After watching The Last Jedi for the third time, I felt inspired to give a few reasons why this is the best of them all. I defend the movie from some of its criticisms, while possibly going mad in the process of doing so.
Your thoughts don't betray you. There are spoilers ahead.
Show notes:
-How I feel after the third time
-Purists
-Older people getting resentful
-My age and how it relates to Star Wars history
-Hanging on to the past
-Bitterness and resentment does not escape the world of Star Wars
-Why The Last Jedi irked some people
-Being different
-Gray areas
-White men
-Star Wars was never and will never be “ours”
-Attacking Star Wars for the wrong reasons
-What The Last Jedi represents
-Movies and life
-When I don’t like a movie
-If I don’t like a Star Wars movie
-Going on a mad tear
-Defending the Canto Bight sequence
-Why this movie was so good
-The purpose of Canto Bight
-The last scene of the movie
-The failure of heroes
-Rey and Mary Sue
-Minor mistakes with The Force Awakens
-Rey and Luke comparisons
-The de-feminized fan edit and frightened men
-Rey is not a perfect character
-Snoke’s throne room
-Yoda’s message
-Defending the slow speed chase
-The Holdo Manuever
-The Last Jedi compared to The Empire Strikes Back
-Hopes and worries for Episode IX
-Who wants the same things over and over again?
-Rose and Finn
-Poe’s arc
-Arguing Star Wars
-Hating the movie for the wrong reasons
-Hating the movie for the right reasons
-What I’m doing now
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