It was with both a heavy heart and a delightful sense of schadenfreude that we recently reported on the “fan” campaign to remake The Last Jedi, arguably the best Star Wars film since the original trilogy but definitely the best at inciting ire from people who seem to deeply misunderstand how movie franchises work.
Extended, single-take shots are like a magic trick. As moviegoers, our eyes have grown so accustomed to jump cuts and other editing techniques that when a single take goes on for more than 60 seconds, we become a bit mesmerized. For the first time, the film is reflecting what it’s like to experience the world through…
The Last Jedi just came to Netflix, which makes it a fine time to revisit the finer points of the best Star Wars movie of the past, oh, two decades. The YouTube show Lessons From The Screenplay recently dug into the movie with its typically thorough, structural take, and the resulting video makes a great case for the…
[The following contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but come on, you should just go see it.]
[Note: The following contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, a movie you probably should’ve seen by now if you care about spoilers.]
Recently, the most reactionary Star Wars fans have jumped into two camps: Those who hated The Force Awakens for being too faithful to the old movies, and those who hated The Last Jedi for being too different from the old movies. Last Jedi director Rian Johnson isn’t letting a small number of angry Star Wars fans bring…
Note: This post contains minor plot points from The Last Jedi.
Look, we get that, most of the time, being famous is probably a big old pain in the ass. Between the paparazzi, the PR nightmares, and the constant near-certainty that someone, somewhere, is thinking about you naked, fame can be a double-edged sword. But sometimes, even the most dour of celebrities has to admit that…
It was Star Wars nerds who gave a name and extensive backstory to an off-the-rack werewolf mask, after all, so it should come as no surprise that those same superfans are currently combing over first-look photos from The Last Jedi in search of clues. And fansite Fantha Tracks has uncovered a fun one: An alien tribute…
[Note: This story contains cameo casting details for the upcoming The Last Jedi. (Not just the guys in the headline, either.)]
It has been almost six months since Disney and Lucasfilm released the first trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and while fans will still have to wait before they can see the next trailer, at least it won’t take too much longer. As announced today in a press release, a new Last Jedi trailer will be released tomorrow…
The Last Jedi won’t be out until December 15, but since it is a Star Wars movie, we are already arguing over it—particularly the little fellows called “Porgs.” As introduced in a series of photos from the set, they are short, round birdlike things described as “an indigenous race of caretaker creatures” by director…
Given that one aspect of our jobs here at The A.V. Club is to watch pretty much everything that comes out around major film franchises and figure out, “Is this any good?”, it’s pretty easy to get jaded about the bigger ones. That goes especially hard for Star Wars, a cultural juggernaut that’s been riding its own…
The press tour for The Last Jedi is sure to be filled with touching and hilarious stories about the late, great Carrie Fisher. Oscar Isaac unveiled one such tale on The Late Show yesterday, describing how much fun Fisher seemed to have inflicting bodily harm on him when they filmed a scene in which General Organa has…
Perhaps we’re only saying this because the only image we’ve seen of her was shot by Annie Leibovitz, but Laura Dern’s new Star Wars heroine looks like she’s adding a giant dose of fashion to the galaxy. According to Vanity Fair’s story about The Last Jedi, Dern is playing Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo. She’s an officer in…
Late last week, the first Last Jedi teaser was finally released, to the excitement of fans everywhere. And it had everything: a getting-in-touch-with-her-powers Rey; an unconscious, but at least still alive, Finn; a fleeing Poe; and a Luke Skywalker who did more than just look meaningfully at the camera. With the…
The talk around this year’s Oscars is winding down—wait, who are we kidding?—which of course means it’s time to move on to discussing next year’s potential nominees. Get Out is getting a lot of positive buzz, so maybe Jordan Peele will get a nod for best original screenplay come next January. Elsewhere, J.J. Abrams is…
