Johnson uses that length to his advantage, introducing us to new characters and planets without giving them short shrift.
In recent days, this film has made at least a couple of headlines for being the longest film yet in the Star Wars franchise, clocking in at over 150 minutes. The rest is worth discovering for yourself.Īnd there is a lot more going on here, much to the credit of writer/director Rian Johnson. Elsewhere, Finn ( John Boyega), Poe Dameron ( Oscar Isaac), General Leia Organa (the late Carrie Fisher), and the rest of the Resistance attempts to ward off the ever-encroaching First Order despite their dwindling numbers. As the closing moments of The Force Awakens suggested, the orphaned young scavenger Rey ( Daisy Ridley) begins here by reaching out to the reclusive Luke Skywalker ( Mark Hamill) on the mysterious island where he's lived in solitude for years. The Last Jedi, amazingly, moves above and beyond its predecessor, just like The Empire Strikes Back did decades ago.įor your sake, and not just to placate the Disney/Lucasfilm empire, it's best to know as little as possible going into The Last Jedi. How can any new Star Wars movie hope to measure up to such a pinnacle? The answer arriving this weekend presents a self-aware mirror image of the 1980 film, and pushes its familiar characters further than ever before. The 1980 film has long been held up as the high watermark of sequels, let alone the peak of the Skywalker saga.
Abrams' rousing and wildly successful 2015 revival of the Star Wars franchise, The Force Awakens, it also has The Empire Strikes Back looming over its head. The 2017 film is not only the highly anticipated follow-up to J.J. Star Wars: The Last Jedi has a large burden on its shoulders.
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