Note: This review contains mild spoilers. There are countless moments in “Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi” where writer-director Rian Johnson could have shown reverence for the past, whether it’s 2015’s “Episode VII — The Force Awakens,” which helped restart the idling sci-fi franchise, or the previous four decades of Star Wars lore. He does no such thing. “The Last Jedi” may pick up where J.J.