Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi picks up where The Force Awakens left off. Rey (played by Daisy Ridley) trains with Luke Skywalker (played by Mark Hamill). Finn (played by John Boyega) and Rose (played by series newcomer Kelly Marie Tran) are trying to find a hacker and try saving the Resistance. Kylo Ren (played by Adam Driver) and Snoke (played by Andy Serkis) are trying to crush the rebellion and searching for Luke Skywalker. This movie does things pretty differently, and it’s already dividing Star Wars fans. The truth is, a lot of these things don’t bother me. A lot of the comedy really did hit for me. The revelations worked really well for me, and tied into a lot of the Star Wars mythos, without giving too much away. I love what they did with Luke Skywalker in this movie. This is the best I think Mark Hamill has ever been, not only as Luke Skywalker, but also in his entire career. Daisy Ridley and Mark Hamill work off each other really well. The relationship these two share in this movie is what any good student-mentor relationship should be. Both push and learn from each other. Both equally feel like students and teachers. They also build on the relationship between Rey and Kylo Ren in this movie, and Rian Johnson handles it really well. This relationship is built in such a way that you don’t want it go the way it goes. As much as I did like this movie, I had some issues with the movie. The chemistry between John Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran wasn’t bad per se. The moment their relationship built up to came out of nowhere, and the chemistry didn’t really make that moment feel earned. There’s also a subplot in this movie that’s earned a lot of controversy. The overall subplot didn’t bother me too much. One part of it didn’t work for me at all. They throw an animal cruelty message in there, and it doesn’t feel like it fits in a Star Wars movie. Overall, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a really good movie, despite having its issues here and there.

9 / 10