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Review: Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Yes, this might get a lot of flack from the masses who either love or hate this movie, but I figured I would give my two cents anyways, because I wasn't yet reviewing at the time of its release. To quickly put it out there, no I did not love The Last Jedi, but I did like much of it, and, in fact, I think the film has a couple of the best moments in all of Star Wars.  Let's get the negative stuff out of the way first. Similar to most, I am not a fan of the Canto Bight sequence. I felt that it is overly long, detracts from the film's main narrative and momentum and ultimately has no pay off as the whole plan fails. I get that this ending is Rian Johnson imparting the real-world spin into Star Wars, that things don't always go as planned, and sometimes fail, even for the heroes. However, I don't think such a large amount of time needed to be given for this message, as well, that the inclusion of Benicio Del Toro and his characte...