![]() ![]() JJ needs to stay out of it as director also, and let Rian Johnson or others handle it. Maybe there is another trilogy going forward with the new characters, but they need a fresh story line to keep me engaged in this franchise. ![]() The sequel trilogy is basically a retelling of the original trilogy in the story arc, not particularly original, but enjoyable from a nostalgic perspective and getting some new characters of interest to build on. ![]() Whether one likes the prequels or not, Episodes I-III, Lucas was a story teller and always gave something fresh. For me, the Lucas story line is a complete with Episodes I-VI, and this trilogy of Episodes VII-IX is something separate, a different story than Lucas would have told. Some conclusion can be brought to this trilogy with the new characters in Episode IX. Not sure where the story goes from here, but it’s the final phase for Luke, Leia and Han Solo. Hamill was especially good with his performance. I enjoyed the extended parts for Leia and Luke, though in separate story lines. The humor hits all the marks, the CGI is great, the nostalgia pulls at the emotions and the story plays out in a reasonable way, which I liked. It works, and while some liberties are taken with The Force that we’ve never seen before, the story is all brought together in the end that is satisfying. Overall, The Last Jedi is like watching two films with separate, but linked story lines – one the Resistance vs the 1st Order, the other the Jedi Master Skywalker and Jedi novice Rey. Rian Johnson definitely knows how to handle the Star Wars material. This is a classy end to Skywalker, and much more dignified than what JJ gave Han Solo. Alas, Luke is spent by the effort projecting himself across the stars, and he ends as he began with a binary star sunset, as that familiar background music builds. He rejoins the fight with the spirit of his youth, and it is heartfelt in the film showdown. Bravo!Īn older, more bitter Skywalker is brought out of his self indulgent exile by these things, R2D2 displaying the ‘Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi’ message and Yoda giving Young Skywalker, as he calls him, a reminder Jedi Lesson. ![]() At first when I saw the Yoda ears I thought it might be corny, but it was really quite touching and made better by the fact that it wasn’t CGI Yoda, but puppet Yoda from the Empire Strikes Back. The whole scene was spot on and brought the emotion and nostalgia back home. Then he meets R2D2 again, who plays the Leia hologram from Star Wars: A New Hope. Spoiler alert: I especially liked the scene where Luke makes a visit to the Millennium Falcon. Mark Hamill was superb as an older Luke Skywalker and handled what he was given to work with quite well. There’s plenty to like in The Last Jedi that connects back to the original trilogy. I felt a real emotional resonance with the nostalgia in The Last Jedi, something I didn’t get with The Force Awakens. Rian Johnson did as good a job as he could in The Last Jedi with the arc of the story as it is (basically a reboot of the 1st trilogy). JJ Abrams is ok in technical ways as a director, but I feel he really just doesn’t understand the Star Wars and Star Trek genre. I liked it much better that “The Force Awakens”. The Last Jedi was a nice mix of story, CGI and nostalgia. I saw The Last Jedi at the end of last year, and a little late with my thoughts on the film, but wanted to get my opinion down here. ![]()
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