NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT ¨C Let me begin with bit of sacrilege: ¡°The Last Jedi¡± is so marvelous and fascinating that I would not be surprised if it becomes ¡°The Empire Strikes Back¡± for the new generation of ¡°Star Wars¡± fans ¡ª the film they will tell their grandchildren was the best of the bunch.
The movie fully deserves its rave reviews, and I¡¯d urge you to go, except that there¡¯s a good chance you¡¯ve already seen it. Although it clocks in at 2? hours, the middle film of the new trilogy never feels long; writer and director Rian Johnson keeps things moving along, and even throws in some nice twists that this card-carrying ¡°Star Wars¡± nerd didn¡¯t see coming.
But this isn¡¯t a review. I want to say a brief word not about what makes ¡°The Last Jedi¡± so good but about what makes it so fascinating. Because the film actually puts forth some pertinent ideas worth discussing. From a long list scribbled in my notebook, let me cull four. One of them requires a minuscule spoiler that will ¡ª I promise! ¡ª give away not the smallest iota of plot. I¡¯ll save that one until the end. Here are the ideas:
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