Star Wars: The Last Jediis finally about to arrive in theaters this weekend. To say that people are excited about it would be a bit of an understatement. It’s tough to match the anticipation we all felt heading intoStar Wars: The Force Awakens, but there’s a growing sense that this movie is something special. Even thoughGeorge Lucasisn’t involved, it sounds like his legacy is continuing on in a great way. Lucas thinks so too, as he’s seen the movie and, reportedly, he really loved it.
The man who createdStar Warsrecently screenedStar Wars: The Last Jedi. According to Connie Wethington, a rep for George Lucas, says that he feels the movie was “beautifully made.” That’s pretty high praise. He also reportedly talked to director Rian Johnson after the screening and had nothing but nice things to say about his latest entry in the Skywalker saga.
“And in speaking with directorRian Johnsonafter viewing was complimentary.”
Even though George Lucas isn’t involved in theStar Wars universeanymore, it must be incredibly nice for someone like Rian Johnson to hear that the man responsible for creating a galaxy far, far away loves his movie. As much as many people hate the prequels, Lucas still deserves a lot of love and credit for what he was able to do. No doubt, Johnson is probably very happy that critics seem to be really enjoyingStar Wars: The Last Jediso far, but one has to imagine that theendorsement from George Lucasis the one that matters most. Especially considering thatStar Wars 8, in its final form, looks much different than it would have if Lucas had his way.
Disney purchased Lucasfilmfor more than $4 billion in 2012. They were buying everything that George Lucas had created, but they weren’t buying his ideas. Despite that, he had an outline forStar Wars 7,Star Wars 8andStar Wars 9. Reportedly, his outline for the new trilogy was quite a bit different than what Disney ultimately decided to do. That’s likely hard for a guy like Lucas to handle. So for him to say that he lovesStar Wars: The Last Jediis really something, when taking all of that into account.
As it stands,Star Wars: The Last Jedihas a 93 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. People seem to like it more thanStar Wars: The Force Awakens, a movie that George Lucas didn’t like nearly as much, but the movie also has a 93 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. It looks likeThe Last Jediis also going to be a massive hit, as it’s expected to make more than $200 million at the box office this weekend, and that’s just domestically. Even though Lucas isn’t involved anymore, the characters he created are still incredibly popular and are the subjects of very good movies.
