{"id":15519,"date":"2017-12-14T13:09:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T21:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=15519"},"modified":"2017-12-14T13:09:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T21:09:18","slug":"star-wars-the-last-jedi-is-not-a-remake-of-empire-rejoice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=15519","title":{"rendered":"STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI is Not a Remake of Empire!!!!!! Rejoice!!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I never realized that <em>Star Wars <\/em>movies were mystery movies.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve become largely about \u201cThe Reveal.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who dies?<\/li>\n<li>Who has The Force?<\/li>\n<li>Who &#8211; actually -is your daddy?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That \u201cI\u2019m your father\u201d scene really had an impact on these new films. It\u2019s a good thing and makes for a fun night at the flicks AS LONG AS YOU STAY AWAY FROM ALL MEDIA PRIOR TO YOUR VIEWING!!!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/star-wars-the-last-jedi-is-not-a-remake-of-empire-rejoice\/a2-392\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15521\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15521\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/a2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI\u2019m here to help. Here is a SPOILER-FREE review of <em>Star Wars: The Last Jedi. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>No synopsis- the twist and turns are most of the fun. The most important thing to say is <em>The Last Jedi <\/em><u>is not <\/u>a carbon copy of <em>The Empire Strikes Back. <\/em>This is most welcome news and the best thing writer\/director Rian Johnson could have achieved. There are similarities, sure. Our hero is off training with a reclusive master. There\u2019s a massive battle on a snow-white landscape BUT it was a snow-covered battlefield on Hoth in <em>Empire <\/em>and here it\u2019s a planet covered in salt. Big difference. (Also, our new and improved salt-veiled battlefield has crimson-red soil hidden beneath, making for some of the most striking visuals in any <em>Star Wars <\/em>film ever).<\/p>\n<p>Luke is in it. So is Leia whose presence brings an unintended tension. As you know, the great Carrie Fisher passed away right after filming, shocking everyone. Her role is much more important and predominant here than it was in <em>The Force Awakens <\/em>and Leia is constantly in peril. I couldn\u2019t help but constantly wonder when they would bring an end to Leia. A sad exercise.<\/p>\n<p>There are laughs throughout but the heavy foreboding needed for a proper middle-chapter is everywhere you look. Things are dire, and the stakes are high. It\u2019s incredibly well handled and masterfully told.<\/p>\n<p>The one thing I can\u2019t wait to talk to people about is <em>how<\/em> Johnson has deviated from <em>The Empire Strikes Back <\/em>template. That plot-point is the most exciting thing to experience here. <em>The Last Jedi <\/em>becomes its own movie and sets the series in an exciting new direction. No small feat. <em>\u00a0<\/em>Now we have Our Own Star Wars!!! I can\u2019t wait to see what happens next!!!!!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/star-wars-the-last-jedi-is-not-a-remake-of-empire-rejoice\/a3-344\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15522\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15522\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/a3-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never realized that Star Wars movies were mystery movies. They\u2019ve become largely about \u201cThe Reveal.\u201d Who dies? Who has The Force? Who &#8211; actually -is your daddy? That \u201cI\u2019m your father\u201d scene really had an impact on these new films. It\u2019s a good thing and makes for a fun night at the flicks AS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[724,5060,16964,18963,21262],"class_list":["post-15519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-adam-driver","tag-daisy-ridley","tag-rian-johnson","tag-star-wars","tag-the-last-jedi"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}