Could be better...

Rating: 6/10 (20 December 2017)

As a Star Wars fan, I have spent these last two years boiling of excitement about this episode 8. I love the Star Wars universe, its heroes, its bad guys and all the great stories behind. While waiting for this episode 8, I had the great pleasure of watching Rogue One which is a masterpiece when it comes to respect what I would call the Star Wars spirit. Watching Rogue One, I felt home. Everything was just pure pleasure and fun. I have watched hundred times the original trilogy, the prequel and episode 7 waiting for this episode 8. And now I have finally been to the last Jedi. It would be exaggerated if I would say that this movie is bad. It is entertaining and full of good moments and fun. I loved Poe and the first space battle introducing the movie, I loved Kylo Ren and BB8 is just so cool. But the Star Wars fan in me is heartbroken. At the end of Episode 6 I imagined that Luke would have had a great life and is a great hero. What I discovered in episode 8 was not easy to understand. How could the guy who believes in the light inside bad people, inside Vader, try to kill his nephew? How could Snoke the guy who smashes people on the ground in another ships (just with his mind) not notice a lightsaber turning in his right? Where are the knights of Ren? Princess Leia flying in space? Seriously? I agree that Rian Johnson has all the freedom to make a movie in his way. I understand that sometimes it has to be different, we have to be surprised and things have to be disruptive to create something new and exciting. However I know that as a Star Wars I have as well the freedom to make my judgement and for this episode 8 I believe it could have been so much, so much better. I will take a break now from Star Wars hoping that episode 9 will be better.