Star Wars: The Last Jediis probably the bestStar Warsmovie sinceThe Empire Strikes Back, but that doesn’t mean it’s without its faults. From the over the top barrage of humor to some certain things that made fans laugh or cry at the wrong time, we’ve collected some of the biggest gripes with Rian Johnson’s first foray into theStar Warsuniverse. While they’re not horrible offenses, they’ve for some reason or another left a bad taste in the mouths of fans, much like the weird green milk Luke Skywalker ingested on Ahch-To from that weird alien sea cow. Brace yourselves, there are SPOILERS AHEAD, so if you haven’t seenThe Last Jedi, you might want to stop reading.
15Visiting Canto Bight.
One of the worst things aboutThe Last Jediare theCanto Bightscenes. They seem out of place, almost like George Lucas directed them and had the scenes patched into the movie without telling anybody. From a weird drunken space leprechaun feeding BB-8 gold coins to some of the lamest inhabitants of any alien planet in theStar Warsuniverse. It is definitely the bathroom break portion of the movie with the only saving grace being the introduction of Benicio del Toro’s DJ character into the fold. Elsewhere, the Fathiers have weird almost human-like faces to prove how sad they are while some poor orphan kids clean up after them. Never mind BB-8 shooting gold coins out of himself like a bizarre machine gun. The whole scene that leads to Canto Bight turning into the nightmare of the movie is undoubtedly the parking violation. Rose and Finn get arrested for a Parking ticket? This can’t be real and it truly looks like George Lucas wrote that into the script because it reeks of his style. Those fans griping that Lucas isn’t represented inThe Last Jedi, look no further than 2 main characters getting arrested for a parking violation at a casino. It’s just plain lazy and not even humorous, except to maybe George Lucas.
14Captain Phasma’s return.
Captain Phasma was promised to be a bigger character inThe Last Jediand she clearly was not. She’s barely in the movie and when she is on the screen for a substantial amount of time, she apparently dies and we get to see her eye. There’s no big reveal and she doesn’t even seem as tough as she does inThe Force Awakens, which basically means that she’s another throwaway character who does all of the press and promotion for the movie, but is barely on the screen.
13Who is Snoke?
Another gripe aboutThe Last Jediis the lack of background onSupreme Leader Snoke. J.J. Abrams built the leader of the First Order to be this huge deal and Andy Serkis was telling anybody that would listen that the villainous alien is more powerful than Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine. While Snoke looks amazing and Serkis' portrayal of the character is commanding, the dude gets cut in half by Kylo Ren, really easily too. So here’s this big bad villain that everybody has been wondering about for 2 years and now nothing. Just cut in half with no mention of anything else.
12Leia using the Force.
Ok, so this might be a bit controversial, butLeia using the Forceto get back to the ship after floating in space was a bit over the top. Sure, Carrie Fisher did a spectacular job, but the whole Mary Poppins (sans umbrella), gliding through space was a bit comical from a purely visual standpoint. Otherwise, it’s really cool to finally see her tapping into her Force abilities, but it could’ve been executed a little better. George Lucas has reportedly told Rian Johnson that he can redo the scene in 20 years and re-release it into theaters along with some other touchups.
11No Jar Jar Binks.
Speaking of controversy, some fans believe that the absence of Jar Jar Binks actually madeThe Last Jediworse. No kidding, fans have taken to social media and bemoaned the fact that Jar Jar didn’t return and save the movie from what, we just don’t know. This is a real complaint about the movie and it isn’t immediately understood, so we’ll just let that simmer for a while and come back to it a little later.
10Grumpy Luke and his Laser Sword.
The Last Jediportrays Luke Skywalker, one of the most powerful Jedi ever, as a weak, broken wuss. It’s not hard to see where his nephew gets his moodiness. Luke does not need to be brought back, he should already be whole and wise from living in exile. Instead, he’s a grumpy, sad man where he should’ve been ready to kick ass the entire time and stop worrying. Yes, you’re supposed to take your “laser sword” and single handedly, no pun intended, take down the First Order. Go give your nephew the beating that he deserves.
9Maz Kanata’s cameo.
Why was Maz Kanata even brought back for a scene? We could have done without seeing her in her bizarre “union dispute,” as it only drags the movie down. Sure, she gets them the information to head to Canto Bight, but it’s ultimately useless information, which could have been better suited elsewhere. All it does is remind fans that we still have no idea where or how the hell that Maz ended up with Luke’s lightsaber and who Maz really is. More questions instead of answers is starting to become a trend inThe Last Jedi.
8No Knights of Ren.
Another problem also stems from J.J. Abrams’The Force Awakens. TheKnights of Renwere seen in the blink of an eye and many hardcoreStar Warsfans expected to see them featured more prominently inThe Last Jedi, but sadly, this is not the case. Instead we get to see some more of Kylo Ren’s moodiness and bashing his helmet in after poppa Snoke tears him a new one after praising Hux. However, it’s nice to see that Ren has graduated from the Cure and gotten more Nine Inch Nails this time around. But again, where are the Knights of Ren? Why did Abrams tease us with a bunch of stuff to never get explained? Many thought that Snoke’s Praetorian Guards may have been the Knights of Ren, but that fan theory has unfortunately been debunked.
7Luke drinking green Moof milk.
Why does Luke milk some 4-teeted sea creature and drink the green discharge? That scene on Ahch-To is pretty unforgivable and hard to erase from your mind after seeing it. It’s like a car crash and it comes right out of nowhere and is completely unnecessary. We get it, Luke’s on an island and he needs to fend for himself, but do we really have to see how he gets his green milk and did that sea creature really have to have 4 giant nipples?
6Rey harnesses her Jedi Powers too fast.
A universal gripe that has been around sinceThe Force Awakensis how quickly Rey seems to harness her Force powers andThe Last Jediis no different. We see Rey learn the ways of the Force from Luke Skywalker in a matter of days and suddenly she’s mowing down Praetorian Guards and Skyping with Kylo Ren (with a little help from that Snoke guy). Rey supposedly comes from nobodies, but she is an intense Jedi with little lessons after it took Luke weeks with Yoda on Dagobah. Granted, she was only lifting rocks while Luke was able to lift his X-Wing out of the Dagobah swamp.
