Hello there ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to a critique of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi." This video is going to spoil everything about the film, so please go away if you do not want that to happen. For those that do, and don't care about the narrator or an introduction, I recommend skipping the intro and heading right for this very timecode for the analysis. I've had a monumental response to my previous video and since it's thematically accurate, I guess I can say you have all given me a huge sense of pride and accomplishment. But seriously, thank you for the kind words, and the helpful criticism. It's been amazing for this channel. As this series of videos progresses i'm going to use footage of Star Wars Battlefront 2. (The good one.) With media supporting it like clips and screenshots. Hopefully then I will be immune to takedowns. Now I've received a huge amount of comments, and I have always been one to read them on my channel so when facing down over 6000 it took some time. The most interesting ones of course are the ones that tell me that my review, or critique, or analysis, is inaccurate on certain levels, when I thought it was clear that I was making a poorly researched rant. But what are you gonna do, right? Titles don't mean anything nowadays. Most people are so used to clickbait that I think they're expecting to be lied to at this point. I have a few goals to reach with this new video. Firstly, I want to create a video that critiques and discusses the writing in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi", In full, chronologically. But unlike my previous video this will be without the anger, or language that prevents children from viewing it, as many have shared that they want a safe version of my video for their children to understand and learn from. Which I am more than happy to provide in this instance. Secondly, I want to respond to those who feel that criticisms of the film by myself and others were unfair. I'm going to do this by responding to arguments presented in favor of the writing, and attempt to offer an olive branch to those who genuinely believe this film is a masterpiece. Thirdly, i'd like to share with you all how this channel will be moving forward at the end of the series. I have to warn you that my tone is going to be very different in this series of videos compared to my rage, as that is the first video i've actually made of its kind. and what you're seeing now is actually the way I prefer to present my work. Fair warning for those who don't want that kind of content. And for the inevitable question of "Why do you care this much about a movie?" Film and game consumption is pretty much my favorite past-time on this planet and understanding it is part of the process that allows me to appreciate the work involved. Going in-depth not only lets me understand mechanics of film and game design, but it helps me understand why I feel certain ways while consuming content. I am happy to share that with you all, and if you can't empathize with this, then I'm sorry, but you don't have to watch me do it. Another thing that many have pointed out is that I equate all issues with each other. As if i'm saying a small change in gravity is the exact same problem as a character being completely out of order. While in reality my work is more about presenting these things to you, you're welcome to feel about them whatever you will. However I will let you know my personal perspective when the moments come. I would also say that you should watch the film before watching this video series, but do as you wish folks, I will be going beat-by-beat through the entire script. This series will be split into a trilogy, and it will first cover the film scene-by-scene with deviations to topics that I feel are important in terms of writing and production. And then once we get to the end there will be a few meta things to discuss and finally a conclusion. Once we get to that point, I will give you folks a channel update, and that will be the end. Oh and for those of you who left comments saying I wasn't standing up for my opinion by putting the disclaimer at the end of my previous video, that was because I actually did get a few things wrong here and there. And it was badly written, it was rushed. But you won't see that disclaimer in this series, nor any of my other videos at this time. I have spent an entire month rather than a simple few days. Are you excited? I hope so. So let's take a calmer approach to Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In order to maintain the stability of this video I will only use screenshots from the film with extra bits to inform the viewer. I will also have footage from interviews and press conferences with Mark Hamill, and these clips will be without context. So please, check them out in their original context if you want more information, or simply make of the clips what you will. As this is obviously all explained from my perspective. Now, Star Wars: The Last Jedi begins with a crawl telling us that "The First Order reigns." Now why is this a problem? The state of the galaxy has always been important in Star Wars because it gives us the framing of the story as well as functioning as a source of urgency during the adventure. "The Empire exists." "It's bad." "We need to topple it." "Et cetera." It is absolutely a simple prospect. We're not provided some massive essay about the functionality and power, but we understand the premise. The prequels went further and made it clear that the good guys ruled but they were bloated with bureaucracy. The systems, methods, and lack of real passion from those in power led to fertile grounds for someone to take advantage. And despite the scenes being considered boring, the world was built, the stakes were set, and the progression of events were clear. The modern trilogy confused everyone. We were left to assume that there was a Republic, but they really didn't do anything. And the First Order rose from nothing, as far as we can tell. On top of that there is a "Resistance Force", but we have no idea what they're even resisting. Who joins a guerilla team fighting against nothing in peace times? Why does this force even exist, and if it is supported by the Republic, then why is it so limited? There are ways to explain all of this. Just because Palpatine is dead and the second Death Star was destroyed it doesn't mean the Empire had no funding to begin again. But it was implied that they were crushed. Something of a history would've been appreciated. Because now our framing is confusing, we don't know what the stakes are. Is the First Order as large and powerful as the Empire was or is it even more powerful? Is the Republic aware of the First Order and how it rose? How powerful and far-reaching is the Republic? This is all over the place, so when characters talk about bringing the First Order down it makes sense in that they are
a negative force that needs to be stopped, but didn't we already do this? Anyone who knows of Star Wars has
that niggling question in the back of their mind; "Isn't this just the Rebellion and the Empire again?" But this time when they don't explain
much of the operational history it doesn't stand on its own, as
we assumed they were destroyed, but now they aren't. Does this not unmake the originals,
as their work was now pointless? Look, I get it. This is silly to get hung up on, right? Let's just get on with the 'War' part of Star Wars. But for me, and many others, we wanted to have
a reason to remain invested in the world. When it came to the original films we would ask; "What are all the elements of this world? Maybe there are more systems,
more characters that could get involved. What is this empire *exactly*,
and how can they be stopped when they're this large?" These questions would be answered
by virtue of the scenes. Comparatively when watching the modern trilogy
we would ask; "What is going on with the writers? Why haven't they bridged the gap between the two films?" Not only are the questions inherently
pulling us out of the film, but they would not be answered by either of the first two films in the trilogy whatsoever. "The Force Awakens" is inherently a sequel, and it can shoulder the blame for many faults of "The Last Jedi", but frankly, these films are *both* sequels, they both need to respect the history of their own saga. Otherwise they will be weak at the foundation. Just because "The Force Awakens" doesn't do enough history doesn't mean "The Last Jedi" doesn't have to. For example, if the Empire lost their Death Star in Episode 4, as we saw, and then we were told that the Rebels reigned supreme in episode 5, It would have been incredibly jarring since we know there is more to the Empire than one space station, or planet, or even fleet. Conversely the New Republic is knocked out
in one scene, and Episode 8 begins where Episode 5 began. This isn't poetically cyclical, it's incompetence. What happened inbetween? "The Force Awakens" seems to *try* to bridge the gap, in that the Republic gets destroyed, rather than them just being destroyed already, but they skipped huge amounts of information. Why not have a trilogy of films in which the bad guys were puny, and trying to survive while the good guys were attempting to crush them at every moment, providing scenes of moral ambiguity? This could add to Kylo's character, in that he chooses the losing side because he empathizes with their goals, their morality. Instead we are left to assume that he probably got attracted to them by their power. Their stranglehold. Whether or not that was explained... One of the most common arguments in favor of this setup is that it's filled in with third-party media, like books, comics, or even a TV show. These things will answer
the questions you have in totality. Even if that's true, it's not good for a film to rely on
other media to be considered whole. Being an incomplete work is
nothing to be celebratory about. To be in a position where you require your viewers to go outside of "X" to be able to consume "X"; That's awful. What third-party media *should* do is
provide additional and supporting stories, stories that can help you understand minor elements of the bigger films, while being stories of their own. They could perhaps even be strict adaptions. Or they could be completely unrelated but still
comment on the systems in place. This would be absolutely fine, but we don't have enough in the films. On top of this, people have argued that they kept politics and establishment of government out of the film to avoid being "like the prequels",
because they were just so awful but to assume that worldbuilding is inherently boring
is to give up on creative writing. And this is outside of the fact that Palpatine's story is one of the best things about the prequels. Palpatine: A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. The politics is absolutely a part of that. Regardless, this is disjointing, and Episode 7 ends with the First Order decimating Coruscant and other planets that represent the Republic while also suffering massive losses on their own. Episode 8 simply tells us that now the Republic is gone and Snoke is leading the charge to take over the galaxy. Because of Episode 7, the people who jumped from the original trilogy are confused. But now, even the people who jumped from
Episode 7 to 8 are confused as well. It is absolutely possible that it happened. That power and resources were moved in certain directions. But no one has told us how, no one has told us why, we are told to accept this, and it is rather distracting. But let's shift gears onto a similar topic; The crawl talks about General Leia's Resistance Fighters being the only thing left to stand against the rising tyranny of
Snoke's First Order. This is, again, confusing on the part of Episode 8,
not 7. 7 told us the First Order was something covert
and they were performing surgical strikes. But now, after the carnage they rained down on the galaxy, *after* losing their superweapon, they still have immense power. Why hasn't the galaxy decided to fight against them? It is confusing because it feels like a European country destroying the United Nations while it was in session, and they used a space laser to do it. But soon after this laser was destroyed,
how would the world react to them? There would be carnage for that country. But the galaxy is mostly benign, apparently. We don't see any repercussions for the First Order. Another aspect to this is that we don't even know how much time has passed in the world. We know that Rey is scene-for-scene carrying on, but Leia must have gotten her crew back to her fleet, retreated to a planet for safety, and then got found out by Hux, Kylo, and Snoke
on their respective fleet. Not to mention that the Resistance and
the Republic are so pathetic that it would seem even the Hutts could have taken over with a fleet. Or hell, even someone as simple as
the Trade Federation. The First Order are not the only ones with power to amass an army and a fleet. But apparently the First Order are the only faction willing to install their own government, now that the Republic is destroyed. We need to know why the Republic being destroyed
is heavily impactful for the galaxy, we need to know why it wasn't hard to do, and finally we need to know why the galaxy doesn't care. This is now so crazy to
anyone trying to maintain continuity, it feels like a chess game was
being played and we left for one moment only to come back to all of the pieces being changed
or simply moved dramatically. Again, this is not strong worldbuilding
for the modern trilogy to have. It is hard to be invested in this world when we are so hammered again and again with gaps in the plot. No, I am not referring to plot holes (just yet),
just gaps in the story that could easily be explained in a few scenes of passing statements, or perhaps a crawl that was longer than one paragraph, but the respective directors and writers want
to get their landscape before anything else. They don't want to work for it,
they don't want to be responsible for it, they want their scenes before they want their story. "Batman vs Superman" is an example of
the scene coming before the story. Everything is leading up to their conflict by design. The story is written to accommodate it
and Star Wars is no different. Rian Johnson wanted the pieces on the board to be in
a particular place in each part of his story and his groundwork didn't allow it
so he made the groundwork himself and wrote a single paragraph telling us
"this is simply how it is." This is not to say that the worldbuilding
is perfect in the other films, but for Episode 8? This is a terrible start. Mark Hamill: Y'know, I tried to show it to J.J. and he, y'know, was accommodating but basically patted me on the head, gave me a cookie, and made me go away. So the film opens up with
the familiar plot of Episode 5, which was expected as Episode 7 was very much a clone of Episode 4. The Rebellion is fleeing the First Order
as they've been recently discovered by them. The First Order consists of Snoke's ship,
'The Supremacy", several Star Destroyers, and of course, the incoming Dreadnought. Hux talks about how Snoke has claimed this to be the moment where the First Order will snuff out the Resistance, and orders the Dreadnought to decimate the base below. This is all fine, but the writers did not earn their pieces to be in these positions on the board. Like I said, the worldbuilding was very weak,
but here is our scene regardless. Poe then approaches the Dreadnought with his X-Wing and they do not immediately fire upon him despite declaring that he is in "attack mode". I haven't seen any counterarguments for this, and knowing Hux it really does just come across as odd. Poe only contacts them with the message after they decide not to shoot him. He then tells them that he is Commander Poe Dameron. They would likely know him as the leader of the fleet, the man who took down the Starkiller Base, the greatest pilot in the Resistance. Kylo: I had no idea we had
the best pilot in the Resistance on board. So, again, why don't they shoot him? Hux has no intention to bargain with Poe, he makes a grandiose speech about power, and so you're left wondering why
the writers have created this scenario. In mere moments we understand why;
They want to tell a joke. Poe says he wants to talk, Hux threatens him. Poe says he wants to talk again, implying that he didn't hear Hux at all, so Hux threatens him again. Then Poe asks to talk to Hux, the pasty skinny guy. Hux fumbles with his colleagues trying to
figure out why Poe can't hear him until an officer lets him know that he's being trolled. The word the subordinate uses is "tooling". This then ends with Poe saying Leia has
a message for Hux's mother, and Hux shouts "Open fire!". Jokes are complicated in discussion. This is because we can't tell people
what they find funny. But when you break jokes down,
certain elements can be measured. I, like many others, was under the impression that Hux was not only smart but he was formidable, and a counterpart to Kylo Ren. This was the impression I got from
scenes in "The Force Awakens". Hux: We shall destroy the government that
supports the Resistance; the Republic. Without their friends to protect them
the Resistance will be vulnerable. In Episode 8 Hux is given the wonderful treatment of being bumbling and stupid. He can't even tell when Poe is giving him a crank call. It is unfortunate because
you can still write endearing scripts without relying on your characters
being stupid to try and create comedy. Now I'll only do this once, but... What if Tarkin were alive
and Poe were able to speak to him? Rian wouldn't dare try to humiliate *that* character. (I hope.) And so how would this hypothetical situation go? Just for the fun of it, let's run the
same scene but with Tarkin instead. This dialogue achieves the same goal
in terms of connecting us to Poe, he is intelligent by stalling the enemy, giving himself and his fleet time to prepare for the inevitable battle. He confidently confronts the enemy leader without fear and feeds into the enemy commander's bloodlust. This also allows the enemy to maintain their dignity. Hux sacrifices his intimidation
in this scene in order to create a joke. A joke that doesn't land properly for
a large portion of the audience. Hux only realizes he's being humiliated
by the time Poe says "Your mother". It's embarrassing. Now I'm no script-writer but my suggestion
would hopefully achieve the same goal and leave the characters intact. It's nothing amazing,
but I also didn't get 2 years to change it. We then see Poe's going to dart between the surface cannons of the Dreadnought and blow them up. This is fine, Poe is established as
the greatest pilot in the Resistance, we can assume it is like his superpower. Other fighters fall prey to the cannons while he doesn't because he knows them so well, similarly to Anakin's abilities in the prequels. Anakin: I'll try spinning, that's a good trick! On top of that, cannons don't
always nail fighters immediately, so it's ok to assume that he's surviving
for the most part thanks to his abilities. To add to this, as Poe is pulling this off, you could show us that the enemy is also in disbelief and desperation at the character's abilities. Throw in a line from the commander of the Dreadnought shouting something like this; "Dreadnought Commander": KILL HIM! It makes us aware that within the universe
what the character is doing is amazing, and one of a kind. He's a hero. Instead of this, we have a very clumsily written line to attempt to explain this scene. The Dreadnought Commander says that the ship is
too small and at too close of a range to shoot, and they will need TIE Fighters to bring it down. This is ridiculous. The surface cannons are made
for destroying these smaller, nimble fighters, that is their purpose. Sure they miss, and that's fine, but to say that they can't hit him as a result of their design? That's preposterous. What is the point of the cannons if they can't shoot fighters by design? Is it only to shoot the bombers?
Because as the film proves to us we don't even need the cannons
for the bombers to be decimated. How does technology that
advanced from the past get worse? The surface cannons in the OT were
more than capable of decimating fighters. Luke: Watch yourself, increase speed, full throttle. Red 2: What about that tower? Luke: You worry about those fighters, I'll worry about the tower! This makes the scene
hard to stay attached to for many viewers, as we are now making up some
new and strange rules about surface cannons to explain Poe's abilities, when it would've
been far easier to simply say he was talented. This line is also coaxed out of the commander by
Hux, who apparently was unaware of this design flaw. Does he not have surface cannons on his own ship? So why is he curious that
the ship hasn't been destroyed? We end up finding it hard to fear this ship
because of its own incompetent design. Why aren't there any shields on the Dreadnought whatsoever, that could prevent this as well as the incoming bombing? They stay true to this in "Rogue One", just a year ago. Admittedly, Gareth Edwards was
heading the project, but as you can see they're using Y-Wings to try and
decimate a Star Destroyer. The Star Destroyer's shields make this difficult so they disable it with previously established tech, going as far back as Episode 5. So it is possible to work with these things in new films. Because if we take this film seriously, by this line of logic we are now dealing with the idea that any single fighter, is a massive threat to a Star Destroyer in the future of space battles as they cause a death by a thousand cuts. If all that can stop Poe is fighters, then
why haven't the fighters been scrambled already? Hux and the First Order arrived
about 5 minutes ago now and they were witness to a fleet just in front of them. It stands to reason that they may
want to release fighters immediately, but they only do it in response
to Poe destroying several cannons. This scene is already difficult to figure out the motivations and potential of each piece involved, but now we're changing the rules
on what each ship is capable of. Poe is then shot very casually
by the first fighter that encounters him, Which does lend more clout to the idea that he isn't quite the impressive fighter pilot compared to that of "Force Awakens's"
depiction of Poe and his X-Wing. Finn: THAT'S ONE HELL OF A PILOT! [Poe whoops appreciatively] The reason this has happened is
for tension and a joke. BB-8 ends up fixing the ship by
slamming his head into the motherboard. This would be yet another example
of a poorly executed goal, we want to have a moment of levity to
solve a potential crisis in a funny way. That's fine. But please don't have BB-8 play
Whack-A-Mole with electricity. It is distractingly strange as a problem to solve, it is beyond that of a video game, even. So what would be an easy choice for this, in terms of fixing technology in a funny way? Well, just yesterday I fixed a flashlight I
was using by banging it on a table I was near. This is a real thing that happens and you can
make BB-8 get visually frustrated with a meticulous job that he has to perform only to make an angry beep, and then slam his controls. Have Poe say something like "That did it!"
and BB-8 can have a robotic sigh. Again, endearing, rooted in some truth,
and performs the task of levity rescuing tension. Like seriously, is shoving your head
into a motherboard a real thing? Any of you guys ever done that? Regardless, Poe buys enough time for
the Resistance to escape the base and Leia commands Poe to return to the ship. He refuses because this is
a chance to defeat a Dreadnought. The interesting thing is that Leia
says "Disengage your fleet", but Poe is alone, as the First Order made very clear. However in mere moments, 8 Bomber-class
ships approach the Dreadnought. The first thing here is that from my limited knowledge, there are already Bomber-class ships
alongside the X-Wings in Star Wars. They're called B-Wings and Y-Wings. The latter (Y-Wings) fired proton torpedoes,
they are used as orbital bombardment, as they can breach shields if used in the right frequency. What we can see however are these newly designed bombers that are extremely weak and ineffective compared (to Y-Wings). Rian Johnson, the writer/director, wanted to closely referenced World War 2 bombers, and he even showed a film in relation to this to the crew in order to nail the reference. That is wonderful, and it shows a level of passion. But it failed miserably in execution. This is because it didn't need to exist, and doesn't perform the task any better than the previous ships. Immediately we see a selection of TIE Fighters
blast through one of the bombers because it is extremely slow
and lacks any form of armor or shielding. Which would beg the question of
"Why are they not using Y-Wings?" (Again.) Then the Dreadnought prepares to strike Leia's cruiser, which as far as the audience knew
was actually not an option. Since if this was an option then you
would obviously attack the Raddice first. (Which is Leia's cruiser.) The main cruiser the Resistance is using,
right now, is the Raddice. It is the only one they have left. You should probably shoot that
before they can jump to hyperspace. Now there have been arguments against this,
one that was popular said; "They did not know the base was empty,
that's why they shot it first." This is nonsense, Star Wars has already established that they can scan for life at great distance. Imperial Officer 1: There goes another one.
Imperial Officer 2: Hold your fire. There's no lifeforms. It must have short-circuited. As well as the fact that as soon as
they arrive, they spot the Raddus, the only remaining large cruiser for the Resistance. Had the Dreadnought shot the logical target first
the film would have been over, so the writers gave the Dreadnought
a false target to shoot first and create tension by
threatening Leia's ship secondarily. This threat becomes even more frightening when we realize there is only one bomber left. But how did this happen? Well, Half a singular TIE Fighter accidentally
flies into the base of one of the bombers and sets off a chain reaction that blows up 3 of them. What remains now is 1 bomber, as we do
not know why the other 3 were destroyed (though we can guess
since they are so monumentally weak). The last of the bombers makes it to the target area,
but they fail to release their bombs so a girl attempts to kick the ladder in order to create enough of a shake to drop the controller for the bomb
release from the top of the ladder. This would allow her to activate the bombs. This scene is played very emotionally, and she only manages to pull it off in the last few seconds, destroying the Dreadnought. I put it to you, my humble audience,
that this sequence is extremely poorly written, and thus makes it very difficult to enjoy
from certain viewers' perspectives. Firstly, the bombers are very slow,
very large, and very weak. We need these ships to be placed right above the target, which is extremely dangerous compared to the requirements of a Y-Wing, or any at-distance shooter. Therefore you would expect these ships to be resilient,
especially to basic weaponry from fighters. But they are not. The ships take a very long time to
reach the destination compared to a Y-Wing. This is a problem because it allows
the enemy fighters to decimate you along the way. And if these things are powerful yet fragile you would expect them to be at least very fast
to avoid being targeted easily. They are not. The ships, on top of all of this, are very large, providing
a huge, slow and fragile target for the enemies. This is blatantly poor ship design. Why are the Resistance using these ships
instead of their normal bombers? The only argument I've heard is that their payload is capable of knocking out a Dreadnought where even a whole fleet of Y-Wings are not. This is a fabricated argument. The writers control whether this is possible, not the viewers. There is never a line to say that these bombers are the only ones that are capable of this level of damage and even if they were, that would be an artificial inconvenience to allow the use of these ships. The fact is that Y-Wings have been used
to decimate Star Destroyers. The Dreadnought does not have shields. I'm pretty sure the Y-Wings would be fine. The Resistance using these ships is a plot hole,
as we know they have access to what are probably smaller, faster, cheaper, and generally superior ships,
and they are not using them. Why is this happening? It is happening so that Rian Johnson could
indulge in his love of WW2-style bombers. The heart is getting in the way of the mind. But there's more; Why did the person who was supposed to
drop the bombs just die? There is nothing to show why, he's just lying on the ground, dead. On top of that, why doesn't the pilot
drop the bombs from his cockpit? Does he not have that ability? He is clearly killed after they
are meant to drop the bombs. And if he had been killed in an explosion
before they reached their destination, it would have explained his death
as well as the dead guy that the girl finds. I think they may have edited this out of place. If you have the pilot die, and the bomber person die,
it leaves the gunner to perform the task. That makes sense. But it is not how this series of scenes goes. Also why isn't it voice-activated? That would probably be a useful piece of technology here compared to a button. Moving on from all that though, the payload releases
and it's actually bizarre. Never before have we seen this sort of method in Star Wars, but this is where we will start to bring in many arguments for the defense of the film and try to respond to them. So, why do the bombs drop when there is no gravity? The responses i've heard for this are: (And once they are dropped it passes into space,
and maintains its momentum). (Its pulling the bombs to it). So let's tackle this. The planet is far off in a completely different direction. If it was pulling the bombs, they wouldn't
fall to the Dreadnought. The artificial gravity of the ship could create the momentum required to explain why they drop, though that still seems weak. The Dreadnought couldn't possibly create the gravity required to pull the bombs at that speed that they drop. The bombs may be magnetised,
that would actually make a lot more sense. In fact that's some good writing to
make up for the inappropriate ship design. However, this would be an example of
somebody writing the script for Rian, (and it's not the first example). Now, why is there a gaping hole in
the floor of this spaceship? Why wouldn't this be sucking the atmosphere
right out of the ship? The response to this is either
"You are right, that doesn't make sense", or "There is a forcefield that protects people from the atmosphere of space but allows for bombs to release. You simply didn't see it." Assuming the latter is true, It is very much a piece of cop-out
writing to allow for the visual as well as it being the first we've seen of this
class of ship so information would be nice. What you could've done is had
a little robotic voice saying: "FORCEFIELD ACTIVATED." Anyway, the amount of time it takes to loose the payload from the bomber means that the first bomb would likely have a chain reaction from the Dreadnought
all the way to the bomber itself. In fact, this is exactly what we are shown. This is horrible design. How does a bomber survive a bombing run? Are these ships meant to be destroyed
once they attack their target? Please remind me why they are
not using Y-Wings again. Aside from its own kamikaze aspect,
it will also allow enemy fighters to rescue the target from destruction by committing suicide (As we've already seen). It's very simple, it costs 1 fighter to rescue
an entire Dreadnought now, and you wouldn't even need human sacrifice,
have a droid do it. Or even shoot the bombs as they release. They could literally park a TIE Fighter just
below the bombers, and as soon as they open up just open fire. So in conclusion, we have ships being brought to the brink and ultimately sacrificing themselves to destroy the enemies in a tense, action-packed scene of survival to prevent the destruction of the Resistance. It sounds fantastic in theory, a classic heroic tale of sacrifice. But the writer did a horrendous, hatchet-job of supplying the elements and environment to make this happen. Rian wanted the sacrifice, he wanted the WW2 bombers, he wanted the tension, and he wanted the relief of success, but he didn't earn any part of it, and so the scene
is an utter writing mess and the bombers being shoehorned in as a result break many of the logistics and rules set in place by reality or by Star Wars itself. The Resistance then retreat
and escape through hyperspace. Because of this inexplicable loss, Snoke is angry at Hux
and appears as a full-headed hologram on the bridge. He is furious that Hux allowed The Resistance to escape, when this was supposed to be the moment they were snuffed out. He immediately drags Hux to the ground, and you get a slapping sound
combined with Hux screaming pathetically, further reducing his character to a bumbling fool. Hux then tells Snoke that they will not escape because of the new tracker they have developed
and the scene ends. Such a small scene, less than a minute
and yet it contains such lazy writing. Why doesn't the Supreme Leader know about First Order technology, developed from Empire technology, that allows you zero-in on targets at will? This is brand new for the series as they
have always had to place trackers on ships, but now only need to find them and it's over. Since this scene could have been cut, the only real purpose it actually serves, aside from showing the raw power of Snoke, is to humiliate General Hux. (Again.) Which means his character is almost retconned now. Hux was once of similar standing to Kylo.
They had a new dynamic. In the OT Tarkin was superior to Vader. Tarkin: Enough of this! Vader, release him! Vader: As you wish. And every other officer past that
was subservient to Vader. This connection in "The Force Awakens" was new.
This was a clash of 'Officer' and 'Sith'. Hux was actually set up to be an
interesting foil to Kylo, and vice-versa. We could have developed a competitive nature as well as providing a reason why Kylo restrained physical retaliation on Hux. Perhaps Hux had a relative with power,
or he held something over Kylo, or maybe he had power that he had not shown. Kylo: Then they should have no problem retrieving the droid. Unharmed. Hux: Careful Ren, that your personal interests not interfere with orders from Leader Snoke. Regardless this choice was a real shame. Interviewer: And what failure have you, ultimately,
learned the most from? Mark Hamill: Do you have enough time for this? [Offscreen Laughter] Starting with this answer. That's it. May the force be with you. Finn then wakes up and
we get 3 jokes right out of the gate. He hits his head on the medical scanner,
he falls out of his bed, and he's leaking fluids while walking around
until Poe finds him. Finn then asks for Rey, which is in line with his character as he cared more for her than perhaps himself, and was injured trying to protect her. The sad part of this is that there is nothing permanent
from Finn's injury. Nothing to remember or learn from. He was put in a coma by a slice to the spine,
only to wake back up. It is almost completely pointless, looking back. Is that Abram's fault, or is that Rian's fault? I think it's easily understood as Rian's fault,
because it's a setup that was completely removed. Is it a subversion? Of course, I didn't expect a
spinal injury to have absolutely no repercussions. But then it receives merit by simply being unexpected... That's how this film works, right? Regardless, we finally get to see Rey. Rey is seen right where we left her, providing
Luke Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber, and we have a very strange moment
straight from Rian Johnson that tells you so much about his perspective. They play a soft theme to get the viewer in the moment, taking off right where the previous film left us, and then it rises in tension only to climax
with Luke flimsily throwing the lightsaber off a cliff and walking away. This is what I would describe as tone-deaf. Others describe it as subversive. Either way, let's get into this. Why was Luke standing there? Why is he already so angry? Why did he just comically throw the lightsaber? Were we meant to be taking this seriously? The scene now feels as though we're supposed to be laughing, and those two tones are heavily conflicting while providing a strong confusion
for Luke and his character. If Luke looked down and simply allowed the lightsaber to drop from his hands and then he slowly moves away,
that would be one thing. But to very deliberately throw it in such a
"please laugh now" manner is jarring. I know many people don't understand why i'm working hard with this point, but it will become clearer as we move through the video. Luke is different. Luke tries to hide from Rey by retreating into
what we assume is his home. But Chewie bursts through the door and the first thing Luke Skywalker says, (Angrily) (To Chewbacca) (After who knows how long it's been) is "What are you doing here?!" Rey then translates Chewie for Luke,
which is insulting to Luke as a character. Either the writers forgot that the man has clearly known Chewie for roughly 30 years, and Rey would know this, or they simply don't care. Either way it comes across as a blatant misstep in understanding the characters at hand in order to translate Chewbacca for the audience. Luke then asks "How did you find me?" Which, if you only watched the movies, you'll barely know how to explain to your family or friends how the map to Luke came about,
and why it was even a thing. But Rey says she'll explain on the Falcon. This is absolutely Episode 7's fault. I don't blame 8 for that. Now Luke knows the Falcon and Han Solo are almost inseparable, and so asks where he is. The camera then slowly zooms towards him only for the film to cut to Kylo Ren, in an elevator. They do not allow us to see Luke Skywalker react to the death of Han Solo. Instead we only have Leia, on her own. With Finn and Rey at the scene in the first film. This is so beyond insulting. The emotion we get from empathizing with
these characters and their struggle is what binds us to them. To be with them when they fail,
and to admire them when they succeed. To steal Luke's realization that
his best friend of countless years, his sister's lover, his nephew's father,
the man he went to war with again and again, the man who saved his life many times. You didn't let the people who love
Luke Skywalker feel that pain with him. That is such a terrible choice as an editor,
as a director, but first and foremost, a lead writer. Mark Hamill: And I say -cause it would carry so much emotional resonance, into the next film. For us, his wife, his best friend, to witness, instead of two characters that've known him,
what, 20 minutes? (too bad that) Luke and Leia can't rush to Han Solo's side and that we won't be reunited, and we'll still be too late to save him, but at least, we have some history between us
so that when he dies, it has a tragic element that resonates into the next film. So we are now with Kylo Ren and he's going to visit Snoke, who tells Kylo that he keeps someone like Hux around because he can manipulate him. Implying heavily within the scene that he feels the same way about Kylo. Snoke shares that he is no longer confident that Kylo is the Sith he saw in him long ago, and demands that he take his mask off,
because the mask is ridiculous. Kylo says that he killed Han and didn't hesitate whatsoever, only to be criticized by Snoke for losing to
a girl who had not been trained. The scene ends with Kylo destroying his mask
and demanding a ship. It is strange to suddenly see Snoke in person. You would expect a bit of an entrance like Darth Maul
or The Emperor, but never mind. It is also strange that we get no information
about finishing Kylo's training, but we do get Snoke insulting Kylo
for wearing his mask. Kylo's been wearing his mask in meetings before,
and has previously been wearing it for a long time. It was shown as a strong part of his character. His image. An image that he crafted in order to strike fear into those around him, and it was working. His overcompensation did exactly what he wanted. Poe: The Resistance... will not be intimidated by you. Kylo: Where... Is it? And now Snoke insults him,
and he stops wearing it? Kylo's had several scenes with Snoke,
wearing the mask previously, so why is he picking on it now? And what is more important is that
"The Force Awakens" gave us a very clear example of how much Kylo does not like
to be seen without his mask. Now, that's all gone. This just seems rushed, the insults for his costume
should have come from the enemy, having Poe or Rey insult him
about his overcompensation as it would make for an intense development. It shouldn't be the guy who's seen him wearing it
for what is potentially years. This just muddies the relationship between these two and makes it hard to figure out
why Kylo even follows Snoke if all he does is humiliate him. Kylo is known to respond badly to
controlling and belittling figures. But he's okay with it when it's Snoke? It just would've been great to get a better sense of
the relationship between these two. This is something the Prequels did quite well
with Anakin and Palpatine. It wasn't perfect, but it showed a lot of
why Anakin and Palpatine managed to stay as close as they were
all the way until Vader and The Emperor. Vader: The Death Star will be completed on schedule. Emperor: You've done well Lord Vader. Rey then asks Luke to come back
and help the Resistance. And he has this line to say back to her; If you need your character to say they're
in a place that's hard to find, Don't use a word like "unfindable".
It sounds like a child wrote it. Luke should be saying things like; "The most remote part of the galaxy" or, "Do you think that I came to the best-kept secret
in the galaxy so that I could be followed?" Lines like this, words like "unfindable", can often raise an eyebrow in the audience. On top of that, hearing Luke Skywalker
so sheepishly utter "go away" was actually distracting to me. What is going on here? We are then provided the milk-chugging scene
that fans are so distraught over having to see. And maybe this requires explanation. Luke Skywalker was an impressive
piece of cultural iconography. A man who despite all odds and trials pulled through and led the charge on
saving the world from a terrible evil. He did this while saving his father from darkness and became a great hero to Star Wars's universe and our own. We've not seen this man for 30 years, and the first thing he does after being introduced is flee from the call of duty in order to rush to
some morbidly obese creature, and chug down its juices
after milking it right from the nipples. It isn't that this doesn't make sense, or doesn't suit the location and narrative at hand. It is simply a question of 'why'. Why are you putting one of the most iconic
childhood and adult heroes, a legendary warrior, an inspiration for millions, in the dirt and having him suck on
the milk of some sweaty creature? Why? What does this add for the audience? I suppose it answers the question
of where Luke gets his sustenance, (because there's no other way of doing *that*) but is it necessary? Such a bizarre scene and it already
sets a strong precedence for events moving forward. Kathleen Kennedy: He (Luke) is
so significantly important to this next film. [Studio applause] Mark Hamill: Well that's good to hear! Luke then catches a fish
to further answer questions about his source of food and Rey shows us that she's holding
a device in her hand. Luke then catches Rey while she's in the Jedi Temple, (that's inside a tree) and wants to know who she is. They then have a back-and-forth, and
Luke goes from this extremely gruff, no-nonsense, disheveled man, to cracking a joke here and there. Commenting on how nobody is from nowhere,
but Jakku is indeed pretty much nowhere. So now we are left to wonder if Luke is actually just being difficult, since he clearly is able to engage in levity, or is this just an attempt to keep
the script from feeling too dull? Rey then says she needs him to teach her, and Luke replies that he will never train another generation of Jedi, and that they need to end. This is a major shock to the audience:
Luke Skywalker is telling us that the Jedi need to end. Luke has now created a huge mystery and there is a blatantly large gap in his development. What made this happen? We then see Leia recovering from the loss of the majority of the Resistance fleet and the scene moves her into slapping Poe. Poe argues that you should always
finish a mission that you start, and Leia responds that
not every problem is solved by jumping into an X-Wing. We then see the twin device to Rey on Leia, and it's explained that it'll allow Rey to return
to the Resistance regardless of their location. Suddenly, Snoke's fleet arrives, consisting of his personal ship, "The Supremacy", and several Star Destroyers. Before they make a jump to hyperspace,
Leia points out that it's futile as they would just track through hyperspace,
which Finn says is impossible. So the plan instead is to fight back and keep moving. Poe moves to the hangar bay while Kylo Ren
and his men begin to bomb the ships. Kylo is firing a weapon that apparently
goes straight through shields. This allows him to decimate the hangar bay
with just two missiles. As much as this is now an established universal rule,
it is not a wise one. If all that you need to destroy an enemy hangar bay is one fighter firing two missiles, then this would be occurring in
every battle on both sides. We have seen fighters enter the hangar bays
at great risk in previous movies, As well as Anakin destroying a ship
from the inside in "Phantom Menace" (Which does not make a lot of sense either). Seriously though, introducing this torpedo option
will now have to happen in every film past this one or it'll need an explanation of why it's not. Not to mention we'll have to wonder why
it didn't happen in the previous films. The reason it's actually happening is because Rian Johnson didn't want the Resistance fleet
to fight back in this instance. He wanted them cornered and subsequently chased. He also wanted Poe Dameron to be
stuck without his X-Wing. There are far better and less obvious ways
to make this happen. Leia then commands Admiral Ackbar to
bring the ship out of range of the Star Destroyers, and this will pull the fighters back. I don't understand why the fighters would
pull back if there is enough of them, Because they would simply swarm and destroy the ship. (Surely?) In addition, if the First Order can track
the Raddus and its location to a T, Then why not park very close to them so they can't outrun your ships before you destroy them? I don't understand how the Raddus
outpaces Star Destroyers. Why aren't the First Order ships faster? Why can't they simply
lightspeed ahead and cut them off? They have several Star Destroyers in backup. These questions will not be answered because this is setting something very specific up. Kylo's men then destroy the bridge, and Leia is killed. The fact that the bridge is vulnerable to TIE Fighters now, as well as the hanger bay,
thanks to these amazing missiles makes it extremely hard to care about future battles since these rules are ridiculous, and they're going to have to be thrown out the window whenever someone wants to have drama in a space battle. Who wouldn't open a battle by sending
their troops to each hangar bay and bridge on every single cruiser before a fight begins? It is a huge advantage, and so, there are better ways to write this stuff
if you actually want it to happen. There are better ways to have Leia killed, and there are better ways to prevent the ship
from leaving the cruiser. It is completely rushed and convenient as it is made clear when Hux calls Kylo back
immediately after the scene, since if he was to stay all of us would wonder
why he's not destroying the rest of the fleet. The reason is that the First Order cannot
cover their fighters from this distance. Hux's second in command makes
a statement about this. That is one hefty line of dialogue to explain the movie. Yes, this line explains the movie. We will now have every plot roll around
this central conflict, so let's discuss it. The First Order's goal is to destroy the Resistance. To do this, they need to destroy the remaining fleet. To do *this*, they need to get in range of their ships,
in order to fire their cannons effectively. These cannons are ineffective at long range, and so they cannot destroy the Raddus
unless they are closer. There is no reason for this.
The cannons simply behave this way. Since when do missiles or lasers in space
lose their effectiveness over distance? Especially that short of a distance? On Earth we have bullet drop, we have wind resistance, but you do not have that *in space.* Regardless, the First Order does not lose their distance despite the Raddus being described as "faster". There is no reason for this, they just don't. Some have commented that the pilot would have set the speed to simply outrun the First Order narrowly, as anything more is unnecessary. This is a neat explanation,
but it is not provided by the movie. Now if this really is the problem
then why aren't the First Order sending their other Star Destroyers
through hyperspace to get ahead of the Raddus? There is absolutely no reason this isn't happening. It's not mentioned, they just don't do it. But what about the fighters, we saw them destroy
the bridge and the hanger, right? And we know that there are Bomber-class Fighters designed to take a beating and attack the cruisers
such as the Raddus, right? Where are they? Even the TIE Fighters are able to
punch through the shields, but the First Order can't release them due to the fact that they'll be destroyed without "cover". They don't explain why this is suddenly an issue when it never has been before in a Star Wars space battle. It simply is an issue now. Can you name me one time when a commander was actually concerned about fighters being destroyed? Remember that the Resistance has no active fighters
scrambled because the bay was destroyed. This sets a rule that surface cannons on the side of the Resistance can hit the First Order fighters, but the First Order surface cannons
cannot hit the Resistance fighters. There is no explanation for this,
it is simply how it works. On top of that, since when is fuel an issue in Star Wars? Not that it can't be, but they've pulled this
out of nowhere in order to create a conflict. Not only that, but why,
when running out of fuel, would you slow down? On Earth we have bullet drop and wind resistance. You do not have that **In Space**. This is horrendous writing on so many levels. And many claim that you are simply looking too deeply into it when making these observations. Because it is very clear that the film is dismissive of all of this itself. This is a terrible perspective to try and have. The film itself is trying to
explain many of the elements away. It'll have a full line from the commander,
to try and explain the plot. It's just badly done. Perhaps with more time and skill, it could have been done without the holes being present in almost every element of the setup. But it wasn't. Not to mention that the people who say that... the next time that you have a problem with a film, just think of you saying that to other people. Regardless, Rian Johnson wants to tell *his* story. And he's now made huge exceptions
in order to have it happen. Not to mention taking massive leaps in logic. This is the most common criticism of
Star Wars fanfictions. Especially those in their first draft. So, taking all of these things into account, we have our framing for the story. There is a slow-speed chase through space, with the Resistance and the First Order. And the Resistance only have a
limited amount of time on their side. ["Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars" fades in]
We then see Leia waking up in space. She makes her way back from the ship, and is promptly put on a stretcher. When she does this, she drops the link to Rey ["Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars" fades out]
and Finn picks it up. This scene is extremely controversial as Carrie Fisher died between production and release of this film. Meaning fans have it squarely in
their minds when viewing it. Most assumed this would be her exit from the series, but it would seem that this is untouched as a scene from before to after Carrie's passing. The purpose of this whole thing is to put her out of commission and bring in Admiral Holdo, who acts as an antagonist to Poe. But they did this in such a bizarre way. We had no clue that Leia could
use the force in this manner. (And that is what we're assuming saved her.) Many have said that she trained with Luke
over the time that we haven't seen her, this explains surviving and the fact that
she can force pull herself to safety. But the film did not show us that. The film did not have a character discuss it
in passing or blatantly. All we have to go on is Luke saying
that Leia has power in Episode 6. Leia: You have a power that I don't understand,
and could never have. Luke: You're wrong Leia. You have that power too. This isn't 'deus ex machina'.
This is just insulting to the audience. Here is something that you would never have guessed to essentially resurrect a character
you were sure to be dead. "It makes sense because she would've trained
under Luke during the 30 years". Like I said, there is nothing to suggest this at all, a conversation with Luke about her having power does not equate to rigorous training with a Jedi Master in order to survive the vacuum of space. Stop writing the script for him. Han Solo: That's not how the force works! But for the sake of the argument,
let's assume she does have the power, and the training required to survive this. Is it a forcefield? Well, no, because Leia is shown to be frosted
when she comes back aboard. In that case, how did Leia survive the vacuum of space? How did she survive the pressure? How did she survive the moisture evaporation? How did she survive the lack of oxygen? How did she survive the temperature? How did she move to the airlock? How did she open the door? How did she get back into the ship instead of being blown back out and taking several people with her? In addition, she couldn't save her colleagues? She let them all die? She let her dear old friend Admiral Ackbar die,
despite his decades of service? I have heard the argument that
when a person is in great peril, they will oftentimes have a strong boost of adrenaline. And when you do this for a Jedi it will
give them very impressive power. Almost acting as a boost to a force power. This is ridiculous. Please stop. All of this is terrible. Plenty of things are either butchered or forgotten by Rian Johnson in order to have his scenes, and it's such a shame. We aren't meant to think about any of this. We're only meant to feel about it. As if emotional investment and immersion
are not conducive to each other. Mark Hamill: Unexpected... uh... the way it turned out. Now i'm gonna go back to sleep, thanks. Chewie is then seen trying to eat a porg
in front of other porgs and it's played for cuteness and laughs. I know that everyone else is aware of
the purpose of porgs within this film, and scenes like this only serve to highlight how
utterly sad Chewbacca's existence in this film is. He is meant to react to porgs. He doesn't even speak to Luke
beyond being shouted at in the opening scene, and past that, he's the driver of the Millennium Falcon. [Wookie noises indicating happiness at being reunited with a close friend, but which can also be taken as a mournful cry for help to the fans, the director, or anyone willing to give Chewbacca something to do in this film.] Han: Alright pal... [Aformentioned wookie noises intensify] Han: Alright... We then see Luke take the dice
in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon, and meet R2-D2 after all this time. Mark Hamill, for just a moment, is allowed to play
Luke Skywalker in this scene. He shows a sense of surprise, happiness,
and reverence for the droid, before sinking back into his new character. R2-D2 plays the recording of Leia that
we all know so well from the original film, and this prompts Luke to action. This scene is one of the only few that I can actually describe as pitch-perfect within the film. Irrelevant of the context,
the pieces were all there, the elements were nailed. Though it is so sad to think that this scene is following Chewbacca having a laugh
with some animated bird-bears. Luke then says to Rey that he will train her, and the purpose will be to
explain why the Jedi need to end. And then we go back to the fleet. It is explained that Leia will now be inactive until the writers deem it time for her to return, as the force power that allowed her to survive *space*, was only good enough to get her
into a coma that lasts a few hours. This is why it's so hard to accept. The force has no limits, while also being restricted. Keeping it simple, keeping it to force pull, force push, force lightning, mind tricks, it was all so very understandable. But now it can make protective layers around you. And this isn't even necessarily with training. The film doesn't tell us why any of this is going on. This is why people do not want it to be canon. Because it is changing or outright breaking rules which is striking directly at our investment within the media itself. And on top of that, the force can- Well, I don't wanna get ahead of myself just yet. We will get to that. So despite all those issues, Rian Johnson wants Admiral Holdo to be in charge, and so she is. Holdo says the remaining Resistance members are the spark that will light the fire that will restore the Republic. And I am left to wonder if
we would even want the Republic. Considering it was wiped out in minutes, and had literally no presence in the universe regardless, Why does anyone care to rebuild it? Again, the world development
just makes this line so hard to swallow. Holdo also says that Admiral Ackbar is dead. He was blown out of the ship along
with every other major Resistance leader. It would seem that Rian Johnson was told that the second in the trilogy is the "heroes at their lowpoint". And so he decided to simply
eject a bunch of characters into space. But this begs the question of just
why did you have Admiral Ackbar in the movie if you were just going to kill him like this? What is the point of him being in this film? Did you really resurrect a fan favorite meme generator just to murder him offscreen
after a single line of dialogue? Admiral Holdo then tells everyone to man their stations. The character herself is picked on by many for wearing a ballgown and dying her hair purple in this film. Now this shouldn't matter all that much because ultimately it is just a hair color and her attire. But the mere fact that so many people have pointed it out should give you an idea of how annoying it is. Why is the admiral wearing a ballgown? It seems so inefficient and disrespectful. Why does the admiral have purple hair? What is the point of that? I've heard the counterargument
that in the novels supporting the series, Admiral Holdo would dye her hair regularly when she was a young age, so this makes sense. (Again, something that the film does not provide,
and pretends is normal, despite us very rarely seeing anything
but natural hair colors on our characters). Poe then comments on the fact that he's heard of Holdo and her past, but he's never seen her before. This would be believable if not for the
Resistance being an incredibly small amount of people. Anyway, after Holdo's speech,
Poe asks her what her plan is after explaining that the fleet is in massive danger. She responds very dismissively
and asks him about the word 'plan', as his 'plan' with the Dreadnought
cost the Resistance their fleet. Before I go into the comments she's making there, I want to point out how utterly clunky this dialogue is. Poe asks what the plan is and she says; "Plan? Like the one you had?" Poe did indeed have a plan. It was not perfect, but why is this even being discussed? Just answer the question, he is your fleet commander. People respect him. Despite his demotion,
nobody else is currently in his place. So tell him your plan. Why did you deflect to this criticism of his methods? Why aren't you behaving like a normal human? Unless she doesn't have a plan, and she's stalling. (Maybe she's a double agent). Regardless, this dialogue does not flow. The reason the comment is strange outside of etiquette is that since the bombing fleet was so horribly designed, taking out the Dreadnought was a miracle. On top of the fact that if they hadn't,
the Dreadnought would've destroyed them all by now. And then combo that with the fact that
if they had all lightspeeded out, their entire fleet would be picked off right now, because the bombers would be useless. The Dreadnought, the Supremacy, the Star Destroyers, and the fighters would have easy pickings. Finally, in hindsight, Poe made a
decision that saved everyone's lives again, as he has done several times. So stop treating him like a child. This scene is not only an example of poor dialogue, it is filmmaking 101 in terms of setting up a villain. We love Poe. (Or at least the film hopes we do.) He is the hero from the first movie and a POV character so when a character so brazenly obstructs him and treats him like a child, we are left to wonder why. And we are naturally pointed in the direction of her being evil, or at the least the antagonist. But it's not over. Poe practically accepts responsibility
as well as his diminished rank in what is a sad display of
a hero taking a fall for no reason. So that he can ask modestly, "What is going on?" Holdo then replies
"I've known many trigger-happy flyboys like you." "You're impulsive, dangerous, and the last thing we need right now, so stick to your post and follow my orders." Once again, where does
this kind of response come from? If you genuinely believe that about Poe,
then why keep him in the dark? Wouldn't that be the worst thing to do for
someone who is impulsive and trigger-happy? What nonsense is this? Holdo biting Poe's head off needs an explanation.
She's almost definitely the villain at this point. But that will simply be a moment for us to think about. The film then introduces Rose. Rose is the sister of the Resistance fighter
that died in the successful bomber, and so she is mourning her death. (Which is incredible to think about. A character we have never seen before, is mourning another character we only saw once, and neither have had any dialogue, yet we didn't see Luke Skywalker mourn Han Solo. Let that sink in.) Rose then catches Finn trying to escape, and explains that she's a big fan of him
as he's a Resistance hero. Considering this movie took place directly after the first, I don't know how the legend spread, but that's fine. Rose explains that she's been taught by her sister
to never run away and that she has to subdue many
different people who've been trying to do just that. She's been crippling and capturing people who
are trying to save their own lives. Has she been sanctioned by a higher up to do this? Are people not allowed to leave the Resistance at will? This is never discussed. It's almost as if she is doing this
regardless of moral implications or orders. Anyway, she catches him trying to escape
and zaps him with a taser. When Finn comes to, he tries to explain that the Resistance is going to crumble anytime now and he doesn't want Rey to return to this mess. She simply calls him a cowardly traitor. Then Finn explains that they can't escape and that the First Order can track them,
and this turns the conversation around completely. Rose now wants to help Finn
find a way to deactivate the tracker, and Finn devises a plan to do it. I was under the impression that Finn
simply wanted to escape. Run from the First Order and protect Rey. They are his drives, but now he's going to go on
a wild bantha chase trying to sneak past
the First Order and disable their tracker. Which is impossible until he goes to Canto Bight. This sounds as though he wants to do everything he can to protect the Resistance now. On top of that, this shouldn't change that
he was a deserter just now, but Rose doesn't seem to care any longer. She's only concerned with taking this coward up on his offer to try and disable the tracker. Even if it involves taking a ship and jumping to hyperspace, which is exactly what a coward would want. Not to mention that he says he used to mop the
breaker room for the tracker on Snoke's ship. Which means that Finn knows about the tracker. So why did he say that tracking
through hyperspace is impossible earlier? For those who say that there are no plot holes in this film, and that you don't understand what they are... *That. Is. A plot hole.* Besides, I thought Finn was situated on
the Starkiller base, not Snoke's ship, as they stated in "The Force Awakens". You're telling me that Finn happened to mop the only room we currently need to know the location of in a ship we weren't aware of before this film began? This scene, like the previous one and many others, is an absolute mess. None of this is making sense,
it's not following a throughline and more and more questions keep popping up. The script is hemorrhaging, it needs a script doctor, someone to repair the things that are falling apart,
as well as someone who is fluent in the lore of the saga rather than have to demand the audience
not to think about any of this. Following that they tell Poe about their plan. Poe suggests blowing up the Star Destroyer
with the tracker onboard. (Being the Supremacy.) But Finn says they can't because the First Order would simply start using the tracker on another ship. And therefore they need to disable the one that they are actually using, and hyperspace out before the First Order realize. This is because it takes 6 minutes for
the First Order to have a "system cycle" which would reveal the sabotage. As if destroying the Supremacy is
just something they could do if they wanted. Poe literally just says
"Oh, you know, we could destroy the Supremacy" and Finn says
"I like what you're thinking, but that's not gonna work." How are you going to destroy
the Supremacy that easily? How?! Not to mention that this means
the First Order has many functioning trackers but chooses to use one instead of
coordinating information from multiple trackers. There is no reason for this. And I may be getting ahead of myself here,
but there are also no guards on the breaker room, despite it being singularly the
most important piece of equipment in their arsenal. (In terms of destroying the Resistance) This is also not explained. Poe is very happy to hear about this plan,
as you would expect, so he asks Rose and Finn where they met. Rose says it was just luck, and Poe replies
"Oh yeah? Was it good luck?" (Why would you ask that? Why would anyone ask that?) What- what do you expect people to say? I don't- Why is he saying this?) Rose then responds,
she isn't sure if it's good luck yet. This line explains why he asked the question in the first place. Because it sounds deep. At this point the script is
almost too far gone to bring back. The intentions of the writer
come before logic and consistency, with the goals of the scenes being laid bare. "You are going to be taken to locations,
and you're going to witness events well before you understand why it could possibly take place, because the visuals come before the story." Anyway, C3PO says that Admiral Holdo will never agree to the plan and since she has now been established as a villain, Poe decides not to tell her which is one of the few things that does make sense in this script. For now. Also C3PO no longer has a red arm.
There is no reason for this. I assume that Rian Johnson forgot that it was red,
for no reason, before. Though for as long as it lasted i'm sure it sold a lot of toys that were distinguishable from OT and Prequel C3PO. Like seriously, I'm not even, y'know, I'm not even bothered by this, it's just so shallow. Anyway, it's not over. Maz Kanata is played by a half-kenyan, half-mexican actress by the name of Lupita Nyong'o, who is celebrated as a
casting choice that promoted diversity, Along with Captain Phasma, Rey, Finn, Et cetera. And since this Sequel is taking place with a fleet chasing another fleet in space, there is no way to get her into this film. Because Maz Kanata is located in
some cantina on some planet. So it's impossible. Right? Finn says the entire plan they just came up with,
point-by-point, is worthless as they can't get into the ship because of its shields. It is actually bizarre that it took this long
for him to stop in his tracks and consider this. They've been constructing the plan for ages,
and he has not brought it up yet. But then Poe decides to call Maz. Why? Did we even see Maz and Poe talk to each other
in the other movie? Why wouldn't it be Finn? Is this like, a legitimate mistake in the script?
Did they forget who met Maz in the first film? Or is this supported by a novel
where Poe and Maz are friends? Anyway, Maz is displayed to them on
some kind of 360 video call, which isn't explained in any way,
but why bother at this point? Maz explains that she can get them in,
but she's too busy with a union dispute so she recommends using a man she describes in detail and trusts dearly to the point of making a sexually charged joke. Then she literally blasts off and out of the scene, and out of the film. Maz Kanata literally pops up for about 2 or 3 minutes,
and I honestly think this is a diversity quota thing. They had to have her have a scene in the movie. There is no other reason why she is here,
other than to provide a piece of information that turns out to be
absolutely useless in the grand scheme of things. Finn then gives Poe the homing device, and this implies to the audience that Finn is doing all of this to save Rey from coming back to the fleet. Which is now more in line with
his character and more clear. But what is it that we know in totality? The First Order is chasing the Resistance for reasons,
as we have dissected previously. The fleet must escape. In order to do this, they have to jump to hyperspace. In order to do that they have to
disable the tracker on the lead ship. In order to do that they have to
disable the breaker on the lead ship. In order to do that they have to break into the lead ship. In order to do that they have to
get the master code breaker. In order to get the master code breaker
they have to go to Canto Bight. And in full, the codebreaker information is
to go to this obscure planet we've never heard of before and find the man at the high stakes table
wearing a white suit and a red rose lapel who is essentially a master
at everything because Maz is unavailable. We assume he's simply going to
help them out of knowing Maz. This is what it means to be convoluted. The story is now complex and extremely difficult for children to follow despite them being the target demographic. This is on top of the mistreatment
of the many characters, the rising unnecessary conflicts, the absolutely abhorrent dismissal of universal rules, and humor that serves to eat up many of the scenes, and their atmosphere. The script is irredeemably mediocre,
and we are only 45 minutes into the movie. Mark Hamill: In fact, I wanna do movies now where I don't do anything. I don't talk. I get second billing. And, y'know, I'm in the movie less than 30 seconds. Then we move back to Rey as she contacts Kylo Ren through what we can assume is the force. Kylo says that this can't be Rey's
doing as the effort would kill her. She says he will pay, she is clearly grieving for Han Solo, and again we are disjointed tonally by suddenly having a series of
frog nun monsters making funny noises. I genuinely find it baffling that Rian Johnson
places extremely lacklust sources of humor in places that are meant to be taken seriously, but he seems to just keep pushing it
as if it's some kind of perfect formula. Perhaps the more bothersome part to this, however, is that we're shown grief from Rey. She's talking to Kylo in reference to
the murder of Han Solo. And we have Luke, *Luke Skywalker,* in the background, asking about
the hole in the wall she just created, and then saying in an almost humorous tone
"What's that all about?" Every scene with Luke is a constant reminder that the man who should be broken
from the death of Han Solo is chilling out, grumpily, in the background, commenting on the environment
while Rey grieves for Han Solo. So Luke begins his lesson with Rey. She makes a comment about how the force is something that makes things float, and allows you to control people,
and Luke disagrees. He has her sit down and meditate, after explaining that the force is
in everything, and binds everything together. He tells her to reach out, and is disappointed that she tries to do that with her hand, and so tickles her with a reed, and tricks her into thinking that it was the force that was doing it. The problem once again is tone. We have this extremely
self-contained, self-centered, angry hermit man, who begrudgingly accepts to teach Rey about the force. He is doing that solely to let her know why he will not teach her anything and that the Jedi must end. And then we get some funny jokes! It does not have a consistent flow. How do you want your audience to feel, Rian? We can only be thankful we didn't have R2-D2 slip and fall over a porg in the scene that he reunited with Luke, since i'm sure that would have
been in the deleted scenes. Rey then talks about the duality of the force, that she can sense the pro
and the con of all the elements on the island. Luke has her describe the force
and then tells her that it does not belong to the Jedi, which is a line I can get behind in terms of development of the lore, but then Luke says; "To say that when the Jedi die, the light dies,
is vanity. Can't you see that?" This line doesn't make sense, at all.
It came out of nowhere. The Jedi are the opposing force to the Sith, to quibble about whether the force is still around
if the Jedi aren't is one thing. But he's demanding that we embrace
"the light" without the use of the Jedi. The obvious problem here is the
Sith didn't catch the memo. For any of the faults the Jedi have,
as well as why Luke has turned his back on them, they have a tendency to fight the Sith. Which is incredibly useful when you have
mass-murdering psychopaths like Kylo Ren and Snoke running around. If Luke wants the dissolution of the light side and the dark side to bring a new thing, fair enough. But removing one side, the side that happens to be positive, is not going to make everything work out. Not to mention that he should know this very well considering his time in the Original trilogy. Is he happy to let the Sith just take control of the galaxy and kill the people he loves? Anyway, Rey gets a very sudden approach
from the dark side. She says it's cornering her,
and Luke tells her to resist it while echoing her name. This is an emotional moment that could have been incredible in a developed story but this just happens so suddenly. We've had, what, 40 seconds of training? And Luke has already had a moment of seeing Rey's darkness. They got to bond over one tiny joke,
and we're already moving along. Luke says she didn't even try to resist the darkness,
and Rey responds that she couldn't see Luke, and that she figures out that he has
"closed himself off" from the force. I have no idea what this means, but I suppose it explains why Luke couldn't feel Han's death. As for whatever else it means,
we'll have to allow the film to do its thing. Luke responds to her by saying that he has only seen this kind of raw strength in Ben Solo, and that it didn't scare him before, but it does now. I mean, is he saying the Rey and Ben have more power than Vader now? I don't know, moving on. Finn and Rose leave for Canto Bight, and many have pointed out that Finn is the one who is piloting the ship, despite them making it clear that
he cannot pilot a ship in "The Force Awakens". Poe: You need a pilot. Finn: I need a pilot... Poe: Can you shoot? Finn: Blasters, I can. Poe: Okay, same principal. Finn: We need a pilot! Rey: We've got one! Finn: You?! Poe: Here's a toggle to switch between missiles, cannons, and mag pulse, there's a sight on the right to aim, triggers to fire. Finn: This is very complicated... This is just another mistake in continuity. Or there's an autopiloting feature going on here,
but the film was too lazy to explain that so you're not going to catch
me doing the work for the film. Immediately after that, Rey comes to talk to Chewie, after asking him to tell her once the Resistance contacts them. But once again,
because there is nothing else for Chewie to do, the film has him play with porgs. Rey then connects to Kylo once again, this time calling him a monster,
and Kylo agrees with her, giving her a reason to figure out what that might mean. The film also shows us that Kylo has rain
on his hand due to the connection, implying that there is some kind of physical presence. It's also a neat detail that Rey enjoys the rain while she's outside, since she's from a desert planet, and hasn't seen that amount of water,
let alone it falling from the sky. This is the kind of thing that shows me, personally,
that this film had potential. A lot of potential. Finn and Rose then arrive in Canto Bight, Rose comments that the
place is filled with the worst people in the galaxy. Perhaps a reference to Obi-Wan's famous line about the Mos Eisley cantina. They are then immediately caught out
for parking in the wrong space, which will be relevant later. Canto Bight is basically a casino planet filled with creatures that are all fat, disgusting, crazy, and weird while dressing like royalty. Or at the very least, Hunger Games royalty. And there is something sinister
going on underneath it all. After BB-8 is used as a slot machine by a local, Rose explains that the First Order took everything from a mining planet that she and her sister grew up on. Taking their resources and
using their land to test their weapons. She then says that the men and
monsters we have seen previously are all rich thanks to selling weaponry to the First Order. Again, with the tonal split of silly BB-8 jokes and
suddenly harrowing tales of death and destruction. But, oh well, more of this soon enough. Immediately after that, Finn and Rose are captured and placed in jail for parking incorrectly just as they found the master codebreaker
as Maz Kanata described. Both of them are jailed, without sentiment,
or a timeframe. Because of a parking violation. Right. Also, is it not weird that they left the fleet as soon as possible once they found out about the codebreaker, and they headed to some random planet and
it happened to be the perfect time of day to see the codebreaker in his element rather than sleeping, or on vacation, or even eating? He's just right there! Lucky. Rey is then seen practicing with her weapon,
and she decides to use Anakin's lightsaber instead while accomponied by her theme. Which is wonderful to listen to, by the way,
even if it is only for a few seconds. Luke then begins to watch over her as she loses control
and slices the rock that she was training with in half to see it fall down on top of the locals. This is probably the only joke that actually landed
in a way that made me laugh out loud, simply by virtue of the
expression on these creatures' faces, but had they been any further
forward she would have killed them. So it's still a little bit off for me. Rey then goes to talk with Luke and he explains that jedi are now deified even though their true legacy is failure citing that at the height of their power, they allowed Darth Sidious to rise and wipe them out. As well as Darth Vader being trained
and created by a Jedi Master. Rey then turns the conversation by reminding Luke that he saved the galaxy from Vader by turning him back to the light, and he is a Jedi. Luke refers to himself as a legend, then explains the 30 years of history we've all been waiting for. Luke trained Ben in a temple
along with many other students and then he saw darkness within him. One night he (Luke) confronted him (Ben)
and Ben buried luke under a structure. When Luke woke up, his temple was in flames and his students either left with Ben, or were slaughtered. Luke then says he failed because he was a Skywalker. A legend. That's it. That is our full history aside from a tweak or two. Mark Hamill: And if you think you're going to go into the movie, and recapture your childhood, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. It's time to discuss something very important. As you may very well have noticed, I have been showing clips of Mark Hamill and his journey throughout interviews with the press. There is a strong throughline that he doesn't like the way Luke was handled in this film. MH: I'm in awe of the entire cast. And aside from Daisy I look forward to working with them, one day. [One person in the audience laughs] "Well we can't end on that note, can we?!" "I'm afraid we have to, cause that is all we've got time for." [Laughter continues] Nor did he appreciate how he was treated, even as far back as "The Force Awakens." MH: I got a phonecall, "You're not on the poster." I said fine, it's just... another in a series of humiliations. I have a massive amount of respect for this man, and his clarity when voicing
his opinions on Luke and his goals in life of bringing joy, while maintaining respect,
and a form of dignity. He has a strong investment in his work, and stays light in most of his appearances to best represent an aged Luke Skywalker to the world. But my point here is that he has a lot of fun. Mark: I hate to admit, when I became a PEZ dispenser, I ran into Harrison's dressing room and I said "Harrison!" "I'm a PEZ dispenser!" And he looked up and he said "Whatever floats your boat." Looks like a soccer ball, and he's got the rotating little dome on top and he's adorable, and then you just make it in that,
sinister dark color with the flat edges on his dome, and immediately, NAZI! He honestly seems to value one thing more than anything else when it comes to Star Wars, and that is made very clear here. Mark: It's just so wonderful to be associated with something that makes people so happy! To be associated with anything that brings people that much happiness is just a... a real gift. And so we have a problem.
Luke is a completely different character. Not even the people who love
the film disagree with this. The defense always amounts to
"Yes, but it still makes sense". But does it? Luke: There is good in him, I felt it. He won't turn me over to the Emperor, I can save him,
I can turn him back to the good side. We gotta help her! They're my friends, I gotta help them. I have to try. Mark: Get off my island. Does it make sense that Luke Skywalker would give up on training Jedi he worked to resurrect? Does it make sense that Luke Skywalker
would give up on the Jedi as a whole despite what he learned about the balance in the actual history that took place in the Prequels? Does it make sense that Luke Skywalker would give up on the galaxy he fought so hard to save? Does it make sense that Luke Skywalker would lose every one of his character traits that make him the figure that millions looked up to? Does it make sense that Luke Skywalker
would give up on his family? That Luke would abandon them? Does it make sense that Luke Skywalker
became a fearful coward? A hermit-man? A tired, grumpy, old damp sock, Asking that we allow him to run away, so he can be alone, and die? Maybe we shouldn't be asking whether it makes sense. Let's ask Mark what he thinks. Mark: When I read 7, I said
"I love everybody's part except mine". Imagine how I felt, because I'm reading this thing everybody's talking about me all through the movie, and then I get to my part and I turn the page
and it says 'THE END'. "Did your vision and Rian's vision," "did it coincide in the way Luke ended up in this film?" "That you thought it would, all these years later?" No. "No, not at all?" It was as shocking to me, to read what Rian had written as I'm sure it will be for the audience. I said to Rian
"I'm so surprised how you see Luke!" I was shocked, cause I said to Rian "Number one, Luke was the most optimistic, hopeful character." "And now he's this miserable, despondent, hermit." Now you've seen in the new trailer, Luke says 'It's time for the Jedi to end', that's terribly shocking! I thought "I don't want to go there! I want to be the optimistic hopeful one, like before." Luke was the most optimistic, hopeful character I had a real, you know, sort of a back-and-forth with Rian I said
"Rian, a Jedi doesn't give up!" Y'know, a Jedi,
if he does something wrong he makes it right, even if he's traumatized and goes away
he regroups within, I don't know, 6 months. But... I don't believe a jedi would ever give up. You see, if he makes a mistake he doubles down and does the right thing. Regardless of the magnitude of his mistake. Who is this guy? How did the most optimistic, hopeful character in the galaxy turn into this hermit who says it's time for the Jedi to end? I read that and I said
"What?!" I mean, that's not what a Jedi does. I thought I was a nice, nurturing- - in my mind, I was a great uncle to Ben Solo. And uh... I feel tremendous guilt
that I wasn't there for him. I used to be the orphan discovering hidden powers, now we've got this one. I used to be the hotshot impulsive X-Wing fighter, Now we've got Oscar. I used to be the one sneaking
around enemy territory in disguise Now we've got Rose and Finn, So you know, I had to fight the irrational urge that it's a bunch of strangers, rummaging through my old toybox playing with my toys. I almost had to think of Luke as another character. Maybe he's Jake Skywalker. He's not *my* Luke Skywalker. Luke has been gutted and poached in order to function as a springboard for the new heroes. He is the husk they will emerge from. Rey is better than Luke. She is more powerful, more morally righteous, more ambitious, more thoughtful, kinder, she's everything he should have been. But Luke actually earned those traits. And now they belong to her. For free. No training, No tests, No trials, No tribulation. Luke has been provided
a very classic case of character assassination. And it's devastating for long-time viewers because not only is it something we don't want to see, but it is given no meaningful or developed reasoning. None of this makes sense. Mark:I remember thinking, when I got to the scene I hope everyone has seen it, but when the lightsaber jiggles in the forest and flies out of the snow, I went
"Oh ho, baby, here I am!" Goes to Rey! I'm saying she didn't even do any training, what's going on here? Colbert: What is going on there? She didn't do any training
how could she possibly stand up? Mark: She hasn't even been to Dagobah for training! What's the deal? I know, everyone said, Mark has since tried to pull back on his comments,
as they are functioning as a springboard of their own for fans to rally behind. Comments he only meant to make as an expression of his feelings. And it's caused massive splits in the fanbase
as well as vitriolic comments and tweets. Mark's tweets are often referenced as evidence that Mark loves the new film, and the direction it takes. But after seeing each of the interviews, I think in the spirit that he wants people to be happy, he is simply trying to calm the storm. Calm everyone down. Despite his own personal disdain. You can see him in moments of great stress and anxiety across the internet, but there is one interview that is very telling to me. It almost tells
a story of Mark Hamill, and Luke Skywalker. Mark isn't simply attached to Luke because it's a great source of financial stability. He loves what he and the character brought to people all over the world. Joy and hope. Wonder and escapism. Happiness. and so when faced with this new direction,
the dark, gritty, depressed, sallow, coward, there aren't many ways to feel about it other than the need to get away from it. During this clip Mark is once again veering off into his own thoughts, and we can only speculate what they might be about. (in this Star Wars related interview) Regardless, this interview is between Mark Hamill and Britain's own Simon Peg. Simon Peg is a massive original trilogy fan, and as they discuss the topics at hand, watch Mark slowly fade off and away until he's reminded by Simon Peg of why Luke Skywalker is so important. Simon: I've been a fan of Mark since I was 7. And, um, he was always such a huge part of my life growing up, and part of my, y'know, development as a person. Because that- I know it sounds crazy, and it's weird when people talk about things that you've done as being so influential, and having such a big effect But Star Wars had a big effect on me. And I always was Luke, on the playground, I was always... y'know. He was always my favorite, So to... to meet him on that first day, I remember you came in and you were sort of on set saying hi, I think I went up and hugged you straight away. It's that odd thing of
"Oh I know you! I've known you for years!" Mark: Yeah, that's the amazing thing about this, it's that, you become a part of the world's family. And i'm so moved by stories of people that were inspired, people that really are facing health issues, and adversities that find determination, and spiritual redem- I'm just- I'm always stunned at how it affected people, and it continues to affect people. This is pretty devastating. Because... who wants to play as the old grumpy man on the island who wants to die? Whose gonna be inspired by that? Not Mark Hamill, I can tell you that much. The other reason people think he's walking back on his statement is because his arm was twisted by Disney. But we have no reason to assume that, do we? Mark: But um... You'll find out more I don't think anyone'll ever say
"That's exactly what I wanted!" I'd better be careful, by the way, I had to do what Rian wanted me to do because it serves the story well. But, listen. I still haven't accepted it completely, I mean, if I leak something they cut off my head and throw it right in my face. Seriously though, I think he's walked back on them to try and keep the peace. The man does not want to
cause or support pain in any way. And besides, should we take him seriously on twitter? Mark: I mean it's only a joke, you know? Don't take me seriously, i'm just another crank on twitter. See what I mean? He's just fun. And he was forced to play literally the opposite of that. Anyway, the fact that Luke has been butchered as many iconic characters have been
with every reboot that gets released, plenty of people still like the direction,
but regardless of how they feel, regardless of how Mark feels, regardless of how the world feels, I feel like it was a terrible decision
from a man who had a fan story to tell, and noone could convince him of anything different because he had the final word on the script. As nightmares do sometimes come true, That fanfiction is now canon. Thank you for watching part 1 of my series. I hope you've enjoyed it, I know this is intense, it's long, and it's packed with loads of stuff, it's honestly experimental, i've not actually done a move on my channel before, but I can see that you're all very interested to actually get my perspective on it thanks to the first video. Let me know what you think was done right, and what you think has been done horribly wrong. I should be able to reply to a bunch of you folk in the comments, and we can have a great time. Now I usually complete my serieses and release them two days apart from eachother, in terms of the parts, but I consider this a sort of special circumstance so what i'm doing now instead; is condensing all of the parts that would've existed into a smaller amount, so instead of something like 10 or 11 we have 3. These 3 are going to be longer (as you could probably tell by watching this video) However they will be released weekly. So exactly a week from now you can expect part 2, and then a week from that you can expect part 3 Thank you for watching folks,
and I will see you next time. Mark: And because "The Force Awakens" made a lot of money, I can't be- It's not "ergo, it's good." All i'm saying is i've never met anybody that's my age,
or probably even your age, that would say
"Oh I loved that movie!" Most people are disparaging of that particular franchise but they keep making them because they make *huuuuge* amounts of money. Because in Hollywood- Remember kids, It's not important if it's, of high quality. Only if it makes money.
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It's ~5.5 hours altogether, but this is the best therapy for anyone still reeling from how something like this could've happened to Star Wars.
Man this video was a godsend to me after TLJ. I was literally the only person I knew who hated the movie, and for a while there thought I was going crazy. Really appreciated how Mauler took all of my feelings about this movie and showed the objective reasons behind them, it made having conversations about the movie much easier.
If you guys haven’t I’d recommend checking out his podcast EFAP. They delve bad yet popular YouTube videos
I love MauLer.
And I especially love how all the Youtube 'critics' get their panties in a twist over him. I mean say what you like about his style but he at least provides better arguments than the likes of Patrick Willems.
Still hoping that he'll finish his TFA critique.
I mean... ALL of mauler work is worth watching. I’m just waiting until he releases the next part of his TFA review. That’ll be fun to watch
And I still didn’t feel like he hit on everything that’s wrong with it lol
I think I posted it here when he first released it. It's the beautiful ST equivalent of Red Letter Media's amazing skewering of the PT.
Unpopular opinion: I don't think Mauler's are the best critiques. They're unnecessarily long, and he mixes in way too much in the way of snark and subjective opinions.
(I also don't have my favorite ones handy, so, sorry.)