Sorry, Mark Hamill, but Your ‘Last Jedi’ Ideas Just Aren’t as Good as What We Got

As popular as the franchise is overall, every individual Star Wars movie released since 1980’s Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back has been divisive, to different extents and for different reasons. But nearly eight years after its release, 2017’s Episode VIII – The Last Jedi continues to provoke many of the most heated debates among fans. The eighth entry in the franchise’s main Skywalker Saga, written and directed by Rian Johnson, received high praise from professional film critics upon its release and is described by many fans (often those who also enjoy Johnson’s other, original films) as one of the franchise’s strongest installments. However, while it was a major box office success, it ultimately grossed less than the first entry in the Sequel Trilogy, Episode VII – The Force Awakens, and has continued to be the target of fierce criticism from a different portion of the fanbase that is often particularly vocal.