Current Events > Maybe if the last jedi were the last movie it would be better. The middle movie

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should have been the first order strikes back, if I'm not mistaken. last jedi would then be the third movie
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The big problem with TLJ is it dances around the fact that the main character of the movie is Kylo Ren. He's the only ST character that gets a true arc and growth within the film, and the only other character who truly has a journey at all is Luke.

The whole movie builds towards Rey having to face Kylo. Then she does, and it's an awesome scene, but then the movie keeps going both in terms of plot and character payoff. The true climax of the film is Kylo having to face Luke, which is super fucking cool and a cool role-reversal of Empire, with Luke facing Vader. The problem is nothing in the film from a plot standpoint really builds towards it. All of it leads it to feeling like multiple movies in one which you're alluding to TC.

I really like TLJ on an individual scene level and I think there's cool ideas within it. But it's one of the rare cases where the whole is somehow LESSER than the sum of its parts.