Let's be honest

Rating: 9/10 (18 December 2017)

Okay, I am fundamentally fed up with the hurt feelings of so called "fans" whose whining is even less bearable than Anakin complaining about live being unfair. Everytime a new Star Wars movie comes out, there come the complainers because first there was Jar Jar ("GL just ruined my childhood"), then there was VII which was a remake of IV and not original enough and now comes a movie that dares to be different and goes another way and again I hear/read the whining: "it is not the Star Wars of my childhood." Guess what, it is not. If you want that, stay at home and watch you old VHS tapes where Han shoots first and don't bore me with your insufferable complaining.
The Last Jedi is fun. It's daring, it's visual stunning, it's got a lot of twists. The story takes on a new direction, all characters have their own story arcs, especially Rey, Luke and Poe have great character developments.
There are certainly parts that rhyme with what happened before but everytime you think, this is familiar, the movie goes off in a different direction. It plays with the grey areas between the light and the dark.
The only complain I can utter is the set up with the notion that the Republic is destroyed because Starkiller Base basically fired once, but that problem was created in The Force Awakens. Other than that, The Last Jedi is a great addition to the Star Wars sage: epic, entertaining, fun, emotional and exciting.