Two more TLJ links

[elisi]

Via Kerk:

Will Wheaton on The Last Jedi, general thoughts, no spoilers:

“We are the spark, that will light the fire that will burn the First Order down.”
I felt like, if I were a kid today, this movie would be *my* Star Wars, it would the one I would still be talking about in forty years, the way the original Star Wars (that I refuse to call ‘episode whatever’) is for me today.


Via sea_thoughts:

Bitter Gertrude (MANY SPOILERS!!): “This is Not Going to Go the Way You Think”: The Last Jedi Is Subversive AF, and I Am Here for It



If you didn't like TLJ, if you felt it handled [insert issue/story/character] badly, and wonder why some people are so taken with it, this article might provide some answers. I was practically making dolphin noises by the end of it. (And - believe it or not, although I can prove it - I had the idea for the icon before reading the article!)

And for those that would like the icon - as usual free to good homes, but please credit - I made a US version too:

Comments

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Nice linkage thank you. I agree wholeheartedly with the long article. It has to be that the story moves on, otherwise there's no point to a rebellion moving forward and by definition that means the old characters have to go and make way for the new, younger and less tired rebels. That is scary, and I know that a lot of people hate it, but I love it. It's really much more like true life. Things are changing and the technology in the film is also moving forward, so the people who are rebelling need to be aware of that and see the changes....

:)

Sorry, bit of a rant there as I really enjoyed the film choices made as did the rest of my family :)

Edited to add - of course Luke may be gone, but doesn't mean he can't come back ;)

[elisi]

That is scary, and I know that a lot of people hate it, but I love it. It's really much more like true life. Things are changing and the technology in the film is also moving forward, so the people who are rebelling need to be aware of that and see the changes....
Exactly. I am still trying to work on my own thoughts, to try to formulate why *this* film resonated with me more than any of the others have, but this is a big part of it. They are moving and changing and it's wonderful.

Sorry, bit of a rant there as I really enjoyed the film choices made as did the rest of my family :)
Oh ranting welcome. Esp as the rest of my family were less impressed/didn't like it, so I am the sole person waving the flag.

Edited to add - of course Luke may be gone, but doesn't mean he can't come back ;)
Of course!!