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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

“You’re no Vader. You’re just a child in a mask”

TVNZ 2, 7.00pm

It was a contentious film among the hardcore fans, but this second film in the third trilogy is actually one of the best of the bunch. It’s got a great clash of good and evil with Kylo vs Rey, a tragic death of a beloved character and Mark Hamill in fine form returning to his role of Luke Skywalker, now a grumpy hermit. And it did a very good job of balancing fan

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