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Old 20th December 2017, 04:00 PM
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The same can be said of many franchise series that have come back since 00's. Disney have taken a scorched earth policy to eliminate all the important characters, and insert a more politicaly correct set of characters that you just cannot really relate too. Star Trek is the same now as Star Wars. Characters you can't really relate to, and stories that don't follow the principals of what went before.
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I think this just sums up The Last Jedi for me. Special thanks to Mark Hamill for saying it like it REALLY IS.
For me, I thought the ending works because that character arc is done. Luke is basically saying "Mission accomplished. I'm at peace."

That said, the character has not been an integral part of my life for 40 years!
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