I had a lot of high hopes for this movie. I was enjoying the trailers and where they were going with Luke. I was totally on board. And yet…I’m not a fan of the movie in the end.

Before the movie came out, I had heard about what Luke does in his first scene with Rey, where he throws his lightsaber off the cliff. I read that at the time and my mind was BLOWN! I was like “Wow! That is such an awesome idea, and it completely subverts out expectations!” I couldn’t wait to see that scene in the theater, and as it happened, I wanted to see how the audience would react, anddd…it wasn’t right. Something about how he did it seemed off. It didn’t solicit the interesting response I thought it would, and it was nowhere near as cool as it seemed to me at the time I read about it.

I find it interesting that before I saw that moment, I thought it was the coolest idea. Then I saw it, and it wasn’t right, and I didn’t think it was cool at all. I think it was the way he did it over his back. I didn’t think he would do it like that. And it’s done in a way where we’re expected to laugh, when in reality it’s shocking. If it was played seriously for a shock, I totally believe it could’ve worked. But it was done for a laugh. I think the film had some good ideas, but executed them in the wrong way.