# Star Wars: The Last Jedi

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Star Wars: The Last Jedi and 8 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Praised as the most creative and functional of the sequel trilogy, though critics find it muddled, derivative, and weak in its final act.

## Why people recommend it

- Bold, willing to take risks (2 comments): "The only one of the sequels that had any balls was The Last Jedi" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48013377)) "The problem with Episode 8 was not lack of creativity." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46200120))
- Best of the sequel trilogy (2 comments): "most functional of the new trilogy, if a somewhat overly ambitious muddle" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46200426)) "The only one of the sequels that had any balls was The Last Jedi" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48013377))

## What people warn about

- Derivative of earlier films (2 comments): "It also rips off the ending of Return of the Jedi by killing the main bad guy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46206112)) "Episode 8 was a retread of Empire Strikes Back" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46201228))
- Weak final act and Rey's arc (2 comments): "TLJ was almost great, but clearly needed to see Rey go dark at the end" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48013966)) "it lost its way in the final act" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46201979))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Blade Runner](https://hackerapproved.com/p/blade-runner.md): 54 recommend
- [Colossus: The Forbin Project](https://hackerapproved.com/p/colossus-the-forbin-project.md): 35 recommend
- [Jurassic Park (1993 film)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jurassic-park.md): 32 recommend
- [The Fifth Element](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fifth-element.md): 24 recommend
- [Terminator 2: Judgment Day](https://hackerapproved.com/p/terminator-2-judgment-day.md): 21 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi", https://hackerapproved.com/p/star-wars-the-last-jedi/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).