Top 10 Biggest Problems with Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the eighth installment in the main Star Wars saga, and if you came in hoping for a thrilling continuation, you may have walked out wondering who let the hyperdrive leak. The film spends much of its runtime swerving away from setups, sidelining logic, and treating long-running mythology like a toy box someone dumped on the floor. You get bold choices, sure, but bold does not automatically mean good, especially when the result feels less like a daring sequel and more like a franchise identity crisis in space.

For many fans, the problem is not that The Last Jedi tried something different, but that it seemed oddly proud of frustrating the audience that cared enough to show up. Here are the biggest complaints fans have with the film, from baffling story decisions to character choices that still make group chats flare up like a malfunctioning lightsaber.

The Top Ten

It's a print money movie
They ruined Luke Skywalker

I could go on and on about the problems with this film, but the worst for me is what they did to Luke's character. I understand that this trilogy isn't supposed to be about him, but the fact that he has rejected the Force, believes the Jedi "should end," and ultimately fails in his mission represents a complete destruction of Star Wars' original hero. This irreparably damages the franchise.
There were so many other directions they could have gone, but instead, they decided to make Luke a failure. He didn't even train Rey before he died, so I guess new Jedi don't need training anymore? That's a new one. It's unforgivable, really. This movie shouldn't exist.
It doesn't answer any of the questions from The Force Awakens
It is a parody of Episode V

I know people will tell you "it's very different." It's not. Both films involve our silly Resistance trying to flee from the First Order. Only worse, obviously.

Episode 7 was a parody of Episode 4, but this was far more of a parody. They even stole a very important scene from Return of the Jedi.
Unneeded love sub-plot

I found this love subplot so disgusting and disturbing, and I have a lot of reasons.
- Just one second after Rose meets Finn, she is already in love with him because of Finn's contribution in The Force Awakens. And then when Finn tries to escape, Rose zaps him because she doesn't want him to leave, because she is in love with him.
- They only met for a day and had one job: to find the master codebreaker to break the First Order's lightspeed tracking. Along the way, they do stupid stuff like park in the middle of nowhere where they can be found by guards, free space horses, etc. And yet, they kiss at the end of the movie.
- I know some of you may not notice this, but Rose is LITERALLY a kid (probably around 16-17) and is in love with a fully grown man (Finn). That is the disturbing thing about their love sequence. I don't want to see more of this in Episode 9. I hope Rose is really dead and not acting like she is dead (for those who don't know what I'm talking about, Rose was injured while trying to save Finn and he thought she died).
Leia's fakeout death scene

The fact that she simply flew back to her ship like nothing happened is just too dumb. I was right there seeing her get blasted into space by that TIE fighter, and I was accepting that this was how Leia was going to die. And then... she just flew back to her ship like a discount Mary Poppins.
In the words of the late Han Solo: That's not how the Force works.

This is probably my least favorite part of the movie, even though I liked this movie. Seriously, they could have totally killed off Leia in that scene, and it would have been a good end for her. But no, she has the Force, and she flies back to the ship. I don't even think that's how the Force works!
It was even worse than Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens honestly had fewer problems than The Last Jedi. At the end of the day, even though Force Awakens introduced a lot of stupid things out of nowhere just so it could be epic, it could still be resolved in the upcoming films. The Last Jedi forgets that any of this needs to be resolved.

Yeah, and what's worse is it treated the questions left by The Force Awakens like crap.
Rose Tico

I actually like Rose Tico's actress, but her role was bad.
- She interrupted Finn's sacrifice, which would have saved time for the Resistance.
- Her "romance" with Finn felt forced.
- She is not useful most of the time. She just hinted at where the codebreaker was living and a few other things.
- Her deleted scene, where she bravely bites the officer's hand, should have been in the movie.
It completely destroyed Star Wars

Honestly, this movie and the following one were the worst in the entire franchise. They had so much potential. However, the creators messed up gravely. They ruined Star Wars logic, especially with all the Force nonsense, and they ruined the original characters' personalities. It really destroyed the franchise.

I completely agree. A lot of the events of this movie and the sequels don't line up well with the rest of the trilogy. It just seems like they were created as a money grab. It explains why many people chose to decanonize the sequels.
Rey isn't related to anyone

Rey in The Force Awakens was a Mary Sue. She bests Kylo Ren with no training and has nothing to say about herself other than, "Look at me, I'm a strong female character." If she were at least related to a relevant character, say Skywalker, her strong Force powers would've made more sense. But she's related to nobody. If she's related to no one and can best Kylo in a matter of minutes, how is it even possible?

Seriously, people, come on. Is she a Skywalker or a Palpatine or something else?

The Newcomers

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Does nothing to set up for Episode IX
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Admiral Holdo was a good character with nothing to do except die

The Contenders

Admiral Holdo

I'm surprised she's not on the list yet. Holdo is a forced representation of feminism in the film, as if Rey wasn't enough. And not only that, her character isn't even that good.

Not everything has to have strong female representation. This isn't High Guardian Spice.
Some parts don't make any sense

I don't think Rian Johnson is an awful director. When he makes a good movie, it's really good. However, he was absolutely awful when it came to making a logical Star Wars sequel (as if Jar Jar Abrams isn't bad enough), which isn't surprising. Judging from his interviews, his ego is the size of the Death Star.
There are so many inconsistencies in this film that just wouldn't have happened if someone who knew these characters had directed it. Leia's fakeout death scene is the most prominent example, but another is what they did to Luke's character. The lightsaber toss is the most out-of-character thing any Star Wars sequel trilogy character has ever done, and the only reason it's in the film is because "lmao, so funny." This is without mentioning that him trying to kill Ben Solo over a nightmare is a huge step backward from believing there was still good in his father, a genocidal mass murderer. Subverting expectations does NOT translate to being clever if it makes no sense.
They kill off way too many characters

Killing off a movie character is a risk worth taking at times. It adds drama and emotion to the film. However, you have to be careful when doing this, because unless it's a climactic final battle, killing off too many characters just results in a lack of emotional impact.
This movie handles it terribly with Snoke, Phasma, and Holdo - three characters that had a lot of potential but were killed before anyone cared about who they were. Luke Skywalker also dies in the dumbest way, giving us the most underwhelming lightsaber duel in the entire series.
Despite all this, the one character whose actress died shortly after filming saved herself in the most ridiculous fake-out death scene possible. They kill off the wrong characters and save ones that should have died.
Yoda's small amount of screen time is unneeded

Yoda is the worst character in the film, even worse than Rose, Rey, and Luke. This was the wisest Jedi of all, whose purpose was to develop Luke Skywalker into the masterful Jedi he became by the start of Return of the Jedi. And he returns to this movie for fan service, only to burn up an entire Jedi library because "Rey knew it anyway."
It's made worse by the fact that they just gloss over it with "I didn't read it," and Yoda doesn't bat an eye, as if "reading is for dorks." I didn't even mention that his ability to use Force lightning as a ghost completely undermines the importance of Order 66. There's no reason why no Jedi came back to battle the Empire if this is possible.
It didn't make any sense that Luke died and Rey was the last Jedi
No mourning for Han

Instead, we get to see Luke touching the breasts of some random alien while carrying a smug look. Do you see what I mean when I say Luke wasn't himself in this film?

There is a deleted scene in which Luke mourns Han. It's brief but powerful, yet it was cut while 45 minutes of Canto Bight were not.
Luke Skywalker died

What's worse is that Luke didn't even act like himself in this movie. They developed his character into a brave Jedi throughout the original trilogy, and now he suddenly wants to be mopey and sad on an island. And yeah, I totally believe he'd want to kill his nephew.

So... Luke died a virgin. Life must have sucked for him.
Okay, jokes aside, I think his death wasn't executed well enough. This also adds to the fact that Luke doesn't really feel like Luke for most of the movie, which is quite disappointing.
We never got a single piece of information about Snoke

Unbelievable! They decided to dump the character.
Too many meaningless action scenes
Captain Phasma had no purpose in the plot aside from fighting Finn

Exactly! All she did was stand there.
The battle scenes are too short

If you remember from the trailer, there was going to be a duel between Finn and Captain Phasma. It looked like it could be great, but the problem is that in the movie, it was way too short! Why?
And they kill Captain Phasma in the most unfair way in Star Wars! Finn basically comes out of nowhere and slams his weapon into Phasma's face, which sends her flying into the fire. How is this fair?
The lightsaber duel at the end between Luke Skywalker and Kylo Ren is even dumber! Luke Skywalker creates a ghost of himself, and...

There were way too MANY battle scenes that went on for extremely LONG periods of time.
What?
Even Star Wars fans hate it

I know about the "No one hates Star Wars more than Star Wars fans" saying, but seriously, the hate for this film in particular is more radical than I ever saw for the prequels. It's no surprise why.
Kylo Ren is the only good character

Kylo Ren is seriously the only unique character in this trilogy with sensible motivations and an interesting personality. Fight me!
It's extremely boring
Not everyone dies