The Last Jedi Is a Story of Optimism in Cynical Times

Star Wars: The Last Jedi was released five years ago this week. Regardless of how one feels about it, it is a movie that lingers in the consciousness. It’s hard to think of another recent blockbuster that has stayed in the conversation to the extent that it has. Of course, this is a double-edged sword. It can be hard to see The Last Jedi as anything but a culture war battlefield, which does the movie itself a disservice. It remains one of the most compelling and ambitious major franchise blockbusters of this young century. There is a solid argument to […]

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