The Best Star Wars movie ever made

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2020)

Why in my personal opinion, Star Wars: the Last Jedi is my favorite Star Wars movie. Just to be clear, I love Rian Johnson, and what he wanted to do was burn Star Wars to the ground. Not because he hates it, but because he loves it. He loves it so much that he wants to cleanse the garden and allow something fresh and new to grow. The Last Jedi is not concerned about what fans think. It wants to challenge you and make you question what Star Wars is and what it can be. Subverting the tropes of s very predictable franchise, and making it something that stands out, something that people talk about, is so much better than just another Death Star. TROS for me is such a bad misunderstanding of what was supposed to come. This movie laid the groundwork for something completely new, and all J.J. and Chris Terrio could think of, was to have a thousand Death Star super weapons? Really? Rain Johnson should have done Episode IX. But I digress, From its opening scenes, The Last Jedi makes it very clear where it stands - everything you thought this movie was going to be is incorrect. The symbols you hold dear, the symbols that J.J. Abrams held so dear in your stead, are being deliberately stripped of their power. If that shakes you, if that upsets you...well, that's just Rian Johnson preparing you for what's next. Abrams left him with an ellipsis, a "to be continued" that felt like a specific path. And Johnson takes a hard left turn into what he wants to do. It's so great, it's so refreshing after The Force Awakens played it so safe. The irony is that Rian Johnson isn't your typical Star Wars fan, he reads the extended universe material, he watches Red Letter Media, and is known for stripping away the tropes of genres and making them fresh and new. I genuinely don't understand why people hate it, to me it's perfection