star wars: the last jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi was Johnson’s grand deconstruction and subversion of the themes and tropes of the entire Star Wars franchise Now Knives Out is his stab at the country house murder mystery.I always felt a certain sense of detachment in Johnson’s movies He’s obviously well-versed in literature, movie history and genre[...]

Let's start with a controversial one: Star Wars: The Last Jedi Yes, I said it Despite being one of the top-grossing films of all time, for some reason, this film draws the ire of a particularly noisy group of "fans" determined to slag it for some reason (PS-- all their complaints are wrong.) Somehow this narrative has[...]

Like this beautiful and heartbreaking piece from Karen Hallion of Luke Skywalker kissing General Leia's head from the Star Wars: The Last Jedi scene.The piece will be available for purchase during SWCC (Star Wars Celebration Chicago), and can be pre-ordered here.And, as it turns out, it's someone named Mark Hamill's favorite moment from Star Wars: The Last[...]

Following the ongoing "review bombing" trend that started on the site with a group of users attempt to "ruin" such box office record breaking films as Star Wars: The Last Jedi  and Black Panther, RT has decided to remove certain functions in an effort to preserve the purpose of the site.In an editorial posted to RT's homepage,[...]

In case you didn't realize, a friendly reminder that it's been a year since Star Wars: The Last Jedi hit theaters [and the fandom] with all the impact of a speederbike into a tree on Endor.[caption id="attachment_959375" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Filmmaker Rian Johnson at the 44th Annual Saturn AwardsPhoto by Editorial credit: Eugene Powers / Shutterstock.com[/caption]There are[...]

Gunn's sentiments were in response to comments Gunn received after he tweeted a link to a news story about Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best revealing that he considered suicide after the backlash to Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.More recently, actress Kelly Marie Tran was forced off social media by fan harassment in response to[...]

Recent harassment against the cast of Star Wars: The Last Jedi by entitled manbabies might seem like a horrifying recent development, but though it's definitely horrifying, it's actually not all that new Ahmed Best, who played Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars prequels, took to Twitter to reveal that backlash against the films, and[...]

Solo was originally predicted to make up to $170 million in North America alone for the four-day weekend.https://twitter.com/BoxOffice/status/1000768122029248512The dismal showing for Solo follows the controversial Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which was the subject of much comment section and internet forum griping despite making $1.3 billion at the box office Unlike that film, which was[...]

She recently reprised her role as Lieutenant Connix from Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the film's sequel, Star Wars: The Last Jedi.Deadline Hollywood [caption id="attachment_850541" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Credit: FX[/caption]Actress Billie Lourd is set to go back to the future, returning to the twisted universe of Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story for season 8. Lourd will join[...]

When it comes to fans being angry about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, there is someone who feels sympathy for you -- and that's Mark Hamill While speaking to Game Radar he said he understood why fans were so passionate about certain aspects of The Last Jedi. “I relate to the fans because I'm a fan[...]

I'm trying to capture: what is that, if it's not iconography that we recognise, necessarily, from the original trilogy? What captures that spirit? What can be that for a kid who's never heard of Star Wars? It's getting back to the very fundamental questions of what makes this what it is."As for Star Wars: The[...]

To say that there were some people who were really mad about Star Wars: The Last Jedi would be the understatement of the year There are people still losing their minds over four months later and don't appear to be slowing down anytime soon That kind of thing hit director Rian Johnson pretty hard In[...]

In an interview with Cinema Blend Hamill noted that Solo: A Star Wars Story coming out five months after Star Wars: The Last Jedi seemed like a bit much to himI will say they should pace themselves, because you don't want to over-saturate it I said to Disney, 'Really? Five months after we come[...]

One of those characters is apparently Admiral Holdo in Star Wars: The Last Jedi Laura Dern spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the history of her character and revealed that Holdo had a connection to the Force. “In their minds, and in their understanding of the origin story, we know that she was a true rebel in[...]

For fans of the late Carrie Fisher, watching Star Wars: The Last Jedi is really hard It's even harder when watching the documentary, The Director and the Jedi, and seeing Mark Hamill and Fisher act out the scene where the Skywalker twins reunite It's hard for fans to watch, but it's nearly impossible for Hamill[...]

"No one is ever really gone" was the line to remember from Star Wars: The Last Jedi There is a certain important person who is now gone in the Star Wars universe, and that is Luke Skywalker as played by the legendary Mark Hamill But since no one is ever really gone, and the idea[...]

[Editor's Note: This Last Jedi-centric piece comes to us from Bleeding Cool correspondent Brandon Wainerdi from SXSW 2018.] I am currently writing this in a Starbucks in Georgetown, Texas. Only 30 miles outside of Austin, the pressure kept building in my head as I sped back home, so much so that I had to finally pull […]

It all turned out alright if you ask me, and the two seem to be on great terms now.Star Wars: The Last Jedi hits streaming services tomorrow, while the Blu-ray hits stores on March 27th. Mark Hamill is a hero to a large number of us for many reasons, but chief among them is how[...]

We reported a few days ago that there was a deleted scene from Star Wars: The Last Jedi involving the fight between Phasma and Finn It turns out that it played out in a slightly different way and The Star Wars Show showed off that delete scene in their video posted todayhttps://youtu.be/HjoJqZDjxgI?t=1m37sWhile Johnson did[...]

The world of online criticism has been a bit of a mess since mid December when Star Wars: The Last Jedi came out The audience and critical scores were lining up even less than usual and there was something odd about the reviews themselves Then someone allegedly took credit for the low scores and a[...]