{"id":27211,"date":"2017-12-22T16:29:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T21:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=27211"},"modified":"2017-12-22T16:58:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T21:58:37","slug":"star-wars-the-last-jedi-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/22\/star-wars-the-last-jedi-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Rian Johnson has created what is easily one of the most complete and well developed \u201cStar Wars\u201d cinematic installments since \u201cEmpire.\u201d While it does have the occasional pitfall (Porgs), \u201cThe Last Jedi\u201d is a masterstroke for the series so far. Johnson manages to skillfully build on this new universe while also answering a lot of the pressing questions that the fans had for \u201cThe Force Awakens.\u201d This is the second film to usher in the new generation and ease out the originals, turning this in to a war where the underdogs are still the rebels and they\u2019re filled with reverence for folks like Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa. Johnson focuses primarily on the \u201cHow,\u201d and \u201cWhy\u201d questions from \u201cThe Force Awakens,\u201d allowing fans closure on a lot of the nagging questions that left them excited and or baffled.<\/p>\n

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All the while we get the sense that while this is a new generation, some things have changed for the better and others simply haven\u2019t. Take for example Benicio Del Toro\u2019s character that presents shades of Han Solo, but is by no means Han Solo. Johnson also does what other writers haven\u2019t done in the movies yet, exploring the seductive realm of the dark side. What does it take to drift in to the dark side and why have some jedi masters and students decided to embrace it? \u201cThe Last Jedi\u201d puts its focus on Rey potentially visiting the dark side and being lured in to it by a constant struggle between information on what happened the night Luke and Kylo Ren battled and destroyed all semblance of their relationship. Is Luke secretly a Sith hiding out? Is Kylo Ren merely manipulating Rey?<\/p>\n

In either case, there\u2019s much more emphases than ever with the efforts to stop the First Order. They\u2019ve begun tracking the rebellion and their have cornered them at every turn, weakening their ranks every time. In an effort to stop them, Fin and new ally Rose venture out to track down a code breaker. Meanwhile after Leia is rendered in a coma after a vicious attack, Poe Dameron begins to butt heads with new leader Vica Admiral Holdo, who is so by the books, Poe begins to suspect she\u2019s a spy. Meanwhile now that Rey has tracked down Luke, she seeks his tutelage as a Jedi to help stop the First Order, and gets more than she bargains for when she realizes she has a psychic connection with Ren, who seeks to give her an explanation as to why he became a Sith lord.<\/p>\n

For a series seeking to extend the narrative, Johnson thankfully resolves some pressing storylines, as well as opening up potentially disastrous fall out from a myriad moments involving Poe, Rey, and Fin. \u201cThe Last Jedi\u201d is a fantastic sequel through the end, in spite of its faults (Yes, the porgs and vultpex\u2019s are very toyetic) it\u2019s a swift and firmly paced follow up that introduces new characters (Rose is a doll) and thankfully doesn\u2019t ape \u201cThe Empire Strikes Back.\u201d It seeks its own path as a sequel to the third part in the Skywalker trilogy, while also expanding on the canonical Star Wars Universe.<\/p>\n