The Rise of Skywalker- Star Wars: A Personal Retrospective CONCLUSION
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Watch as a legitimately great year for Star Wars wraps up with the worst film in the series and an example of how not to write an ending, a sequel or a story in general.
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When you program a robot to write a new Star wars movie for you but it starts playing d&d instead.
Hey there, a d&d character would have had a single backstory planned out in advance
The prequel era was about the failure of the Jedi.
The original trilogy era was about restoring order to the galaxy.
The sequel trilogy was about.... nothing.
It was about nostalgia member berries
#kaosnova
Also the OT was the failure of the Sith
@@robertparker6280 Palpatine wasn’t a traditional Sith, he killed his own apprentices and tried to live forever, breaking the Sith ideal that the Master must be replaced by the apprentice.
The sequel era is about a failure of Disney and Jar Jar Abrams! It was really meta.
Just imagine-
Episode 10 Opening Crawl: The Next Next Order reigns supreme! And they are building the superweapon of all superweapons, one that can destroy an entire galaxy cause why not! Yet another plucky band of rebels are yet again fighting on the backfoot for the umpteenth time..........
*Directed by Jar Jar Abrams*
*Pissed off Anakin noises*
This is the worst one. It makes both prequels and originals pointless. Retcons TLJ. I don’t like TLJ but retconing it? wasn’t right it’s disrespectful for everyone who worked on it. It’s the only SW movie I left feeling empty. I wasn’t even angry.
I laughed at the back handedness and its the ending the DT fans deserved
Episode 7 did that. 8 & 9 just removed the doubt.
TLJ is worst. RoS is the second worst.
TLJ is the worst one, hands down, and with no intelligent argument otherwise.
@@joen8529 nice opinion. Not fact.
No joke, when you sliced Patrick’s voice saying “who are you people?” when it showed the Sith sympathizers I haven’t laughed that hard in a really long time.
the real crime of this movie is they somehow made palpatine boring.
He's never boring. This is the most menacing he's ever been.
Palpatine being dragged into this filth was the real crime!
Rise of the Mcguffins
Excuse me, they are called McMuffins now. 😒😄
I watched Last Jedi for the second time as I watched your sequel retrospective. And wow, you have completely transformed my view on TLJ. I still am not quite sure what Finn was doing during the film, but I can absolutely see how it could have- if followed by Duel of the Fates- been the second installment of a truly satisfying sequel trilogy. If only Abrams hadn't been tapped for TFA, we could have had something majestic. George Lucas is said to have liked TLJ best of all. When I left the theater after Rise of Skywalker, I genuinely believed it was one of the worst movies I had ever seen. I still think that.
And yet he still has yet to say what he thinks of The Rise of Skywalker. But deep down, he probably hates it more than any critic and fan alike.
Lucas only said that TLJ had good visuals dumbass
This... may be the best review you've made yet! Seriously I am speechless. I guess you can say this review left me STUNNED (lmao) Seriously all your critiques were super well explained and your jokes were also consistantly funny! Also the speech at the end really sold it!
Great video- I’ve been binge watching sequel trilogy critique videos for the past week or so, and I just came across yours. While you hit on the major issues that the others did, I have to say that you pointed out several things that they did not. Really cool, and I appreciate how much work and effort you put into this. I especially enjoyed the overview of the original writer’s script for Episode IX, and you showed a lot of art that I hadn’t seen before. Thanks!
Should’ve mentioned that “The Rise of Skywalker” is probably the most generic and cliche name anyone can think of for a Star Wars movie. Duel of the Fates sounds so much better.
This was quite a wild ride! This was seriously worth the wait, Your critiques and humor were on point, Your editing was top notch, the way you looked into the Trevor Colin script was fascinating, and the way you ended off the video really sent off this retrospective in the best way possible!
Seriously this was amazing!
Watched this video twice. A damn good conclusion to your Star Wars personal retrospective. It mirrors a lot of my thoughts, but you pointed out things I completely missed like the Cloning line from that Resistance dude and hyperspace skipping. Also loved the "stunned" segment, lol. That was a great laugh.
Strapping in, locking on, wowee a big one comes!
"I left the theater absolutely furious"
I'm a Star Wars book and comic fan first and foremost, but I can still relate to that reaction. It was me after I read "The Dark Nest" and "Legacy Of The Force". Stories that bordeline ignored and definitely mistreated their predecessors, had a braindead plot, and character assassinated some of my favorite SW heroes. They were so bad that I just decided to remove them from my headcanon.
I didn't have your reaction wih TROS or with the sequel trilogy in general because not only did I not watch them in cinemas, but I just didn't care about anyone that appeared or anything that happened in them. The OT heroes in the Star Wars universe I grew up with didn't turn into miserable failures, despite the many setbacks they faced. And compared to the next generation in the novels, the characters in the Sequels are just extremely weak in every aspect, with Finn being by far the most interesting.
So the difference in reaction to bad content came from how attached I was to the existing characters and universe. After it became clear to me that LFL-Disney was just out to remake the OT but worse, I was invested solely to watch how horrendously they would screw it up.. so when I watched TROS (legally ofc;) online, I could barely stop laughing as one hilariously bad moment stacked upon the other
Legacy of the Force is literally the prototype to the Sequel Trilogy, so I'm not at all surprised that someone who read it sensed that the Sequels would suck.
Jedi Fallen Order is one of the best games I have ever played, way better than the rise of shitwalker
Finally dude!. Someone agrees with me that this was worse than The Last Jedi. This movie is unwatchable. It is the only Star Wars film I did not see more than once in the theater. It's horrible and stupid. I'm 52 years old. I saw the original Star Wars in the movie theater when I was 7 years old. This movie was the biggest disappointment to me of all of them.
There are plenty of people who think this is the worst one and it doesn't matter if they love, hate or feel indifferent to The Last Jedi. This was pure trash on every level, TLJ beats it with the "Star Destroyer landing is actually a clothes iron" joke alone.
Wow. Hearing that other script makes me even more aware of just how stupid JJ is. He really does think that props and actors are interchangeable, has no concept of narrative cohesion, and has no interest in continuity with any previous installments. And he isn't even aware of these weaknesses.
All 3 of these films were such garbage. Beautiful with the visuals, but it was like a home that's beautiful on the outside but gutted on the inside. They might as well have played into the Darth jar jar theory and revealed him as the big bad in 9 instead of Palpatine. That would've at least given this film a memorable plot twist like in ESB lol
I am completely fine for Star Wars end at the return of the Jedi and the Mandolorin being the epilogue. It really hard seeing the Disney trilogy being a sequel due to everything goes backwards.
I refuse to see these as star wars at all. this is a fanfiction so bad it could end a war, and then start a new one
A while ago i started to introduce my friend to Star Wars who had never seen any of the movies. Starting off from A New Hope to The Empire Strikes Back, we then moved to the prequels as i wanted her to first witness the Vader reveal before going to see Anakin's origin story and his eventual fall to the Dark Side, and lastly to Return of the Jedi as i wanted Anakin's redemption to be as emotional as possible for her, and later we're gonna watch The Clone Wars in chronological order and later Rebels and The Mandalorian, but i'm purposfully avoiding the sequels because of how much rules and established lore they broke and just how bad they are.
1:10:42
My guy. Now in May of 2022. I no it'll be hard for you to accept but when George Lucas said Democray ends with thunderous applause. He was talking about you people.
Awful review that completely misunderstands the movie.
I left TLJ angry. I left TROS disappointed
I was disappointed by this film.
Revenge I'd the sith is the best star wars movie. Don't @me
49:38 - Summary of Duel of the Fates starts.
Rise of skywalker?
more like Star Wars ran through google translate
47:04 uhhhh… yes? Jedi good, Sith bad. Jedi not perfect, but Jedi good. No need for enlightened centrism.
Let me guess, Disney’s gonna attack again
Nope. The video is actually public now.
Soshi The Yoshi well they already attacked this video... So I guess they won’t do that now that they tried twice or thrice...
I lost it at Evil Trapezoid.
Now this was the epic finale I was expecting! Especially that ending speech that relates to me so hard mainly with the part about social media...
This is why I am subbed to you Factor5Fanatic... Great job...
After rewatching the movies (up to The Last Jedi because that movie was pants to me), this is STILL the best beatdown of the Sequels.
EDIT: I'm serious. This is the best. Especially the part where you create a bogus synopsis for a Back to the Future Part IV (which we're unfortunately getting in a reboot, oh noes) to make your point.
I hated this movie with all my essence
Your overly sarcastic voice and casual happy-go-lucky tone made me laugh throughout this Review. This film is so bad lmao. Subbed!
"sycophants, who think because they like something that means it should be impervious to critique" - TCW fanbase in a nutshell
Ngl the Chewie death fake out could've been better if they didn't show he was alive in the *literal next scene.* Let us marinate on it, let Rey actually suffer the damn consequences of her actions until they discover he was alive.
Or just... actually kill him so she can fail at literally ANYTHING
I was in a play once where the director specifically said we had to have really fast pacing throughout because the plot actually made no sense and he wanted the audience to fully enjoy themselves in the theater and it not be until the following day when they are at home that they suddenly think "What a minute...what the hell was that all about?!? None of that makes any sense!" I think that VERY much goes for the thoughts behind the pacing in this movie as well.
Episode 9 Dual Of The Fates sounds freaking fantastic! Would have tied up everything properly for the series.
Although I agree with your critic, I still disagree with the title. For me the worst Star Wars movie ever made is The Force Awakens. Insipid, vapid, bland, boring, barely coherent soulless cash grab. It ackes even more when I realize how many people acrually like that movie...
It's funny because the biggest problems most people had with TLJ were TFA's fault. Especially Luke.
Still my favorite review of this movie. Both entertaining AND informative. It’s more than just a rant. It’s a reaffirmation of what was so good about all previous 8 films. Not only that, but it’s a great criticism of fandom and the series as a whole.
So question for people who watched this. Does The Last Jedi work better as an ending than The Rise of Skywalker?
Its kinda crazy how i have watched people bash on the sequel trilogy much much more than i have actually watched each movie💀
The force awakens was Forgettable to men The last Jedi frustrated Me
The rise of Skywalker piss me the hell off
Well when you show this to sequel fans they won't care they're still gonna like the movie even if you're spitting the truth they'll still come back
I’m glad Duel of the Fates was canceled because it just doesn’t feel like Star Wars
Suddenly Jar Jar Binks gets my apologizes and I’m looking forward to the Jar Jar stand alone vehicle called Binks the Force is absent.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BARELY ANYONE MENTIONS KYLO REN USING AN IMPERIAL ERA TIE FIGHTER TO SHOW UP.
IT AGGRAVATES ME not as much as other things BUT REALLY.
Do you mean to tell me that J.J.Abrams directed an senseless, incoherent mess? Is water still wet?
I have many friends that think macdonald's make the best burgers...
I haven't seen anyone mention how Rey lightnings the ship for 2 seconds, and it instantly explodes.
Palpy lightnings thousands of ships for way longer and all it does is CUT THE SHIPS POWER???
Duracell voltage.
I'm kind of thankful I don't know enough about Star Wars to understand how stupid some of it is. I can't imagine learning months of lore just for the movie to slap you in the face for it.
Ya, it's even worse for the people who read the eu as that's 30 years content in the garbarge.
An hour of pristine critique of the sequel trilogy followed by a necessary point that none of your criticism had anything to do with "SJW" stuff. The sequels are bad because they are disjointed, poorly written, full of non-characters, and disrespectful to the franchise. Stop trying to transpose your weird obsessions where it doesn't fit.
The Force Awakening was entertaining enough, but derivative. And I assumed its characters would get fleshed out more. They don't. Finn literally loses his character lol.
The Last Jedi was a mess, but it had some gumption. I loved the emphasis on humble people being able to rise to greatness (which Rise of Skywalker jettisons out the airlock). I loved that opening scene with the bomber desperately trying to complete her duty. I loved that they killed Snoke and left us wondering what the hell was gonna happen next. But I felt they severely mis-used Luke. Poe is, as you say, just an asshole. It has poor pacing. The film is kind of a mess that has a few great moments.
I think I basically have nothing good to say about Rise of Skywalker? OK, I remembered one thing I thought was good. The busted-looking droid that acts terrified because of how his previous master abused him? We're used to droids being treated like family in this series. It's good to see the contrast.
The Rise of Skywalker to me is the worst movie in the entire saga
First time here. Halfway through and I’m wondering if this guy liked TLJ. Either way, this video is pretty good. Thanks man.
Good job ! This video is amazingly produced
My boi has come back to finish this retrospective in the best way possible
I am of the 1970s SW generation. The new movies are not good.
i hate this movie too, but in TLJ they showed kylo feeling the water from ach-to while talking to rei. so the force transfer of objects really isn't that much of a stretch. the lightsaber transfer is one of the only legit good scenes from the movie.
Sooo… because millennials, who are reputed to be nothing but complainers say that it’s a horrible movie that it really must be? Ummm…NO!
Do you like the sequels? I happen to enjoy all three to varying degrees.
Yeah i honestly would have wanted trevorrows script over what we got
I think Disney hates poor R2.
Very well said. Thank you for putting this into the words I didn't have!
Anyone who likes this movie - knows nothing about movies.
I have been waiting for this video, for a long long long long time. I hope it was worth it. EDIT: i was worth it👍
At least its better that avenger endgame
This has the worst cinematography of all the movies. While JJ dialed back his color grading on TFA this one looks horrible, and it’s more obvious when seeing the shots from previous movies in this video
and this all took place in 16 hours lol
Sorry but quoting George Lucas isn’t a real point maker. Love the guy for cresting the series, but he’s told so many versions of what inspired him, what his plans were, the direction of the movies etc; that nothing he says can be beloved anymore.
Amazing choice of music lol 18:28
I was about to question the idea of Rise of Skywalker being the worst Star Wars movie when The Last Jedi exists, but then I think about how the death star destroyers don't know which way is up and I don't even know what to think anymore. Basically every stupid thing in TLJ is matched by something at least equally stupid in RotS.
Well said.
TLJ will always be the worst SW film of all time. Rise of Skywalker was trying to piece together the dumpster fire Rian Johnson created. #DontRianJohnsonMyStarWars
36:15 Was really enjoying this until you made the same basic mistake that nearly every retrospective I've watched makes. The now infamous line of "Cloning ... secrets only the Sith knew" is a terrible line used as a non-explanation for how Palpy returned but it isn't as bad as you make out. Cloning and secrets only the Sith knew are not the same thing! The line should probably be more like "Cloning *combined with* secrets only the Sith knew". That's why there is that weird pause in there. It's shit writing that obviously fails at everything it's trying to do but it isn't deliberately breaking canon. JJ lifted this idea straight out of the E.U further proving that the EU isn't half as great as many fans try to tell you it is.
I still haven't watched it not after tlj and what I heard
If you're watching vids like this then you don't need to. You know everything that happens and there isn't some secret genius idea that only becomes apparent if you watch the whole thing. Just the realisation that you wasted your money and/or time watching any of the latest 3
This is the only Star Wars movie I've only watched once. It's still hard for me to believe that the company that owns Marvel, and has had a consistent plan for 14 years, decided that they were going to do a sequel trilogy and didn't have a plan. I can understand not wanting to use Lucas's ideas, but there was a great book series that they could have used that had a strong female character like they wanted. It's just mind blowing that this was allowed to happen.
I've now written like 5 or 6 comments, but after I finished watching it, gotta leave a final one: I don't agree with every single one of your points and even think you (like many fans) misintepret some thematic elements of SW. But this is still a great video essay, fun and almost all of the arguments you brought up are great and on-point. The top notch, concise summary of Anakin's motivation was a highlight, and you even included a Stover quote. If you haven't read NJO yet, do it, thematically it's a brilliant comclusion of the OT. Subscribed.
also I assume new-canon fans must've loved it when TFA said "ok, Poe Dameron is just discount Wedge", and the comics were like "ok, Poe is discount Wedge, so he gets his discount Rogue Squadron" and then TROS came along and decided "Nah, Poe is now discount Han"
Part of me would have sort of forgiven this movie if Rey and Kylo kissed and together with their love brought balance to the force- oh wait he's dead.
I bet they had Rey kill Palpatine because the only other one who really could was Kylo however if you did that, once again you would be copying the end of the original triology with Vader killing the emperor. Someone in the creative team probably pointed that out.
I’m late to this video but then you mentioned intentionally making the worst sequel possible. Makes me think of what happened to my precious terminator franchise after T2.
I can tell you where the bad character banter likely comes from. I've heard that Chris Terrio went back to research what elements made the originals good. No doubt the banter was a take away but he lacked to really understand why it worked so well. That would explain a lot. He tried to emulate it but failed horribly.
Also what kinda of thing is a Force Dyad I heard of force bonds but what the hell is a Dyad what next a triads or a quads ridiculous fuck Reylo.
Last jedi and this one most be the films with the most negative full hour long commentaries in youtube.and they deserve them all.
I just love hearing people slamn of a movie
Imagine a Star Wars & Turrican crossover : « The Rise of Mr. Walker »
6:15 I’m glad someone finally pointed this out. I’ve heard so many people talk about what’s wrong with this film & no one has brought this up. There’s literally only 5 characters that actually underwent the training necessary to become a force ghost & 1 of them only managed to learn how to be a voice. It’s fascinating how much this movie gets wrong, but this one seems to go under the radar almost every time.
49:29
Its kind of weird how they talk about the darkness in Rey. But apparently this is due to her genetics rather than her genuinely being a complicated person. Luke started off as a hyper optimistic good boy type it would have been interesting to watch her become like a grey jedi ora anything interesting other than, the best good girl that ever did live
1:03:41 ayyyyyy it's one of my Mario Maker levels!!!
Ah those where some good ol times!
I'd love to do more of those streams one day. I don't live near Factor5Fanatic anymore, but perhaps after the pandemic has calmed down a bit I could come visit and start another one.
@@Tianyulong neat!
@@Tianyulong in the possibility that ya peeps do it again, be sure to let us know in advance (if it ever happens ofcourse)
TLJ is the worst one, hands down, and with no intelligent argument otherwise.
Damn the original idea of EP. 9 sounds WAY better!
Lol yeah doesn't the memory banks hold the knowledge of the language that he needs to translate the dagger with??
47:01 GL was bringing up those questions even in the Prequels with Qui-Gon.
3min in and here is my problem.
I'm not invested in the extended universe, for me Star Wars is the movies.....
Sooooo, yeah, I didn't have the same spirit going in on this. ^^
Is it just me, or does the narrator sound like Quentin Tarantino?
11:00 A hilarious Spongebob refrence +1 like just for that
As I was writing the script and noticing just how absurd, convoluted and contrived the buildup was, all that was going in my head was "It's a good thing he didn't pull the secret string, revealing the secret compartment..." and from there I couldn't help myself. I just had to.
@@lunamorley feel no shame
You got many things right but faulted at the end and then it all kind of felt appart. When you started to mix things up and rubbished the loyal Star Wars fans it really lowered my respect for your movie critique. What most fans were upset about was NEVER Finn being an actor of African descend (quiet the opposite, most Star Wars fans were actually exited to have Boyega cast in the movie). The hate of the prequals came mostly from those that never liked Star Wars and not from the fans! I was there in 1977 when there were no fandom, I loved the Star Wars movie long before it was named A New Hope. I have never found in all my years of following the fandom, the type of critism you claim to have come from the fans... So no, in that respect you got it wrong... But you also forgot to put the blame where the blame for the failiet of the Sequals originated from... Kathelene Kennedy... You also did not crtic Chris Terrio who's movie scripts JJ followed. And finally you totally did not mention Rian "your-theories-suck" Johnson... Why did you specially leave him unnamed? (Johnson did more damage to the trilogy than JJ, Karsdan and Terrio combined did). So yes, the sequals were a mess but they were so by design!
" And finally you totally did not mention Rian "your-theories-suck" Johnson... Why did you specially leave him unnamed? (Johnson did more damage to the trilogy than JJ, Karsdan and Terrio combined did). So yes, the sequals were a mess but they were so by design!"
It's like you weren't even really listening and just clapping along whenever the video said something bad against the movies. factor5fanatic clearly stated a number of times that TLJ actually did things right and made sense. He openly stated that he likes the TLJ. Why would he shit on Johnson if he made his movie in the language of Star Wars while JJ broke all the rules, even ones he made himself? It should be obvious why he didn't mention him to explain why Rise sucked so bad.
Rian "your-theories-suck" Johnson was right, most of the TFA theories did suck in terms of story telling. What theme would be explored by making Snoke turn out to be Darth Plagius? No idea as fans were more interested in seeing Plagius on screen rather than being worried if having him there would give a message that was against everything George was saying in the saga: You can't cheat death. Within the context movies it doesn't even matter if Plagius was even a real person, Palpaptine could be making the entire thing up on the spot because the details don't matter. It's that he's telling Anakin exactly what he wants to hear and making himself unkillable by him when he reveals that he is the Sith master all along. We love that scene because we see the subtle manipulation going on, not because we get to learn the name of Siddious' former master.
@@dansharp2860 ok, yes I see your point and it has been explained to me before by others in the same matter but it does not add up. Rian was meant to continued the narrative set by TFA (since it was a trilogy) but chose to disregard them all and toss them over his shoulder like "his version" of Luke did to Anikin's lighsaber. Rian intended to subvert all expectations and story lines from TFA so that by the end of the trashed Jedi there was no room for the third and final movie... Yes, JJ initially had the opportunity to create an amazing Star Wars film, he had the money, total access to Lucas' treasure trove of films, licensed books and novels, the support of the loyal fan base, the technology, the most talented craft and film people in the industry and even the main original cast members plus anyone else he could have wanted or imagened but chose to totally ignore it all (even George Lucas treatment for the Sequals) and created a lesser carbon copy of a New Hope. Why, it no longer matters but Rian went about purposely creating his own selfcontain story that was really disconnected from most of the other previous movies... "Forget about the Jedi and the Sith!" He told us, "kill them all if you have to!" he cried out... Rian was just the wrong person in charge of the second chapter in a 9 parts saga! Even Mark Hamill totally disagreed with what Rian created... Yet you think you know better?
Impressive, most impressive!
@@colorin81colorado "Foget about the Jedi and the Sith!" He told us, "kill them all if you have to!" he cried out...
And at the end of the movie he said that the Jedi would continue and that they would learn from their mistakes. You know, the theme of the entire movie. Don't get me wrong, I'm not hear to tell anyone that TLJ is some sort of masterpiece. It is a deeply flawed movie with tonnes of problems but it does mostly stay internally consistent with the 6 George movies. You can not like what they did with Luke but it is still internally consistent. JJ broke the universe with all the people who could see the New Republic
being destroyed from different planets long before Rian came up with a new way to end space battles.
It is also not actually Rian's job to make sure everything lines up from TFA. That's Kathleen Kennedy's job to oversee the entire trilogy since no director was originally staying for more than one movie. She needed to make sure the trilogy was internally consistent so if Rian had his own ideas about the movie they would be tempered by the needs of the series. One guess what happened. It was her job to hire a director who will ultimately make the movie that Lucasfilm want not their own. Rian really was just another piece in the shit pie that was the sequels, not the biggest problem.
@@dansharp2860 finally someone who places the blame where the blame ought to be placed, thank you! True, I did not like TFA and totally detested the trashed Jedi (no spelling mistake) but Lucasfilm and Kathelene Kennedy held the final say, if anyone disagree see what happened to Solo, a Star Wars fiasco
@@colorin81colorado still haven't seen that movie and have no desire to. I wanted to say that I agree with you that Rian was probably the wrong choice to direct as was JJ.
I hated The Last Jedi more than The Rise of Skywalker
the "criticism" of war profiteering in TLJ was terrible, especially from a communist perspective. Do you wanna fight Nazis with forks? It also, more importantly, can easily be turned into the reactionary narrative of "bankers" being behind every war. The disdain that Nazis and many self-described anticapitalists have for capitalism is also reactionary in nature. For a communist, every alarm bell should start ringing once you hear someone make a distinction into "good, productive" (national) capitalism (referring to "honest, hard-working, patriotic" job creators) and "evil, parasitic" (international) capitalism (referring to banks, stock markets, speculation).
And as a final point, it doesn't even work in the Star Wars universe, because military hardware is produced by some of the largest corporations in the galaxy, and these corporations have been traditionally government- or at least faction-aligned, if not directly controlled. Raith Sienar made TIEs for the Empire because they contracted SFS, but didn't he didn't sell X-Wings to the Alliance because those were produced by Incom (yes, I know they were inititally planned for the Empire). Mon Calamari didn't build ships for the Empire once they had a choice. Even in the new canon, Incom still makes the X-Wing, while Sienar/Jaemus and Kuat/Entralla support the First Oder exclusively.
at 57:10, when you say (paraphrasing) that the proposed Episode IX is primarily a story that works in tandem with the rest of the IP...that's not a ding against it (and you framed it like that, to my ears). IT'S A SEQUEL!! It SHOULD be a PIECE of the story, not necessarily a story unto itself. And I'm with you; the IX we got was a POS dumpster fire Jar Jar Abrams wet dream of VISUALS VISUALS VISUALS FUCKING VISUALS!!!11!!one!!! and the one presented here would have not actively killed the franchise (and was good to boot).
The biggest crime that the rise of Skywalker did is that it crap all over ankain Skywalker redemption in return of the Jedi and the rise of Skywalker makes the first 6 Star Wars movies pointless even more so than either the force awakens or the last Jedi ever did