Picking up directly where the previous film left off, Rey (Daisy Ridley) is trained in the ways of the Force by a bearded and somewhat disheveled Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), now a Jedi Master living in monk-like seclusion, which is not all that different from Luke's encounter with Yoda (Frank Oz). To be more precise, writer and director Rian Johnson models his follow-up to JJ Abrams' 2015 film after Irvin Kershner's 1980 epic space opera in spirit only, following many of the same plot points and beats without completely seeming familiar or a rehash. If The Force Awakens is a homage to the film that launched the Star Wars empire - in a good and highly entertaining way that felt more like nostalgic tribute than boring duplicate - then The Last Jedi is essentially an echo of The Empire Strikes Back. MILD SPOILER WARNING - please skip this portion of the review if you want to remain 100% spoiler-free.
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