![]() There is a seriously palpable sense of despair that resonates from starship crashes to character clashes. Through this entire saga, I have never felt more concerned for the rebels than I did in The Last Jedi. It brought back those feelings, that it was undoubtedly Star Wars, but in a new way. I wasn’t in a shockingly tight and void-of-legroom balcony theater seat any more – no, I was launched right back into the Star Wars galaxy, with an opening sequence packed with a cocktail of old western fun, action, humor, excitement, and drama. The Last Jedi is different, unfamiliar at times, but kept necessarily close enough to home by the escapism and boundless adventure this franchise has provided us for decades – an adventure that began the moment Luke Skywalker agreed to learn the ways of the Force and join Ben Kenobi on his mission to Alderaan.Īfter The Last Jedi‘s crawl faded into space and we panned away, I was immediately pulled in to what would instantly become my favorite opening to a Star Wars movie, and it’s not even close. Writer and director Rian Johnson has plunged his hands into the clay, molding a new vision for the episodic saga we have grown to love over the last forty years. In the beginning Star Wars was a boy, a girl, good versus evil, a classic tale told in a galaxy far, far away…īut Star Wars has evolved. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rian Johnson has created the most uniquely different Star Wars film, and it’s the generationally unifying masterpiece we needed. Whether you are an old-school original trilogy stalwart, a proud “prequelist”, or a sequel trilogy newbie, The Last Jedi will challenge your Star Wars conventions. ![]()
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