I’m sure THE LAST JEDI is ‘beautifully made’ as George puts it, but it would be interesting to know what he thinks about the actual story direction (NuEmpire building an even bigger ‘death star’/Han and Leia estranged for years/Han’s son killing him/Luke in self-imposed exile for instance) that the Sequel Trilogy has gone down with THE FORCE AWAKENS onwards. Not that it makes any difference, but I’m just curious if there’s certain things he really disliked about where J.J. took the first Sequel’s ‘original characters’…apart from the fact he didn’t use George’s own ‘treatments’ of course!

Anyway, not too long before I get to see this latest instalment for myself. I’ve only watched the teaser trailer, and managed to avoid the majority of internet and merchandising spoilers, so the movie’s still open-ended for me, thankfully.

But while this next chapter will finally reveal who REY is related to…I’m probably even more interested to find out LUKE or LEIA’s explanation about just how come young KYLO turned out so badly adjusted that he eventually decided to murder his dad!

I’m hoping that this aspect of his background will be expanded upon in an interesting way, so that he’s not just left seeming to be an ungrateful ‘spoilt brat’ for no good reason.

Anyway, as with THE FORCE AWAKENS and ROGUE ONE, I’m sure I’ll have a blast with THE LAST JEDI when I see it for the first time on the big screen with an audience. But as with TFA and RO, I’ve no doubt that there’ll be plenty of moments that I’d rather alter or cut out when it comes to an ideal re-watch of TLJ for myself in future…so I’m keeping my expectations firmly in check. (and with that longish run-time, I’ll be going easy on the refreshments too!)