Episode -0 - The Last Star Wars Movie.

Rating: 3/10 (31 March 2018)

OK, this movie wasn't ALL bad. The cinematography is amazing. I enjoyed the scenes with "Luke", mostly, even though I agree with everyone who says it was a huge misuse of the character. Everyone who says it was original is dead wrong. (Rebel base discovered, which leads to a long chase through space, where a scoundrel betrays our heroes, while the young protagonist gets trained by a wise old Jedi culminating in a duel with the Bad Guy who makes a big reveal. Uhg - seriously?) Mark Hamill (Not really Luke.) makes a good, dramatic exit. Easily an hour could have been cut (the absurd side-plot) and I wouldn't have nearly fallen asleep watching this. I am annoyed that Johnson didn't follow the original arc of the story, but I could say the same about Abrams. Did they have a plan for these movies at all?? It sure doesn't seem like it. Lucas may be a terrible director/ writer, but he's an incredible ideas guy - he probably should have been listened to as far as the original story was conceived. The Force Awakens was executed fairly well, but it also had huge problems, so ultimately this trilogy can not be fixed, no matter what they end up doing with IX. (Maybe a scene where Luke wakes up and it was all a bad dream? I'd take that.)