Star Wars: The Last Jedi is about how to let go of Star Wars . Not only did it infamously give us Luke Skywalker as a bitter old recluse and reject the idea that Rey mattered because of her bloodline, but it also insisted that the series was all about change. The Last Jedi makes that point most clearly when the spectral Yoda visits Luke and sets fire to the sacred Jedi texts. When Luke protests, insisting that he needs them to train Rey, Yoda responds with his typical, grammatically-unique wisdom. “We are what they grow beyond,” Yoda tells his fellow Jedi; “That is the true burden of every master.”

If there’s truth to Yoda’s statement, then The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson may not yet be a master, because he’s not ready to fully leave Star Wars behind. While promoting W

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