These people were wrong — one desert planet orphan does not a remake make — and we obsessives at Mashable took the time to prove this with a shot-by-shot comparison.
Still, as is often the case with reductive reasoning, the "remake" label stuck in the mind of many moviegoers. So you'd think when it came to the Force Awakens sequel The Last Jedi, director Rian Johnson might take care to avoid all comparisons between his film and that best-loved Star Wars sequel, 1980's The Empire Strikes Back. * Read more...