Posted on 11/17/2017 8:48:50 PM PST by Simon Green
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is poised to hit any number of benchmarks and shatter all kinds of records (mostly, the box-office kind) when it’s released on December 15, but it’s already surpassed the other entries in the franchise in at least one area—length.
At a recent press conference (via IGN), director Rian Johnson confirmed the runtime. Episode VIII clocks in at a whopping 150 minutes, which is 8 minutes longer than the previous longest-Star-Wars-movie title holder, Attack Of The Clones. The prequels set this extended-length precedent—or maybe they just feel that way—which The Force Awakens and Rogue One were only too happy to follow, since it meant more pew-pewing and rocketing around the galaxy.
The fact that Johnson is helming the longest Star Wars movie either bodes well or poorly for his planned trilogy. We’ll know more when The Last Jedi hits theaters December 15.
The whole bringing balance to the force thing doesn’t make sense.
It would mean wanting more on the dark side when there are more on the light side.
The Peter Cushing CGI was believable, but unfortunately, the Princess Leia CGI looked fake.
Well I probably will not be going to see it. I am burned out on Marvel,D.C. Comics, Star Wars and Star Trek, and any other CGI over the top genre’s.
The other night I watched a really good thriller/mystery called “Wind River”, I recommend it.
It looks like it isn’t available as digital video.
You can see it on Vudu or Google Play, it’s a recent film.
Indeed!
Sadly, so true. Hollywood has a bad habit of incorrectly concentrating on one aspect of film making.
after visiting Hammill’s twitter feed last night, I think that would be for the best.
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