The movie opens with a breathtaking battle scene that quietly introduces all the themes the rest of the film will be interested in, notions of heroism, sacrifice and the intrinsic value of both, and neither. It expands the idea of what a Star Wars movie can be. This is a Star Wars movie that plays with your assumptions and upends them, but it never betrays the story, characters and ethos at the series’ core. The movie is smart, stirring and deeply exciting, but more than anything, it is surprising. And more than anything else, it goes places no Star Wars film has ever dreamed of going. It blows the universe up to rebuild it it is a continuation and a new beginning. If The Force Awakens was basically just Star Wars told again in a new, but familiar way, The Last Jedi challenges the audience, challenges the Star Wars mythos, even challenges the whole damned series itself. The Last Jedi, unlike its predecessor, has the freedom to be daring, and perhaps the most thrilling thing about it-and there are many, many thrilling things-is how abundantly it takes advantage of that freedom.
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