Not the nostalgia-fest that audiences had hoped for.

Rating: 9/10 (28 December 2017)

People are very angry at The Last Jedi because it was different.
"The Force Awakens" was "A New Hope" with different characters. This movie was not "The Empire Strikes Back," and it doesnt try to be. Instead, it opts to tell a story unlike anything Star Wars had seen before - about the balance of good and evil, and what each represents. Luke represents the balance - a bitter man tormented by his mistakes. Rey and Ben are the ends of the spectrum, and each represent it beautifully - their performances are phenomenal.
Instead of connecting Rey to previous characters, they made her someone different, which is for the best - who's Obi-Wan related to? Or Yoda? They don't get explanations because they don't need them, and Rey is the same way.
The story was very moving, and very human - too bad audiences couldn't see that.