am not even going to call it a Star Wars movie. I am going to call it Space War Movie. There is so much wrong with this movie it is hard to even write it down. EVER. SINGLE.This was an absolute travesty of a Stars Wars movie. I am not even going to call it a Star Wars movie. I am going to call it Space War Movie. There is so much wrong with this movie it is hard to even write it down. EVER. SINGLE. CHARACTER. is absolutely terrible. The ONLY reason I did not walk out of the cinema after 30 minutes is that I had friends there and needed a ride home. I have absolutely ZERO anticipation of the Han Solo ruining movie or the or watching Emo Ren get beat up by someone who has literally picked up a lightsaber for the 3rd time. Screw you Disney.… Expand
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dan121212May 9, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Poor writing and a not-so-subtle underlining 'progressive left' political agenda weaved into an incoherent and plot hole laden movie make this definitely the worst Star Wars movie to have been made.… Expand
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JHarrisAug 16, 2018
Literally the worst film I had ever seen. I counted over two dozen plot holes when previously I had never noticed more than three in any other film. Virtually none of the character motivations make sense, their personalities seem to do aLiterally the worst film I had ever seen. I counted over two dozen plot holes when previously I had never noticed more than three in any other film. Virtually none of the character motivations make sense, their personalities seem to do a 180 whenever the 'story' demands it and they actively make decisions counter productive to what is meant to be motivating them. It also contradicts Star Wars Lore from previous films. Honestly it felt like a complete mess written by a professional film maker who just wanted to have Star Wars on their resume, but who never bothered enough to actually watch the films before writing his...… Expand
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reverfonsDec 20, 2017
Star Wars The Last Jedi is a kind of mix between The Return of the Jedi and The Empire Strikes Back.
After the fans' critics about episode 7, I hope Disney and Kathleen Kennedy have understood what was wrong with it, but they did not.
In myStar Wars The Last Jedi is a kind of mix between The Return of the Jedi and The Empire Strikes Back.
After the fans' critics about episode 7, I hope Disney and Kathleen Kennedy have understood what was wrong with it, but they did not.
In my opinion this is the worst movie of all the saga and I will explain why.
Firstly, the movie is too long, I look at the clock several times while watching it, bad.
Secondly, all that happens in episode 7 and all the story in the original trilogy is not taken into account to make the story of episode 8, so there is no continuity at all, so it could be called whatever instead of star wars.
The feeling I have after going out of the cinema was that I have seen a long commercial to sell a lot of merchandising, what a shame of you Disney.
Finally I have to say that I will never believe in the proffesional critic anymore, I have read the critics before watching the film and after it the only reason I found to make sens to the difference between the good critics and the movie is that Disney spends a lot of money paying for good critics, shame of you too proffesional critic....… Expand
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gabe23Jan 4, 2018
this was honestly a huge dissapointment its the worst star wars movie ever made
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saulotDec 19, 2017
A movie that only has Merit based on nostalgia it tries to kill. If it wants us to kill our pasts and review this without respect to what made the prginals great I will. This movie has giant plot holes and kills any intrest I have in seeingA movie that only has Merit based on nostalgia it tries to kill. If it wants us to kill our pasts and review this without respect to what made the prginals great I will. This movie has giant plot holes and kills any intrest I have in seeing the others. It feels like the director was setting up JJ Abrams to fail in the next one leaving him a giant mess after destroying all the plot hooks he was left.… Expand
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GreatMartinDec 29, 2017
(STAR WARS FAN/FANATICS DON’T READ!)

Upfront let me say I am not into Star Wars, Star Trek or, in general, sci-fi movies though I did see the first two of the former and vaguely remember liking them. For the last movie I was to see in 2017(STAR WARS FAN/FANATICS DON’T READ!)

Upfront let me say I am not into Star Wars, Star Trek or, in general, sci-fi movies though I did see the first two of the former and vaguely remember liking them. For the last movie I was to see in 2017 “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” I would put it on my yearly list as one of the worst, most boring, one of the needlessly longest movie of the year but I am afraid if I do they would lynch me!

I read a story recently that Star War fans were upset during showings because they thought at one point in the movie the sound had gone out and was going to stop the movie but the director/screenwriter had purposely done it that way. The distributor, Disney, had asked the critics not to give any spoilers but some did so the audience would know this was not a mistake. Folks the scene lasted 2-3 seconds maybe and a big fuss was made about this?

To me the fuss should have been about the length of 2 hours and 30 minutes which could have easily been shortened just by cutting a couple of the aerial dogfights that just basically repeated the same thing over and over.

A fuss should be made about the obviously placed species that you could just hear Disney saying, “We could make millions with this cute creature”!

I know some of the history of the heroes and two of the villains but, unless it was told in another movie or I missed it in this one, why is Rey picked to be the next Jedi, unless it is politically correct to show another strong woman which the series has always had in Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia and now has another in Laura Dern’s Vice Admiral Holdo?

Previous stars Harrison Ford, Alec Guinness, James Earl Jones, Mark Hamill and the aforementioned Carrie Fisher made strong impressions from their appearance in the first movie but, come on; Adam Driver an inheritor of the Darth Vader role?

I was impressed by Oscar Isaac who has the same throw away style of Ford along with the gravitas the character needs. Kelly Marie Tran stood out as Rose a resistance fighter but I seem to recall John Boyega having, and being, a stronger in the last movie but here he is wasted.

And why oh why does the music have to blast every 5 minutes? To keep the audience awake?

The only good s about “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” was 1) though I thought it would never end it did and 2) it was the first completely free moviepass movie I saw!… Expand
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geiserkDec 21, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is a travesty. There is some good acting, and the visuals and score are par-none, but the destruction of everything that came before it, and the complete disregard for everything TFA set this film up for simply invalidates this as a real Star Wars movie.

This is not Luke. This is not Star Wars.… Expand
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wiskaniDec 20, 2017
Last Jedi tiene cosas buenas pero ninguna logra que podamos perdonar que destruyeran al personaje de Luke, un pilar de la anterior saga, ni las precuelas cometieron tal barbaridad. Hicieron a nuestro Jedi favorito un tipo deprimido yLast Jedi tiene cosas buenas pero ninguna logra que podamos perdonar que destruyeran al personaje de Luke, un pilar de la anterior saga, ni las precuelas cometieron tal barbaridad. Hicieron a nuestro Jedi favorito un tipo deprimido y atormentado sin ninguna esperanza y después lo mataron. Ni siquiera para darle chance de redimirse en una siguiente entrega.… Expand
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MovieartistDec 21, 2017
J.J. Abrams gave Star Wars to Rian Johnson like Rey gave Luke the lightsaber and just like in the the movie when Luke thows away the lightsaber - Rian Johnson throws away Star Wars like garbage! Rian J has to be the worst story teller ever!J.J. Abrams gave Star Wars to Rian Johnson like Rey gave Luke the lightsaber and just like in the the movie when Luke thows away the lightsaber - Rian Johnson throws away Star Wars like garbage! Rian J has to be the worst story teller ever! How did this get aproved? Ryan Jonson seams to have no respect or understanding for the Star Wars univers!… Expand
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einarpazDec 19, 2017
The movie is silly and full of plot holes. The previous movie was an expensive copy of "A New Hope", but this is even worst. I hope the next one could fix some things
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TheTechnician27Dec 30, 2017
Easily the worst Star Wars movie to date. It's got all the problems The Force Awakened had and more. The plot makes no sense, the characters (Rey especially) are trash, the stakes are all over the place, and there's absolutely no sense ofEasily the worst Star Wars movie to date. It's got all the problems The Force Awakened had and more. The plot makes no sense, the characters (Rey especially) are trash, the stakes are all over the place, and there's absolutely no sense of scale, among others. I'd say JJ Abrams' films are officially licensed fanfiction by Disney, but that would be an insult to actually good fanfictions with effort put into them. This movie doesn't respect its audience, and its audience shouldn't respect it either.… Expand
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grant28304Dec 29, 2017
Good or passable things about the movie:
1. The cinematography and set pieces looked good.
2. The sound and music score were good. 3. The acting was fine given the source material. Bad things about the movie: 1. Plot inconsistencies, a lotGood or passable things about the movie:
1. The cinematography and set pieces looked good.
2. The sound and music score were good.
3. The acting was fine given the source material.

Bad things about the movie:
1. Plot inconsistencies, a lot of them. I can normally go with plot inconsistencies if the flow of the movie makes me not notice them in the moment, but this movie had me going “What! Why?!” in the middle of the movie, and taking away from the movie.
2. A lot of forced humor. Only a few jokes worked for me.
3. No character growth, it seemed liked characters were going to grow, but the movie wastes all the moments and characters end up where they started at the beginning of the film. 4. The pacing was bad. The movie jumps all over the place and feels longer than it should have been.
5. The movie has whole scenes that are basically revealed to have no purpose. The movie steps on some of its own points.
6. Inconsistency with previous Star Wars movies and specifically the movie directly proceeding it. The movie disregards all previously established norms of the star wars universe, and also completely rewrites the nature and character of previously established characters. This would be fine for a reboot, but this was a sequel.… Expand
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ShinodDec 31, 2017
Hard to say if Disney damaged more Star Wars or Lucas with the "first" trilogy. The Last Jedi is a clear backstab and insult to Star Wars fans and the next step of the deconstruction of this huge wonderful universe. dinsey ples stahp
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sL360Dec 19, 2017
Perhaps the biggest tragedy of a Star Wars film to ever grace the cinema, and that's really saying something considering Attack of the Clones is a thing. Where to even begin..

I'm not about to launch into a scene by scene tirade, as manyPerhaps the biggest tragedy of a Star Wars film to ever grace the cinema, and that's really saying something considering Attack of the Clones is a thing. Where to even begin..

I'm not about to launch into a scene by scene tirade, as many fans before me have done the same in a much more eloquent fashion, but I will say this: The Last Jedi fails in EVERY aspect of good film-making. It is a beautiful looking, million dollar turd. The plot zig-zags back and forth meaninglessly, the characters, shallow, unrelatable or insane. The **** they do MAKES. NO. SENSE. NOTHING in-universe makes any sense any more. Logic is completely thrown out of the picture. TLJ embraces pure, stupid emotion resulting in:

- A laughing stock of the First Order, completely unintimidating and generally useless villains. Hux somehow hasn't been executed or at the very least relieved for his incompetence and Phasma has zero presence. She has no reason to exist other than to give Finn a shiny glorified punching bag.
- A purple haired lesbian (yes this is part of her character because reasons) admiral who spouts drivel about faith while apparently having no faith in any of her crew to tell them the plan to escape the bad guys, dooming literally all but a small handful of them to a merciless death. She utterly fails as a leader and yet the movie pretends she's the good guy all along by turning her into a kamikaze pilot in perhaps the prettiest yet dumbest scene in all of Star Wars.
- A deranged psychopath that claims fighting what you hate isn't how you win, despite earlier on her own sister doing the EXACT OPPOSITE AND WINNING, while simultaneously watching her hated enemy preparing to kill all her friends. Her enemies can do this as a DIRECT RESULT of her own actions. (How have the rebels not keeled over already with people like her and purple hair in it?! Oh, right. Incompetent villains unless when it's convenient.)
- A menacing, all-powerful antagonist who is actually neither powerful or menacing and dies in the most pathetic way possible while monologuing about how unbeatable he is
- The most uninteresting, aimless and actually all-powerful protagonist who by the word of Yoda has no need for training, trials or tribulations to succeed, she need only exist and her problems will solve themselves
- A broken, dejected cast of old, respected characters who are shown to have lost all hope and just want to die sad and alone after having turned into a complete joke of their former selves. Luke Skywalker, legendary sci-fi hero turned suicidal hermit is probably the worst offender of the bunch. Not even Mark Hamill has any interest in returning for his role after this crap.

The Last Jedi gets one point from me because there is only one thing I liked; Kylo Ren's throne room fight. Yes, the guy who has callously killed untold numbers and his own father is the only one I can root for..incredible. Unfortunately he's the only one who seems to have a pulse in this film. There is nothing else salvageable out of the nuclear crater TLJ left in its wake. In one movie Rian Johnson killed what made Star Wars. How is this possible? From the get-go, this is someone who has been quoted to say he would "be worried if everyone [thought]" the movie he made "was a good movie." He would prefer half the audience hate the movie and the other half love it and he finds this prospect "much more exciting." Despite this, Rian has deflected every piece of negative criticism on his creative 'vision' like he's the Van Gogh of Hollywood. He seriously believes The Last Jedi is excused from any critique...NONE of it is valid according to him. Is his egg-shaped head filled to the brim with that much hubris? He also apparently believes that if Empire Strikes Back came out when social media existed, it would've been roasted to hell and back because Luke Skywalker "..gets his ass handed to him." by Vader. (Only if you made it, Rian..Only if you made it.) Someone with this mindset was given "complete creative control" over the cultural juggernaut sensation that used to be Star Wars. I simply do not understand how Disney could screw up so hard. We fans are not impossible to please; Tickle our fancy right and we'd have dropped hundreds of thousands on you just like we did with George. Instead, Disney and its peons have opted to directly insult their own consumer-base for their failures, pushing for some 'toxic masculinity' or 'anti-feminist' nonsense. REAAAAALLY SMAAAART.

I no longer have hope or an interest for the future of this series. This is the last SW film I'll ever pay to see as long as Kathleen Kennedy is head of Lucasfilm. A colossal waste of talent and potential on all sides. The dream is dead, and it seems like Kylo was right all along. Time to let old things die, isn't it? Kill the past if you have to. (Ridiculous line..) I'll miss what Star Wars used to be but I've no regret over ditching this sad, soulless continuation.… Expand
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gloukasJan 15, 2018
Just an awful movie full of forced politically correct and charged B.S- Why can't we just enjoy a movie for being a movie, why does it have to stuff subliminal and direct political agenda messaging. Lets just let people enjoy theirJust an awful movie full of forced politically correct and charged B.S- Why can't we just enjoy a movie for being a movie, why does it have to stuff subliminal and direct political agenda messaging. Lets just let people enjoy their entertainment. The only thing I liked is Finally Fin was made into a better, more serious Character.… Expand
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emeraldstormDec 20, 2017
This managed to be even worse than the last one. It's great for people who don't care about character, consistency, and coherence.
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danygreenwoodJan 2, 2018
This film has the worst script ever. like a blind person tries to explain a film to a deaf person.
And the plot holes... oh the plot holes...
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checktheemailsJul 11, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Really disappointing movie. Broke the heart of millions of Star Wars fans. Ridiculous.… Expand
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sherbzFeb 8, 2018
Truly truly awful. I only watched it now after swearing that i would ensure Disney never see any of my money. And thanks to the power of legal streaming methods via the internet, i have succeeded. Not that it was worth the effort. FromTruly truly awful. I only watched it now after swearing that i would ensure Disney never see any of my money. And thanks to the power of legal streaming methods via the internet, i have succeeded. Not that it was worth the effort. From the opening title screen i was scratching my chin. And after 30 mins, my chin was a hollow pit in my face where i had been scratching. So many plot holes. So much utter garbage. Quite frankly whoever picks up this garbage afterwards might do well to just erase the whole stinking lot of it. Thank you for taking a giant turd on my childhood. Terrible.… Expand
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golivaDec 20, 2017
The worst of the whole saga, I felt embarrassed, sometimes much more than in the prequels.

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

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

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

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

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

Star Wars has moved to an even farther galaxy for most of its audience.… Expand
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BlackFox81Dec 24, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. last jedi is straight garbage, Apparently in a galaxy far away asians cant drive, women make terrible military leaders... seriously the great plan was to get an entire fleet decimated and only have a handful of rebels/resistance whatever they are survive, and they wonder why no one came to help. mini death star tank. milkin a space cow thats how we treat luke skywalker and merry poppin leia.... lucas is an idiot and an ass for selling to disney and allowing inept greedy hacks like disney ruin a great franchise.… Expand
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UboikaMar 10, 2018
The moment when fanfiction is better. All movie is a stupid parody of "Star Wars. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi".
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kon4akJan 17, 2018
SJW festival on a big screen. never ever will go to the theater on the next one.
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JambobbybDec 28, 2017
This film is complete and utter utter garbage, story 0/10 plot 0/10 execution 0/10 and even Yoda looks weird!
Avoid!!!
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PetforcesJan 19, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great acting, Beautifully shot, but by far the worst of the SW movies. This movie, makes it so that there is no reason you should want to see episode 9. SPOILERS! All major villains are dead. Snoke dead, Phasma dead. Kylo Ren, not dead, but has already lost in both movies. So what are you expecting to happen in the final one. And even if all the above somehow come back to life and are EPIC AND POWERFUL, They will just lose. So its biggest sin without writing 100 paragraphs is that it ruined Episode 9.… Expand
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RicAvilaDec 28, 2017
In my humble opinion selling SW to Disney was the worst mistake in the history of Hollywood, the franchise now became a Disney live action cartoon in which it is looking to sell more to make a good plot, full of characters Mary Sue, trying toIn my humble opinion selling SW to Disney was the worst mistake in the history of Hollywood, the franchise now became a Disney live action cartoon in which it is looking to sell more to make a good plot, full of characters Mary Sue, trying to put politics and diversity ... soaking wet with feminism, its scenes and jokes embarrassingly childish make see the avengers movies something adults, do not innovate, scenes that have no feet or head, visually the effects are the only rescatable of the movie , it seems that each director arrives and writes the plot without thinking about the long term, let alone developing a serious story, full of plot holes. Forget about the dark and serious universe of SW that this is another story… Expand
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chickentenderJan 3, 2018
Despite what the director may have intended, however lofty, this movie damages an actual mythos, symbolic characters that have become far more than just toys or action heroes to literally millions of people of all ages across the globe. HadDespite what the director may have intended, however lofty, this movie damages an actual mythos, symbolic characters that have become far more than just toys or action heroes to literally millions of people of all ages across the globe. Had it delivered something that was equally compelling somehow, it might be forgivable but it unfortunately falls incredibly short of that high aim. Try as I might, preconceptions aside, I cannot forgive the means to this director's end.… Expand
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NecrosifalllJan 4, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. arruinaron todo nos se hagan la burla del publico y peor de los fanaticos con esta pelicula con mediocre guión… Expand
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ronalvioDec 18, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. bad story= new direction. NOT! Pleaseee this movie sucked not because of a new vision or direction but that it was just a bad story line which did not follow any thought out process, took fans to be too dumb to analyze the glaring gaps in logic, and non sensical plot. This is just plain bad story writing. Throw in making heroes look stupid, etc and this is what you end up with. A pretentious show using "new direction" as a veil to cover up a **** movie.

that is what Disney and all the pundits will be claiming over and over. How can so many fans be wrong or ignorant as they are alluding to? This movie has split the fan base when it wasnt necessary. One can write a good script moves into a new direction logically and makes sense. This was utter garbage and its amazing to see how people defend it. Rubbish.… Expand
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EvanMeDec 19, 2017
A repugnant film that shows absolutely zero respect for its legacy, while continuing in its predecessor's trend of shamelessly plagiarizing the original trilogy for ideas. This movie is worse than worthless; it's a desecration. Do yourselfA repugnant film that shows absolutely zero respect for its legacy, while continuing in its predecessor's trend of shamelessly plagiarizing the original trilogy for ideas. This movie is worse than worthless; it's a desecration. Do yourself and the universe a favor and allow this and all other films in this repulsive reboot to die in the obscurity they deserve.
Also, screw porgs.… Expand
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Xenon_54Jan 7, 2018
A story that has no clear direction and is littered with giant plot holes. It does a poor job at building up protagonists and fails completely to establish memorable antagonists. While there are clear parallels to The Empire strikes back itA story that has no clear direction and is littered with giant plot holes. It does a poor job at building up protagonists and fails completely to establish memorable antagonists. While there are clear parallels to The Empire strikes back it is not even close to it.… Expand
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CanisrahDec 15, 2017
I don't know where to start. I guess the first 10 minutes were good. The rest was just a soulless rehash and pointless hipster virtue signalling. They literally played out the same story arc three times in the same movie. By the end of it theI don't know where to start. I guess the first 10 minutes were good. The rest was just a soulless rehash and pointless hipster virtue signalling. They literally played out the same story arc three times in the same movie. By the end of it the film has succeeded in draining any last lingering sense of interest you may have had in the plot.
And the plot itself... gah... it's so bad. It's not even funny bad, its just terrible.… Expand
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SOLIDSNAKEN64Dec 18, 2017
Why bother creating sequels to the Skywalkers sagas if all your gonna do is throw everything away from previous films. Just go make a movie that has nothing to do with the Skywalkers. At least JJ Arbrams recycled garbage was watchable, RianWhy bother creating sequels to the Skywalkers sagas if all your gonna do is throw everything away from previous films. Just go make a movie that has nothing to do with the Skywalkers. At least JJ Arbrams recycled garbage was watchable, Rian Johnsons basically lit his garbage on fire then sat back to watch it burn! There was some awesome cinematic scenes and some good acting, but the story didnt even seem thought out, as if the director was just making it up on the fly and hoping it would all work out in the end. I do enjoy the new characters and they could have blended them with the old characters in a way that was fresh. They could of moved away from having the same evil empire trying to take over and rebels fighting back that they have done for every star wars movie. TLJ has so many plot holes it seems to be trying to top TFA plot holes.… Expand
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parsleybillDec 20, 2017
A real disappointment. Glaring pot holes, cringeworthy attempts at humour and a real waste of some great actors and their characters. Much worse than the prequels in many ways. Loved the visuals and ship design especially Kylo's Tie. SomeA real disappointment. Glaring pot holes, cringeworthy attempts at humour and a real waste of some great actors and their characters. Much worse than the prequels in many ways. Loved the visuals and ship design especially Kylo's Tie. Some interesting themes e.g. Is it better to save lives or kill bad guys? Unfortunately the film was saddled with such a terrible script than that neither the acting or artistry could save it. I genuinely wished I didn't have to write this.… Expand
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adam34205Dec 19, 2017
This is the most poorly directed, written, and produced movie I have seen in a loong time. It's hard to believe that in this day and age that no one at Disney Studios put a stop to production and fired Rian. I could type for days talkingThis is the most poorly directed, written, and produced movie I have seen in a loong time. It's hard to believe that in this day and age that no one at Disney Studios put a stop to production and fired Rian. I could type for days talking about the lack of a plot, basic storytelling, or directing in general but it would just depress me as much as watching the idiotic movie again. I don't know what movie the critics were watching...but it couldn't have been the same one I saw the other day!… Expand
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alcariusDec 18, 2017
Hilariously bad movie. There are zero rules to anything happening in the movie, the new order always fails to accomplish anything and the resistance seems succeed out of sheer luck. Also the Plot between Rey and Luke is uninteresting whileHilariously bad movie. There are zero rules to anything happening in the movie, the new order always fails to accomplish anything and the resistance seems succeed out of sheer luck. Also the Plot between Rey and Luke is uninteresting while poorly trying to imitate the excitment of Lukes first Introduction to the force.

I could go on ranting about nearly every aspect of this bad movie in detail, but I want to spare myself from reliving to much of this awful experience. I guess after a mediocore Episode VII I will have to accept that Disney isnt capable of capturing the essence of what made Star Wars fun.
Generally it doesnt at all feel like a Star Wars movie, and you shouldnt waste your money on going to the cinema seeing this movie.… Expand
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theatomicbuttDec 20, 2017
Well you have gone and done it now Disney. You blew it! I can only imagine that next time we find out Micky Mouse is the true Sith lord. At times this movie felt like a fun ride, only to have the credits role with a dozen hot story holes. OhWell you have gone and done it now Disney. You blew it! I can only imagine that next time we find out Micky Mouse is the true Sith lord. At times this movie felt like a fun ride, only to have the credits role with a dozen hot story holes. Oh but don't worry, I am sure you will be able to sell lots of your chicken Ewoks to kids this Christmas. Get out of here. There has clearly been no concise vision for this trilogy. A new movie does not need to be pumped out every year, take time and make it quality. Now I have to go back to the theater and see it again just to confirm my anger is justified. So don't think that high attendance means its good. And who are these critics saying the movie was 100?? Cowards, just because the franchise says Star Wars they need to claim its great, otherwise they risk being ridiculed in their own community. That's why I had to add my 2 cents, it is garbagio. The only positive thing to come out if it all is Daisy Ridley, for that I thank you.… Expand
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Sythe_GDec 18, 2017
I really can't adequately express my level of disappointment with The Last Jedi, but I'll list a few of my biggest points of contention. The most jarring element is the change in tone. When Poe and Hux did their idiotic schtick in the openingI really can't adequately express my level of disappointment with The Last Jedi, but I'll list a few of my biggest points of contention. The most jarring element is the change in tone. When Poe and Hux did their idiotic schtick in the opening scenes, my gut dropped. I hoped it was just a fluke, but sadly, it set the tone for the entire film. The dialogue, and campy humor felt like it was lifted directly from bad fan-fic written by a 12 year old with aspergers. The main story was so contrived, and made so little sense, that I wanted to get up and walk out. The subplots are completely pointless, go nowhere, are rife with political pandering, and leave a distinct "prequel trilogy" taste in the mouth. All of the set-up from The Force Awakens is completely disregarded, nothing is answered-or if it is answered it's with an infuriating dismissive wave of the hand. There are several plot devices that are nothing short of a deus ex machina. The characters we've seen previously are treated with disdain, and the new characters are about as appealing as a colonoscopy. This movie was just awful. I truly hope that Rian Johnson is never let anywhere near a Star Wars movie ever again.… Expand
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lechemesburnesDec 18, 2017
Worse star wars ever, Ep7 was crap, this one only goal is to annihilate old fan love of the franchise for good and focus on the new generation; Can't blame them but the movie is a piece of ****
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ChancewiDec 30, 2017
The movie had great moments, but too many inconsistencies. The whole thing with Princess Leia nearly made me walk out. My wife had to tell me to sit back down because that ticked me off so much. The director is to blame for this train wreck,The movie had great moments, but too many inconsistencies. The whole thing with Princess Leia nearly made me walk out. My wife had to tell me to sit back down because that ticked me off so much. The director is to blame for this train wreck, don’t let him behind a camera or give him a movie to write again. Disney had so many great stories in the old books and spin offs but they choose to go in a new direction, bad move Disney.… Expand
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MarcThomasDec 24, 2017
SPOILER ALERT! If Johnson was chosen to continue his character arcs from The Last Jedi, here are my expectations for his Episode 9 (let’s just see what JJ Abrams does?):

1. Low on food and supplies, the 9 remaining Rebels flee to Ahch-To toSPOILER ALERT! If Johnson was chosen to continue his character arcs from The Last Jedi, here are my expectations for his Episode 9 (let’s just see what JJ Abrams does?):

1. Low on food and supplies, the 9 remaining Rebels flee to Ahch-To to call all remaining resistance supporters to this new base, while milking sea cows and BBQing Porgs for nourishment.
2. Luke, who DIDN'T really disappear into the Force (his mechanical hand didn’t drop onto the meditation stone, did it!?), but rather created a Force Teleport, returns to Tatooine to live in Kenobi's old home. Luke disconnects from the Force for the last time and begins scaring Tusken Raiders away from lost droids who venture off into the desert.
3. Princess Leia, stricken with grief from the loss of Han and now her brother (or so she thinks), dies from a broken heart while traveling to Ach-To!!! However, we only get to read about this in the title crawl for Episode 9! :’(
4. Kylo Ren, decides he can't live without Rey (Rey-LO!!!) since his Force Touch experience with her, throws Admiral Hux against a wall (again, again, again, again…) and deserts the First Order to search for Rey.
5. Admiral Hux, whose face has been badly scared and injured from Kylo's repeated attacks, creates a mask to hide his face, and takes over as the new Supreme Leader. His first major decision is to change the name from the First Order to the Best Order.
6. Finn, after trying to sacrifice his life to save the Resistance and finally bringing “meaning” to his life, struggles from depression which makes him flee the Rebels via a “secret” escape pod on the Millennium Falcon (even Han and Chewy didn't know existed) and returns to the First Order, only to complete his stormtrooper training and become the new Captain Phasma.
7. Rose, finally fixes the hyperdrive on the Falcon after all these years!
8. Chewbecca, rotisseries all the Porgs inside the Millennium Falcon and falls in love with Rose, who fixed the hyperdrive! They move to Canto Bight and adopt Force sensitive children.
9. Rey, returns to Jakku to read the mind of Unkar Platt, and begins her journey in search for her drunk parents’ grave (who didn’t die but are casino bartenders on Canto Bight).
10. Poe Dameron keeps blowing things up!
11. Admiral Ackbar, who doesn’t breathe oxygen, realizes he TOO is Force sensitive, contacts Princess Leia (before she dies) to come and pick him up on their way to Ach-To.
12. The young force sensitive boy on Canto Bight, leads a rebellion with more force sensitive kids against their captors to fight for better hourly wages while working with the Fathiers! They also fight for better treatment for the Fathiers, so these animals don’t have to run BACK-To-BACK races after returning from long planet voyages.
13. Kenny Phasma, I mean Captain Phasma is DEAD for GOOD, so we don’t have to see any more lame fights!
14. Supreme Leader Snoke, isn’t really dead! He was just using a really good puppet and will return for Episode 9 to reclaim his Empire from Kylo!!!!
15. DJ, after becoming a multi-millionaire from turning Finn and Rose over to the First Order, returns to Canto Bight to begin building a better, and I mean a BETTER, and BIGGEST, and I mean really BIG, new Death Star to bring peace and happiness to the Galaxy!… Expand
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ImadethsonlijstDec 17, 2017
This movie failed at being a space-fantasy/ sci fi and it failed as a sequel to both TFA and the other SW trilogies. It was the epitome of superficial; very flashy, good visuals with no real substance or consistency. Not to mention theThis movie failed at being a space-fantasy/ sci fi and it failed as a sequel to both TFA and the other SW trilogies. It was the epitome of superficial; very flashy, good visuals with no real substance or consistency. Not to mention the Space-balls level of comedy, plus tone shifts worse than the prequels. As long as you do not care about the franchise in any serious manner, and lower your scrutinising capacity, if you can pretend like you're watching a silly parody, the movie can be enjoyable. Then it becomes a mildly amusing action flick or fan-fiction. I imagine a lot of small kids will love it just as much as they'd love any other flashy, superficial movie. It is clear that the main purposes for these movies is to be a vehicle for Kathleen's political agendas and to be a huge advert for toys and games, because the symptoms of these aspects are very evident and seem to take priority over consumer enjoyment/satisfaction in general. There are so many meta moments, so many pointless, unsatisfying subversions, so much bathos. ~I'll try not to spoil
An entire sequence of the film, lasted for about a quarter or more of the movie, was utterly pointless, it didn't push the narrative ahead enough, it barely served as a plot device and was very badly written, it felt so out of place, tonally & visually, yet it was made into a priority. It only served as a plot device to show off a new female character and a new 'warped yet familiar' character, and allow the opportunity for certain other characters actually do something of 'significance' in the movie.
It's not the only case of this kind of thing either.

Snoke was very unsatisfying and still remains a mystery... a pointless mystery, as pointless as Phasma and the new guy, whatever his n-name was. Nothing was revealed about Snoke's history or relevance, apart from an icon on Luke's temple floor (which you'd have to read some book or look up online to know about). Kylo Ren was probably the most interesting character on screen, but his story still had many flaws and inconsistencies. Where are the Knights of Ren? who are they? Who knows, farts in the wind, for all the director cares.

Many of the plot-twists were very wishy-washy, meaning shallow, purely made to get one over the fans or viewers. The main twist of the trailers ("time for the jedi to end") turned out to have no depth/ explanation or philosophy, probably have to watch deleted scenes or read a comic to find out. I think it's quite lazy to simply highlight that the Jedi were flawed in the prequels, because that was already obvious to me and many others. If you're going to do that, at least don't do it in a way that makes Luke completely obnoxious & hypocritical. 1000+ years of pretty good work, keeping peace in the universe, and 1 crappy mistake and the Jedi are worthless to Luke, wow, such wonderful dedication, a true hero.

Rey still feels like no character at all, she has no relevancy to the previous movies and there's no consistency to her character. She has no real relationships (she gives zero **** about Finn), she barely struggles with anything, there is no inner conflict, we are told she has no character flaws (she does but they're not considered as such). She's just the perfect vessel to move the story forward without having to explain anything or build the universe/lore. Not to mention how her motivations are inconsistent and purely meta, derived from examining parts of the audience. Kylo Ren's backstory with Luke was devolved into a rather unfitting experimental piece on 'perspective', at the cost of any logical consistency with Luke's character. Luke's story during the end of the movie could have been so much better, I must admit it had some merit to it, not a lot, but some. I find the most erroneous thing to be how Luke's earliest characterisation (chronologically) is basically a creepy, violent uncle. I agree with Mark Hamill entirely though, this is Jake Skywalker, a bitter, spiteful, cowardly hermit. The overall theme of the movie was "Let the past die, kill it if you have to", It also seems to set things up for a future of a tail-eating-snake cycle of repetition, which is probably not what George wanted...

These movies will never be ret-conned, they are the new 'Star Wars' now, no matter whatever ridiculous, hollow disaster it becomes. I also doubt EA will have their grubby, greedy hands taken off this franchise. Nice little monopoly they have there. I'd suggest people start looking for a new spiritual replacement or successor.… Expand
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ParadoxxDec 17, 2017
After an exit from movie theater I have begun to look for the dealer of lootboxes in which had to be a plot, logic and common sense because I haven't found them in the movie.
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duremifiedDec 28, 2017
il film più brutto che sia mai stato fatto. Ha iniziato jj a rovinare questa meravigliosa saga e questo regista gli ha dato il colpo di grazia. Scene senza senso e logica, la fisica nello spazio completamente dimenticata e il povero luke cheil film più brutto che sia mai stato fatto. Ha iniziato jj a rovinare questa meravigliosa saga e questo regista gli ha dato il colpo di grazia. Scene senza senso e logica, la fisica nello spazio completamente dimenticata e il povero luke che diventa un ologramma. I protagonisti rey finn e la chiattona asiatica da dimenticare. Il bravissimo Del Toro usato per un cameo. Tutta la storia è piena di buchi. Un filmaccio orripilante indipendentemente da cosa dica la crtica prezzolata. P.S il testo del doppiaggio in italiano è ridicolo: I bancali sono quelli della frutta, non quelli delle armi imbecilli!
Non regalate soldi alla disney per questo film vergognoso. L'unico film decente prodotto ultimamente è stato ROUGE ONE. Questo film come del resto il risveglio al bagno della forza DA DIMENTICARE… Expand
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