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Star Wars – The Last Jedi: Subverting Expectations

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This movie is perhaps the best in the series, but I think Empire is slightly superior. And like Empire, this movie subverts the expectations of the audience and arguably does it better, although Empire was better rounded than this. Nevertheless, this movie does a great job at subverting established narratives and plot, so much so that it has attracted the wrath and fury of legions of dedicated Star Wars fan who cannot digest what Rian has done to their beloved franchise….well, grow up and learn to deal with it. I was totally captivated, especially when the final act started to unfold, this movie became so exhilarating. When things started to transpire, you felt it like there were a thousand possibilities, but in the back of the mind you knew that it was contrived, but contrived so that you won’t feel like it’s an insult to your senses. It’s the feeling of an epic opera, when you know that something is going to happen and it happens and it is still exhilarating, despite you ...