Disney killed Star Wars. Time to retire it?

[@donlewis470]

They simply couldn’t resist the urge to “deconstruct “ the main characters, insert themselves, and inject their personal politics into Star Wars.

[@malcontender6319]

Poignant.

[@treystephens6166]

@@malcontender6319demoralization tactic

[@gregmainer5416]

Well said

[@apocalypsator6]

It's uncivilized.

[@greatguytv]

None of that is badbad n the hands of a great writer Director poor editor even Great great actors They don't have any of it

[@yaldabaoth2]

I don't know if I could have kept my calm like you did.

[@specialkalberta]

He he he he he. Yeah.

[@ConceptJunkie]

I agree. This is a measured, objective video given the topic.

[@steprockmedia]

Very tame.

[@imonit4272]

Lmaooooo!! Me neither…😂

[@nealsterling8151]

My only question is, why is no one held accountable for the loss of 4 billion $$$ ?

[@c1ph3rpunk]

I’m convinced KK knows where the condoms are buried.

[@jonsturgill8868]

The money wasnt lost. It went right into Lesley's pocket.

[@dalemanolas5994]

What's $4b to folks who control pension funds worth trillions? It's nothing. Folks like Larry Fink don't care about throwing away billions in their quest to remake the world in their own messed up image.

[@CleverGirlAAH]

Because "Management is never wrong."

[@kevinwilt3918]

I think it's a little more than 4 billion

[@mspock7]

May the farce be with you...

[@ffsireallydontcare]

Fly along with Ham Salad and Chuchilla, the wookie monster, as they make their daring get away!

[@Robert-r2g]

The farce is female?

[@tuorofgondolin8235]

@@ffsireallydontcare Don't forget Fluke Skybucker and Oggie Ben Doggie and that there are always cinnamon rolls on hand if you should get peckish.

[@sirazazeloflowkey6424]

​@@ffsireallydontcare One O too much in Wookie. 😂 It's Chuchilla the Wokie.

[@sorceress1986]

The decision not the have Luke, Leia and Han together should never be forgiven. And now we’ve lost Carrie. 😞

[@steprockmedia]

You said it!!!! Paul is a million percent right on that point!

[@Jonkin715]

I am not even a fan of Star Wars, and I think that the decision to not have the four on one last hurrah on screen together is stupid as hell.

[@tmbc]

I really hate to encourage grouchy old guys to engage in out-of-control rants on pop culture - but I'll make an exception in your case, Chato. Absolutely on target.

[@weswolever7477]

Old man yells at clouds … he’s right you know

[@phlash65-5]

Disney has killed every purchase they made; Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Marvel, Pixar, they are all dead brands now.

[@canuck3169]

That’s one way of eliminating the competition

[@maxis2k]

Don't forget Muppets, Family Matters and their entire animated legacy.

[@brendangkelleher2669]

Don’t forget they also killed Willow with a show so bad that not only was it cancelled,it was deleted from existence off Disney +!

[@raymondsmith6870]

Maybe some of those IPs should never have been a franchise to begin with. Anyone would have failed.

[@macrosense]

They did bring Marvel to unprecedented heights. They had a ten year or so run.

[@LittlePhizDorrit]

It's not just Star Wars, Disney has committed brand suicide. For nearly a century Disney represented families and childhood. EVERYONE grew up watching Disney cartoons, wanting to go to Disneyland. They didn't always stand for quality (we all remember the dark days of the direct to video sequels), but they never abandoned their audience. They bought Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Fox to expand their audience. And it should have. Those companies make products that everyone loves like Disney does, but while Disney is primarily for girls, those companies aimed primarily for boys. They could have owned the childhoods of boys and girls around the world for decades to come...and they gave it all up for the mythical modern audience and a bizarre emphasis on the adult values of rainbow alphabet representation based on nothing other than ideology. I've never seen anything like it in my life or my understanding of history and economics.

[@Red_Lanterns_Rage]

I was more into loony tunes & SW when i was little....I saw a few disney movies but it was loony tunes and three stooges and SW I gravitated towards..... the first 2 Herbie movies were fun, tron was cool and the black hole was superb..... not all of us were into Disney as a kid....at least not on a hardcre level....when GI Joe and shows like that hit, Disney was done in my mind....I grew up in the 80's

[@LittlePhizDorrit]

@@Red_Lanterns_Rage I grew up in the 80s and 90s. I watched it all as well. Three Stooges with my Dad, Loony Toons, SW, Gi Joe....There was a ton of good media to go around back then. We were spoiled for choice. Disney was a big part of that, if not for you, definitely for me and a lot of others. I still have all my old clamshell vhs tapes of nearly every disney movie ever made. It is sad for a lot of people to see them destroy their brand to appeal to a small minority of adults.

[@VirideSoryuLangley]

Their audience was girls and it's still girls. They haven't abandoned it.

[@LittlePhizDorrit]

@@VirideSoryuLangley Maybe you are right, but I don't think so. As a woman, I hate everything they've done to SW and Marvel. And I'm not alone, the ratings show rhat women are not showing up for their crap. As for kids, Wish and Elemental and the Little Mermaid remake came and went and I heard no one singing the songs, no little girls wearing tshirts or backpacks with those characters...there might be some girls into their modern takes, but a lot aren't.

[@richdurbin6146]

When I was a kid in the early 70s I was excited for Disney on tv, Mouse Factory, their comic books. I even maintained a bit for the era of Ducktales, Scrooge McDuck et Al. Now I wouldn’t burn money on Disney+ on a bet. The Disney logo has become a marque of crap.

[@_kmCarter]

This rant is so cleansing and cathartic. 🙌🏼 Thank you, Chato.

[@JohnP538]

Star Wars is dead, slaughtered by barbarians who never understood what made it so great.

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

To be honest, as much as I love New Hope, Star Wars was never a quality franchise. It has only two and a half truly great movies. Imagine if Jaws, a single movie, sprawled a vast franchise of terrible se.... oh wait.

[@johnstuartkeller5244]

Please, spare the barbarians. Howard's Cimmerians had a greater moral code than the degenerate we see in Disney Corpse, which can only come from decadent civilization. ⚔

[@raymondsmith6870]

They are not barbarians but cynical and mercenary merchant princes who want to squeeze every last drop of profit from their assets till the rind is dry.

[@iceeice1234]

Chato description of Oreo was top notch.

[@videobenny3]

I can’t shake the visual of putting STUFF in double-stuffed Oreos. I’m moving on to beef jerky, oh wait…

[@sussudioharvey9458]

Even Oreo couldn’t save Star Wars. I was at my local Food Bank yesterday and they were Giving Away Hundreds of those packages!

[@BNuts]

Sadly, they're not very good for you.

[@Robert-r2g]

Star Wars exists only in our dreams now.

[@secretfirebooks7894]

Well said, Paul. Disney's soulless dreck is never going to outshine the original series. Also, that Tim the Enchanter shirt is dope!

[@Bad_Llama]

Paul, saying everything is OG fans are thinking, is more relatable than any Hollywood celebrity.

[@jimberg98]

They killed it for me. They severely wounded Marvel. Let's see if the firings can bring it back. Paramount killed Star Trek for me, too.

[@LordOfNihil]

im not even watching tv anymore. at least nothing newer than 1990. '70s tv was awesome, im watching a lot of that.

[@foothill5435]

I've been watching Star Trek Prodigy on Netflix and it is surprisingly entertaining and true to the original vision for a show targeting children. Star Trek is not dead yet. I have no idea why all the live action stuff, as of late, misses the spirit of Trek so bad.

[@johnscott6984]

Dang Paul, tell us how you really feel😅 Disney has been absolutely wretched in their stewardship of Star Wars. The results of decisions made based on DEI rather than respect for the canon, good storytelling and proper writing are obvious at this point - in a just world there'd be business school studies and documentaries on Disney's failure with SW.

[@ardendragoon]

Well. We are partially there. The last jedi script is used in classes as. How not to write a script.

[@occasional-dabbler]

Someday, Kathleen Kennedy will be a case study in business school about how to destroy your best assets.

[@kevinwilt3918]

​@@ardendragoonRise of Skywalker should be in classes on how not to make a movie.

[@Benjerman-wp2wo]

Only Razorfist could rival a rant of that magnitude.

[@nicholauscrawford7903]

What about Geeky Sparkles?

[@couldnotbereachedforfurthe2647]

Worse, those cookies are too sweet, the filling is partially crystalized, it's like eating broken glass... the Disney Star Wars experience in cookie form.

[@therealphilosopherpete]

The filling is made from crystalized vegetable fat. MMMM gag!

[@josephfisher426]

What did they do to the filling, or what did Canada do? I have liked them better than other name-brand cookies in the past precisely because of the abundance of filling... but I have not had them in a while because they cost too darned much. I do recall that some of the newfangled fillings were weird, and evidently gluten is part of the traditional texture, because the gluten-free ones had unusually weird filling.

[@Evil_Spotify_Metal-and-Rock]

Oreos are also racist. At least I'm told

[@nicholauscrawford7903]

Hydrox is still just the right amount of sweet.

[@stitch3163]

All hail Tim the Enchanter!

[@LimitedCheetah]

How many shirts do you want? One? Two? Five?

[@stitch3163]

@@LimitedCheetah ordered one… I’m only one guy

[@hchats]

@@LimitedCheetah Three shall be the number, no more, no less

[@PaulaBean]

What's the speed of a laden African swallow?

[@beyondz55]

Spot on. Totally agree. And wow that shirt looks awesome!

[@martinh8784]

Disney Star Wars is the epitome of the Dunning-Kruger effect. Mediocrity like Kathleen Kennedy looks at success and thinks, "Hold my beer, and watch me improve this." The outcome is never in doubt. The only surprise is that a stock-listed company decides to fund it until it is broken. Well, this is Hollywood. Weird, weird, weird.

[@mrbill4206]

A great producer, director and cast could easily bring star wars back to life if the treat it like a big screen action film again and get rid of 'the agenda'.. Imagine a guy like Peter Jackson doing Star Wars.

[@RandySaborio]

Hahahaha... Chato, you did it this time. Five minutes of excellent, beautiful, and geniusly crafted comedy right there. Hats to you sir!

[@CallMeChato]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@maxis2k]

2014: "OMG JJ Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy are taking over the Star Wars IP? They're perfect!" Me: "So this is how Star Wars (and Star Trek) dies. With thunderous applause."

[@mallios13]

I was ready to see Star Wars retired after I saw Force Awakens. At that moment, I could see where the franchise was headed. And we're still seeing that today.

[@jnnx]

For those who haven’t realized this yet, “Star Wars” died in 1983.

[@69jonhill]

I know, right? Those goddamn ewoks ruined it for me when I was ten years old in 1983.

[@jr2904]

Speak for yourself, plenty like the prequels even with the flaws.

[@JohnDoe-gg6kc]

Plenty doesn't cut it ​@@jr2904

[@robo5013]

@@69jonhill I was excited at 11 years old to finally see Storm Trooper armor be good for something when the Ewoks attacked, but no it's not even proof against teddy bears throwing rocks.

[@geminicricket4975]

Yep. For me, there are only two good Star Wars movies and the second one was better than the first. :)

[@bonpourvous]

Calm down, calm down, take deep breathes, we need people like you, lol.

[@ThePlanetWILL]

I freggin LOVE Paul. The way he just lays into the unrelenting incompetence of these Studios is Chef's Kiss

[@oscarmoreno864]

The saddest thing is knowing what could have been if things would have been done the right way from the beginning. Can you imagine if every movie and streaming series would have been a masterclass in storytelling, respecting the lore and the legacy characters? Disney would be drowning in money, and its streaming platform would have been a success just for having Star Wars. That is why is so hard to believe the decisive path Disney has been follow to this point. Any person in its right mind would have turn the purchase of Lucasfilm into a massive success. Unfortunately Disney is currently fill with deranged-egotistical-narcissist morons. Great video Paul! Thank you!

[@raymathews1474]

Can I get an Amen from the Deacons! Imagine what it would have been like if they tried to keep Flash Gordon active for 50 years.

[@thenuclearsandwich]

Disney was infected by morons and there is no cure for this chronic disease. May it rest in peace.

[@JackHawkinswrites]

Hard to write off four billion USD.

[@GH-ub7qz]

its not worth near that anymore

[@obi_dean]

Don't forget the cost of creating the projects and 70 billion for fox had a new hope rights so they gaslighted you how much they have paid for star wars lol

[@BinkyTheElf1]

But Darth George got a bunch of that $4B in Disney stock.. so he totes sold us out. 👿

[@treystephens6166]

@@BinkyTheElf1he was all about the money since 1983.

[@39zack]

⁠maybe he had not sold at that point if the asshats had not made a big deal out of 1-3

[@guilherme5094]

Yes, unfortunately, KK and her minions killed Star Wars.

[@redshirtacademymortuary4848]

Another t-shirt that knocks it out of the park! "There are those who call me...Tim?"

[@hchats]

Paul's daughter (and designer of that shirt) here to thank you for the kind words.

[@redshirtacademymortuary4848]

@@hchats Superb! Don't be surprised if Hot Topic or Newbury Comics comes calling for an exclusive!

[@redshirtacademymortuary4848]

@@hchats Superb! Expect a call from Hot Topic or Newbury Comics for an exclusive license!

[@thel1355]

I want to describe Disney's handling of Star Wars as incompetence, but that doesn't really make sense. There was low hanging fruit, and they actively ignored it. I think it was more like a principal agent problem, because the people managing this frachise, at all levels, are evidently operating under a quite different set of incentives than it seems from the outside. What did they get out of it than they valued more than traditional professional success?

[@davidgantenbein9362]

Hollywood has moved to a „the audience is toxic and needs constant education“ stance a couple of years ago. It may just be a result of living in a bubble of that basic assumption. When everyone gets high on the idea that they are so much better than the audience, it can potentially cloud their mind. We should also not forget that Disney specifically moved over to not hire fans or even people that know the source material. There has been put a lot of effort into distancing themselves from fans and normies.

[@josephfisher426]

@@davidgantenbein9362 But they seem to be even less competent at education of their toxic audience than public schools are with toxic students. I suppose that the streaming model allows a Disney to be self-deceptive to some extent... they can tell themselves that people are signing up for the new content when they are really just watching the classics... but at some point the people with the sharp pencils are going to turn up, like they did at Paramount.

[@MrKculp]

Dark Cato is my favorite. 10/10 rant

[@exgrinder]

I can feel the anger swelling in him still…

[@Crimson_Hawk_01]

Good news for Star Wars. When someone asks what’s the worst show the answer is still HBO Velma. So see The Acolyte you are still not absolutely last.

[@DeathsjesterKMNP]

I don't think it needs to be put in the ground and buried. But I do think it needs to take a break for a few years, and hopefully get put in the hands of a group who actually revere and care for the universe, and don't just want to use it solely to make money.

[@arakhneweaving]

ahahahah this was brilliant! I wasnt ready for the fiery presentation...but was promptly blown away by the eloquence, as always :)

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

Disney not only killed it, they sent it to the taxidermist, stuufed animatronics in, and then pimped it out.

[@opinionsarelike3852]

There's a "no good movies" crisis, so they had to go with what sells...OG Star Wards

[@jnnx]

Now available at your local Montgomery Wards.

[@dendostar5436]

DASH RENDAR! … I just wanted to be shouting too.

[@timeismonkeystudio]

Your calm, measured presentation is a thing of beauty. Love it! And DAMN! I gotta get that shirt!

[@rightcheer5096]

Louder! LOUDER!!!

[@ramabass9475]

PREACH BROTHER 🙌🏼

[@khimeraQ]

The most surprising thing from this whole debacle is learning Paul is 70 years old and not 55.

[@mickeygklug]

Return of the Jedi came out when I was 15. I remember walking out of the theater thinking “I’ve outgrown Star Wars.” 15 years later, Phantom Menace seemed like a nice “remember when”. Other than that, an old friend of mine had a very small part in Rogue 1, so I enjoyed it. I think the brand is well played-out.

[@newwavepop]

Not only that, i am a 52 year old action figure collector. i have been collecting 3 3/4" scale action figures since 90, the last several years action figures have been sort of dying out as seemingly many less kids play with action figures today rather than video games and electronic devices. and the action figures that are being made the toy companies are mostly trying to force collectors into the 6" scale. the reason i bring this up is because Hasbro is still making a smaller amount of 3 3/4" action figures, but those figures are peg warming the shelves because they are mostly characters from the Disney tv shows and NOBODY wants them. so Hasbro is being sort of screwed over because these are the figures Disney want them making but no one is buying them. and 3 3'4" collectors are being screwed over because they barely want to make figures for us anymore in the first place and the lack of sales of theses Disney characters just gives them more reason to justify killing off that scale. i am going to assume someone at OREO was smart enough to make a deal that if they license the property they want the original characters on their product.

[@HivisoftheScale]

Yeah, but what's really cool is the colored filling is either red or blue. A little surprise in each package 😅

[@ww8251]

Greg Hildebrandt did the Artwork right before he ended up in the hospital. I bought mine as a show of support in hopes he will do some more Legacy Art.

[@MykeLewisMusic]

I loved that rant, and I love Tim the Enchanter.

[@AussieBob999]

Many years ago in Australia, one of our media moguls sold a National TV Channel to a newbie wanna be media personality. About 8 years later he bought it back at a massive discount, and within 2 years he had turned it around and made it profitable. When asked why did he sell it, he responded:- "You only get one fool with that much money in your life, and only a fool would not have taken the deal offered".

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

Star Wars should have been left to rest 40 years ago.

[@padawanmage71]

"You'll Laugh! You'll Cry! You'll Kiss 30 Years of Star Wars memories Goodbye!"

[@jasrenfro9856]

Love the shirt Mr. Chato

[@jasrenfro9856]

Dang. I complimented the shirt when the video started and find out your daughter designed it actually made me “hell ya” to myself.

[@hchats]

@@jasrenfro9856 Paul's daughter here - a "hell yeah" response is an excellent one, thank you.

[@iddles2o]

Utterly brilliant, Paul I tip my hat to you. Your rage is felt by many.

[@charlesratcliff2016]

When Disney promotes Star War on TNT they use Star Wars OG.

[@CallMeChato]

Funny that.

[@charlesratcliff2016]

@@CallMeChato I agree

[@dennisstevens4347]

When I took an improv class, someone asked how we would know when the scene is over. The teacher said when you have nothing new to say, it's over.

[@pedroares6562]

I love how you use the "I'm in a car" voice for describing the oreo package XD

[@TheBonkersAntihero]

On point sir! I was blown away by your energetic speech! Not like standing behind the exhaust of the Millenium Falcon, tumbling down and crashing, more in line with the scene in the movie Titanic, standing on the Bow (?) and feeling the strong winds of „you gotta be shittin‘ me“. Hell yeah! Great stuff, forgot to bring Popcorn for this. Have a great week 💕😘👍💯

[@johnduquette7023]

Someone else here mentioned the impulse to "deconstruct" characters and insert the self or politics. I think an interview with Alan Moore sheds a little light on this impulse. Writers like Gaiman and Pratchett were part of an earlier wave of post-modern writers from a time when they did clever things like "What if Death decided on a career change?" This style of writing is predicated on deconstruction of ideas in a way anathema to classical philosophical presuppositions but led to highly creative scenarios. Alan Moore was part of this wave, but he was also a Hermeticist, which bound him to Middle- and Neo-Platonic ways of thinking. He remarked in an interview that other post-modern writers were obsessed with deconstruction and never reconstruction, or, in his occult terminology, "all *_solve,_* no *_coagula."_* Writers like Pratchett recognized that the deconstruction required at least some reconstruction, which is why in his Discworld novel _Mort,_ Death is compelled to return to his position as Death after a short stint as a fry cook (even if he is a little laxer on the rules now). Younger, less competent authors who grew up in the shadows of these _competent_ post-modern writers latched onto the deconstruction of genres, tropes, etc. as a flag for shared influence (identifying the social peers they regard as relevant) and a mark of cleverness (personal status). As time has gone on, the latter has completely dominated the former as functional illiterates have picked up on the lowest-resolution version of this social game. Regardless of how far downstream from the likes of Gaiman, Moore, and Pratchett these writers are, though, identifying clever deconstruction as the *_goal_* doesn't provide a roadmap for satisfying conclusions, which requires more knowledge of what they're actually subverting than these storytellers actually have. Instead, they fill that gap with personal politics or self-insert characters, because they've latched onto the shallow "cleverness = peer status" game and hitch every other status game they're playing to the project. It's a social primate "monkey-see, monkey-do" phenomenon.

[@andrewbunch2394]

Along those lines is the saying that you need to know the rules in order to break them, and hack modern writers have totally missed the first part. I think Chato discussed in another video that the emphasis on deconstructionism and upending the audience's expectation is so much the norm that people are starved for authenticity and sincerity, especially when said deconstructionism is done so poorly

[@johnduquette7023]

​@@andrewbunch2394 "Knowing the rules in order to break them" is a little narrower in the focus of craft than what I'm talking about here, which is the motivation for behavior. You're focusing on what they're failing to do as storytellers. I'm telling you they're misidentifying the problem because they're *_not_* storytellers. They're playing a social game where they get to posture their self-perceived cleverness to a limited peer group. They go this route because it's the easiest and most effective way to play that particular game. Toying with the meta-structure of a story is something they've been taught is a clever thing to do, as is "subverting" any expectations that come with a work. When you have zero meaningful experience with something, that "subverting" is made all the easier because you can take a glance at something and turn one thing upside down and receive points in the social game. Telling a meaningful story requires actually having something to say that is relevant in the face of the content of the story. This is to be avoided at all costs because it's wasted labor, taking away attention from what you're doing in the game. Lore doesn't matter. What came before doesn't matter. Being seen as clever and therefore fashionable and a "creative" by your peers is *_all_* that actually matters. This has even sucked in people who were once capable of decent storytelling, like Steven Moffat. When you realize the game these people are playing, you'll realize that there's no improving their storytelling. They won't listen to criticism, because critique like "you need to know the rules (of Star Wars/Ghost Busters/etc.) before you can break them" is completely alien to what they're actually doing, which is a form of intellectual self-gratification without the need for substance or effort.

[@mamurphy200]

The grocery stores can’t sell those cookies so they donate to our local Foodbank.

[@danicaza420]

All they had to do was follow the EU, George gave them a proven road map and this is what we got...

[@Mazalinda]

I just choked on a nice cup of tea and homemade shortbread biscuit at your description of those ghastly cookies.

[@zmortis111]

Star Wars was finished when Disney bought the IP from George Lucas. Ever since something else I call "Disney Star Wars" has replaced it, and in my opinion, it hasn't been worth watching since.

[@m.b.boyack2228]

"LOUD NOISES" (In a Steve Carell voice) An interesting observation and choice of packaging design for sure. Pity the Oreo's don't taste like their late 70's counterparts, when ingredients like Butter, Sugar and Milk were used and not High Fructose Corn Syrup, Palm Oil and Artificial Flavor No.55.

[@Fred-gu6pk]

Somebody needs a chocolate HobNob instead. And possibly a cup of tea

[@atrimmer3009]

Mate, put the kettle on!🫖

[@ekij133]

"Now witness the taste of this double stuffed and fully flavoured cookie" - The emperor .. probably.

[@johnallen4030]

Jar Jar Abrams killer of franchises

[@ep4169]

I agree that Star Wars is past saving. They have dug themselves a hole that they cannot get themselves out of. They are trapped by their own rules that they've invented for their Star Wars universe, and everything they do from here on out will smell of it. Might as well retire the brand.

[@GartheKnightReturns]

"I Don't Know What We're Yelling About!... Loud Noises"-Brick Tamland

[@SirMeowsAlot89]

It’s been dead since episode 8 for me. Walked out of that movie thinking: one of the worse movies I have ever seen, not just Star Wars movie, all movies.

[@yankee1376]

And that's how the cookie crumbles.

[@kevinellis8017]

I couldn't stop laughing from this tantrum. It's just pure gold.

[@parisloop6855]

Look out! This dude's about to start handing out boots to the head!

[@robinhood9128]

Thanks!

[@CallMeChato]

Thanks Robin.

[@guygadbois3010]

Darth Hydrox FTW.

[@koroba01]

Hydrox is better than Oreos (and they are kosher, Oreos have lard).

[@wcharliewilson7004]

One of your best, Scotty Chato! Keep 'em coming. I see you're a 54 model as well..

[@biffstrong1079]

I watched the last three movies. ooo Luke and Darth. So Return of the Jedi, Revenge of the Sith, and The Force Awakens. I really don't have any feeling for the plot of those three movies. And Come on white Snake had a new album in 2019 and were on a farewell tour in 2023, with fleetwood mac, so they are much more relevant than Star Wars.

[@janetracer]

When Disney bought Star Wars who'd think they would employ the South Park Underwear Gnome business principles.. 1. Aquire Star Wars 2. ???? 3. Profit Any old school Hollywood executive would have made a fortune if he was put in charge of a franchise like Star Wars. Some better than others but I'd wager even the worst case scenario would have left somewhere to take the franchise after a bad motion picture unlike Disney Star Wars.

[@markmunroe-hz8rf]

The Big Mouse got caught in its own mousetrap of its own making. Star Wars is dead, but at least we the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and the Extended Universe novels and comics to keep the good memories alive.

[@jasonmontoya4749]

Fire bro. Disney should hire you immediately to fix this nonsense.

[@BaloneyPoney007]

Damn, 4 minutes ago, thank you algorithm!!!

[@fairytaleandfablebooks]

1:10 Dude, that felt a little too real... That didn't feel like an act at all.

[@shaunsutton699]

Oh my gosh! This is friggin’ hilarious! Star Wars is dead with a do not resuscitate sticker attached. Disney does not understand the morals of Star Wars, and that is why they have failed!

[@cmdrxevaster]

I love this version of you Paul. This and "I'M IN A CAR!" Keep up the great work.

[@Talon0524]

Oh my God. Chato is channeling Sam Kinnison

[@CallMeChato]

Sam was great.

[@Talon0524]

@@CallMeChato I was waiting for you to get close to the camera a scream OH! OH!

[@Vulpine407]

Wow! Good rant, Chato. This was even better than your "phone calls."

[@greyfriars6540]

Yeah, its done, as is every other franchise. The likes of Ford and Hamil trashed their legacy and made fools of themselves. We have had the best of all the franchises in the original releases. They can never be bettered. All the talent and creativity left the building a long time ago.

[@Wolkebuch99]

That bit about divorced dads and tv dinners hit really close to home for me 🤣

[@phillkilgore6154]

Delightful rant Paul, thanks for channeling my inner rage against this postmodern mess.

[@DysfunctionalParrot]

Killed, dug up the body, burned it, and scattered the ashes to the wind.

[@mountainsage1449]

"I'm in a studio!!!"

[@acratone8300]

Vader to Skywalker: "I am your father"! Skywalker: "Well, that's a surprise"! Kathline Kennedy to Skywalker: "I am your mother"! Skywalker: "Nooooo! Noooooooo!" (running away)

[@whisky3k]

My ears tell me that I'm watching an "I'm in a car" episode LOL.

[@markheitman8065]

This was hilarious and so on the point. Way to go my brother Chato. Simply amazing.

[@wouterl5316]

Excellently said! Proof delivered. Great video!

[@davidmccollum9478]

Let’s face it. Star Wars isn’t fun anymore. Plain and simple.

[@rayc0629]

Love Chato, my entire family can’t wait for him to release a commentary…Great!!