#Episode VIII

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

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Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII - THE LAST JEDI (2017)

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Adam Driver as Kylo Ren in STAR WARS EPISODE VIII: THE LAST JEDI

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I was thinking the other day about last words a movie character utters before their death, particularly in the Star Wars films, and it sent me on the following rambling train of thought. I hate cliche last words, and overall the first two trilogies do pretty well at avoiding them (I guess the sequel trilogy as well? I don't know the lines there as well, but I approve of Luke going out with "See you around, kid") with the stark exception of Shmi's last line being a drawn-out "I love you".

But two of my favorites are the ones from Episode VI: Yoda letting out his last breath on the enigmatic "There is another Skywalker" and then Anakin's final utterance being, of all things, "Tell your sister you were right". And I only recently appreciated the connection that both lines are referring specifically to Leia, and that there is even a similar gist to them: they can both be interpreted as implicit exhortations for Luke to bring Leia along with him into the Jedi arts.

And the interesting thing is that this winds up having little relevance in the movie (which in turn ends the original trilogy and even the six-part tragedy of Anakin Skywalker), because there's no time to get Leia into training as a Jedi or even to properly explore her relationship to the Force beyond being able to sense things and communicate with Luke over long distances. (I suppose that the early 80's was a more sexist time anyway: women were more likely to be recognized for their ability to communicate, intuit, and be sensitive rather than any capacity to duel with a lightsaber, do superhuman acrobatics, perform telekinesis, or acquire deep religious wisdom. So that didn't exactly help either.)

But what makes this much worse is that this was one of the few enticing threads left dangling by the first six movies that was just begging to be followed up on in a sequel trilogy, some of the only low-hanging fruit for sequels (which otherwise seemed to have mostly superfluous motives), at least to my view, and yet... the sequel trilogy just threw this opportunity away. Leia's a war general and can sense Luke at one point and did that much-derided Mary Poppins thing that one time. But I wanted to see her channeling ancient Jedi wisdom and wielding a lightsaber and making things move through the air. One of the only things I'll ever give J. J. Abrams or the disaster known as The Rise of Skywalker any credit for is that Abrams did briefly insert an explanation there as to why we don't see Leia performing as a Jedi: she was training soon after Episode VI and then quit after receiving a prophecy. But it comes across as an afterthought shoehorned in to address questions/criticism from fans (Abrams wrote the first in that trilogy as well but didn't seem to have considered such an arc for Leia then), and I would rather it hadn't been necessary in the first place.

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Somebody please help me find the video that’s like Jedi Knight Jedi academy or something and goes “ugh that was a tough battle. Huh? Boba Fett?” “No, I’m his son, Silas Fett, and you know what both him and jango had that they never told anyone about? These babies!” It was titled something like “Star Wars Episode VIII” but you can probably guess why searching that doesn’t turn it up anymore.

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Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017). This film's theme of keeping one’s moral and mystical convictions despite loss of faith in the religion itself resonates very deeply with me. I'll have to expand on that another time. Nice to see character development in this installment. Adventure, humor, melodrama, numinous themes—this is good Star Wars! And of course she used the force to fly through space, she’s Carrie Fuck You Fisher! Love this movie.

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https://www.rorykurtz.com/the-last-jedi/

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

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kylo bombarding luke with that single-celled obsessive energy while luke is force-projecting himself there across the galaxy and purposefully tormenting him with his very presence are the two sides of the Skywalker Coin

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STAR WARS EPISODE VIII: THE LAST JEDI CAME OUT 6 YEARS AGO!

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slightly disturbing thala-siren canned milk ad (inspired by an old jello ad) for the Star Wars art show I was in!

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Detective Reviews #64 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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THIS SCENE