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I don't know whether Rogue One is that essential (though someone who has already seen TLJ might be able to elaborate). It's a prequel to Star Wars, so takes place much earlier. TFA is the important one. I watched it again last night and was amazed by how much I'd forgotten.
My 3-day rental from Amazon expires tomorrow, so I might watch it again. Fun to be excited for Star Wars again!
Rogue One is probably not required for The Last Jedi, but if you're on a Star Wars kick it's lots of fun!
Plus it's on Netflix right now so why not?
Are we talking about the last Jedi here?
I am still processing so don't have much to say really except I really liked it.
I just got back from The Last Jedi and WOW. So much fun. I'm seeing it again tomorrow! I took my Son-in-Law and he was bouncingly excited before AND after.
Lots of good stuff.
The Last Jedi was really good! I felt sad seeing Carrie Fisher for the last time (barring extra footage and/or computer manipulations). But the movie was great.
The last scene between her and Luke really took on extra meaning. Kind of eerie, given her death.
I *loved* it. I'm surprised it's getting such mixed reviews elsewhere, because I thought it was both great on its own terms AND as a remix of the Empire tropes it was playing with.
(The geography of the planet where the last bit takes place was fairly brilliant, with the layer of white over red salt allowing them to effectively start the final battle on Hoth and end it on Tatooine.)
And I teared up literally every time Carrie Fisher was onscreen.
My one plot complaint is that basically Poe is responsible for getting most of the Resistance killed, since he was the one who insisted on Finn and Rose going off on that mission, which led to Benicio del Toro, which led to him knowing about the Resistance transports and selling that information. Presumably, they wouldn't have known to scan for the cloaked ships otherwise.
I mean, why did Laura Dern's character have to withhold that information? Aside from the perfectly valid reason that she was in charge and he wasn't.