Monday, August 27, 2018

Thoughts on the future of The Last Jedi


I just rewatched for the first time since seeing it a few times in theaters (thank you Netflix). Now that most of the dust of criticism has settled I wanted to watch and try to see how I felt it fit in objectively within the context of all the Star Wars movies. I realized pretty quickly that it's actually really hard to do that without the final movie of the trilogy existing yet.Think about all the other Star Wars movies that have been reshaped and made better by the movies that came out after them. To me, The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones would be nothing without Revenge of the Sith which ties that trilogy together and makes all of the movies better and more worthwhile. I didn't live through it but I'm sure Empire is even better if you know the conclusion it's leading up to in Return of the Jedi. Not to mention the entire OT holds so much more weight thanks to the Prequels and Rogue one.My point is- I think people are over-eager to dislike The Last Jedi and should reserve some judgement until the trilogy wraps up. Are there issues with it? Sure. Can a strong conclusion make a lot of them non-issues or even advantages? Definitely.Maybe a bit more controversial: I would argue that Rian Johnson set it up perfectly for IX to do just that. He gave characters flaws that made them hard to like but if JJ gives them great redemptions then we'll learn to appreciate their struggles in TLJ instead of be frustrated by them.tl;dr: Patience, you must have. If you hate TLJ now, if you choose the quick and easy path as Vader did, you will become an agent of evil.EDIT: added .gif via /r/StarWars https://ift.tt/2ofxDAm

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