10 Movie Scenes Everyone Gets Wrong
4. "Let The Past Die" Isn't The Movie's Central Theme - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Both those who loved and loathed Star Wars: The Last Jedi gave way too much credence to Kylo Ren's (Adam Driver) memorable one-liner, "Let the past die. Kill it if you have to."
For many, they interpreted it as Kylo Ren essentially being a mouthpiece for the movie's central thematic, that writer-director Rian Johnson wanted to "kill the past" of the Star Wars franchise by so radically shaking up the series' formula.
Even ignoring the fact that having the villain embody the film's message would be incredibly foolish on Johnson's part, that's not even really what The Last Jedi is all about.
Sure, Johnson wanted to wipe away the franchise's more sentimental cobwebs and show fans things they hadn't seen before, yet so much of the movie is still about embracing the past rather than assassinating it.
Yoda (Frank Oz) literally tells Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in the movie, "The greatest teacher, failure is," indicating a need to learn from the past rather than obliterate it.
Even people who generally defend The Last Jedi to the hilt get this totally wrong, bafflingly.