Alan Dean Foster, the award-winning author behind Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, called the 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi “a terrible movie.”
Star Wars novelist Alan Dean Foster shared his thoughts The Last Jediand call it ‘a terrible movie’
“Episode VIII was out, it was a complete deal, “Foster said Midnight’s Edge. “And I went to see it, and I thought it was a terrible movie. I thought it was a terrible Star Wars film, and it’s not necessary to check, because every fan has it already. I thought, ‘How can this be reconnected? How can we get as much as possible from Episode VIII in a proposed Episode IX? ‘And I wrote a partial treatment for it and in the storyline tried to explain many of the silly things in which it happened. Episode VIII. “
Foster is known among fans as the ghostwriter of the first Star Wars novelization, as well as the author of Splinter of the Mind’s Eye – a prospective sequel to A new hope before The Empire Strikes Back be green light.
Although The Last Jedi praised by critics, the film suffered a number of years of setbacks Star Wars fans who felt it went too far in terms of subversive expectations. Many also made an exception with the rendition of Luke Skywalker, which was re-introduced for the first time since Return of the Jedi (save for teasing at the end of The power wakes up) as a disillusioned hermit who cut himself off from the Force. Even Mark Hamill himself famously said: ‘he is not me Luke Skywalker. ‘
In the time since its release, other stars of the film have started calling The Last Jedi draw a doubt. John Boyega, who played Finn in the sequel trilogy, said: ‘The power wakes up I think the beginning of something was very solid, The Last Jedi if I am honest, I would say that it felt a little unclear to me. I did not necessarily agree with many of the choices in it, and this is something that Mark addressed [Hamill] a lot left and we had conversations about it. And it was difficult for all of us because we were divorced. ‘
Written and directed by Rian Johnson, Star Wars: The Last Jedi stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Mark Hamill, Andy Serkis, Gwendoline Christie, Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern and Carrie Fisher.
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