I’m trying to shy away from laziness in order to cohesively get my points across. I’ve waited months to do a piece on the Last Jedi and weighed the consequences of my choices by listing why I like the concept of the movie but will move on to stating why I’m confused by its execution. I want to begin with why (in theory) I like the concept of what this new series is trying to achieve. How the Last Jedi assumes that the perception of the first six movies revolved around the philosophy of the duality of things. Because, the truth was, nothing was achieved in dismantling the republic and that the rebellion was this oblique force that had finally dwindled, but somehow persisted with the calloused use of the word, “hope”. The entire plot of the first six Star Wars movies revolved around the idea of possessing hope. The saying being justified by, “May the Force be with you –” strengthening the image of tenacity in despairing situations. Perhaps, the moral placed in...
