The meditative ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ aims for Empire glory over a second episode slump

The Empire Strikes Back is widely considered the best Star Wars movie & Attack of the Clones the worst. I agreed with that until I saw this film. The previous main installment The Force Awakens is a well oiled machine. The J.J. Abrams directed vehicle is perfectly paced and edited with heavy echoes to the original…