Answering some frequently asked questions about The Last Jedi

Answering some frequently asked questions about The Last Jedi

The Last Jedi has been out for a while now, and people have had a chance to digest the film.  Many loved it, some hated it, and some are in-between.  That's what you'd expect with any movie, really, especially one as highly-anticipated as this one. Some criticisms of the film can just be dismissed out [...]

First look at The Last Jedi deleted scene revealed: “That old legend of Luke Skywalker that you hate so much, I believed in it”

First look at The Last Jedi deleted scene revealed: “That old legend of Luke Skywalker that you hate so much, I believed in it”

Yesterday, The Star Wars Show gave us our first look at what is probably the most heavily-anticipated deleted scene from The Last Jedi. If you haven't seen it, we get only a few glimpses of the scene, but it's definitely interesting nonetheless (the new stuff begins at the 3:55 mark): https://twitter.com/starwars/status/956255289191223296 Rian Johnson actually explained [...]

The Last Jedi takes the right approach in answering the question of Rey’s parents

The Last Jedi takes the right approach in answering the question of Rey’s parents

(*** major spoilers for The Last Jedi are ahead ***) The Force Awakens introduced us to many new heroes, but at the forefront was Daisy Ridley's Rey, a lonely scavenger from Jakku who almost by accident got caught up in the wider galactic conflict, and by the end of the film she was wielding the [...]

The Last Jedi review: A terrific story that challenges expectations and changes things for good

The Last Jedi review: A terrific story that challenges expectations and changes things for good

(*** Spoilers ahead ***) In an interview before The Last Jedi premiered, Mark Hamill said that the most important line was one shown in trailers, said by Luke Skywalker: "This is not going to go the way you think." In the movie, he's talking to Rey, but he may as well have been talking to [...]

New The Last Jedi TV spots tease a huge scene, plus other interesting shots

New The Last Jedi TV spots tease a huge scene, plus other interesting shots

We're a week away now from the U.S. release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and I can hardly wait! We've been following all of the TV spots that have been released for the movie, and while many of them are interesting, they're interesting in the way of giving a new shot or a new [...]

New The Last Jedi TV spots show new shots of Rey, Phasma, DJ, and more!

New The Last Jedi TV spots show new shots of Rey, Phasma, DJ, and more!

The countdown is under twenty days until The Last Jedi, and as expected, there have been a lot of TV spots and teasers and similar promotional material being released recently. We've been looking at several of them already, but more keep coming out and giving us a few new shots each time.  So it's a [...]

New Star Wars: The Last Jedi teaser features intriguing new footage: “Resist it Rey!”

New Star Wars: The Last Jedi teaser features intriguing new footage: “Resist it Rey!”

We're only a couple of weeks away from the premiere of The Last Jedi, and the excitement I feel for the movie is impossible to quantify.  I absolutely cannot wait for this film, and I think it's going to be tremendous. The footage we've seen of the movie so far hasn't given away a ton [...]

What we learned from Entertainment Weekly’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi coverage: Rey, Kylo, Leia, Snoke, and more

What we learned from Entertainment Weekly’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi coverage: Rey, Kylo, Leia, Snoke, and more

We're in the home stretch now in the countdown to The Last Jedi! This week, Entertainment Weekly's Anthony Breznican has been releasing a ton of new content related to the movie, including several articles and a number of images.  There's a lot to sort through, so let's take a look at what we've learned from [...]

New Star Wars: The Last Jedi spots feature some exciting new shots: “Kylo failed you. I won’t”

New Star Wars: The Last Jedi spots feature some exciting new shots: “Kylo failed you. I won’t”

We are less than four weeks away from The Last Jedi! That sounds so amazing to say, and it most definitely is!  Two years of waiting comes down to just a few more weeks, and I cannot wait to see this movie!  As expected, the marketing campaign has really ramped up recently for the highly-anticipated [...]