Crop of Star Wars: The Last Jedi official poster. Image via Disney/Lucasfilm
Since Star Wars gave us a small glimpse at December’s new saga film, we’ve got a list of 10 things we really want to see happen in The Last Jedi.
While I feel like I’ve been a Star Wars fan my entire life, this is the first time in my adult life that I’ve been a member of the franchise while they were releasing new films. But they’re not just releasing new films — they’re expanding from saga films to standalones and spin-offs. It’s like the heyday of Star Wars where it’s indisputably one of the strongest franchises around.
No contest.
But 2017 marks an especially interesting year in terms of release, because it falls between The Force Awakens, Rogue One and The Last Jedi‘s release. What does that mean exactly? Well, we saw that happens the franchise returns with a sequel to Return of the Jedi. (For those who discount the prequels almost entirely, The Force Awakens was the first Star Wars film in about thirty years.) Plus, we’ve seen how standalones can do with respect to Rogue One earning more than a billion dollars at the box office.
With all that in mind, The Last Jedi still has something to prove. Can the second entry of the sequel trilogy match the hype of The Force Awakens? Will the film copy its predecessor The Empire Strikes Back like The Force Awakens followed A New Hope? What does Rian Johnson’s artistic vision bring to the table?
Because the ad campaign is still in its early stages, we know nothing and must only feed on speculation. Thanks to The Last Jedi trailer, we have just slight idea of what’s in store.
Here it is again, just because:
So, on that note, here are 10 things we want to see happen when Star Wars: The Last Jedi hits theaters later this year.