There is a call to arms in The Last Jedi that goes unanswered by an apathetic galaxy. It is part of the film’s parable about failure, about how to cling on to hope in dark times, about how we win not just by lashing out at those we hate, but saving those that we love. The film was full of these beautifully wise, beautifully phrased sentiments that were baked into its story. They are sentiments that I have returned to time and again in the bleak three years since I first heard them. They were timely, to say the least.
That was why the film felt really personally important to me when I first saw it -- and still does.
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There is a call to arms in The Last Jedi that goes unanswered by an apathetic galaxy. It is part of the film’s parable about failure, about how to cling on to hope in dark times, about how we win not just by lashing out at those we hate, but saving those that we love. The film was full of these beautifully wise, beautifully phrased sentiments that were baked into its story. They are sentiments that I have returned to time and again in the bleak three years since I first heard them. They were timely, to say the least.
That was why the film felt really personally important to me when I first saw it -- and still does.
This was also a really good take on the backlash I saw at the time: https://bittergertrude.com/2018/01/04/why-so-many-men-hate-the-last-jedi-but-cant-agree-on-why/