A Critique of Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Part 3

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[@MauLerYT]

WE DID IT KZbin. I figured I would have to delay this video but with small amounts of sleep, I have been editing away on it all day every day in the last few weeks and we have finally completed the project \o/ thanks again for all of you giving my stuff a chance and i'm looking forward to the future of the channel, more movies, games and of course, Star Wars. Thanks to the dude who linked the extra Mark Hamill interview on the previous video, since I felt it was pretty damn telling and made a great addition also since it is part 3 I figured I could use a lot of the soundtrack from Episode 3, let's be fair, it kicks ass. After you check out the video, come chat for a bit on twitch, i'm going to be streaming some video games and having drinks, little bit of a celebration :) - www.twitch.tv/MauLer93

[@VulturePilot]

MauLer episode 3 has the best soundtrack of the series imo

[@mrryanpaulyoung]

Thanks for all your hard work bud. Heading over to Patreon to assist with your celebratory lager, ale or beer fund. Cheers!

[@raferalstonisgoat4457]

MauLer damn 5 hours of flaws. I didnt think this movie was nearly this bad before watching your videos. JJ is gonna have the hardest job ever.

[@samwhittaker2568]

MauLer nice work man. Love the inclusion of the original battlefront gameplay and cutscenes. Makes it all worthwhile.

[@UnfaithfulServant97]

Are you the Senate?

[@toweypat]

"Why didn't the First Order shoot Rose?" Are you kidding? She's the best person they have! She saved the big cannon.

[@Strideo1]

Patrick Towey. Hahaha!! It would actually be great if in the next movie Rose was revealed to be a double agent. It would be a more clever "subversion" than anything Rian Johnson concocted for this piece of garbage of a film.

[@randeli7785]

Strideo1 It'll be like the Darth Jar Jar theory.

[@yavinus5619]

Remember that in the battle of Hoth the rebels actually used white clothing to camouflage and even then the AT-ATs shoot them anyway without problem? Yeah, think about Rose and Finn wearing brown clothing, just the almost opposite of white. Rian is both a tremendous hack and a moron.

[@XboxGamer220]

So you're saying that Rose was the one telling the First Order where the Resistance were?

[@toweypat]

WozzaBoi no, just that she stopped Finn from destroying that big gun.

[@garymackridge8697]

I often subvert my girlfriend's expectations by inviting her over for dinner, not cooking anything and then revealing that I'm actually not even there

[@dragonballtalk8527]

Can i do her.id do rey and the girlfriend left alone

[@tastyloaf5487]

👌👌

[@dragonballtalk8527]

@Adrijana Radosevic i did that on pills

[@papershadow]

I subvert her expectations by not actually being her boyfriend when she shows up.

[@geordischmidt]

How you haven't gotten a lightsaber slash in the back yet is beyond me.

[@ectothermic]

Every clip of Mark Hamill makes me sad. Especially that one where he's hyperventilating. Poor guy...

[@Krystalmyth]

The mocking Disney does to him in real time scars me. You can tell behind closed doors there have been some passionate arguments, and how he bites his tongue for the fans... the burden. God damnit.

[@alqualonde2998]

You know I've discovered his voice acting career from ATLA credits and been fascinated by the guy since . Never been much of a star wars , Batman etc. but I love them for Mark Hamill's immersive performances. ( He voiced Fire Lord Ozai) you know his emotions are usually so strong , his voice is so strong even during the interviews and then I see him promoting this shit of a movie. It broke me , I can still shut my brain of and ignore blatant mistakes ( guilty pleasure ) but I can't with this movie ... Poor Mark.

[@mustafasadmansakib]

He really tried his best to change the direction it seems. Rian johnson bonehead

[@dtroit2]

I'm convinced that he was not aware of the fact that he died while sitting on that rock. That was a post production effect that they just didn't tell him. I cant think of anything else that would provoke that reaction from him.

[@zacharyknutsen8094]

Poor Mark, getting highly paid to portray an iconic character, that he didn’t write for or create, in a franchise guaranteed to make money. What a travesty.

[@FeatherRanching]

"Hey Gary, what kind of planet is this?" *Gary tastes the ground* "I'd say we're on a poison planet..." *Gary dies*

[@salt_factory7566]

Rip Gary

[@wesspect]

Rey could’ve done a Hodor maneuver to the antidote planet

[@TheWolverine1984]

Can't believe I watched almost *6 hours* of criticism of "The Last Jedi". And I can't believe I enjoyed 6 hours of someone talking about why the movie is bad *more* than the actual movie.

[@scottski02]

I can't believe I've watched this whole critique at least five times in just a couple months.

[@curtistyrrell6589]

Bakub420mlgVLOG making bad chooses obvious. But hey it a way to kill time.

[@vashusan1984]

His analysis is so addicting in its accuracy and unabashed vitriol.

[@cbspock1701]

I enjoyed the analysis. A lot of the stuff mentioned was why I didn't like the film.

[@aracuscesar]

yes , i made it too, 6 hours well spend, and still we can find more bs in this movie

[@blackoutnow]

Soldier tastes ground on Crait: "It's cocaine!"

[@crimsonpotemkin]

Battle stops. Club music starts playing, hookers enter the scene. Expectations subverted again.

[@jochenkraus7016]

Then they had enough money to buy stuff and get back their strength.

[@R0CKDRIG0]

Well it was shot in Bolivia so you are not that far off.

[@batmangamewalkthroughs7188]

That's why Carrie Fisher wanted to go there

[@andrewbevan4662]

Episode 9 : It's Sugar Episode 10 : It's Flour

[@mrbubbles6468]

R.I.P Jake Skywalker 2017-2017 You will not be missed.

[@diegokaqui60]

Mr Bubble we barelly knew you....but we didn t want to

[@TyrDrum]

@Danny Curtis I'm hoping he at least gets to do a Force Ghost thing like Obi Wan, at least allowing Mark Hamill to truly reprise the roll the way the Luke is supposed to be.

[@jj3272]

Press 'S' to spit on his grave

[@RRR-is3rf]

Lol

[@CounterClaws]

What if he was Luuke all along?

[@TheJBerg]

39:20 - That moment Hamill tries to speak in defense of ACTUAL Star Wars fans, and the Audience CHEERS that the movie WAS IGNORING what fans would want. That look of pure despair on Hamill's face makes my blood boil at Ruin Johnson's arrogance and the ignorance of the audience they were in front of. So many things are wrong.

[@wingedhussar8552]

It also shows a massive difference in character between Mark and Rian. Mark makes art out of love for the people he shares it with. Rian makes art to inflate his own ego.

[@paracyntrix]

I just saw that portion of the clip, and was about to say the same thing! Mark was trying to point out that this storyline will get lambasted. I think either the audience present didn't understand what Mark was trying to say, or that there were some plants from Disney. The dejected look on Mark's face really got me also down. His look really shows how embarrassed he is from the movie that eventually came out. My heart goes out for him. There are vey few filmmakers who actually make movies for fans.

[@danielhicks4826]

@@paracyntrix He's the tool who agreed to take this this subversive crap role though also. If he cared that much why do it?. Cause in real life he to is a typical leftists whore, not saying he doesn't actually respect and like real star wars aka the 6 and only 6 movies and those characters, but still both things are true.

[@occam7382]

@@paracyntrix, or these are the "fans" who don't give a sh*t about the Star Wars that George Lucas created, and will gladly swallow any kind of sh*tty fanfiction sent their way.

[@jkdbuck7670]

The moment I start feeling sorry for Mark, he opens his mouth on Twitter and I stop feeling sorry. Having said that, the man loves science fiction and can talk about it for hours. And the man loves Luke Skywalker and he loves the fans. And that love caused him to speak up and tell Ruin Johnsuck that he was wrong. I may dislike some of his takes on Twitter, but I absolutely despise what Ruin Johnsuck did to Star Wars and refuse to watch anything he makes.

[@attentiondeficitsquirrel7660]

It breaks my heart to see Mark Hamill in that one moment where people start clapping where people should not be clapping.

[@Darth-vade123]

Me to mark loves Luke but rian destroyed luke In every way

[@anthonymcrooster3703]

So that's how Star Wars' quality ends...with a thunderous applause.

[@rengokuwon1999]

@@anthonymcrooster3703 I see you're a man of great taste.

[@marathecrow]

@@anthonymcrooster3703 i understood that reference 🪑🙋‍♂️👉

[@Galvatronover]

He’s just a prop now

[@teknoaxe]

39:16 Man, I feel sorry for Mark Hamill. That's such a sad clip.

[@phairecouchpotato3912]

That breaks my heart seeing that. Mark & the Star Wars franchise Deserved better than this!

[@ADDuk19]

I thought the same, heart breaking.

[@lunalouhoo]

I agree! It's heartbreaking to see that clip and his expression after people start clapping. Poor Mark Hamill!

[@DemonicRemption]

+TeknoAXE's Royalty Free Music It looked like he was dying inside... I don't even wanna know what he was thinking, as he looked THAT miserable.

[@Khakhees]

On top of our feelings, and Mark's (and you KNOW he's being polite), in the very same clip Rian says he didn't grow up as a star wars fan!?! This man who is dismissive of fans well versed in even just the film canon, was given almost total control?

[@warrenmcgregor1193]

34:27 "I imagine J.J. will make Rose stay in a coma for the rest of the trilogy because her character was as much of a waste of time as Canto Byte." I love how close this was to the truth.

[@fran3ro]

Lucky for her. Imagine Rose waking up after having her wounded body dragged over salt.

[@yoku651]

Ironic considering like 80% of TFA was just colorful fan-service-y bullshit with no actual sustenance.

[@tanmaydeshpande]

@@yoku651 The sequels summed up in one sentence: "All flashy and fun to look at, until you take a step back and realise it's all a bunch of horseshit"

[@papageorge4852]

@@yoku651 "TFA was just colorful fan-service-y bullshit with no actual sustenance" It's such a fan service that every OG fan hates it. kek

[@hockeater]

@@papageorge4852 Nobody said it was SUCCESSFUL fanservice. It was trying though.

[@fortheempire5548]

39:00 Dang. This scene with Mark Hamill really got to me. I could just feel his disappointment radiating in the interview when everyone clapped at the "brilliance " of Rian Johnson.

[@erikdayne5429]

Yeah it’s a shame, he seems like a genuinely good guy who enjoys inspiring and entertaining people with this iconic character he played, and Rian turned him into someone uninspiring and unentertaining.

[@emsky333]

I know, I am sure now as time has passed he realises that the majority of the fans have got his back and completely agree with him.

[@Darqshadow]

@@emsky333 but at the same time he doesn't want us going to war over it. Agree or disagree we still love star wars and we shouldn't go after the actors for what the DIRECTOR and WRITERS did. It's not their fault everything else is shit.

[@coltonwhite2518]

I honestly cannot fathom why those people cheered at such a rebuttal, no matter the reason it really shows why the sequel trilogy never managed to become more than what it was; a shallow, unneccessary cash grab that fed off nostalgia and identity politics.

[@Foundry_made]

Mark Hamill did a few other things, but his acting career was defined by the character of Luke Skywalker. The fans are the reason he's been able to keep eating for the last 40 years. He loves and respects the fans. For Rian Johnson to sit up there on stage with Luke and talk about how big a Star Wars fan he is after what he did to the galaxy, the story, AND Luke is a big 🖕 to EVERYONE and proof that he loves pushing an SJW agenda for that Disney money, NOT Star Wars.

[@daCATgraphics]

"Rey's arc is to get bored of being too powerful" Genius

[@yavinus5619]

It sounds like One-Punch Man plotline, except done badly.

[@Crichjo32]

When one is so perfect, boredom is the only expression they can display.

[@nomoredamnnamestouse]

Even Dugu Qiubai has an character arc, as he evolved from wielding a badass sword to a state of perfection where he can defeat anyone without using any weapons, because the philosophy of "the best sword is in the mind" trumps the mastery of any physical weapon. it's the irony of "the greatest swordsman ever lived ultimately used no sword" that makes him interesting. It could have been explored in a similar vein in SW with Rey, but nooooooo.

[@D2attemp]

Yavinus that’s perfect that series is subversive too only you know done right

[@MrMeric19]

basdically a quote from jurrasic park 1993 sums up whats happened with disney's resurrection of star wars. "I’ll tell you the problem with the power that you’re using here: it didn’t require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn’t earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don’t take any responsibility for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could and before you even knew what you had you patented it and packaged it and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now you’re selling it, you want to sell it."

[@ohjiajun1]

Brilliant. This is what self-aware writing should be. Not the mess that TLJ was

[@insulttothehumanrace3807]

"...so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should" also fits extremely well with most of the writing for these movies.

[@MinqApoc]

you, Sir, are a genius.

[@ericm3327]

Eric Miller pictured: great writing

[@parrogakaparadise9477]

Superb comment, thank you!

[@Nothus321]

How I sum up THE LAST JEDI: KNOCK KNOCK WHO'S THERE? NO ONE. I SUBVERTED YOUR EXPECTATIONS. NOW LET ME EXPLAIN WHY MY JOKE IS FUNNY AND YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND ART.

[@ericm3327]

Smitty Voorhees brilliant

[@emberd-l795]

You're joke made me laugh so you don't need to explain why it's funny.

[@aaron75fy]

when you subvert the subvertions so far they subvert the subvertions they subvert

[@mcwatchy1]

lmao! this. Brilliant!

[@alosim1541]

Rian is that you?

[@xtanagaming1017]

Rose: "Thats how we're going to win, not fighting what we hate, saving what we love." Giant cannon: **blushes**

[@Dozarman]

That's one powerful blush, I tell you what

[@RobertPilla]

@@Dozarman my dog let's out blushes that clear a room.

[@HEARTS-OF-SPACE]

@@Dozarman That cannon is powered by propane.

[@Dozarman]

@@HEARTS-OF-SPACE and uses propane accessories

[@comet_fodderyt]

@@Dozarman I got you bro; I know that reference

[@davidpeirce5945]

Poe is literally the only character to go through an actual arc and it's an arc they shouldn't be proud of. He starts as a man who is willing to do risky and borderline suicidal things to save many people, and ends as a person who gives up once it starts to look like it won't work. That's terrible. And it's developed in a realistic way. Everything that he does gets reprimanded. He does something risky to destroy a major ship, demoted. He asks for a plan since hope is dropping, dismissed. He creates a plan to disable the tracker so the resistance can escape, failed and told off for acting without permission. Causes a mutiny since the current command seems to have no plan other than to wait to die, gets informed that he's stupid for not trusting them and that they do have a plan. By the end of the movie I was amazed that he had the ability to take three steps without worrying that he would get thrown in the brig. He starts as confident, cocky, and talented, and ends as almost timid, resigned, and stupid.

[@galactica58]

He is a man and he should know his place in society

[@grandempressvicky6387]

@@galactica58 BENEATH WOMEN

[@StarWarsomania]

"It's like he's evolving, but backwards!"

[@satanbrony9235]

Learned despair

[@RusianSpy]

And Episode IX kind of holds true on this, Poe definitely seems less sure of himself and not nearly as confident.

[@54tisfaction]

"If you wanted Palpatine to be Reys grandfather..." Well played, sir.

[@ram76921]

54tisfaction JJ literally had nowhere to go with the characters after being butchered from this film

[@DarkThagan]

@@ram76921 Ofc he did. The problem is they have so little creativity they can`t make anything new and good to save their lives. All that big movies are doing nowadays is a bad copy-paste. Hellboy, Predator, Terminator, comic book stuff, Star Wars, Ocean`s Eleven, Ghost Busters, James Bond, Disney cartoon remakes and so on. They are completely devoid of creativity and quality. If they did an open script-writing contest you`d see a bunch of better ideas than TRoS even after TLJ.

[@reshmer3033]

@Jack the Gestapo I bet he didn't, he would make a better movie then.

[@reshmer3033]

@Jack the Gestapo LOST: The Star Wars Odyssey

[@matane2465]

JJ is the one who created these awful characters in the first place. They suck because he didn't properly develop them in the first movie. JJ was the one who set crap up with no intention of knowing how to resolve it, remember Colin Treverow was supposed to direct episode 9.

[@eras1066]

"You laughed at me for caring about a story _you_ were telling."

[@alexandertkeith3541]

Sums up my entire experience with these 3 films tbh

[@colinhoffman7950]

Clever Comment Where is that from?

[@alucard347]

@@colinhoffman7950 Mauler said it in the video, 1:15:10.

[@thiskittyhasthumbs]

Listen!! I felt that with my whole being!!! Like that's been happening with tons of extremely popular entertainment. Shitting on us for caring, like that'd be content if no one did.

[@thiskittyhasthumbs]

Especially with Rick n Morty. I was so offended when the creators started making judgmental comments towards hardcore Rock fans. You made a great character, flawed as he is! Would you really prefer we were casual? Because you wouldn't have the recognition you do with out us.

[@Prototype729]

That clip of Mark talking about thinking of the fans with Rian, to “thinking about our story/movie”, with Mark immediately becoming dejected breaks my heart

[@Prototype729]

39:10

[@LadyDoomsinger]

I kinda see both points, and I know that's a bit of a milktoast position, but let me explain: A storyteller should definitely consider the people he's telling the story to - otherwise, what is the point? He's trying to entertain a group of people with his story. On the other hand, he shouldn't restrict himself to only what the audience wants - or he thinks the audience wants - otherwise he'd just be telling the same story with no new ideas.

[@shnobby3547]

​@@LadyDoomsingerI'm with you on this. I don't have a problem with this specific quote from Rian. You have to think of the story. I think the reason people stick to this so much however is because after what TLJ became, those words seem completely hollow coming from Rian. He didn't destroy Luke for the story, he seemingly did it out of spite to the audience. He didn't completely muddy all of the other characters in service to the story, he did it because he needed them to for the sake of reaching the end points he wanted. Most of his creative decisions in the making of this movie were not in service to creating a better story, but to create fun and pretty set pieces, so him claiming that he had to completely break a character for the sake of a better movie sounds like an absolute joke. I'm admittedly not familiar with his work, but people have told me they think Rian Johnson is an exceptionally talented director/storyteller. But I genuinely do not understand how someone with even a modicum of writing talent could create something as embarrassing as TLJ.

[@littleoldmanboy]

@@shnobby3547I agree with everything you said, very well said. Regarding your last point, Rian Johnson is the same man who made Knives Out, which is a genuinely fantastic movie. I would agree with you that it doesn’t make sense that the same person who made TLJ could turn around and make Knives Out less than 2 years later. And I think that that makes TLJ even more depressing, because Rian is clearly capable of making not just a good movie but a great one, and yet we still got Jake Skywalker. We still got Rey never failing and Snoke being utterly pointless. We could’ve got something on the level of Knives Out, and instead we got this. I would pay money to know what the fuck was going through his head when he made TLJ, and then being able to compare that with his creation of Knives Out. That would be fascinatingly depressing. Rian also made Glass Onion, the sequel to Knives Out, which I liked. He also made Looper which I admittedly watched like a year ago and yet I genuinely cannot remember if I liked it or not

[@TheGosslings]

@@littleoldmanboy It's very likely, now that we have some of the leaked communiques from Kathleen Kennedy, that Rian was instructed to deconstruct SW, to demolish the old characters to allow for the ascension of "the Force is Female" political weaponization that had been Disney's mandate during Trump's term. I genuinely suspect it was part of a larger conspiracy to destabilize and denigrate traditional culture, of which SW has always been a part (generationally speaking).

[@racewiththefalcons1]

I love that Finn drags a lacerated and bleeding Rose all the way back to the base THROUGH SALT. I'm sure she's going to be just fine, though.

[@EdgarFriendlysCivicsTeacher]

Tico suffers as we suffer. I'm fine with this.

[@nathanc7507]

racewiththefalcons1 hopefully not maybe the character will die

[@EskChan19]

That would be so ironic. All the defenders calling people out for hating on Rose, and then Rose literally dies because of all the salt, that would just be wonderfull.

[@electricbayonet2]

Hey, that could explain why the First Order didn't shoot them. "I...oh sweet space Jesus, that screaming! What's going on down there?" "Holy shit, is that FN-2187?" "The janitor? No way...wait, you're right! I thought he died on Starkiller base!" "Guys, look! 2187 caught one of the rebels and he's dragging her through salt!" "That is one stone-cold motherfucker." "Woo! Fuck yeah!" "...I thought they were the Resistance. Are they Rebels again?" "Shut the fuck up, JERRY. We're watching 2187 torture rebel scum." "I'm so posting this video on my SpaceBook page."

[@alicesheep6394]

"I'm sorry Finn...she died of Salt Overdose."

[@Longshanks1690]

Actually, something else occurs to me about Casinoland - Rose's monologue to Finn about "looking closer" is the perfect analogy for the film and its fans. Think about it. Finn is like the fans - bowled over by the stunning visuals and impressive fight sequences that he is absolutely in love with it, overwhelmed by it to the point of declaring it a "bold and new" direction for the Franchise but Rose, who I can't believe I'm supporting, represents sensible people. The ones who see through the bullshit and recognise the film for what it is. When she tells Finn to "look closer," what he thought about the place disappears and he slowly but surely realises the true nature of the casino. Exactly the same as the movie's defenders. Unless they are totally closed to reason, (which, sadly, most of them seem to be) once they see the glaring plotholes, the character inconsistencies, politics shoved in your face and nonsensical battle sequences that no amount of graphics can make up for, their vision of the film melts away, just like Finn, and they see the monstrosity for what it really is. I am confident this was complete coincidence, as I refuse to believe that Rian is smart enough to actually put that much effort into this shit.

[@colebuckon3856]

King Edward "Longshanks" I, Hammer of the Scots, Lord of Wales and King of England As one of the fans who didn’t see how bad the plot holes were until I watched this series, I wholeheartedly agree with this assessment.

[@purerage7963]

It's also funny how Mauler pointed out that this part of the movie was meant to incite encourage economic/political analyses and the like, while those same people would pull out the "space wizards" defense. It's a "deep commentary" or it's "just a kid's movie" depending on what's convenient.

[@mortemtyrannus8813]

As someone who hated TLJ upon release and refuses to rewatch it, I am offended that you would compare someone like myself to Rose. Other than that, spot on.

[@Hatsuzuki808]

1:14:45 "If I wanted Palpatine to be Rey's grandfather..." OOF.

[@snr6149]

why are you like this

[@kapsi]

@Jack the Gestapo I think they first decided to bring Sheev back, because Snoke was dead, and then made Rey his granddaughter, to make it personal I guess? Even thought he was just a monster that showed up and died in 15 minutes.

[@iainmaclean4872]

@@kapsi yeah, i think the idea was to bring the same conflict that luke had with vader, but it didn't seem to matter to anyone at all that darth sidious was rey's grandfather... then he died.

[@erikdayne5429]

It’s almost unbelievable that a production of this scale with this many people working on it could allow a line like “they’re lighter and faster” when describing ships in space

[@gregmize01]

❤❤❤❤

[@mr.careka365]

Tbh, being lighter does make something faster, even in space. Since "Force = Mass × Acceleration", if you apply the same force (i.e. same engine) on a lighter ship, it will have greater acceleration and therefore it will move faster than other "heavier" ships. It's all about the momentum, not really about gravity.

[@centerfield6339]

@@mr.careka365 agree, but doesn't even matter - the sentence says they're lighter and they're faster. If they said they're heavier and faster that would still mean they're faster.

[@burna1282]

Yeah they have a strange view of space travel in this film. Does Rian think the space ship will stop if it runs out of fuel?.. the only explanation I can think of is that by using fuel, they’re constantly increasing velocity, both the big ship and the rebel ship. So once the rebels run out of fuel, they can’t keep speeding up and will maintain their speed, this will allow the first order to catch up to them. But they play it like the space ship will run out of fuel and grind to a halt. It won’t. It’s in space. It will keep moving at the same speed forever.

[@glasstuna]

@@burna1282 it seems they put too much realistic physics into Star Wars in order to tell the story they wanted. The problem is the unexplained, world breaking contrivances that arise from such a story. The lack of explanation, I think, is the worst part. For instance: one good explanation I've heard for the holdo maneuver is that the "hyperspace tracker" causes the Supremacy to have a presence in hyperspace that most objects otherwise wouldn't. Most ships and planets would have no presence in hyperspace and so would be passed through without damage, however as stated in episode 4, stars (and presumably larger more powerful objects like black holes) do effect objects in hyperspace. If the holdo maneuver had been given proper explanation as to why it is possible in episode 8 but was not and is not possible to use in most situations then it likely would have not just been one of the most visually striking scenes but also considered a decent plot point.

[@DrMcFly28]

You got it all wrong. The entire movie is merely Finn's fever dream while he is comatose and dying from his horrific back injury. Franchise saved!

[@robertbaur3145]

flying horses, the entire Random Rose Tico out of no where character, crystal foxes, people in suits?? Leah can fly in space Luke just disappearing for no reason yeah that would explain it only if everything was a dream

[@TheBeardedFrogSage]

Yup, this is pretty much the way to save it. Highlander 2 the shit out of it!

[@captainRcornelius]

McFly genius.

[@LK-qk1fk]

As OK as that would be. It wouldn't get me the hours I wasted watching TLJ or the hours upon hours of finding youtube critiques and reviews that made me feel better by tearing apart the new film. But yeah I'd still probably prefer this ^

[@darthrian5500]

SOMEONE PUT THIS GUY IN CHARGE OF EP IX!!

[@HoiPolloiNtertains]

"Why is this kind of weapon not on the first order ships?" Episode 9: now they're on every ship!

[@Willowy13]

JJ watched Mauler with gusto.😂😂😂😂

[@thegoldendragon8207]

He should have watched his words more carefully

[@denmanfite3156]

They peaked in the 80s with the death star. "Destruction of life isn't bad enough now we can blow up WHOLE PLANETS!" fast forward "WHOLE PLANETS ... AGAIN." Fast forward "DOZENS OF WHOLE PLANETS AT ONCE" eyeroll

[@nine7937]

And we have millions of them :)

[@theraven9107]

I read this right as he said it

[@TATERplaysGAMES]

39:00 the sheer pain on Mark's face when the audience gives early and undue applause which prevents his point from coming across and makes it seem like he was complimenting Rian is just... wow.

[@Special_Tactics_Force_Unit]

You can tell they already had people in the crowd to start the claps to cut off anything negative he had to say. Just so they can praise him and cut him off from saying anymore at the same time.

[@mattmobily1975]

Unbelievable, that clip is absolutely heart-breaking. For that point alone, I vow to never support a Rian Johnson projects ever again.

[@skinnysnorlax1876]

@@mattmobily1975 It was probably more Kathleen Kennedy, honestly. Rian strikes me as someone who was just willing to go along with her vision for the film more than other directors before him. He made a really tight, fun film called 'the brothers bloom' which, when you see the elements of humor, explains a lot of the last jedi. Though, the brothers bloom is NOT a science fantasy epic, and he was likely not experienced or prepared for a film of this nature at all.

[@TiberianFiend]

OOF

[@StarfallMudkipzGirl]

Mark Hammel is my hero. Willing to speak out against this monstrosity.

[@coneinggaming6285]

That hit pretty hard when he said “ You had one chance with these actors in our universe to make this movie” pretty sad to think this is it, there will never be another Star Wars with those characters like The actual ones because Carrie died :( we will never get a chance to redo this again”

[@coltonwhite2518]

Honestly we're just better off avoiding these movies. Star Wars as a cinematic story ended, at the latest, with the Return of the Jedi with the prequels being just extra context. When you lay it all out, the sequels don't even seem real in terms of continuity. If you really wanna know what went down after Ep.6 just play one of the games or read the novels lol it'll make more sense that way.

[@username45739]

Ford hating Solo is a fandom myth, and Luke was redeemed even at the end of TLJ; also he was great as the grumpy hobo lol Still, obviously lots of done wrong here, and they can't just redo it.

[@burna1282]

@@username45739 ford does hate Han Solo, that’s not a myth. Just because you say Luke redeemed himself doesn’t mean he did. Rey flies Luke’s X wing in TROS after luke uses the force to lift it, that proves that luke committed suicide rather than fly back and help his sister lmao. Be mad. Stay mad.

[@username45739]

@@burna1282 "ford does hate Han Solo, that’s not a myth." He said some grumpy stuff from a dlstance, after he was disappointed about how his role ended in Rotj; maybe half of his brain hates SW idk "because you say Luke redeemed himself doesn’t mean he did. Rey flies Luke’s X wing in TROS after luke uses the force to lift it, that proves that luke committed suicide rather than fly back and help his sister lmao." Except he helped Leia and the rest escape when he "suicide", so you'rf wrong again lol

[@burna422]

@@username45739 kid, he literally asked for Han to die in the OT. He hated Han, he was on record saying he regretted it because he felt he wouldn’t get any jobs after Han. He agreed to come back to TFA because he specifically wanted han to die. He loves Indiana jones, hates Han And you proved me right 😂 absolute wasteman.

[@Starkill3r306]

I watched the OG Trilogy so many times I watched the Prequel Trilogy so many times And I will now watch the MauLer Trilogy more times then the disney trilogy because it is so much better

[@featuredspace]

I have watched MauLer more than I have watched the sequels by a long shot.

[@mysticdragonwolf89]

This is the 12th time I listen to this trilogy as white noise XD XD XD

[@tscotts9699]

Scrolled down to the comments section to say exactly this.

[@uneicag]

@@mysticdragonwolf89: Okay thank you! I literally thought I was the only one that put his Star Wars talking vids on as white noise. 😅 Tbh, only seen this one once. The other Episode 9 video he has is my fav and I’ve seen/listened to that a hundred times. 😄 It’s hilarious and I just love it.

[@critterray6742]

Ditto...

[@t.k.1319]

Rose kissed Finn without consent.

[@chancelorhiggins-gloor6999]

Well based off our society today that is considered rape.

[@suddenxdeath]

@@chancelorhiggins-gloor6999 not really. A woman did it, so it's okay.

[@paragonkelvin6406]

#metoo

[@gears132]

SuddenDeath I thought the same thing when I watched the movie 😂 honestly with it being so left wing that bewildered me a bit especially since Finn is kind like wtf in the scene

[@Chris-ci8vs]

#MeTooFinn #FinnGotRaped

[@mtchllBarrett]

"I imagine JJ will practically have Rose stay in the coma for the rest of the saga since she was as big of a waste of time as Canto Bight" Very, _very_ close!

[@Сайтамен]

"If I wanted Palpatine to be Rey's grandfather..." JJ Abrams: Say no more, I got it! Mauler: I wasn't serious!

[@tochukwuudu7763]

he predicted this yh.

[@TrueReverse74]

JJ: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!

[@walterwang4669]

To be fair I think Palpatine COULD have worked if done differently, and obviously bringing Palpatine back was a stupid idea.

[@WalkerOfTheWastes]

@@walterwang4669 That sums up the entire sequel trilogy, tbh. "X could have worked if done differently."

[@walterwang4669]

@@WalkerOfTheWastes ye I’m definitely not blazing trails with that statement. Even someone with no film making ability could have done this better as long as they enjoyed Star Wars enough.

[@weathrhead]

“As much as JJ Abrams will attempt to fix what Ryan has done here, he will be unsuccessful I can promise you that.” Nailed it.

[@josephstewart2821]

He managed to deflect a lot of the criticism at least so in a way...job done?

[@dougalbadger4918]

@@josephstewart2821 it also added sooo many more plot holes and retcons so I feel it was in vain...

[@TyrannosaurusCHEX]

@@dougalbadger4918 It was more meaning that the efforts that went into retconning everything from the last Jedi AND trying to create some sort of story to follow on was such a disaster in its own right that people now think of rise of Skywalker as being the worse movie even though it really never had a chance to be anything else given the foundation it was trying to build on (although simple stuff like just making kylo ren the main villain would have been hugely better then bringing back the emperor)

[@erikdayne5429]

So you’re saying just including a line such as “aw c’mon that’s one in a million” isn’t enough?

[@dwmueller76]

The level of criticism the pre-quals received always kind of bothered me. The problems w/ them did not go unnoticed, but I was able 2 ignore a lot of them & focus on the good (and there was a lot of good)! I was just so stoked to watch Anakin grow & turn into Vader . McGreger was perfect as Obi-wan & I had a huge crush on Natalie Portman ! The story itself fit well within the rules of the universe and I just enjoyed the movies! I’d roll my eyes 👀 at people I considered Debby Downers &!my feeling was that they weren’t going be happy no matter what! Then the sequels came out. I’m honestly still baffled at how bad the writing was! W/ an enormous budget & an amazing canvas to build from, how the fuck could it go so wrong? My top 2 issues(and I have hundreds), is #1) they completely destroyed Luke Skywalkers character. The most important hero in the Star Wars universe reduced to );&:@:@ Horse)@)&(&! #2) the rules of the force, which is a foundation of the series, just thrown in the garbage & for what? Why? It’s like the writers didn’t even watch the 1st 6 movies! They need to de-canon these movies and start again. That won’t happen though. Any criticism seems to get the “why are you taking it so serious, it’s just a space opera for kids”! And “you’re a male chauvinist for not liking Ray”! So yeah now I’m the Debbie downer and after watching these rant videos, I’m pissed off all over again so thanks! Lol I am loving Mando though and I’m stoked for Obi-wan ! Thank the force for FAVREAU!

[@troyfiss9332]

Mauler's attention to detail while tearing this horrible thing apart is so cathartic. This killer of Star Wars still lives rent free in my head unfortunately.

[@martinjrgensen8234]

Why let it ruin the rest of Star Wars. Just ignore the ST as canon. Has worked wonders for me

[@MrHappyKyle]

“The effects will age. The shots will age. Writing and storytelling is timeless.” - 1:23:00 My favorite line from the entire 3-part critique. I feel like Mauler’s entire argument on the whole is summed up here.

[@cockandballsman4749]

shots don’t age

[@Samuelkuchle]

@@cockandballsman4749 Also, writting and storytelling DOES AGE. Just look at old movies, or classic literature. They're vastly different from what we have now, some of them are even wrongly criticized with today's morals and "standars".

[@albertsquires466]

@@Samuelkuchle he means the quality not the content

[@mykeprior3436]

And that's why the original Star Wars, original game ideas, songs, etc, never really die.

[@albertsquires466]

@@darkthorpocomicknight7891 Well if it's liked by many that's not an argument, that doesn't make it good that makes it popular, good things can be popular bad things can be popular please actually explain why this movie is good rather than just saying it will be popular. Also apply this ability to read the future and now what movies will be popular for the the lottery could be very lucrative.

[@ZeroBeat1]

Rian Johnson also subverted your expectation of seeing a good movie.

[@marving.8868]

ZeroBeat1 it was so shocking I loved it!!!! I went to the movies expecting a decent story but hell no they subverted it so fucking hart it was greaaaaast so different so new 😍😍😍😍

[@michaelmccarty1327]

I think we can be forgiven for wanting that particular expectation to be fulfilled.

[@unfa00]

The Last Jedi is so insulting and poorly written, that I reject to accept it as a Star Wars movie. Thank you.

[@SolarDragon007]

The fact that people try to defend it as being a good movie is absolutely preposterous to me.

[@wackpendejo3000]

JerickHerick35 yes, or atleast not good with movies, do you have facts to belive otherwise?

[@wackpendejo3000]

JerickHerick35 there is a difference betwen liking a movie and considering it good, like sherlock a game of shadows... i like the movie but its still a shity movie...

[@wackpendejo3000]

JerickHerick35 no, its more of a guilty pleasure, atleast for me, the movie its not amazing but there is a certain charm and vibe that i really like.

[@CouchCit]

I second this

[@Gunnberg85]

39:00 I may be looking too deeply into this scene without context, but I can't help but feel that Mark Hamill is visibly beyond frustrated with the audience's reaction. They just applauded for Johnson favoring the production over the fans. Meanwhile Mark is all about the fans. He must have felt so alone on that stage. I hope one day I get to meet him.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

I agree and think it's hard to interpret what happened as anything but that.

[@youngsmitty347]

The thing that pisses me off about the new Star Wars is that we didn't need a continuation. With the original Star Wars Saga, we had one clear story that unfolded over the span of two decades, both in the fictional universe and our reality; the Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Anakin Skywalker. Say what you will about the Prequels, despite their mediocrity, it built onto the story of the Originals and connected them in a way that made Vader's redemption a bit more powerful, due to all the mistakes and failures that he went through during his entire life; His mother's death, the eradication of the Jedi, and accidentally causing the death of his own wife. And yet, it was the love of his son and the desire of wanting a family (no matter how fucked up it may be) that allowed him to destroy the Emperor and die peacefully in his son's arms. Coincide that with the fall of the Empire and the Sith being destroyed after all the shit they've done to the galaxy, and you've got a story of love and loss, friendships and betrayal, courage and sacrifice and the true power of family. It's an epic wrapped in one neat little package that you can enjoy over and over again with friends and family. Now, with the new films, all that struggle and character development that everyone went through is now worth for shit. The galaxy is still in a period of civil war, the Empire is still strong, (hell, maybe stronger now with all the asspulls the writers have done with the Dreadnaught, Snoke's X-TREME Super Star Destroyer, and the Third Death Star), the "New Republic" just gets blown up with one shot and Leia now leads the Rebellion 2.0, Han Solo is still a smuggler who runs from his duties, Luke is just an old fart waiting on an island waiting to die after trying to murder a kid in his sleep instead of being the wise and experienced Jedi who brought back the guy who's stood in a room full of butchered kids two minutes after turning to the Dark Side, and our new main character is a person who has no flaws, a bland personality, and goes through no hardships that many other characters in the previous films went through. (i.e. Luke, Anakin, Leia, Han, Obi-Wan, etc.) At least with the old Expanded Universe, it offered people a chance to explore the events of the story before and after the original Saga and they could either go with it and learn about the wider galaxy, or just leave it at the six movies which could flow without the need of reading outside stories. With the newer films, it's practically mandatory as the story is continued and just pushes the reset button with "bigger" and "badder" threats to "the good guys". It tries to pamper to the nostalgia factor, rather than focusing on the bigger picture and fleshing out the world that the characters' live in. And because of this, we're left with plot holes in favor of looking "cool" for the old guard, and younger kids watching. Overall, there is absolutely no reason for this story to continue. It began with The Phantom Menace and ended with the Return of the Jedi. The characters we know (The OT) grew with time, and became better people while learning from the mistakes of their predecessors (The PT). It was clear and precise, yet rich with interesting relationships. Here, it's just going through action scenes and "hilarious jokes" while demeaning the audience's intelligence to that of a toddler with boring characters, glaring plot holes that are never explained or fixed, and just an utterly pointless narrative.

[@Jarumo76]

Have you read the 'Thrawn trilogy' by Timothy Zahn ?

[@youngsmitty347]

Jarumo76 Yes, I have. In my mind, that is my idea of a "Sequel trilogy" to the OT.

[@Jarumo76]

I hear you, brother.

[@LOTRFAN33]

Logan I totally agree. I have to go back to the EU. I am currently in the series following the new jedi order.

[@LOTRFAN33]

Roose Bolton Yep awesome trilogy. He also did a duology which is also good but may require other in between reading to make sense (not sure but is was set up several years after the end of the Thrawn Trilogy

[@Tekaine]

"You took my investment and laughed at me for having it, you laughed at me for caring about a story you were telling", seldom have I identified with a sentence this much.

[@MaxLoafin]

@ThatPurpleFunk Ya but that's a "story" being told by the fucking mad man that is Tom Green. It _IS_ silly to be invested in a story being told by a moron like Tom, but Rian at least had a decent film under his belt in Looper and wasn't known for being a comedian. I'd love to have seen Tom's take on Star Wars considering what we ended up with.

[@stormcutter59]

That few sentences right there is why I dont consider The Last Jedi to be a legitimate film, but rather a 2 hour troll fest made by a madman who got control of a multi billion dollar investment. It's for this reason that I seriously want Rian Johnson's director's license to be permanently revoked, and should NEVER be allowed to practice his filmmaking hobby in the Hollywood industry ever again. Rian Johnson is a joke of a director and a joke of a human being. What a joke that Lucasfilms and Disney to allow this to happen. They all should be fired from their positions for allowing it as well.

[@pastryserpent]

@@stormcutter59 Thing is he's not a terrible director. Knives out is a great movie, with even more subversions than last jedi. The problem is that he was restricted by star wars and decided to just ignore the restrictions instead of working around them.

[@stormcutter59]

@@pastryserpent Rian had literally NO supervision when filming the joke that is Episode 8. And Knives Out is an overrated piece of crap film that has become the beacon of hope for Rian apologists worldwide as an example of his "wonderful talents" and it confuses me to heaven as to why. As for the quality of Knives Out, I'll say this. If that is the best Rian Johnson can do with that subversive Galaxy brain of his, he should quit before anyone has the chance to get rid of him out of sheer principle. The man has no directing talent. None

[@NCHaskew]

@@stormcutter59 to be fair, the episodes of Breaking Bad he directed are phenomenal. As a director, he undoubtedly has talent. Just don't let him touch a single letter of the script

[@isleofredemption]

"... as much as J. J. Abrams will attempt to fix what Rian has done here, he will be unsuccessful. I can promise you that." Rise of Skywalker: 57% Rottentomatoes Critics' Score.

[@superking]

I nearly choked when he said that

[@galactica58]

sad

[@RRRanTV]

Depart of Jake Skywalker and Rise of MaRey Palpatine - A Disney Fanfiction-Story

[@KOSVENDETTA]

The Force Awakens sucked anyway

[@treasurecave431]

Not to mention that TLJ is now at a terrible 43%

[@derekdrake8706]

Many years later and it's still shocking how badly Disney shat the Star Wars bucket.

[@derekdrake8706]

@@Katsura-San124 Yeah, I had the same kind of feeling. I was willing to overlook a lot of the clownage because I was curious about where the story was going to go, you know? JJs "mystery box" style of writing had some potential. Then TLJ came out and that dumbass Rian Johnson threw every "mystery box" out the window in favor of his own crappy vision. That killed any interest I had left in Star Wars. I still can't believe Disney allowed something so unprofessional and stupid. That's what you get when you put the coffee girl in charge of creative decisions, I guess.

[@honilock577]

They dropped a grenade in it after for good effect

[@martinjrgensen8234]

It is baffling someone thought this was a good idea.

[@aristoearth5657]

1:14:46 two years priorl he just casually predicted the plot of the rise of skywalker

[@aidan7646]

@@Business_Newsnah you don't sound crazy at all, you make a very good point, Disney literally just winged this trilogy and solely relied on fan feedback to determine how they should continue

[@thejamesbondshowwithkrazyk4581]

@@aidan7646 they certainly did not listen to fans or they would of made a great Star Wars films, starting off with Luke coming back alive and finally finding out where Maz got Luke Skywalkers lightsaber.

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

Jar Jar Abrams using his typical copy n paste nonsense

[@timothyho5786]

Only Rise MaRey Suewalker that what should have called! The Last Joke Woke Jidehh🤢(The Last Jedi) disappointing!😠⁉️.

[@fabianstobbe3743]

It’s not really a plot

[@sybillestahl8646]

About the salt planet, yeah, when that guy tasted the ground, I thought, “You’d better hope that’s sodium chloride, not sodium cyanide.”

[@ZarkowsWorld]

It is just more proof of bad writing, as telling the audience it is salt and the place isn't cold can be told in many ways without licking the ground.

[@bigorange2082]

Sybille Stahl yeah tasting dirt on a strange planet could never be dangerous right???

[@bigorange2082]

Zarkow the guy should have just looked right at the audience and yelled with a smile “It’s not snow!!!”

[@cbspock1701]

Yeah, that was dumb, but the use of salt was interesting since it is a biblical reference and symbolizes the death and rebirth of the rebellion.

[@sybillestahl8646]

cbspock1701 Wow. Way too subtle for me.

[@fabiweh746]

In my 30 years of consuming and loving cinema, The Last Jedi was the first and only movie so far that made me feel like the director personally doesn't like me and wanted to piss me off.

[@themprsndev]

Exactly lol

[@GodotIsWaiting4U]

39:05 watching his hand tremble after everybody applauded absolutely broke my heart.

[@rsmith8113]

He gave up in that moment

[@dignelberrt]

The way he just throws his arm up in anguish too, it just hurts to see him care so much more than others, yet get utterly ignored.

[@IProblematique]

@@dignelberrt The morons in the crowd 'whooping' are why movies like this are so successful.

[@JagerFrostTroll]

That was hard to watch. Shows you the total disconnect from reality that most people have with these films. They were clapping at the fact that Rian dosen't give a shit about the fans, that he only cares about what the producers want. Absolutely disgraceful.

[@Special_Tactics_Force_Unit]

Haha yeah. It's a shame. But i do feel he was being a bit of a baby about it, he likes to make fun of people who throw tantrums (like Trump) and yet he acts the same way. You signed the contract buddy, money switched hands. At that point you had the script you knew what was going to happen and you decided to be a sour bitch about being a part of it. To me that shows no professionalism and no spine. And he's no better than the people me ridicules for the same thing.

[@jlassijlali290]

I will rewatch this but not the Movie!

[@kennethbarrett2389]

I watch this more times than what may be healthy...

[@dodopoopinpoop]

Jlassi Jlali EXACTLY

[@LeHobbitFan]

MY LIFE HAS BEEN A LIE ALL ALONG !!

[@00nick7]

Jlassi Jlali Same!!!!!!

[@00nick7]

Kenneth Barrett Same!!!

[@namlessbastard2541]

Seeing Mark Hamill so broken brings a tear to my eye.

[@GothicXlightning]

and the worst part will always be Rian cuntson killing him off right after for no real reason denying every shred of possible redemption except for a force ghost which still pisses me off

[@knightmare3706]

Mark Hamill was broken the moment he read the script. but he was so enthusiastic to play Luke that he just accepted it. then he was just..........he just got shitted on and silenced by Rian and Kathleen

[@ThePsychoExe]

@@knightmare3706 Kathleen Kennedy is just horrible for Star Wars and this world, as well as Rian

[@shaneyy__]

KNIGHTMARE he was signed to a contract before Disney even bought it. Sequels were expected before Lucas sold his “children” to “white slavers.”

[@knightmare3706]

@@shaneyy__ that's true. but why did he even sign the contract? because he loves playing as Luke Skywalker. that always hopeful, brave and trusting Luke that we all loved since Episode 4 : a New Hope. but then.........Disney comes in with a shitty trilogy that kills of ALL of our favorite characters from the OT and pisses on everything that Lucas and his team made in the OT, the amazing Prequels and Clone Wars Series. they just pissed on all of it. especially ALL of the rules of the Force.

[@Señor-Donjusticia]

49:44 The first order has soldiers for every situation. Salt Troopers, Pepper Soldiers, Ketchup Soldiers, Mustard Soldiers, even Sour Cream and Mayonnaise Soldiers.

[@dr.2335]

Oil Troopers. They fry now.

[@voimppp572]

@@dr.2335good god this is the best comment I’ve seen in a while!

[@dr.2335]

@@voimppp572 I have my moments

[@ProjectRedfoot]

Syrup Troopers (for the waffle planets)

[@kylekatarn5964]

​@@ProjectRedfoot With Butter Blasters and powdered sugar grenades

[@louie3601]

'You have created poor work, bad work, for something that does not get to have another chance; something that is very important to people whether or not you care about that. You had the opportunity, nay, the responsibility to get the band back together; to have them see and feel something together again. You had the actors paid and enthusiastic, nobody else will have that power again. You had one moment in our universe, in our timeline, and you squandered it. So, as a community we were left with nowhere to go in terms of the cinematic experience... we have to leave that behind now.' Fuck me. That said it all.

[@janbosch5951]

@@lennynero8614 It roughly translates to: Rian Johnson had the opportunity to please the fans, to make a movie that accurately portraits the characters and the world, a movie that built upon the groundwork laid in the previous movies and that respected the rules, but instead we got quite the opposite. Star Wars isn't even guaranteed to break even now. The prequals took years to get disected and shat on from the internet, but somehow the ratings of this movie are even worse in its first year. The characters were assasinated, destroyed, and some can't even redeem themselves in the next movie. This movie is most likely the worst Star Wars movie to date.

[@janesmith1840]

@Worm Driver Sure, if dumbing it down to a single vague concept makes it easier for you to understand. Ignoring *why* thing was bad, the lasting impact thing will have on the future of the entire franchise, which by the way is one of the most popular and beloved entertainment properties OF ALL TIME, and the fact that it had almost limitless potential to be something truly incredible, that not only built upon the original works that many people consider to be an essential part of their childhood but also introduce new explorations into the ideas of good and evil that will resonate with children in the audience in the same way that the original trilogy did for the kids who saw it back when it first came out, only to fail in so many ways large and small that it's almost fucking impossible, then yeah, "thing bad". Moron.

[@spuart3308]

Worm Driver wait did you just try to refute the arguments against yourself by describing what you yourself are doing

[@spuart3308]

Worm Driver Firstly, that is the kind of arguing I would expect from a pissed off 7 year old who got into a shouting match with his friend about who got to play with a toy. Secondly, ONLY A SITH DEALS IN ABSOLUTES. Thirdly, you are the epitome of the Homer Simpson “everyone is stupid except me” meme...

[@spuart3308]

Worm Driver please again refer to the image I gave a link to

[@ijustworkhere1008]

Rian Johnson: "Rey's parentage is unimportant. there is no trick from Kylo" J.J.Abrahams: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that"

[@SheshadriK-os2du]

There is no war in Ba Sing Se

[@Onewingerdraven]

Tbf I didn't care about her parentage. I just wanted to see her being her own character. And RJ failed at that like JJ did.

[@medalgear654]

funny how JJ Abrams did that when he basically told us the same thing in TFA when the orange lady told rey the people who left her behind are not coming back lol

[@mementomori5580]

@@medalgear654 Frankly, considering everything that happens in 9, I wouldn't be surprised if JJ Abrams added that there just to spite and contradict RJ with every single thing he did in 8...

[@MichelOsef]

Fun fact: Disney actually tried to retroactively fix the god-awful writing of Rey's character in a book. Her amazing piloting skills are explained by the fact that, while living on her own in the desert for years, one day she found a computer with a flight simulator. Having literally nothing else to do, she basically spent half her life, learning how to pilot every ship in the galaxy thanks to this simulator. I am not making this up, they actually had someone write a book, to come up with this story, to explain why Rey is such an amazing pilot from the first time we see her in TFA. They also has someone else write another book, to justify her amazing Force abilities by saying that she "downloaded" Kylo Ren's training while he was reading her mind. I am not making this up either, this is the official version of the story in Disney's official canon.

[@davidstephen2015]

That just leads to more questions, like how did she run the simulations? Surely the simulator would require power and she appears to live without this in an AT-ATs ruined foot. Also she seems to have plenty to occupy her time, like scrounging vast amounts of spare parts for tiny amounts of food. I am going to call bullshit on this crappy explanation as well.

[@MichelOsef]

The book is called "Before the Awakening", and it's actually not that bad. It also tells the story of Finn's stormtrooper training. Like most Disney-era novels, it's actually much better than their movies.

[@fredricklloyd5300]

my son is the bomb playing need for speed at age 12. However, I'll never pass him the keys anytime soon to run any errands in my vehicle.

[@silverwing4153]

@@fredricklloyd5300 while I'm not defending it there is a difference between Game and simulation. I dont know the specifics, since I didn't read the reference book, but maybe they had some wacky advanced VR program that was true to life. Then again I'm falling into the trap of writing it for disney.

[@HighDesertComics]

My largest issue with this is that ...if you need extraneous materials to cover for gaps of logic in a movie or movies, does that not confirm that the movie or movies themselves are poorly written? Being forced to justify crappy film decisions in other media, just for the sake of trying to make people buy it is the hallmark of a company that does not care about the story being told, only how much green the can milk out of it. (Like those ak-2 camels)

[@_NutcasE_]

The trilogy starts on the non-tatooine, goes to non-Yavin4 from where non-coruscant is destroyed followed up by destruction of non-deathstar and there we head to non-hoth and non-dagobah, and then just to finish it off we head to different non-tatooine and finish the trilogy in the emperors new throne room. Man the originality is uncanny.

[@Zucca101]

I do have to disagree though... Rian Johnson is not a nice guy. No nice guy can see the cheer-factory that is Mark Hamill's soul being crushed and destroyed like that.

[@jiersk]

35:50 "Although we are fully aware that JJ will invent a brand new army for the third film." The recent trailers and leaks seem to suggest that Mauler himself used the Force to predict the future. Palpatine esque way of foreseeing destiny.

[@galactica58]

Not to mention the "rey is palpatine's granddaughter" mentions throughout the critique

[@KOSVENDETTA]

And someone else mentioned the fact that Rose was barely in it which is hilarious.

[@Shadow66090]

Mauler basically predicted the entire episode 9 here :D

[@sirkuchen1501]

Well Mauler is just smart. You could see that happening from what was shown in tlj

[@blastinus3714]

And the star destroyers with death star cannons mounted on them.

[@SpicyBicycle]

The writers and directors of this movie, are like a distant niece or nephew that comes to visit. The kid sees the star wars stuff on the shelf, and wants to play with it. In doing so, he rips R2's leg off in order to make him fit into the ATAT. Decided Luke had a tummy ache and drew green around his mouth with a pen. Decapitated yoda with a bionicle and then flushed admiral akbar down the toilet. Then when you're like WTF. His mom is like "they're just toys, they're meant to be played with". After she left him completely unsupervised.

[@Stepski23]

So I've watched all three episodes all the way through now, and despite how many times it was used, I still laughed out loud everytime Mark Hamil said "NAZI!"

[@Mike_Dubo]

Fun idea: What if we got Mark Hamill to play a nazi? Like, as cartooney as one could make a nazi?

[@NineSun001]

Even after watching almost all Mauler Content, that Hamil-Nazi still cheers me up like crazy. I just love it!

[@HerculesBallsInc]

NAZI!

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

Same here. :)

[@JiovanniCintron]

Same 🤣

[@lootsorrow]

Can we talk for a minute about how absolutely incredible it is that this series has retained nearly 80% of the it's views from the first video? (as in part 1 has 2.4 million views, parts 2 and 3 each have nearly 2 million views as of writing this) I was just recently on a binge watch of Joerg Sprave's videos and one of his highest view count videos is only ~4 minutes long and is clearly labeled Part 1, with explicit mentions in the video that there is a part 2 (and the part 2 contains the inarguably more interesting stuff, the actual firing of a homemade game-of-thrones-inspired ballista!) but part 1 has 4 million views and part 2 has only 2 million. That means HALF of the people who watched the first video couldn't keep their attention in one place for FOUR MINUTES, but MauLer has kept 80% of his viewers engrossed for over five HOURS with this series. Simply excellent work, sir.

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

Well, no moment is wasted, in his videos, they're doing whatever they are supposed to doing and the bit of comedy does help.

[@aivb81588]

Mauler was the first youtuber I watched that destoryed TLJ. I was new to youtube, if I watched youtube it was to watch a movie trailer or a music video. Mauler taught me how to think critically about film. Some would say "well, that sucks. Now you can't enjoy movies." But actually, I have a new appreciation for films that are well written, that have a story worth paying attention to. And it helps me break apart films that are just utter nonsense (the Fast and the Furious Franchise, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Frozen 2, the list goes on). That's why I watch all of his stuff and support his work. He isn't a youtuber that bullshits his content.

[@A1X7Z]

One of the reasons is I left youtube on when I fell asleep and woke up to this.

[@Smerpyderp]

A1X7Z not a bad way to go about it.

[@WolfHreda]

Damn, I need to go back to Joerg's channel and watch that.

[@blammod664]

"This is so monumentally stupid and convenient that it makes complete sense that it takes place in this film." - Episode 8 in a nutshell.

[@Xehanort10]

14:00 Disney going "Rey considers Han a father figure" made no sense because she barely knew him but treated his death like someone she'd known for years had been killed. Then again this is the same trilogy that tells us Rey, Finn and Poe are really close friends then has them only share a few scenes together.

[@trevorthornley8835]

Because Hollywood believes words are stronger than actions I guess. Tell don't show

[@thomasraines1396]

It sounds like CW writing of relationships.

[@occam7382]

If you know what J.J. originally planned for Rey before Episode lX, that scene would make a lot more sense. But he changed it, so it doesn't.

[@hariman7727]

The movie would have been so much better if both Poe and Finn had survived/been together for The Force Awakens. SO MUCH would have made sense: Poe would have piloted the Falcon so well, Rey would have been the copilot, helping with things as she figured out bypasses and special modifications, Finn would be the gunner who can shoot well because he was trained for turrets and blasters. Poe actually signals Han, but doesn't realize the Falcon was spotted and tracked due to being left on Jakku so Han could hide, and Han was going to Jakku to help Poe, but was late due to dodging patrols. The capture gangs are hireling bounty hunters going after the "resistance". And so much more.

[@rossmore4682]

21:55 - HEY MAN, I JUST TASTED THE GROUND, THIS IS CRYSTAL METH PLANET!

[@peddazz2365]

lmao

[@LordXehenniar]

No dude that's not crystal that's salt. Get with it

[@lowercase21]

I'd like to see that war go down.

[@yozora1047]

David Patterson Damn dude. Look at that. A joke flew over your head!

[@LordXehenniar]

@@yozora1047 you're behind the meta. MeTA

[@bobbyshmurda1622]

39:20 Mark looks so... defeated. I think this movie broke his soul. :(

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

Bobby Shmurda I KNOW this movie broke his soul.

[@2bituser569]

I mean Luke is Hamil’s claim to fame. To have another oppty to play this role and act together with his old cast mates was like Winning the lotto. They subverted Mark’s expectations 😂

[@josereynoso8598]

That was fucking depressing to see :(

[@banishedbr]

that is the real explanation of how he become like THAT HAHAHAHHAH SAD TRUE STORY ;(

[@diveinstructordaniel1095]

So sad seems like the old Charakter are just there to make sure we bereaved it’s „Star Wars“ and to kill them off 😞 but I think mark knows now that his fans are still with him and that we „ignore“ his death 😂

[@trevorp8124]

"I wield it, but it uses us all, and that is abhorrent to me, because I hate the Force. I hate that it seems to have a will, that it would control us to achieve some measure of balance, while countless lives are lost" So, my new headcanon is that Darth Traya's ultimate goal was to prevent the new movie trilogy.

[@january3rd293]

That would make such a perfect parody theory video.

[@scottski02]

I gladly accept this headcannon #DarthTrayadidnothingwrong

[@deeta000]

The Sith Triumvirate was awesome. I would have sold my soul for Kotor 3. Or even a completed Kotor 2.

[@eidolon9625]

You don't have to do that, there's a mod for a completed, as far as possible at least, kotor 2.

[@Angyali]

I just gave the 100. like to your comment!

[@DetectiveJones]

1:26:00 Honestly I feel like Mauler put more time and effort into that absolutely must have movie than Rian Johnson and JJ put into the whole trilogy

[@tobaccomarshall4659]

Ok let's be honest it'd be pretty fucking cool to see Star Wars but with the characters elevated to godhood in terms of power level and just carry all of their powers to the logical extreme big ass force astral avatars hurler Stars and Planets at each other as they use gamma ray burst as lightsabers characters teleporting around and stealing items from each other then having that item turn into nothing cause it was a fake all along, Insane technology capable of wiping out galaxies in a push of a button, I'd watch that especially if the movie didn't even try to take itself seriously because then it'd set a precedent that it's a goofy action flick made for people with a high degree of suspension of disbelief

[@-JaggedGrace-]

@@tobaccomarshall4659 I feel like suspension of disbelief is not even relevant to a movie like that, you're there to have a good time whether or not you believe in the happenings

[@ПавелПовх-з3у]

@@tobaccomarshall4659 You know, you described infinity war, right?

[@JayExci]

Wasn't planning on watching all this in one go but here we are I guess.

[@Mr.Emu.-]

And I never thought I would chose to re-writing The Last Jedi for my English assignment

[@TarantinosNightmare]

that should be the tagline for KZbin

[@ARC--5973]

Binge.

[@gottesurteil3201]

YOU!

[@glamdring1141]

me too

[@jfcrow1]

This series is better than the movie.

[@kcheaden]

John C And it's not even close.

[@RossTheNinja]

True, but so are lots of things. I've not watched them, but I'd guess that so are the tennis tremors sequels

[@virusderp]

Every time I see Mark Hamill upset that they ruined Luke, breaks my heart :(

[@an8strengthkobold360]

@Ian I love the idea of hermit link, they just didn't properly justify it. He went from trying to redeem a mass murderer to considering killing kilo way to fast, the needed afew extra steps or someone to push him into falling. That is my problem with TLJ Luke. Also just calling those who disagree with you "fan boys" is imature and cripples discourse, it's like when people use "sjw" to describe people who like TLJ.

[@Darth-vade123]

Me to Jordan it hurts to see the character hamill loves Luke yes I am Luke but it's still heart breaking to see how rian destroyed me but luckly I'm not him I live and fight on

[@lamichka]

His Legend tarnished. You can see his soul being torn appart by disney greed in real time.

[@stuglife5514]

@@lamichka The one clip of him almost having a panic attack breaks my fucking heart. I cried while watching that last night.

[@leesheppard6043]

Hamill could have returned the money and walked away from TLJ. There's no way that Disney would have sued because of the risk of everything going public. Disney would have been forced to step in and adjust the script to something that Hamill would have agreed to.

[@paradiseracer2437]

The amount of times he says "Rey is Palpatines grandaughter" in this whole series not even knowing is fucking wild to me. Because it wasn't predictable, he was saying it because it was just so insane and made no sense. And yet, here we are.

[@Shadowfire204]

"Not fighting what we hate, saving what we love." *door gets blown up a literal split second later after she prevented Finn from saving what they love so she could proceed to force a kiss on him*

[@sirprize275]

Maybe Rose actually hated The Resistance and was actually Finn’s stalker the whole time

[@stupidpol]

her phrase is the best critique of the movie. the very movie which focused on destruction of characters instead of saving what people loved.

[@an8strengthkobold360]

She was saving the giant space gun.

[@Dingo-wk5ed]

That’s literally a definition of war. Fighting what you hate to save what you love.

[@sirprize275]

Dingo13550 so Rose did hate the resistance! That’s why she almost got everyone killed!

[@jv8462]

Rewatching this after The Rise of Palpatine, currently laughing at the people who thought Ep 9 would make TLJ better

[@darkworld9850]

I can’t believe you actually paid money to see it.

[@jv8462]

@@darkworld9850 I did not

[@yoku651]

Watching this after TROS, currently laughing at the people who still think JJ made better movies than Rian Johnson did.

[@jv8462]

@@yoku651 I'd say JJ is the better director but both of them should be forbidden from having any input on the script

[@yoku651]

@@jv8462 JJ doesn't have an original or creative cell in his body. He literally just re-wrote the OT and jammed it all into one movie.

[@jerric1228]

“You laughed at me for caring about a story you were telling” Movies can be bad or poorly done and there’s plenty I didn’t like. It’s rare that I actually hate something like I do this film, and I struggle to believe this wasn’t intentionally offensive.

[@52moviesayear]

Jerric Bear I believe Rian Johnson destroyed threads from The force awakens. Because he is jealous of JJ Abrams’s “reputation” I think he is also jealous of George Lucas and his creation of Star Wars.

[@DPGBehler]

“The Last Jedi sycophants will eventually come around.” Yep, I’m a testament to that.

[@leetlargo]

*her arc is to actually get bored of being too powerful* One Punch Woman?

[@secretlythreeducksinamansu3546]

Saitama actually has a character built around realising how futile his own struggle was now that he has reached the peak and has nothing to aspire for. Rey is just... absoulutly flawless full stop.

[@SethrottIe]

@@secretlythreeducksinamansu3546 True, you can see that by the fact he was enormously excited when he found an actual challenge, only to find it was a dream..

[@AdonanS]

@@SethrottIe I like that episode. He looked like such a badass during that struggle, only to wake up disappointed.

[@joshuakim5240]

The sad thing is that Rey's Mary Sue OPness could have been justified by giving that power a cost of some sort. Literally any cost to balance it out (which is ironic considering Rian Johnson's Light/Dark "balance" bullshit).

[@Dragonage2ftw]

Cringe.

[@PretentiousPainters]

"Effects will age, CGI will age, writing and story telling is timeless" wow. what a quote. soo well said. why is it that we still read shakespear....well now ya know, good story telling doesnt age. plot holes and cgi crystal foxes do

[@Max-kv1xm]

shakespear is a shitposter

[@Replica_Films2000]

Weirdly enough the effects off old movies are actaully better

[@bobbyshmurda1622]

Tbh honest the original trilogy still holds up SOOO well. It actually looks better than some movies today.

[@TyrDrum]

@@bobbyshmurda1622 Just like fine wine, Time makes the visuals look more authentic as the nuances and quirks become more admirable in an increasingly more perfect CGI reality. (Interstellar by Christopher Nolan used similar techniques like real world ship models explosions just like OG star wars did. The movie, despite some minor story faults, has recieved massive praise.)

[@PretentiousPainters]

@@shadowspider9 interesting.

[@johnbabylon7626]

Family Guy already nailed the idea of "subverting expectations." Season 2, Episode 7: "The King is Dead." In it, Peter becomes the producer/director of the play "The King and I" and basically just rewrites the entire thing absent any logical process or cognizant thought. It becomes a hodge-podge mess of a play that everyone in the town loves. He includes in it talking penguins for Anna to talk to, changes Anna to an acronym standing for "Atomic Nuclear Neo-Android" that kung-fu fights the king after resisting an attempt to confuse his programming with an "all female sex orgy." And, naturally, at the end, "Anna" conquers Siam and renames it the United States of America. Wow. And naturally, we as the audience understand why this is funny: because no logical person would praise that kind of butchering of any IP much less a classic like "The King and I." Obviously, Peter is a moron and the people of Qahog are also morons for offering it any praise whatsoever. That's why it's funny. But with the Last Jedi, what we have is ACTUAL real-life people offering praise for what amounts to a buffoon simply rewriting a classic IP to fit his own interpretation. Like Peter Griffin, Rian Johnson is a moron. And like the people of Qahog, if you praise this kind of writing as "brilliant" in any way, you're a moron too. In a cartoon, this is funny. In real life, it's tragic.

[@GearShotgun]

Couldn't have given a better example myself. The scary thing is how people are being attacked for criticizing it. It's like the story of the emperor's new clothes, only instead of listening, the emperor tries to poke out the eyes of anyone who criticizes his outfit so he wont have to admit he's a fool, with abysmal results. Unfortunately, as the fans found their voices being silenced they chose to speak with their wallets instead. Now these studios are trapped in a no win scenario; either give the actual fans what they want and show that they never cared about diversity and woke, or keep pushing it and continue to ruin themselves. Its a hell of their own making and one they will not come out of unscathed, if they do at all.

[@Garviel-Loken]

@@GearShotgun love the emperor's new clothes analogy. Have a like!

[@hamishgoeden7852]

@You tuber ok so your response is "mauler is a hack and a fraud and gets his facts wrong." Ok mate. Present your evidence. Demonstrate *why* he is wrong

[@johnbabylon7626]

@You tuber Your entire argument hinges on a logical fallacy called a "faulty appeal to authority." Because you have no way of countering the intellectual content of the objections being made, you simply appeal to supposed "experts" and that elusive "majority." The problem with this--the reason it is a logical fallacy--is because experts can be wrong and "the majority" often simply means that all the morons are going in the same direction. So, we must logically ask ourselves: "Is this one of those occasions when the 'experts' are wrong and the 'majority' simply is the grouping of morons?" How do we tell if this is one of those occasions? Well, we must logically analyze the objections being made and see if they make sense. So... we are right back where we started. No, Rian Johnson's "subversions" did not make narrative sense. In fact, they shattered the lore of the universe and blatantly defied the rules of good storytelling and narrative coherence. The Last Jedi is not even logically consistent within its OWN narrative structure much less with Star Wars as a whole. And another "expert"--JJ Abrams--appears to disagree with your chosen "expert" since the Rise of Skywalker completely retcons everything Rian Johnson did. Now, I wouldn't call Abrams an "expert" anymore than I would call Johnson an "expert" but by your own logic, my argument carries as much weight as yours. And while watching two morons spitting in each other's coffee and then gulping down each other's respective blood-stained loogies is amusing in a way, it is clear that your supposed "experts" are not only not in agreement on this point but the "official" canon of Star Wars clearly dumps all over your position. So... there's that. Which leads us finally back to my own comment. In your case, you would be the people of Quahog. At the end of Peter's abysmal destruction of a classic story, Lois stands up and berates the audience for applauding because she--rightly--states: "What's wrong with you? These people shouldn't be encouraged; they should be punished! That man has committed murder here this evening and the victim's name is theater. This is the kind of mind-numbing schlock that's turning our country into a cultural wasteland. This isn't art. This isn't even entertainment. This...BLOWS!" Like Rian Johnson, the only response Peter has is to release an offensive, intellectually bankrupt expulsion of hot air from a bodily orifice--though Peter's fart continues to have more value than Rian's words. And you? If the audience had conjured a response, you would be the simpleton in the back of the theater yelling out "But we all liked it." That's fine. You can like bad movies. I like several myself. But I actually like *Star Wars* and the Last Jedi--along with the rest of the Disney trilogy--is an OBJECTIVELY bad narrative that isn't even good entertainment much less belongs in the classic canon of a beloved franchise. Which is why the successful Star Wars properties today studiously ignore the sequel trilogy, completely reverse Rian's pathetic "subversions" and pay the legacy characters the respect they deserve. I do have one question for you to consider before I bid you good day. It's not a fun thing for TLJ sycophants to think about but it's something to consider. What are you going to do as the shows on Disney+ slowly erase the Disney trilogy until it is virtually expunged from our cultural consciousness? What are you going to do when the people running Disney have no choice but to decanonize those cinematic abortions? Will you change your opinion because now the "experts" agree with me? If the answer to that question is "yes," then you better just go ahead and change your opinion now because it's happening right in front of your face. And if "no," then spare us all you illogical arguments and just say "Eh... TLJ is a bad movie but I had fun with it." Good day to you.

[@turtleanton6539]

Very good analysis.

[@NumbingDisasterAnon]

So basically. This is the mindset of The Last Jedi: "We're not any of the past trilogies and we don't wanna do anything that the Force Awakens wanted us to do. So we'll kill off everything that was in the previous movies and spend this entire movie doing just that while flashing some lights in your eyes." Sounds about right

[@SolarDragon007]

It's almost like Rian Johnson thought that the only unexpected/subversive thing left to do was abort every plot thread because fan theories had already predicted so many interesting directions the story could of gone in.

[@tod213]

My god literally anything else would have been better though. If they wanted to subvert expectations they would have made the dark side win, as no film has actually done that to the point where the rebels were wiped out. Like might as well kylo ren was the only worthwhile character.

[@thedarklordx]

@@tod213 episode 3 did that

[@tod213]

@@thedarklordx I meant to the point of literally being the end of it. Like end the series, no point of torturing both the viewers and the whole series. Also in those movies you cared about things, unlike in tlj.

[@thekcsugethe_kc_suge7930]

Chewie’s character was just disrespected and slaughtered

[@cilliandaly3901]

R2 wasnt even seen as a character by disney.

[@tanmaydeshpande]

@@cilliandaly3901 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. SOMEONE KILL ME. I just finished watching all three parts of MauLer's review on TLJ and I just wanna crawl into a hole and die. How do you mess up a 4 BILLION dollar franchise like this?????????????? You had one chance, ONE CHANCE to bring the actors together and they squandered it. Now my only hope is Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni

[@stormkelleh]

Rey zapped the poor soul... and they didn’t let him die.... absolute disrespect

[@claws811]

@@tanmaydeshpande true

[@ninjanunch2769]

They did Luke so dirty

[@kylefrank638]

The transition from Duel of the Fates to the cantina music when you were relating to the Fin/Rose scene was so perfect.

[@bbriggs7409]

When?

[@GreenDinoRanger]

I wouldn't call myself a big Star Wars fan, but my heart breaks for Mark. His reaction to people cheering Rian's disregard for the fanbase was painful to see.

[@MjolnirsPower]

"Besides... stop writing their script for them, it's really annoying me." Has to be one of the best lines in movie review History.

[@wilhelmbauermeister7092]

That part when Mark Hamill says to Ryan "We need to think about the fans." Mark quotes Ryan and says "No.... we need to think about our story and our movie." The audience cheers and claps... This was incredibly sad.... Mark hung his head and face palmed. He honestly looked so devastated. Disney has destroyed something truly beautiful. I've said this before... these Disney Wars movies are NOT canon. The original 6 movies and EU are the only Star Wars I know.

[@SugarRayD]

Star Wars GT

[@Thalanox]

I think the audience heard "story and movie" in terms of making a good entry to the universe. Remember, Hollywood types and their various mouthpieces have spent a very long time indoctrinating people to think that anything that appeals to fans (especially the existing fans) is bad, that fan stuff is inherently worse than the "official" stuff, and that people like Ryan are much better at making a good story/movie than the average person. The average 7th grader talking about what would happen in a star wars sequel trilogy would come up with a better story for the movie in a few paragraphs than this man does will untold millions of dollars and massive teams of hundreds of people to put it all together and fix problems. Alternately, I think that people were clapping because they're in favour of what Mark Hamill was trying to say there. That they think thinking about the fans _is_ something that needs to be highlighted and done.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

Mark Hamill is just an actor. He turns up and acts out a script. He doesn't write films, doesn't make films.

[@Thalanox]

@@lucasoheyze4597 If you have a point to make, I'm still waiting to read it.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

@@Thalanox Okay, the point is Mark Hamill's opinion on how to make films is no more qualified by experience than yours or mine. He should read his lines and be grateful he's working because- newsflash- he got very very lucky by being in Star Wars.

[@JaimeNyx15]

I went into these videos a general defender of The Last Jedi. I acknowledged that it had faults while trying to point to the good stuff in it, thinking they made up for its failures. But MauLer, you turned me around. Your systematic, thoughtful, thorough approach made me realize that I was wrong: TLJ is bad in all the ways that matter. These videos were an impressive undertaking, and I want to thank you for making them, even if they did depress me. But it’s better to know the truth than to live in ignorance. I hope Star Wars can somehow be salvaged from this mess. I hope Mark Hamill can get one last hurrah as the Mentor Luke he was meant to be. He deserves better.

[@adamduffield7782]

It took you Mauler to see how shit this film Is? God, even feminist awakens has many plot holes and inconsistencies that shit all over the other star wars movies. As saw the last SJW coming a mile off. I knew this film was going to be a pile of shite, and when it came out, I was dissapointly confirmed right.

[@kurtkriz6891]

Jaime - great comment. Honestly. Heartfelt, sad, but honest.

[@princeprocrastinate6485]

Well done, you swallowed the hard truth and came around, I hope more TLJ defenders go through the same journey you did.

[@chrisscott3071]

And here's the best part. You can still enjoy the movie while acknowledging it is bad.

[@princeprocrastinate6485]

@@chrisscott3071 As I do with the prequels, love them but they have many faults.

[@pinecone1113]

"Finn discovers that he was Snoke's father." That made me laugh really hard.

[@blu3kawaii]

Man I feel bad for Hamill. He genuinely cares for these stories and characters and obviously feels very defeated watching them torn apart

[@midnightflare9879]

Mark Hamil: "See you around, kid." Ryan: And cut! Mark Hamil: *smiles* Finally, the true Luke! I loved that scene! So, what does Luke do next!? Ryan: Yeah, about that...

[@mertarican5456]

:(

[@derworfnet]

That was the exact scene that broke the spell. I remember breathing a huge sigh of relief when it turned out that Luke was just force-projecting and never really in danger. I let my guard down, thinking "Phew, at least he survived. Now, he will surely hop into his X-Wing and join the resis---" *(Luke fricking dies)* _"...wha...?"_

[@mikelasley8784]

@@derworfnet in the words of Ryan Johnson "i subverted your expectations and now you will love me please clap".

[@aghostanimage]

Can i get a hug from you? because you def articulated what ive been seething about for a month, but was to exhausted to explain to people.

[@krugrdbot]

Darth Xitious if only we could get those defenders to watch this series start to finish..

[@racewiththefalcons1]

Oh, and I particularly love the people defending the movie and saying "just enjoy it" in spite of its inconsistencies and contrivances, as if consistency and an adherence to an internal logic is not a key factor in the enjoyment of stories.

[@jennifermoriarty2188]

It depends on the story. Some can be enjoyed but if they are so bad..then harder to overlook the flaws

[@metalliclark86]

Rian Johnson: Well, mark, here the script. Mark Hammill: Amazing. Every word of what you just wrote was wrong.

[@SolarDragon007]

racewiththefalcons1 I can respect someone who just wants to be entertained, but don't tell me to "just enjoy the movie" as an argument/excuse when discussing it's quality.

[@DeDocSax]

And all the people I know who love TLJ hate the prequels... doesn't make sense.

[@Shenaldrac]

You know the hilarious thing is that Leia having received some training in the Force from Luke actually was a thing in the Expanded Universe... the same EU that Disney made non-canon. They literally destroyed the thing that would actually have lent credence to Leia's sudden Force abilities. Good job Kathy Kennedy!

[@PaceBreaker]

They could at least show that stuff happening in order to justify it. Leaving things to be implied or inferred by the audience is not good or proper storytelling.

[@kristinejohnson2230]

They need to not let Kathy Kennedy touch these movies, but I guess it is too late. If this is what she does to movies how in the world did she make it so far in the movie industry.

[@nathanjora7627]

Shenaldrac not really, that would’ve still come out of nowhere from a movie perspective. What would’ve lend credence would’ve been... absolutely anything. Leia discussing with Poe after a period of Jedi meditation, her wearing a Jedi robe, her having a lightsaber, anyone asking Leia « did you sense something through the Force ? » when in need of tactical advice, etc.

[@deeta000]

So much for burning the EU for creative freedom ):

[@Shenaldrac]

@@deeta000 The freedom to make really, really, really poor decisions is still freedom. Can't deny that.

[@StupidWeb]

"Why don't you put this tech on the star cruisers" Me: Ooh that didn't age well

[@Beuwen_The_Dragon]

A big cannon that could crack a thick door is one thing. A big cannon that could crack a planet? ... THAT, is Oof. ^.-.^

[@StupidWeb]

@@Beuwen_The_Dragon I mean, they pretty much already have those kind of big cannons anyway, because Star Destroyers are meant for orbital bombardment, leveling a planet to the bedrock, not quite destroying the planet's core

[@gabeD8366]

I mean it kinda proves his point, it is a broken plot point for the purpose of convenience that when thought about breaks the world

[@StupidWeb]

@@gabeD8366 oh god yeah I'm not disagreeing, just thought it was funny

[@sanjayvijayakumar8605]

I like how the 'faked' Luke's death and then kept him alive just to kill him off 3 seconds later 🙄

[@cypheir]

I thought Jake Skywalker was okay, but I can't wait to see Luke Skywalker come back to the series.

[@mikester8171]

Going by Rose’s logic, it would’ve been amazing if when Holdo was lightspeeding through the Supremacy, Leia came out of no where in one of pods and smashes the ship out of the way.

[@pleaserewind295]

You did a great job.

[@Gew219]

Please Rewind Hello Pat. Nice to see a great, but criminally under subscribed youtuber that I really like appreciating another great and criminally under subscribed youtuber that I really like.

[@theminister1154]

There's *this* planet... it's made of *jelly.* And this one is made of *cheese." Laughing out loud for real.

[@dizeus3051]

"Not fighting what we hate, saving what we love." Always makes me laugh in my seat everytime I hear it.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

It's such a stupid thing to say I sometimes think Rian Johnson was actually trying to be as dumb as possible. Then I remember he's Rian Johnson and really is just that stupid.

[@trevorthornley8835]

​@@BiggieTrismegistus He also seems like a total creeper too. I wouldn't be surprised if he was a pedophile

[@TheGalantMAN]

But that hypocritical crap sums up the entirety of modern pseudo-thinking. Rian said it out loud in a scene which visually directly refutes that, but every other normie around the globe views things the exact same way

[@blackoutnow]

12:38 just noticed Rey closes the wrong eye while aiming the blaster pistol. Training would help, but we already know she will hit nonetheless.

[@arandompasserby7940]

Official canon answer: "Blah blah The Force allowed her to blah blah blah... "

[@curtiskretzer8898]

didn't you hear her"I can take care of myself."...while snubbing the gift of the blast pistol

[@MrGrim-ib4ix]

Uh I hate to say it but this is a real thing. People are cross eyed dominant, meaning the opposite eye to the dominant limb is dominant. Left eye dominant right hand dominant for example. You can see she shifts her head to compensate for this cross eye domination.

[@galactica58]

if only this was established or at least mentioned before

[@Dabordi]

@@GawainSSB To be fair isn't she supposed to be a person who doesn't shoot? If anything you're basically saying they dumb-lucked into accuracy. Considering her gesture is basically "Oh yeah, people close an eye and use sights, right? Am I sighting right? I'm sighting right, right?"

[@under_score3829]

Table of Contents for Part 3: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:20 Comment Response: The word “decimate” 00:00:48 Comment Response: Kylo was Taken 00:01:11 Comment Response: Everyone has the Force 00:01:59 Comment Response: The Codebreaker’s Betrayal 00:02:39 Comment Response: Phasma - “Let’s make this hurt.” 00:03:02 Comment Response: The Resistance Diverting their Shields 00:04:41 Comment Response: Super Leia & The Speed of Leia’s Ship 00:05:05 Comment Response: The Millennium Falcon Saving People 00:05:46 Comment Response: Other Resistance Ships Hyperspace Ramming 00:06:08 Comment Response: Why not go to Crait in the Beginning? 00:06:30 Comment Response: Magnetized Bombs Clarification 00:07:03 Comment Response: Hux finding the Resistance Base 00:07:50 Comment Response: C3PO’s Red Arm 00:08:05 Comment Response: Coruscant vs Hosnian Prime 00:08:36 Comment Response: Hyperspace Missiles 00:09:05 Comment Response: Vader’s Mask & Anikin’s Lightsaber 00:09:39 Comment Response: The Lightsaber Breaking in Half 00:10:03 Comment Response: The Force Creating Balance 00:11:03 Comment Response: Light Side & Dark Side training and Recontextualization 00:12:05 Comment Response: InDaZone;s comment about Rey’s Parents 00:12:48 Comment Response: The Characters & The Meta 00:14:37 Crait: A Rushed Arrival 00:16:30 An Actually Good use of Expostion 00:16:59 Crait: The Walkers 00:17:47 Crait: The Battering Ram Cannon 00:18:11 Crait: The Cave and Finn’s Lack of Growth 00:20:47 Crait: Salt 00:21:49 Crait: Finn Piloting one of the Speeders 00:22:32 Crait: What are the Speeders’ Plan? 00:23:44 Crait: Rey’s Arrival & Gunning ability; Comparison to Han 00:25:23 Crait: Kylo sending every ship after the Falcon 00:27:38 Crait: “Woah, they hate that ship!” 00:28:04 Crait: Nonsensical Arcs & Finn flying into the Cannon 00:30:50 Crait: Rose Stopping Finn & the Kiss 00:34:45 Crait: Kylo’s Lack of Arc & The Resistance is Dead 00:35:56 Crait: Luke’s Arrival 00:37:05 Crait: Another Kylo Temper Tantrum 00:37:51 Crait: Finn & Rose make it back to the Fortress 00:38:35 Crait: Luke doesn’t want to save Kylo 00:38:44 MARK HAMILL: “I thought I was a nice nurturing uncle.” 00:39:00 MARK HAMILL: “We have to think about the fans.” Rian: “No. We have to think about the story.” 00:39:25 Crait: The Cave Exit & Poe’s Character; Rey’s Rescue 00:41:06 Crait: Kylo-Ren vs Luke & Kylo’s Sentence 00:41:34 Family Guy Clip: Superman 4: The Quest for Peace 00:41:41 Crait: Luke’s Response & Rey saving everyone 00:43:37 Crait: Luke’s line that was actually good 00:43:57 Crait: Luke’s Force Projection and Death 00:46:30 Arguments in Support of Luke’s Fate: Another side of Luke 00:47:28 Arguments in Support of Luke’s Fate: Luke Made a Mistake 00:49:28 Crait: Kylo and the Snow Troopers 00:49:51 Crait: Rey Closes the door on Kylo; Departure of the Resistance & 30 Years of War 00:51:13 The Children at the End of the Film & the Story of Luke 00:52:21 What a Horrifying Disaster: Rey, Finn, Poe, Kylo-Ren, Snoke, & Luke 00:54:08 Rian, what have you done? - Characters having low points vs Being run into the ground; Story vs Theme 00:54:55 Themes, Social Commentary, & Politics Overview 00:55:23 Politics: Capitalism 00:56:06 Politics: Animal Cruelty 00:56:29 Politics: Slavery 00:56:49 Clip: “It’s got heart. It’s got lazer battles.” 00:56:56 Forced and Pandering Social Aspects 00:57:34 The “Themes” of The Last Jedi 00:57:45 The Theme of “Failure” & Theme above Character 00:59:22 The Theme or “Communitation” & Pattern Recognition, Invention, & Recontextualization 01:00:53 Experiment: The Fake Theme of “Resurrection” & Subjectivity vs Objectivity 01:02:49 Patterns: Marketing within the Script - Porgs & Chewbacka 01:04:48 Patterns: Original Trilogy Characters Humiliated 01:05:07 Patterns: The Editing - Choppy with Shortcuts 01:06:13 Patterns: Tonal Confusion & Marvel Comparison 01:09:35 Patterns: Style over Substance 01:11:42 Patterns: Conveniences 01:13:16 Patterns: Subversion 01:16:10 Red Letter Media Clip: Subversion 01:16:43 Subversion, Homage, Poaching, & Hypocrisy 01:17:42 Red Letter Media Clip: More Subversion 01:18:26 Patterns: Plot Holes & their definition 01:20:09 Patterns: People Writing Rian Johnson’s Script for him 01:22:34 Writing & Storytelling vs Brand & Effects 01:23:12 The Prequels and their Early Reception; MauLer’s opinion of the Prequels 01:23:52 The Last Jedi will Age 01:24:20 Comments Defending the Lack of Adherence to Rules 01:25:38 Response to: “You Don’t Search for Logic in a Star Wars Movie” 01:27:29 Response to: “You have to agree that the original films were just as flawed” 01:28:33 Clip: “These new Star Wars movies can be better than the original ones.” 01:28:45 Positive Critics Reviewing The Last Jedi 01:30:38 Concerns about Red Letter Media 01:31:11 MauLer invites Anyone to Challenge his Arguments 01:32:42 The Divisiveness of The Last Jedi & the Sidestepping of the real issue: Quality of Work 01:35:03 In Conclusion & Rian Johnson Overall 01:36:25 Positives about The Last Jedi 01:37:22 Star Wars: From Story to Brand 01:37:55 Outro & the Future of MauLer’s Channel & Thanks 01:43:22 Bonus Content - Dark Souls II: Responses to Folding Ideas & H. Bomberguy 01:51:05 Bonus Content - Skippy McGee’s Comment read in a British Voice

[@scottski02]

+MauLer please pin this comment

[@tomaO2]

Bump. impressive index.

[@992124271]

The real mvp

[@silverstriker5254]

GOD. BLESS. YOU

[@under_score3829]

Thanks.

[@missedthebandwagon976]

MauLer's example of "Resurrection" being a theme of the movie is super good. You can shoehorn in almost any theme into any movie, that doesn't mean it was written well, it means you're trying to make it appear that way.

[@deecap71]

Just a note....as a guy who grew up when the OT was coming out, no one ever said just wait till the 2nd movie comes out, or the 3rd movie comes out (this was before the 4-6 thing) all we ever said was, that was so good, I can't wait for the next one. If you need 3 movies to make any one of them good, then none of them are good. Imagine if LotR had this problem. Oh yeah, also, The original wasn't the special effects juggernaut that these ones are (2001 had better visuals by far) Star wars was always carried by story first, I'm sad that they "subverted" my expectations for a good story, especially since J.J. seemed to degrade his own film so he could set this one up to be so good. I can understand why some people liked the prequels, I didn't. Is it wrong that I miss Lucas at the helm?

[@jackmayor3574]

Exactly, I don't agree with everything Abrams did with TFA, but one of the few great things he did in his film was set up the next film's success with various mysteries and room for character development. (with the exception of mary sue rey) But, Rian didn't get the memo. Literally, there was no input between the two directors. The making of TLJ was completely separate from TFA. How can you not plan the general path of a trilogy? That makes no damn sense. Rian's movie is literally fan-fiction. Rian decided he'd try to prop up his film by either completely ignoring the setups from the past film, or shitting on it in a derisive fashion. In the process, he forgot to make an remotely decent film that could stand on its own.

[@gottesurteil3201]

Lucas may have been flawed as a director, but he was a guy willing to take risks, and knew at least how to build up satisfying character arcs.

[@Coramelimane]

jj made an outline, for both 8 and 9, with kathlen kenedy's approval ryan *THREW THEM OUT*

[@criskity]

deecap71 When Ep. 4 came out, it was a self-contained movie. People hoped for a sequel, but it wouldn't have been necessary. But when Ep. 5 came out, we did indeed say "Wait until the next movie to explain that" because it raised so many unanswered questions.

[@deecap71]

CNVideos of course you are right, however, no one watched ESB for example with the idea that maybe the next film would make it's story make sense, the anticipation for the next film was based on wanting more.

[@MJG668]

I wanted to thank you for this series. I was 11 years old when Star wars came out. I know this sounds silly, but I feel that Star Wars helped to shape who I am as a person now, and values that I live by. Star Wars is our generations mythology, imparting important lessons. The story always took the front seat to the visuals. When I walked out of The Last Jedi, I was devastated. I understand the need to bring in a new generation to fans for the long term viability of the franchise, but it could have been done in a way that respected what came before. Your set of videos helped me to validate why I felt the way i did when I walked out of the theater. Again, great work sir.

[@bluesaberproductions8991]

I hope disney wars doesn't shape future generations' values. Otherwise we'll see a bunch of pessimistic people who give up and ditch their families, people thinking women are far better than men and should have authority over them, very bad physicists, and people who don't believe in sacrifice. And we'll see people wanting to burn up the Constitution and the Bible because they already know everything in them.

[@bogustoast22none25]

Projekt Kobra I never had the pleasure of watching it on the big screen. However my grandpa had the trilogy... I watched those things until I could not play them anymore. I regret this now as it is a lost piece of movie history, but I forgive and understand my younger self. It wasn't a crisp clean movie, everything looked fake as fuck. But the magic of a good story being told... A great story of adventure, adversity, loss, triumph. I can't stay mad at the younger me for being so reckless and watch them over and over again... Episode 5 was oddly my favorite, cause Luke got a cyborg hand, and the Vader v Luke battle was amazing. Episode 4 intro... I loved it, still sad I'll never get the same feeling you got from the opening scene, but I can say I still loved it.