Joseph Gordon-Levitt wrote an actual 2,000-word essay defending Luke Skywalker

Despite the overwhelmingly positive reviews, The Last Jedi was still a pretty divisive film.

The portrayal of Luke Skywalker's character, in particular, seems to have drummed fans into a kind of rage-fuelled frenzy of debate. Was it true to Luke's character to act the way he did? Was his role badly written?

Even Mark Hamill himself waded in.

The point is, people have pretty strong opinions when it comes to Star Wars.

And Joseph Gordon-Levitt is no exception.

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Yep: Joseph Gordon-Levitt literally wrote a 2,000-word essay on his Medium page about the whole Luke Skywalker debate.

Gordon-Levitt starts the post by stating that, while he's good friends with director Rian Johnson, he's not writing the essay for him.

"I'm NOT speaking for him here," writes Gordon-Levitt. "He doesn't even know I'm writing this."

He then launches into a passionate discussion of Skywalker's character, in which he defends the portrayal that so many people have criticised.

"No one is a perfect hero or a perfect villain, we're more complicated than that, every one of us," he writes. "Flawless characters feel thin.

"And forgive me if I blaspheme, but the young Luke Skywalker always did feel just a little light to me, which is why it was so cool this time around to see him fill out into a more imperfect human being."

Agree or disagree, you can't fault his dedication.