Yeah, I thought he used the force to grab the broomWhat was the deal with the last scene where the kid is telling others a story about Luke Skywalker and the he steps outside and starts sweeping the floor and sees rebel ships? Did I see correctly that the kid used the force to pick up the broom or did I not see that?
On yoda, you could tell it was an actual puppet, that was awesome. His humor felt out of place for the time but Yoda gonna Yoda so it was actually fitting for him.
I always saw the imperial officer corps as arrogant, manipulative, highly political and opportunistic. R1 built on that brilliantly.
The First Order officers are comic relief.
I think the entire theme of this movie was summed up in the Yoda/Luke scene, when Yoda pointed out that failure is the greatest teacher. Just about everything the good guys tried to do ended in failure. And they all learned and grew from it. Other than a way too long Las Vegas adventure, and other than Leia's Superman pose, I really liked this movie...yes, even as A STAR WARS MOVIE.
Hold on a sec I'm dressing in my finest flame retardant clothing.
Interesting how people see different things.R1 looked more like run of the mill petty office politics just at higher stakes. Like we really brought Tarkin back just to be that boss who takes all the credit for the work after someone else does it? Thought it was boring and not very interesting.
R1 painted the officers as generally bewildered, slow to react, and not particularly bright.
Yup they flew a projector and pull down screen a few years ago.Not sure if this has been posted but the folks on the ISS watched the last Jedi.
Space Station movie night, complete with “bungee cord chairs”, drink bags, and a science fiction flick!
Your Boy Kylo reacts to the Last Jedi.
You didn’t think that was his only helmet did you?
plot holes galore.
1) bombers that fly so close together that if one gets destroyed, it takes out the rest?
these are trained pilots. why the F are they flying so close together?!
2) how did the codebreaker know about the escape transports trying to slip away to the mining colony?
3) and wtf side quest to find the code breaker!??!
also negative points for violating Chekov's Gun... show Luke's X-wing yet not have Luke use it.
an incoherent mess indeed, altho I do give props for CGI Leia.
it looked like her.
Hopefully there will be a Director's cut.
the again, I was hoping the Force Awakens would have a director's cut...
I think the entire theme of this movie was summed up in the Yoda/Luke scene, when Yoda pointed out that failure is the greatest teacher. Just about everything the good guys tried to do ended in failure. And they all learned and grew from it. Other than a way too long Las Vegas adventure, and other than Leia's Superman pose, I really liked this movie...yes, even as A STAR WARS MOVIE.
Hold on a sec I'm dressing in my finest flame retardant clothing.
Apparently there was!I wouldn't go that far. It may be true for things with raving lunatics for fans, but it doesn't apply to the majority of movies. For Star Wars I would say that critics and fans are both looking to get something completely different out of each movie. For example, I'm surprised by the number of people using the fact that there wasn't any real light saber battles as a detractor. Fans want to see epic light saber battles apparently (which was never what Star Wars was about until the prequels). I don't think there's much of a record of fan reviews from 1980, though, as there wasn't really a platform for them to have been archived.
And that site tries to say today's Star Wars fans are hating on The Last Jedi exactly the same way fans were hating on Empire back then. After reading that well unfortunately they couldn't be more wrong.
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You know, I used to think there was an interesting answer to this question, and then I watched TLJ and realized there isn't. Stop looking for a piece of evidence to confirm or deny a theory - you are giving the writers too much credit.
We got the reveal at the end of TLJ that Rey's parents were nobodies, and I think that is how it will stay. I will be surprised if they reveal that she is really Chewbacca's daughter or something.
There is no interesting answer to the question of who Rey's parents are because the trilogy itself is just not that interesting.
What was the deal with the last scene where the kid is telling others a story about Luke Skywalker and the he steps outside and starts sweeping the floor and sees rebel ships? Did I see correctly that the kid used the force to pick up the broom or did I not see that?
I liked it too, but just feel they REALLY mishandled Luke. The fact that he used a trick to fight the last battle, then just simply disappeared was a HUGH F**K Y*U to fans. Here's how it should have went:
- Luke realizes he must act, and raises his X-Wing out of the water (like in Empire Strikes Back)
- He flies to his friends, and faces the armada as shown.
- Ren orders everything to shoot Luke, and when the explosions and dust fade, we see Luke force-holding the laser bolts from the AT-ATs (like Ren did in The Force Awakens)
- Ren gets a look of panic as he realizes what Luke is about to do...then the bolts come hurling back at the AT-AT's...destroying them all.
- Ren's AT-AT falls to the ground. He's injured, but filled with rage and goes to face Luke to take him down personally.
- We have an epic saber battle showing Luke at the top of his game- ala Yoda in The Clone Wars
- Ren realizes he can not defeat his former master, and tricks Luke into an escape.
- Luke turns around to everyone looking in awe, then agrees to train Rey
That's what EVERYONE wanted. Luke was free to die in the next movie. Just that one last "This is why Luke is a hero" moment, then pass the torch.
The other scene that bothered me was Admiral Holdo's entire screen presence. She started a mutiny because she withheld information (which smacks of a script rewrite that didn't go smoothly), and her sole role seemed to be "let's cram another powerful woman in here to show feminine power!" Meanwhile, the iconic Admiral Ackbar was blown into space without a single line. I realize the actor that played him died, but anyone could have done Ackbar. Holdo's part should have belonged to Ackbar. Send him out by doing a light-speed ship plowing. THAT'S how we want an iconic character to go out!
I liked the movie, but the lack of respect just seemed insulting. I'm thinking if Rian Johnson was given the Star Trek franchise to direct, he would kill Capt. Kirk in a transporter accident.
I, too, expected Luke to fly his X-Wing in and take out the lazer ram when the rebel speeders retreated. What a colossal shit this movie took on Luke. Just, utterly epic shit to underuse Luke. We've been waiting for 3 decades for that guy to actually show up in film form and kick major fucking ass, and they do this. what the holy shit.
You mean how Vader got used at the end of Rogue One?