The Last Jedi

""Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to. That's the only way to become what you are meant to be.""

- Kylo Ren, to Rey

The Last Jedi is the sequel to The Force Awakens, written and directed by Rian Johnson, and is the eighth film in the main continuity of Star Wars.


 * Ace Pilot: Even though Poe Dameron has an lesser role due to his X-Wing getting destroyed, the opening battle of the movie showcases him destroying an Dreadnought's defensive turrets while being chased by an flight of TIE Fighters.
 * An Aesop: Your heritage shouldn't be the only driving force that makes you what you are; in order to move forward, you must let go of your grudges and learn from your mistakes. Just look at how Kylo Ren went from being obsessed with emulating Darth Vader to being Snoke's replacement (which is kind of a lateral move). Or how Rey and Luke learned how to move on after learning that the Jedi code was flawed and deserved to be abandoned
 * Airstrike Impossible:
 * The movie opens up with the Resistance evacuating the last of their personnel from D'Qar and Poe is stalling the First Order by cruising towards the First Order's group of warship while prank-calling Hux. After enraging the general, who neglected to scramble the TIE Fighters, Poe single-handedly destroys the defensive turrets of the Fulminatrix with minimum opposition.
 * Kylo Ren and a pair of TIE Fighters managing to destroy what's left of the Resistance's starfighters by flying through the hanger of the Raddus, the flagship of the Resistance.
 * The Alleged Car: The sandspeeders that the Resistance are using on Crait were literally breaking apart from going through several years of abandonment.
 * All for Nothing:
 * After the Resistance narrowly escapes from the First Order at D'Qar, Rose and Finn embark on an unsanctioned voyage to find a codebreaker who'll help them get past the Supremacy's security systems. But it turns out that not only did they find the wrong expert, said expert betrays them by revealing the cloaked Resistance transports so the First Order can casually destroys them.
 * The Resistance's contingency plan hinges on Vice-Admiral Holdo evacuating the Resistance's flagship and buying time for the unarmed Resentment transportss to escape. This would of worked...if the codebreaker that Finn and Rose found didn't revealed the escapees to the Supremacy's targeting systems.
 * The Dog Bites Back: One of the main points of the movie is that your underlings can only handle so much verbal abuse from you until they retaliate; or in this case, Ren killing Snoke for mocking him about his helmet and heritage.
 * Eye Scream: The fate of one of Snoke's guards is having an igniting lightsaber burn through one of their eyes and the rest of their skull.
 * Faceless Goons: Where an Stormtrooper's helmet retains some features of a face, the faceplates of Snoke's bodyguards are completely featureless.
 * General Failure: While General Hux was somewhat reasonable in The Force Awakens, he really let himself go in The Last Jedi. Mainly because he was distracted by a prank call and letting a single starfighter past his escorts without immediately taking action. This isn't a terrible thing on it's own, but this is Poe Dameron he let in, who subsequently rendered the heavy-hitter of his fleet vulnerable to his bombing run. Plus, it doesn't help that Snoke reprimanded him in front of his crew over this.
 * And there's also the issue of him recalling Kylo Ren and his wingmen when they were making significant progress against what's left of the Resistance fleet in favor of a drawn out artillery barrage, which wound up destroying most of the Supremacy's escorts.
 * Klingon Promotion: Since Kylo Ren wanted to pursue his own ambitions in the First Order and Snoke was standing in the way of this; Ren uses this as an excuse to usurp Snoke, since he had a hand in killing his master.
 * Make an Example of Them: Hux's solution to Finn's treachery is to have him executed in front of a few hundred Stormtroopers to prevent another one from going rogue.
 * Praetorian Guard: Like Palpatine, Supreme Leader Snoke has eight personal guards. But unlike Palpatine's guards, their crimson armor actually blends into the walls of Snoke's throne room; plus, they also wield an variety of weapons instead of just being uniformly armed with pikes.
 * Pyrrhic Victory: Although the Battle of D'Qar ended with the Resistance escaping after destroying the Fulminatrix, a Dreadnought that Hux intended to use to eradicate Leia's portion of the Resistance; it came at the cost of the Resistance losing the last of their heavy bombers and learning that the First Order can easily track them to hyperspace, rendering the evacuation a case of "prolonging the inevitable."
 * Ramming Always Works: Especially at lightspeed with an flagship-sized cruiser. But it also causes enough collateral damage destroy an fleet of Star Destroyers
 * Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Finn's reaction upon learning that the First Order is chasing the Resistance through deep space is to look for an escape pod, although he doesn't get far with this because Rose Tico forcibly stops him.
 * Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Luke Skywalker had a vision that Kylo Ren will fall to the Dark Side of the Force and decided it would be a good idea to preemptively deal with this, but he hesistated at the worst possible moment and Ren saw that Skywalker attempting to kill him while he was asleep. Faced with at the sight that his master was trying to kill him; Ren gathered any students who were loyal to him, massacred the rest of Luke's students, and eventually joined the First Order.
 * Sink the Life Boats: With the flagship of the Resistance running off the last of it's fuel reserves, their contingency plan is to evacuate the ship with a flotilla of unshielded and unarmed transports. Hux, being the merciless that he is, orders the cannons of the Supremacy to fire on the transports to thin out the Resistance.
 * Sitting Duck: The main reason why the Stern Chase is happening is because Kylo Ren and his wingmen had managed to destroy the last of the Resistance's starfighters while they were in their hangers shortly after the First Order followed them through hyperspace.
 * Smash the Symbol: After being mocked by Snoke on how ridiculous his helmet is and that he'll never live up to Darth Vader's legacy, Kylo Ren smashes it in a fit of rage as Snoke's words sink in. And this also signifies the end of Ren trying to hold onto the past.
 * Stern Chase: After the Resistance have evacuated from their (formerly) hidden base on D'Qar by travelling through hyperspace, they learned that the First Order is capable of following them with ease. Faced with all of their starfighters destroyed, running critically low on fuel, and experiencing an unyielding artillery barrage from the First Order; Vice Admiral Holdo's solution is to order her fleet to retreat without jumping to lightspeed. Even though, the Resistance fleet is faster than the First Order's warships, it's only an matter of time before they run out of fuel and slide into the range of the cannons of the Supremacy.
 * Tempting Fate: Immediately before his demise, Snoke is bragging to Rey about how loyal Ren is and that his apprentice will cut down his true enemy with an lightsaber sitting right on the armrest of his throne and is pointing right at him. It doesn't take much for Ren to ignite it on the guy who's been mistreating him.
 * We Can Rule Together: After Rey helps him kill Snoke and his bodyguards, Kylo Ren offers Rey to help him run the First Order and take over the galaxy. She refuses and the two starts fighting as Ren tries to illustrate how wrong she is.
 * Whip Sword: Two of Snoke's Elite Praerorian Guards weilds an rapier that collapses into an energy-infused whip.
 * You Do NOT Want to Know: The Resistance contacts Maz Kanata for advice on how to escape the pursuing First Order and she exasperatedly mentions is dealing with what she's calls an "union dispute" and insists that the details are best left unmentioned. But it's pretty clear that there's an riot going on, considering that gunfire can be heard in the background and she's holding a blaster pistol.
 * You Rebel Scum: In recognition of Finn's treachery and on the verge of death, Captain Phasma calls the former Stormtrooper scum; to which Finn corrects her, "rebel scum."
 * Your Mom: At the beginning of the movie, Poe Dameron manages to stall an invading First Order fleet by prank calling General Hux, who is rather confused by the Resistance pilot's audacity until Poe mention's Hux's mother. Hux didn't take it well, considering that he order his forces to open fire on Poe.