![]() To do so, Johnson supplies two fuel additives to the existing mix. ![]() It supplies us with all the things we expect - nay, demand - in a Star Wars movie, and manages to surprise us by revealing that this fictional universe, in which we've already clocked so many hours, can still surprise us. The Last Jedi is fun and fast, rollicking and suspenseful. Rian Johnson, director and writer of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (aka Episode VIII, aka The One Without Any Big Round Thing That Needs To Get Destroyed By Exploiting A Weakness In Its Design, Thank God) knows how vital each of those bedrock elements prove, and he has struck upon precisely the right alchemical formula without making a franchise film that feels formulaic. It makes me think about not only the time we spend together – but the times I spent with my dad even it was just standing in line.If they are to successfully make the jump to light speed, Star Wars movies require a precisely calibrated fuel mixture: one-third epic space battles, one-third narrow escapes and duly buckled swashes, one-third hooded beardy dudes standing around looking pained while solemnly intoning the cheesiest hokum about Darkness and Light as if it's Hamlet's Yorick speech (which in a way, it is). Even if my older son isn’t as captured by the movies as I’d like (the younger one certainly is). Now, however, taking my kids to see a new Star Wars movie is like reliving a piece of my youth – in all the best ways. Even when the prequels came out it never really crossed my mind. ![]() Obviously, as a kid, I never thought about taking my kids to see a new Star Wars movie. ![]() I can recall waiting in line for hours with my dad to see Empire Strikes Back (back in the old days when the theater could only sell tickets for the next show – so you had to wait and wait and wait). I vividly remember seeing the original Star Wars Trilogy in theaters. ![]()
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