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Rian Johnson's 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' has rightly earned both critical praise for being a mature, subversive film, and scorn for insulting the fandom.
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The only way this insults fans is if you, as a fan, had a very specific view of what should happen. That's never a good thing and should never be encouraged. The only thing fans should have expected was a middle chapter - i.e. the chapter that challenges the characters and tests them, mixing things up before the third chapter (where the resolutions and satisfaction happens). Mind you, I found that Johnson actually gave a few more satisfying conclusions to certain plots and characters when he didn't have to... He could easily have ignored Rey's parents and Snoke for 9 to deal with, instead he chose to push the story forward away from the cliched notes of the OT. Maybe it's uncomfortable, and, yeah, I wasn't sure about it. But I've seen the film again now and honestly all the shock and outrage seems pretty petty when you actually see what a clever and powerful film this is, based on what's in there, not what's not there.
Fans should be thankful their favourite franchise isn't afraid to take risks. Even if you don't like it, it's a much more interesting conversation peice than 'oh yeah that went exactly how I thought'.