Author: Chris La Porte

Chris is a writer, co-host of The Brothers Geek podcast, and wanna-be Hobbit. He loves examining the storytelling elements of movies and video games while drinking the darkest stout he can find. He especially loves Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and anything made for the N64. He also has more MRxL than you, just accept it.

You love Star Wars. There’s nothing more epic than watching Luke Skywalker go from being a whiny farm boy to a wise whiny Jedi. The original trilogy is something so legendary that it should be encased in carbonate, never to be enjoyed outside of think pieces! It’s near perfect, and the most influential work of cinema in the history of film-making. Ha! That’s adorable. If there’s one thing we can agree on about The Last Jedi is that it’s possibly the most divisive Star Wars of all time. You hate it because it takes characters in directions that aren’t your…

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The Last Jedi is almost upon us, and do you know what that means? Lightsaber duels? X-Wings? Poe Dameron’s perfect face? Well, maybe. One thing I do know for sure is there will be people that absolutely hate it. It doesn’t matter how good it is; the hate will flow (as some emperors have been known to say). It’s one thing to dislike something, I get that. Everyone has their own tastes and want different things from something as big as the Star Wars franchise, but to rage in the comments on every trailer takes it to another level. Then…

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