A Disney executive recently responded to the low audience scores for Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi.
The second installment in Lucasfilm’s Star Wars sequel trilogy is now out in theaters and not only continues the story that started with J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens but lays the foundation for Abrams’ 2019 film, Star Wars: Episode IX – the concluding chapter in the long-running Skywalker saga.
Although The Last Jedi‘s Tomatometer score (93 percent) on Rotten Tomatoes is on par with The Force Awakens, the audience score is tied for the franchise’s lowest audience rating of 57 percent.
And since user scores are open to everyone, someone can bring down a film’s rating just for pleasure.