‘Star Wars’ Actor Sam Witwer Says Rian Johnson Didn’t Do His ‘Homework’ With ‘The Last Jedi’

Star Wars voice actor Sam Witwer shared his personal criticisms of director Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi.

When director Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi debuted in theaters, many followers praised the second chapter of the sequel trilogy for taking the story and characters in instructions that few anticipated. Nonetheless, some followers have been lower than thrilled to see the movie subvert fan expectations and actor Sam Witwer had added his voice to those that have been disillusioned by Rian Johnson’s entry within the franchise.

Throughout a stream of Star Wars Battlefront II on Twitch, Sam Witwer said that he felt The Last Jedi was made by somebody “who hadn’t fairly performed his homework.” Witwer, who voices a number of characters within the franchise’s animated sequence’ and video video games, added that doesn’t really feel Rian Johnson supplied a justifiable cause for why Luke Skywalker initially refused to assist Leia and the resistance:

“I feel Rian Johnson’s a proficient man, however Bruce Lee didn’t develop Jeet Kune Do with out studying Kung Fu first. You possibly can’t reinvent Star Wars with out figuring out Star Wars first and he didn’t — for me — make a compelling argument for why Luke didn’t go and assist his sister.”

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Right here is the official synopsis for The Last Jedi:

“In Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues because the heroes of The Power Awakens be part of the galactic legends in an epic journey that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Power and surprising revelations of the previous.”

Written and directed by Rian Johnson, Star Wars: The Last Jedi stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern, Frank Oz, and Benicio del Toro.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is now accessible on 4K Extremely HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD.

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