Fundamentally Different ...

Rating: 2/10 (2 September 2019)

While production design was okay, do not let Disney fool you - Star Wars is no longer Lucas' fairy tale. It's Disney's cow. The story was choppy, leaving unfulfilled expectations from Force Awakens. Even when some story lines were tied, the result leaves a bad taste in your mouth, as in when Luke is reunited with his iconic light saber. As writer, Rian takes you on his ride (not Lucas') to new worlds, where the Rebellion is hopelessly outmatched. Yet, with very little Jedi training, Rey comes to their rescue, and defeats the odds. While the main title says Star Wars, and a few (very few) parts of the movie looks like Star Wars, it is not...Star Wars. Just like Disney wanted, Rian Johnson is an extreme director. His goal, to have half his audience liking his movies while the other half, despising it, and thus with TLJ, he has succeeded. Star Wars fandom is now split. Could this be Disney's calculating move to make room for their new SW universe? With messages in the movie like, "let the past die...kill it if you have to," and, "The Jedi are over," the writing is on the wall. Ironic: is not Disney in the business of making fairy tales? Or, now in the business of business decisions?