I watched this video from Wisecrack the other day by Jared Bauer regarding “what went wrong” with The Last Jedi. After Hal posted it on his TLJ Edit thread I decided to comment on it. I felt like I should post it here instead because I didn’t want to start a discussion not directly related to his edit on that thread. Hope you guys don’t mind.

I saw that video a few days ago. It makes a few good points that go beyond the clickbait title, but I think they ignore a few things. The third act doesn’t “undo” the message of the first two. It just re-evaluates it. Good and evil are necessary in the end, since grey areas lead to DJ being a scumbag. Killing the past is bad despite Luke’s best intentions, since learning is always needed. Kylo is wrong, because he can’t understand this. Yes the eternal conflict will go on forever, but making everyone a grey morally baseless character doesn’t work in a story where wars are inevitable. The Jedi Order failed not because it was “too good” but because it was dumb and blind.