Going back to that post on ring theory - there are a lot of similarities between Empire and The Last Jedi. Probably shouldnt be surprised that the movie that is based on the most liked of the Star Wars movies and is also the most polarizing (everyone thought the Prequels were bad, this one is more polarizing.)
Movie starts with hero’s needing to flee their base after dark side finds them - yup.
Riding funny looking animals in a story line that arguably has no real purpose - Yup. It Doesn’t get mentioned a lot but the battle on Hoth for the first half out of Empire really has no purpose outside of the heroes escaping.
Random new character betrays the heroes getting them captured - yup.
Young Jedi goes to old Jedi for training but what they find is somewhat unexpected - yup (Grumpy Luke vs. Goofy Yoda - kind of funny because ppl weren’t overly happy with how Yoda was portrayed in the prequels, similar complaints for how Luke portrayed here.)
Young Jedi ignores the Jedi master and makes decision to confront Sith Lord - yup
Parentage of young Jedi revealed - yup.
Empire was much tighter in its execution and kept things much simpler than the Last Jedi but the overarching plot is pretty similar when you look at it. Also think that the big twist of Vader being Lukes father is what really makes that movie work - its just he reveal that Rey is “no one” that kinda falls flat in TLJ
Last edited by SuperMatt18; 12-18-2017 at 12:44 PM.
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