‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Embraces the Magic and Mystery. Read Our Review.
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Embraces the Magic and Mystery. Read Our Review.
That’s about all you need to know to follow this movie, which charts the franchise’s future while continuing to pass the baton from its first holy trinity — Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford
and Mark Hamill — to a new trio, introduced in “The Force Awakens.” Mr. Ford’s character, Han Solo, exited the series in that movie.
Mr. Johnson has picked up the baton — notably the myth of a female Jedi —
that was handed to Mr. Abrams when he signed on to revive the series with “The Force Awakens.” Mr. Johnson doesn’t have to make the important introductions; for the most part, the principals were in place, as was an overarching mythology that during some arid periods has seemed more sustained by fan faith than anything else.
Having joined together in “The Force Awakens,” the story’s latest dream team — Rey (Daisy Ridley), a scavenger turned warrior; Finn (John Boyega), a First Order deserter turned resister;
and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac), a Resistance fighter pilot — now often spends time apart.
The writer-director of “The Last Jedi,” Rian Johnson, frontloads the critical
back story intel — who’s fighting who and the like — in the opening crawl.
Like “The Force Awakens,” “The Last Jedi” engages with the first “Star Wars” movie less as a fetish than as a necessary point of departure.
That’s about all you need to know to follow this movie, which charts the franchise’s future while continuing to pass the baton from its first holy trinity — Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford
and Mark Hamill — to a new trio, introduced in “The Force Awakens.” Mr. Ford’s character, Han Solo, exited the series in that movie.
Mr. Johnson has picked up the baton — notably the myth of a female Jedi —
that was handed to Mr. Abrams when he signed on to revive the series with “The Force Awakens.” Mr. Johnson doesn’t have to make the important introductions; for the most part, the principals were in place, as was an overarching mythology that during some arid periods has seemed more sustained by fan faith than anything else.
Having joined together in “The Force Awakens,” the story’s latest dream team — Rey (Daisy Ridley), a scavenger turned warrior; Finn (John Boyega), a First Order deserter turned resister;
and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac), a Resistance fighter pilot — now often spends time apart.
The writer-director of “The Last Jedi,” Rian Johnson, frontloads the critical
back story intel — who’s fighting who and the like — in the opening crawl.
Like “The Force Awakens,” “The Last Jedi” engages with the first “Star Wars” movie less as a fetish than as a necessary point of departure.