{"id":486969,"date":"2026-02-24T04:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/486969\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T04:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:47:12","slug":"8-reasons-why-the-last-jedi-is-the-best-star-wars-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/486969\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Reasons Why \u2018The Last Jedi\u2019 Is the Best Star Wars Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Last Jedi<\/a> is a Star Wars<\/a> movie. Webster’s Dictionary defines a movie as \u201ca recording of moving images<\/a> that tells a story and that people watch.\u201d Further, Webster’s Dictionary defines a star as \u201ca natural luminous body visible in the sky<\/a> especially at night.\u201d And, finally, Webster\u2019s Dictionary defines a war as \u201ca state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict<\/a> between states or nations.\u201d Presumably, wars would thereby be \u201copen and declared armed hostile conflicts,\u201d what with it being pluralized and stuff. We can use these very useful definitions to begin to understand what The Last Jedi is.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the eighth movie about a war \u2013 or wars \u2013 in \u2013 or around \u2013 stars. Episode VIII. But Rogue One<\/a> was released before it, as its own thing. People don\u2019t agree about Star Wars generally. People do usually like Rogue One. People really like Andor<\/a>, which came after \u2013 but is set before \u2013 Rogue One. But Andor is a show. We can\u2019t talk about shows here. This is the movie room. Shows are also recordings of moving images that tell stories that people watch, so you can see how some confusion might arise. Speaking of confusion, there\u2019s a lot of it when it comes to The Last Jedi. I am very smart and incredibly stupid at the same time, and I\u2019m here to explain things, or make them worse. Nothing is easy. Life is hard. You can look up the Webster’s Dictionary definitions for \u201cnothing,\u201d \u201clife,\u201d \u201chard,\u201d \u201cincredibly,\u201d and \u201cstupid<\/a>\u201d in your own time, if you so desire. And maybe there are more than eight reasons why it’s great, or maybe it’s just cute to cite eight reasons for Episode VIII. Ponder.<\/p>\n

8 <\/p>\n

Grumpy Old Men<\/p>\n

I am grumpy sometimes, not old, and a man, so two out of three ain\u2019t bad, and might go some way to explaining why I like Luke \u201cThe Gromp\u201d Skywalker<\/a>, as he is in The Last Jedi. If I reach old age (maybe I’m already there; if I were a grumpy woman instead of a grumpy man, I’d be six years too old for Leonardo DiCaprio, after all), it\u2019ll be three out of three, and I\u2019ll have to contact Letterboxd and ask them if they can introduce six out of five star ratings that might not make mathematical sense, but will have to become a thing, just so I can adequately acknowledge how much more I feel Luke resonates with me, as a (1) grumpy (2) old (3) man.<\/p>\n

Luke yeets his lightsaber, acts like a jerk to Rey, then saves the day without doing anything physical, before yeeting himself out of the world because he\u2019s tired. It\u2019s wonderful. But nah, genuinely, it is moving. It\u2019s a fine exit for the character, there are reasons why he turns his back on certain values he once held, and then in the end, he is a hero. And in being a hero and rising to the occasion, there is an acknowledgment that what he did \u2013 and how he acted \u2013 was kind of wrong. He finds that spark again and has a more cathartic death than fellow grumpy old man, Han Solo, who f**king died in The Force Awakens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

7 <\/p>\n

Adam Driver Doesn’t Have to Wear a Mask<\/p>\n

\"Kylo
\n Image via Lucasfilm<\/p>\n

Adam Driver has an interesting face, and he uses it well whenever he acts. If you didn\u2019t like the last entry using the word \u201cyeet,\u201d then you’re also going to dislike this entry using the word \u201cvibe,\u201d but Driver\u2019s vibe is interesting and unique. Adam Viber. He\u2019s particularly magnetic in The Last Jedi, and Rian Johnson understood this well<\/a>, writing in a scene early on where Driver\u2019s Kylo Ren treats his helmet in a manner even worse than Luke treated his lightsaber.<\/p>\n

Even with wearing the helmet a bunch of the time, Adam(n he\u2019s a good actor) Driver gave a memorable performance in The Force Awakens<\/a>, but he\u2019s better here, and you see his face more, so\u2026 but like, even the people who don\u2019t like this movie might begrudgingly admit Adam Driver is good in it. You might have to get Jack Bauer to literally torture such a confession out of them, if they’re particularly strong in their anti-The Last Jedi feelings, but you’ll get there eventually, dammit. Secure the perimeter first. Jury\u2019s out on whether they\u2019ll also be able to tell you where the bomb is. The bomb actually came out<\/a> a few months after The Last Jedi.<\/p>\n

6 <\/p>\n

Now Snoke’s Just Somebody That I Used to Know<\/p>\n

\"Supreme
\n Supreme Leader Snoke, played by Andy Serkis, sits on a chair in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.Image via Lucasfilm<\/p>\n

The Force Awakens said, \u201cHey, here\u2019s a new bad guy, and his name is Snoke,\u201d and then a couple of years later, or whenever Rian Johnson wrote\/made The Last Jedi, Johnson went, \u201cNah.\u201d Snoke gets sliced in half in one of those \u201csubverted expectations\u201d moments that people like to complain about, but this was one of the better ones The Last Jedi deployed. Snoke was a bit of a dull big bad, anyway.<\/p>\n

It also led to the best action scene in the movie, which does have its flaws if you go frame-by-frame and analyze it, but the same can be said for a surprising number of action scenes. That throne room fight<\/a> looks and sounds great in the moment, and works as maybe the high point excitement-wise of the whole movie. Well, that or the Star Destroyer being destroyed at lightspeed, which happens around the same time. That was quite the moment, too, and The Last Jedi is good enough that such a scene doesn\u2019t even get its own spot in this amazing and objectively correct ranking. How \u2018bout that<\/a>.<\/p>\n

5 <\/p>\n

The Lack of BackstoR(e)y<\/p>\n

\"Star
\n Image via\u00a0Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures<\/p>\n

Rey\u2019s backstory, and the idea of her parentage being related to someone significant within the Star Wars universe, was cut down about as swiftly and effectively as Snoke himself. No one saw a certain reveal about parents coming in The Empire Strikes Back<\/a>, but most people consider that plot twist an all-timer<\/a>, whereas the one option regarding Rey that no one seemed to see coming was rejected by some.<\/p>\n

Hey, Rey gets to be her own person. Her not being defined by people who existed before she did is kind of inspiring, and it\u2019s enforced by the film\u2019s ending, where Luke dies but what he stood for lives on, and anyone could be another Luke, and blah, blah, blah. It\u2019s an interesting place for Episode IX to go, if they ever make it. Speaking of intriguing sequel hooks and the future of Star Wars\u2026<\/p>\n

4 <\/p>\n

Sets Up an Intriguing Sequel We May Get Some Day<\/p>\n

\"Broom
\n Broom Boy in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.Image via Lucasfilm<\/p>\n

It\u2019s weird, you sometimes see people talk about The Last Jedi as if it\u2019s part of a trilogy<\/a> \u2013 some even call it the sequel trilogy \u2013 but then the question must be asked: where is the ninth episode? It’s more of a sequel duology. Disney has milked Star Wars since, in the world of TV and stuff, but it was weirdly restrained to have The Force Awakens in 2015, and then The Last Jedi in 2017, and then\u2026 nothing in 2019? Craziness. Blasphemy. Madness<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At least we can now theorize about what this potential movie could be called. The Pies of Skywalker? Rey could open up a bakery on the planet of Jakku. That would be fun; a nice change of pace. It would be better than Disney doing something silly with Episode IX like, oh, say, having Emperor Palpatine return. Somehow<\/a>. Can you imagine? At least The Last Jedi ends where it does, putting a nice bow on the Skywalker Saga, for now. The ride provided by Episodes I through VIII is not perfect, but at least a terrible Episode IX does not exist. We should count our blessings wherever we can!<\/p>\n

3 <\/p>\n

The Casino Sub-Plot Ends<\/p>\n

\"Rose
\n Image via Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures<\/p>\n

There\u2019s some time spent on a casino town in The Last Jedi, and it\u2019s not great, but it takes up a surprisingly short amount of time, considering the extent to which people complain about it<\/a>. And yeah, I\u2019m complaining about people complaining, and maybe you can write a comment complaining about my complaining about people complaining, and then I can respond and complain about your complaining about my complaining about people complaining, and on it’ll go, endless like Star Wars seems to be.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m complaining about people complaining, and maybe you can write a comment complaining about my complaining about people complaining, and then I can respond and complain about your complaining about my complaining about people complaining.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s an argument to be made that Star Wars shouldn\u2019t go on and on<\/a> the way it keeps going on, but while Star Wars might well be unending, that casino town part of The Last Jedi does mercifully conclude. And even if you think this is a silly thing to be positive about, it\u2019s like two scenes in a movie that goes for about 2.5 hours. Your steak’s well-cooked, the serving of fries adequately salted<\/a>, and the sauce top-notch, but you don\u2019t like the look of the lettuce on the side of the plate. Just eat around\/ignore it, you coward.<\/p>\n

2 <\/p>\n

There Was the Cinematography<\/p>\n

\"Luke
\n Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) face off in ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’Image via\u00a0Lucasfilm<\/p>\n

The Last Jedi looks nice. There was the cinematography<\/a>. It uses color well and just looks good, you know? And expensive movies should look good, but not all of them do look good, and so unfortunately, we live in a world where we have to celebrate a $300+ million movie<\/a> looking like it cost $300+ million. But whatever. Better than it not looking like a $300+ million movie.<\/p>\n

Some of that has to come down to Rian Johnson being an arguably better director than he is a writer (though I do like most of the screenplays he\u2019s written), and also, cinematographer Steve Yedlin, who has served as such for all seven of Johnson\u2019s feature films to date. The Last Jedi is the best-looking Star Wars movie<\/a> of the Disney era to date, and if you want to argue otherwise, you’re welcome to, I guess.<\/p>\n

1 <\/p>\n

Money<\/p>\n

\"Mark
\n Mark Hamill’s Dobbu Scay collecting coins in Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last JediImage via Lucasfilm<\/p>\n

Even if you hate money, you like money. You have to like money. The Last Jedi made money. It didn\u2019t make all the money, but it made some of it for sure. It made enough of it. And The Last Jedi does not like money, nor greed, but it exists, at least in part, to make money. It\u2019s a mess of a movie and a masterpiece<\/a>. It hates and loves money.<\/p>\n

I hate the concept of money, but like having money. I also need money. The Last Jedi is not in theaters anymore, so it doesn\u2019t really make money like it used to<\/a>, but it still probably generates some money for Disney and whatever, and its existence as something that can be written about means it generates money for writers. I\u2019m a writer. If you\u2019re reading this literal final sentence of the article, it means you have engaged sufficiently with the whole thing, and so you have contributed to me making a little money, so thank you (and if you didn\u2019t read this final sentence and have already written an angry comment about some other part of the article, then that\u2019s also engagement, and that too leads to money\u2026 ka-ching).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Last Jedi is a Star Wars movie. Webster’s Dictionary defines a movie as \u201ca recording of moving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,206],"class_list":["post-486969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}