#23: The Last Jedi backlash - what the hell's happening? ...

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This episode is 31 minutes long.

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This episode was published on December 22, 2017.

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You know the drill. Critics publish scathing or just lukewarm reviews of blockbuster franchise films, fans go in droves to see them at cinemas anyway and end up fighting their corner. Not so with 'The Last Jedi', with reviewers loving the latest Star Wars movie but many fans loathing it, some even going so far as to sign a petition trying to get it struck it from the Star Wars canon.FIlm reporters Jack Shepherd and Jacob Stolworthy join Culture Editor Christopher Hooton to try and work out what happened, whether the criticisms are fair, and what this polarised feeling means for the future of the franchise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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