Underrated and misunderstood in every sense.

Rating: 8/10 (9 December 2018)

From the very beginning Director Johnson warns us: we get the usual opening, the usual Star Wars battle, and then it comes the first subtle but radical twist in the movie: Luke Skywalker's reaction when receiving his father's lightsaber. This film took a big risk and I think it got away with it: it tried to keep some things from the saga and broke up with a significant line of the saga's plot. But not by mistake, or misinterpretation; the film challenges viewers to take everything to a whole new level. And this is the main virtue of the movie. That's why it gets an 8.
So, for those who have not seeing it yet, I just want to warn you all: stop asking yourselves who Snoke is or where he comes from; stop thinking this movie will answer every question on Ray's origins or Skywalker's isolation. That's why this movie is so badly reviewed by some fans. But, as a film, The Last Jedi has everything: action, emotion, deception, some nice jokes, major twists in the plot and a monumental closing that puts Luke Skywalker in a place never seen or expected before.
There are some flaws too: to my taste the first battle is too long and the resurrection of Leia Organa is unnecessary as it does not give anything new to the movie. But overall The Last Jedi is a pretty good film. The trailer warns us when Kylo Ren says "Let the past die"; or when Luke Skywalker says: "This is not going to go the way you think". But that does not mean that the film went the wrong way or that the Saga is dead. On the contrary: there is a brand new set of things ahead of us in Star Wars.