the movie the last jedi came out on december 15, 2017.
when does the movie the last jedi come out?
december 15 , 2017
in january 2015, disney ceo bob iger stated that "episode viii" would be released in 2017, and in march, lucasfilm announced a release date of may 26, 2017. in january 2016, "the last jedi" was rescheduled for december 15, 2017 in 3d and imax 3d. on january 23, 2017, the film's title was announced as "star wars: the last jedi". similarly to "the empire strikes back", "return of the jedi" and "the force awakens", "episode viii" was included in the film's opening crawl.
star wars: the last jedi
ackbar actors tim rose and tom kane also said they were disappointed with how the character's death was handled. rose hoped ackbar would have a more substantial role in "the last jedi" than he had in the latter film, and was unhappy the character again received little screen time and was abruptly killed. rose said: "each day i would come to work going, 'is today the day when ackbar gets something a bit more involving?’ and i looked at my script and i went, 'oh, ackbar's going out of the window. well, that's that then!'". kane likewise thought the death scene was poorly handled, and believed ackbar should have been given the larger role in "the last jedi" that went to vice admiral amilyn holdo, a new character played by laura dern. "the last jedi" editor bob ducsay said he was also disappointed with how the scene was handled, saying it was "slightly incidental", though he said the scene was intentionally designed that way and he did not come to have second thoughts about it until after watching the completed film. gary whitta, who co-wrote the story for the film "rogue one" and wrote several other "star wars" projects, said he was saddened by how quickly ackbar died.
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