The Rise of Skywalker is an Embarrassment
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
- I love Star Wars. I do not love Rise of Skywalker. The 9th episode of the franchise is arguably the worst instalment to date. Join me on this epic journey as I spend an hour and a half talking about some of the film's issues.
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When I watched this movie the exact moment Rey and Kylo kissed someone in the theater clapped and someone else yelled no, this alone was worth the price for the ticket
Girl and guy respectively
physically cringed and asked myself, "why?" when they introduced a romantic relationship between them.
@@sevthenpcRBLX i know right, but then again so many fangirls online wanted a relationship between kylo and rey, and honestly it confuses the shit out of me. Kylo has been a confused douchebag the entire trilogy and yet they prefer kylo over finn? why? cuz he is the son of han? or cuz he has that dark sasuke thing going on? or cuz he is force sensitive? like what kinda of bullshit fandom is this. Or is this the definitive prove that girls go for douchebags
a meaningless demon I’ll never forget the post by a reylo where they were angry at cut scenes from ROTS because they included kylo attacking rey and “ KYLO WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO HER OMG HE NEVER EVER EVEN HURT HER ONCE!!! “ ..... bruh
When it looked like they were about to kiss I couldn't help but say out loud "Please don't. Please don't!" then they did and I yelled "Come on!" and dropped my head into my hands
“Palpatine, how are you alive?”
A good question, for another time
Lol indeed
Yeah, that is so typical of JJ's awful "mystery box" writing. Whenever a character asks an important question that JJ is too lazy or stupid to answer he will:
1) Don't answer the question
2) Change the subject
3) Pretend you'll answer the question later with "a good question. for another time."
For a Never Time
I don't really see the problem here, in Legends there was a powerful Sith boi who hold his body together with his willpower and his believe in the darkside of the force. He was unkillable and only died because he cut his connection to the dark side. Palpatine falling into a bottomless pit wasn't really something he couldn't survive, just like floating through space or whatever. Don't really think it's TOO farfetched or weirder than some other extremely weird design choices
I also thought that the fleet was really boarded with undead lol. Fueled through the dark side and stuff like that, because one of the admirals had really pale, emotionless eyes like Palpatine
He escaped goddammit!
The ship: explodes
Kylo: I escaped
The ship: *I escaped that too*
The explosion: "I also escaped that..."
The explosion: "I'll be back."
Creamy sheev
How did this happen? We’re smarter than this!
@@thebitsanpiecesman4423what
Isn't it obvious? Darth Sideous didn't die cause he was on another death star. The one that blew up was totally unrelated. What's that? That's physically impossible, you say? Well, my friend, the dark side is a pathway to-
The one on the death Star was a clone of the original Sidious.
There are 150 more Sidious clones clones scattered around the universe. Find them all, or you gonna see them in the next movies!
The princess is in another castle.
😂😂😂😅😅😅💀💀💀
@@nightmareTomek collect 149 more Sidious clones to complete the Palpadex
"I'm Rey"
"Rey who?"
"Reygarding the dark side, it is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. "
"I'm Rey."
"Rey who?"
"Rey Rey Binks"
Rey’d shadow legends
@@tom.m.mancini underrated comment in another comment thats underrated
Reysei from deltarune
snipermaster br Ah I wish man. I’ve seen that Rey’d shadow legends joke on every rise of skywalker video
Ah yes, Star Wars: Rey commits identity theft
Lol 😀
The Batwoman of Star Wars
She’s following in the footsteps of her grandfather. Both pretended to be people they really weren’t. Palpatine actually won when you really think about it
Lucasfilm: J.J. commits set-piece theft of the original trilogy
Identity theft is not a joke Rey millions of families suffer every year
He didn't even mention that in the prequels when Sheev was telling Anakin "The dark side of the force is a path to yada yada yada", he specifically mentioned that the one thing it wasn't able to do was to stop the user themselves from being killed.
nah, he said plagius himself couldn't aliveify himself, but didn't say the someone steronger couldn't
@@jimmyteckersteronger
@@ciphergacha9100 hey don't mock him he clearly just spelled it werong
@@ParisianWeetabixsteronger
@@ParisianWeetabixsteronger
“They weren’t making jokes when they were going to die in the trash compactor.”
Han in the trash compactor: “Well one thing’s for sure, we’re all going to be a lot thinner.”
To be fair, it's Han, and everyone was panicking and taking the situation seriously.
That really didn't sound like a joke, given the serious situation and Han stating that like a matter of fact.
@@nightmareTomekEXACTLY! He’s making a sarcastic quip, but it’s not a full on joke.
Clever characters coping with negative situations by using comedy is different from the writers putting silly jokes due to not being able to make-believe that there's any real threat.
I think someone nailed this on the head but good writing has comedic reliefs for a reason, and Han provided the comedy in the prequels for sure. When every character is the comedic relief, they better be really goddamn funny. You either need a straight man to play off or all the jokes better be funny. In the sequels, everyone is funny. And now I'm suddenly understand what Marvel humor is, and I love all the Marvel movies.
Watch out for your friend Palpatine.
And your pal, Friendpatine.
😂😂😂
Painted Lotus god dammit... take my upvote
Love that Rifftrax joke!
r e d d i t
1337n00binc
R e d d d d d i t funny
The biggest tragedy of the movie was burying Anakin’s lightsaber in sand.
His force ghost was just out there having a nervous breakdown, with Obi wan laughing his ass off next to him 😂.
Why? Doesn‘t he like sand?
Edit: I've been getting explanations for more than a year. I was joking.
@@donqueshot2217 Anakin could write an entire space opera on how much he hates sand.
you sir, are a comedy genius deserving more likes
Basically the last fuck you to his character and legacy. 😂
The worse thing with the "you don't know me, no one knows me" is thay she's right. The character was so poorly written that she doesn't feel luke a human that we can know. And we end up not knowing her at all
I've had just the worst time lately, and the vocoded 'The dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural' is the only thing that's made me feel genuine joy in Quite Some Time
i genuinely hope you're doing better and im glad you have found joy in silly things
@@heatherandluke3252 that's so sweet. Thank you so so much ❤️
I do love this particular example of Jay's vocoderiffic burns, but I'm also quite partial to their vocoded "WHO.... WROTE... THIS...?!" in reference to Chris Chibnall and his wildly out-of-character 13th Doctor.
Hope you're doing better than 6 months ago, best wishes to you! 👍
Jesus loves you dude and can give you true joy. ask Him to help you.
@@jakeomako4992 Time and place, dude, time and place
Rey: "this dagger has done horrible things"
Also Rey: *used the younglings slayer 9000
And buried it in sand
Younglings slayer 9000 - lmao 🤣
@Julia or--hear me out, people are allowed to have the same thoughts, or say the same thing, because there are millions of people on this app, and more than person can say something!
@Julia its not copied- they changed the number from 5000 to 9000. so its only inspired
@@wenyt2785 Holy shit yeah, the Ultimate insult to Anakin wtf Rey
JJ was the type of kid in kindergarten who had an Anti-Everything Shield while playing pretend
So true
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Don't summon him
Rian: yeah but this gun is the only thing that can break the shield!
Yea i know,that was so anoying
It’s truly amazing that rouge one was able to build more solid characters in a single movie than Rey, Finn, Poe, etc. in a trilogy
Very true. I think most of us are hard-pressed to even name the trilogy characters If it's been a few years since we watch the movies or saw a critique. Poe, Finn and Rey have absolutely no character development. We don't give a fig if one of them dies. They end the trilogy exactly where Leia, Luke and Han end A New Hope. With potential but no real development. It took two more movies and several years for those three to become legendary characters.
rogue*
Who's Poe?
@@bobsonnyThe Rouge One is darth Maul
Honestly one of the best movies in the franchise. It made me FEEL something when Jynn and Cassian died
I haven't seen any of these films and don't know who any of these people are, but this was still entertaining and frustrating. "not only did he survive his ship blowing up but his s hip survived his ship blowing up" made me laugh very hard.
Shout-out to my fellow "I'm just on a video essay binge and I'll listen to them indiscriminately, regardless of whether or not I've seen the property discussed" person. I feel seen.
I haven't seen any of the Disney Star Wars films but I've spent hours and hours on RUclips listening to people explain why they're terrible.
@@BiggieTrismegistus
I'm doing that too! I loved the OT then I saw Phantom Menace and whatever the next one was called. That was the last time I watched any Star Wars.
I'm really enjoying the reviews. Don't forget to watch "pitch meetings"! There are separate ones for each Star Wars movie and show (including the holiday special!), except I don't think he's done Mandalorian season three yet. Or you can just search "pitch meeting Star Wars" and there's one video that has all of them put together. Same for LOTR + Hobbit; ROP is separate and I highly recommend it! There are also single compilation videos for all the Harry Potters and separately for all the Fantastic Beasts. Also all Marvel and all DC. Enjoy!
There were a number of great one-liners!
Don't forget to watch "pitch meetings"! There are separate ones for each Star Wars movie and show (including the holiday special!), except I don't think he's done Mandalorian season three yet. Or you can just search "pitch meeting Star Wars" and there's one video that has all of them put together. Same for LOTR + Hobbit; ROP is separate and I highly recommend it! There are also individual and series compilation videos for all the Harry Potters and separately for all the Fantastic Beasts. Also all Marvel and all DC.
I've only seen maybe a quarter of these movies but all of his pitch meetings are so funny!
I love how Rey is considered a Jedi in these movies, yet she consistently acts out of impulse, anger, and revenge. I guess she's immune to the Dark Side as well.
It's probably because the dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural
She isn't a Jedi. If the blind guy in Rogue One wasn't a Jedi than Rey was just a Force User who met a Jedi.
Mind you Kylo isn't a Sith either.
@@GEORGEMEISTERFTW nice lol
Great point. If they had actually addressed that-perhaps when other characters call her out on it, or when Kylo/Ben was trying to convince her to join him, or when she acknowledges she feels the same ambiguity he does, or when she’s reflecting on her mistakes-it would actually have made the movies stronger.
They could have treated Rey as an imperfect heir of sorts, full of potential power but also of potential darkness. The specter of Anakin Skywalker, the Chosen One whose human weaknesses led to so much suffering, would surely have loomed large. Her Palpatine roots might even have felt more meaningful, raising the terrible possibility that her blood is her destiny, so that when she refuses her grandfather, it’s that much more interesting.
Of course, we all know Rey doesn’t make mistakes, no one ever worried she’d choose the Dark Side, and these characters don’t have time to reflect on anything.
Rey is, like, legit not a Jedi. She’s called a Jedi, but she is NOT a Jedi. She is a Grey Jedi, which is TOTALLY different. For one she was barely taught any ideals of the Jedi Order, and Luke (her mentor) is also barely a Jedi, he’s always been very emotional. But their actions and ideals match Grey Jedi’s pretty well from what I remember. The fact that they insisted on keeping the black-and-white “Good and Evil” plot annoys me a lot.
"The sith dagger has done terrible things" said rey, forgetting all about that blue lightsaber which killed all those younglings
And jedi
@@atomicbuttocks which jedi? he only chopped windu's hand.
@@Bothandle70 he literally murders hundreds of jedi in the jedi temple off screen
@@Bothandle70 huh? The point is that lightsaber killed all those younglings
@@Bothandle70 Anakin literally walked into the Jedi Temple with the 501st to massacre all the Jedi inside, you think he just walked past all the others straight to the younglings?
”Why am I milk” is an unparalleled line that goes insanely hard.
If only JJ directed all 3 films.
If only Ryan Johnson directed the final 2 films.
If only we didn’t have these movies in existence
Even if JJ directed all 3 of them I feel like they probably would’ve just been bland remakes of the original trilogy
@mrvespuccia.k.ameganite1747 honestly if you read the original script for the film it was supposed to be about on the level of revenge of the sith. But Disney went no. Money. We want a shitty remake that'll appeal to critics and fans who don't know any better
I think JJ would have let Finn to have a much better story than what he got now. That alone would have been a win.
IMO Rian directing Ep 9 wouldn't be a bad choice, considering his work on Breaking Bad (may I present Ozymandias, considered by many to be the best episode of television EVER)
Okay let's just realize Rian Johnson is the absolute worst writer and director for Star Wars. Everything in the last Jedi was made to undo everything in Star Wars history. Luke is now a pessimistic bitter old hermit. Hyperspace is a race that you can knock someone out of just by following them. Snoke is a nothing character. Kylo Ren can't decide if he's good or evil so kills his master and then continues some other path that we have no idea involves. Rey is a nobody. Every kid in the galaxy now has force powers. Oh and being a Jedi turns you into a space Jesus that allows you to survive explosions, zero gravity and absolutely no oxygen while allowing you to propel yourself through space while comatose. Rian Johnson stated that he hated Star Wars. And he showed it with the movie he made. It's not a true Star Wars movie. The best thing Disney could do is just to make a new trilogy and claim this one was a failed first attempt. After all their fans of remaking all of their content. How many live-action remakes of classic cartoons that we had now? And how many times have they redone Haunted Mansion?
This really feels just like a badly written fanfiction with 300 million dollar budget.
Cant be worst than fantastic 4
And that's a fact.
I need my strong independent force WOMEN!!!
the whole trilogy was
That's an insult to fanfiction that would usually treat it's characters and plot with much more care
The title “The Rise of Skywalker” doesn’t even fit the plot of the movie.
Rey Palpatine, the last Skywalker
@@jesusluvincognito3630 She isn't a Skywalker.
The Rise of Solo doesn't have the same ring to it lol even tho Leia didn't identify as a Skywalker, and Ben took the name Solo. I think the title was supposed to be the rise of both of them even tho Rey just kind of takes the name Skywalker
@@grantgarbour kinda stupid dont you think
@@rauly8727 incredibly, they should've thought of a different title
I feel like Rey’s backstory might make more sense if they said that Palpatine’s clones were raised being constantly told they were Palpatine, and how they had to be just like Palpatine because of that. Then, one clone decides he’s had enough and flees the facility, then starts a family, only to be hunted down and have to sell his daughter.
That would actually be an interesting way to have approached the reveal... So of course this movie didn't do that.
Sounds close to the Star Killer plot. Which yes, that was an awesome fucking plot.
There would've been a lot of possible solutions to make Rey being related to Palpatine make sense. That's a story detail that has to be found and solved, which bad writers are incapable of doing.
Isn't that what happened??
It was “caused” by JJ Abrams is a beautiful line
Rey: I hate my last name because it represents evil. So i'll change it to Skywalker.
Ghost Obi Wan: Should we tell her that that's the last name of a guy who killed children?
Ghost Yoda: Nah!
Fernán Sánchez Yoda: “now excuse me, you must. Do more ketamine, I must.”
Anakin didn’t kill the younglings... from a certain point of view ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Shhhh, no tears. Their with the force now.
And they'll never let Anakin forget it.
Lol
@023 Studios Ghost Yoda: Reluctant adoption, it was.
"I'm Peter by the way."
"Rey Skywalker"
"Oh, we're using our made up names. Then I'm Spiderman."
Stolen from Mauler
The fact they both uploaded the same day and I'm watching both makes up for actually watching this film...
nice
Totally stolen
No
This movie is literally just a compilation of writers pulling crap outta their crappers and saying "the dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities that some would consider to be... Unnatural"
Love how the Disney trilogy is more hole than plot. There are more plot holes than actually story its insane
It's better to just declare it noncanonical that to try to fit it with the rest of the saga.
Better yet, reboot the whole damn thing. What good films/series do we have in the Star Wars universe besides the original trilogy?
I say, remake the original, polish some aspects about it, update scene transitions to be more modern and fluid... and then scrap and rewrite EVERYTHING else, the prequels, sequels, every series. But who in Hollywood would have the creativity necessary to do it?
Btw, I consider Mandalorian to be just okay, and Rogue One induces something similar to Superhero-fatigue in me.
@@nightmareTomek What good films/series do we have besides the original trilogy? Well, let's see... Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, Caravan of Courage, Rogue One, The Mandalorian, 2D Clone Wars, and Rebels.
@@were-owlinwisconsin4441 Well, if you had paid attention while reading my comment (which you clearly haven't), you would remember that I said the Mandalorian and Rogue One is just okay. Not good. My opinion. Neither is the Phantom Menace, the Revenge of the Brainless Sith, or the repetitive and quite childish Clone Wars.
If you want to be talking while having your fingers in your ears, then please talk to someone else.
If you cut a hole in a net, you decrease the number of holes
I feel like bringing palpatine back to life is the equivalent of reviving uncle Ben in Spider-Man.
Same
"Hello Peter I was alive all along, so everything you've done has all been for nothing and I created a new family in florida"
@@JustaJabberwocky 😂
Yes it is
Love the comparison
Palpatine should have told Rey about the tragedy of darth plagueis the wise
Thatguywiththestuffies RUclips page. Rey: They’re all dead anyway Palpatine: Oh....
Why couldn't it have been Darth Plagueis to have created Snoke?
@Ashton Davis wait Rey already learnt this power
@@charmandyorton006 that would of been nice
It workes last time, it was worth a shot
I think the worst part of the movie for me was when they shitcanned the idea of Rey's parents being worthless nobodies. That was the best idea that the second movie had and was something actually different. The idea that the source of force power doesn't have to come from your fucked up family tree. Then the third movie rubbed fecal matter in our eyes and gave us pink eye, and then gangrene, and then dysentery.
I was so disapointed by it.
It gave me cholera.
Weird for you to say that, as Luke and Leia are literally the ONLY Force-sensitive characters we ever meet in Star Wars who had Force-sensitive parents. They are the outliers, not the standard.
@@StarWarsomania they are also the only force sensitive characters in the original trilogy, so that kind of makes it the norm cronologically
Funny enough, Sheev didn't give Ochi a dagger that's a map to him. Sheev gave Ochi a riddle in a dead language THAT LEADS TO A MAP that leads to him. Even if Ochi himself needed it to find Sheev to bring him Rey, he will not be able to give him little Rey until he finishes Sheev's Super Fun Scavenger Hunt of Evil.
I’m gonna have the phrase “Sheeve’s Super Fun Scavenger Hunt of Evil” stuck in my head for months now lmao
Kylo: "How did you survive the Death Star?"
Palpatine: "dying is gay"
' A good question, for another time.'
RedLetterMedia's theory that the Palpatine was just a clone actually makes sense in regards of that. It was no the Palpatine we see in this movie that was killed there, just a clone.
lmao
"Always remember son, dying is gay
"
Clarity
1 second ago
Why" cause Jesus did i think so er I will too" Thats right im not who palpatinini sounds like a Jawa to me, no i'm I wanna say Crist wow hang on let me just read this stupid book again, horus, mithras no they are just exactly the same as the one im looking for, i want the cool one, dead cool ha ha ha get it? oh yeah er i'll get back to you I'm on genesis and its Fing hilarious two people oh man why didnt i think this. Oh an ark with animals 2 by 2. hang on i no its here. No sorry thats just implausible even for me, but go on i'm him yano me, hi dude. I....'mm Gaay" hello
When Rey and Ben kissed, my mum, who has watched all the movies turned to me and said, “Are they not brother and sister?”
You need a comma between kissed and my. It seems like your mom was kissed by Rey and Ben.
GD Gameplayer thanks mate. Also, you said missed instead of kissed
This a gem of a conversation.
@@kierrakim4761 Turns out your mum also had the Gay like Rey and Kylo
Lemon Playz I know, one of the more pleasant conversations I have had in 2020
Well clearly if you actually read into the subtext of the scene, finn was trying to tell Rey that the dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities, some consider to be, unnatural.
The fact that Kylo Kintsugi'd his fucking helmet back together, like it was something he saw on Pinterest cracks me up. I can just imagine him sat there with the little pit of resin and a youtube tutorial open, trying to fit all the pieces back together.
“Who are you?”
I’m Rey.
“Rey who?”
*REY-D SHADOW LEGENDS, WITH OVER 25 GAJILLION DOWNLOADS ON THE GOOGLE PLAYSTORE!!!*
@@Exigentable Like R:SL.
Leon 13 The best game ever because they’re paying me to say so but I’d say so even if they didn’t pay me!
But thankfully I was paid so I don’t have to pretend I like it
#smoooooewth
God dammit, fine have a like for making laugh
They literally had palpatine tell Rey to kill him just so that he could say “do it” one more time for the sake of memes
I honestly would've preferred him yelling Unlimited Power again.
@@casualvanilla i wouldve loved both, unlimited power for that mega force lightning (force storm?) scene.
dewit*
kill Rey? noting can kill Rey, not even a star can kill Rey. I bet if someone tried to drop Rey into a star she'd still be alive, the star would be dead though
Maybe those star destroyers were piloted by droids?
The necklace part bothers me so much, like, APPARENTLY the force can open portals from one end of the galaxy to the other. Hey at least it explains how Kylo instantly traveled across the galaxy when the writers needed him!
Why didnt he just grab rey and end this shit?
@@dodojesus4529 exactly
@@dodojesus4529 Becuase the dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be... unnatural.
I absolutely LOVE how you can accurately use stock footage from the previous films to describe scenes you can't show from this one. LOL
So... Luke held onto Leia’s lightsaber... But not his own...
O.K., JJ.
We never see Luke's lightsaber, it's just sitting in his hut for all we know.
@@Electroporcupine we saw that in the first sequel. Orange Yoda had for a reason that has never been clarified.
Herschel Elyesian Not his green one
Herschel Elyesian think he meant Luke’s green one. The blue one is Anakin’s technically
I mean, do you cherish something a family member made more or do you cherish something you made more?
The lightsaber means a lot to us as fans, but to Luke it was simply something he made to achieve his goals, a tool not a sacred object.
I have my own issues with TLJ, but I laughed my ass off when Luke tossed it over his shoulder and was excited to see a different take on his character.
"Rey"
"Rey what?"
"Rey Skywalker"
"Listen kid, the last Skywalker to be here skipped town the same day his family mysteriously burned to death. We don't know for sure, but the fact that he'd been complaining to his friends about being trapped on a moisture farm with his family and not being able to join the war and kill people is a pretty damning sign. His father also went on a murderous rampage and killed an entire village of sandpeople. You skywalkers have something seriously wrong, and you best get the fuck away from my property before I call the authorities.
If only that's what happened, I bet everyone would have loved it
Well I mean it wasn’t exactly mysterious.
Ray
Ray what
RAID SHADOW LEGENDS
@@soggykeyboard U fucking bitch lmfao!
Instead we got Rey go haha lol I'm not sending a powerful message and making palpatine good name now lmao need Skywalker name make happy
Guys, I don't want to alarm anyone. Somehow Palpatine returned.
I find it incredible that not a single person on the writing team or even the actors protested against the "secrets only the sith knew" line. At least one of them have to had watched the prequels before filming
I suspect that, 1) if anyone protested, they'd get yeeted, 2) they just wanted a paycheck, 3) they were too done with it, 4) a bit of 1), 2) and 3).
"Not only did KYLO survive the ship BLOWING up...
The ship! Also survived the ship BLOWING up..."
Dark side of the force...
@@morscoronam3779 contains paths to many powers some would consider..... unnatural
it escaped
@@jonasschiefer626 HAHAHAHAH
It respawned
Theoretically speaking, until George himself approves this cannon, this is just professional fan fiction.
i personally agree
I agree with everything but the „professional“ part.
YES
Unprofessional*
Where has Mark Hamill gone? He did loads of chat leading up to TLJ but dissapeared after that and especially TROS. WTF have Disney got all their snipers on them?
The idea of Chewie asking about his medal in every single movie is absolutely hilarious!
My god the sheer joy i felt when Mauler jumped in 3/4 in to pick apart the ships not being able to go up killed me
😂😂😂😂😂
"Not only did Kylo survive the ship blowing up...the ship also survived the ship blowing up"
yeah okay sure
Par for the course in Disney Star Wars 😒
The Disney side of the Force is a pathway to many movies some consider to be... embarrassing.
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"Is there any way to learn this power?"
"Not from a Lucas."
Also, I imagined the palpatine dialogue as Mickey Mouse saying it.
That was perfect
@swave158 Sure, but it didn't rehash Dune's plot point for point like Disney did with Lucas' original trilogy. ;)
Palpatine just pulled an “I lived, bitch”
I love the idea that the medal is the only thing that Chewbacca has ever talked about
You forgot to mention all the time people spent in this trilogy saying that the stormtroopers are brainwashed innocents, and all the other time they spend whooping with joy as they slaughter them.
@@electricfishfan7159 I'm glad someone else sees what I see.
@@electricfishfan7159 What's worse is that Finn himself is one of the people who celebrates when he kills those brainwashed innocents.
Seems like an appropriate message for a Disney brand product.
The stormtrooper represents the audience's once good memories about star wars.
We only miss when primary characters are nearby. We DO (and HAVE) hit our marks many times. Plus the original troopers are the best looking costumes of the entire films. Proud to own one. #501st
Things wrong with the Sequel Trilogy:
1. Everything.
2. Even more somehow.
The best thing about them is that they all have pretty good looking visuals (even if they don’t make sense sometimes)
@@markercrayon457 dont make sense ever**
This comment reminds me of Kevin the assistant
dorkly reference?
This movie somehow makes The Last Jedi (Atleast Imo) the best of the trilogy.
But a trilogy can't be three different movies pushing in 3 different directions. The prequels were bad, but they all told the same story, and were clearly heading towards a clearly defined conclusion so as a trilogy it was fairly coherent, and consistent.
This script has better pacing and linearity Than the whole movie
"Secrets only the sith knew."
I'm sorry, where did you hear the word "sith"?
Did palpatine tell you?
Are you a jedi master with access to the restricted section?
No common man should even know the word Sith.
I downloaded and watched this movie illegally at home and after watching it, i feel like someone owe me money.
Pirating Disney and Nintendo content is not only always morally correct, it is every citizens moral duty.
Luckily you didn't watch it in the cinema
After watching The Force Awakens in movie theatres.......and realizing that I got RIPPED OFF (Just episode 4 over again).........I couldn't bring myself to watch the last two at all! I knew Disney F***** it up after TFA. Lost interest and just didn't care anymore.
@@fanalittletruthincog8168 same here. TFA was beyond garbage. The fact people were ok with that movie and only got angry with TLJ is depressing. In fact TFA was so awful I haven't been to the cinema since. Congrats Disney and JJ you killed my love of cinema.
@@fanalittletruthincog8168 The Clone Wars in the later seasons is good though.
"I'm Rey"
"Rey who?"
"Rey Binks"
*Jar Jar's force ghosts smiles in the distance
I've never cringed harder
How dare you dishonor Darth Jar Jar in such a degrading manner
Rey rey binks is better than rey palpatine
Lol
It’s not the ending Star Wars wanted but it’s the ending Star Wars now deserves.
Would’ve been s o o o o o o o much better
This video is old, but it's excellent. I'm honestly surprised you didn't go into greater detail with the dagger, though. Rey had 'a feeling' that the group would need the dagger, and when they land on that moon, they happened to land on the spot where the dagger was perfectly aligned with the wreckage (that somehow didn't erode at all from when the dagger was cut out, despite being surrounded by ocean) to point out the throne room. Out of all the scenes that suffered from 'knowing the script', that was the longest one of all.
I shouldn't have watched this. I was able to scrub 99% of my memory of seeing the sequels in theatres. Now I'm starting to remember, and it hurts.
The darkside is a excuse for many abilites. Some considered to be bullshit.
the sequels never happend
Is it possible to learn this tomfoolery?
@@Delta225 not from a mouse
You should look up all force abilities
The dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities, some of which allow you to reach through the fourth wall and alter the very fabric of reality as it is written and story boarded.
he's milk now...
he's milk now ?
he's milk now.
No! jay has been milked for man milk!
Rhino milk to be precise.
@@johnsnow04 Rhino man milk?
they fly now!!!!
Will milk rhinos for geodes.
In prior Star Wars movies, the Force augments a user’s physical & mental abilities, giving them peak physical capabilities and allows them to mentally manipulate the world around them (more/less basic magic). Then in the sequel trilogy, the Force is literally God powers, where users can heal near-fatal wounds, planet-wide destructive lightning, and near-total invulnerability (except when they don’t).
In Star Wars X, we learn that Palpatine transferred his energy into the digital archives, allowing him to return as Glitchsidius. When questioned, he said something about how he "always comes back", and then we get an explanation that involves the unexplained purple figures Palps talks to in Star Wars VI
It took me a moment to recognize what you were referencing. Good one. But I wouldn't put it past the mouse to actually pull an "I always come back" for Palps.
He then possess Rey and turn her into his "Relectant Follower". She then goes to an opened cantina called "Freddy Fazbe-" I mean "Jar Jar's Jar Shop and Entertainment Place" to kill some kids to get force power to bring Palpatine back to life. BUT WAIT! THAT'S NOT PALPATINE! THAT'S A NEW CHARACTER CALLED THE MIMIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111
In all seriousness, atleast Fnaf kept their villain dead.
"I always come back" - Willam Afton fnaf and also for some reason palpatine
theory: rose's sister is actually alive. because, you know.
she escaped
Now THATS a subversion of expectations
@@lukaszspychaj9210 The "subversion of expectations" meme is really dumb. I understand that "subverting expectations" isn't inherently good, but the way that the people who hate TLJ have overused the "subversion of expectations" thing has gotten us to a point where people talk about subverting expectations as though it's inherently bad. Neither one is more true than the other.
@@frams12 That's because the "subverting expectations" was used as a generic catch-all excuse by TLJ fans to underwrite the terrible plot, terrible writing, and inconsistent script. It was used as a shield and because of that, it became a joke. No...it wasnt "subverting our expectations." It's just bad writing.
So the phrase is now synonymous with bad writing. Because they made it so.
@@bobw1678 No one said Last Jedi was good "because it subverted expectations." Subverting expectations just for the sake of doing it, the meme that TLJ haters have created in response to it, is stupid. That is not what TLJ did.
@@frams12 the best example of subverting expectations is in Infinity War. The Last Jedi gives that movie a bad name.
Kylo is the perfect example of good actor playing bad character
I thought he looked so stupid the first time I saw him, but just the way the actor worked with the role won me over. A shame the script was trash, otherwise he might have become my new favorite Darkside user.
So are literally all of the main characters! Does no one else feel bad for Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac and John Boyega? They get bullied for playing out whatever’s on the script
The one in the back WHAT HE SAID
@@theoneintheback3783 Didn't say they aren't in the same boat. I'm just saying Adam Driver is the best example.
Gotan4140 oh sorry
Just a reminder that KoToR has a story that revolves around a Sith Lord that was thought dead but actually came back to save (or dominate) the Galaxy.
It's also a plot point that the Sith managed to amass countless ships and weapons from seemingly no-where and you gotta find out why and stop it.
Also you have a droid companion who is secretly a Sith droid and knows many secrets of the plot.
Also there is a Soldier who used to be a Sith soldier, but defected to the Republic and became a Jedi.
Also you have to find mutiple secret artifacts in order to find a secret base so that the plot can be resolved.
No seriously, am I the only one that feels the Sequels rip off KotoR to a ridiculous extent? EXCEPT DONE REALLY SHITTILY?
P.S. DID I FORGET BASTILIA? Yes I did. Eat your heart out, Sequels.
There's no comparison between KotOR and KotOR II, and these movies. The games actually had coherent plot and we'll fleshed out characters, the movies had nothing.
@@Lekiamh The comparison is that the movies are bad :v
My favorite part was when the dagger was used as a looking glass and magically lined up with the outline of the Death Star wreckage and everyone was just okay with that.
Hold up, let's just take a moment to appreciate how stupid the scene with Han and Kylo is, shall we? Han is not a Force ghost. He is not there. He is a hallucination. That means that Kylo is imagining Han forgiving him and telling him to be strong or whatever. Essentially, it's just Kylo forgiving HIMSELF for all the horrible stuff he's done.
vsGoliath You’re right. And yet, that was the most emotional scene of the whole movie for me. I think I’m just a sucker for Harrison Ford. 😂
Not to mention Han solo continued to age after his death....somehow 😂😂
Thats actually good. However, it was done poorly just like everything else in the film.
The first step to forgiveness is to forgive yourself and try to right your wrongs
"It's okay, Kylo. I forgive you."
"Thanks, Kylo."
"No worries. You're a handsome man, Kylo."
"Eyy, you too, Kylo."
“You got shot 30 times, blown up, and dissolved in acid how are you alive”
“I escaped”
No, it’s cus the darkside-
@@traktor420 Cos darkside fam...🤣. I mean it potentially could make sense, but they did it in a way that it doesn't.
@@helenline1790 a clone is the obvious one
@@turtleanton6539 except we have never been shown or told that a Sith could transfer thier conciousness to a clone.
@@sometransgal9412 It happens in the comics but you're still right, we haven't seen that because Disney removed that from the canon.
1:11:55 Dont forget, if Kylo survived and Rey died, the title would be accurate as Kylo IS a Skywalker.
My favorite bit was when lesbian A and lesbian B kissed at the end of the movie. Trust me, they were both developed characters that had a totally substantial role in the movie and were definitely NOT put in for 5 seconds of “gay brownie points.”
I’m not even gay and that ticked me off.
And they were toooootally not removed in certain countries. Not at all. Cause as we all know, Disney supports LGBTQ+! Absolutely! Yeah!
Shtampboy 21 You know, funny story...
When this movie released, my parents wanted to have a family movie night so we all went to go and see this movie. I’ve only watched The Force Awakens, the rest is my “watch this at some point” list don’t worry, but I had seen Schaff. Productions review on it(He’s the guy who made Shark Talk, a fantastic YTP of Shark Tale, in case you don’t know who I’m talking about). So going in, I was expecting it to at least be rather mediocre.
My suspicions turned out true. The movie focuses way too much on action as opposed to character development, Palpatine still being alive is frankly dumb as hell, Rey is probably the most Mary Sue she’s ever been(that “Rey Skywalker shit literally goes against the message of the movie, good can come from anywhere and your bloodline doesn’t matter), barely any of the side characters actually matter, and the score is both confusing and poorly implemented. But what I remember most was that 2-3 second scene of two random chicks making out.
I already went through why I think that scene is pointless in the first comment, but one thing I forgot to mention is that my family is very religious. They are very much against gay people, even though one of my mom’s best friends is a gay man so for her it’s debatable, and according to my sister my dad called someone a N****r. I was, and still am, not religious so as we were going to Fatz to eat, I was dreading the inevitable complaining about how gays are bad and the rest of the movie doesn’t matter because of it.
But it never came.
We ate dinner, talked about the movie a bit, and we went home. Only I noticed it and I just find that funny. It was incredibly obvious too, so I don’t know how they missed it.
This also shows how pointless that scene is. It would be one thing if it was two characters, say Rey and Rose as an example, that we already knew were kissing. But again, they are lesbian A and lesbian B. Two nothing characters very clearly put there to make Disney look “progressive and forward-thinking.” And even then, like you said, it’s sooo short they could just remove it for certain countries that aren’t as “open” to homosexuality as we are. It means nothing and it says nothing.
The Palestine Bass Drop was pretty funny though, not gonna lie.
Nah dude, Disney clearly put those lesbian characters in there not because of a checklist but because Disney GENUINELY cares about gay people
I didn't even know there were 2 lesbians, and I saw this movie twice.
JustsomeguyIdk it’s at the very end when they’re celebrating the death of Palpy, it’s a blink and you’ll miss type thing so I can understand how someone could miss it
What's not to understand? Palpatine fell into the pit, fought the Balrog, died, and returned as Palpatine the White.
and space explosions with trillions of star destroyers
nah he just won the gulag
bringing back a character who was vapourized in a giant reactor thing that was then completely obliterated in an explosion is the single stupidest thing I've ever seen in cinema. I feel like I'm gonna have an aneurysm trying to wrap my head around how fucking retarded it is.
@@NGRevenant But at the same time I understand why JJ dose it... he was in need for a villain. But Johnson killed Snoke. I'm sure Snoke was suposed to fill the role of the emperor. So JJ needed a villain that we know. He had no time to develop a completly new antagonist that is good. So he decided to bring back a charakter we already know.
That was not the best idea but after the shitshow that The Last Jedi was... he was willing to undo everything Johnson did.
The biggest problem with the sequels was: They had no vision. No story they want to tell. They made 3 films to grab cash without a plan.
How about J.J actuality thinks? Cause honesty Rey could've been both a Palpatine and Kenobi, SHE CAN BE BOTH, FATHER IS SHEEV'S SON, HER MOM,, A KENOBI, ALSO, IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE IF YOU TOOK LUCAS' PLAN
Anyways sorry about the caps. Okay anyways we need timeskips between the movies. Replace Poe with Ben, Have Rey, maybe better named, and add Ben's sister.
Add whatever you want, keep the good acting in TFA, Rewrite everything
Nah. He got wished back to life by the Dragon Balls.
I mean it worked for Frieza.
You know, wouldn't it have been better if the lightsaber was a reflection of Rey's development? Yeah yeah I know we can ask "what development?" but hear me out. In 7 she uses her staff. In 8 she uses Anakin's lightsaber with permission from Luke. In 9, she creates a staff lightsaber to reflect her past as a scavenger with a staff, to now a Jedi. Just an idea.
I find it kind of disturbing that the zombie Leia they resurrected for this movie has more screen time than Rose! They devoted more attention to the character that was made from archival footage from other movies.
Rose wasn't a well written character in The Last Jedi but to make her more irrelevant than a character with an actual DEAD ACTRESS.....is just as confusing and insane as it is cruel and belittling.
Sheev: survives explosion, big explosion and vaccuum at 0 kelvin
Padme: *dies of sadness*
Also Sheev: dies “permanently” to his own lightning as a ROTS reference, despite the fact that he intentionally disfigured himself with Sith Lightning in that movie in order to manipulate the Senate into electing him Emperor and he has no reason to do something similar in this movie
Just to point out, empty space has a temperature of approximately 2.73 K (the current temperature of the CMB). Also Leia does the same exact the thing and then dies of sadness.
@@jamesmckeown8610 true. also the temperature was most likely more like 50 k cause death star explosion
@@SempfgurkeXP yeah and also it would be higher because it’s a “long time ago” so the CMB wouldn’t have cooled as much
It must have just been a fan theory but I will forever believe that Palpatine stole Padmé's life force and gave it to Anakin in order to prevent Anakin from dying. The midwife droid would have just been like 'huh she really do be losing the will to live right in front of me'. I refuse to believe anything else
*the end of this sequel* Qui-Gon Jinn wakes up; "What a horrible dream."
That would be the only good subversion
Branflakes Cereal it honestly it wouldn't because it that's like, one of the biggest cop outs ever
@@hessexm8065 Sorry, let me rephrase. It would be the best subversion out of all the subversions in this sequel trilogy
@@branflakescereal4174 oooohhhh then yeah i agree thanks for clearing it up
honestly i'd much rather have that than whatever this mess of a movie ending was
The way I see it is that the metal given to Han was awarded to the crew of the Millennium Falcon, and Han accepted it on behalf of the crew because he is the captain. This also explains why Chewbacca is standing next to han at the event
"The crew" of two people. Sure.
See here’s the thing.
Wookies don’t view items like medals and such as something they want. In their lore, they explain that they build a status on what they do and anything like medals or awards are viewed useless. Hence why during the new hope, he was just glad to stand next to his friends after taking down the empire.
The Force Awakens: A good movie that doesn't understand Star Wars
The Last Jedi: A boring mess with cool ideas that aren't explored enough
The Rise Of Skywalker: A botched finale plagued by forced nostalgia substituting any stakes
palpatine’s return literally ruined anakin’s whole story. he was the chosen one and disney completely trashed that
kensey bro don’t bother we all know it sucks
Don't worry. Almost none of the fan base considers Disney's sequels canon
@@Terabit3 I certainly don't.
He was the chosen one!! He was supposed to destroy the sith not join them!!!! BRING BALANCE TO THE FORCE NOT LEAVE IT IN DAHKNESS
I'm like 90% sure Disney has publicly declared The Jedi Order was wrong and it was either Luke or Rey (can't remember) who was actually the chosen one.
Not like that totally ruins decades of build up and completely butchers the tonal and relational similarities between Anakin and the biblical figure of Jesus Christ (WHO THE STORY OF ANAKIN SKYWALKER IS LITERALLY BASED ON)
Seriously. The story of Anakin was *supposed* to be the story of the Rise and Fall of the most powerful individual in the history of Star Wars. He was the chosen one, a character who's father is literally the force, wielding deific levels of power he would being order to the force and kill the emperor....
...
...
*breathe in*
"But nah it's actually Rey look how strong and independent out female protagonists are and how gender inclusive we can be everyone who doesn't like her is just a hater because we made an incredibly powerful female Jedi that's so relatable and quirky and no one has ever done this before and every other female protag suuuuuuuuuuucks because they aren't Rey and she's a Skywalker now because everyone loves the Skywalkers and they're the good guys except when they're not and yay Rey Skywalker"
Palpatine: *Gets disintegrated by force lightning*
Palpatine 20 years later: "I escaped that one."
Palpatine has literally become the Palpatine from Force Unleashed, no matter what ending for both games somehow Palpatine wins.
The wacky Tube my atoms got put back together
Darth Skeletroll I think this franchise could be redeemed if this was the plot of the next movie.
"It was a clone"
more years after.....
new random jedi character : what emperor sidious is alive!??? i heard many evil stories about you!
Palpatine out of knowhere with no foreshadowing or backstories: no.....HE was dead, HE cloned himself after they successful cloning snoke multiple times to create me palpatine II,younger,stronger plus no scrotum face anymore and still have UNLIMITED POWER,
......by the way have you heard darth plagueis the wise?
SW fans : (sigh...) oh shit here we go again........
Watched it once in the cinema with the wife and left feeling I owed her apology for putting her through the experience. Never watched it again and I doubt I ever will. Pretty much killed all interest in Star Wars for me.
I recall something Disney said abiut their sequels: "the sequels (of animated/any movie) are mostly created for younger (children under 6) audiences who enjoy spending some more time with the characters ( and don't care about the story)"
I love the idea Rey was sold to protect her...rather then say...given. like"we must protect our daughter..but we could at least make some money from this situation, silver lining and all that"
It just gets better and better the more you analyze this travesty of a film.
And the parents hit the bar soon after, drinking themselves to death on an infinite amount of IPAs. SO KYLO REN WAS RIGHT ALL ALONGGGGGGG
Peak ancap.
LoLacaust How do we even know that this was the truth ? I imagine when Ben Solo was acting as Kylo Ren, he spoke half- truths to her, in order to get her to join with him to rule the galaxy. Her parents are probably buried in paupers’ graves on Jakku, but they probably didn’t sell her for drinking money. Although it appears in young Rey’s memory, as complete abandonment, they sacrificed their lives in order to protect her.
Vincent Martucci How do we even know this to be true ?
Anyone else remembers the millions of "Who is Snoke?" theories that sprung up after the first movie? No one guessed Snoke is a homunculus made by Palpatine because that was not only utterly ridiculous and stupid but also incredibly boring.
What’s the sauce?
@@MackingCheese99 Ketchup
I saw a theory that guessed it right
@@MackingCheese99 Lukewarm cheese sauce mixed with warm mayo
@@5_sets_of_triangle_pasta Disgusting.
One theory about Sheev's apparent lake of intelligence is that since his duel with Mace he has had brain damage with worsen as the time goes on. He only got away with it because people assumed his mistakes were part of a cunning plan.
It's always a good sign when fan theories have to resort to brain damage as an explanation for the plot.
@@swagromancerit's about as good as the Sherlock theory Season 04 is bad on purpose because it's supposed to be a dream or some shit.
If he had subtitles, we would know that all Chewie ever talked about was getting some medals.....so priceless.... too early to tell of course, but I think that joke changed my life!
"death is a concept invented by the Jedi...i don't even know how to spell it"
Aspect Dank same energy as “we are pirates! We don’t even know what that means!” -Hondo
D. E. A. -
Left Alone 64 No, no, look I was kidding..
DEAD YOU ARE
@@becky1739 Yoda. You old old sponge
YOU LOOK TERRIBLE
"Were you killed?"
Palpatine: "Sadly yes, but I lived!"
i hate ice age baby
awesomeposeidon84 I want to kick him in his stupid baby teeth
Well yes, but actually no
'palpatine, tell me how you lived'
The dark side is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be
U N N A T U R A L
heh lol. well sadly most movies these days got the same logic
I have to ask, if palpatine “survived” through cloning, then why would he choose to keep his old disfigured form? Couldn’t they clone his younger self?
thats in the platinum package, and he was only a gold member. after the loss of 3 death stars, he had to downgrade a lot of stuff,
This is neither here nor there, but in my D&D group, any time a player is missing and we have to very quickly write their character out of the session I do the "Will Rose be coming?" monologue at Jay's volume, to everybody's confusion since they've not seen this video.
So you’re telling me that canonically palpatine, the zombie looking evil mastermind, got laid, but Kylo didn’t?
Nah, he just ~magically~ impregnated some random woman using the ~Force~. The dark side of the force is a path to many powers some consider... unnatural
>implying kylo could get laid
The dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some would consider to be unnatural.
@@megmoore8681 Oh shit!
Lightsabers ignited.
@@mrcephalopod Palpatine banged a lot in Naboo.
So let me get this straight. Rey buries the Skywalker lightsaber, Anakin’s lightsaber, in sand. “Coarse, rough, and irritating sand that gets everywhere”, which will undoubtedly fill every intricate inner part of that lightsaber, a weapon which by the way, was supposed to be more important to a Jedi than almost anything else, and is never supposed to be lost or destroyed. And let’s not just skim over how established Anakin’s hatred for sand is. You can’t mention his name once on the internet without someone cracking a sand joke.
*why*
To be fair, it’s not like Rey knew that Anakin didn’t like sand, she probably associated the lightsaber with Luke and knew his home planet was Tatooine, hence why she buried it there. That doesn’t make it less disrespectful but at least it explains it.
I think it’s symbolic of Disney filling the once thriving franchise of Star Wars full of useless tokenism and symbolism. They keep running the saber that is Star Wars through the sand in a vane attempt to clean it. Only to succeed in filling it with more sand and ruining it. Then they present it to us with a greedy smile: “We worked hard for this one”.
I think Star Wars belongs in the public domain where real passionate fans can do Disney’s job for them. Because we know Disney hardly can.
It shows how Disney had N O ideas for more stuff. I miss THE REAL Luke...
@@SorowFame It's funny because that's the exact attitude Disney has with the entire mythos. It's just like what happens when you mention you like owls to a relative, and then they give you owl stuff for birthdays forever after that, because "this guy = owls". So by the same token, "Anakin = Tatooine". Oh, wait, Luke too! "Luke = Tatooine also!"
Soooooooo...
Spudnik, are you from Poland?
"SHES'S BUSY" absolutely killed me
It might’ve been cool if the backup of C-3PO’s memory saved on R2D2 was like, an outdated one, and his memories were reverted back to an earlier film…
Obviously I’d rather they didn’t do the memory-death fake out thing.
If kylo survived that crash, then ....
PLO KOON IS ALIVE
@@Sleepycatdesigns Disney Canon doesn't even count, it's up to the fans to decide what's Canon and what isn't. Fuck what they money says, fuck what the media says. They failed us, they're stories don't exist in the hearts of true star wars fans.
Dave Filoni the guy behind The Clone Wars tv show has stated Plo Koon is his favorite Jedi. And given the upcoming Season 7 will intersect with Episode III there’s a real chance of this being made canon
Tymetrain Fuck you and fuck Disney
Its ok if you like it, its garbage tho, they try to create something"new" redoing everything they had, no cohesion of the entire 9 movies, no caharacter development, and a lot of unnecesary marketing strategy
Jenny Nicholson will be so happy when she hears the news.
This entire movie was just a big ass slap in the face to Darth Vader tbh
How
@@magikztrix He didn't get his redemption nor did he bring balance to the force. And he was the believed chosen one, chosen for what? For killing a clone of Palpatine? ROFLMAO
Magikz Trix whay they said + Rey berry’s his lightsaber in the sand lmao
Anakin didn’t kill a clone of Palpatine, he killed the real Palpatine, I find it funny how most of the people who hate Rise of Skywalker don’t know even basic facts of the universe
Master Yoda But can you blame people for thinking it was a clone? This film is absolutely trash and doesn’t give us anything on how Palpatine survived. Since I don’t view the sequels as canon and since this film is a complete mess, I don’t really care to look into whether or not Palpatine was a clone when the film doesn’t make it obvious or clear.
I loved watching reactions to the trailer for this movie and hearing people say “Run, Lando! They’re gonna kill you!”
I have a hard time choosing between "It was _caused_ by JJ Abrams" and "written by Chris Chibnall, who we're going to be blaming this evening" as my favourite of Jay's Opening Burns.