{"id":92354,"date":"2026-05-07T13:11:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/cody-rhodes-has-strong-opinions-on-the-last-jedi\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:11:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:11:53","slug":"cody-rhodes-has-strong-opinions-on-the-last-jedi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/cody-rhodes-has-strong-opinions-on-the-last-jedi\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Rhodes Has Strong Opinions on ‘The Last Jedi’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It\u2019s been almost 10 years, and you still can\u2019t say the words \u201cThe Last Jedi\u201d on the internet without catching a little crap. Some people love it, some people hate it. Then even more people hate it. It\u2019s a vicious cycle that not only comes back every few months but also, according to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy herself, changed the course of Star Wars<\/em> history as we know it.<\/p>\n

Basically, everyone\u2019s got an opinion. And most of those opinions have equal weight. But when you\u2019re one of the biggest WWE superstars of the modern era, that opinion holds a little extra weight. Recently, the American Nightmare himself, Cody Rhodes, commented on a social media ranking of Star Wars<\/em> movies and offered up his thoughts on why he loves The Last Jedi.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I love it. LOVE. But my reason is fairly personal and oddly wrestling related<\/p>\n

When these legends come back, they\u2019re not the same. Didn\u2019t want Luke with dyed hair and an 8 pack doing flips\u2026I got a broken old man with one last real punch in him. But it was a helluva punch. Kinda\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To recap, Rhodes replied to an IGN ranking of Star Wars<\/em> movies on May 4 that had The Last Jedi<\/em> at number four. \u201cNot bad! I\u2019d swap 7 & 5 prob Love them ALL though,\u201d he said. (The swap means Rhodes\u2019 rankings would be Empire, New Hope, Return of the Jedi, The Last Jedi, Revenge of the Sith, Force Awakens, Rogue One, Solo, Phantom Menace, Clones, Rise of Skywalker.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

A user then replied, saying, \u201cThere\u2019s no way you\u2019re fine with Last Jedi<\/em> being that high,\u201d to which Rhodes dropped the above post, which says, \u201cI love it. LOVE. But my reason is fairly personal and oddly wrestling related,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWhen these legends come back, they\u2019re not the same. Didn\u2019t want Luke with dyed hair and an 8 pack doing flips\u2026I got a broken old man with one last real punch in him. But it was a helluva punch. Kinda\u2019 like Funk. May the 4th be with you!\u201d<\/p>\n

(\u201cFunk\u201d is referring to wrestling legend Terry Funk, who rose to fame in the 1980s but made an epic comeback in the mid- to late 1990s when he was in his 50s. He passed in 2023.)<\/p>\n

And, of course, in our opinion, Rhodes is right on the money here. Fans can argue back and forth about the treatment of Luke Skywalker in the Sequel Trilogy, but here are the facts. J.J. Abrams and the team in The Force Awakens<\/em> made the choice to put Luke Skywalker in hiding. Rian Johnson in The Last Jedi<\/em> then found a way to pay that off by allowing him to honor that decision but simultaneously use the Force to make a massive, non-violent impact on the Dark Side. An impact that cost him his life. We\u2019d certainly call that one \u201chelluva punch.\u201d<\/p>\n

We\u2019re sure no one will want to argue about this in the comments.<\/p>\n

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