FIRST TIME Watching The *STAR WARS* Prequel Trilogy… This BROKE ME

[@Tom-re6zo]

"Anakin is the father isn't he?" This line hits so much harder when you realize Obi Won knew the entire time, but chose to pretend he didn't because he loved Anakin like a brother.

[@rickyjayster2586]

If only he knew that papatine's way to save a life is cloning......

[@WafleEnterprises]

It’s a very well placed line to help convey that fact to the viewer, but it is rather funny to me in a way because once you realize that Obi Wan knew that they were together, it’s also kinda redundant to even bother asking Padme if Anakin is the father.

[@TheWickedJuggy]

“I hope we see Yoda have a fight scene.” A movie later… “I want to see Palpatine fight Yoda!” The reactions each time was priceless!

[@saltymisfit6566]

What are the jokes I've heard is that wookies are so long lived that Han Solo is basically like Chewbacca's third or fourth dog

[@KingNothing117]

3:39:00 That's the last time R2 sees Anakin. That right there, in my headcanon, is the reason that R2 never listened when Luke would tell him to stay put; The last Skywalker who told him that never came back...

[@wingedbluj1674]

Bro, is your pfp The Meta's insignia from RvB?

[@KingNothing117]

@@wingedbluj1674 Correct

[@JV-xf9ry]

Umm. No. I’ve read this idea from a couple of people recently now, but no. George Lucas nor any of the writers ever hinted at anything like that. They do say over and over that R2 is a strong willed and sarcastic robot with a bad mouth. No mention of his not wanting to listen to Luke in anything written or spoken by any of the creators. Sorry. But it’s the internet, you should be able to come up with your own head cannon. And that’s ok.

[@He_Shall_Reign_Unto_TheAges]

​@@JV-xf9ry Tell me you're on the autism spectrum without telling me you're on the autism spectrum.

[@VeeAllar738]

Omg, I never realized that! This is my new favourite headcanon🥹

[@L2PlayJ]

As I am literally watching this, news just broke that James Earl Jones has passed away at the age of 93. Heartbreaking.

[@Bakuru]

He lived a very long and good life. And died with his family by his side. Great way for the voice of Vader to go, finally free 💯💖

[@JV-xf9ry]

Loved him as an actor and will miss his great talent. He was a great Admiral Greer in the Jack Ryan movies. And do you remember his role in The Sandlot? Or Field of Dreams?

[@Samuel2oh9]

3:52:43 💔 my reaction

[@CuriousGuyOnline]

The Force does not make a Jedi or Sith aware of anything and everything all the time. They have to spend hours or days in meditation to discern the truth about the subject of their focus. It’s also worth noting that well-attuned Sith like Palpatine are very good at using the Force to suppress and mask their own presence. Hence why he’s able to sit across from three of the best Jedi of their time and not be detected even slightly

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Like the Jedi, Sith can also disconnect from the Force. I assume Sith connect and disconnect at will, whereas Jedi sometimes only disconnect if they go into exile.

[@JadusMoltriel]

Palpatine didn't disconnect from the Force. He was born with an extremely rare ability to mask his Force Presence, and he was extremely talented WITH this rare ability. It's what attracted his Master to him in the first place, when he was the son of a Naboo political family.

[@FelbloodStreaming]

Plus, Palpatine saturates the entire planet of Coruscant in dark side energy, which not only makes it harder to pinpoint his location, but actually clouds the Jedi's force sight. The Jedi aren't losing their powers because they are weak. The Force is out of balance and the Dark Side clouds their vision.

[@arjintiryaki6464]

​​​@@FelbloodStreamingand some stuff in the legends suggests that this clouding started as far back as the time of darth tenebrous and darth plagueis

[@anotherpersonguy23]

​@arjintiryaki6464 and the jedi temple itself is built on top of a sith site out of pride long ago for "defeating" them. The entire plot hinged on the jedi being too prideful in their previous victory to think the sith could still be around. Darth Plagueis was a frequent visitor and was at many parties on Coruscant WITH jedi around. Game was rigged from the start

[@mimic1984]

Man, your love for the Prequels makes me so much more hype for Clone Wars to hit KZbin. 💜

[@asiaceasar4145]

I’m so excited for them to watch the clone wars :D

[@THEWRESTLEDUDE]

I'm so excited for them to see all the key story moments, especially towards the ends of the series. If they were crying in the prequel movies, they'll be balling their eyes out at the end of clone wars.

[@mimic1984]

@THEWRESTLEDUDE That's the idea. Not to mention SPOILERS: The Umbara Arc The Brothers (If ya know you know) The Mortis Arc The Nightsister stuff The Lawless The Ahsoka on the Run Arc Fives' Arc (the inhibitor chip reveal) Yoda's Journey

[@ItzExelise]

I agree they have to watch it before the mando tho or they won't get alot of the references

[@mimic1984]

​@ItzExelise They've watched the 2003 miniseries on Patreon and have started 2008 Clone Wars over 2 months ago on Patreon. Both will be on KZbin soon.

[@seanrogers2482]

Fun fact, George Lucas was so impressed with the job the vfx artists did with the opening scenes, that he was constantly praising them, and often remarked that he didn't know how they did it, but that battle had everything but the kitchen sink...... so the vfx team modeled a kitchen sink into the battle. When the ship explodes at 2.52.57, the debris that hits the venator is a kitchen sink. The love that went into these movies is unreal, I'm glad that people are finally appreciating them

[@StoryTimeWithMissElise]

My grandma had never seen Star Wars, so we watched the first 6 in chronological order spread out over a few days. After episode three it was still early, so I asked her if she wanted to start episode four, and she was like “I need a minute. Why??? He was such a good kid!!!” Talking about Anakin turning lol Episode 4 was not watched that day lol

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

One piece of advice, and this is very important: When choosing the order of watching, for men, choose 1-2-3-4-5-6. For women, choose 4-5-6-1-2-3. The emotional impact at the end of 3 will be 5X. 7-8-9: if you want but always after.

[@JadusMoltriel]

I saw them in Release order since I was born in the 90s, and became the biggest SW fangirl possible. However, I STRONGLY feel Chronological Order is by far the best viewing order for first time. People advocate for Release order because that's how they saw them, and they want their experience to be replicated by others because they can't imagine there's a better experience than what they had. It's a narcissistic view, although it's subconscious for most. The thing fans don't realize, is a TON of the hype and experience they had watching them in release was based on cultural impact. Everyone talking about them, theorizing on what would happen, the suspense, etc. That's gone, now. The one big reveal that people think makes release order better isn't even the big deal today that it was back then. It's much more predictable now for a big villain to turn out to be the hero's father. Additionally, it's not a secret even to non-fans. However, by watching Chronologically, there are more, bigger, and crazier reveals that you won't have if you watch in Release order. Think about starting them NOT knowing Anakin:s fate, or who Palpatine is, or what happens to the Jedi? It's WAY better and more shocking and impactful to watch Chronologically. The whole Palpatine arc is WAY more intense when you don't know from the start the truth. I'm glad you chose Chronological for your Grandma. It's better, and Lucas has said that's the way HE wants them watched.

[@shadowfiresword]

To answer your grandma's question, it is because Anakin was a victim of societal failure on basically every possible level out there. 1) Born into slavery, then when he was released from it, the jedi did nothing for his mother. I get that they couldn't have freed her at the same moment as Anakin, but there was a 10+ year gap between the events of the first movie and the second, and they did nothing for her in that entire time frame. Similar thing with Qui gon (Sp?), he was the father figure Anakin needed, somebody who cared about him and was willing to put himself out there for him, and he was lost. Instead he gets a guy who is basically a teen/young adult trying to be a single father going against the wishes of their new adopted family, the Jedi order. 2) The Jedi council, from the get go, literally upon meeting the kid they didn't want him, wouldn't acknowledge him, and basically at every single opportunity possible made it clear there was a line in the sand between them and him. He served them faithfully for roughly two decades, tried damn hard to embrace their teachings and life style, risked his life to fight in their war on endless occasions, and was never good enough. Hell there is one scene in I think movie three, where they effectively call him into work as an emergency to deal with a situation, and several of the other council members are sitting right there on their ass. 3) Being forced to live a lie endlessly to conform to social codes of conduct (can't express his love for padme in the open, had to have a secret wedding, can't let any coworkers know he's about to be a dad) or he will lose everything as a multi year war veteran he has worked so hard for. If he ever slipped he would lose his aspiration (to be recognized by the jedi), his wife's calling (to be a political leader to protect her people), the recognition or value people outside of the jedi order placed on him (being a war veteran). And then he'd be peniless (jedi don't own property other than basically their business essentials) just as he's about to bring a new child into the world. 4) And to top it all off, everybody he has ever met in a position of power has been constantly gassing him up about how he's the child of prophecy, supposed to fix everything that his society, his jedi peers, even the supreme leader of the senate couldn't seem to handle. He's supposed to bring balance to the force, effectively correct the cosmic order, but other than his wife, nobody seems to care about his emotional state, to treat him as a person. And just like with his mother and father figures, he is about to lose her too, the one bastion, some might argue the only person he's ever known that cares about his as a person (other than his now dead mother)more than as a handy tool, is about to die. 5) The final nail in the coffin though, is after he has jumped through every hoop, given everything he could possibly give to the jedi order. In his last moments as a jedi what does he see? A jedi master, one of the highest ranked and supposedly most trustworthy people, is about to break their sacred code; the code that has caused him half the grief in this entire series, because it is convinient for him at this moment. Because Windu doesn't believe the system is capable of handling Palpatine, and has chosen to put his personal good, getting rid of a sith, over not only societies rules but his own order's rules. So yeah, I don't blame Anakin for the choice he made. Obviously with 20/20 hindsight you can see why it was the wrong one, but in that moment after basically everything on every level has failed him, after being constantly told that he must correct society, he decided to say 'Fuck your rules, now we do it my way.' When a boy never knows the love and warmth of a village, he will eventually burn it down to feel it's warmth. Now the real question is which team messed up the galaxy more in the series, the jedi who let rot consume the republic, or the sith who capitalized on it?

[@jetcore4598]

I first saw them in chronological order because they were clearly numbered and I had them on vhs.

[@ClaireWW]

​@@JadusMoltriel I think Machete order is the best of both worlds; 4,5,2,3,6. It preserves all the great surprises, two and three work as flashbacks, and the whole sister thing makes more sense. And nobody needs episode 1.

[@Veprem]

"Obi-Wan Kenobi... That's a name I haven't heard since I chopped off your father's limbs and threw him in a volcano."

[@passingrando6457]

One great thing the Episode 3 novelization keeps in, that was among many things mostly scrapped for the movie, was multiple scenes of Obi-Wan arguing against the council in Anakin's favor. Also, it expounds on the exact kind of timing it would have taken Obi-Wan to block Grievous' mechanically driven lightsaber blades, especially when he started spinning them, down to tenths of a second. Goes into detail on how he had to use his precognition to begin parries before Grievous had even begun the strike. It's badass. To anyone who hasn't read it, I cannot recommend the novelization for Episode 3 enough. It is _damned_ good.

[@JonduGaming]

Doesn't it state he gives his entire will to the light side in that fight as well? I remember hearing something about it, but I haven't read it myself.

[@passingrando6457]

@@JonduGaming yeah, that part also is why Windu says he'd lose a fight against Obi-Wan. Mace may be the overall greater duelist, but his style is based on redirecting the dark side and aggression from an enemy back into them, as well as channeling Windu's own. It gets stronger the more of either the opponent exhibits, which is why he's a perfect counter to Sidious. Obi-Wan, on the other hand, has neither. He gives himself fully to the light, and he is the foremost master of the Order's most defensive form.

[@gordonduke8812]

The novelizations of the prequels are really good, especially episode 3s. But to date my favorite is Darth Plageus. The amount of planning and patience in the master plan leading to the prequels is so well written. the author nailed Sidious down to the nth degree. I highly recommend it.

[@TheKyrix82]

​@@passingrando6457To put it simpler, Mace flat out states Obi Wan to be the greatest master of the defensive Form 3 in the history of the Order

[@SB992REBORN]

​@@passingrando6457 Just be glad the Clone Wars brought this stuff back to be seen as he was 1000% not with the council on their decision to decline master rank to anakin and wanted him to be so even in the film he was wanting to help anakin become a master and knew anakin was ready and this is further established of the show ig!

[@Elijah_Elias]

2:33:32 Yes that’s literally why, but in lore it’s because Mace Windu uses a fighting style that uses the Dark Side without falling to the Dark Side. Also he earned his purple crystal from saving a people who were native to the only planet the purple crystal can be found.

[@JadusMoltriel]

Vaapad doesn't USE the Dark Side. It allows Mace to have amp power based on the strength of the Dark Side in his opponenet. In other words, even if Mace isn't naturally as powerful as an opponent, the stronger they are with the Dark Side, the more he can temporarily scale to their power. The more powerful his Dark Side opponent, the more powerful he will be in the fight. That's how he was able to even remotely go toe-to-toe with Palpatine. Without Vaapad, at his base strength, he would've been as helpless as the other 3 Masters with him, who were all very powerful warriors themselves (that's literally why those 3 were chosen ahead of time to confront the Sith with Windu if they were revealed. They were some of the best warriors the Jedi had to offer, yet they lasted mere seconds.)

[@eKalb33]

I saw in interview with Jackson, Graham Norton Show I believe, where he mentions one of the reasons he wanted the purple saber is so he could easily pick himself out of the crowd during the arena battle scenes. "There I am!"

[@saltymisfit6566]

You guys mentioned that it seemed like there was a decline in the technology between the time of the Republic and the time of the Senate IE between these three films and the time of Luke Skywalker. I heard someone bring this up as a theory that the reason technology seems to have taken a dip over those years is because when the empire came to power they took more of the resources that were available thereby you didn't have plants or companies that made like the ship you didn't have the high-tech robots because the technology and resources would have been taken by the empire to build their war machines instead

[@89Keith]

I honestly don't think it's that deep. In the original films it focuses on peasant farmers, a drug smuggler and a rag tag gorilla fighter rebellion, where as in the prequels we focus on knights, queen's, senators, merchant federations and the army of a galactic Republic. No surprise ones got more polish

[@maderighthereson5186]

Battle droid tech was mainly proprietary Federation tech and they fell apart after the clone wars. Clones/Stormtroopers were not reliant on the federation tech and became the core of the empire forces.

[@caitydid1306]

“Once you become a sith you become part possum” TOOK ME OUT 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Also Mace Window 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Evfollower]

1:21:47 Someone posted this exact shot online and said “look, the only things standing between Anakin and Palpatine are Obi-Wan and Padme.” You know how many times I’ve watched this movie and that very obvious foreshadowing never clicked? 😅😭

[@will_o_wisp]

9:30 these two looking so proud 😂 36:50 Star Wars veterans vs Star Wars newbie (laughing at a fatal crash, gets me everytime)

[@shreddedninja]

Fun fact: In one of the comics, after becoming Vader, Anakin goes back into the council chambers and says "As the last surviving member of of this council; I unanimously grant myself the rank of master." Also, if you noticed, in the original trilogy R2 never stays with the ship when Luke tells him too; it's because the last time someone told himthat it was Anakin and he never came back.

[@gbozzi05_]

That’s literally fan made….

[@shreddedninja]

@@gbozzi05_ So what, I like spreading misinformation.

[@ThatOneKidWhosToCoolForSchool]

​@@shreddedninja be honest, you actually believed it was real and after hearing it was fanmade you are trying to act like you already knew so you don't sound dumb.

[@disqorddoge1101]

Nah. That first part was too stupid to be real…unless we’re talking Disney canon.

[@JessYapping]

Makes him sound more like a salty whinny 😼😂

[@eiohnanananunu9871]

1:44:11 - The term you're looking for is 'Force Sensitive" but not all Force Sensitives become Jedi or Sith. The two just happen to be the most prolific. Wait till you get to the Witches and the Dark Jedi.

[@WafleEnterprises]

As well as Grey Jedi

[@Plasmagon99]

Ruff: Huh!? Homi is going down first movie!? Eric: Yeah, there is no part two for him. Boom: Well, there are two parts of him.

[@MJWP2334]

The Darth Bane trilogy of books explains how the sith rule of two came to be.

[@KianHardwick_]

Such great story

[@willthesavage1018]

My fav books of all time

[@HOLY1-]

Anakin was a child & then a young man ofc he wasn’t in control of his emotions. Ironically the counsel chastised Anakin for his fear but but ultimately their fear of him is what made him feel unheard and used what Anakin needed was true guidance not a bunch of meaningless platitudes.

[@krispiccini6046]

I absolutely NEED to see Ruff react to the Order 66 Supercut.

[@LA_HA]

And the SC38 Reimagined video

[@silverblade357]

Jake Lloyd is the ultimate proof that the loudest critical people suck at critical thought. Anakin's portrayal as a somewhat stoic child was divisive and people of all ages blamed him. Lloyd, a child actor, only acted as he was directed by George Lucas. He is hardly to blame if the visionary behind Star Wars didn't want to do another take. The things people said about him were truly horrendous, and the worst of it came from grown adults.

[@LA_HA]

As others pointed out, I believe Lloyd already came forward to say it wasn't SW fans that bullied and harassed him. It was the press and other media outlets that made his life difficult. There's something similar about Best (who played Jar Jar), but I'm not sure Like most rumors, this version of what happened got around faster and helped establish the whole "toxic Star Wars fans" thing. There will Always be trolls, snobs, and hypercritical types in Every fandom. But, I always objected to fans being labeled simply because they have a negative opinion about the thing they're a fan of. As long as they're not being destructive, doing it just to be naysayers, fans have every right to call out the things they think don't make sense, are contradictory, or just sucks about the franchise/movie they love. It's Why they're offering the criticism in the first place -- to call attention to the weak points so they won't be repeated in order to improve future efforts. As a huge fan of Star Wars and Halloween, I'm well aware that there are extremely crappy segments of the fandom. It's these loud voices that a lot of us believe drove Lucas to sell the franchise to Disney in the first place, which I believe he truly regrets after stepping back and realizing the truth. But, I'm also well aware that we've been put down as "toxic" because we're vocal about the obvious stuff -- the lazy writing and expectations that we're supposed to shut up and like whatever the studios deign to give us. We're saying No to that and actually being attacked By The Studios for that has simply turned us off to Hollywood and franchises. These days, we just talk amongst ourselves and we're getting into fan-made stuff. And still, the studios and the actors keep attacking fans for not doing what they want us to do. Except This time, people who aren't OG, hard core fans are seeing what we've been saying for years. That's why the media-backed ratings are always high and the Audience ratings are always low, or vice versa. The majority of fans aren't toxic. We're honest, even when it's unpopular and hard to be, and a Lot of people don't know or like the difference

[@AshLee92490]

The grown adults in fabdkms are always the worst...

[@RizzyRapz]

When they said Anakin was a "slave to his feelings" I chuckled because he was an actual slave taken from his mother at 9 yrs old by Space Monks who told him to suppress his feelings so of course his expression of love would be a Lil twisted and intense😂

[@MrJamaigar]

These are the same people who like to dunk on Anakin for being a complicated person 😠 At least the Clone Wars brought back Anakyn's past as a slave in a more serious light: He's genuinely troubled and traumatized by that part of life, and hates slave-owners' guts.

[@KingBlaziel]

During the pod race scene, you guys brought up the Episode 1 Racer game (which was re-released on Nintendo Switch years ago, so still easily obtainable today) but a version of the racer game you really should keep an eye out for is the arcade machine version. You literally got to sit in a mini version of Anakins pod racer and using the handles like he does in the movie, use them to power up each engine separately to speed up/slow down and steer the pod racer all in first person view. It. Was. Awesome.

[@saltymisfit6566]

Not only does Darth Maul have the distinguished honor of being one of the greatest Star wars villains. My name is played by Ray Park who was also the headless horseman in sleepy hollow and toad in the X-Men movie but he's also the only person to ever kill Liam Neeson in a movie

[@TheWorldWillNvrLearn]

The Anakin kid also was in “Jingle all the way “ (Christmas movie) 1996

[@saltymisfit6566]

RIP James Earl Jones. Can you sadly passed away the day after this video was released

[@thunderbasilisk1352]

"If so powerful you are why leave?" Snap hsss - quote by Yoda I adore these movies. I watched them with my nephew the other day and seeing the aww on his face was an awesome feeling.

[@BCCSquidward]

Execute Order Prequel Memes...

[@passingrando6457]

Luke, did I ever tell you about Ahsoka Tano?

[@Commander_Shepard.]

@@passingrando6457 Noooo not that one!

[@passingrando6457]

@@Commander_Shepard. Hey, she was a good friend.

[@LegioXXI]

It will be done my lord.

[@garrettwhite5943]

"There''s like thirty-some books" lmfao multiply that number by ten and you're closer to how many books there are.

[@DeviantGryphonFromTinyMoat]

I’m in the camp, that if the council just helped Anakin work through his emotions, and believed in him, instead of ostracizing him, and stunting him because of his “emotions”, then he wouldn’t have become Vader. To more concise, I believe the Jedi were a part of the reason Anakin became Vader.

[@danielmcgrath680]

Im in the camp that Qui-Gon was the wisest Jedi at the time, and he single handedly wouldve prevented everything. He warned the council of a sith lord and they shrugged him off, practically laughed at him. He was the only one who saw the Jedi council were getting too egotistical for their own good. He also would have raised Anakin far better than Obi-Wan did as he was not ready for the literal chosen one. If they listened to Qui-Gon he probably wouldn't have died to Maul. The prequels are about the fall of the jedi and how its their own fault, Qui-Gon wouldve foreseen and stopped it.

[@Bakemer94]

When I was a kid and we saw Phantom Menace in theatres, when the big fish walks up and eats the little fish I yelled out in the theatre "IT'S GODZILLA!" I have no memory of this event, but my parents remind me about it every time we watch this movie...

[@cdogthehedgehog6923]

Who asked

[@Bakemer94]

@@cdogthehedgehog6923 Why do you care?

[@cdogthehedgehog6923]

@@Bakemer94 See thats the thing. _Nobody cares._

[@Bakemer94]

@@cdogthehedgehog6923 You cared enough to leave two comments. Something must be wrong with you if you're offended by me telling a minor anecdote from my past. Go touch some grass.

[@jacobwood4937]

@@cdogthehedgehog6923 I care

[@robins1823]

odd sort of poeticness to seeing this, the "birth" of Darth Vader and his iconic voice and lines being uploaded at this day. RIP James Earl Jones

[@WonkiWeaboo]

I don’t think you typed this right

[@primal1233]

The prequel trilogy is amazing🔥

[@JKSSubstandard]

Grievous' cough is explained in the 2000s clone wars shorts by genndy tartakovsky. During the kidnapping of the chancellor from corousant, as Grievous is making his escape, he encounters Mace Windu. While grievous escapes, before he does, Windu crushes his lungs with the force which causes his respritory issues

[@JPSkittlez]

The boy that played Anakin also played in Jingle All The Way.

[@DrewtheJit]

Absolute classic

[@Kilwede1]

the podracing arcade game with the podracer you sat in was frikkin epic!

[@shockwave6213]

Fun fact: The prop engines on Anakin's Pod Racer are based on the Pratt & Whitney F100 Turbofan engines used on the F15 and F16 fighter jets.

[@RagnorokKing]

Man, once you watch the Clone Wars series, it makes everything that Anakin does in Revenge of the Sith be justifiable. The council does him so dirty.

[@Izanagi-Okami]

I don’t know if murdering the Jedi council along with the women and children too is really justifiable, but I can understand his anger. Had they been more accommodating he would’ve been just fine…at least for a while.

[@Shinekage]

It is a fact that council was shortsighted, arrogant and corrupt. It can be said that jedi being wiped out was all part of bringing balance to the force. The order had stagnated to the point it was pretty unsalvageable. There were many good eggs still, but order itself was rotten to the core.

[@KingKing-cz6xh]

@@Izanagi-Okamihis anger is justifiable it’s the Jedi obsession with repressing emotions that let the anger boil over to the point where they never learn to control it that anikan completely loses it

[@disqorddoge1101]

The younglings to a suppose huh?🤨

[@JessYapping]

⁠@@KingKing-cz6xhno it was them letting him join already having those emotions😂You can’t be powerful and emotional

[@SpacialRend7]

Revenge of the Sith is my favorite of the prequels. When it comes to the Star Wars franchise, it’s my #1 go-to film.

[@fhitsu8909]

Palpatine had been so strong enough in the dark side of the Force even early on that he could easily cloud his presence in the Force from others, from what I remember from the books Also, the Force Lightning didn't make Palpatine this way, it only crushed the illusion he'd created with the force to hide what the Dark Side's already done to his appearance

[@terryrichardson302]

The reason Qui gon didn’t disappear when he died is because the ability has to be learned and he didn’t know how to retain his spirit after he died.

[@miketrujillo3677]

except he did

[@playamcnugeegames8267]

23:04 there is a reason for this, I believe the empire outlawed a lot of parts and other things to make people bend the knee, so a less technologically advanced public and a more advanced government is what you get with the empire. Whilst with the republic a lot more freedom to new tech is available. If you’re an empire you want to limit what your subjects get so you can have the most resources to rule. If you’re a republic you are more so the referee. If somebody does something wrong you step in and set things right. If a planet is falling behind, you send aid. If a planet is planning to rebel against you you try to ease the tension. Empires do far better, but republics have far more to offer the everyday person.

[@RobClark_theelusivefish]

The reason the prequels got the hate that they did was for an entire generation, we'd grown up on these movies. These films were core memories for so many people in that day and time and it's mark across culture is clearly seen. We didn't think we'd ever get these movies. 16 years sit between RotJ and tPM. In that time everyone had their own head canon of what had happened based on books, comics, and years of playing with action figures in the back yard or basement. Nothing that ended on screen would have matched the thousands of versions of this tale that were locked in people's heads. Whereas the first Star Wars was a mind-blowing jump in terms of visual effects, the prequels were a much more incremental improvement. There are a lot of firsts and pioneering moves in terms of VFX but not in the way the opening scene of A New Hope jumps out in contrast to everything prior and a lot of films that followed. Likewise - this was the early days of the Internet being mainstream and so everyone is suddenly trading opinions in comment sections and bulletin boards and amplifying off of one another. "George Lucas raped my childhood" was a common refrain. There's also the complaints that much of the great story moments in the original trilogy are lessened by knowledge gained in the prequels. For myself, I enjoy the prequels, but if I'm watching the saga I start with IV, V, then jump to II, III, and finish with VI. tPM I treat like Solo, or Rogue One. It's an appendix that is wonderful world filling material to take in afterwards, but would disrupt the story otherwise and isn't essential in order to follow or understand the main tale.

[@LA_HA]

Yep. People now don't realize that from 1977 and through the 80s, being a nerd wasn't cool like it is now. So, nerds couldn't discuss their love of Star Trek, Star Wars, comic books, anime, games, and other things to others because those things weren't ubiquitous. It was other nerds or nobody. Nerds were only ever able to get into the things they loved by finding other nerds who shared their fandom, in line at the movies, at conventions (which weren't Anything like they are now), and local get-togethers like book signings and themed events. The early internet had boards where they could talk, post fan fiction and clips, and basic stuff like that. But they were sometimes hard to find and even when you did, it was still underground. These people were your tribe and lifeline to being able to talk nerd stuff without judgement and criticism. So, you're Very on point when you say that the time in between and after ROTJ was about fans expanding the lore themselves. And every time a novelization, book, comic, cartoon, tv show, or nonfiction media (articles, documentaries, interviews, "The Art of" and "The Science of" books, behind the scenes pieces, etc.) came out, all current lore was built on top of it. And fans thought that Lucas's open encouragement meant that he would base whatever he came up with next on these now accepted paths of fan-made lore. And so, when everyone went to see The Prequels, they were extremely disappointed. However, the new younger fans, (who were Lucas's target audience, just like it was in 1977) loved them, causing a little split in the fandom -- those who loved them, those who hated them, and those who were in the middle. What I object to is the idea of being called a "toxic" fandom for being honest about what some fans don't like or think makes the franchise weaker and less creative. This accusation wasn't a thing until the studios started warring with the fans, even targeting specific people; including those who had been very supportive of them in the past. It got political, which, in my opinion, is what made the studios and the actors toxic. All because fans criticized them and refused to buy the merchandise for the stuff they didn't like. Now, the studios and actors are getting what they wanted and it's not turning out well for them because they refuse to understand that they can't use MSM to bully audiences into liking their poorly planned and conceived crap. The ratings imbalances between the critics' scores and the audience scores are being ignored to their detriment. And Still they just will not hear earned criticism. It's too bad

[@Insomniac_Hart]

02:08:07 the only frustrating part here is that Asteroid fields are actually not this dense. If you passed through an asteroid fiend you might not even notice you did because of how far apart each asteroid is from every other asteroid. In fact The andromeda Galaxy is set to crash into the milky way galaxy in a few million or trillion years or something like that. When it happens, almost no one will apparently notice, because of how far apart everything is from everything. A very small amount of stars MIGHT collide or get loosened from their original gravitational orbits but it will most likely remain unnoticed to small creatures like ourselves. New constellations maybe. The sun is traveling at about 200 Miles per second, or about 450,000 Miles per hour in one direction around a super massive black hole at the center of our galaxy, Its dragging our solar system with it at that speed. Earth itself from the equator, spins at about 1,500 miles per hour while following or being 'towed' by the sun.

[@thatcher00]

1:18:07 qui gon is the reason obi wan and yoda can give themselves to the force and become force ghosts he discovered ancient jedi techniques which were lost for 1000+ years and after his death he reached out to yoda through the force to teach him then obiwan

[@saltymisfit6566]

Except Darth maul was so badass that they brought him back several times in the animated series including when he faced off against Obi-Wan Kenobi for the last time

[@Souledex]

Falling means nothing in star wars

[@AshLee92490]

Why would you spoil this?

[@DamnQuilty]

Yoda fighting is so quick... Like a squirrel on crack. I'm dying here.😂😂😂😂

[@Erimgard13]

Finding out Maul got like 2 minutes of screen time after ALL that marketing and merchandising is hilarious

[@20Korna07]

56:08 Luke calls Vader Anakin in episode VI so you would know that Anakin becomes Vader if you watch it in release order

[@simpabla1068]

You know if you wanted some better lightsabers, i hear star wars theory may be able to help you with that

[@realitybeyond6357]

Quai Gon Jim, CP30, and Java the Hutt: all you need for your own spoof!

[@andrewhoff8782]

The episode 3 hologram edits you guys did was sublime.

[@jossuecalderon254]

2:55:20 The Family guy star wars, where Cleveland Brown was R2. Lol, R2 says "Not on my fighter plane"

[@gildarmesh3809]

When they start the second movie here the reason there are only two sith is because it makes them more powerful is the short answer. Even if it gets answered it's an important rule.

[@LordParticle]

36:51 the rawr guy gets me every time 🤣

[@GUNUFofficial]

Fun fact: the revenge of the sith game uses a bunch of stuff from an earlier almost complete version of the script. Also fun fact: palpatines saber hilts are very expensive, all because he wants to show off to the jedi.

[@rdr8147]

@3:34:19 "Ever seen Anakin destroy a bunch of Yuenlings?" Had me taken out hahaha 🤣🤣🤣

[@Calebnelson24]

Palpatines faces deforming is his natural look. The dark side warps your body and mind, he just used his powers to change himself and once his full dark side came out, so did his true face.

[@slightlycynical4308]

3:44:10 the lightsaber is still blue because theres a separate process for turning a kyber crystal (lightsaber power source) red called "bleeding" where you fill the crystal with negative emotions to crack the crystal, in the process the lightsibers become semi unstable and output more energy

[@Evan_4587]

2:42:10 “his bends to the left” is crazy😂

[@VeeAllar738]

3:57 Boom is officially my favourite of Sorta Stupid (I love them both too, but Star Trek is Star Trek after all)

[@IsaacWale2004]

You enjoying episode 1 gave me hope.

[@cesarmedina7080]

1:17:28 It is explained at the end of episode 3. Nobody had discovered the ability to become one with the force. Qui Gon learned the ability and comes back as a force ghost off camera and teaches Obiwan the ability which he later uses in his later fight with Vader.

[@CrackheadYoda]

3:46:28 That transition from “Battle of the Heroes” to “Duel of the Fates” gives me chills every time.

[@roanwanek2673]

1:47:20 the reason the Jedi can't detect the Sith in Coruscant is vaguely explained elsewhere. The Jedi Temple was built atop a ruined Sith shrine, and the residual energy from that clouded their vision, preventing them from detecting darkness around them. It's definitely a copout but it works

[@KanWoo76]

My father brought my brothers and me to see the originals in theaters starting back in 77, I was able to bring my nephews to see the prequels back in 99 and I was able to bring my son to the premier of the continuations back in 2015. . . and despite the storyline quality over the years, I get nostalgic chills watching first time enjoyment! Great reaction to start my weekend

[@joseanrodriguez90]

I laugh hysterically every time I see Ruff having the time of his life. 😂😂

[@supernova9238]

Padme's decoy the one who was pretending to be Queen is also played by Keira Knightley

[@Castique]

Oh god, I'm so glad someone else pointed this out! To this day, I struggle to tell them apart just because of this film 🤣

[@cjdubz7296]

This is such a good reaction I feel like people who are not into starwars but want to give it a chance could watch this and enjoy it.

[@billsutherby]

It's important to remember that the actors for Jar Jar and young Anakin were bullied by the media and the press; NOT by the fans. Don't let them gaslight us into thinking the fandom were the ones doing the smearing and bullying.

[@lorecow88]

It's really blatant too. Ahmed Best has given interviews about the subject, yet they still try to push this idea of "toxic fans."

[@kylespratt4419]

Episode 1-3 is a retelling of episodes 4-6, when it comes to the moral choices between luke and vader, but with a different ending.

[@user-jv7dm6qm9n]

I love how he wants this guy fighting and this guy. I’m just thinking go watch the clone wars show and you will get it all with more.

[@slightlycynical4308]

3:40:00 palpatine used the sepratists to start the clones wars to give justification for emergency power to be granted to him, removing term limits to his position and increasing power, now that the jedi, his only threat is gone, the war no longer is useful and the separatists would be enemies of the empire he forms.

[@shockmesane4158]

LOL these playstation 2 cutscenes really held up lol.

[@andrewbarone3781]

I can't tell whether that's an insult or a compliment.

[@dvader2004]

What hurts the most is that mace and the console was going to make him a jedi master after they took down palp Edit: also for the crew. If you guys didnt knowz when animan is being made into vader, his heart stops beating for a couple seconds then starts again. This is supost to symbolize that palp took the life from padme and out it into anikan

[@mjuang9]

This is one of the best reactions to these movies, I felt like I was watching it with my bros

[@TheVelociRapper23]

“He doesn’t get a part two” Boy do I have some news for you

[@iceman10129]

Patton Oswalts joke about the prequels is extremely spot on and hilarious.

[@jorbysold-4707]

In the first movie they said they haven’t seen a sith in like 100 years and the sith can cloud there energy or presence or w.e

[@Souledex]

1000 years. And that’s because there have been only 2(or like 8-100 but 2 big ones) that control the whole ass dark side.

[@Jow-zx8nu]

1:25:33 - It is a Sith rule, one (the master) to concentrate the power, another (the apprentice) to desire the power. The apprentice must be used by the master as a puppet until he becomes powerful enough to kill him and take his place.

[@nativeman1174]

Darth Maul comes back in the Animated series Clone Wars. The Animated Series is between Episodes II and III.

[@KaelKnight]

When little Boba picked up the helmet the actor didn't know till the screening that jengos head was "in" the loose helmet

[@JamesCPotter13]

I could have sworn you see Jango's head fly off in another direction after the decapitation.

[@caberwikijack]

Behold! The greatest achievement in the universe! THE SINGULARITY ENGINE!

[@CoffeeTheCaffeinator]

2:15:42 It's called a motif and theme, Ruff 🤣 Its been around since people could write stuff. It exists in pretty much every movie that includes an original score, especially when it's an orchestra. Not a knock on people that don't pay special attention to the music, it definitely wasn't my main focus on first watch. John Williams' score is really well thought out, major characters in both prequel and OG trilogy had a theme. If you listen to Anakin's Theme, once you know his story you can almost recap his life from innocent kid to Darth Vader just by listening to the song. Incredibly well done, and one of the best film OSTs.

[@ProjectImpossibleOfficial]

Guys... you NEEEEEED to watch The Clone Wars. I am not kidding, it is the greatest piece of Star Wars media ever created, and it enhances these movies so much. You think they're good now? That's nothing compared to when you've also seen The Clone Wars. It adds so much lore and context to every tiny little thing, I promise you it is worth a watch.

[@mimic1984]

They've watched the 2003 miniseries on Patreon and have started 2008 Clone Wars over 2 months ago on Patreon. Both will be on KZbin soon.

[@g.r.linden7713]

I can't believe you guys brought up Applebees and no one said "Eating Good in the Naboo-hood"

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

2:20:21 Dellow Felegates 😂 I remember hearing that after watching it on DVD a couple of times, cracked me up then too.

[@bigorange2082]

These were so awesome to see in the cinema.

[@beaubromley1994]

1:17:45 answer is in a comic or visual novel if im not mistaken but, Its an advanced force technique that qui gon taught obi wan after he died. Obi wan and Yoda become one with the force and thats why theyre bodies the physical world

[@MakotoAtava]

Roses are red, anakins lightsaber are blue, master skywalker there are too many of them what are we gonna to do?

[@IsaacWale2004]

2:59:54 And this is one of the reasons why episode 3 was the only Star Wars film (from the original 6) to be rated 12.

[@Jim00306]

Palpatine allowed the Jedi to train Anakin so that he wouldn’t have to deal with him growing up.

[@gbrown932]

As a 47 year old that saw empire and jedi in theaters i can honestly say the prequels don't really rank for me. I was so hyped for episode 1 when i was 21 years old. When it ended everyone in the theater was silent. They were mostly confused like we were pranked. Probably was a good story on paper, but the execution left something to be desired. I know that's not a popular opinion for the younger generation. An entire movie about politics wasn't exactly star wars to me.

[@Ryglado]

I’m a similar age to you and all my friends thought the prequels were a bit bad. I didn’t even bother going to last one in the theatre. The Lord of the Rings movies were out at the same time and were on another level entirely. Little kids loved the Prequels and that was the target audience.

[@MrBuddither]

In reference to force ghosts it's a force ability that was, from what I remember though I could be wrong, long lost and figured out by none other than Qui Gon Gin WHILE dead lol he then brought that to the rest of those who became force ghosts, Yoda and Obi, then one of those two (Likely Obi) showed Anakin after he died as Vader once he was redeemed by Luke. Qui Gon showed them by coming to them as a force ghost or visions or whatever it was. Like I said it's an "As I remember" thing, I don't really remember 100% this Star Wars lore is so lengthy, just trying to remember bits of The Old Republic makes me forget OG Clone Wars and Pre CW era like Phantom Menace's timeline lol

[@FrenchkissingGuys]

I think it was more of the lines of qui gon still learning the ability and at the time of his death he hadn’t mastered it so he could retain his voice for some time (as we see in „Kenobi“ he can manifest as a force ghost)

[@HausOfRavenTTV]

I’m such a huge fan of all 9 Star Wars movies as well as the spin offs, and is so cool to see people’s reactions to them, especially if it’s their first time watching them. Would be cool to see your reactions to the sequel trilogy.

[@Arispici]

1:44:30 The reason the Sith became so elusive is because a sith lord at the end of an eradication carried out by the jedi, established the "Rule of Two" One master and one apprentice, to ensure that there was a presence of the dark side in the galaxy outside of the jedi forces perview.. I don't know enough about this to be an expert but at least wanted to say that much.. and im given to understand they were trained, at least the ones who weren't turned from the light to use the force to cloud information.. correct me please if im wrong xD

[@poltblissofficial8336]

It's sneaky how on attack of the clones, Palpatine tells Anakin to connect with his feelings, he kinda sneaks it in their conversation and right after in another scene Anakin has an angry moment around Padme. While the Jedi want Anakin to have control of his feelings.

[@NikolasAmodeo]

Great reaction, guys. Glad you loved them! You gotta do Clone Wars and Rebels