Yoda: Heeded my words not, did you? Pass on what you have learned. Luke Skywalker: I can't be what she needs me to be. Never here, now, hmm? The need in front of your nose. Wisdom they held, but that library contained nothing that the girl Rey does not already possess. Yoda: Oh, read them, have you? Page-turners they were not. Yoda: Time it is for you to look past a pile of old books, hmm? Luke Skywalker: So it is time for the Jedi Order to end. Ridley stated Jhonson shot what he wrote while Abrams was constantly changing the script, Abrams co-writter Chris Terrio said the Rise of Skywalker script was rewritten every day. Abrams discarded, due to it giving him a plotline were Finn led a stormtrooper mutiny like the one on a deleted scene that Rian Johnson filmed for The Last Jedi, were Finn makes stormtroopers revolt against Captain Phasma. Boyega later said that his character was treated better on the Episode IX: Duel of the Fates unmade script by Collin Trevorow that J.J. Daisy Ridley and John Boyega have both talked about in interviews how their initial reaction after reading the script for the first time was trying to get in contact with Johnson as soon as possible because they couldn't wrap their head around the direction he was going. Abrams (although he only follows Rian Johnson on Twitter). Hamill later said in a statement that he had maintained respect for Johnson as well as Episode VII and IX director J.J. While critics gave it a fresh aproval agregate score on both, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. In Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks new mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past. Now having said that, I have gotten it off my chest, and my job now is to take what you've created and do my best to realize your vision." Despite the divisive response among audiences Cinemascore audiences rated it with the same score as The Force Awakens and more positively than Rise of Skywalker. It also makes the most narrative sense as it's a twist that was genuinely surprising ( which only a few fans guessed), and also – like the reveal that Darth Vader is Luke's father – puts the character at a truly low point – something that making her related to an OT character wouldn't have done (as TRoS disastrously proved).After reading the script for the film, Mark Hamill told writer/director Rian Johnson, "I pretty much fundamentally disagree with every choice you've made for this character. This is (thematically) perfect, as it explicitly makes the point that anybody can be the hero of the story – even a random girl from nowhere. In The Last Jedi, Kylo reveals that Rey's parents were nobodies who didn't care about her and left her to rot on Jakku. RELATED: 10 Times Rey Skywalker Was The Best Jedi In Star Wars At the time, most fans were certain that the film would reveal she was the daughter or granddaughter of an original trilogy character. That would then "explain" her connection to the Force and fill some made-up plot hole only the most toxic of fans actually cared about (like, did Anakin need to be related to a canon character to be believably powerful with the Force?) 9 Rey's Origin Is Thematically And Narratively PerfectĪnother big sticking point was The Last Jedi's revelation about the true identity of Rey's parents (before it was ruinously retconned by the atrocious follow-up, The Rise of Skywalker). Basically, this is the most badass version of Luke in the entire series, even if "fans" don't want to admit it. So, why would that ultimately change? It's frankly ingenious how Johnson was able to find a way to let Luke simultaneously cripple the First Order and defeat Kylo Ren by cleverly utilizing The Force rather than through violence. His victory was his compassion towards Vader, and his refusal to let his anger consume him to the Dark Side. What most fans (surprisingly) seem to forget is that Luke didn't defeat the Emperor in the original trilogy by fighting him off with cool lightsaber moves. And even if fans didn't like where the film took Luke, how could they not think that Luke defeating Kylo Ren in a pacifist manner was totally awesome? Instead, the film decided to go in a more interesting direction with the character. One of the biggest complaints both overly-nostalgic and toxic fans have against the film is the fact their surrogate space-daddy, Luke Skywalker wasn't the uber-badass they imagined in their heads.