Star Wars Will Live Forever

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  • Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
  • Star Wars is dead! Long live Star Wars! Look, I wish I could tell you that I have any hope (aside from Andor season 2) that Disney will pull its head out of its own ass and decide to give the reins of Star Wars to literally anybody else. But I doubt that. If The Acolyte has proven anything, it's that the people currently in charge of Star Wars have their hearts bent on destroying it.
    Unfortunately for them, they can't. They cannot take away the stories that have already been told. They cannot take away what those tales meant to us. The House of Mouse has no power to destroy what has already been created. Star Wars will live on forever, no matter how much Disney tries to destroy it.
    #starwars #disney

Комментарии • 661

  • @master_samwise
    @master_samwise  2 месяца назад +272

    Believe me, I am as annoyed as anyone at the butchering of Star Wars by Disney. But no matter how hard they try, they cannot take away what Star Wars has meant and will always mean to me. It's a shame that I can't look forward to many new Star Wars stories with excitement, but that won't stop me from remembering and appreciating the stories that were told out of love, not whatever spiteful slop modern day LucasFilm is trudging out onto Disney+.

    • @windstormstrike
      @windstormstrike 2 месяца назад +6

      Perhaps as fans before Disneys reign, we should learn to be like Luke Skywalker, either 1) Find the good that is there, or 2) accept that some things are out of our control and let it go, let the Force do with it what it may.
      I recommend GenerationTech’s channel, his insights alleviate a lot of the negativity surrounding the franchise.
      Even though I disagree with your take on Star Wars I do enjoy your insights on other franchises. Thank you for your time and patience.

    • @Cheattoe
      @Cheattoe 2 месяца назад +1

      I’m with you in principle but they make it so so hard

    • @BioHunter1990
      @BioHunter1990 2 месяца назад +3

      Letting go is the greatest and hardest act of love and strength.
      You know what I am saying.

    • @kalebbateman
      @kalebbateman 2 месяца назад +3

      I think this is the most eloquently and poignantly I've heard this point made. Very well done.

    • @gang-ridertv5433
      @gang-ridertv5433 2 месяца назад +1

      Spiteful is right.

  • @ravenstales6457
    @ravenstales6457 2 месяца назад +394

    you see, just because the modern "official" stuff is turning into bad fanfiction, doesn't mean that we cant enjoy the good stuff from before

    • @finrodbrs
      @finrodbrs 2 месяца назад +11

      Or the good fanfictios/fanfilms of today.

    • @AndreNitroX
      @AndreNitroX 2 месяца назад +10

      Yes I keep finding so many amazing stories I never knew about from the EU. 40 years of content Disney threw away

    • @Riftrender
      @Riftrender 2 месяца назад +7

      Fanfiction comes from a place of love. The modern stuff comes from a place of spite and hatred.

    • @ct-1177
      @ct-1177 2 месяца назад +1

      And the animated from recent years?

    • @rancorlover
      @rancorlover 2 месяца назад +1

      Or rise from the ashes and build again. Starwars, or not

  • @jamesthemuchless
    @jamesthemuchless 2 месяца назад +122

    Luke's victory through love and self-sacrifice is such a huge contrast to Rey's victory through childish power games.

    • @Gunnberg85
      @Gunnberg85 2 месяца назад +9

      "Never. I'll never turn to the Dark Side. You've failed, your highness. I am a Jedi, like my father before me."
      "And I... am all the Jedi."
      One is poetry. One is not.

    • @jaieregilmore971
      @jaieregilmore971 2 месяца назад +3

      Yeah Rey victory is just hollow compared to Luke saves the bad guy who is his father where Rey killed the bad guy who is her grandfather it a terrible message.

  • @curlybillbrocius25
    @curlybillbrocius25 2 месяца назад +86

    “How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep.”

    • @TolkienGeek.
      @TolkienGeek. 2 месяца назад +7

      This!!!

    • @ianbuchan8548
      @ianbuchan8548 2 месяца назад +6

      Literally a TolkienGeek was summoned. 🤣😂

    • @def3ndr887
      @def3ndr887 2 месяца назад +4

      “People don’t forgot, nothing is forgiven.”
      -John Marston

    • @DiamondKingStudios
      @DiamondKingStudios 18 дней назад

      @@ianbuchan8548Plenty of those watch this channel in particular; I can say from personal experience.

    • @TolkienGeek.
      @TolkienGeek. 18 дней назад

      @@ianbuchan8548 we are everywhere. 😂

  • @cw1274
    @cw1274 2 месяца назад +142

    Star Wars isn’t dead. It just sleeps. Every now and then, it’ll wake and give us something like Andor. But it isn’t dead. For now, I’ll wait for Star Wars to wake again.

    • @AndreNitroX
      @AndreNitroX 2 месяца назад +7

      Well said, someone worthy will come along someday and make a truly great Star Wars story, just not now in this era

    • @jakegunning61
      @jakegunning61 2 месяца назад +2

      Star wars will always be ok I love and hate it all at the same time I have my entire life probably will till I die I love the universe so much Star wars will never die in my eyes

    • @jakegunning61
      @jakegunning61 2 месяца назад +1

      I'd like to add from my experience Star wars has always been bad in some way it's never been perfect and that's y it's great

    • @miguelandresforerodelgadil3059
      @miguelandresforerodelgadil3059 2 месяца назад +4

      Andor Season 2
      After that, we'll strive forward

    • @nicopointner00
      @nicopointner00 2 месяца назад +1

      But for now, Star Wars is just woke again.

  • @tolkeinlewis3546
    @tolkeinlewis3546 2 месяца назад +164

    The story of Star Wars is inherently timeless. It's a myth with a grand heros journey. The lessons and themes that it conveys are relatable to all people. It persists despite Disney's best attempts to destroy the franchise because at its core, Star Wars is a deeply meaningful story.

    • @tombraiderstrums09
      @tombraiderstrums09 2 месяца назад +7

      You’re absolutely right. 3,000 years ago, humans were telling stories of angels who walked the skies with flaming swords, and we will never stop.

    • @hariman7727
      @hariman7727 2 месяца назад

      @@tombraiderstrums09 you do realize that the Bible is actually also a history book of both Jewish and Christian peoples, including archaeologists finding a city that they believe is the city of Sodom, among other Biblical historical discoveries, right?
      Also, star wars is probably going to be forgotten in a century or two, and especially so if people like Disney are the ones who keep making new stuff.
      Look up all of the massive franchises that were cultural icons that are barely known today.
      Walk up to a zoomer kid and say "Nanu nanu", or ask about MASH, or about The Shadow, and more.

    • @starkjet2197
      @starkjet2197 2 месяца назад +4

      Exactly! Disney can say they’re trying to reach bigger audiences but they miss the point star wars IS for everyone because stories are for everyone and the lessons inside of them. They replace morals and lessons for cultural trends, for cultural trends sake. Disney WILL be forgotten, but Star Wars and other inspiring stories will never die they live on!
      Companies die, governments die, and empires die but stories surpass them all! human creativity and imagination is indestructible! 😊

  • @Iceisnice1
    @Iceisnice1 2 месяца назад +208

    There is something to be said about the arrogance of those who toy with things beyond their understanding. As Emperor Vitiate himself would tell Disney:
    _"You harness immense power, but you lack the purity of will to direct it."_

    • @Drifter-while-hungry
      @Drifter-while-hungry 2 месяца назад +16

      Vitiate is one of my favorite legend’s characters, up there with Malgus and revan

    • @HolyknightVader999
      @HolyknightVader999 2 месяца назад +11

      ''There is no death, there is only the Force.......AND I AM ITS MASTER.''

    • @seamusalexander4473
      @seamusalexander4473 2 месяца назад +4

      "You will pay the price for your lack of vision."

    • @AndreNitroX
      @AndreNitroX 2 месяца назад +8

      “You have no ambition only jealousy”- vitiate

    • @TheZamaron
      @TheZamaron 2 месяца назад +5

      @@AndreNitroX Oh that quote fits so well. Lucasfilm today has no power over the fans. They have jealousy of George Lucas, tha he built this franchise, KK will always be in his shadow, even at his worst he outshines her, she and her cronies want to change Star Wars into theirs. They even said "change the nature of the Force" in an interview for the Acolyte. Sounds like Jealousy to me that the Sequels no matter what they do will never be as beloved as the classic 6 films.

  • @Alex-bz8lj
    @Alex-bz8lj 2 месяца назад +467

    The sequel trilogy really killed a lot of people’s interest in Star Wars

    • @FTChomp9980
      @FTChomp9980 2 месяца назад +10

      The Shows increased it as well. Edit: Andor,Mando Season 3,Acolyte,Book of Boba,and Kenobi are the ones I am reffering to.

    • @lustrazor44
      @lustrazor44 2 месяца назад +18

      @@FTChomp9980lol no they haven’t

    • @FTChomp9980
      @FTChomp9980 2 месяца назад +4

      @@lustrazor44 In my opinion they did it is all slop.

    • @edmonddantes563
      @edmonddantes563 2 месяца назад +9

      @@lustrazor44they really have , if not negatively received. They idea ten years ago that people would be so apathetic about a Star Wars live action show would have been unthinkable

    • @Comicbroe405
      @Comicbroe405 2 месяца назад +26

      ​​@@FTChomp9980 Lumping Andor with those is crazy. Like I don't disagree with the rest being slop but not this one.

  • @vincent207
    @vincent207 2 месяца назад +98

    Star Wars isn’t dead, just interest from the general audience.

    • @roycehuepers4325
      @roycehuepers4325 2 месяца назад

      Will never be dead because there's still a whole other universe that we can enjoy that's for the most part, not against most of the Disney cannon... until recently, of course.

    • @christopherpoet458
      @christopherpoet458 2 месяца назад +1

      No, not even this is true mate. Interest is not dead.
      If people were not interested, no one, not a few, but no one would watch. If they produce even 1 production that gets under a million watch through's, then you could argue a lack of interest. Solo is the only film that got close to being that bad on release. And it was a decent stand alone film. But that was also coming right on the heel of one of the sequel films when hate for the productions was at it's highest.
      The fact is, regardless of what parts of the franchise you like or dislike, someone else, somewhere, is going to sit down and watch. Truth be told, I am one of those people. And from someone in that group, while I do agree with a lot of the complaints, I am not one to judge a production on rumors, reporter comments, interviews, social media scandal's, etc. I will at least sit down for 1 watch through and decide for myself if I like or dislike the content.
      Take the Acolyte for example.
      It was very obvious in the first two episodes that there was a "gay" atmosphere around several characters. That does not bother me.
      All creators leave a part of themselves in the work they created. It is just natural. So I get it. But this is also Star Wars and I commented before in the past about it bring an IP that has more potential than most to go on and tell many different kinds of stories and stay in the SW Universe. You could make a high school drama based in Star Wars if you really wanted. So I don't mind if characters are gay. Truth be told the I don't have a reason right now to dislike the Acolyte other than episode 3 being just a tad confusing. Like, unnecessarily confusing. There was a moment of character and verbal contradiction. But it otherwise does not bother me.
      And I simply understand they will not all be gems. It is impossible. Even if Disney managed to make 10 bangers in a row, they are doomed to fail at least 1 production somewhere in there. You just do not hit gold that often that easily and I honestly believe people are at a point where if they can find a sliver of a reason to rant and complain, they will. Even if the complaint is nothing more than a footnote.
      Star Wars will not die because it is cross generational. How movies are maid and there focus is changing to meet popular demand.
      Most Star Wars fans are 20+ years old. We are not the only generation for them to cater to any more. Change is inevitable and Star Wars will be one of those things where the good and bad will be dependent on when you were born, how you were introduced, and what your personal take on newer content is. People in the last 10 years did not grow up on the Legends material. They now have consistent film media to watch and don't need to go to books to fill in a 10 year gap between films. To them, this is going to be okay and enjoyable.

    • @nightmareTomek
      @nightmareTomek 2 месяца назад

      It's just the universe that's amazing, so people will keep writing stories. But the stories will all be mediocre.
      I don't find Andor and Mandalorian particularly good, just ok. They had their moments, but were otherwise boring and I don't remember anything apart from the prison break and Luke showing up.

    • @christopherpoet458
      @christopherpoet458 2 месяца назад

      @@nightmareTomek yep, and it all comes down to personal taste. It is also going to be one of those IPs that just won't make everyone happy all at once and a lot of people I see on RUclips at like it should.

  • @stormlordrising7826
    @stormlordrising7826 2 месяца назад +110

    I used to think them calling the previous continuity ‘legends’ was a bit demeaning. Now I see it as an unintentional badge of honor because legends never die.

    • @AndreNitroX
      @AndreNitroX 2 месяца назад +19

      To this day I still call it the expanded universe the true canon

    • @ThreadBareHope1234
      @ThreadBareHope1234 2 месяца назад +3

      That's an optimistic way of seeing it. And I agree.

  • @joshthompson3523
    @joshthompson3523 2 месяца назад +54

    Thanks for posting this! Because of Disney’s common failings with Star Wars I have had either apathy and contempt in regards to the franchise that was one of the pillars of my childhood. This video reminded me of the love I’ve had and have been losing for years now. Thank you! I’m going to go back and watch the good movies again

    • @master_samwise
      @master_samwise  2 месяца назад +10

      That was the entire goal of the video.

    • @AndreNitroX
      @AndreNitroX 2 месяца назад +3

      I have felt so dissapointed and heartbroken by Disney Star Wars, but this man rejuvenated my love for Star Wars so well. Just focus on the good stuff maybe even find amazing storing from the EU, there is 40 years of content there

  • @JAB6322
    @JAB6322 2 месяца назад +63

    Me to the Prequel Episodes of Star Wars:
    "Perhaps I treated you too harshly."

    • @lupolinar
      @lupolinar 2 месяца назад +5

      Episode 2 is still not good and looks ugly.

    • @officialthomasjames
      @officialthomasjames 2 месяца назад +1

      @@lupolinar it’s a good movie. The story is excellent even with the poor dialogue and overuse of effects.

    • @davemac9563
      @davemac9563 2 месяца назад +4

      @@officialthomasjamesif the writing is bad and the acting is bad, it’s bad. It still has good stuff in it tho.

    • @lupolinar
      @lupolinar 2 месяца назад +2

      @@officialthomasjames It has a good movie in it, but that does not make it a good movie.

    • @patrickt601
      @patrickt601 2 месяца назад

      ​@@lupolinareven as a kid i only liked episode 2 for obi wans arc and everytime dooku apereared
      But yes i dont like sand and a lot with anakin is only good for the memes

  • @14bface
    @14bface 2 месяца назад +194

    Star Wars isn’t dead but Disney Star Wars probably is

    • @AndreNitroX
      @AndreNitroX 2 месяца назад +12

      Exactly the shills try to act like Star Wars and Disney Star Wars are not Seperate but they completely are based on the quality and the passion in the true Star Wars stories

    • @MrAweeze
      @MrAweeze 2 месяца назад +6

      "You will not take canon from me!"
      "Your anger and your lust for power have already done that."@AndreNitroX

    • @tikvision
      @tikvision 2 месяца назад

      Move on. You are still clinging to a dead rotten corpse. That's not healthy

  • @46sn29
    @46sn29 2 месяца назад +43

    Disney may not be able to fully kill Star Wars. But they are certainly giving it the old college try.

  • @IanDaMann12610
    @IanDaMann12610 2 месяца назад +29

    This means so much to me, this is because many of my friends aren't Star Wars fans and can't understand why I love this series so much, and I've never quite had words to explain why I love this. But once again, you, Samwise, take things that may be seen as childish (Avatar: The Last Airbender, Star Wars, and just movies in general) and you fight for them by giving words to them and showing why these childish things are so important because they hold quality and meaning, and a spark of hope for the individual and humanity itself.
    Thank you Master Samwise :)

    • @AndreNitroX
      @AndreNitroX 2 месяца назад

      Likewise I am passionate about so many shows and movies because they inspire me and make me feel alive. Star Wars is central to my life

  • @isaacchillman11
    @isaacchillman11 2 месяца назад +217

    All the people continually saying Star Wars will die don’t understand that it never will because the true fans are always faithful to the power of the story George created

    • @Imbatmn57
      @Imbatmn57 2 месяца назад +16

      And his wife edited, probably the only reason they were watchable.

    • @crusader2112
      @crusader2112 2 месяца назад +3

      Well said. 👍

    • @christiannoriega428
      @christiannoriega428 2 месяца назад +16

      ​@Imbatmn57 Not really true. George and a few others also were editors. There's also a whole video that explains how it still would have been great before the re-edit. Also you could say that for any other aspect for any movie. If the visual effects artists or propmakers were bad at their jobs the movie would have also been a flop. Directors aren't actually meant to do everything. They envision, hire, and instruct everything. The fact that it's so great is because he did great along side the great talent he got to join the project.

    • @lustrazor44
      @lustrazor44 2 месяца назад +6

      Hate to break it to you but…people have a life expectancy.

    • @user-xx6vy9ri8p
      @user-xx6vy9ri8p 2 месяца назад +8

      @@Imbatmn57 George Lucas was the chief editor on the original Star Wars. He oversaw the entire process and edited the acclaimed gunport sequence himself. His wife Marcia only edited a third of the movie and left to work on another movie before the final edit was even completed. There were two other editors who edited the other 2/3 of the movie. The notion that Lucas had nothing to do with the editing of the original movie, that he's a terrible editor, or that his wife singlehandedly saved from the movie from him--it's all a myth.
      ruclips.net/video/olqVGz6mOVE/видео.html

  • @JasperAsmodeus
    @JasperAsmodeus 2 месяца назад +63

    I guess you could say Star Wars needs a New Hope. Have Hope fellow fans.

    • @Daniel_Huffman
      @Daniel_Huffman 2 месяца назад +2

      I've tried to have hope for the past decade, and over the course of that decade, my enthusiasm for new content has shifted from denial to apathy.
      For the first four or so years after the continuity reboot, I deluded myself into thinking that it could fit into the previous timeline, until Captain Fordo demonstrated that such mental gymnastics were an exercise in futility.

    • @nightmareTomek
      @nightmareTomek 2 месяца назад +3

      @@Daniel_Huffman Such strong emotions, love, hate, heart break. There's nothing we can do, thus no point in being angry either. I don't care, if they so desperately want to fail at film making, just let them. Star Wars isn't the only franchise going down the drain. Nearly every film and gaming franchise is.

    • @msgemini1100
      @msgemini1100 Месяц назад

      Underrated comment

  • @JonathanLauzon
    @JonathanLauzon 2 месяца назад +10

    12:50 You are right to say that love is not some mere feeling, but is rather the desire and the will to seek the good of others.
    The reason why Disney Star Wars is so bad is precisely because we live in a time when people have never disagreed more on the definition of “good”. What is “seeking the good of others”?
    In 1977-1983, the good was about having faith in the Force, redemption and being loyal to your family.
    In 1999-2005, the good was about learning patience, training your spirit and your thoughts, and being loyal to your brother(s) - which was still pretty much consistant with the original idea (as a matter of fact, we could easily make a list of common values for the six first movies, as the story of Lucas was pretty much unified).
    In 2017-2019 [2015's movie was still trying to define its ethical stand], the “good” has become completely selfish: being able to choose your own path, not being told what you are or what to do, etc. But Star Wars has never been about self-centered values (except for the dark side users...) and this is why Disney Star Wars does not fit in that universe. You are so right to point out that heroes do not seek status, influence or power, but this is exactly what Disney Star Wars has become about...
    Think about the best Disney-era Star Wars projects: Rebels, Rogue One, The Mandalorian, Andor and The Bad Batch (I could accept Ahsoka too). They all have in common the theme of the search for the common good and/or the bond of friendships in the face of immeasurable dangers.
    Otherwise, since The Last Jedi, Disney is only pushing this terrible idea that once came from a Sith's mouth: “the Jedi are blinded by their arrogance”. And this is both a completely wrong interpretation and a twist of Lucas' vision. The fact that those are Palpatine's words should ring a bell, but people feel so proud when they question traditions and ethics that it is now the most trending theme in Star Wars right now...
    16:23 Thank you for reminding us of these very obvious yet more and more priceless truths about the meaning of Star Wars, that Disney's bots and sponsored pages are actively fighting back on social medias, as they try hard to make us watch their crappy shows. You are a true unsung hero and a good influence, dear creator, and I will share this video with my friends.

    • @AndreNitroX
      @AndreNitroX 2 месяца назад +1

      This was eloquently said

    • @jokernverdies
      @jokernverdies 2 месяца назад

      I agree with everything you said, but to play devil's advocate Palpatine was not entirely wrong. By the time Anakin became a Padawan the Jedi Order (and the Republic) was not what it used to be, since we could see in Windu and a few others a level of arrogance, pride and hypocrisy not fit of the Jedi philosophy. Combine that with the inflexibility in their traditions and you could see their fall from meters away.
      That's what made Palpatine such a great villian: he was a skilled manipulator, twisting the truth to get his desired outcomes. That Disney doesn't understand that is a whole other story

  • @NgVene
    @NgVene 2 месяца назад +4

    - Star Wars will never die
    *Disney’s executives: are u tempting us?

  • @supernerd8067
    @supernerd8067 2 месяца назад +29

    Star Wars and Lord of the Rings cannot die from murder. They tell stories of truth, and the Truth cannot die. It can be buried, but it will emerge and remain great.
    Ask Caiaphus and Pilate. They tried killing the Truth, and He emerged triumphant.

    • @master_samwise
      @master_samwise  2 месяца назад +7

      Yup!

    • @officialthomasjames
      @officialthomasjames 2 месяца назад +3

      Well said. Christ is King.

    • @user-bz9of6tn6l
      @user-bz9of6tn6l 7 дней назад +2

      And besides, for Star Wars, we'll always have the OT and PT, regardless of what anyone else tries to say. And for Tolkien, we'll always have the books and Peter Jackson's movies. The things we love, the things that truly matter, never die. And even if they do, they don't stay dead. Someone will come along, see these stories, and find a way to honor them.

  • @captainlazersquid2755
    @captainlazersquid2755 2 месяца назад +7

    You have no idea how much I needed this, well-done sir! The nightmares, are finally over

  • @Angrynood
    @Angrynood 2 месяца назад +26

    I feel like this is why anime usually captives their viewers. There's always some hopeful message that they want to teach the audience. Sometimes its just fun but other times it can be profound.

    • @def3ndr887
      @def3ndr887 2 месяца назад +3

      I was thinking about writing at least a scene similar to Jogo vs Sakuna but with the spirit of Darth Vader and some power hungry force user.

  • @SpittUp
    @SpittUp 2 месяца назад +9

    I appreciate the positivity. I do agree with you that I have no interest in current Star Wars projects, but 00’s Star Wars video games will always be special to me. KOTOR, Commandos, Empire at War, Jedi Knight, Battlefront, etc. Amazing games and stories

    • @AndreNitroX
      @AndreNitroX 2 месяца назад

      I just became a fan of those games and their lore. That is the only Star Wars I need

  • @mobes8876
    @mobes8876 2 месяца назад +12

    Man, that “Bluey” music at the end made me emotional

    • @master_samwise
      @master_samwise  2 месяца назад +11

      My favorite thing is whenever people identify that music as the tune from Sleepy Time. Genuinely. It's such a beautiful piece and it's known as so many different things to different people.

    • @sivad1025
      @sivad1025 2 месяца назад

      Reminding me of people who call "Paint It Black" the Wednesday song

  • @user-xx6vy9ri8p
    @user-xx6vy9ri8p 2 месяца назад +23

    Drinker's video in my recommendations: "The day Star Wars finally died" right next to your video...

    • @AndreNitroX
      @AndreNitroX 2 месяца назад +9

      While I do love drinker and the other RUclipsrs critiques on Disney, I will admit its refreshing to get pure positivity for a change

  • @ethanedwards7834
    @ethanedwards7834 2 месяца назад +5

    Thank you for this. Star Wars was so important to me growing up, it has helped shape me into who I am. Disney's star wars has pained me, and for awhile drove me away. What I've Come to realize is that they can't take Star Wars away from me. I still have what was good Star Wars and can simply ignore the counterfeit coming out right now. (Also, I loved your use of Jupiter at the end)

  • @chestnut1064
    @chestnut1064 2 месяца назад +12

    I think that the Episode 1 Phantom Menace deserves appreciation
    Qui Gon displays masculinity by taking care of Anakin and giving counsel to the Queen at the beginning
    Anakin puts out virtuously all he has to help Qui Gon's company with no expectation of benefit for himself
    And it is so courageous of the Queen and Padme to take action to defend their lands, Queen not waiting for the politicians but initiatively returning to Naboo with war plan in mind and Padme daring great risk to pretend like Queen
    I appreciate these

  • @TheWickedWizardOfOz1
    @TheWickedWizardOfOz1 2 месяца назад +7

    What you're saying about the world of SW and the joy of just being in it strikes a chord with me as a player of Final Fantasy XIV. Even if the game falls apart later (although it is still pretty strong right now), there is so much to just soak into, with a history and lore to so many locations, a respect for the different religions and cultures of the Star, and a rich cast of core characters.

  • @usevaladgaponenka773
    @usevaladgaponenka773 2 месяца назад +7

    People really cared about Luke, Han, Obi Van and others. Nobody really cares about new characters and their stories now. "Star Wars is dead" means "Star Wars no longer has stories that are meaningful", new Star wars movie/series are no longer cultural phenomena, just content which you forget right after you watched it. It's like fan fiction - it can be objectively good, but it's still not the original story, it's something different.
    So, it's all about terminology I think. When I say "Star Wars is dead" I mean slightly other thing.

  • @kanjuura
    @kanjuura 2 месяца назад +4

    This is the point I have made many times over, no matter what comes we still will always have what came before, that cannot be taken away and my love for it can not be destroyed .

  • @Leonfei
    @Leonfei 2 месяца назад +3

    Can I just say, a creator called Samwise talking about "the stories that really mattered" kinda gave me chills. Loved this video, you've made me remember what I loved about Star Wars. I remember watching those Old Republic trailers in 2011, and I remember what it felt like starting my journey on Tython and on Korriban.
    May the Force be with you, always.

  • @MrLightingGeek
    @MrLightingGeek 2 месяца назад +5

    I'm so glad you mentioned The Old Republic trailers. They are fantastic and the one with the trooper in the forest hits hard!

    • @AndreNitroX
      @AndreNitroX 2 месяца назад +2

      I recommend those trailers to everyone I meet that has interest in Star Wars. I tell them that is what Star Wars truly is

  • @SkullCubeOS
    @SkullCubeOS 2 месяца назад +5

    to those who are having trouble with loving star wars in the modern day, i implore you to check out the old EU. if you haven't dabbled in the EU, or Legends as Disney calls it, then you have a world of untapped media to fall in love with again. all of these themes we cherish in star wars live on in the EU, so if you haven't checked it out yet, please do. you will not be disappointed.

    • @AndreNitroX
      @AndreNitroX 2 месяца назад

      My friend I discovered the EU around the time of Disneys trilogy and I became such a mega fan that to this day I only buy EU stories and merch! You are so right in saying that the EU if filled with what makes Star Wars great.

  • @QuatarTarandir
    @QuatarTarandir 2 месяца назад +4

    You really see how someone who loves the series can make good stories from it in the Legends novels. There are so cool stories in it, especially the ones after Episode 6. You can really see the love they put into it and making sure to do the characters justice. The Disney slop doesn't matter to me since I have these books to read that expand on the story in actual meaningful ways

  • @emilyk4437
    @emilyk4437 2 месяца назад +3

    When you talked about "the struggle may seem never ending and victory unattainable, but when faced with the choice between fighting evil or acquiescing to its domineering rule, we must choose the former even at great personal cost..." it reminded me of a quote made by Qui-Gon Jinn in the novel Master and Apprentice, when he says "It matters which side we choose. Even if there will never be more light than darkness. Even if there can be no more joy in the galaxy than there is pain. For every action we undertake, for every word we speak, for every life we touch - it matters. I don't turn toward the light because it means someday I'll 'win' some sort of cosmic game. I turn toward it because it is the light." And I feel that this is very essence of Star Wars and the protagonists we all love so deeply, that they choose to do what is right even under insurmountable odds. Thank you for making this beautiful video. It has reignited my love for Star Wars again

  • @yevaud6
    @yevaud6 2 месяца назад +3

    Thank you so much for this video, it has fanned the flame that has been slowly dwindling and truly highlighted what's great about Star Wars. I will spread this video as much as I can because it truely what we need right now.

  • @Mugiwaranogoofy
    @Mugiwaranogoofy 2 месяца назад +8

    I love all of your videos but man this one really got me. Disney will never make me hate Star Wars

    • @AndreNitroX
      @AndreNitroX 2 месяца назад

      Well said they can’t take away what we love

  • @fandomjuice
    @fandomjuice 2 месяца назад +2

    Has else here anyone else here found themselves watching to the end of video and sobbing 😭. This is a beautifully made video. Thank you.

  • @lorenking5891
    @lorenking5891 2 месяца назад +31

    You gotta do a video on The Bad Batch and the development of characters like Omega, Tech & Hunter. The ending aligns directly with your central thesis here I think

    • @jesselee8963
      @jesselee8963 2 месяца назад +3

      Commenting so hopefully he’ll see this.

    • @justlivin2499
      @justlivin2499 2 месяца назад +9

      Bad Batch is underrated af

    • @cheddarbub6324
      @cheddarbub6324 2 месяца назад +8

      @@justlivin2499 frfr. Genuinely surprised that something that good could sneak its way out of the house of mouse, but S3 was masterful

    • @elizabrooke1816
      @elizabrooke1816 2 месяца назад +7

      Yeah, I think the Bad Batch has been criminally underrated. Animated Star Wars has been better than live action lately. Shame it doesn't get more attention because it's a "kid's show."

    • @benschultz1784
      @benschultz1784 2 месяца назад +3

      ​@@elizabrooke1816Bad Batch wasn't a "kids' show," it's rated TV-PG

  • @underthegardenwall
    @underthegardenwall 2 месяца назад +6

    You seem like a very nice person. It's hard to not get sucked into the cynicism that is Disney Star Wars today, but I agree that we should just ignore the bad, excise it, and just embrace what we loved.

  • @vonnstevens2502
    @vonnstevens2502 2 месяца назад +2

    Despite the inconsistency the franchise has been since the sequels came out, we will always appreciate George Lucas’s incredible journey on giving us amazing stories and lore of the Star Wars universe.

  • @gregorylieber8362
    @gregorylieber8362 2 месяца назад +3

    My 20y/o cousin recently rented out a theater for his birthday. We watched ep4 on the big screen and I smiled ear to ear the whole time.. then we played BF2 (2005)

    • @a_fine_edition2746
      @a_fine_edition2746 2 месяца назад +1

      That sounds like a fantastic way to spend a birthday. Mine’s coming up soon, and I might just have to take a page out of your cousin’s book. It’s been a good while since I watched the original film, and this video has put me back in the mood to see it again.

  • @villagerofficer
    @villagerofficer 2 месяца назад +3

    I for real thought you were going to have some homemade star wars end credits at the end there. Nice video.

  • @psychologymajorptsd62
    @psychologymajorptsd62 2 месяца назад +4

    The Clone stories have always been my favorites

  • @crusader2112
    @crusader2112 2 месяца назад +19

    As long as fans who love the stories and characters are still devoted to the story, Star Wars will never die.
    P.S. Star Wars Fanfiction and What Ifs are the future of the franchise.

  • @ContagiousPow
    @ContagiousPow 2 месяца назад +4

    I think you make a very compelling argument here that could be used to argue no media can ever die, so long as men can breathe, and eyes can see, you cannot kill a work of art. Those who are able to add onto it, to expand it, can do so and create new, innovative artworks off of those before them. Star wars can never die, not because of its story, or characters, or visuals, but because all surviving media that people enjoy can and will be built upon for as long as it exists.

  • @Osiris064
    @Osiris064 2 месяца назад +12

    Andor is all we have left.

  • @Son-of-Gondor
    @Son-of-Gondor 2 месяца назад +2

    Recently, I’ve been unwilling to watch any Star Wars movies. You’ve reawakened my desire to rewatch the *old* movies. The originals and the prequels. Whatever parts of Clone Wars I can get my hands on outside of Disney minus. Rebels (I’m saddened that you didn’t mention that show.) . . . And I never lost my love for games like Knights of the Old Republic and Republic Commando. Thank you, Master Samwise, for rekindling my love of Star Wars.

  • @Lily-rz8mg
    @Lily-rz8mg 2 месяца назад +9

    I get what you are saying. I don't have hope for future Star Wars projects, but I will always cherish the first six movies, the Clone Wars, and the others projects of the past that had creativity and substance. Disney can never take away my experience with those stories, which have given me a lot of happiness, and which can always be revisited.

  • @Sangth123
    @Sangth123 2 месяца назад +5

    You're a man who enjoys Republic Commando (the Bad Batch can burn) and appreciates the Old Republic. You've seen how great Star Wars can be. Try as they may, Disney can't stop us from having witnessed what Star Wars was, and can be again. It's only a matter of time.

  • @def3ndr887
    @def3ndr887 2 месяца назад +4

    Weirdly enough it’s because of Disney’s numerous screwups I started writing to see if I could come up with stories superior to that of Disney’s

    • @AndreNitroX
      @AndreNitroX 2 месяца назад

      Funny enough it was Disney trilogy that caused me to become a mega fan of the Star Wars expanded universe before Disney. I only purchase merch and stories from back then

  • @michaelman957
    @michaelman957 2 месяца назад +11

    Thank you for highlighting the Good

  • @cowlump
    @cowlump 2 месяца назад +2

    Excellent choice of background music. It's clear Williams drew great inspiration from Holst's Planets. The opening to A New Hope reflects the power of the orchestra in Mars, which I see as the grandfather of modern sci-fi space battle music.

  • @oddball_9942
    @oddball_9942 2 месяца назад +7

    strike me down and i will become more powerful then you can possibly imagine.

  • @Comicbroe405
    @Comicbroe405 2 месяца назад +2

    Like you've said, Andor S2 is the only thing I'm excited about. Might be the only great SW for a long time

  • @jaredloitz2436
    @jaredloitz2436 2 месяца назад +1

    Master Sawmise,
    I’ve watched countless hours of Star Wars and played the games more times than I can count. With that in mind, this video perfectly encapsulates the magic of Star Wars. You sir have my absolute respect in this fantastic take of this depressing situation. Seriously, this is one of the best pieces of media that I’ve seen in several years. Pour out some blue milk from all of us!

  • @cmbaz1140
    @cmbaz1140 2 месяца назад +2

    "Starwars will never die"
    This makes it just more sad because they keep torturing and making it suffer unimaginable things...

  • @chocolaterain5097
    @chocolaterain5097 2 месяца назад +1

    What a powerful video. This franchise meant so much to me. It is really the last positive memories I have of me and my father... Watching it with him as a kid, learning all the life lessons yoda taught me. Disney has pissed me off so much because it meant so much to me. But you're right, nothing takes away those memories, or the great content that has come before. Thank you.

  • @brainrich1358
    @brainrich1358 2 месяца назад +5

    Disney wanted the non Star Wars fans and they got it. The true fans are leaving in droves and the new "fans" loyalties flip flop faster than fresh pancakes on a Sunday morning. I'll stick with George Lucas' Star Wars and not touch any of Disney Star Wars.

  • @the-Albino-Rhino
    @the-Albino-Rhino 2 месяца назад +1

    Picking "Jupiter" as the exit music was bloody brilliant

  • @TheSNESGrounder
    @TheSNESGrounder 2 месяца назад +1

    Awesome video! I really like the point about how these stories inspire so many people, The Force Unleashed in particular really helped me throughout a tough period of my life, Starkiller choosing to be better helped me become a much stronger and mature person.

  • @basilreid257
    @basilreid257 2 месяца назад +2

    You are the liberator of hope reminding us of how great the saga is SW is in the hands of those who don’t comprehend it. Your thesis here is probably the best thing fans ever needed we are in your debt.

  • @coltencavegn5593
    @coltencavegn5593 2 месяца назад +1

    This is such an uplifting video, and especially in such a dark time for Star Wars as now, this was needed more than ever, and it is also beautiful how this video talks about uplifting morals, while having an uplifting theme in itself. It is also beautiful and kind of like poetry that rhymes that no matter how bad evil seems to prevail (or Disney in real world circumstances) good can always prevail, even if good in these real world circumstances is looking at the masterpieces of old, those projects and what they mean to us can never be destroyed, it will always be with us, and that is better than nothing. Even though Disney has ruined a beloved franchise the way evil ruins things, evil can never win because goodness can never be extinguished, and neither can the memory of good and true Star Wars. Thank you for making this truly beautiful video, it is sincerely uplifting, especially during Star Wars' darkest hour.

  • @ethanwoolard9668
    @ethanwoolard9668 2 месяца назад +1

    Wanna watch this next May the Fourth now and say to the ones of us that still hold Star Wars in our hearts “We few we happy few we band of brothers the ones that know good triumphs over evil will celebrate this Star Wars day!”

  • @thelemonnerd
    @thelemonnerd 2 месяца назад +2

    I just played Republic Commandos for the first time and I probably completed it in a few days. It pulled me in and made me excited for Star Wars again. Every moment I had the chance, I was loading it up and sinking hours into it (mostly because I sucked at the battle mechanics and took way too long on some levels lol!). My sister asked me why current Star Wars was so much worse than the games after I showed her a clip of Old Republic. I told her it was because the people in charge of Star Wars don't care about Star Wars. It's for money and fame, but the games are almost always made by people who actually care about this universe and put that care into hard work, passion, and time. I love Star Wars because it means something to me, it means family, it means love, it means loyalty. Disney won't change that.

  • @krankdatRuGBY
    @krankdatRuGBY 2 месяца назад +1

    You have instilled hope in me this day 🙏🏽 Thank you💙

  • @MerlinusAmbrosius45
    @MerlinusAmbrosius45 2 месяца назад +1

    Oh God beyond all praising we worship you today, and sing the love amazing that words cannot repay.

  • @liamee
    @liamee 2 месяца назад +1

    Yes. To all of that. My love of cinema began in the Regent Cinema in Kilkenny in 1977 with that opening scene, and the state of cinema now will not kill it. The Clone Wars, Rogue One, Andor - Star Wars laid the foundations for something hopeful that money can't ruin. And the wheel turns. I think we all need a little optimism now.

  • @FunkatronicGeek
    @FunkatronicGeek 2 месяца назад +2

    I think I'm going to reread the "Legends" novels I read as a teenager. Those were mostly good, especially the original Thrawn Trilogy

    • @a_fine_edition2746
      @a_fine_edition2746 2 месяца назад

      The Thrawn trilogy is so fantastic! I’m also a big fan of the Darth Bane trilogy. I might have to reread it sometime soon tbh.

  • @natashasullivan4559
    @natashasullivan4559 2 месяца назад +1

    Ok but why did the end of that hit so hard.. im not crying, you are 😅

  • @magustobias8827
    @magustobias8827 2 месяца назад +1

    Really appreciate you saying this, chief. I get why some hardcore fans feel betrayed, or upset, or are disappointed; and it saddens me every time I hear someone say or see someone write that they're "done with Star Wars", or that "I don't care about Star Wars anymore", or other apathetic remarks. And save for a few outside-of-the-spotlight things, you're right, the Star Wars we love can't be "taken away" from us. (Few people have noticed this, but a few Star Wars audiobooks have very quietly been delisted and disappeared from storefronts, such as the trilogy of novellas about Kyle Katarn from platforms like Audible, over the last 10 years or so. But, at the same time, others have been replaced with abridged versions, etc.)
    But they still exist, out there.
    The theatrical cuts of the Original Trilogy are still out there. And so on.

  • @Gingermaas
    @Gingermaas 2 месяца назад +1

    I love the message of this video and the fact that you used Jupiter from Holst’s Planets Suite as the outro music.

  • @AndreNitroX
    @AndreNitroX 2 месяца назад +1

    Oh my God. Your word just touched my soul. You Get It! I love Star Wars for many nuance reasons but most importantly it is the heart of it all. You described perfectly how I feel about the OG, the EU and modern Disney Star Wars without hate and inspired me when others would rather have me remain in despair. Star Wars to me will always be the 6 movies, the EU and everything well made by passionate fans. The true Star Wars will live on in the true fans.

  • @mckayhatch6723
    @mckayhatch6723 2 месяца назад +3

    For over several decades, George Lucas was the guardian of art and storytelling... That was before the dark times... Before the Disney Empire... Thank you, Master Samwise. Some movies and shows in the Disney era have been art. Others are just content and have little to no substance.

  • @Fit_For_The_Republic
    @Fit_For_The_Republic 2 месяца назад +1

    Love this video. Love this message. Love Delta Squad. Thanks for making this man. It’s nice seeing someone choose to focus on the good in the (Star Wars) world that’s worth fighting for instead of just complaining.

  • @leipzigergnom
    @leipzigergnom 2 месяца назад

    Man, I'm about to shed some tears over this. You've done an excellent job at describing what made the world of Star Wars special, and what makes the story of Luke and Vader so moving. Well done, sir!
    You reminded me that I can continue to love the *real* Star Wars even when the new stuff has become a mockery of its former self.

  • @christscrackers647
    @christscrackers647 2 месяца назад +2

    I'm glad I came across this video, it's nice to hear a positive message about hope and faith for what Star Wars ACTUALLY is. No matter how hard Disney tries to insert itself into Star Wars, they will NEVER be Star Wars. Star Wars will live on even if they kill all interest in the new, modern interpretation of Star Wars, the classic Star Wars will forever be the real one, and they can never take that from us.

  • @jonathanskipper9796
    @jonathanskipper9796 2 месяца назад +3

    Jupiter: Bringer of Jollity. Great choice.

  • @Azumadofu
    @Azumadofu 2 месяца назад +1

    "It's sort of poetic though, that for all these movies efforts to leave behind the legacy of George Lucas, he's the one who move on and they're still standing right back where it all started." -- So Uncivilized

  • @swolecapybara
    @swolecapybara 2 месяца назад +1

    I’ve been slowly falling out of love with Star Wars to the point where the only stuff I consider canon are the six Lucas movies, Rogue One, first two Mando seasons, Andor, and a select few novels, games, and comics. But I’ll never stop loving it altogether; the stuff that captured my imagination as a kid is still here. And not even Disney and its current mismanagement can take away what first drew me in.

  • @101Sonicninja
    @101Sonicninja 2 месяца назад +2

    Thank You Sam, as a long time fan of The Real StarWars and not whatever slop the mouse tries to shove down our throats. I really needed this! And, despite what anyone reading this will inevitably say about StarWars being dead. I will never give up hope that maybe someday StarWars will be free from the mouse's grasp and can finally be StarWars once again!

  • @knutini
    @knutini 2 месяца назад +3

    Why can’t these studios use one of the dozens of existing novels that are out there, or video games???

    • @master_samwise
      @master_samwise  2 месяца назад +9

      Here's my take: the studios want to use an existing IP, because that is "safe". But the writers, directors, etc... want to feel like they are genuinely creating, so they don't want to piggyback off of someone else's work (even though they're already doing that). They also don't want to put in the effort to faithfully adapt the source material, so they generally just do whatever the hell they want and then get mad at the fans for calling them out on their bullshit.

    • @UnderratedBurnyBadger
      @UnderratedBurnyBadger 2 месяца назад +2

      @@master_samwise I think they also don't want to have to pay royalties to the people whose stories they are using.

  • @rosettaaraara6633
    @rosettaaraara6633 2 месяца назад +1

    SWTOR is probably my favorite era of SWs currently the lore and the world building there is just amazing.

  • @esotype45
    @esotype45 2 месяца назад +2

    When book of boba came out it was sip upsetting and terrible that I almost gave in to the dark side and started hating star wars. But I don’t want that. The OT, the EU, my favorite video games (Jedi knight series, battlefront, republic commandos) are still amazing and they can’t be tarnished. So I decided to get a tattoo of Luke’s xwing and the binary sunset. Just to remind myself that the greatness of Star Wars cannot be destroyed and that anything made after 2012 can be ignored.

    • @master_samwise
      @master_samwise  2 месяца назад +1

      This is the way.
      Yes I'm aware of the irony.

  • @joshuaharris3039
    @joshuaharris3039 2 месяца назад +1

    Maybe this is just me, but I do like some of the new things they're doing in this era of star wars. And, as the Warpzone pointed, these can hopefully bring in new Star Wars fans that will come to enjoy the trilogy that started it all 😊
    Thanks for the vid! Absolute banger as usual ❤

  • @JediJacoby
    @JediJacoby 2 месяца назад +1

    This is a masterpiece. Star wars will never die. May the force be with you all. ⚡

  • @theterribleclaw4285
    @theterribleclaw4285 2 месяца назад +3

    Why was the Clone Wars the greatest thing that ever happened to Star Wars?

  • @theterribleclaw4285
    @theterribleclaw4285 2 месяца назад +2

    I love it that you talked about Republic Commando I love that Game it's my favorite Star Wars Game.

  • @RoseBaggins
    @RoseBaggins 2 месяца назад +1

    Been rewatching the movies, they can't take that away from us.

  • @firefox30570
    @firefox30570 2 месяца назад +1

    star wars truly never dies. just look at it. people are still fans of it despite that they didnt release a single movie in almost 20 years

  • @matthewparker6202
    @matthewparker6202 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for reminding me why I love Star Wars

  • @mojoro24
    @mojoro24 2 месяца назад +4

    Subscribed. 🎉 I'm 49...... born in 75 and Star Wars was a huge part of my childhood and shaped me in many ways and it has been disheartening to watch its decline. This video was intentionally and beautifully made. ❤️ Your writing and delivery is exceptional and it has been an important reminder to me about what it means to be both a fan of Star Wars and a human being. Thank you, good sir for making this. 💯 I didn't expect to get all misty when I clicked on this video.... But here we are. Thanks!!! Fantastic thoughts.

  • @El_Presidente_5337
    @El_Presidente_5337 2 месяца назад +1

    The song at the end is:
    The Planets, OP. 32: 4. Jupiter the Bringer of Jollitity

  • @richalexander1138
    @richalexander1138 2 месяца назад

    It’s bittersweet that this video is about hope. I had it but after last Jedi it’s impossible to not look at the original trilogy and wonder what could have been. There was hope in 2012. We will never see our favorite trio together again.

  • @ThreadBareHope1234
    @ThreadBareHope1234 2 месяца назад

    15:00 I was thinking of this the other day. Victory is always a show of empowerment, like they know they're on camera. Where an old hero would be just charging into battle or getting the job done, new heroes strike a pose and literally flex at the camera (like that women in Secret Invasion).

  • @PurpleSeaUrchen
    @PurpleSeaUrchen 2 месяца назад +2

    The animated stuff is carrying the franchise, imo. Rogue One and Andor being the exception to that.

  • @Cheeseit99
    @Cheeseit99 2 месяца назад +6

    The only Star Wars I care about is the fake story I made up in my head. It's a shame its downfall started in some of the worst years in my life, coulda really used some good Star Wars movies during that time.

  • @rmw9420
    @rmw9420 2 месяца назад +6

    This video made me happy. Thats all i can really say

  • @TheNorthernWolf
    @TheNorthernWolf 2 месяца назад +1

    I very much agree and needed to see this. No matter how much garbage they throw they cannot remove my love for Star Wars 1-6, the clone wars, rebels, bad batch, Jedi Fallen order and survivor, rouge one and others. I truly loved the reminder and message of this video. Thank you Master Samwise and may the the force be with you

  • @mrmyself6928
    @mrmyself6928 2 месяца назад +1

    Ah ! A fellow Republic commando enjoyer ! ;) I'm gonna be honest , this game and it's books might be my favourite star wars piece of media ever