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<p class="has-drop-cap">Three years ago today, December 15th 2017, the best <em>Star Wars</em> movie to date — by the director who, to date, showed the best understanding of what <em>Star Wars</em> is about and what it&#8217;s for — hit theaters. So this is just a quick appreciation post for Rian Johnson and <em>The Last Jedi</em>, which was so much better than it needed to be, and whose most important themes were, as far as I can tell, immediately and thoughtlessly cast aside as soon as J.J. Abrams came back to the franchise.</p>



<p>I should do a whole-series rewatch soon.</p>
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