Last Jedi complaints: explained!

What a sequel! 
The second film of the third trilogy of the best film series/franchise in the galaxy just hit cinemas leaving me and most bewildered. For some reason there was a lot of hate for this movie about Luke character, the directing and Leia etc but I LOVED it. It wasn't the best Star Wars movie yet but it is up there with the previous film 'Force Awakens' although many others feel differently. I saw it as soon as possible and have seen it twice since and thought I should share my thoughts with you on this blog. This blog will be explaining that the people who complain about the following are wrong, here's why...

SPOILER WARNING!! SPOILERS AHEAD!! DO NOT READ ON IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE BUT, LIKE I SAID LAST TIME ABOUT ROGUE ONE, YOU KNOW YOU'VE SEEN IT, BECAUSE...

IT'S STAR WARS!!

Everyone's been picking sides on whether they liked this movie or not. First time seeing it I had no complaints but the second time I noticed the purpose of some of the things people have complained about. Lots of these has became memes now.
I have seen that rotten tomato gave this movie 90% but the audience, however gave it 49%. Many people who enjoyed the original trilogy found it a disappointment but who's to blame? Ryan Johnson, the internet, the script, Porgs... turns out it's the reviews that have changed peoples minds.

Luke Skywalker

 This was one of the biggest complaints. People found Luke wasn't... well... original. They thought he gave up too easily and was irrelevant to the story, but this was clearly a sign of moving on which every character does in this movie. Luke moves on from the Jedi order, Rey moves on from Luke, Fin moves on from relying on Rey, Poe moves on from being reckless, Kylo moves on from Snoke and so on. Luke may have been different, and even Mark Hamill thought it was stupid until he saw the movie, but if you don't like the new Luke then you don't like change. The other thing about Luke that people disagreed on, was his ability to appear on Crait when physically on Lah'mu. I believe that he channeled the power of a force ghost to visually project him whilst meditating and control his every move telepathically. for example: Iron Man in 'Iron Man 3' controls the Iron Man suit to talk to Pepper as he worked out in the floor below. This also happens with Loki and the Destroyer in 'Thor 1'. But the complaints were, "How could he not be using the force for most of the film then suddenly pull this stunt?" Well the answer is quite simple, HE IS THE LAST JEDI!! This whole movie has been about his power and how he abandoned it until this moment, why can't people see that?!

Flying Leia

Okay, when I saw this at the cinema I thought it was a bit weird, but I think it was just the way it was composed. The complaints have been, "How can Leia now be this strong with the force? Strong enough to fly?" Well, if you've seen the Star Wars trilogy you would know that Leia has the force!! Let's go back to Empire; Obi "He was our last hope," Yoda "No, there is another". We all know that he was referring to Leia. Throughout Star Wars, she has preserved her ability but in this desperate and literally dying moment she decides to show her power with resurrection. Of course it's weird they kept her alive when Carrie Fisher is now one with the force, RIP Carrie😢😢, and JJ Abrams said himself that there will be no CGI Leia but it does make a bit if sense in the plot for her to live. Also it was less flying than letting the force pull her back to the ship with its energy in a non gravitational place; it was the way it was composed and the camera angle that made it look like she was flying, which looked a bit silly.

Porgs??

I know what you're thinking, PORGS????? Since when was this a complaint. Well, you'd be surprised by the things people have been saying; it goes a bit like this...
"Great! They've made new Ewoks which are gonna sell good as kids toys and play no role at all besides childish humour and being cute, but if it's what Disney want's..."
Well, what more can I say than leave the Porgs, alone!!! What are people's problems? The Porgs role in the movie is to co-side with Luke on Acht-too to show that he isn't alone and to show a humorous bond with Chewy. It's not like they're Jar-Jar or anything, and sure they made some crappy memes but is Ryan Johnson to blame? NO!! The pubic is to blame for being bothered by such harmless things by believing their purpose is to please Mickey Mouse!!

Topless Ren

I take back what I said earlier, this made the biggest meme. It did shake everybody seeing Adam Drivers 0 pack and man boobs in a Star Wars  movie but everything in this blog has a purpose and this one is to show the audience that Rey and Kylo can actually see each other (as well as hear) as she asks him to put a shirt on.

Snoke in two

Another big complaint was Snoke being so easily halved by Kylo. This was to take the attention and theories of the audience off of thinking Snoke was more powerful than any Sith. It demonstrated Kylo's power and how he was the main event the whole time. This was clearly to surprise the audience and I think it was a great twist.

Okay I'll give you some complaints: The flight to the First Order cannon was long and dramatic but so quick to get back even on foot, the casino scene (Canto Bite) was meaningless, Admiral Ackbar dies (devastated!) and some of the humour was over done. What I don't understand is why, after three crappy prequels, some fans want to remove the Last Jedi from cannon and redo it? There is actually a petition for this to happen! I mean Attack of the Clones was by far the worst film (in my opinion) yet nobody makes a fuss but now a less CGI Star Wars film comes out people want to remake it. It wasn't the best film but it was up there and not that far behind Force Awakens. Anyway, I'm probably speaking too soon as episode IX may explain all this but I hope this blog has persuaded you to have less hate towards the film if you did. May the force be with you all! 

Rogue Squadron Theory

The new release of Rogue one left Star Wars fans amazed with the story of rebels invading Imperial archives to find how to destroy the death star, But we also noticed the interesting title which had a familiar reference in Empire Strikes Back. It was said by Zev Senesca who's code name is Rogue Two leading me to believe there is a whole snow speeder squadron named The Rogue Squadron. This could be in memory of Rogue One's success delivering the Death Star plans to the rebellion.

Rogue One review

I'd give it 5 stars!

Summary:

Everyone had high expectations on the latest Star Wars film Rogue One, and I can tell you now we weren't disappointed. I think that Gareth Edwards did a great job on making a story based on the most successful film, Star Wars; he's also very good at directing and scaling size when he films, so that helped. I feel like this is just one branch of the star wars tree, meaning just one of the hundreds of stories that he could have done, but he picked how the rebel spies got the plans for the Death Star. But before I go into detail I'm going to warn you...


SPOILER WARNING! DO NOT READ ON IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE FILM, BUT, COME ON, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE... 

IT'S STAR WARS!!!

What could be improved:

Although this film was amazing to watch, some bits were slightly confusing and could've been improved. At the very start it shows Jyn Erso, her father (Galen Erso) and her mother (Lyra Erso). It also shows director Orson Krennick and a couple of death troopers asking Galen to finish the work on Death Star and to once again serve the Empire; He says no. As a result of his answer the troopers kill the mother and threaten the child (Jyn) so she runs away to Saw Gerrera. Now I think they should've showed her growing up with Saw, maybe how she got arrested by the Empire would be nice. The casting was great even the little girl looked like a young Felicity Jones but I didn't really like the pilot (Bodi Rook), I thought his acting was a bit awkward and you could tell he was reading from the script; it was a missed opportunity as his character was interesting and had some good scenes that the actor messed up. From when it showed Saw Gerrera, as he tortured the pilot with a giant slug thing (Bor Gallet), till when Jyn got recruited, it seemed fast, but still good and key scenes.

Story spoilers:

If you haven't seen it, and I just tell you the plot, you would think that it's a terrible film, but the way they put it together is clever. So here comes the ultimate spoiler, in the end, all of them DIE! I know what your thinking, why would they introduce new characters and killed them off in the first film there in but obviously they aren't in Star Wars IV so it makes perfect sense if you think about it.
 Also, here's the best part, Princess Leia is in it!
 As all Star Wars fans know Carrie Fisher (Leia) sadly did pass away at 60 years; old so you might be wondering, who is Leia's new actor? But actually they CGI'd her with Ingvild Deilas', an imfamous actor in Avengrs two, voice-over, which was very well done! They also did that for Grand Moff Tarkin (although not his voice); and many complained he was on the screen for to long knowing hes CGI in this. And finally, for the people who remember Dr Evans and Ponda Baba, they are in it too for a short scene where Dr Evans says something among the lines "Now you just watch yourself!" In the battle of Scarrif space battle scene, they use unused footage from A New Hope battle of Yavin to make it more original. It included; Red leader, Red 6 and how Red 5 died before Luke took his place. But the greatest link to Star Wars IV was the appearance of the ultimate Star Wars bad guy, the dark lord himself, Darth Vader!

Whoever ignored my warning and read on, I recommend you watch it at the cinema, it is a great film. The mix of tying old and new together with this back story was very clever. I have watched it about 6-7 times now and I've watched it analytically, so I understand it well. Hope you guys enjoyed it too and may the force be with you all!

Who is Rey related to?

There are many clues, theories and predictions about who Rey's parents and other relatives are. Do we know for sure? Not yet; But we can have fun guessing!

We have a couple of suspects, for example: Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and some think she is a reincarnation of Darth Vader. These all make sense and can be explained but I believe in something different. My theory can be explained in one scene of The Force Awakens when Rey touches Luke/Anakin's lightsaber and has a flashback to the past (as a child) of her screaming. But also we hear Obi Wan Kenobi speak twice and Yoda once. Obi says, "These are your first steps" (Ewan Mcgregor) and "Rey" (Alec Guinness). This leads me to believe in a deep connection with Obi Wan and that she is related to him. I believe that he was the one who deliberately left her on Jakku to either keep her safe or so she could learn patience (by waiting).

Obi's loves

Obi Wan is a Jedi, meaning he can't marry but after the empire there was no longer a code. The Clone Wars reveals even more evidence that Obi Wan has had some love interests which could be the official reveal of who Rey is related to in Star Wars. Also there's a rumour of an Obi Wan Kenobi stand alone film starring Ewan Mcgregor (how exciting would that be!) and maybe in that film he will fall in love and my prediction will turn out to be correct.

Obi's lightsaber

There is a rumor about Obi Wans' lightsaber. When Rey touched Luke's lightsaber no one saw her in the vision beside the descendant of Luke (Kylo Ren) and when hes next to the knights of Ren he seems to be holding a substance that looks like Obi Wans saber. This would make perfect sense because Ren would see the descendant of Kenobi.

At the moment we can just hope we're right and wait for future Star Wars films: Star Wars 8, 9, Obi Wan Kenobi film, Rogue One and (for the people who believe Han has two children) the Han Solo anthology in 2018. Write in the comments if you agree, think it's Rey Solo or Rey Skywalker or if you have a theory of your own - I would love to hear it and I hope you've enjoyed mine. May the force be with you!