Any and everywhere is the right place for this. Movies, even big blockbuster films, are art, and art should constantly be aiming to make its audience better as people. THE LAST JEDI is a Star Wars movie that deconstructs Star Wars movies, challenging its conception of heroism with Poe, challenging its conception of the Jedi masters with Luke, challenging the black and white morality of the franchise with its morally bankrupt war profiteering industry on Canto Bight -- everything. It's taking a sledgehammer to what Star Wars fans think Star Wars is.
That's why a lot of Star Wars fans hate it, but it's exactly why I love it. It's not about giving Star Wars fans what they want, but about what they need: a franchise willing to go new places and in new directions instead of retreading the same basic plot beats ad infinitum.
Canto Bite, which may have been "thematic" but also was mindbogglingly boring.
I disagree, but that is a far more defensible and sensible position than "Canto Bight was redundant and unnecessary." It served a clear, important purpose in the broader story and theme of the film.
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