A piece of art

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2017)

An unpopular opinion, indeed. When I first looked upon this thread, I was honestly shocked by the amount of people who are bashing this movie, claiming it is the worst one of the franchise and that it "killed Star Wars". I believe the sole reason why many hate this installment is that it is different from what we've seen before. Star Wars fans are well-known for their incapability to accept new ideas, or to look past the original three movies. That is why so many enjoyed The Force Awakens, for it was a cheap copy of the original. The Last Jedi, on the other hand, features a whole new approach, which non-fanboy fans will find more than entertaining. The sheer amount of symbolism and recurrent elements in this movie make it much more that a regular Star Wars. The numerous plot twists were among my favorite things about this movie, including the "much-hated" reveal of Rey's identity. Fans are used to this childish mindset that things are supposed to happen a certain way. She uses the Force so powerfully, than she MUST be a Skywalker. She speaks in a British accent, therefore she MUST be a Kenobi (or Palpatine). What they do not realize is that...the Galaxy is huge. Trillions upon trillions of sentient, force-sensitive beings. I, personally, really enjoyed the fact that Rey was shown to be a "nobody", proving therefore that the Force is not tied up to bloodlines, but can be found anywhere in the universe, even in the most unexpected places. This is, actually, the whole point of this movie, along with symbolically suggesting to not keep looking back, but rather forward. The originals exist, were amazing and will always be there. But, it is time for us to move on, and add new, wonderful concepts and ideas never explored before to the Star Wars universe.