The Last Jedi is surely the worst example to show how to develop conflict within your narrative. Yes it has answers to all of these questions that (on paper) make perfect sense for each of the three characters, but how Rian Johnson actually gets these characters to connect to each of these points is through some of the worst screenwriting I've ever seen. For me this video essay just comes across as a credulous way to quell the criticism for the film, rather than as a genuine study on character development.

$31.99?! I recently shot a short iphone 6s film with a moondog anamorphic lens attached on my Osmo Mobile. All I did to balance it was blu tack a two pence coin to the side of the gimbal arm. It balanced it perfectly and it only cost me ...well 2p!

For me (once I read all of these great 6 books on filmmaking), the key to making better films was to understand story better. These four examples below apply to all forms of storytelling as well as filmmaking and are essential reading for any fiction filmmaker:

The Seven Basic Plots - Christopher Booker
Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them - John York
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King
Becoming a Writer - Dorothy Brande

As a screenwriter I would recommend Becoming A Writer by Dorothea Brande for how writer's block occurs and how to get out of it, Stephen King On Writing for alleviating often intimidating misconceptions on what good writing really is, both The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories by Christopher Booker and Into The Woods by John Yorke for teaching me not only why I write, but also why storytelling is necessary for the very survival of humankind.

As for filmmaking books, I haven't read any for a while, but my first book on the subject, was brought back from America by my Dad and was called The Filmmakers Handbook by Edward Pincus and Steven Asher. I read it over and over again before making my first 16mm short with a crew I trained purely from theoretical knowledge gained from the book. I would love to know if it still exists in an updated edition for a digital era?

There is an error regarding No.5 - "The majority of the film was shot at Pinewood Studios in England, where the original films were shot."

The original films were in fact shot at EMI Elstree Studios in Borehamwood Hertfordshire, just outside of London. Some of the pick-ups from Episode II or III were also filmed here on the George Lucas stage.