My next video will be on something else, I swear. Just really felt the need to make this video! Hope you enjoy!

"when Rey learns she's the daughter of no one" simpler happier times....

Regardless of what you think of this movie or the others, I think the one thing we can all agree on is that this trilogy would have better overall if it was executed by one person with one vision for all three movies.

Damn. I somehow never twigged that it was a sunrise rather than a sunset. That makes the call-back even better.

I came for the articulate conversation, but I subbed for the seamless Skill Share transition.

shit man, when you said "a new hope" it gave me chills

This is some serious next level analysis. You are rapidly becoming my favorite video essayist. I truly think that we will be talking about and analyzing the Last Jedi for years and years, perhaps way more than any other Star Wars movie, and I'm glad so many great writers have stepped up to provide a foundation for the conversation.

"He overcomes the only force in the galaxy he hasn't conquered... Himself." Quality Star Wars pun.

Also, during Luke's death, he's overseeing an ocean, a place filled to the brim with life, in contrast to the barren desert of Episode IV

Ben: You need a teacher! I can show you the ways of the force! Rey: You don’t need to, I’m taking a class for it on Skillshare.

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I thoroughly enjoyed the movie when I watched it in cinemas, but couldn't put my finger on as to why. This video essay encapsulates what I could feel, but just couldn't say. Beautiful assessment, brother.

Hmm...I honestly feel like I gained a new perspective on the last Jedi.

i don't love The Last Jedi, and I don't hate it, but since my opinion on the Internet isn't extreme, apparently, it doesn't matter

I have not seen the movie and honestly from what I have read and seen I am reluctant to. It goes back to how Han died, how he was a failure as a parent, husband, comrade. He abandoned everyone and ran off, backsliding to the life of a criminal because it was easier than facing his responsibilities. What I saw as character growth in the first Star Wars film, placing the lives of others ahead of his own self interest, was undone. Likewise we saw Leia as a failure since the First Order rose and she was unable either as a politician or political leader to take steps to prevent its rise or to form an adequate defense against them. Finally Luke was a failure as a teacher, a mentor, and rather than try to set things right he stole away to some remote planet to sulk. This is not like what Yoda or Obi Wan did, with the first being too old to fight and the latter actually serving a purpose, protecting Luke. My heroes were turned into pathetic screw ups and that is something I just did not want to see. Why should I give my money to Disney so they can show me how pathetic my protagonists, my childhood heroes, had become? Screw Disney, man. I don't need that sort of Star Wars in my life.

This interpretation hit me deep.. like I finally made sense of what I felt during the movie. Thank you!

Ain't it ironic that people don't agree with your "Why we can't agree.." video.

For a channel that once spent a whole video lamenting the over-reliance of bathos in Marvel movies, it's odd to me that you weren't bothered by its omnipresence in this movie

I believe you're making an (albeit honourable) mistake in trying to figure out the mentality of those who disliked this movie: generalising the audience in the dislike camp as 'fans' who have rigid and irrational requirements reads like you can't accept that a rational person could dislike the film. As someone who liked the first two (original) films but none of the others, and who is most definitely not a fan, I can tell you that I dislike this movie for its uninteresting plot, its painfully bad humour, its incoherent tone (tragic one second / jokey the next), its almost laughably bad ship design (ships that move at a snails pace to drop bombs in a universe where there's such a thing as light speed), it's incoherent side plot featuring Finn, its pointless halting of the main plot, which leaves us with nothing to look forward to in the next film, it's ultimate predictability (Luke dies! What a surprise!), its uninspired soundtrack, its abysmal ending, its poor opening, the non-story with Luke, the pointless story with that Pink haired lady who deliberately acts incompetent - raising the suspicions of her colleagues - for no good reason. The dialog was bad. The CGI was over the top. They killed the main bad guy without giving us a reason to be afraid of him. Characters do things for reasons that don't make motivational sense. The list goes on. It was a pain to watch.

Proust : "There are no books, only readers."

"We need to move beyond good and bad" *shows footage of beyond good and evil 2* Very clever my good man

I loved this especially your interpretation of Luke’s death. As a life long Star Wars fan I hated this movie the first time I saw it. But after thinking about it for a long time I went to see it again with a more clear perspective and let go of my own expectations of what I felt or wish this story should be and just watched it for what it is. Since then I have come around to loving it more and more with each new viewing

I remember when I saw this in theaters and when he went out to fight the First Order I thought they had jump the shark and the film had because straight up fan service and it started to kill me a little. The revelation that he was projecting himself across the universe in a feat of force power never seen on screen before was really was made this whole film one of my favorite Star Wars movies.

Where's the interpretive community that's "I'm fine with them throwing away the heroic escapism part of Star Wars to focus on more real-world themes of failure, but I'm not OK with how they went about it? And also, Canto Bight kinda sucks?" Cause that's basically where I am. I'm glad they swung high, but IMO they struck out on the scene-to-scene level. Almost all the "for" or "against" comments I see with this film focus on the big picture stuff, but that's not why I have an overall negative opinion of the film. I also must say, I don't think I've seen anyone criticize Luke's death at all. That's usually one of the more uncontested good moments from this film, and I agree.

There is an objective element of a franchise movie being part of a preexisting universe. Rian Johnson objectively failed to make a movie that fits in with the rest of the movies. His incompetence even destroyed the finale to the saga because all the plotlines were scrubbed and JJ had nothing to do but make a video game movie.

I think Wisecrack had the best take on this movie. They tried subverting the Star Wars tropes, but still relied on them for catharsis. Luke tells Rey she shouldn't expect him to face the First Order alone with a lightsaber, but that's exactly what he pretended to do. He burned the tree with the Jedi books, but only after Rey took them. Finn can't sacrifice himself, but that admiral does. It's almost like the director was too afraid. He wanted to destroy the cake but still save it for later, just in case the next director is hungry.

I adore Luke’s storyline in The Last Jedi. What person doesn’t have to face some hard truths as they age. And although most people don’t have to face a failure on the level of Luke’s, we all face struggles. Of course the point of an epic fantasy is to show the challenges faced in an epic manner. And the fact that he overcomes his self-doubt, or how ever you want to describe what he is going through, is beautiful. He saves what is left of the Rebellion, faces Kylo in a way that avoids real violence and leaves the galaxy a new hope, dying with peace and purpose, as Rey states. BTW, I realize that many people share the complaint of Rey’s Force abilities. This is something that I wish this movie and The Force Awakens made clearer. The novelizations spell out that the connection forged by Kylo and Rey in her interrogation have allowed them to share memories, fears and skills. The novelization spells out that Rey feels like doors have been opened in her mind that allow her to access some of Kylo’s training. I hope they clear this up in The Rise of Skywalker, but I doubt it. One clever way that they represented this fact visually in The Last Jedi is through the lightsaber training Rey does on Ahch-To. If you watch the sequence of moves that she makes you will find that they are a mirror of the same moves, in the same order, that Kylo makes when facing Luke.

great video! i love how you explain your points so well

What a great video! Thanks for sharing your insights with us.

My problem with Last Jedi is that it is not a story that happens after the original trilogy, but a story that REWRITES the conclusion of the original trilogy. Leia is a strong force user and Luke's approach to problems made a 180 degree turnaround without any explanation. How can a person that runs from the world, because is afraid of child's potential be the man that had unwavering faith in his father - a serial killer to do the right thing and end the rule of a tyrant?

This surprises me, because of the focus on the Jedi story. I love the Jedi arc in TLJ. My problem with the movie is purely the Resistance story. It's fine for heroes to fail. It's necessary for the situation to appear hopeless, so the heroes' victory feels meaningful and inspirational. TLJ missed this: between Poe, Holdo, and I guess the fortunes of war, they fail so hard that the Resistance is over. They have no ships, no pilots, no soldiers, and no leaders. All the senior figures who could have rallied a new Resistance force are dead, and the complete lack of response to their distress call all but explicitly tells us that even if there were, there is no one left to rally. Everyone else has already given up. While Luke and Rey's arcs (to me) come to a satisfactory conclusion, the Resistance arc is completely different. They failed. They lost - and nothing here gives us any hope for redemption. It's fine to tell a story about flawed heroes who struggle to overcome their flaws and become great. It's not OK to tell a story about how they fail, and those flaws simply hopelessly doom them and everyone around them. At least, not in Star Wars. If TLJ had committed to being a tragedy, then sure, it could have been great - but being a tragedy that pulls its punches makes it feel half like Star Wars and half something very confusing where the heroes never win and didn't deserve to.

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The problems I have with The Last Jedi are actually symptomatic problems I have of The Force Awakens. TFA set up Rey and Finn as duo protagonists, sharing equal importance to the narratives forward progression. Rey is revealed to be force sensitive, and Finn holds onto and uses the blue lightsaber during this movie. The final battle, where they work together to fight Kylo Ren, embodies this idea of their shared importance to the new trilogy. As a viewer, the assumption would be that moving into the next movie, the two would continue sharing this narrative importance. After seeing The Last Jedi, most would admit that Finn being there didn't really add anything, which is a little weird since he felt so important in the prior movie. My personal take away from these two movies is that Finn narrative roll in the first was something a bit more tactical on the pre-production end. I believe his character was only written to be there, to soften the blow to more sexist audiences, when it is revealed that Rey was going to be the Heroin/Jedi of this series.

That intro into Reader Response Theory is really enlightening. It helps me put a lot of the critiques and reviews I've read into perspective, including my own. I feel like it holds quite a bit of merit in real life, and it would probably help a lot of writers to keep it in mind when they are creating something, especially when writing sequels or remakes or stuff like that.

This is an awesome video (like always). Made me think about the movie again, an especially about the discussions I had about it.

Very interesting video man, makes a lot of sense to me. There is so much meaning in what happens with Luke and you found something similar yet different to me. Great video I have subbed!

Great analysis there at the end. I, for one, loved The Last Jedi for the exact reason you pointed out there about Luke and his story. I think another problem that people have about the movie, even if they like liked it, is the poor development of the current trilogy's story arc. TLJ does a poor job of connecting with TFA and the original trilogy. TLJ basically serves as a second restart for Star Wars, when at this point we should be in the middle of resolving the trilogy.

Oh so I’m not crazy! I’m just part of a different interpretive community that actually liked TLJ. Also, you’re analysis of Luke’s final heroic act was brilliant. Keep up the good work!

I just discovered your channel and can't get enough. Well done!

Love your videos! As an aspiring author, they have given me so much inspiration and information. Thanks! Subscribed!

Damn that segway to the sponsor tho

I think this video shows why critics and audiences can often be so divided. Most critics share the same way of interpretation because it's their job to review and critique all sorts of movies. Fans, however, see fewer films and have different standards and expectations.

Loved this. Cracking out that old theory book, which I need to do more often. I really appreciated the part about Luke that you included. Opened my eyes.

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I think the beautiful cinematography and good acting initially hides the massive flaws of TLJ hiding underneath. It feels like Rian was going for a postmodernist deconstruction of the hero's journey/grand narrative instead of telling a hero's journey. I don't think the rift this film has created will be healed with time, it's too deep.

If I had a dollar for everytime someone told me that The Last Jedi is "objectively" bad, I'd have enough money to remake The Last Jedi. But who would want to remake an entire movie? That's just silly!

Brilliant! Thank you so much! I love your videos. I feel like I learn so much just from watching them.

Amazing analysis. Thanks so much for teaching us this lot about this wonderful art

"This movie screwed up the core fantasy of Star Wars" is what many Star Wars fans hated about the movie, but "This movie subverted/deconstructed many stale Star Wars tropes" is what I and many others loved about it. Each camp has other things they liked or disliked about the film (even if they mostly disliked/liked it), but this core difference in vision is what caused the rift between self-proclaimed "true fans" and TLJ fans (and, presumably, the film's writers).

Awesome vid as per usual!! Noticed some people are upset that you did another video on Star Wars: The Last Jedi. No complaints from me. When I was going through the criminal justice program, we spent almost an entire semester studying the O.J. Simpson trial. When it’s something that is so big and controversial, sometimes you need to slice down the movie/trial and say “Okay, for the next two weeks we’re going to be looking at the prosecution team and figure out what went wrong.” Or “This week we’re going to be looking at the police’s involvement in the case, evidence gathering, media presence, etc etc.” Same with the movie. Whether you hated or loved the movie, I think there’s a lot more to cover, and so that’s why there will (and should) be several videos about it. Just my $0.02

This is a very interesting discussion! Thanks for this!

Tbh this trilogy would’ve been much better if Johnson had done the whole thing. The biggest problem with the last Jedi is how jarring it is. Perhaps if Johnson had control over 7 then it would’ve worked better

I've always loved the Last Jedi, but your interpretation on Luke's death made me appreciate the movie even more.

“A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.” Luke’s final stand perfectly embodies this view of the Jedi, and was much more satisfying and creative for me than chopping up a mountain of Stormtroopers could ever have been.

I enjoy your vids, this one was great, keep up the good work!

“Sometimes you have to saves the ones you love” 😂

Personally: I didn’t love the last Jedi; but I enjoyed it.

I'm subscribing to this channel just because of that final segue.

The way you inserted that ad at the end was smooth lol

Thank you for articulating for me what I felt but couldn't fully explain.

The problem with the Last Jedi is that it went for a radical (in your face ) departure of the original/established themes, only to have in the end, go right back to status quo. It felt like the studio jumped in and pulled it back. It basically, rode down the middle opposing lanes of a highway and got hit both ways. Pick a lane. Before we point at the audience, it should mention that the studio and the very films themselves have laid a rigid structure of the of this unwavering narrative norms in the zeighist. So, I for one have a problem when the studio, chastise the fan base, only to go right back to ingrain the same painful structure in the next generation. For an example of this, see Solo.

Thank you for making this video and voicing the opinion of so many!

What a great video ,Just Write, I've loved your videos recently and im totally subscribed!

It's great how interesting these breakdowns sound and really help improve the overall perception of the film - but definitely from the filmmakers it had to be conveyea d in a more refined manner. That New Hope parallel is a great catch and I think its also a good area to discuss for relatability. The scene from A New Hope was what establishes the audience's connection with Luke, as you mentioned. It is about despair and a sense of feeling trapped and shackled - longing for a sense of freedom. This is an emotion which a child or a young adult would highly relate to especially someone living at home with their parents. As you described the fantasy of Star Wars, this is the moment which puts the audience in that position as sharing Luke's perspective. From here on out as Luke goes out on his adventure - making friends, training under masters, saving his friends and finally confronting his father/antagonist - The audience feels connected and emotionally invested in his progress and growth. The scene in the Last Jedi is something which the video above did a GREAT job explaining the completion of Luke's arc. However, I think the reason why it was criticized - not only for Luke's death- but also the context. The completion feels much more satisfying to the person who actually saw the scene from the original but now again this person is in Luke's shoes and the fading away , I think, serves to some extent to bring on a sense of mortality or irrelevance. Yes their is redemption, in a way. In my thinking, there are three routes which would have prompted a more positive response from the audience - (1) Redemption - Yes Luke comes out and is here to face Kylo and the First Order all by himself - audience gasping in surprise and smiles start to crack on people's face. This is what they were waiting for - The hero is back after all his failures and guilt. Yes he walked out from the darkness- but I would say the apparition would have been fine - had he not faded away. Even a cut to that ending scene would suffice - he doesn't need to fight the battles all the time anymore but he is made his journey back and has overcome his darkneep ss. The following films could use him or do away with him but as a character - and the viewers that put themselves in his shoes when they saw A New Hope - they are redeemed or atleast can aspire to redeem themselves without it leading straight to mortality. (2) Passing the torch. Lets say we keep all other plot points intact but add in just one extra scene between Luke and Rey - perhaps, even before he fades. Just either appearing to her or exchanging a glance. There would be multiple ways to execute this but this sentiment would also add a level of closure to the character. The audience can now let Luke's story wrap up as their own personal resonance continues with Rey. Of course, we all know that Rey is this generation's Luke right down to the clothes , the backstory, and the Jedi mantle. However, I still think a scene like that would be powerful and would be a better accepted end for the character. (3) Going out in a blaze of glory - as mentioned in the video! Of course, this takes the level of complexity out but just as the Darth Vader scene at the end of Rogue One got audiences sitting up in their seats - actually letting Luke physically complete the battle would added a highly emotional response from the audiences. If we don't want to show Luke losing - you can opt for an Obi Wan Kenobi type self-sacrificial hit once the Rebels were safe. It would become a not so subtle callback I agree - but then again he would be going out as one of his mentors had and would suit the narrative of tradition and how Rey will continue the Jedi ways. Just a few thoughts on this whole thing.

Im enjoying the blowback in the comments. There seems to be a large contingent of fan critics who think that because their own expectations and personal context gets intonthe mix with their critical analysis that... Theyre less right. Because i see a lot of anti-TLJ criticism usually couched in being "objective". And that this video completely undercuts that concept to remind people.. No. You cant be objective. No one can. Who you are shapes a lot of your opinions. Regardless Cue the angry responses. Again, its fascinating.

I got chills when you sad "A new hope" Т_т

Your ad transitions are just tooo smooth, man.

Thanks for this video. It completely sums my feelings about Luke in the movie.

Interesting how reader-response theory is manifest in the very comments of this video. It seems like some commenters watched a totally different video than I did. My own opinion: your retelling of Luke's arc is more poetic and relatable than how it's presented in TLJ. I didn't feel a connection to Luke in the theater, but I did here.

"The highest, as the lowest, form of criticism is a mode of autobiography." - Oscar Wilde

The movie was really about finding one's true path by reversing course. Rey wanted find her past but realized she must embrace her destiny and in doing so had to pick a path. Finn wanted to run away from the war and realized he had to fight against tyranny. Poe wanted to fight against all odds and had to learn humility, to trust authority, and use brains over brawn. Luke was disgruntled and even acted indignant when he asked Rey if he should take on the entire first order with a lightsaber and then he did just that when he realized that there are things to fight for. There was so much character development in the story. Rey, Poe, and Finn were just props in The Force Awakens but became multidimensional characters with story arcs in The Last Jedi.

What I appreciate about this movie is that, 9 was not good, so if I stopped at eight. They tied up many things with a nice bow, while still leaving things open for how you would like the saga to end.

"Luke gives the rebellion, and us, what he has always promised to provide....... A New Hope" INSTANT TEARS

You should do an episode on Sherlock.

I didn't get a lot out of the film, but your Skillshare spot at the end was, shall we say... diegetic?

The movie was branded as "Star Wars" and marketed as a sequel to The Force Awakens. Fans are not unreasonable to expect a degree of consistency with material released over the past 40+ years and continuity with its trilogy predecessor.

Your look into the death of Luke made me tear up man. Great essay.

Interesting experiment and I appreciate you taking the time to make this. Your description of the fan criteria isn’t congruent with mine. Empire is most broadly considered the best Star Wars movie and it’s very dark, as a middle chapter of any Campbellian myth should be. I’ve used the term “disrespects the franchise“, but what I mean by that, is that Rian Johnson made a standalone Star Wars film. Regardless of how you feel about it, he goes on the record to say this. He doesn’t respect his place as a middle part of a three episode arc that belongs to an even larger nine episode ARC. The biggest hurdle for Rise of Skywalker is that we have set up movie in Ep. 7, then set up movie in Ep. 8 , and now the creatives are meant to bring it all home in Ep. 9.

I have used the phrase "disrespecting the franchise" in different word. Not for the reasons he pointed out. But for taking the rules star wars had in place and throwing them out. In order to safely jump into hyperspace without ending up in the center of a planet you need to plot a course. And you brought up in one of these videos that Holdo not letting Poe know the plan was fine but isn't it a leaders responsibility to come up with a plan and communicate it with everyone else. According to Poe she doesn't have a plan, they are running out of fuel, and everyone he cares about is going to die unless he does something.

Great presentation man. Will def be back for more.

Just Write, the theory that the audience expectation influences their satisfaction is valid, obvious, and kinda the point of the backlash against TLJ. Think of it another way. You go into a restaurant and you order the breaded chicken. This is chicken you have ordered many times before and enjoyed. You've tried it many different times and even tried it by different chefs. One chef served it spicy with hot sauce, another served it traditional homestyle flavor, another served it as a sandwich with spinach and bacon, and every version you tried of the breaded chicken was a great tasting experience. Now they have a new chef who tells you he has created the very best version of your breaded chicken, ever. You order it, expecting, whatever you get to at least contain breaded chicken, but you get get served instead, a beef pot pie. Now, this is a wonderful, aromatic and well made beef pot pie, but you don't, and never have liked beef pot pies. In fact, there is a popular beef pot pie restaurant down the street, that you never go to, because you do not like beef pot pies. They are just not to your taste, no matter how well made. Would you not complain that what you ordered and expected was not delivered? Would you not be confused by all the people telling you how wonderful the beef pie is, when your very complaint is that it IS NOT breaded chicken? You don't care how good a beef pie it is. You don't like beef pies. Worse, the restaurant goes on to attack the customers, screaming about how you HATE beef, and all things beef. Of course you don't hate all things beef, you just don't like it in a pie, and it doesn't even matter because you ordered the chicken. It is bizzare in the extreme. TLJ is a beef pot pie, that wasn't even cooked that well. It certainly looks good on the plate. How it looks seems to be all the people who like it can talk about, not the substance of how it was made, or even the flavor. The star wars franchise is the breaded chicken we expected. We were ready for variations, surprises, new spins on the old recipe, new side dishes, and new ways of presenting it, but goddammit, we still expected it to at least be breaded chicken, like we have enjoyed for years and come back to time and time again over the last 40 years. The Last Jedi, I am sure is a great feast for your eyes. You can analyse each frame of each shot, and its composition, but you cannot defend the fact that it is full of plot holes, doesn't hold up to the franchise it is supposed to be a part of, doesn't even make sense as a part of the rest of the franchise. Why did Luke make a map to find him if the Galaxy had need in TFA, for him to claim he didn't want to be found in TLJ? Makes no sense. That is just one plot hole of HUNDREDS. You cannot justify Canto Bight, or that nowhere storyline. Nothing other than how beautifully the movie looks and sounds can truly be defended. Yes, if this movie was NOT a part of a franchise, and not supposed to be a seamless part of a 9 part story, I probably could have enjoyed it more as something separate, and its own thing. But that is NOT what we were sold, not what we expected, and NOT something we will be coming back for. If you enjoy TLJ, that is fine, enjoy it. There are good points in it. Hell, I like a lot of terrible movies that everyone else hates. But, don't try to tell us our hatred and dislike of it isn't valid because our expectations were off. Our expectations were not the issue. What we were delivered WAS.

I'm not saying there isn't _any_ subjectivity in disliking The Last Jedi, but there's a lot of more objective features of good writing that are violated here; e.g. failing the Little Kid Test, and characters acting more like plot contrivances than real people. One of the biggest complaints is that Luke Skywalker was behaving completely out of character for sake of the plot, which is generally bad writing. Look at this way: if the next Harry Potter film had Harry sell his friends and family for drinking money with no explanation for why he's acting so against what defined his character, this wouldn't be taken very well. Holdo told nobody the plan, which didn't make any sense. I know in one earlier video the explanation is that Holdo thought Poe was reckless. Reckless in what way? Reckless like Poe creating a mutiny against Holdo because they all seemed doomed because Holdo didn't tell Poe what the plan was? Holdo believing Poe to be reckless is a reason _for_ telling Poe the plan, not a reason against it (as the movie proved). For why The Last Jedi is objectively bad: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nN-Kp9ydqdeWiqs.html (I don't agree with everything he says, but a lot of it seems right to me.)

Your interpertation of Luke in the Last Jedi gave me chills. My only big problem with the movie is Rey not joining Ben. The whole movie was building up to that point just to dissapoint us with pressing the reboot button.

This is dope. Thanks for this video!

That ending about "new hope" was beautiful, mygod I love this channel

Hey, I have that theory textbook. Bloody tome of a thing.

Oh my god stoooooop I'm getting goosebumps. Thank you so much for your videos!

This is one of the best videos on The Last Jedi I have watched. Bravo.

*uses skillshare* *becomes a jedi* *Force ghosts across space* *dies*

Hi man, just finished watching this video. I really scratched my head on your point. You said you're not trying to tell us what to like about what's good writing, yet you said you want to help us to understand. It feels contradictory. Also, if you look at most of the reviews, yes you can each individual has their own standard on what is good writing. But Star Wars is a science fiction story, once it established its own mythos as worldbuilding, they can't bullshit their way out their own mythos rules especially how many times The Last Jedi broke it''s own mythos rules in some scenes. Or should I say, speculative fictions tends to have worldbuilding as it's way of telling it's story. Once they set their own worldbuilding (mythos) rules, they can't bullshit their way for convenient writing.

I think what the film was going for was an end to the jedi order, building on that established in the prequels that the jedi are over, and episode 9 would have been about accepting that and Rey realizing that there really isnt a dark side or light side, just the force. But JJ Abrams did not see that glaring message.

AMAZING video. Thanks for doing it!

I really liked the Last Jedi after the first viewing and was disapointed upon learning that everyone around consider it like REALLY bad Star Wars. Thanks to both your videos on the subject, I like it even more, especially after your explanation on Luke's "rebirth" or the metaphor on overcoming depression. Thank you! :) Love your work!

Dammit I almost cried when you explained the imagery at play during Luke's death.

I'm watching this way late and that ad at the end caught me WAY off guard

The main conflict I have with the LAST JEDI is that the great moments are REALLY GREAT but the bad moments are like REALLY REALLY BAD

The overuse of subversion in tlj doesnt serve the story: it is an intentional attempt to tool with the audience. I think this has been accurately described as arrogant and self-serving. There are also enormous pacing issues and the tone is wildly inconsistent throughout. This film is a beautifully shot mess.

As a non-fan of Star Wars who watched The Last Jedi simply because I wanted to see what all the controversy was about, I think dismissing people's complaints as simply "disrespecting the franchise" is a bit off point. As a person who holds little love for the Star Wars franchise I thought TLJ was fascinating, and I respected what it was trying to do and say, but it is a mess. It's way too long, many of the characters are utterly pointless and should've been cut, the Finn subplot could've probably been dropped entirely to hand more focus to the actual interesting part aka the Rey-Kylo-Luke conflict, and many of the decisions made by the characters in the story are simply baffling. It's a story with some amazing ideas and characters that face plants on execution. TLJ did do something the Force Awaken did not though, it has me looking forward to the next part of Star Wars, simply because I want to see what the hell they do with the story from here.

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great video. I feel like I learned a lot, thanks.