the fact that so much time and effort went into this when you could have just thrown together some stock footage over you talking shows the amazing creativity and work ethic you have. you got a good foundation and a high chance of success im rooting for you!
"Do we hate it because it could be better? Or do we like it because it could be worse?" Holy shit, I had to listen to that line like 10 times in a row, because it perfectly encapsulated everything I've been feeling about Marvel after Endgame, and pretty much all of Disney Star Wars (with a few small exceptions. I like TLJ, and no one can ruin that for me. Also, season 1 of Mandalorian is one of my favorite Star Wars things period.) It's all been an endless sea of homogenized mediocrity that's simultaneously not bad enough to hate, and also not good enough to praise, it's just... there. It's not good, it's not bad, it just... is. They're too scared to fail at trying to make something exciting and new, so they choose to succeed at making something bland and forgettable instead.
Mando 1 is pretty good. It's like The Outlaw Josey Wales in space. I very much disagree with you on TLJ. Sure it had some big twists, but a twist that exists just for it's own sake, rather than to serve the story, is cheap. Literally every action taken by the heroes, or the villains, in that movie end up being completely pointless thanks to those subversions. A prime example, is Luke's force projection. The point of doing something like that, from a literary point of view, would be to serve as a distraction, whilst also keeping oneself out of harms way. However, he just dies anyway. So he may as well have just showed up in person. The reason this is a good example is because it has one twist, which serves the plot, then another twist immediately afterwards that effectively kneecaps the first twist. This kind of thing happens multiple times. Johnson is constantly stepping on his own toes in an effort to step on the audiences toe.
And they always complain that we don't like bold and different. The problem is, just because you can do new things, doesn't mean you should. Like making Luke all bastardized. It's out of his character, and stupid fans love it and think it's okay.
It's crazy how far the true reasoning(Heart) for the story of Star Wars has fallen. They say never meet your heroes, but in this case, it was what others have done to our heroes. It is a sad reality, but a truth that must be told so others may not repeat the degradations of Disney. Truly a wonderful video essay here, Bravo!
Yup. Star Wars now feels more like a massive commercial at times than a product of passion (look no further than the amount of inserts they did with the Lola robot). And regarding what you said about hope, it’s almost like the fans looking forward to the potential better days is the corporate faceless version of a toxic relationship.
This is so true and you explain this so elequently. I love what Star Wars was. Not what it is. It honestly feels like a friend that you moved on from years ago but they still live near you and are brought up often by others. Lovely work as usual. Thank you for covering this!
So Uncivilized has some great videos on what Lucas made from an editing perspective. But this channel definitely nails everything Disney LF gets wrong and why.
When it comes to the entire timeline of the franchise, I would be considered a pretty late entrant, with even the prequels a little bit before my time. Despite never really experiencing the craze personally, Star Wars was a huge part in my childhood. One of my most treasured possessions was the box set of 1-6, which would get watched through at least once a year, and the complete visual dictionary, which I could look through and be entertained for hours with the just-believable enough science fiction that went into the series. People always focus on the marketability of Star Wars, the toys and whatnot, but that never was I cared about, with probably about two lego sets and not much else. It was never a franchise for me, but more of an awe-inspiring world that I thought could bring any story to the table, make any kind of character interesting, make me cheer for any hero as much as collude with any villain. KOTOR wowed me with the same impact of storytelling, and even with the prequels being lackluster in many ways, I still loved the depth of the world and the intrigue you could see in them, and would eagerly play any game or watch any show that gave me another glimpse. Although they might have been a bit too ambitious and the writing pretty awful, the prequels were still special in how the story never left current events yet something was always happening beyond the screen, and it made the world feel real. Whether it was the Clone Wars raging in the background or political intrigue, there was always another angle to the story. While the original trilogy might not have had that same depth, the likeability of the characters, their development, and the uniquity of the trilogy made them special to me regardless. As you and many others have said, however, that charm and depth have entirely disappeared. The state of Star Wars has passed from me wondering how something off screen could have happened, how interesting it would be to see it in detail, to Disney trying to fill in those gaps themselves for the sake of filling, for another opportunity to produce a mediocre movie or show that can slap a bandaid of mediocre satisfaction over a gap that didn't need to be covered in the first place. I used to crave more content, wish for another look into the Clone Wars or the Old Republic, but at this point I've just grown callous and would be happier if they left anything and everything alone to never be touched again. The new trilogy didn't kill my love of what came before it, but the tasteless trite that I've watched killed any interest in any new content. There was no more intrigue, and I was never left wondering what was happening off screen because nothing did happen off screen. I've come to think that any intriguing narrative needs to hide something from its consumers, be that the greater implications of the story, the potential of the protagonist, something, but reveal it in a palatable way that feels natural. The saddest part of this all is that Star Wars could have all this again, and it can still have that awe that inspired so many. I enjoyed Star Wars after it was in its prime, and I still loved every minute of it. I played KOTOR for the first time after the new trilogy came out and loved it. That same inspiration is still there, but as long as Star Wars continues like it is the new content will never have that inspiration. Ahh, it feels good to rant about Star Wars.
You really encapsulated all the bitter feelings I have as a fan, my friend. Once, Star Wars was something inspiring...it was a dream that made *us* want to dream bigger. Now...it's just a product in a fancy package.
I honestly think there was a good story that could have been told here. I use rebels as my basis for that. In rebels, Kenobi is so wise and strong that he is able to defeat Maul in one blow, purely by using his intelligence to bait him into using the same attack that killed Qui Gon. I think that there's room to tell how the Kenobi from the end of ROTS became the Kenobi from Rebels, because there is at least a little bit of a noticable difference
Exactly! And he gains this newfound wisdom along with the cosmic force powers when he trains with Qui-Gon on Tatooine. As Yoda says at the end of episode 3, this is what his path on Tatooine will be ...and THIS is the story the show should have told! How does this training happen? What is the cosmic force? What does the cosmic force feel like and how is it different from the living force? Are there mental challenges? Who are the Whills and what is their part in Obi-Wan learning to become a force ghost? Do the Whills accept Jedi as immortal beings just like that or are they reluctant at first and maybe try to interfere? Literally so much potential for a mind-blowing show and story!
@@jimi4985 Yeah, but that would be something for invested fans, not something for Joe Plumber and his dipshit kids to watch. It would also make a better book than a TV show. And yes, I want to read that book, too.
Late to the discussion but the Obi Wan Kenobi legends novel did that very well, but guess who decided to decanonize it? …. You already know the answer haha
When i was like, twelve, I'd think to myself: "Why isn't there any new star wars movies?" This was in like, 2009 or so, and I was still an optimistic youngin' who loved expanded media stuff and always wondered where it can go next. Now, as an embittered twenty-something, It's pretty draining on the soul to see stuff id been enamoured with in my youth become these weird, hollow, paint by numbers products. If you woulda told me 10 years ago, that "Somehow Palpatine returned." I'd laugh it off as lazy. Too bad lazy is the go to these days.
Excellent video! It was well done! Personally, I think Star Wars is on life support. I just love everything that Lucas did, before he sold Star Wars. I believe that the Mandalorian was an anomaly, as far as, Disney's Star Wars producing good content. All that said, your video was put to gather nicely and it's done succinct and in a concise way. Also, your breakdowns are very strong too! Keep up the good work! Looking forward to your future projects. Finally, I hope things are better for you personally.
I liked the book of boba fett, although the story wasnt too complex, and it felt a little out of wack with boba's character, it was still enjoyable to watch and had an engaging plot. Kenobi is just absolutely terrible, the whole plot is basically just centered around how a 10 year old princess leia outsmarts literally everyone she comes in contact with, along with some obi wan to make sure the people are getting what the title says. Obviously its a bit deeper than that, but I couldn't get myself to finish the show, every character interaction is so void and predictable its painful to watch. I loved star wars growing up, but after this and the prequels it's dead to me.
Ironically, the ethos of George Lucas - which Disney has rejected - is approximately the same ethos as Walt Disney himself. Not only has Disney abandoned the successful artistic values of Star Wars' creator, but they've abandoned the values of their own creator, too.
If you've cared about anything disney related for the last 4 years you've made a grave mistake. Star Wars and other franchises are for all intents and purposes dead, the only way to deal with it is to look at it as an outsider and laugh.
That's not totally fair. Soul, Luca, Turning Red, Encanto, DuckTales 2017 (it's the last 4 years, ended in 2021), Owl House, Amphibia, and _technically_ stuff like Bob's Burgers and its movie, all range from alright to pretty good. It's mostly just Star Wars, modern Marvel, and their live-action remakes that are almost invariably complete trash, and unfortunately that's the vast majority of their output that gets the vast majority of viewers.
@@321cheeseman Turning red is dog shit, Pixar barely counts anyways and has also put out a lot more trash recently than the 2 great movies you mentioned, bob's burgers etc absolutely doesn't count. Marvel is a travesty and Star Wars is a dumpster fire. Their remakes go hand in hand and even their animated shows are half trash, not to mention all of their disney+ shows Bro, Luca and Soul are not enough to justify what Disney does lmfao
I was actually waiting for a vid from you on this show, I had a feeling you'd make one. I don't understand how Disney can keep getting away with pumping out actual garbage content.
@@treystephens6166 Not only that, but people genuinely defend the lackluster shows to the point where they start to fill in the holes in the plots themselves, its sad.
This show could (and should) have been Kenobi taking a deep dive into what the Force is, discussing Anakin and the prophecy with Qui-Gon, and connecting how Yoda and Obi-Wan approach Luke differently than they did Vader. It could even have shown why they waited until Luke was an adult to train him. It could have elaborated on the ideas from TCW about the cosmic/living Force. But, of course, that show would have been white men talking and growing without women or BIPOC to lecture them, and required imagination to add depth to our understanding of the saga. So we got the hollow meaningless tripe instead. I can't even understand why they thought a 6 part 'homage' to the saga episodes made sense when using **literally** the same characters that are already part of the saga story they are mimicking. It would make sense (even though boring) to do an homage in a video game with different characters, but not this.
yae right, this is all true, but there's like the one obvious problem. Why the F cant they do anything better? Like writing is hard but its not THAT hard that it actively hurts hitself. Most scripts are incompetance and apathy in its purest form. Just image if someone just tried. Actually tried. The expanded universe is right there!!!!! its so idiotic and waste of resources
But by making good content you raise the bar of expectation. It's more profitable to always make lukewarm shows and movies that cover their expenses and just keep the franchise in the public eye. Take Phasma for example. Her actress was great. Her design was great. Her writing was dogwater. Still selling merch, because of the neat design.
@@treystephens6166 Doesn't matter. Despite how money adults spend on Star Wars and other properties, it is still merchandise for kids that brings in the money. When I was like 8 I already had Robocop, Star Wars and Tim Burton's Batman toys, even though I never saw the movies at that point.
@@treystephens6166 Never said that. Batman 1980 and Robocop and Terminator are not made for children either. As soon as Batman WAS made for children, under Joel Schuhmacher's direction, the franchise died for almost two decades. It's still the merchandise bought by and for kids that brings in most of the money.
I think my biggest takeaway from not just SW and Marvel but a lot of entertainment companies in general is the fact that they feel the need to produce so much "Content" now that they have 55 shows or movies coming out in a single year or two. Seriously Disney has at least 3 to 4 new SW shows coming out this year through next year and Marvel at least 3 new shows coming out this year through next year. The problem is these companies are doing this not just because they want to make as much money as possible, but also because they are trying to shield themselves from any criticism for how bad the shows and movies they make actually are. The reaction of the fanbase proves it. Especially when it comes to Disney. Ever since the Mandalorian SW has been under the idea that "Its at its best" and people are praising some of it as "The best SW content ever." BUT that's what they ALWAYS say and they completely forget about it afterwards, they completely forget about the constant pattern of bland, terribly written and terribly executed shows that continue to spew out of this figurative sludge pipe. As long as people continue to praise Disney and give themselves the impression that SW is as good as it was when the OT an PT were around and as long as they forget the pattern of quantity over quality then we wont ever get any real stories of real quality, because its AAAALLLL about the next thing, content and more content and moooooore content. Let the sludge flow continue...
its somehow comical. George Lucas created them a entire galaxy with untold storys, worlds and lore elements which only requires to not f up with the already told story by George Lucas. And while dozens of Fans of the franchise create their own fanservice theorys which simply dont work really and are just classic fan-fiction which is over the top - a certain part of this fans is able to create better stuff than a billion$-movie-company. there are for example even simple edits of kenobi scenes in which the cuts are changed and suddenly its like good directing / editing and makes sense (like the Kenobi escapes, Vaders force holding the ship and Reva betrayal scene just as one scene - and ta-da Vader and Reva doesnt look like total idiots) - the youtuber who created a better CGI-Luke - most pre/post saga legend stoys which disney somehow fails to copy in a decent 1:1 way (for which they very likely de-canonized it to then recycle it and re-sell it) at least we got cool billion$ special effects without working story and weird directing. yey
there is an element you're over looking. Fans and George Lucas don't and didn't have companies over-looking and fighting over the vision of a story. these writers have to appease executives, producers, other writers they work with, and they have a time crunch. there is a lot more going on. Disney is also desperate to fill out content for its streaming service so its more about quantity than quality. so little things like Leia's chase scenes, the getting Roken to help scene, etc. don't get the proper attention to be fixed; or in the more extreme case of Book of Boba Fett, have a 2 season story get smashed into a 6 episode season. Mandalorian has been good because there is one vision with a clear plan for their story and it's obvious that it has been pre-planned and more time has been devoted to editing.
after hearing a plot summary of the Kenobi show I decided to not watch this crap, this is the only way to make Disney hire writers to make plots, not executives that craft marketing crap that is watched anyway and brings subscriptions back. For me personally, the canon of Star War ends with episode 6, everything after that is bad fan fic and the only shows I accept are Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Bad Batch, those still have the Lucas vibe. The prequel had their problems, but they brought 1000 times more worldbuilding and wonder to the Star Wars universe than the sequels can even dream.
I like to reflect on the idea of going back in time to the 2000s, and telling my past self that in the future there will be a live action Star Wars show with a movie-level budget, starring Ewan McGregor as Obi Wan Kenobi, and another show starring Boba Fett. The cruel irony... certainly a monkey's paw scenario if there ever was one.
I'd put Bad Batch up there with the very few good things we have but yeah I'm a bit biased, great video. The passion of one great man making a franchise because he loves it is looooong gone.
I’ll be interested to see how Bad Batch season 2 goes! Season 1 was good but I somehow still feel like it’s too early to tell how it’ll go. One thing Bad Batch has going for it is that we don’t know the fates of almost ANY of the characters (save side characters like Rex) so there’s a lot of potential there
The funny thing about Kenobi is in the original draft it was supposed to be about Obi-Wan protecting Luke not Leia which would have fit alot better having Obi-Wan trying to protect Luke while keeping the conflict a secret from him at the same time could have set up an interesting story that doesn't destroy Canon yes it still would have been the equivalent of a filler arc but instead what we got fit about as well as a toddler trying to force the square peg in round hole
Oooohhh my gooossshhh I remember vader! The imperial March! I remember that!😱😱👏👏. But seriously great video. You touched on the issues perfectly. I wish more people would wake up and see that the franchise is dead, no matter how many flashy lights or big actors they bring in. Hope you are doing well💙👌😎
Screw this series. Vader orders the entire ship to turn around for Obi-Wan, letting the rebels go, (instead of using a magnetic beam, or sending tie-fighters, or just keep firing...)... but ends up getting into his shuttle and flying after it himself , thus missing out on the rebels for no reason at all. Obi-Wan trusts Leia to some random rogue who has already seeded his transmitter... The duel with Vader is miserable. They wave their swords like baseball bats in episode 9, and the Force has generally turned into an anime - they crush rocks and make craters in the ground, but they can’t break each other’s bones in the same way ... they can withstand the blows of multi-ton boulders ... Obi-Wan, without jokes, becomes a god thanks to the power of friendship and lifts weight much more than Yoda ... at some point he hits Vader with the HILT of the sword ... cuts his back, but that doesn’t paralyse him ... and most importantly, he doesn’t finish him off for the second time, although he himself said his friend is dead... Vader does not call the cruiser to shoot down Obi-Wan's ship, but it turns out that he has a hyperdrive, which makes the whole last episode even more pointless, since he and Leia could fly to Alderaan on it all this time already at the end of episode 4 .. . Owen and Beru do not set any traps for Reva in the doors, they only shoot her one at the time, do not catch up with her on a speeder, do not evacuate on the speeder, do not call the local police, the same Jabba the Hutt (with the promise of money), and Luke is advised to run on foot into the desert, to the Tuskens... Apparently Vader just left Reva a ship…Reva with a hole in her HEART can easily fight, run and carry weights ... And finally, she, who cuts off the hands of all those who disagree, throws knives at people, kills everyone in her path, hunts the Jedi trying to kill them, tortures a 10-year-old child , suddenly cannot kill Luke, because he sees himself in him (but not in Leah) ... by the way, why? Does she know he's Vader's son? How? And Obi-Wan forgives her, although he saw what she was doing and Tala died because of her... Now the whole Empire knows that Bail Organa communicates with Obi-Wan, they are looking for him all over the galaxy, but at the same time Obi-Wan quietly flies to Alderaan to chat with Leia... Obi-Wan communicates with Luke, although Owen told him in A New Hope that he died at the same time as his father ... Qui-gon, it turns out, can appear without any meditation, but the whole series did not do this ... As a result - Obi-Wan, Owen, Beru, Bale failed their missions to protect children, and they are only alive because the Empire and Vader are even more incompetent, and Reva suddenly became kind ... and now we are waiting for a series about her ... Thank you Disney, now you've ruined every single character in the original trilogy. Star Wars is long dead, and there's no more room for nails in the coffin. As I expected, Reva's motives make no sense. She saw that Vader killed her friends, therefore...she is angry at Obi-Wan who trained him for not saving her? (Why didn't he just say "I was on Utapau, attacked by clones"?) And therefore she serves Vader, hunts all remaining Jedi, tries to kill them, chops hands off and tortures a child to find the Rebels? She is a horrible person and I cheered when she was stabbed...but then she lived.
The climate around so much modern entertainment and Star Wars in particular has very much fallen into the trap of praise through low expectations. When you have so much released that's bad or downright terrible, people will often overcorrect and praise something passably mediocre as brilliant. And then a month or two passes once the hype and conversation has died down and no one cares anymore, because so many of these projects are completely disposable. Designed to be watched once and then discarded in favour of the next big thing to keep people subscribed to a streaming service.
Heavily underrated channel if you ask me. You belong to the big names like Critical Drinker, Mauler and Nerdrotic. Sharp analysis, nice video arranging, humor, and you have your own approach on your topics. I never had the feeling you're parroting things. So huge thumbs up for your channel! The only thing I'd like to mention: When you fumble at a sentence you tend to cut it and just voice in the missing words to complete it, and one can hear that xD
I have seriously given up all hope on Disney! They can’t even give me the one and only thing I want and that’s the continuation of Ezra Bridger, Thrawn, Ashoka, and Sabin from Star Wars Rebels! Now I’m dreading the day they ruin one of the few modern good movies that they made, Tron Legacy.😫
Awesome vid. I’d also add that entertainment isn’t what it used to be in general. It seems more like a bunch of cool visuals tied together by some random plot than cool visuals built around a captivating idea.
The only thing I'd say that differs from the video is that the prequels were cool because they had a lot of new, likeable characters (in spite of the not so likeable ones) and the story, for all the flaws in the films in terms of writing and pacing, is really nice. How a bad guy, doubling as a political figure, manages to manipulate and overthrow the current established order, while taking the protagonist and making him his pet, is a really cool story, at least in concept (I'd argue also in execution in a lot of ways). That's why i think, to a lot of fans (maybe the majority) the prequels aren't failed projects or unworthy of the franchise (only having value because of what came before).
Disney is killing my childhood and the casual “fantasy enjoyers” are yelling in joy for the death louder than the cry’s of fear from actual Star Wars fans.
I know the preqwals weren't perfect believe me I know...But after the crap that was the seqwal trilogy I think we would all prefer Lucas' version of the sequel trilogy with maybe some help from people that love Star Wars
As a huge PT fan. The Obi Wan series kinda left me underwhelmed. I was excited to see Hayden and Ewan back but I don't feel they did enough to make good use of their talents especially the relationship of the characters they play.
I'm still stuck on them retconning snowspeeders from being a rebel alliance aftermarket modification on an (IN ATMO ONLY) airspeeder so it works in extreme cold enviroments like Hoth (also it no longer only has a flight ceiling of 100 meters and can instead break the cloud layer -_-) To being a crappy Sewage and Garbage Hauler ALSO IT STILL ONLY HAS 2 SEATS WTF
[talks about people using Vader’s status to hype stuff so often that it’s become ineffectual] [immediately cuts to the Vader clip that’s been used to hype each new chapter of the video, but this time undercut with a really corny cover of the typical music] That is some genius editing.
Came here from the she-hulk EFAP, I remembered the cast praising your editing and boy were they right. This is so refreshing rather than the same 5 clips over and over
As a longtime fan of the movies and the SW universe in general, as for me, Star Wars died the day they canceled the Clone Wars. Rebels, Mandalorian and Rogue one have been the only worth watching things since, the rest is just content with SW logo.
Great Essay! you really sum up my feelings on this Show. Also the editing is TOP TIER!I Plan to do Film Essays myself in Beat Future & you really inspired me! :) A problem I also have with the Show „Is Obiwan pointless?“ as we have another Prequel to Anakin & Leia & Luke Even tho we know how the Skywalker Saga ends. So no matter how Good it would have been it leaves à bitter Taste for me as we know all of them die in the end Anyway. The Last Skywalker didnt Even got a Chance to confront Palpatine for what he has done to his Family. I love How TLJ seems the only Disney Star Wars Film That tried to move forward But then we know what came Next....
From what I'm hearing, Andor may be the show you're looking for. I guess we'll find out in a couple of hours, but I have high hopes for that show doing something bold and exciting.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on Andor now. With it being the first objectively good SW media going in a different direction, could it be that we've finally turned a corner?
You are so good, Nutsa! Interestingly put together, great points and you can barely even tell that English isn‘t your main language. Your vids are always a treat.
Star Wars is best when it takes itself seriously, keeps comic relief to a minimum, and tackles profound ideas. Not to say that it can't be fun. Just don't make it stupid.
I wouldn't call Star Wars a living franchise. It's long been a zombie franchise and most of what it does proves it. But then sometimes it gets a flash of the life it could've had in things like Jedi Fallen Order or Mandalorian Season 1 and then it's again back to the braindead.
My dad pointed out something really important to me tho, with Star Wars, we used to get one thing every 5-10 years. Now we get multiple things every year. So even if there is only a good project every 5 years that is more than we used to get.
New subscriber who discovered you from EFAP here. Enjoyed the video, but can I give some constructive criticism? It’s a little jarring when you finish saying one thing right as you’re beginning to say the next thing. It happens fairly regularly, and pulls me out of your videos. Don’t be afraid to pause for a moment after you’ve made a point on a subject. It’s a reasonably easy fix that would make a huge difference, at least in my humble opinion.
Well, George Lucas sold it to Disney, and it wasn´t cheap. He got 5 BILLION dollars for it. He had butchered the original trilogy with the so called "special editions" just to show off his new digital effects in the 90´s. He then made the awful prequels after closing a new, better deal with the toy companies. Carrie Fisher used to joke that she had to pay Lucas money every time she looked at the mirror. After all of that, he sold the company for Five. Billion. Dollars. to Disney. What did people expect them to do? So it´s funny to me to see people talk about Lucas as if he is some innocent victim here.
You realize that George Lucas started this whole mess in the first place when he sold Star Wars to Disney, right? I mean, Bob Iger didn’t force him to sell Lucasfilm, right? He made $4 billion in profit by allowing his franchise to be desecrated by a soulless media conglomerate.
Just got around to this one. Great video! As always, Nutsa is a breath of fresh air in this logic devoid environment. Personally, I just recently had a conversation about Kenobi and I think you have expressed perfectly what my friend said with your description that the show was like a glass half full/half empty. I think creative story telling has been largely lost in recent years in the film industry. I have found that I like Hollywood movies from around the 90s the most. I think movies after this point focused more on flashy technology than good and creative story telling. I think this phenomenon of valuing technology over things that are more personable and human has traversed to many industries. For instance, I talked with a buddy of mine who just got married and he said that the wedding photographer had great lighting and colors for the photos, but he didn't position people in the photo to make the photo a good group composition that makes the people themselves just look good. To sum up: Entertainment money machine goes brrrr 💵. Creativity stonks and real humans things stonks go down↘️
I prefer Gungans to humans...
I hate Gungans.
based
@@blue-vr8dd based but true
Good to see you back!
@@TheFriendshipTunnel Doesn’t “based” mean a cold simple truth?
@@noone8418 bruh I don’t even know
the fact that so much time and effort went into this when you could have just thrown together some stock footage over you talking shows the amazing creativity and work ethic you have. you got a good foundation and a high chance of success im rooting for you!
Yea I’m gonna be telling people about this video
"Do we hate it because it could be better? Or do we like it because it could be worse?"
Holy shit, I had to listen to that line like 10 times in a row, because it perfectly encapsulated everything I've been feeling about Marvel after Endgame, and pretty much all of Disney Star Wars (with a few small exceptions. I like TLJ, and no one can ruin that for me. Also, season 1 of Mandalorian is one of my favorite Star Wars things period.)
It's all been an endless sea of homogenized mediocrity that's simultaneously not bad enough to hate, and also not good enough to praise, it's just... there. It's not good, it's not bad, it just... is.
They're too scared to fail at trying to make something exciting and new, so they choose to succeed at making something bland and forgettable instead.
Mando 1 is pretty good. It's like The Outlaw Josey Wales in space.
I very much disagree with you on TLJ. Sure it had some big twists, but a twist that exists just for it's own sake, rather than to serve the story, is cheap. Literally every action taken by the heroes, or the villains, in that movie end up being completely pointless thanks to those subversions. A prime example, is Luke's force projection. The point of doing something like that, from a literary point of view, would be to serve as a distraction, whilst also keeping oneself out of harms way. However, he just dies anyway. So he may as well have just showed up in person. The reason this is a good example is because it has one twist, which serves the plot, then another twist immediately afterwards that effectively kneecaps the first twist. This kind of thing happens multiple times. Johnson is constantly stepping on his own toes in an effort to step on the audiences toe.
Mando season 1 is you're all time favourite Star Wars thing? Not any of the movies or even the Clone Wars?
Everything since Endgame has been offensively vanilla and middle of the road.
And they always complain that we don't like bold and different. The problem is, just because you can do new things, doesn't mean you should. Like making Luke all bastardized. It's out of his character, and stupid fans love it and think it's okay.
@@noahdrucker3076 Who gives a shit if it is their favorite thing, let's just ignore they said one of.
Watching this made me remember how top-notch Nutsa's editing is. In fact, you could say her skills are nuts.....a
Couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s pain. To see something that I loved being turned into something I hate. By people that don’t care
That pretty much encapsulates all media in the last 10 years
@@marcosrecio4062 .1.I hope you can check patterson Cut Obi Wan I know the series can`t be fixed but it makes it enjoyable with some clever edits.
The show must be genius then, it illicits the same emotions Obi-wan felt when he saw Anakin again, reborn, and turned into darth vader
This show more or less put me through the five stages of grief.
That's pretty much what Disney wants, because it all ends with acceptance
@@RobintheW Dang...thats horrifyingly true.
@@RobintheW That's why I have chosen to walk away
It's crazy how far the true reasoning(Heart) for the story of Star Wars has fallen. They say never meet your heroes, but in this case, it was what others have done to our heroes. It is a sad reality, but a truth that must be told so others may not repeat the degradations of Disney. Truly a wonderful video essay here, Bravo!
Stop Paying 💰 🛑 Stop Watching 📺 🛑
Yup. Star Wars now feels more like a massive commercial at times than a product of passion (look no further than the amount of inserts they did with the Lola robot). And regarding what you said about hope, it’s almost like the fans looking forward to the potential better days is the corporate faceless version of a toxic relationship.
This is so true and you explain this so elequently. I love what Star Wars was. Not what it is. It honestly feels like a friend that you moved on from years ago but they still live near you and are brought up often by others.
Lovely work as usual. Thank you for covering this!
'.I hope you can check patterson Cut Obi Wan I know the series can`t be fixed but it makes it enjoyable with some clever edits.
you’re literally the best star wars/marvel youtuber out there and you should definitely get a lot more recognition
fr, if content like this keeps dropping it'll definitely happen
So Uncivilized has some great videos on what Lucas made from an editing perspective. But this channel definitely nails everything Disney LF gets wrong and why.
Hands down - every movie buff should watch these, the effort level is insane.
Force Center is a better Star Wars RUclips Channel, though.
My favourite part was when Qui-Gon Jinn showed up and said "jaysus ye made a balls of all that, did you learn nothing?".
It's just ballocks, ye fecker, woidya have to go an do tat?
This kind of comment is getting old
When it comes to the entire timeline of the franchise, I would be considered a pretty late entrant, with even the prequels a little bit before my time. Despite never really experiencing the craze personally, Star Wars was a huge part in my childhood. One of my most treasured possessions was the box set of 1-6, which would get watched through at least once a year, and the complete visual dictionary, which I could look through and be entertained for hours with the just-believable enough science fiction that went into the series.
People always focus on the marketability of Star Wars, the toys and whatnot, but that never was I cared about, with probably about two lego sets and not much else. It was never a franchise for me, but more of an awe-inspiring world that I thought could bring any story to the table, make any kind of character interesting, make me cheer for any hero as much as collude with any villain. KOTOR wowed me with the same impact of storytelling, and even with the prequels being lackluster in many ways, I still loved the depth of the world and the intrigue you could see in them, and would eagerly play any game or watch any show that gave me another glimpse.
Although they might have been a bit too ambitious and the writing pretty awful, the prequels were still special in how the story never left current events yet something was always happening beyond the screen, and it made the world feel real. Whether it was the Clone Wars raging in the background or political intrigue, there was always another angle to the story. While the original trilogy might not have had that same depth, the likeability of the characters, their development, and the uniquity of the trilogy made them special to me regardless.
As you and many others have said, however, that charm and depth have entirely disappeared. The state of Star Wars has passed from me wondering how something off screen could have happened, how interesting it would be to see it in detail, to Disney trying to fill in those gaps themselves for the sake of filling, for another opportunity to produce a mediocre movie or show that can slap a bandaid of mediocre satisfaction over a gap that didn't need to be covered in the first place. I used to crave more content, wish for another look into the Clone Wars or the Old Republic, but at this point I've just grown callous and would be happier if they left anything and everything alone to never be touched again. The new trilogy didn't kill my love of what came before it, but the tasteless trite that I've watched killed any interest in any new content. There was no more intrigue, and I was never left wondering what was happening off screen because nothing did happen off screen. I've come to think that any intriguing narrative needs to hide something from its consumers, be that the greater implications of the story, the potential of the protagonist, something, but reveal it in a palatable way that feels natural.
The saddest part of this all is that Star Wars could have all this again, and it can still have that awe that inspired so many. I enjoyed Star Wars after it was in its prime, and I still loved every minute of it. I played KOTOR for the first time after the new trilogy came out and loved it. That same inspiration is still there, but as long as Star Wars continues like it is the new content will never have that inspiration.
Ahh, it feels good to rant about Star Wars.
You really encapsulated all the bitter feelings I have as a fan, my friend. Once, Star Wars was something inspiring...it was a dream that made *us* want to dream bigger.
Now...it's just a product in a fancy package.
You put more effort in this video than Disney did in Star Wars.
Kudos!
I honestly think there was a good story that could have been told here. I use rebels as my basis for that. In rebels, Kenobi is so wise and strong that he is able to defeat Maul in one blow, purely by using his intelligence to bait him into using the same attack that killed Qui Gon.
I think that there's room to tell how the Kenobi from the end of ROTS became the Kenobi from Rebels, because there is at least a little bit of a noticable difference
Exactly! And he gains this newfound wisdom along with the cosmic force powers when he trains with Qui-Gon on Tatooine. As Yoda says at the end of episode 3, this is what his path on Tatooine will be ...and THIS is the story the show should have told! How does this training happen? What is the cosmic force? What does the cosmic force feel like and how is it different from the living force? Are there mental challenges? Who are the Whills and what is their part in Obi-Wan learning to become a force ghost? Do the Whills accept Jedi as immortal beings just like that or are they reluctant at first and maybe try to interfere? Literally so much potential for a mind-blowing show and story!
@@jimi4985 Yeah, but that would be something for invested fans, not something for Joe Plumber and his dipshit kids to watch. It would also make a better book than a TV show. And yes, I want to read that book, too.
Late to the discussion but the Obi Wan Kenobi legends novel did that very well, but guess who decided to decanonize it? …. You already know the answer haha
It’s so sad to watch the death of creativity at the hands of studios wanting to make money. Beautiful video as always
top tier editing as always
When i was like, twelve, I'd think to myself: "Why isn't there any new star wars movies?" This was in like, 2009 or so, and I was still an optimistic youngin' who loved expanded media stuff and always wondered where it can go next.
Now, as an embittered twenty-something, It's pretty draining on the soul to see stuff id been enamoured with in my youth become these weird, hollow, paint by numbers products.
If you woulda told me 10 years ago, that "Somehow Palpatine returned." I'd laugh it off as lazy.
Too bad lazy is the go to these days.
If it makes you feel any better the movie that did come out in 2008 is the only reason we get anything good out of Star Wars
Fantastic editing, as usual. You blend humor with concise points extremely well, and I think you’ve gotten better with each video. Well done.
Excellent video! It was well done! Personally, I think Star Wars is on life support. I just love everything that Lucas did, before he sold Star Wars. I believe that the Mandalorian was an anomaly, as far as, Disney's Star Wars producing good content. All that said, your video was put to gather nicely and it's done succinct and in a concise way. Also, your breakdowns are very strong too! Keep up the good work! Looking forward to your future projects. Finally, I hope things are better for you personally.
I liked the book of boba fett, although the story wasnt too complex, and it felt a little out of wack with boba's character, it was still enjoyable to watch and had an engaging plot. Kenobi is just absolutely terrible, the whole plot is basically just centered around how a 10 year old princess leia outsmarts literally everyone she comes in contact with, along with some obi wan to make sure the people are getting what the title says. Obviously its a bit deeper than that, but I couldn't get myself to finish the show, every character interaction is so void and predictable its painful to watch. I loved star wars growing up, but after this and the prequels it's dead to me.
But I mean even if we only get good Star Wars every 5 years, that is more than we used to get.
If my internet was fast enough, I'd find out sooner.
I'm 3 minutes in, pausing it to say I really love the implication with the title cards that from Vader's perspective he's looking at it backwards
Ironically, the ethos of George Lucas - which Disney has rejected - is approximately the same ethos as Walt Disney himself.
Not only has Disney abandoned the successful artistic values of Star Wars' creator, but they've abandoned the values of their own creator, too.
There is nore creativity put into the making of this video, than the show it's actually centered about.
If you've cared about anything disney related for the last 4 years you've made a grave mistake. Star Wars and other franchises are for all intents and purposes dead, the only way to deal with it is to look at it as an outsider and laugh.
That's not totally fair. Soul, Luca, Turning Red, Encanto, DuckTales 2017 (it's the last 4 years, ended in 2021), Owl House, Amphibia, and _technically_ stuff like Bob's Burgers and its movie, all range from alright to pretty good. It's mostly just Star Wars, modern Marvel, and their live-action remakes that are almost invariably complete trash, and unfortunately that's the vast majority of their output that gets the vast majority of viewers.
@@321cheeseman Turning red is dog shit, Pixar barely counts anyways and has also put out a lot more trash recently than the 2 great movies you mentioned, bob's burgers etc absolutely doesn't count. Marvel is a travesty and Star Wars is a dumpster fire. Their remakes go hand in hand and even their animated shows are half trash, not to mention all of their disney+ shows
Bro, Luca and Soul are not enough to justify what Disney does lmfao
I’ve been done since 2019.
Don't know, Mandalorian, Bad Batch and some of the new shows (namely Tales of the Jedi) were/are looking pretty sick
I was actually waiting for a vid from you on this show, I had a feeling you'd make one. I don't understand how Disney can keep getting away with pumping out actual garbage content.
Because people just won’t stop watching.
@@treystephens6166 they must consoom the next product.
@@treystephens6166 Not only that, but people genuinely defend the lackluster shows to the point where they start to fill in the holes in the plots themselves, its sad.
@@Vulcan-is8tw I’ve lost hope Star Wars is doomed‼️
This show could (and should) have been Kenobi taking a deep dive into what the Force is, discussing Anakin and the prophecy with Qui-Gon, and connecting how Yoda and Obi-Wan approach Luke differently than they did Vader. It could even have shown why they waited until Luke was an adult to train him. It could have elaborated on the ideas from TCW about the cosmic/living Force.
But, of course, that show would have been white men talking and growing without women or BIPOC to lecture them, and required imagination to add depth to our understanding of the saga. So we got the hollow meaningless tripe instead. I can't even understand why they thought a 6 part 'homage' to the saga episodes made sense when using **literally** the same characters that are already part of the saga story they are mimicking. It would make sense (even though boring) to do an homage in a video game with different characters, but not this.
homage in a video game? cough KOTOR cough
she's back
Better Call Saul proved that you can tell a great story even if you know the fates of (most of) the characters.
Better Call Saul is better than most, yes. But it had flaws of its own which aren’t mentioned that frequently.
@@SardonicJosh ¡.I hope you can check patterson Cut Obi Wan I know the series can`t be fixed but it makes it enjoyable with some clever edits.
yae right, this is all true, but there's like the one obvious problem. Why the F cant they do anything better? Like writing is hard but its not THAT hard that it actively hurts hitself. Most scripts are incompetance and apathy in its purest form.
Just image if someone just tried. Actually tried. The expanded universe is right there!!!!! its so idiotic and waste of resources
But by making good content you raise the bar of expectation. It's more profitable to always make lukewarm shows and movies that cover their expenses and just keep the franchise in the public eye.
Take Phasma for example. Her actress was great. Her design was great. Her writing was dogwater. Still selling merch, because of the neat design.
@@HeresorLegacy if only people would stop watching…
@@treystephens6166 Doesn't matter. Despite how money adults spend on Star Wars and other properties, it is still merchandise for kids that brings in the money.
When I was like 8 I already had Robocop, Star Wars and Tim Burton's Batman toys, even though I never saw the movies at that point.
@@HeresorLegacy Star Wars might be child friendly but it’s Not Made for Children.
@@treystephens6166 Never said that. Batman 1980 and Robocop and Terminator are not made for children either. As soon as Batman WAS made for children, under Joel Schuhmacher's direction, the franchise died for almost two decades.
It's still the merchandise bought by and for kids that brings in most of the money.
Found you from EFAP, watched all of your videos at this point. You're a fantastic content creator, keep it up, hope to see you back on again
found this channel a little while back and i love ur vids - u deserve more subs!
I think my biggest takeaway from not just SW and Marvel but a lot of entertainment companies in general is the fact that they feel the need to produce so much "Content" now that they have 55 shows or movies coming out in a single year or two. Seriously Disney has at least 3 to 4 new SW shows coming out this year through next year and Marvel at least 3 new shows coming out this year through next year.
The problem is these companies are doing this not just because they want to make as much money as possible, but also because they are trying to shield themselves from any criticism for how bad the shows and movies they make actually are. The reaction of the fanbase proves it. Especially when it comes to Disney. Ever since the Mandalorian SW has been under the idea that "Its at its best" and people are praising some of it as "The best SW content ever." BUT that's what they ALWAYS say and they completely forget about it afterwards, they completely forget about the constant pattern of bland, terribly written and terribly executed shows that continue to spew out of this figurative sludge pipe.
As long as people continue to praise Disney and give themselves the impression that SW is as good as it was when the OT an PT were around and as long as they forget the pattern of quantity over quality then we wont ever get any real stories of real quality, because its AAAALLLL about the next thing, content and more content and moooooore content.
Let the sludge flow continue...
..I hope you can check patterson Cut Obi Wan I know the series can`t be fixed but it makes it enjoyable with some clever edits.
its somehow comical. George Lucas created them a entire galaxy with untold storys, worlds and lore elements which only requires to not f up with the already told story by George Lucas.
And while dozens of Fans of the franchise create their own fanservice theorys which simply dont work really and are just classic fan-fiction which is over the top - a certain part of this fans is able to create better stuff than a billion$-movie-company.
there are for example even simple edits of kenobi scenes in which the cuts are changed and suddenly its like good directing / editing and makes sense (like the Kenobi escapes, Vaders force holding the ship and Reva betrayal scene just as one scene - and ta-da Vader and Reva doesnt look like total idiots) - the youtuber who created a better CGI-Luke - most pre/post saga legend stoys which disney somehow fails to copy in a decent 1:1 way (for which they very likely de-canonized it to then recycle it and re-sell it)
at least we got cool billion$ special effects without working story and weird directing. yey
there is an element you're over looking. Fans and George Lucas don't and didn't have companies over-looking and fighting over the vision of a story. these writers have to appease executives, producers, other writers they work with, and they have a time crunch. there is a lot more going on. Disney is also desperate to fill out content for its streaming service so its more about quantity than quality. so little things like Leia's chase scenes, the getting Roken to help scene, etc. don't get the proper attention to be fixed; or in the more extreme case of Book of Boba Fett, have a 2 season story get smashed into a 6 episode season. Mandalorian has been good because there is one vision with a clear plan for their story and it's obvious that it has been pre-planned and more time has been devoted to editing.
after hearing a plot summary of the Kenobi show I decided to not watch this crap, this is the only way to make Disney hire writers to make plots, not executives that craft marketing crap that is watched anyway and brings subscriptions back.
For me personally, the canon of Star War ends with episode 6, everything after that is bad fan fic and the only shows I accept are Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Bad Batch, those still have the Lucas vibe.
The prequel had their problems, but they brought 1000 times more worldbuilding and wonder to the Star Wars universe than the sequels can even dream.
Is it just me or was this 15 min video essay better than the entire Kenobi show? 🤔
I'm gonna go ahead and say yes this is better than the jank Kenobi show
Kenobi was my breaking point for Star Wars. I used to love this franchise but now its just an embarrassment
You know it's a good day when Nutsa gifts us with another video
I like to reflect on the idea of going back in time to the 2000s, and telling my past self that in the future there will be a live action Star Wars show with a movie-level budget, starring Ewan McGregor as Obi Wan Kenobi, and another show starring Boba Fett. The cruel irony... certainly a monkey's paw scenario if there ever was one.
Watcher from efap over here, they were right. Your editing is awesome! Gongrats
I've got a bad feeling about being featured in this video...
I'd put Bad Batch up there with the very few good things we have but yeah I'm a bit biased, great video.
The passion of one great man making a franchise because he loves it is looooong gone.
I agree bad batch was good, although I'm not sure if it's just the nostalgia from the clone wars talking lol
I’ll be interested to see how Bad Batch season 2 goes! Season 1 was good but I somehow still feel like it’s too early to tell how it’ll go. One thing Bad Batch has going for it is that we don’t know the fates of almost ANY of the characters (save side characters like Rex) so there’s a lot of potential there
The funny thing about Kenobi is in the original draft it was supposed to be about Obi-Wan protecting Luke not Leia which would have fit alot better having Obi-Wan trying to protect Luke while keeping the conflict a secret from him at the same time could have set up an interesting story that doesn't destroy Canon yes it still would have been the equivalent of a filler arc but instead what we got fit about as well as a toddler trying to force the square peg in round hole
z.I hope you can check patterson Cut Obi Wan I know the series can`t be fixed but it makes it enjoyable with some clever edits.
Can't wait to pay a Disney+ fee to watch The Book of Nien Nunb in 2024.
The "Kenobi" novel by John Jackson Miller is one of my favorite Star Wars books. I really wish the show had been more like that book.
1.I hope you can check patterson Cut Obi Wan I know the series can`t be fixed but it makes it enjoyable with some clever edits.
Oooohhh my gooossshhh I remember vader! The imperial March! I remember that!😱😱👏👏.
But seriously great video. You touched on the issues perfectly. I wish more people would wake up and see that the franchise is dead, no matter how many flashy lights or big actors they bring in.
Hope you are doing well💙👌😎
Just stop watching … I did but I’m not enough …
It’s not dead but it’s not alive either
@@turtlesrprettycool3379 it’s undead
Screw this series. Vader orders the entire ship to turn around for Obi-Wan, letting the rebels go, (instead of using a magnetic beam, or sending tie-fighters, or just keep firing...)... but ends up getting into his shuttle and flying after it himself , thus missing out on the rebels for no reason at all. Obi-Wan trusts Leia to some random rogue who has already seeded his transmitter...
The duel with Vader is miserable. They wave their swords like baseball bats in episode 9, and the Force has generally turned into an anime - they crush rocks and make craters in the ground, but they can’t break each other’s bones in the same way ... they can withstand the blows of multi-ton boulders ... Obi-Wan, without jokes, becomes a god thanks to the power of friendship and lifts weight much more than Yoda ... at some point he hits Vader with the HILT of the sword ... cuts his back, but that doesn’t paralyse him ... and most importantly, he doesn’t finish him off for the second time, although he himself said his friend is dead...
Vader does not call the cruiser to shoot down Obi-Wan's ship, but it turns out that he has a hyperdrive, which makes the whole last episode even more pointless, since he and Leia could fly to Alderaan on it all this time already at the end of episode 4 .. .
Owen and Beru do not set any traps for Reva in the doors, they only shoot her one at the time, do not catch up with her on a speeder, do not evacuate on the speeder, do not call the local police, the same Jabba the Hutt (with the promise of money), and Luke is advised to run on foot into the desert, to the Tuskens...
Apparently Vader just left Reva a ship…Reva with a hole in her HEART can easily fight, run and carry weights ... And finally, she, who cuts off the hands of all those who disagree, throws knives at people, kills everyone in her path, hunts the Jedi trying to kill them, tortures a 10-year-old child , suddenly cannot kill Luke, because he sees himself in him (but not in Leah) ... by the way, why? Does she know he's Vader's son? How?
And Obi-Wan forgives her, although he saw what she was doing and Tala died because of her...
Now the whole Empire knows that Bail Organa communicates with Obi-Wan, they are looking for him all over the galaxy, but at the same time Obi-Wan quietly flies to Alderaan to chat with Leia...
Obi-Wan communicates with Luke, although Owen told him in A New Hope that he died at the same time as his father ... Qui-gon, it turns out, can appear without any meditation, but the whole series did not do this ...
As a result - Obi-Wan, Owen, Beru, Bale failed their missions to protect children, and they are only alive because the Empire and Vader are even more incompetent, and Reva suddenly became kind ... and now we are waiting for a series about her ... Thank you Disney, now you've ruined every single character in the original trilogy. Star Wars is long dead, and there's no more room for nails in the coffin.
As I expected, Reva's motives make no sense. She saw that Vader killed her friends, therefore...she is angry at Obi-Wan who trained him for not saving her? (Why didn't he just say "I was on Utapau, attacked by clones"?) And therefore she serves Vader, hunts all remaining Jedi, tries to kill them, chops hands off and tortures a child to find the Rebels? She is a horrible person and I cheered when she was stabbed...but then she lived.
Disney writing in a nutshell
Nutsa you are the female version of the critical drinker 😉
Babe wake up, Nutsa put out another Star Wars video.
The climate around so much modern entertainment and Star Wars in particular has very much fallen into the trap of praise through low expectations.
When you have so much released that's bad or downright terrible, people will often overcorrect and praise something passably mediocre as brilliant. And then a month or two passes once the hype and conversation has died down and no one cares anymore, because so many of these projects are completely disposable. Designed to be watched once and then discarded in favour of the next big thing to keep people subscribed to a streaming service.
I can't stand what the new trilogy did to star wars, I try to forget it existed
The writing in the wall was there when sagas became "franchises"
The absolute best RUclips video title I've seen in many years.
Heavily underrated channel if you ask me. You belong to the big names like Critical Drinker, Mauler and Nerdrotic. Sharp analysis, nice video arranging, humor, and you have your own approach on your topics. I never had the feeling you're parroting things. So huge thumbs up for your channel!
The only thing I'd like to mention: When you fumble at a sentence you tend to cut it and just voice in the missing words to complete it, and one can hear that xD
5:25 bruh i died laughing when i saw her liked her own post, no offense its not a bad thing since i do it 2, but just funny seeing it for sum reason.
I'm still a human sir 😩
The editing on this is phenomenal, amazing job!
I have seriously given up all hope on Disney! They can’t even give me the one and only thing I want and that’s the continuation of Ezra Bridger, Thrawn, Ashoka, and Sabin from Star Wars Rebels! Now I’m dreading the day they ruin one of the few modern good movies that they made, Tron Legacy.😫
Awesome vid. I’d also add that entertainment isn’t what it used to be in general. It seems more like a bunch of cool visuals tied together by some random plot than cool visuals built around a captivating idea.
1.I hope you can check patterson Cut Obi Wan I know the series can`t be fixed but it makes it enjoyable with some clever edits.
I'm not a big Star Wars fan but I love watching videos that rip Disney Star Wars because it's so atrocious.
The only thing I'd say that differs from the video is that the prequels were cool because they had a lot of new, likeable characters (in spite of the not so likeable ones) and the story, for all the flaws in the films in terms of writing and pacing, is really nice. How a bad guy, doubling as a political figure, manages to manipulate and overthrow the current established order, while taking the protagonist and making him his pet, is a really cool story, at least in concept (I'd argue also in execution in a lot of ways). That's why i think, to a lot of fans (maybe the majority) the prequels aren't failed projects or unworthy of the franchise (only having value because of what came before).
Disney is killing my childhood and the casual “fantasy enjoyers” are yelling in joy for the death louder than the cry’s of fear from actual Star Wars fans.
I know the preqwals weren't perfect believe me I know...But after the crap that was the seqwal trilogy I think we would all prefer Lucas' version of the sequel trilogy with maybe some help from people that love Star Wars
As a huge PT fan. The Obi Wan series kinda left me underwhelmed. I was excited to see Hayden and Ewan back but I don't feel they did enough to make good use of their talents especially the relationship of the characters they play.
I'm still stuck on them retconning snowspeeders from being a rebel alliance aftermarket modification on an (IN ATMO ONLY) airspeeder so it works in extreme cold enviroments like Hoth (also it no longer only has a flight ceiling of 100 meters and can instead break the cloud layer -_-)
To being a crappy Sewage and Garbage Hauler
ALSO IT STILL ONLY HAS 2 SEATS WTF
[talks about people using Vader’s status to hype stuff so often that it’s become ineffectual]
[immediately cuts to the Vader clip that’s been used to hype each new chapter of the video, but this time undercut with a really corny cover of the typical music]
That is some genius editing.
Came here from the she-hulk EFAP, I remembered the cast praising your editing and boy were they right. This is so refreshing rather than the same 5 clips over and over
As a longtime fan of the movies and the SW universe in general, as for me, Star Wars died the day they canceled the Clone Wars. Rebels, Mandalorian and Rogue one have been the only worth watching things since, the rest is just content with SW logo.
isn’t it ironic how disney palpatine level manipulated george lucas into selling lucasfilm
Great Essay! you really sum up my feelings on this Show. Also the editing is TOP TIER!I Plan to do Film Essays myself in Beat Future & you really inspired me! :)
A problem I also have with the Show „Is Obiwan pointless?“ as we have another Prequel to Anakin & Leia & Luke Even tho we know how the Skywalker Saga ends. So no matter how Good it would have been it leaves à bitter Taste for me as we know all of them die in the end Anyway. The Last Skywalker didnt Even got a Chance to confront Palpatine for what he has done to his Family. I love How TLJ seems the only Disney Star Wars Film That tried to move forward But then we know what came Next....
From what I'm hearing, Andor may be the show you're looking for. I guess we'll find out in a couple of hours, but I have high hopes for that show doing something bold and exciting.
Star Wars is a story about hope…
Yeah, but I hope so too
your editing is just insane. THIS is what content is.
on a serious note, huge fan! keep going! road to 100k!!
I'd love to hear your thoughts on Andor now. With it being the first objectively good SW media going in a different direction, could it be that we've finally turned a corner?
You are so good, Nutsa! Interestingly put together, great points and you can barely even tell that English isn‘t your main language. Your vids are always a treat.
Came from EFAP, stayed for the high quality Edit. Nice work!
I'm so happy EFAP discovered this channel
Star Wars is best when it takes itself seriously, keeps comic relief to a minimum, and tackles profound ideas. Not to say that it can't be fun. Just don't make it stupid.
Funny thing is, Clone Wars and Rebels also filled out gaps between movies and yet managed to tell compelling stories.
I ❤Obi Wan. His story and character. Disney didn’t ruin it for me, but didn’t do it any favor.
Tf is wrong with me. I found this channel in recomended feed but never expected to watch 5 20+ min videos in a row
andor was a breath of freash air, it gave me hope in star wars that people in Hollywood still care about star wars
That was quick
I wouldn't call Star Wars a living franchise. It's long been a zombie franchise and most of what it does proves it. But then sometimes it gets a flash of the life it could've had in things like Jedi Fallen Order or Mandalorian Season 1 and then it's again back to the braindead.
oh wow that was faster than i expected! ....not that i am complaining or anything!
My dad pointed out something really important to me tho, with Star Wars, we used to get one thing every 5-10 years. Now we get multiple things every year. So even if there is only a good project every 5 years that is more than we used to get.
Love ya 🙏
New subscriber who discovered you from EFAP here. Enjoyed the video, but can I give some constructive criticism? It’s a little jarring when you finish saying one thing right as you’re beginning to say the next thing. It happens fairly regularly, and pulls me out of your videos. Don’t be afraid to pause for a moment after you’ve made a point on a subject. It’s a reasonably easy fix that would make a huge difference, at least in my humble opinion.
Don bless.
Well, George Lucas sold it to Disney, and it wasn´t cheap. He got 5 BILLION dollars for it. He had butchered the original trilogy with the so called "special editions" just to show off his new digital effects in the 90´s. He then made the awful prequels after closing a new, better deal with the toy companies. Carrie Fisher used to joke that she had to pay Lucas money every time she looked at the mirror. After all of that, he sold the company for Five. Billion. Dollars. to Disney. What did people expect them to do? So it´s funny to me to see people talk about Lucas as if he is some innocent victim here.
You realize that George Lucas started this whole mess in the first place when he sold Star Wars to Disney, right? I mean, Bob Iger didn’t force him to sell Lucasfilm, right? He made $4 billion in profit by allowing his franchise to be desecrated by a soulless media conglomerate.
Dude, he was trying to raise his young kids, and was receiving tons of hate from his so called 'fans'. You'd probably have done the same in his shoes.
Just got around to this one. Great video! As always, Nutsa is a breath of fresh air in this logic devoid environment.
Personally, I just recently had a conversation about Kenobi and I think you have expressed perfectly what my friend said with your description that the show was like a glass half full/half empty.
I think creative story telling has been largely lost in recent years in the film industry. I have found that I like Hollywood movies from around the 90s the most. I think movies after this point focused more on flashy technology than good and creative story telling.
I think this phenomenon of valuing technology over things that are more personable and human has traversed to many industries. For instance, I talked with a buddy of mine who just got married and he said that the wedding photographer had great lighting and colors for the photos, but he didn't position people in the photo to make the photo a good group composition that makes the people themselves just look good.
To sum up: Entertainment money machine goes brrrr 💵. Creativity stonks and real humans things stonks go down↘️
The way you use your editing to punctuate your points, Nutsa, is really well done. Good soup.
I'm subscribed to dozens and dozens of channels but Nutsa's & two others are the only ones that I've watched multiple times, over & over.
I love the intro/editing it's so impressive dude
You are the best 💓
The world building in Andor is really great
1:35 wait... wut? Rogue One was a great movie
How Dare you insult the Prequels.
Thank you for this @nutsa. This is awesome and i appreciate this so much.
This channel don't miss
I love this. I recently did a podcast where we discussed Kenobi and I think my co host and I were in denial about the quality of it
Every time you post I remember why I subscribed. Your videos are so well made!
'.I hope you can check patterson Cut Obi Wan I know the series can`t be fixed but it makes it enjoyable with some clever edits.