Let Go your expectations. starwars.fandom.com/wiki/User:OOM_224/Let_go (I was made aware of this page three days after making this video. Let Go is even more prevalent than I thought; it's everywhere.)
This started as a deep analytical esque look at The Phantom Menace. Then it quickly devolved almost into a meme. Haha I was sort of expecting a Frozen joke at some point.
This with the context of knowing I just watched "Idealization in Plain Sight" by the same RUclipsr. Whew, yeah just. Yeah. Does this guy have a name? Ima start calling him "blank" fuck it.
think on your own ideals, instead of being enslaved by another person ideals, belief and code that is not your own and don't correspond to how you think, act and feel. That's is among the few things I learned watching the creator of these videos.
“Jar jar is the key to all of this”- George Lucas This is true Cus in the first film phantom menace when jar jar is trying to to hold onto things like the tool to fix anakins speeder, or the giant blue bomb balls, he lets them go.
When I typed this comment, I didn't see the last clip yet. And if this wasn't a sarcastic reply, KotOR and KotOR 2 are both a few thousand years before the events of episode 1.
@@The.RUclipsr.with.no.Name. why haven’t you let go of starwars? You said that your last video would be your final video. But you have uploaded this one. You also have not let go of Kreia. Why not?
That could be one way. Or it could also be Din letting go of the destructive Mandalorian traditions and finally allowing himself to settle down and raise the child in a safe environment.
@@nandoman4769 this! i feel like the show is steering in that direction, and i would love to see him not let go of all his mandalorian traditions, but figure a balance if that makes sense. let go of the harmful parts.
That heart react is telling. Anyone who plays KOTOR 2 with serious intent carry it with us, in some form or another. Especially those who played it when it first came out during their formative years.
@Roblox Lucas Films This is definitely a hot take, but I must concur. Much of the depth and character development I used to find in the old CW continuity simply isn't there anymore, or has been changed for the worse. TCW serves as a reminder of Star Wars' core themes, but nearly everything else about it has already been done before and better.
@@orbaitv5991 I think his point is that, with Palpatine winning at the end of the series. Luke and Leia never stopped the empire, and so Vader never did get redeemed by his children.
@@orbaitv5991 From the scale of hot garbage to wasted potential. I'd say wasted potential. Heck I even thought She'd be a descendant of Valkorion aka the Sith Emperor the guy who devoured two planets worth of Force users to become what is basically a god
@@The.RUclipsr.with.no.Name. If only I could let it go Really say what's on my mind Of love and pain and phylum rubs The sad, sad oozing of time My mouths, oh, they would open up A fern would break on through The tears I'd cry Would be tears of joy And I'd come slidin' back to you
I just remembered that novel with Darth Malgus where he kills his lover because she was his only weakness. Gues He wont have to face the choice of letting her go ever again. SITH PROBLEMS
And then he understood that the risk and fear of losing her was what made him strong. He's probably with Revan, the only sith that understood where power truly lies in the Force. If he ever made a holocron, I'm sure it would contain great wisdom the like we most often don't associate with the Sith.
@@stephenthedude4383 no, bad point. It's a bad point because Luke was *told* to confront his father. He didn't want to. He didn't want to have to kill his own father. But he tried to confront him anyway.
I mean, in the most crucial moment for Luke, where he was about to strike down his own father, what did he do? He let go, quite literally. He let go of one thing that was to protect him - his own lightsaber.
To add to that, in Attack of the Clones, when Anakin loses his lightsaber, Obi-Wan emphasizes: ''this weapon is your life.'' So with Luke throwing away his lightsaber, he was letting go of his life and embracing death. And Vader, pitting Luke, let go of his hatred and also let go of his own life, embracing death after he couldn't over so many years.
George Lucas is so dastardly. He frames the jedi as heroes, and in the context of Star Wars they are. However, irl their philosophy and way of being is anti-human. The scene with Luminara and Anakin is the apotheosis of this. Anakin wants to search for Ahsoka and the other padawan while Luminara simply bends over and gives up. Ironically, things usually work out in Anakin's favor and produce equal if not better outcomes, ultimately culminating in the events of Return of the Jedi. So maybe I'm actually wrong? Regardless, what people typically take away from SW is that jedi are good and cool so I think I'm at least partially correct, especially if people try to apply SW philosophy to their real lives.
I think that in that episode at least, the message was about not giving up on your friends and trying your hardest to make things right as Anakin did, but also to be ready to accept that death is inevitable even if it can be beaten back temporarily. If you cannot accept that death is an unavoidable reality then you will suffer as you are forced to come to terms in one way or another. In short Filoni seemed to be advocating for a middle path.
You're right, to be a true jedi its to not be human, because jedis are not human. You understand this, too, because you see what good short term options for anakin do to the universe anakin lives in. Letting go is sometimes good for humans, but always neccesary for jedi, because if they form attachments then they bend the force, and they unbalance the universe in doing so. Being a jedi is giving up your humanity for the greater good.
The ironic thing is that Luke's final choice that he makes in RoTJ is to disobey the Jedi. Obi wan and Yoda both tell him to kill Vader, but Luke does his own thing and saves him. It's him making the 'human' choice that saves the day.
"...the most beautiful form of mastery is the art of letting go" -Star Wars: From A certain Point of View, chapter 8: Master and Apprentice, by Claudia Gray.
"I have thought of this moment, more than you know. And I wondered, if here, at this ending between us, if you would care enough to try to save me-if you could find it within yourself to spare one who has fallen so far. If a Jedi could find it within themselves to spare one who has fallen so far. I wanted you to say that you would save me. For that, I am grateful. But I do not want your mercy. I want you to be complete, as you were meant to be. To let the echo die, and hear the sound of the Force again." -Kreia, to the Exile
But now it seems like Disney wants to sell more toys. It will be honestly be a Bit interesting if Mando's and Grogu's both refusal to let go will lead to great pain or not. (From the Rules it should I am however unsure if they would really do this).
After watching this video a few times now I've noticed a very important lesson in it. Through all of these clips Anakin is the only person who is shown unable to let go, of even the most minor things. Even his apprentice warns him to stop and let Bane go so they can get to safety. Anakin ignores Lars' advice and goes to seek his mother. When you see this you see Anakin as a kindhearted person, someone who truly cares. The biggest issue is that he is right. Ahsoka was alive under the wreckage, if he listened to Luminara, she probably would've died. If he didn't seek out his mother, he never would've seen her alive for one last time, and this was the ultimate problem. He acted on instinct and emotion and saved those that others had already decided to let go of, or won a battle when others believed it to be lost. It sounds altruistic, and it is. It ultimately lead to his downfall. His altruistic actions were pure and true, and they ended up mutating his soul, causing him to believe that with more power he could save more people, protect those closest to him. Maybe if he was willing to let go of one person he would've been prepared for death, ready to let go when someone was truly beyond saving. When Palpatine tells Vader that Padme was killed in his anger, this is what he really meant. Anakin didn't directly kill his wife, but he became so absorbed with seeking power for a greater purpose, that he lost the meaning behind what he was seeking it for. Anakin sought the power to save others more than he sought the willingness to let go of those he couldn't. It's similar to a soldier who watches his squad mates die beside him, but continues to fight on instead of trying to help them. It may be dangerous to do. Sure one person is saved, but what if more are injured by your actions? You have to refuse your current impulse in order to do what is right. That can be a strength, and it is one Anakin lacked.
Another Star Wars video? A surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one. Not gonna lie, I thought the girl from Frozen would sing that 'Let it Go' song at some point. lol
Ahh Kreia, the greatest teacher, the kotor games the best story driven, shame we will never see a continuation of the series or a remaster to the old games with their storie.
I can barely make myself watch the Bad Batch, I tought it would be cool but they did the same mistake as the sequels, they copypaste the Mandalorian and changed the story for the worst. I'd rewatch the clone wars in a hearth beat but not this.
I let go of sequels and new canon of Star Wars. As far as I'm concerned they don't exist in my mind set. Either the sequels of old was okay at first until the dark time of the "Last Jedi" movie came along and ruined it for me and many other. I understand the message, but still dislike how they created Last Jedi movie.
Is this the true end of anime girl? Is this a reference to The Greatest Story Ever Told if the Foundation of Star Wars was The Last One Forever and Ever (For Real This Time) (We ****ing Mean It). Truely they were a nameless youtuber with anime girl profile pic who made star wars videos. Your emergency breaks are on!
Without you telling me, I'll never know who had the coolest lightsaber or who was most powerful or which Jedi hated which things! Thank you for not getting caught up in the lightsaber porn. I know if you make a Star Wars video, the smart money is on it being great.
I think people are more defiant of the Jedi code more than just being "light sided" just like obi-wan you can still love; as long as it doesn't become a dangerous obsession like Anakin's fall to the dark side.
Exactly. Love, empathise, have compassion, even attachment, but don't let it lead you into obsession and selfishness in times where you have no other option but to let go, and don't give into hate or anger. A prime example can be found in unrequited love. You can love someone who doesn't love you. When they reject you, you have two options, to leave them be and respect them, loving them by means of not becoming possessive of them, or, you can become possessive, a stalker, thinking only of what you want and not what they want, and love becomes hatred and control. Applied to the Force and the Jedi, it's realising you protect others because you care about them, but not to the degree where you're willing to give into the Darkside of the Force to save them, which results in destroying your humanity afterward, and you yourself kill the ones you once loved. It's similar to that desperation of unrequited love turning into poison if it's not tamed and viewed in perspective. There is nothing wrong with the love itself, but only when it drives a person beyond love into something ugly. Luke in ROTJ was the prime example of this, he shown Jedi can love, and that love can save them and those they protect, by realising the Darkside is not love, but hatred and anger. Love/attachment saved Vader and Luke both in the end, but a pure love, free of negativity. Though Vader goaded Luke with his emotions for Leia, it was the lie Vader told, that "only the Darkside" can save her, it's the attempt to brainwash, to polarise. Vader was raised by flawed Jedi and was taught love = darkside, and so he was passing on that flawed Jedi teaching to Luke at the end of ROTJ, but in a Sith manner, to convert him. Luke realised the ultimate truth, love = lightside, if absent of selfishness and hate, and that it can be a source of strength, without corruption.
He let go of nothing. He's still one of the richest people in the world and adheres in no way to his own philosophy. He didn't give up his riches, he didn't let go of any desires. Do you know why Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is so vastly different in tone than the other two movies? Because he was broken up over his divorce and his inability to let go of his wife. The man preaches that everybody should live like a buddhist monk, else great suffering would arise for not only themselves but for the world at large, but that's complete bogus. Yes, greed can lead to great evils (like wars that engulf the world) but it's not like as if your love for your parent or your spouse will ultimately lead you to become a world-destroying dictator like in Star Wars. That's complete nonsense. Lucas presents a false dichotomy and people are falling for it hook line and sinker.
Most people that still like him (including me) have never had a problem with him to begin with. The people that called him an idiot still think he's an idiot.
@@robocawk I think he's a genius. But he made the wrong choice working with Disney. It's no different than picking the light side or the dark side choice. Lucas on the other hand chose a dark side which led to the sequel. But it led to a good outcome with the Mandalorian series, Star Wars Rebels, Rogue one movie and the Han Solo movie.
Red letter media made it cool to shit all over George Lucas and his work. and yes I AM willing to die on this hill. They are over-hyped and too many people have treated them like prophets, too such a degree that I genuinely believe that it has now gone to their heads. Apologies cannot and will not help George now. He has lost everything to Disney, his very own IP, the stories and messages he tried to tell, with said IP. The games studio he created to pioneer story telling in video gaming. All because "Ha hA HA JaR jAr BaD!" Sure George surrounded himself with Yes men, and that falls on him. But the internet ran with the "hate the prequels" meme for years. The very same way that everyone bullies the quiet nerd. Easy target, makes you feel like your part of something and nobody will challenge what you say.
Being able to let go. It's much easier said than done, since there are some things that we simply can't or won't let go. The Heart of Star Wars indeed. Excellent video
I'm not sure if Anakins stubbornness is always a bad thing. "It is their time to die" this way of thinking makes me quite mad. How many deaths might be avoided if one would have acted. To give one example. If the Government had acted sooner, the Beirut Explosion would have never happened. Letting go is one thing. Dooming 2 lifes because your religion or ideology says so is another. We know that Anakin doomed his Padmes life and his own because he caught a glimpse of her death. He acted out of Fear. But I think this is not a good example when talking about letting go. Because the way I see it when you see just a glimpse, a moment of the future, everything you do will lead to it. Even if Anakin did indeed let go, Padme would have died anyways. And Palpatine would have won. Destiny and stuff. Some of these let go's seem to be contradictory. If Han would have let go of the TIE than the events leading to the Empire destruction might not have happened. I also do believe you put maybe a few let go's to many into this Video. Some of them are a normal response to certain situations, not really a connection to the theme of Star Wars. It's more to think about.
Funny story, I play tf2 and whenever I play sniper. I am afraid to miss My shot. And as a result, it leads to my perpetual failure of hitting my target. Not until I "let go" of my fear of missing. And as a result, I become more accurate. Sure I may miss. But I'm better off
Learning to let go of things that hurt you is one thing...............But denying your instincts to protect those you hold dear is quite another. If there is an option to complete the mission and save whom you hold most dear, I take it in an instance.
I think most of my views on the Sequels are summarized in my The Last Jedi video, although I would also add the caveat that Rey's entire journey is for her to let go of her parents in the TFA, learning that she can choose what to not let go and let go (she lets go of Kylo yet doesn't let go the past and respects it), and in RoSW, she lets go of her fears and connection to her family to affirm her own (taking the name of Skywalker). There's not much else to add. I also talk about the Sequel a bit in my Foundations of Star Wars regarding the kiss scene.
Battle on Mustafar: The Musical Obi-wan: "Anakin, Let it go, Let it go, Or you won't be jedi anymore, Let it go, Let it go, You're the last hope of Qui-Gon!" Anakin: "I don't care, What you have to say, Padme will not die, and jedi are evil anyway!"
I came from this from the trap video, and since I had autoplay on it jumped seamlessly from obi wan to Darth vader and I legitimately though you were about to say that Vader was a trap
I forgot how crappy the CW animation was at the start. Also forgot how much I loved the movies and especially prequel era. Should I let go of my hate of everything Disney?
I was tempted to add The Last Jedi but chose not to, so as to remain consistent with the Lucas approved canon. ruclips.net/video/EneC23krrrM/видео.html
The force is like steady stream of water. It flows through everything. The will of the force is how the stream shapes, determines or forms everything in it. Each life is like grain of sand in the water. It's destiny is predetermined by the force. Each jedi is like a pebble in the water. More water flows across it's larger surface. The Exile is like a pebble removed from the stream. Darth Nihilus is like a titanic maelstrom, sucking sand, pebble, and water into it's abyss.
I sometimes wonder if Count Dooku could've gone down the same path as Kreia did had he survived Revenge Of The Sith. He felt betrayed by the Jedi and was betrayed by the Sith. Would've been interesting to see how his view of the force would have evolved, or maybe he would have just learned to "Let go"
I argue that Dooku and Kreia are both Grey Sith. They tried to improve the Republic while siding with the Sith, but were ultimately betrayed before they could accomplish anything. The endpoint is that joining the Sith leads nowhere.
Pretty much, the only difference being that Kreia survived her betrayal and got a chance to find a new approach. It was a win-win for her since either the exile would carry on at least some of her teachings into the future (Well until TOR came along) or the exile died at the heart of Malachor and created that giant ass echo that may or may not have been enough to deafen the galaxy to the force. That's kind of why I've always wondered what Dooku might have become if given a second chance (Or head-canon he finds one of Kreia's holocrons) but I don't think he has anywhere near the same aptitude for manipulation and concealing one's own presence in the force that Kreia had, so its likely any action he took would only draw Palpatine's attention and it'd be all downhill from there. I think a book about Dooku's past was recently released, but I haven't read it yet, but it sounds interesting since he was a rare Jedi who was always questioning the order's decisions, and he encouraged Qui-gon to always question them as well.
Batman is not capable of letting anything go, it's the reason why he's so angry. Anger leads to hate ( batman definitely hates), and hate leads to suffering ( batman definitely suffers). To paraphrase what the Joker said to Batman at the end of Batman The Animated Series "deep down you're still a little boy crying over mommy and daddy, I'd laugh if it weren't so pathetic, oh what the hell I'll laugh anyway- HA HA HA HA".
It never ceases to amaze me how billionares tell the "little people", the common man, to let go of things, while they have the entire world in the palm of their hands. It is the feasting man telling the starving people to stop being so damn hungry.
Let Go your expectations.
starwars.fandom.com/wiki/User:OOM_224/Let_go
(I was made aware of this page three days after making this video. Let Go is even more prevalent than I thought; it's everywhere.)
Hello!
What do we call you?
I never thought anime girl was a fan of ATHF
This started as a deep analytical esque look at The Phantom Menace. Then it quickly devolved almost into a meme. Haha
I was sort of expecting a Frozen joke at some point.
...You sound like Disney PR's
"To believe in an ideal is to be willing to betray it. It is something no Sith or Jedi has ever truly learned."
Reminiscent of Saul Alinsky: "Better to win in corrupt victory, than to lose with your ethical hymen intact."
This with the context of knowing I just watched "Idealization in Plain Sight" by the same RUclipsr. Whew, yeah just. Yeah.
Does this guy have a name? Ima start calling him "blank" fuck it.
@@bantyplanty "Whatever" yes I see. I like this moniker you've suggested. From henceforth I dub thee, Whatever! A fitting name for one so forthright.
think on your own ideals, instead of being enslaved by another person ideals, belief and code that is not your own and don't correspond to how you think, act and feel. That's is among the few things I learned watching the creator of these videos.
@@bantyplanty Thanks you for sharing that information. I'll look it up.
“Jar jar is the key to all of this”- George Lucas
This is true Cus in the first film phantom menace when jar jar is trying to to hold onto things like the tool to fix anakins speeder, or the giant blue bomb balls, he lets them go.
George just couldn’t let go of Jar Jar.
@@jesser1070 But he did, hence why Jar Jar was barely in ROTS.
@@ltb1345 But he was still in it
Jar-Jar, you're a genius!
What is THE TRUTH BEHIND JAR JAR??? He is the one who deferred power of the senate to Paalpatine...and looked pleased for it !!! 😠
"Let misa go"
He was so wise,and we didn't listen...
I only noticed at the end of the video, all the clips are in chronological order
Wait KoTOR2 is after the movies???
When I typed this comment, I didn't see the last clip yet. And if this wasn't a sarcastic reply, KotOR and KotOR 2 are both a few thousand years before the events of episode 1.
It was placed at the end for thematic unity. A small break of the structure to end the video.
That's nice
@@The.RUclipsr.with.no.Name. why haven’t you let go of starwars? You said that your last video would be your final video. But you have uploaded this one. You also have not let go of Kreia. Why not?
You can see this in the fabric of the mandalorian, or it seems like it's building that way. Mando will eventually have to let go of the child.
Or the opposite, would baby Yoda let of go off Din?
That could be one way. Or it could also be Din letting go of the destructive Mandalorian traditions and finally allowing himself to settle down and raise the child in a safe environment.
@@nandoman4769 this! i feel like the show is steering in that direction, and i would love to see him not let go of all his mandalorian traditions, but figure a balance if that makes sense. let go of the harmful parts.
This is great prediction and he wants what's best for the child and due to his clan of two could be a great way for him and the child to bond
Well you were right.
You just had to finish with Kreia's quote. Can't let her go? :D
there are few who can, fewer who do.
That heart react is telling. Anyone who plays KOTOR 2 with serious intent carry it with us, in some form or another. Especially those who played it when it first came out during their formative years.
Kreia is the best character in all of Star Wars, she is the only one who understands balance in the force and the carnage that comes with it!
@@Oodelally Kreia was a villain
@@santiagojavierfernandezord4558 oh my sweet summer child.
It’s like poetry, it rhymes.
The Clone Wars is a lot more mature than people give it credit for.
ִ all of Star Wars is for kids
@ִ Mate, that's like if you said that Samurai Jack is not as good as people say it is because it was made for kids.
Grow up.
Ironically enough, it seems like Dave Filoni himself can't let go of Ahsoka.
@Roblox Lucas Films This is definitely a hot take, but I must concur. Much of the depth and character development I used to find in the old CW continuity simply isn't there anymore, or has been changed for the worse.
TCW serves as a reminder of Star Wars' core themes, but nearly everything else about it has already been done before and better.
@ִ yeah it falls back to that but it has moments where it’s on the verge of really interesting ideas.
George: the phantom menace is about letting go
*EVERYONE* : in what sense?
Lucas: Ultimately you are redeemed by your children
J.J. Abrams: Oops?
What do you mean by this? What he meant is that you are redeemed by your family the same thing that redeemed Kylo/Ben.
@@orbaitv5991 Palpatine/Rey.
@@orbaitv5991 I think his point is that, with Palpatine winning at the end of the series. Luke and Leia never stopped the empire, and so Vader never did get redeemed by his children.
WELLWHATARESTORIESBUTMYSTERYBOXES
J. J Abrams: so I have to create a main character who’s practically a perfect super model without conflict?
Lucas: Ehhh?
It's funny - the climax of the new LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special that came out today LITERALLY involves letting go...
I guess it was better then the sequels?
That's why it's called LE GO
@@marseldagistani1989 Depends how much you hate the sequels
@@orbaitv5991 From the scale of hot garbage to wasted potential.
I'd say wasted potential. Heck I even thought She'd be a descendant of Valkorion aka the Sith Emperor the guy who devoured two planets worth of Force users to become what is basically a god
@@marseldagistani1989 Valkorian is the stupidest character ever written. Just barely worse than Rey.
“This is the last Star Wars video i will make, i do not plan on making anymore”
. last star wars video
No one's ever really gone
*he* also must let go.
Never knew this theme was so common throughout the series.
It's literally everywhere. Just this morning, someone pointed out that the Cantina band's song is actually called If Only I Could Let Go and Cry.
@@The.RUclipsr.with.no.Name. will Disney let it go... or will they keep it frozen
@@NeoShameMan Come on, we all know the answer to that question.
@@The.RUclipsr.with.no.Name. If only I could let it go
Really say what's on my mind
Of love and pain and phylum rubs
The sad, sad oozing of time
My mouths, oh, they would open up
A fern would break on through
The tears I'd cry
Would be tears of joy
And I'd come slidin' back to you
"Use the force Luke. Let go." - Obi-Wan
I just remembered that novel with Darth Malgus where he kills his lover because she was his only weakness. Gues He wont have to face the choice of letting her go ever again. SITH PROBLEMS
That’s a good book.
And then he understood that the risk and fear of losing her was what made him strong. He's probably with Revan, the only sith that understood where power truly lies in the Force. If he ever made a holocron, I'm sure it would contain great wisdom the like we most often don't associate with the Sith.
@@Xainfinen "Lesson number one, don't kill your gf. Instead, obsess over her.
Simping is a pathway to many abilities some considered to be unnatural.
@@mahguvnah7403 Lmao, you know that's not what he meant.
Yeah, gotta ignore luke not letting go of his father, though
But he taught vader to let go of his hatred and anger so it still works.
Redeemed by his son
@Roblox Lucas Films good point 👌
@@stephenthedude4383 no, bad point. It's a bad point because Luke was *told* to confront his father. He didn't want to. He didn't want to have to kill his own father. But he tried to confront him anyway.
„Finding it though. That’s not the hard part. It’s letting go.”
Thanks Chlris Avellone!
* Laughs while walking out with all the gold, and Elijah locked in the vault *
I mean, in the most crucial moment for Luke, where he was about to strike down his own father, what did he do? He let go, quite literally. He let go of one thing that was to protect him - his own lightsaber.
To add to that, in Attack of the Clones, when Anakin loses his lightsaber, Obi-Wan emphasizes: ''this weapon is your life.'' So with Luke throwing away his lightsaber, he was letting go of his life and embracing death. And Vader, pitting Luke, let go of his hatred and also let go of his own life, embracing death after he couldn't over so many years.
"No more Star Wars videos" - he said.
let it go
Not like commando.
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Got to rewind for context.
"He'll be baack"
No one's ever really gone.
George Lucas is so dastardly. He frames the jedi as heroes, and in the context of Star Wars they are. However, irl their philosophy and way of being is anti-human. The scene with Luminara and Anakin is the apotheosis of this. Anakin wants to search for Ahsoka and the other padawan while Luminara simply bends over and gives up. Ironically, things usually work out in Anakin's favor and produce equal if not better outcomes, ultimately culminating in the events of Return of the Jedi. So maybe I'm actually wrong? Regardless, what people typically take away from SW is that jedi are good and cool so I think I'm at least partially correct, especially if people try to apply SW philosophy to their real lives.
I think that in that episode at least, the message was about not giving up on your friends and trying your hardest to make things right as Anakin did, but also to be ready to accept that death is inevitable even if it can be beaten back temporarily. If you cannot accept that death is an unavoidable reality then you will suffer as you are forced to come to terms in one way or another. In short Filoni seemed to be advocating for a middle path.
You're right, to be a true jedi its to not be human, because jedis are not human. You understand this, too, because you see what good short term options for anakin do to the universe anakin lives in. Letting go is sometimes good for humans, but always neccesary for jedi, because if they form attachments then they bend the force, and they unbalance the universe in doing so. Being a jedi is giving up your humanity for the greater good.
The message of Lucas-only Star Wars is fundamentally anti-life and incompatible with real life.
Also The Jedi using and allowing shortened life expectancy clones for their wars is the most fucked up shit.
The ironic thing is that Luke's final choice that he makes in RoTJ is to disobey the Jedi. Obi wan and Yoda both tell him to kill Vader, but Luke does his own thing and saves him. It's him making the 'human' choice that saves the day.
"...the most beautiful form of mastery is the art of letting go"
-Star Wars: From A certain Point of View, chapter 8: Master and Apprentice, by Claudia Gray.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhh
Is that what Lucas said when he sold the franchise?
"I have thought of this moment, more than you know. And I wondered, if here, at this ending between us, if you would care enough to try to save me-if you could find it within yourself to spare one who has fallen so far. If a Jedi could find it within themselves to spare one who has fallen so far. I wanted you to say that you would save me. For that, I am grateful. But I do not want your mercy. I want you to be complete, as you were meant to be. To let the echo die, and hear the sound of the Force again." -Kreia, to the Exile
... Dammit, I realized that this theme is even in my ideas for Star Wars fanfiction and I didn't even realize it.
Damn. That's insane.
@@The.RUclipsr.with.no.Name. just goes to show how strong Lucas made his ethical framework in his stories.
Omg Same!
I love how The Mandalorian did this. Mando let go of Grogu, and thus continued this theme.
But now it seems like Disney wants to sell more toys. It will be honestly be a Bit interesting if Mando's and Grogu's both refusal to let go will lead to great pain or not. (From the Rules it should I am however unsure if they would really do this).
@@lofn8166 Not only that, they also don't want their prized possession killed by Ben Solo.
Sorry but Darth Mickey says otherwise.
@@lofn8166 like Lucas didn’t do the same. It’s all about the toys lol
@@lofn8166 Disney couldn't let go and is now paying the price. Season 3 is tanking.
After watching this video a few times now I've noticed a very important lesson in it. Through all of these clips Anakin is the only person who is shown unable to let go, of even the most minor things. Even his apprentice warns him to stop and let Bane go so they can get to safety. Anakin ignores Lars' advice and goes to seek his mother. When you see this you see Anakin as a kindhearted person, someone who truly cares. The biggest issue is that he is right. Ahsoka was alive under the wreckage, if he listened to Luminara, she probably would've died. If he didn't seek out his mother, he never would've seen her alive for one last time, and this was the ultimate problem. He acted on instinct and emotion and saved those that others had already decided to let go of, or won a battle when others believed it to be lost. It sounds altruistic, and it is. It ultimately lead to his downfall. His altruistic actions were pure and true, and they ended up mutating his soul, causing him to believe that with more power he could save more people, protect those closest to him. Maybe if he was willing to let go of one person he would've been prepared for death, ready to let go when someone was truly beyond saving. When Palpatine tells Vader that Padme was killed in his anger, this is what he really meant. Anakin didn't directly kill his wife, but he became so absorbed with seeking power for a greater purpose, that he lost the meaning behind what he was seeking it for. Anakin sought the power to save others more than he sought the willingness to let go of those he couldn't. It's similar to a soldier who watches his squad mates die beside him, but continues to fight on instead of trying to help them. It may be dangerous to do. Sure one person is saved, but what if more are injured by your actions? You have to refuse your current impulse in order to do what is right. That can be a strength, and it is one Anakin lacked.
i dont think this is the defining theme, but this certainly makes a strong case for it and youve convinced its one of the major themes
The heart of Star Wars is the True Lesson of Strength
Another Star Wars video?
A surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one.
Not gonna lie, I thought the girl from Frozen would sing that 'Let it Go' song at some point. lol
Ahh Kreia, the greatest teacher, the kotor games the best story driven, shame we will never see a continuation of the series or a remaster to the old games with their storie.
Yeah with the way Filoni and Disney took Star Wars, we'll never get great characters and philosophies like with Kreia again. -_-
I can barely make myself watch the Bad Batch, I tought it would be cool but they did the same mistake as the sequels, they copypaste the Mandalorian and changed the story for the worst.
I'd rewatch the clone wars in a hearth beat but not this.
11:17 This scene is so filled with emotions
I love how willing luminara was to just give up
I will let go of the star wars that is, so i can love the star wars that was.
Same
I let go of sequels and new canon of Star Wars. As far as I'm concerned they don't exist in my mind set. Either the sequels of old was okay at first until the dark time of the "Last Jedi" movie came along and ruined it for me and many other. I understand the message, but still dislike how they created Last Jedi movie.
Is this the true end of anime girl?
Is this a reference to The Greatest Story Ever Told if the Foundation of Star Wars was The Last One Forever and Ever (For Real This Time) (We ****ing Mean It). Truely they were a nameless youtuber with anime girl profile pic who made star wars videos.
Your emergency breaks are on!
What lol I don't get it
@@Yeshua_is-Cool I'm saying anime girl is a fan of aqua teen hunger force and the last 2 video they are ever going to make are references to the show.
Loved that KotOR2 clip at the end. But yes, this is one of the main themes of star wars.
Without you telling me, I'll never know who had the coolest lightsaber or who was most powerful or which Jedi hated which things! Thank you for not getting caught up in the lightsaber porn. I know if you make a Star Wars video, the smart money is on it being great.
a surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one
Thanks Rika, very cool
I think people are more defiant of the Jedi code more than just being "light sided"
just like obi-wan you can still love; as long as it doesn't become a dangerous obsession like Anakin's fall to the dark side.
Exactly. Love, empathise, have compassion, even attachment, but don't let it lead you into obsession and selfishness in times where you have no other option but to let go, and don't give into hate or anger.
A prime example can be found in unrequited love. You can love someone who doesn't love you. When they reject you, you have two options, to leave them be and respect them, loving them by means of not becoming possessive of them, or, you can become possessive, a stalker, thinking only of what you want and not what they want, and love becomes hatred and control.
Applied to the Force and the Jedi, it's realising you protect others because you care about them, but not to the degree where you're willing to give into the Darkside of the Force to save them, which results in destroying your humanity afterward, and you yourself kill the ones you once loved.
It's similar to that desperation of unrequited love turning into poison if it's not tamed and viewed in perspective. There is nothing wrong with the love itself, but only when it drives a person beyond love into something ugly.
Luke in ROTJ was the prime example of this, he shown Jedi can love, and that love can save them and those they protect, by realising the Darkside is not love, but hatred and anger. Love/attachment saved Vader and Luke both in the end, but a pure love, free of negativity. Though Vader goaded Luke with his emotions for Leia, it was the lie Vader told, that "only the Darkside" can save her, it's the attempt to brainwash, to polarise. Vader was raised by flawed Jedi and was taught love = darkside, and so he was passing on that flawed Jedi teaching to Luke at the end of ROTJ, but in a Sith manner, to convert him. Luke realised the ultimate truth, love = lightside, if absent of selfishness and hate, and that it can be a source of strength, without corruption.
It ends as it began, with people not letting go.
For if they did, there would be no story or show.
Mister Rika we're all worried about you. You need to let go of Star Wars, its consuming you.
Never have I ever been so excited to get a notification!
I've been looking forward to this
I love how you ended it off nicely on a high note. With a short quote of Keria in the last scene. Thank you and may the force not be with you @.
the legend is back....
A surprise to be sure. But a welcome one.
I'm happy you are back making videos
Me commenting before watching the video. But this made my day, gonna eat lunch and watch it :)
what a great video.
Another great video
George let go knowing his legacy would live on through hands of new generations. Why can’t people do the same..
He let go of nothing. He's still one of the richest people in the world and adheres in no way to his own philosophy. He didn't give up his riches, he didn't let go of any desires. Do you know why Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is so vastly different in tone than the other two movies? Because he was broken up over his divorce and his inability to let go of his wife. The man preaches that everybody should live like a buddhist monk, else great suffering would arise for not only themselves but for the world at large, but that's complete bogus. Yes, greed can lead to great evils (like wars that engulf the world) but it's not like as if your love for your parent or your spouse will ultimately lead you to become a world-destroying dictator like in Star Wars. That's complete nonsense. Lucas presents a false dichotomy and people are falling for it hook line and sinker.
@@DraculaCronqvist he gave his money for charity wtf
Another excellent video
Apologize to George.
Most people that still like him (including me) have never had a problem with him to begin with. The people that called him an idiot still think he's an idiot.
@@robocawk I think he's a genius. But he made the wrong choice working with Disney. It's no different than picking the light side or the dark side choice. Lucas on the other hand chose a dark side which led to the sequel. But it led to a good outcome with the Mandalorian series, Star Wars Rebels, Rogue one movie and the Han Solo movie.
Red letter media made it cool to shit all over George Lucas and his work. and yes I AM willing to die on this hill.
They are over-hyped and too many people have treated them like prophets, too such a degree that I genuinely believe that it has now gone to their heads.
Apologies cannot and will not help George now. He has lost everything to Disney, his very own IP, the stories and messages he tried to tell, with said IP. The games studio he created to pioneer story telling in video gaming. All because "Ha hA HA JaR jAr BaD!" Sure George surrounded himself with Yes men, and that falls on him. But the internet ran with the "hate the prequels" meme for years. The very same way that everyone bullies the quiet nerd. Easy target, makes you feel like your part of something and nobody will challenge what you say.
I think George should apologize to the world, because his philosophy is half-baked and fundamentally untrue. It's more insidious than Darth Sidious.
@@DraculaCronqvist would you care to elaborate?
Let it go, let it goooo
I'm one with the Force
Being able to let go. It's much easier said than done, since there are some things that we simply can't or won't let go.
The Heart of Star Wars indeed. Excellent video
You never let go, even when you do !!! The "Force"...😊
Another upload from my favorite creator, .
Star Wars is Anakin. Thank you for this appreciative video
Oh boy a new video!
Darth Vader: You have grown stronger.
Cere Junda: No. I've only let go of my fear.
Darth Vader: We shall see.
- Jedi: Survivor, 2023.
Beautiful, Rika-chan
Im glad you didnt stop
I'm not sure if Anakins stubbornness is always a bad thing. "It is their time to die" this way of thinking makes me quite mad. How many deaths might be avoided if one would have acted.
To give one example. If the Government had acted sooner, the Beirut Explosion would have never happened.
Letting go is one thing. Dooming 2 lifes because your religion or ideology says so is another.
We know that Anakin doomed his Padmes life and his own because he caught a glimpse of her death. He acted out of Fear. But I think this is not a good example when talking about letting go. Because the way I see it when you see just a glimpse, a moment of the future, everything you do will lead to it. Even if Anakin did indeed let go, Padme would have died anyways. And Palpatine would have won. Destiny and stuff.
Some of these let go's seem to be contradictory. If Han would have let go of the TIE than the events leading to the Empire destruction might not have happened.
I also do believe you put maybe a few let go's to many into this Video. Some of them are a normal response to certain situations, not really a connection to the theme of Star Wars.
It's more to think about.
Dot doesn't support Lucas's beliefs, reasoning, or the overall theme of Star Wars. ruclips.net/video/-a7x5N2eVFE/видео.html&ab_channel=%D6%B4
That's the reason Anakin is such a tragic character. His stubbornness to let go is both his greatest asset and his most fatal flaw.
@@myujokt733 What do you mean?
@@myujokt733 not everything is left up to Lucas. Interpretation exists and there is always room for it somewhere.
Funny story, I play tf2 and whenever I play sniper. I am afraid to miss My shot. And as a result, it leads to my perpetual failure of hitting my target. Not until I "let go" of my fear of missing. And as a result, I become more accurate. Sure I may miss. But I'm better off
the star wars that was is a good link to the past.
i let go of my expectations of thia video and was rewarded
You told us there'll be no Star Wars videos from you anymore. Can't believe someone from the Internets lied to me.
Beiyang flag moment.
He is back !!!!!
Nice. Very nice...
8:54 Even Maul is capable of mercy?
Learning to let go of things that hurt you is one thing...............But denying your instincts to protect those you hold dear is quite another. If there is an option to complete the mission and save whom you hold most dear, I take it in an instance.
True compassion is learning to let life go its way - wherever it may lead.
I’m sorry but how can you NOT love Anakin. All heart.
Oh, wow, didn't expect another one of SW, let's see...
Holy shit you finally uploaded! Long time no see umm blank space I really enjoy your vids lol
I would love to see your interpretation of the sequels.
I think most of my views on the Sequels are summarized in my The Last Jedi video, although I would also add the caveat that Rey's entire journey is for her to let go of her parents in the TFA, learning that she can choose what to not let go and let go (she lets go of Kylo yet doesn't let go the past and respects it), and in RoSW, she lets go of her fears and connection to her family to affirm her own (taking the name of Skywalker). There's not much else to add. I also talk about the Sequel a bit in my Foundations of Star Wars regarding the kiss scene.
Truly Remarkable
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Very good video, Anime. You should’ve shown some stuff where Anakin couldn’t let go of Ashoka when she left the Order, or during the Mortis Arc too!
Yeah but it was a bit redundant at that point.
Welcome back
Reminds me of Kreia's dark side dialog about killing all the jedi masters
I can't unsee the thumbnail as the chad vs virgin meme
Battle on Mustafar: The Musical
Obi-wan: "Anakin,
Let it go, Let it go,
Or you won't be jedi anymore,
Let it go, Let it go,
You're the last hope of Qui-Gon!"
Anakin: "I don't care,
What you have to say,
Padme will not die,
and jedi are evil anyway!"
0:20 "There are two sides to every Schwartz. He got the up side; I got the down side." - Dark Helmet
I came from this from the trap video, and since I had autoplay on it jumped seamlessly from obi wan to Darth vader and I legitimately though you were about to say that Vader was a trap
I forgot how crappy the CW animation was at the start. Also forgot how much I loved the movies and especially prequel era.
Should I let go of my hate of everything Disney?
Anger and hatred is a path to the dark side friend
Let go my friend.
No. Disney bullshit is not star wars
yes, because rebels is a masterpiece
No. Letting Go is the Lucas-way, which is completely incompatible with life. Do not let go.
And not a single clip from the sequel trilogy. This is good
I was tempted to add The Last Jedi but chose not to, so as to remain consistent with the Lucas approved canon.
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This is great some would even say it's like poetry.
Geez it's so deep
The Force: "Let go of your attachments or become a megalomaniac"
The Exile: lets go of the Force itself
The Force: "No not like that"
The force is like steady stream of water. It flows through everything.
The will of the force is how the stream shapes, determines or forms everything in it.
Each life is like grain of sand in the water. It's destiny is predetermined by the force.
Each jedi is like a pebble in the water. More water flows across it's larger surface.
The Exile is like a pebble removed from the stream.
Darth Nihilus is like a titanic maelstrom, sucking sand, pebble, and water into it's abyss.
How sad that with the translation the true meaning of what the saga transmitted was lost and only the "may the force be with you" remain.
Leaving best for last, I see.
Potential Spoilers****
Here after the mandalorian season finale. Couldn’t stop thinking about this video while watching
It was a pretty good episode.
@@The.RUclipsr.with.no.Name. any chance of you making mandalorian related content? i'm not too sure what to think about it
Notice how all the times the good people are ones saying to let go and all the people in the wrong refuse to
I sometimes wonder if Count Dooku could've gone down the same path as Kreia did had he survived Revenge Of The Sith. He felt betrayed by the Jedi and was betrayed by the Sith. Would've been interesting to see how his view of the force would have evolved, or maybe he would have just learned to "Let go"
I argue that Dooku and Kreia are both Grey Sith. They tried to improve the Republic while siding with the Sith, but were ultimately betrayed before they could accomplish anything. The endpoint is that joining the Sith leads nowhere.
Pretty much, the only difference being that Kreia survived her betrayal and got a chance to find a new approach. It was a win-win for her since either the exile would carry on at least some of her teachings into the future (Well until TOR came along) or the exile died at the heart of Malachor and created that giant ass echo that may or may not have been enough to deafen the galaxy to the force.
That's kind of why I've always wondered what Dooku might have become if given a second chance (Or head-canon he finds one of Kreia's holocrons) but I don't think he has anywhere near the same aptitude for manipulation and concealing one's own presence in the force that Kreia had, so its likely any action he took would only draw Palpatine's attention and it'd be all downhill from there.
I think a book about Dooku's past was recently released, but I haven't read it yet, but it sounds interesting since he was a rare Jedi who was always questioning the order's decisions, and he encouraged Qui-gon to always question them as well.
This hurts
Obi-wan: "Let-her-go"
Padme dies later
Batman: "Let-her-go"
Joker: "Bad choice of words"
Rachel dies later
Anyone else feel a pattern?
Ya ironic
Let-that-melon-go
Batman is not capable of letting anything go, it's the reason why he's so angry. Anger leads to hate ( batman definitely hates), and hate leads to suffering ( batman definitely suffers). To paraphrase what the Joker said to Batman at the end of Batman The Animated Series "deep down you're still a little boy crying over mommy and daddy, I'd laugh if it weren't so pathetic, oh what the hell I'll laugh anyway- HA HA HA HA".
It never ceases to amaze me how billionares tell the "little people", the common man, to let go of things, while they have the entire world in the palm of their hands. It is the feasting man telling the starving people to stop being so damn hungry.
O adm voltou
Luckly i watched curse of Evangelion yesterday before it was taken down, i feel really bad hopefully you get it back up somehow.
Yeah it sucks >_>
jedi preaching about letting go has extreme 4Head energy.
The never ending machinations of Esfelectra