The Last Straw: A Critical Autopsy of a galaxy far, far away by John C. Wright

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The review provided by Mr. John C. Wright was a much more entertaining and purposeful piece of work than was the actual film criticized (and rightly so). Like a good film, I was encouraged to openly display a wide range of emotion associated with laughter, disbelief, agreement, nostalgia, and even anger as Mr. Wright dissected the disaster that was Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi (or the last Star Wars film I'll ever watch). By the end of the book I felt sorry for the film perpetrator, as John put it, as it betrayed what must have been an awful upbringing or an acceptance of a form of atheistic nihilism which respects nothing about the history and traditions set down by Mr. Lucas. This is surprising to me especially considering that Rian and I are in the same generational cohort which, by and large, were hugely affected by the series of films he was given the opportunity to participate in, an opportunity many in the Gen X group would have sacrificed various parts of our bodies to be given. Again, Mr. Johnson's childhood must have been absolutely abysmal and/or he grew into a self-hating adult in college or something in order to have given us what he did in this film. I wish him well and pray that he finds peace in life. Then and only then and with much caution should he ever be considered to lay hands on this franchise and perhaps as an extra on the sidelines or in a stormtrooper outfit, the first to be shot in a battle with the "rebel scum." Thank you, Mr. Wright. You eloquently put into words what I saw and felt while watching this abomination of a film.


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