The Last Jedi: Rian Johnson Discusses the Deleted Scenes That Will Appear on the Blu-ray

The longest Star Wars film of all time has roughly 20 minutes of deleted scenes in the can. We aren’t talking about re-treads of scenes alrady in the movie either, we are talking about some legitimately produced sequences that were removed from The Last Jedi, which stood at a titanic three hours in its first cut. Writer/director Rian Johnson spoke with Collider about the sequences removed from the film, which brought it down to a little over two-and-a-half hours.

 

 

***THIS ARTICLE COVERS SCENES FROM THE LAST JEDI: SPOILERS AHEAD***

 

 

In an interview with Collider, Rian Johnson and editor Bob Ducsay discussed the scenes removed from the first cut of The Last Jedi that will resurface in the special features of the film’s Blu-ray.

 

Before delving into details on these cut scenes, Johnson made it a point that he strongly feels The Last Jedi is best without these scenes included:

 

“Again I will give the caveat that the movie is better as a whole without any of them, but yeah man, there was some great stuff.”

 

 

FINN, ROSE, AND DJ

 

Johnson proceeds to describe an extension of the sequence with DJ helping Finn and Rose locate and disable the tracker to stop the First Order’s tracking of the Resistance through lightspeed:

 

There’s a whole extended sequence where Finn and Rose and DJ sneak through the Mega Destroyer when they’re kind of, after they sneak in with DJ and they’re trying to find the tracker. There’s a whole extended sequence. It’s a full sequence of like stuff with them sneaking through this big office area of the Mega Destroyer and then having to fake out these Stormtroopers.”

 

 

The film’s editor Bob Ducsay takes this a bit further by mentioning this sequence was cut out pretty decisively and early in the process:

 

“There’s some really nice stuff in there, but we actually cut that stuff pretty early because it was very clear that that section of the movie was completely lopsided in favor of those three, and it just didn’t support it. But it’s good stuff. It’s really good stuff. I assume when you’ll see it, you’ll enjoy it because I mean, we all did. It was cut early, and how you always know is like my staff, there’s a decent number of assistants and collaborators that work in the cutting room, and they were all complaining when we cut the sequence. And that’s how you know that it was something that people like.”

 

 

LUKE AND REY

 

A second significant scene cut from the film appears to have much more weight to it, as it involves a big moment between Luke and Rey on Ahch-To. This doesn’t sound like it is about any previously rumored battle sequences or anything of that nature, but more about her training, and the emotions shared between the two characters:

 

“And then on the island there’s a massive sequence that we shot with Daisy and Mark, which is kind of an additional sort of trial/test that she goes through, that involves her and Mark, and then a big emotional scene between the two of them. I mean, it’s big stuff, it’s like actual real scenes.”

 

 

The film’s editor Bob Ducsay chimed in to elaborate a bit more on this and the cuts in general, revealing that the caretakers had a bit more screen time initially:

 

“There’s an extended sequence with Rey and the caretakers, which are the Nun-like fish creatures. That’s actually one of the biggest things that was taken out of the movie. And there’s this incursion on Snoke’s ship, I mean there’s a lot of stuff that was cut out of that, with Rose and DJ and Finn, and some of it is particularly fun.”

 

 

 

FINN AND POE

 

Another scene Johnson describes is with Finn and Poe at the beginning of the film. We imagine this might have taken place after Finn ask’s “Where’s Rey?” as the film immediately cuts to Ahch-To at that point without returning. It looks like that exchange was initially a bit longer:

 

“There’s a couple Finn scenes that—there’s one great Finn/Poe scene that’s kind of a set up scene at the beginning when Poe was kind of bringing Finn up to speed after he comes out of his coma. God, there’s a bunch of really fun stuff. Yeah, anyway, we talk more about them when the Blu-ray comes out, but I’m excited for folks to see them.”

 

 

Johnson assures that just about all of the deleted sequences will find their way into the special features on the Blu-ray release, in addition to a blooper real! Who doesn’t love a good blooper real?

 

“We loaded it up, man. Because we had so much good stuff, it was like, there were only a couple things where it’s like just a little two-shot thing, we said ‘We’ll hold that back.’ But all the major stuff, all the good stuff, we put on there.”

 

The Last Jedi Blu-ray will likely be released around the first week-or-so in April, which would follow the pattern set by The Force Awakens and Rogue One.

 

SOURCE: Collider

 

 

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89 thoughts on “The Last Jedi: Rian Johnson Discusses the Deleted Scenes That Will Appear on the Blu-ray

  • December 19, 2017 at 8:34 pm
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    Looking forward to a complete fan edit 😉

    • December 19, 2017 at 11:31 pm
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      Exactly, and the first thing to go out will be Finn and Rose’s caramel adventure, I mean if someone was able to fix The Hobbit, they can help this one too

  • December 19, 2017 at 8:46 pm
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    Which edition of the Blu Ray? The first, or the later fuller double-dip edition in 3d with commentary tracks? 😀

    • December 20, 2017 at 1:05 am
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      You mean like Rogue One? Oh, wait. That didn’t happen…

    • December 20, 2017 at 1:05 am
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      You mean like Rogue One? Oh, wait. That didn’t happen…

      • December 20, 2017 at 7:11 pm
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        No actually I meant The Force Awakens

    • December 19, 2017 at 9:49 pm
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      You can almost make out the flakes of fine white powder clinging to his moustache.

  • December 19, 2017 at 9:09 pm
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    When this is released I’m gonna stick the movie and the Luke scene in my editing software and render a 100 minute cut. For personal use.

    • December 19, 2017 at 10:18 pm
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      And lop off the last scene.

      • December 19, 2017 at 10:35 pm
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        Depends if the early scenes with the fathiers are included.

        PS: They probably won’t.

    • December 20, 2017 at 12:45 am
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      And I’m going to loop the death scene for 24 hours and upload it to YouTube just to spite people like you. Get over it.

      • December 20, 2017 at 1:53 am
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        Well, we all have our goals.

      • December 20, 2017 at 2:33 am
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        Which death scene? I liked them all. I liked the movie in fact. Nothing I said confirmed otherwise. I just though it was a little bloated and didn’t have enough Luke and Rey interactions.

  • December 19, 2017 at 9:43 pm
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    I hope there is a special “Not undercutting every scene with Humor” edition.

    • December 20, 2017 at 12:43 am
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      That would be amazing. “The Star Wars Edition”.

  • December 19, 2017 at 10:55 pm
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    i hope they dont put the time stamps so i can make me a version without porgs & bb8 and luke dying

    • December 19, 2017 at 11:12 pm
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      How much do u think it would cost to get CGI Luke raising /flying x-wing and an ending where he shows up, green saber in hand to kick ass

      • December 19, 2017 at 11:29 pm
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        When I left the theater for the second and last time for this movie, I was thinking that they could fix it with a director’s (another one, not Rian) version, cutting away when Luke just falls on the stone, still a living body. Cut out the Leia and Rey “oh, he’s at peace, fuck it” scene and bam!, He can come back in IX. Now, watch people flame me for this 😉

        • December 20, 2017 at 12:44 am
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          Who says he won’t have a part to play in Ep9 now? I won’t flame you, but that resolution is weak. Why do you need him to be alive so badly? Do you fall into the “Luke kicks ass and builds a Jedi Academy or it sucks” camp?

          • December 20, 2017 at 7:30 am
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            Get it right dude it’s Luke kicks ass, builds a Jedi Academy, destroys the entire First Order with his x-wing. And then kill the Asian girl for having absolutely no point in being in the movie and taking screen time away from everything I just listed.

          • December 20, 2017 at 7:30 am
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            Get it right dude it’s Luke kicks ass, builds a Jedi Academy, destroys the entire First Order with his x-wing. And then kill the Asian girl for having absolutely no point in being in the movie and taking screen time away from everything I just listed.

          • December 20, 2017 at 6:52 pm
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            It’s not that I need him alive so badly, it’s because that, at least for me, his past 30 years and what he accomplished in the OT were flushed down the toilet, he almost tried to kill someone in his sleep (after he practically gave his life to save Vader) and now he’s gone from a headache. He needs a proper send off, he should’ve been able to redeem himself from that past Disney invented for him, and then go out like he deserved. (Sorry, Force Projecting to save 20 people does not count as a great send-off for me)

          • December 20, 2017 at 6:52 pm
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            It’s not that I need him alive so badly, it’s because that, at least for me, his past 30 years and what he accomplished in the OT were flushed down the toilet, he almost tried to kill someone in his sleep (after he practically gave his life to save Vader) and now he’s gone from a headache. He needs a proper send off, he should’ve been able to redeem himself from that past Disney invented for him, and then go out like he deserved. (Sorry, Force Projecting to save 20 people does not count as a great send-off for me)

        • December 21, 2017 at 3:18 am
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          Whoa, I’ve just realised that, unbeknownst to myself, I must’ve actually loved this movie because I’ve only seen it once.

      • December 19, 2017 at 11:50 pm
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        To do what you say will cost the concept of good taste, man XD maybe a couple of Power Rangers can join him, would you like that? XD sorry dear smr9, don’t take it so bad, sure you are great person, and we are all Star Wars fan, love you all, like the movie or not! 🙂

        • December 20, 2017 at 12:41 am
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          Ha! Damn, I was going to say something similar in a more diplomatic way.

          Here’s the thing, a common theme among disappointed fans is that they wanted the film to play out with the exact same pandering fan service they ranted about in TFA and Rogue One. They represent the lowest common denominator at best – the laziest answers to plot development. Luke showing up with a green lightsaber and kicking ass is the epitome of this.

          The film didn’t go the way you wanted, fine. I’m definitely glad it didn’t play out the way David Pablo Bellido Herrero wanted. That’s some straight-to-video BS.

          • December 20, 2017 at 12:48 am
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            I’l make you a deal, if you can find a comment from me complaining about the force awakens pandering or too similar to the originals. I will send you $100 over paypal no questions asked.

          • December 20, 2017 at 1:06 am
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            While I don’t agree with some things in TLJ I definitely prefer trying to do something new and failing in some aspects over predictable fanservice.

          • December 21, 2017 at 3:08 am
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            Omgee, wouldn’t it have been great Bob, if they’d just not made a movie at all, I mean like, that would have been THE most unexpected thing everrrr. What an profound cinematic experience and life lesson about expectation that would’ve been, two hours of a blank screen bookended by an opening crawl saying “ blah blah, blah” and Han Solo still falling. What a missed opportoonity.

          • December 21, 2017 at 3:41 am
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            Are you feeling well? A numb feeling in one side of your body maybe, blurry vision,…?

          • December 21, 2017 at 3:46 am
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            Well, having read your comment my sides are splitting and there’s tears in my eyes.

          • December 21, 2017 at 4:53 am
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            Well, I would advise a CAT scan immediately then. Just to be sure everything is fine up there 😉

          • December 22, 2017 at 12:00 pm
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            You’re supposed to reply with something witty and funny Bob, that’s how this banter stuff works.

          • December 22, 2017 at 3:23 pm
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            Oh I am sorrry. “Something witty and funny Bob”. Was that correct bantering?

          • December 20, 2017 at 1:11 am
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            Not sure if you were actually talking about me, or I didn’t understand your comment, or my previous one was really bad written (I was trying to be sarcastic) because actually my idea was to say exactly the same you are saying 😉

        • December 20, 2017 at 12:52 am
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          Can you do me a favor and rewrite this whole thing coherently so I can read it?

          • December 20, 2017 at 1:08 am
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            OOps, I’ll try my best, sorry about my english!
            Basically I tried to say that I found really silly and predictable what you proposed! And then I added that of course don’t take me so serious, because I’m sure you are a great person and I love every Star Wars fan, doesn’t matter if we are agree or not, because diferences in opinions just make it even more wonderful! 😉

    • December 19, 2017 at 11:27 pm
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      Not buying that BD, I love bts reels, so I’ll watch them from youtube when someone uploads them.

      • December 20, 2017 at 1:28 am
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        Gerry. No one cares.

        • December 21, 2017 at 2:43 am
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          Methinks the lady doth protest too much – you sooo obviously do care. Hey AI, I know, why don’t you take your own advise and deliver something substantive, like a point by point rebuttal of all the criticism this movie’s getting or at least detail why you liked it and why the movie isn’t yet another lazy, derivative, dumb and immensely preachy,condescending Hollywood humbug.

          • December 21, 2017 at 3:59 am
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            I don’t like the film. So why would I? I said it on these forums.

            Once. Not complaining about it day after day after day as if that’s going to change anything or make me feel better about it.

            Me thinks the White Knight doth shield whiny babies too much.

            I have made plenty of substantive comments on the film, though. Check my history. I don’t hide it like a little bitch as most do here.

        • December 21, 2017 at 5:19 am
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          Well u don’t care and that’s your own problem. You can’t impose your opinion on others. Obviously other ppl care for it and i don’t know why you keep wanting to invalidate other’s input. A little respect goes a long way dude.

          • December 21, 2017 at 8:04 am
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            Who’s imposing an opinion on anyone?

            I just told him no one cares about the opinion he’s repeating in post after post on these forums. It’s the same thing since the first time he decried the film.

            He’s a broken record of hate and he feels vindication for hating it because he knew he’d hate it all along.

            And no one cares.

            So instead of attacking me for anything, why don’t you think before you post.

      • December 20, 2017 at 7:27 am
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        Gerry. I care.

    • December 20, 2017 at 12:42 am
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      Yup, me too.

    • December 20, 2017 at 1:30 am
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      How many times are you going to say you didn’t like the movie and fail at being clever in the process? We get it. We don’t care. You’ve said your piece. Contribute something substantive to discussion.

      Oh wait. I forgot who I am talking to.

      • December 20, 2017 at 1:58 am
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        A lot more now since I know how much you like it!

        • December 20, 2017 at 8:01 pm
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          I dont. I said that once and it was enough. By the way, if your profile picture is of yourself it perfectly suits the toolish persona you present here on the forum.

  • December 20, 2017 at 12:53 am
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    Did people here really not like this film??

    It was everything and more to me.
    But then, if you love something, you love it for its flaws as well as its beauty.
    Otherwise it’s not love.
    Star Wars has never ever pretended to be perfect. It’s about time people realised that and got over themselves.
    No one is forcing you to like this stuff.

    • December 21, 2017 at 2:34 am
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      Yes, people here and all over the world really did not like this film and what’s more, very many of them have very helpfully gone into great detail as to why. Perhaps, instead of waffling fluff about loving flaws and people needing to get over themselves for daring to have some standards, you could do the same and detail why it is “everything and more”.

      • December 21, 2017 at 8:20 pm
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        Hilarious. That’s the funniest thing I’ve read all day, what a card you are!

        • December 22, 2017 at 12:06 am
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          Funny? To expect something intelligent from you in defence of the movie. Yes, I suppose that is quite the wacky notion alright.

          • December 23, 2017 at 11:00 pm
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            Our opinions don’t matter friend.
            Just our money.

  • December 20, 2017 at 1:08 am
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    Wow guys chill it out. It might not be a perfect movie and I have some issues with it too but cmon this comment section is almoste reaching the toxicity levels of a League of Legends game. Definitely the salt level 😛

    • December 20, 2017 at 1:27 am
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      I expected nothing less from this crew.

    • December 20, 2017 at 1:27 am
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      I expected nothing less from this crew.

  • December 20, 2017 at 1:18 am
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    Maybe someone can help me out. Other than the ancient Jedi texts, what did Rey get out of going to the island? Not trying to be negative, just trying to examine her journey further (and I’ve only seen it once).

    • December 20, 2017 at 5:29 am
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      It wasn’t so much what she got for herself, but what she did for Luke. Luke was a self-imposed prisoner in his exile on Ahch-to. He despised himself for what went down with the Ben and the Jedi academy. I think that’s why he shut himself off from the force, because if he didn’t, he would have been in danger of falling to the dark side. Rey turning up forced Luke to confront himself, which he did at the end, eventually resulting in Luke being freed from his pain and suffering. She helped set Luke free.

    • December 20, 2017 at 3:15 pm
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      I think she also got to understand the Force a bit better. She thought of it as a power that Jedi (and Sith) HAVE.
      Now she understands that this Force is everywhere and that it doesn’t actually BELONG to anyone.

  • December 20, 2017 at 1:26 am
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    Too bad the ENTIRE Canto Bight was not a Deleted Scene 🙂

    • December 20, 2017 at 6:54 pm
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      I would agree. That entire scene could have been left out and the movie in my opinion would have been better for it.

  • December 20, 2017 at 1:30 am
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    Here’s my review for The Last Jedi:

    ***SPOILERS***

    Kathleen Kennedy cooks the Golden Goose that is the Star Wars franchise, eats it, and then excretes it in the latest entry of the Social Justice Trilogy; The Last Jedi.

    There are some cool things here. The crystal foxes. The Yoda puppet was mostly well done, though it seemed they had a little problem with the eyes. The Jedi Island caretakers were pretty cool. But that’s really about it.

    As I wrote in my review for TFA, the Micro story in Star Wars is about the characters; the Skywalker family’s journey into and out of darkness. The Macro story is about the political state of the galaxy; the rise and fall of Republics and Empires. The relationship between the First Order and the Resistance in TFA is poorly defined. Who controls the galaxy? Well, here it seems to be defined that the First Order controls the galaxy. Which means that the climax in Episode VI where we see galaxy wide celebrations toppling statues of the Emperor and hoisting Stormtroopers overhead is now meaningless.

    Poe’s primary function in the film is to argue with bossy women who like to keep secrets from him so they can show us how bossy they are, and not to do much of anything else other than whoop in a cockpit here and there.

    Remember the casino planet from the original 1978 Battlestar Galactica that everyone slammed? Well, Finn and this new character Rose go on a diversion to a dimly lit murky casino planet, where we’re treated to a lecture about animal abuse at the horse track. We’re also lectured about how evil rich people get rich by selling weapons. This makes us wonder where the Resistance purchases their weapons to fight the First Order if not from evil rich people. After which they free one of the horses and ride around on it in lighting too dark to really see what’s going on. They’re in search of…something…which Benecio Del Toro turns them in for, so that the First Order can bring Finn and Rose back with Poe and Rey near the end in as contrived a fashion as possible.

    Rey and Kylo argue with each other via The Force. Rey’s all tough and gritty and hard as nails having been a scrapper on Jakku. Remember? But here she somehow can’t stand to see a man with his shirt off. Not kidding.

    Princess Leia flies through empty airless space like Superman after being blown out of the hull of her ship without incurring a single blemish. Absolutely not kidding here.

    Rey asks Luke for Jedi training, but what for? Mary Sue Rey clearly already knows it all. She lectures him about the things he’s done and why he really did it and what he’s really thinking. Apparently Luke is still the student. Lightsaber training? She bests Luke on the island with a lightsaber. What training is necessary? The Bechdel Galaxy won’t allow for any mansplaining from a white male like Luke. Chewbacca came along for the ride here but spends most of the time taking a nap off camera with the Star Wars version of a pikachu.

    How they found Luke’s lightsaber was a story for another time, remember? Well, not this time. Maybe next time.

    Captain Phasma pops up in time for Finn to have a climactic lightsaber-esque battle too. Equal equality equitably equalized everywhere for everyone all of the time. And then Phasma dies just as quickly, not from a winning blow by Finn, but by falling through a collapsing floor into a fireball. I guess it wouldn’t be prudent to have a man assaulting a woman in the shadow of Hollywood’s Pervnado.

    Hux spouts over the top villainous hyperbole. That is all.

    BB8 shows up to drive an AT-ST. R2D2 and C3PO make their brief appearances but have little to no function.

    We then end with an AT-AT battle a la TESB. Luke makes an appearance to stand off with the AT-ATs but is utterly wasted here. Does he go to town on the AT-AT legs with his lightsaber? Does he lift the AT-ATs into the air telekinetically and bash them into one another? Does he use the Force to enter the minds of the soldiers and force them to stand down? Maybe some other show of the power that he’s developed while in exile over the decades? Nope. Instead Luke’s merely a mental projection here, and it exhausts him to the point of dying back on his exile planet. He’s rusty now, having closed himself off to the Force after all; a necessary contrivance that allowed Rey to best him earlier with a lightsaber I’m guessing. At least we get to see Luke milk an alien nipple; that’s what you’ve been waiting for to see all these years, right?

    The rebels – I mean resistance – attack the AT-ATs with a squadron of ground based cable cars, which drag an armature on the ground so we can see nifty red sand fly into the air. If the writers had done a brief Google search on aircraft physics they would have found the effects of jet spray from low flying craft. The armature was unnecessary, and served only to keep the craft bound to the planet’s surface. Since the cable cars were restricted to the ground, all TIE fighters would have to do is circle above and fire away.

    Finn drives one of these cable cars towards a kind of battering ram weapon that was firing on blast doors which protected the rebel base. He intended to take it out to protect the rebels within. In what could have been a poignant tragic hero moment with Finn dive bombing into the weapon thus saving the rebels with his sacrifice, Rose shows up out of nowhere in another cable car and deliberately crashes into Finn to “save him” from his dive bombing. So now they’re both on the battlefield exposed in their wrecked cable cars, and the battering ram weapon is still operational, bringing down the resistance’s protective blast doors. And it was all for Rose’s selfish hours old infatuation with Finn. Gee thanks.

    Then Kylo and Rey team up to fight Snoke. Hoping some mysteries about Snoke are revealed here? Or maybe a spectacular display of Snoke’s power with the Force? Well, Rey deftly kills Snoke by telekinetically switching on a resting lightsaber while he’s sitting in his throne pontificating. No answers for you. Kylo and Rey then proceed to fight Snoke’s guards, even though they no longer have anything to guard with Snoke’s death. Whatever training Daisy Ridley had for this film shows a marked improvement in regards to her stance and motion when fighting from what we saw in TFA, but it still can’t erase the silliness of watching a 95 pound girl best adversaries that outweigh her by 150 pounds. And yes, I’d make the same observation about a man if I watched Martin Short battle Rhonda Rhousey.

    What’s clear to me is that the writers here have no knowledge whatsoever of the deeper layers of the onion that have always provided the foundation for Star Wars. No knowledge of war or military history. No knowledge of mythology or mysticism. No knowledge of the history of civilization. No knowledge of dogfights or sword fighting. No knowledge of basic physics or anatomy. The only things they seem to have knowledge of is previous Star Wars films (or at least the trailers for them), social justice nonsense, and the Bechdel Test. So we’re left with a shallow unnuanced exercise in social justice lecturing and feminist posturing couched in cosplay costumes and 40 year old Ralph McQuarrie designs which were rejected from The Original Trilogy production.

    And all of this was dragged over 2.5 hours.

    I could be wrong, but I can’t imagine the bulk of the audience returning for Episode IX after being subjected to this drek. They made a huge mistake in discarding George Lucas’ outlines.

    Help us, George Lucas. You’re our only hope.

    ***SPOILERS ABOVE***

    • December 20, 2017 at 2:56 pm
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      Kylo kills Snoke, not Rey.

      • December 20, 2017 at 7:46 pm
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        My bad. I stand corrected. Thank you for the correction.

        • December 20, 2017 at 8:36 pm
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          I’m amazed by the amount of people who liked this film bashing the people who did not. I went into it with little to no expectations to what would happen, and I generally agree with much of what your review says.

          I love Star Wars. It’s been a huge part of my life since I was a kid. For someone to say I didn’t like this movie because I had an agenda not to, is just lame.

          I actually really loved the prequels overall. They came out when I was growing up and they served as a welcome to the SW universe for me. I know a decent amount of fans despise them. Not because of an agenda, or any other reason other than they just didn’t really think they were that great. That’s fine, and I have no problem with that and have never tried to argue anyone’s opinion on that. Why some people are so against someone not liking this film is really beyond me.

          • December 20, 2017 at 9:25 pm
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            It’s been like that for a while now.

            You simply can not criticize Star Wars without being personally attacked.

            Either they try to invalidate your opinin in some way, or they like to spout Yoda-isms about hate and so on in an effort to make themselves seem wiser than they are and oh-so above it all; even though they pause to respond.

            Gone are the days when you can civilly discuss and debate negative comments without personal attacks. This is the modern world that safe spaces and trigger warnings have given us.

            Maybe it’s a way for anti-bodies in the host to protect itself. Or maybe they’re taking it too personally when you criticize something they like. Who knows. In any case, it sure is sad to watch the death of reason.

          • December 21, 2017 at 4:03 am
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            No worries i’ve seen lots of people who disliked the film keep bashing and dissing other fans who liked the film. It’s a balance.

          • December 21, 2017 at 4:58 am
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            That may be true, but it’s still a pretty lame excuse on either side. Save your insults and name calling for the trekies hahah

    • December 20, 2017 at 3:09 pm
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      You have every right to have an opinion and share it if you want.

      However, this didn’t really feel like a review to me. Instead I felt like reading a very long monologue from someone impressively decided not to like anything in that movie. There are many books and movies I didn’t like and yet I don’t see myself spitting on them that hard.

      You must’ve had very strong and precise expectations for this movie. Otherwise you would not be so full of spite.

      As I said, it is your right. I only feel sorry for you.

      • December 20, 2017 at 7:48 pm
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        Well that’s certainly one method to invalidate an opinion with which you disagree.

        But instead of trying to insult me and invalidate my opinion, why not keep your comments focused on the film itself and maybe articulate where you disagree, and why you might like the film? It would certainly make for a far more interesting discussion.

  • December 20, 2017 at 2:25 am
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    I just hope the DVD/Bluray does actually include the deleted scenes. I suspect it won’t; we still haven’t seen all the deleted scenes from The Force Awakens, and there haven’t been any from Rogue One despite it being clear that there were many alternate scenes shot. I suspect Disney are holding the bulk of this material back for later releases.

  • December 20, 2017 at 3:53 pm
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    Anyone else catch the ship full of white stormtroopers that was destroyed by a single woman…Yep “Supremacy”. If you can see-through the narrative these are now political platform propaganda machines.

    • December 20, 2017 at 4:03 pm
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      HAHAHAHA! Dumb

    • December 20, 2017 at 6:05 pm
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      Im not sure what white supremacists have to do with a woman character, but ok.

      • December 21, 2017 at 10:21 am
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        Especally as it’s a WHITE female charcter 🙂
        Besides, watchning the OT we see quite clearly that the Rebels as a multicultural/multispecies organisation fighting the Empire (which is mainly a human organisation). That kind of “diversity is good” message was already present in the original movies. And I was always perfectly ok with it.
        And again I would like to remind people that Princess Leïa was always a rather strong female character and that one of the main leaders of the rebellion was Mon Mothma (Ooooooh a woman!).
        [sarcasm on] But they’re right, only since Disney took over did Star Wars become full of good alien and female charcters fighting the mostly white male human evil troops [sarcasm off]

    • December 21, 2017 at 4:02 am
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      Yea well are you a sjw now?

    • December 21, 2017 at 1:33 pm
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      face it mate , the rest of the world has worked out that straight white males are nothing special . the thousand year bluff has been seen through.

      • December 21, 2017 at 4:14 pm
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        Definitely not the best choice of analogies I chose. My apologies.

  • December 21, 2017 at 1:56 am
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    Jeez, talk about damage control, waxing lyrical about all the great deleted scenes, barely a week after the movie’s release.

  • December 21, 2017 at 1:56 am
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    Jeez, talk about damage control, waxing lyrical about all the great deleted scenes, barely a week after the movie’s release.

  • December 21, 2017 at 2:29 am
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    Haters gonna’ hate… Lifelong 52-year-old fan here… I loved the movie, despite the flaws. The majority of all Star Wars movies are flawed in some respects. This one is no different. SPOILERS: Snoke was never meant to be another Palpatine. He is a sideshow character in this trilogy and nothing more, and is quickly disposed of, despite the obvious questions about him. I’m ok with that. I’m also ok with Rian’s handling of Luke. Luke Skywalker has now become the “strange old hermit” he once referred to when describing Obi-Wan Kenobi, and even much like Yoda became. Many fans seem to have a beef about that, but I was mostly ok with it. It certainly gives the story an unexpected twist, and it probably makes more sense after 34 years to see him this way than seeing him any other way for the sake of the movie. His “I’m here to save the day” years are long since over. His life in old age mirrors a lot of people’s lives as we get older, and as with anyone, it’s complicated. It was interesting to see Luke struggling with life’s problems, his crisis of faith, where he went wrong, and with old age, despite what WE think he would have otherwise become as a big-time Jedi. Sometimes, you just have to take yourself “offline”, and hopefully make a comeback someday, if at all possible… Life isn’t always going to go the way you think, and I can relate to that… The Canto Bight stuff fell flat with me. Otherwise, things moved right along, the new actors seemed to act more comfortable in their roles, the effects were great, and the music by Williams was his best Star Wars score in ages. I got my money’s worth.

    • December 21, 2017 at 10:10 am
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      Basically, I pretty much agree with you on everything you said. I see flaws in all the Star Wars movies (and all the movies in general) whether old or new, OT, PT and ST. Yet these flaws never ruined it for me.
      I actually thought Luke’s place in the story both logical and understandable. It doesn’t kill the hero he once was for me and I still enjoy him as a character.
      Though the Canto Bight part was not my favorite part of the movie, neather was the asteroid giant worm in ESB. It doesn’t change the fact I enjoyed ESB (and still do).

      Same I you, I got my money’s worth.

    • December 21, 2017 at 10:10 am
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      Basically, I pretty much agree with you on everything you said. I see flaws in all the Star Wars movies (and all the movies in general) whether old or new, OT, PT and ST. Yet these flaws never ruined it for me.
      I actually thought Luke’s place in the story both logical and understandable. It doesn’t kill the hero he once was for me and I still enjoy him as a character.
      Though the Canto Bight part was not my favorite part of the movie, neather was the asteroid giant worm in ESB. It doesn’t change the fact I enjoyed ESB (and still do).

      Same I you, I got my money’s worth.

  • December 21, 2017 at 9:19 am
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    I’m hoping for a good Blu-ray for this film. The Blu-rays for these newer films have been sub-par, frankly.

    • December 23, 2017 at 9:29 am
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      Still havent got Rogue One Blu Ray…Im waiting for something more substantial with documentaries and deleted/alternate scenes.

  • December 27, 2017 at 5:26 pm
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    He just keeps saying yea good stuff. I think we all would have rather seen more rey training with Luke than canto bight. I think this was the sea monster fight I read about during filming. Why would u cut that out

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