Warning: There are spoilers ahead for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi."
"Star Wars: The Last" is one of the best-reviewed movies in the saga, but you wouldn't know that if you spoke to many fans after seeing the film.
Since the movie's release, the fandom has been vocally divided over the movie on social media and Reddit. People either enjoy the film a lot or seem to downright dislike it.
The disparate Rotten Tomatoes critic and fan scores say everything:
Personally, I really enjoyed the film. Director Rian Johnson's took some risks by inserting concepts and playing with the Force in a way that has never been done in any "Star Wars" movie. I knew exiting "The Last Jedi" there were things in the film which may divide some fans — space Princess Leia for instance— but I certainly didn't imagine it would be to the degree I'm seeing.
That's because the two screenings I've attended — one with press and another opening night — were both met with cheers, claps, and loud applause both throughout and after the film was over. I've been overwhelmed and surprised by the amount of fans let down and downright disappointed.
What are fans taking issue with? There are four main things:
1. Princess Leia flying in space.
Let's just get the biggest one out of the way. A lot of people are upset with the near-death fakeout scene with General Leia Organa. She was blasted out into space, but then miraculously used powers of the Force to wake up and fly like Superman or Peter Pan (take your pick) back to safety.
It felt like Disney toyed with fans emotions and they were not happy one bit about how their beloved princess was treated.
Are we all just going to ignore Leia in space.... #TheLastJedi#StarWars
— Masta Bruce (@Mitch_liburd) December 14, 2017
Leia Poppins in space?
— TLJsucks (@TLJsucks) December 15, 2017
Come on.#thelastjedisucks
To be honest, I don't want to disrespect Carrie Fisher. But, but... that Leia in space scene was incredibly stupid. It was beyond Jar Jar, stupid.
— Ramadhan P. Gilang (@ramadhangp) December 16, 2017
You can read more about Leia's space scene here.
2. The entire casino scene / Finn and Rose subplot
This is the other main point that comes up when people tell me their thoughts on "The Last Jedi."
The entire casino scene where Finn and Rose went on a mission for a codebreaker just felt very unncecessary to many. The addition of a stampede of giant animals wrecking the casino made it play out like a scene straight out of a "Harry Potter" movie.
Must admit though that the rose character and the whole canto bight sequence in particular had heavy prequel feels (not the good bits). Definitely could've done without that coz it brought down the movie
— Darth Vardhan (@shaurye_vardhan) December 16, 2017
I think if they got rid of the entire Canto Bight sequence, and fixed *that* Leia scene, it would've been amazing. As it stands I definitely liked it and i think it moves the story in an interesting direction.
— Jess (@JessTilley) December 16, 2017
Finn and “rose” could have skipped the movie
— Swan (@blackswan_420) December 16, 2017
Finn was tossed to the side and given a useless subplot with Rose who was unlikable from the start and only got tolerable in the end. Finn and Rey were co-leads in TFA. they were introduced as co-leads. Finn isnt a traitor or coward in TFA for doing what Luke has done as well!
— Jade💕 (@jade_tippens) December 16, 2017
Canto Bight appeared to fulfill one giant void in "The Last Jedi." They needed to insert a location that felt like it belonged in "Star Wars." There was no other distinct location in the film where the "Star Wars" creature shop was allowed to show off a number of distinct alien creatures at once in a playful atmosphere.
3. The movie's immediate dismissal of Snoke's identity by killing him off.
It was an absolute surprise to see Snoke killed in "The Last Jedi" at the hands of Kylo Ren.
Only after people initially clapped and cheered for his demise did it start to sink in that they knew absolutely nothing about this mysterious being. That's what bothered fans. We have no idea who this villain was.
But honestly, Snoke's identity never mattered in the grand scheme of things.
I think what people are failing to see here is that Snoke wasn't the payoff here in the same way Emperor Palpatine was in the original trilogy. He was a red herring to the real story. We thought Snoke was the real villain because he turned Kylo Ren to the dark side, but clearly Disney and Lucasfilm have something else in mind.
I think more people are hurt that two years of theorizing just went down the drain.
If you're still upset about Snoke, you can read a little bit more on who he is here.
4. The letdown of an answer given for Rey's heritage.
The answer everyone was waiting for two years finally came, and it was disappointing. According to Kylo Ren, Rey's no one, just some girl who was pawned off by her drunk parents for some money.
That's it.
Now, we're not sure that we're really buying that answer from Ben Solo. The movie spent way too much time centering itself around Rey's identity for the big reveal to be wasted on that, right? Rey is too powerful in the Force to be a "nobody." (We hope.)
You can read more about who Rey could be here and follow along with our "Star Wars" coverage here.
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