First New Star Wars Movie Worthy of the Trilogy

Rating: 9/10 (22 December 2017)

'The Last Jedi' is the first post trilogy movie worthy of the originals. I wasn't very pumped to see this movie and was waiting for it to start rehashing old ideas or just sucking outright like most of the new Star Wars movies have. Well, while I was waiting I started getting engaged in what was going on and then I actually started enjoying the movie. What a pleasant surprise. There are some iconic scenes in this one. Also some real bad-ass moments. Daisy Ripley is very good, though they should make her smile more. She's got a really charming smile. The rest of the cast was great. It was a little rough seeing what was an obviously CGI created Carrie Fisher in some scenes but I'm guessing she would've approved or did before she died. (Very sad about losing our Princess, still)
I really like that they didn't make Luke into Alec Guinness 2.0. He is just an older and only slightly wiser version of his younger self and still wracked with self-doubt. Some scenes did go on longer than they should've and the entire movie is at least 30 beats too long. But it's the first Star Wars movie since a long time ago in this galaxy, in the 80's when the franchise was young, that's made me look forward to the next movie. They should make Rian Johnson the official writer/director for SW from here on out. He really gets it.
This is a mini-spoiler so don't read any farther if you are concerned but I loved that they had Luke pull the Jedi Mind Trick to End All Jedi Mind Tricks.
Well, done them. Go see it, you'll enjoy it. The Force is with them, again.