Rey develops her abilities with the help of Luke Skywalker, as the Resistance prepares for battle against the First Order.Rey develops her abilities with the help of Luke Skywalker, as the Resistance prepares for battle against the First Order.Rey develops her abilities with the help of Luke Skywalker, as the Resistance prepares for battle against the First Order.
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27 Stars Who Were Almost One With the Force
27 Stars Who Were Almost One With the Force
The Star Wars universe is ever-expanding, and so is the list of actors who were almost a part of it. Here's who missed out on wielding a lightsaber.
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- TriviaAfter reading the script for the first time, Mark Hamill told writer/director Rian Johnson, "I pretty much fundamentally disagree with every choice you've made for this character. Now having said that, I have gotten it off my chest, and my job now is to take what you've created and do my best to realize your vision". He was surprised by the changes that Johnson made to Luke Skywalker. In order to get into the mindset of an old and weary Luke, Hamill wrote a personal backstory for the character.
- GoofsWhen Poe gets permission to leave the bridge and runs towards the X-Wing bay, several pilots on the bridge follow him, including the alien C'ai Threnalli. However, immediately after we see C'ai run out of frame, there is a reaction shot of Finn with C'ai still standing at a console in the background.
- Quotes
Kylo Ren: I'll destroy her. And you. And all of it.
Luke Skywalker: No. Strike me down in anger and I'll always be with you. Just like your father.
- Crazy creditsIn loving memory of our princess, Carrie Fisher.
- Alternate versionsThe home video releases (both physical and digital) include a version with an isolated score. It is accessible through the Movies Anywhere app.
- ConnectionsEdited into If Star Wars Wasn't Serious (2014)
- SoundtracksAquarela Do Brasil
Written by Ary Barroso
Featured review
Entertaining, but ultimately confused and
Very surprised that the critics gave this a thumbs up. It's possibly among the worst Star Wars movies (including the prequels). It's entertaining, for sure, but in the way David and Jerry Zucker films of the 80's were crowd pleasers. This isn't something you go home thinking about or affecting you when you go home, at least in a good way.
The problem as I see it is that it tried to tackle too much in one movie. Worst, it spent so much time on unimportant (and seemingly inconsequential) events and not enough time on the bigger questions that were left hanging from TFA. The story structure is a mess. The Finn/Rose subplot could've been totally removed, and the new characters introduced were a waste of time.
Characterizations were very inconsistent. Characters who had already grown in TFA (Finn, Poe) suddenly regressed for no reason. Major characters (Rey, Kylo, Luke) would make surprising moves without any basis or set-up, for the sake of surprise. In fact a lot of the movie can be said as favoring a "twist" happening at the expense of consistent character development. The prequel movies' treatment of Anakin's character development was a lot more satisfying, AND that's a generally panned. At least the prequel movies' story tried in earnest, TLJ did worst that just phoning it in.
As some movies have become acclaimed films over time after an initial bashing by the critics (e.g. Bladerunner), this one I believe will take the opposite direction.
Here's hoping JJ fixes everything with IX.
The problem as I see it is that it tried to tackle too much in one movie. Worst, it spent so much time on unimportant (and seemingly inconsequential) events and not enough time on the bigger questions that were left hanging from TFA. The story structure is a mess. The Finn/Rose subplot could've been totally removed, and the new characters introduced were a waste of time.
Characterizations were very inconsistent. Characters who had already grown in TFA (Finn, Poe) suddenly regressed for no reason. Major characters (Rey, Kylo, Luke) would make surprising moves without any basis or set-up, for the sake of surprise. In fact a lot of the movie can be said as favoring a "twist" happening at the expense of consistent character development. The prequel movies' treatment of Anakin's character development was a lot more satisfying, AND that's a generally panned. At least the prequel movies' story tried in earnest, TLJ did worst that just phoning it in.
As some movies have become acclaimed films over time after an initial bashing by the critics (e.g. Bladerunner), this one I believe will take the opposite direction.
Here's hoping JJ fixes everything with IX.
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- robbyvil
- Dec 14, 2017
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- Also known as
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- Filming locations
- Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia(Ending battle exterior scenes)
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Box office
- Budget
- $317,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $620,181,382
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $220,009,584
- Dec 17, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $1,334,407,706
- Runtime2 hours 32 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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