Seriously these so-called Star Wars โFansโ online are just stupid toxic people that are just jealous at Disney cause they made a better Star Wars movie then what Lucas did for the Prequels. Star Wars has pretty much gotten one of the most toxic fan bases ever and itโs been around since The Empire Strikes Back in 1980. Hopefully in the near future this film will become a cult classic and they'll understand what a great film it truly is.
Iโd give this movie a 9/10 because Rian Johnson had the balls to go above and beyond with the sequel The Force Awakens and accomplished it with amazing results. Considering Johnson has directed the acclaimed 2012 film, Looper, he was an interesting choice to direct the eighth installment of the Skywalker Saga and whatโs great about The Last Jedi is that Johnson managed to tell a story in a unique way.
First great thing to know about the movie is that The Last Jedi took inspiration from George Lucasโ old drafts for the Sequel Trilogy back in the 90โs which was long before the release the Prequels. The characters of Rey and Kylo Ren (albeit with different names) were apart of Lucasโ original scripts as he wanted a female protagonist to be taught by an older Luke Skywalker who had become a hermit after his nephew destroyed his Jedi academy. Johnson used some of those ideas but did a little tweaking to get that into the story heโs telling while respecting the legacy George Lucas created.
Secondly, Johnson gave a lot of development for the new characters like for example Kylo Ren accomplished something that his grandfather, Darth Vader, never thought doing; killing and overthrowing his master. Thatโs the way of the Sith and granted Kylo is a Dark Jedi but still he killed Snoke and instead of seeing the error of his ways he embraced the dark side of the Force much further. Rey is also giving a lot of development to as she is trying to understand the ways of the Force after Luke tells her about the failures of the Jedi. Poe Dameronโs character is also giving an interesting arc where he learns that his reckless heroics can have major consequences and tries to become a better leader. The film teaches us the true meaning of failure which means to look past at our mistakes and learn to become our better selves.
And Finally, the last great thing about this film is the amazing visual effects which I say is prove the best we have ever seen in a Star Wars movie. Rian Johnson had his long time cinematographer, Steve Yedlin, film many scenes of Ahch-To Island at Skelling Michael in Ireland which you can actually go to see where they filmed the scenes with Rey, Luke, Chewbacca, and R2-D2 is just amazing. Editor, Bob Ducsay, also visualized the other worlds and locations such as the city of Canto Bight and the salt plains of Crait. Going back to Ahch-To, itโs probably one of my new favorite Star Wars planets because itโs the place where the first Jedi Temple once stood and probably were Yoda trained as a Jedi since we see his Force ghost.
All in all, I have to say Star Wars: Ep. 8- The Last Jedi has got to be the best Star Wars film since the The Empire Strikes Back and no one will ever take that away from me.