Great news if you’re of a certain age – and most of us Fantha Trackers are – as The Last Jedi wins an AARP award for Best Movie for Grownups.
Mark Hamill and Kelly Marie Tran gave director Rian Johnson the award for The Last Jedi which topped Oscar-nominated faire including Get Out, Lady Bird, The Shape of Water, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
For 40 years, Star Wars has been the movie of our generations — the generations 50 and older — and The Last Jedi is the episode that honors them all. In an industry that’s too often preoccupied with youth, the film respects the past, taking us back to fond memories — yet it is also of the moment, innovative, vital and in touch with a vast public. And speaking of touch, Mark Hamill has just the right one as an older and wiser Luke Skywalker. In Jedi, the actor and his character passed the baton to a new generation. Hamill and costar Kelly Marie Tran presented director Rian Johnson with our top film award. Also nominated: Get Out, Lady Bird, The Shape of Water and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.