I'M DONE HERE - DISNEY IS DESTROYING STAR WARS - WHAT A JOKE! RANT

Disney put more than 2x the budget of Obi-Wan Kenobi into She Hulk, and another 250M into Andor. These execs are not handling the most important characters with care. They are virtue signalling and focusing on their own agendas whilst hiring people less than suitable for the writing and directing.
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[@GlamorousTitanic21]

I’ve been done with Disney for years. Kathleen Kennedy has destroyed the franchise like Palpatine destroyed the Republic; from within, bit by bit.

[@joshualyon-ru3sf]

if Disney wants just a tiny bit of redemption, they need to fire KK full stop

[@jamesawwyea]

I thought Mando was good

[@joshualyon-ru3sf]

@@jamesawwyea I never said Mando was bad, BOBF, Obi wan show, where just forgettable, Mando was great at times, Andor was Great, Ashoka was good. Bad Batch I love apart from the bad Cliffhanger. the sequal trilogy never happend in my mind.

[@briansmith2739]

She's the reason why the Sequel Trilogy flopped. We could have got something better but she always turned her back on George Lucas's ideas.

[@Elephunky215]

Word

[@IRLSuperb]

It took you long enough to be done with Disney

[@aidens4669]

Amen, he finally realized what a scruffy looking nerf herder they actually are

[@Ultriac301]

Better late than never.😅

[@nivenreed5118]

I think he's been done with Disney but he's more interested in his favorite characters I don't blame him if that's the case because the most I look at for star wars are vehicles that come or my favorite characters outside of that I primarily look to fan made stuff

[@user-mv3qm4qh8l]

stop with your amen@@aidens4669

[@user-mv3qm4qh8l]

i was done since the last jedi

[@robertcop8825]

The biggest annoyance of Obi-Wan was execs being like "Let's make an Obi-Wan Kenobi show but make it about child Leia!" Like NOBODY wanted that. What a fackin waste.

[@Blisterdude123]

I would've been interested in a show maybe around a more adolescent Leia, learning politics, becoming the rebel leader we know she grows into. Political/spy thriller, like Andor. Really show the cruelty and tyranny of a powerful Empire and how that shapes Leia into her future self. THAT I'd have found interesting.

[@Jiub_SN]

@@Blisterdude123which there were some good bits that kind of showcased that but she was a bit too young and the show was about obi-wan. It's a real shame

[@lazyhydroponicsandstuff3682]

They did the same thing with the Bumbling Batch and they Annoy accent girl. I stopped watching at eps 3

[@J1O2C3K4E5S]

@@Jiub_SNAnd also having Obi Wan and Leia meet is something that should not have happened in the first place. Same with him leaving Tatooine.

[@eveningswan8796]

Imagine making a bad show and you've got Obi and Vader to work with as characters.

[@Mr.Masenko]

Hayden, Ewan, the crew, and the fans all deserved better than what they got. It’s truly a shame that Disney doesn’t nurture the franchise THAT THEY BOUGHT! This is outrageous, it’s unfair!

[@stuartspencer2161]

Don't forget that Ewan was a producer on the show, pushed for it to be made, and went put saying how great it was, and calling people out for being racist regarding Reva. Had really hoped he would have done better and stand his ground into the legacy of the character he obviously loves.

[@afishy1465]

⁠@@stuartspencer2161tbf people were being racist to Reva (can’t remember the actress rn) and I’m glad Ewan stuck up for her. Was it a shit character sure but that’s not the actress Fault.

[@stuartspencer2161]

@afishy1465 I have no doubt that some people were being racist, but a majority of criticism was regarding the poor writing of the character, which wasn't the actresses fault. Yet they always lump all criticism into one basket, without any accountability of their own, and simply blaming "toxic fans" for the failure.

[@eldenvedetta635]

@@afishy1465 You don't understand. Some? Of course, literally by being FAMOUS you'll get harassed for ANY number of ridiculous things. The point is, no ACTUAL large amount of racism happened to her, never proved, and all that happened was the FEW racist comments were used to dismiss ALL criticism of the show, so literally using the actress as a race and gender shield against VALID criticism is ACTUALLY racist. It's the same when any movie with a black lead fails they'll say it's racists review bombing, but somehow those racists just forgot about movies like Black Panther. Or maybe, that movie didn't get reviewed badly because it was a GOOD movie, and people blaming racism are the actual racists.

[@Durvington]

Yeah hearing the crew excitement to get to work with Hayden and Ewan makes it even more sad… they wanted to do great with the show but the suits were too involved

[@patricktardif6705]

It's not just Star wars ,Disney is slowly destroying every franchise they have buy over the years

[@AD2884_S]

So true actually, Marvel fell so hard over these 3 years

[@doh-nc8ku]

@@AD2884_S So wrong Disney bought marvel way back in 2009 and injected more money in it to create the MCU, the largest cinematic success in history. Compare their treatment of the MCU with infinity war and endgame, with the shitty sequels. Night and fucking day. However once endgame ended, it’s been downhill because everyone knows the big story is over, now it’s just fragmented plots that don’t really seem to connect.

[@AD2884_S]

@@doh-nc8ku yeah true, I wasn’t shiting on Disney as a whole cause they did amazing jobs with the previous movies, but as I said “over the past 3 years” is when they gave up

[@doh-nc8ku]

@@AD2884_S agree It sucks for the MCU, well at least they had a great run. Now we get superhero fatigue, and especially Star Wars fatigue. The fact that they have to use prequel shit to hype up fans is sad

[@NoirNameless]

@@doh-nc8kuJust cause the mcu is failing doesn’t mean the entire genre is. The Batman, Peacemaker, Invincible, The Boys, Gen V, Guardians 3, Loki, Superman and Lois, My Adventures with Superman, Across The Spiderverse, and TMNT mutant Mayhem wouldn’t all be critically and/or financially successful if fatigue was the issue. There’s no fatigue, people are tired of the formulaic, unoriginal, and inorganic films marvel have been making. But the genre itself people clearly aren’t tired of.

[@yolt9786]

Wtf, Andor was the least boring Star Wars since Disney bought it by far

[@Jdubayou]

You can tell pretty much everything you need to know about a star wars fan judging by their opinion of Andor. People like Theory that call it boring have no appreciation for good writing and world building and only care about fan service cameos and lightsaber duels. How anybody that calls themselves a star wars fan could be bored by Andor is beyond me. Seeing a grounded story about the rebellion with incredibly interesting characters like Luthen is something I always wanted from Star Wars.

[@_ABoyNamedBlue_]

@@JdubayouThat’s not true at all! Theory is an OG Star Wars fan; a fan of Lucas’s Star Wars. So not only does that fact somewhat separate him and the older fans to the newer fans but it means his expectations for Disney Star Wars are different from your views and opinions.

[@nickhatesdisney1555]

You’re spot on. Disney is more worried about pandering to their diverse overlords than making good content.

[@ImmortalArts33]

Oh you must mean the Democrat party and their masters.

[@thefirstguyjaek255]

I think Disney thought just having Ewan’s presence alone would generate the hype/success of the show rather than putting an actual investment into it

[@oliverpehrson8569]

That was the only reason people watched it initially. But even great actors can’t hold up a horrendous story

[@protorhinocerator142]

They don't understand character, plot, dialog, tension, or anything else that builds a good movie. They understand money, actors, power sets (mantleship), and The Message. That's about it.

[@willerwin3201]

*If Andor made you sleepy, Ahsoka must have put you in a coma.*

[@jamesmunn576]

None of these kids like Andor. They all objectively do not understand good storytelling.

[@mikemorrill1555]

@@jamesmunn576 Andor started very slow, which was a problem, but it picked up like all good stories should.

[@HelloThere.....]

Nah wym Ahsoka was good! The pacing was fine to me I enjoyed it

[@MattAlbie]

@@jamesmunn576 Wait a minute... Prequel kids hate ANDOR?! Oh ffs.

[@sebastianb.3978]

​@@MattAlbieYou do realize the "prequel kids" are in their twenties now right? But belittling twats are gonna stay belittling twats huh?

[@farisSTINGrai]

My theory is that Palpatine has secretly been orchestrating the destruction of Star Wars and appears in the senior Disney meetings as a hologram with instructions.

[@coolmanplayz438]

The the biggest frustration I have with Disney's star wars is how tone deaf they are. I have never seen a company be so incompetent about what it's fans want, and then spend millions of dollars to put out a movie that no one wanted, and wonder why it failed. You can't just sacrifice literally everything else in the movie to be "diverse." You've destroyed the reputations of your legacy characters, and you didn't give any depth to the new ones. The force awakens actually had a TON of promise, there were a lot of things they could have dived deeper into after that. Kylo Ren could have actually struggled with killing his dad, where the act ends up having the opposite effect. Rey could have struggled with the idea of who her parents were and struggled internally with wondering why they abandoned her. Luke could have seen the darkness in Kylo and tried to do the same thing he did with Vader, but ultimately fail, and not be able to live with his failure. Leia could have had an arc with her son where she tried to bring him back and ultimately became a martyr to try and bring him back and he realize what he's done after it. Finn could have had an arc with him struggling to deal with the things he did as a storm trooper and have it ultimately end with him having to confront Phasma. The sequel trilogy could have had a story with themes of Identity and your Heroes still being human. It could have been on par with the prequel and original trilogy in terms of themes and storytelling. Instead we got "Somehow, palpatine returned."

[@vinjass]

Kenobi should have been an Emmy-worthy show. Darker, dramatic, character study with action sprinkled here and there, each episode with a flashback to prequels-era and related to the theme of the episode, with Kenobi slowly regaining his connection with the force and have Darth Vader in parallel hunting Jedis with the Inquisitors. You can even have some side plots with Cody hunting Obi-Wan to finish the job, Kenobi and Owen drama, Vader being ruthless, Palpatine stripping even more of Vader's humanity, etc. They had the perfect recipe for an amazing show, all the returning characters, all the stunts coordinators to make dope choreographies, EVERYTHING!! And they just threw it all into the trash.

[@libertarianlogic]

There was a Kenobi spec trailer that was far better than the actual show

[@bgarza18]

But then SWT wouldn’t like that because it wouldn’t be Star Wars. You’re describing andor

[@SithCitadel66]

40 year old padawanakin 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@bonjy3701]

Kenobi should have never severed his connection with the force.

[@brandonmunsen2790]

@@bgarza18andor didn’t have Jedi (litterally the main thing you think of when you think Star Wars)

[@Cowabungas]

I didn't know She-Hulk had a bigger budget, obviously Obi's budget was more than enough to make a great project but that REALLY shows where the Disney execs priorities are at.

[@tomathome77]

Obi sucked so much 😆😆😆

[@interloperjg5068]

Star Wars was destroyed by the wokeside

[@petermad152]

Disney had SOOOOOOOOO Much source Material and they threw it out the window…. I would’ve paid $40 a ticket to see them recreate the old republic and watch Darth revan and Darth malak.

[@aldunlop4622]

Me too brother! And there’s millions of us that think this!

[@hgjgha7283]

@@aldunlop4622no. if disney touch revan and old republik it will die too. they fuck it up like always. better not touch it.

[@michaelmorrigan614]

Disney’s motive was told in their writing in the sequel trilogy when Kylo Ren said “Let the past die. Kill it if you have to.” That single quote is why they treat the old characters like trash. It’s definitely designed that way on purpose

[@TheComicsLounge1]

What old character besides Han Solo was treated like trash?

[@andyandreson3989]

@@TheComicsLounge1the answer is “yes”.

[@Yurio]

It makes sense to kill off the old characters but they clearly put no love and thought into making new ones

[@bwhere45]

@@TheComicsLounge1if you're actually asking: Luke, Leia, Obi Wan, Vader, Anakin (yes, they ruined both), Boba Fett, Palpatine, Qui-Gon Jinn, space battles in Star Wars, the Death Star, the Death Star 2.0, the Force as a concept (somehow got even dumber than midi-chlorians), and the entire purpose of episodes 1-6 because it's all trivialized by both the First Order (Empire) and Palpatine not only surviving but clearly thriving. I could honestly keep going about what's been tarnished by Disney, but if you don't know by now, you're being willfully ignorant. edit: grammar

[@cunawarit]

@@TheComicsLounge1 Darth Bane, Darth Zannah, Darth Plagueis as well as many others were literally thrown in the trash. They threw away most of their best stories.

[@DarthVigorous]

As Tim Burton said, "Disney is only interested in making money than making actual art."

[@owenmenning3878]

Tim Burton is also the guy who is currently making Beetlejuice 2 nearly 40 years later, and the guy who directed the live action Dumbo...for Disney

[@cash5512]

Which mega corporation doesn't?

[@trevorhanlin4247]

@@owenmenning3878 So tim burton also likes money? To quote idiocracy "I like money"

[@owenmenning3878]

@@trevorhanlin4247 im just saying he plays both sides

[@s_baller4116]

But thats the thing they aren’t even making money no one wants to watch their garbage shit 😂

[@alexdavis-mann8513]

I think many people would disagree with you on Andor, it was the best looking and best written Star wars shows.

[@robbyrdog]

I’ve never actually hated something/someone as much as I HATE Kathleen Kennedy.

[@Shenmue06]

She's definitely a horrible person.

[@romanmunster1143]

austrian painter

[@sourlemon1002]

@@romanmunster1143at least his art was good

[@istvantoth3775]

​@@romanmunster1143bro we all love him

[@Demowan]

She's the face of Lucasfilm so naturally she gets all the blame, but I suspect she's not the most responsible for the downfall of SW. Kennedy used to make great movies (the original Indiana Jones, etc) so she knows how to do things. Of course she doesn't understand Star Wars, but I think the whole problem is Disney and Bob Iger meddling, trying to mold Star Wars into an authentic Disney franchise, which it's not.

[@josephleibowitz5742]

We’ve been this mad for years. The problem is Ashoka comes out and everyone looses their minds over the key jingles and then it ends and we’re left with nothing but an empty shell of a story and more questions and plot holes. Stop giving Disney “credit” for key jingles and start demanding better

[@atlasroyale5294]

So true

[@ihavethehighground732]

The force is female; we can’t.

[@ColmK83]

I've never seen a more overrated show in my life. Painfully mid the whole way through and fans gushed all over it.

[@user-mv3qm4qh8l]

it's what i said even before it was out. but nooo i get all the hate and i don't understand the "story"

[@morpho5539]

Cough cough Andor

[@GhostDrummer]

The fact that Disney destroyed any chance of Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, R2, and 3PO to be together one last time hurt more than anything else they’ve done. They have purposely torn down one of the greatest movie franchises ever and it makes no sense whatsoever.

[@ranndomundead9112]

Not really, only while disney has it. Lucas said himself that shit aint cannon. So really, if Disney makes Star wars not cross a profit threshhold, than within a year at the earliest everything could change. Disneys current contract on star wars only runs till 2024

[@nickflahive8903]

Out of all my numerous issues with the sequels I almost forgot about that. It seems so obvious to do that and yet they just couldn't even give us one scene. All of them are literally non factors in the story and are horribly written

[@cos0]

it does make sense, but are you ready for that conversation?

[@LucLightWolf121]

​@cos0 I was ready for that conversation on day one. Then again I am an inquisitive Taurus who don't suffer fools.

[@scalderiso]

That was a crime , no reunion on the falcon

[@cwopre]

Bro coming for Andor, Andor was compelling af…🤨

[@valvinny9547]

He always does this

[@MASTERCOLLECTOR-hc6nx]

He said the shows good, Though. I think its just not his cup Of tea.

[@thekeegster6278]

You absolutely nailed it on the head with how Disney treats Star Wars. Disney has given the franchise the middle finger and tried to mold Star Wars into an unrecognizable entity by force. However with the existence of Andor and Season 7 of TCW, the main identity of the franchise still exists and can still be salvaged; heavily scarred, but salvageable. If Disney is able to rebuild Star Wars on the same principles as Andor and Season 7, then Star Wars can rise from the ashes again.

[@vaderkurt7848]

Season 7 tcw is way different from original also the amount of contradictions within tcw. TCW is freaking overrated. As for andor..... andor is just ok.

[@Vandicoup]

Like what Theory himself stated, you forgot to also factor in The Bad Batch, most of Ahsoka, Rogue One, Tales of the Jedi, The Mandalorian (S1&2 and parts of 3) Solo, both Jedi Fallen Order games, most of the Vader comics and Rebels... They were all decent-to-straight masterpieces and only honored the saga and source material, for the most part, rather than destroy it inside and out, like TBOBF, Kenobi, the ST, new Vader comics and so on.

[@Vandicoup]

⁠@@vaderkurt7848Andor and TCW are freakin' masterpieces and are precisely what GL wanted, especially TCW with the fact that he actually worked on it up until S6. What are you on about? Either way, that's just your opinion and most fans, including SWT, would hella disagree with you on that and rightfully so. Either way, it's what George ultimately signed off on and approved up until first half of S6 that they had finished production on before ultimately selling it off and getting it cancelled until S7. So dislike it all you want, but facts are still the facts. TCW is still GL Star Wars and part of the main identity of the franchise, and that's what we're arguing FOR. Not whether we like it or not, this isn't the video for that brah. And TCW S7 is a bit different but ultimately also in line with the rest, esp the entire SoM arc. Dave used rough notes and sketches he had of the true ending to the show before GL left and sold it all off so he still had the foundation to build and expand from.

[@Vandicoup]

@@vaderkurt7848Says you. It deserves all the praise and 5+ Emmy awards it got and then some. Seeing a mini live action TCW was a dream come true for so many, including me and SWT and TCW continues to be rightfully celebrated and remembered in the many panels, interviews and conventions it is featured all throughout in. The show did countless things no other SW show has done or ever will do, including spawning an entire generation of SW fans, including myself, into the fray and thank god for it. It also actually succeeded in making the clones HELLA popular, more globally beloved and beyond the faceless, soulless meat bags that they were made out to be in the books, PT and CW. It made them into actual characters as well as true pawns and victims in Sidious' grand and evil chess scheme. Most fans wouldn't have loved, cared or even known much about the clones if not for TCW's existence, and thank god for that TOO. And finally, it further improved upon as well as fleshed out the PT SO much more than otherwise. There were many plot threads only barely touched upon, such as Sifo Dyas, that GL got to further explore and delve into more, alongside his Apprentice DF, and eventually got to conclude and fully finish telling those previously incompleted, but brilliant ass, stories--while also introducing new and EQUALLY brilliant ass stories throughout TCW as well! Many have touted that it redeemed and even saved the PT and I couldn't agree more. I see it all the time from various fan and critic pages alike and I couldn't be more happier to see that for them and their history with the PT. PT deserves more love and justice and TCW aided in that and THEN some. Not to mention having spawned a multitude of cool, new characters AND further fleshing out & spotlighting MANY original, EXISTING ones as well, who have all since become VERY NOTABLE and WIDELY BELOVED fan favorites OTHERWISE, such as VENTRESS, Rex, Krell, AHSOKA, The Bad Batch, Mother Talzin and more!

[@vaderkurt7848]

@Vandicoup No it's not what George Lucas wanted considering season 7 is entirely different before the buyout. Tcw isn't a masterpiece considering they are way better stories that took place within the same time frame. Saying this as someone who used to be an avid watcher of TCW.

[@WhineAndDuyne]

I have always respected the fact that you took a more moderate approach to Star Wars, but I feel that what has been done to Star Wars deserves no middle ground. People need to stand up to the lack of care and quality that Disney has shown Star Wars. I'm glad Theory is finally letting loose. I could tell he was holding it all in.

[@geoffrobinson]

Imagine spending years creating a successful Star Wars YT channel & getting undermined by gross mismanagement of the franchise.

[@DManLewis1]

While the middle ground would be that its absolutely terrible. With only a little bit of good

[@davidpinker459]

Yes. Rebel or we’ll keep getting stepped on and having things that we value so dearly, taken from right in between our hands

[@RandyLi-zm3yy]

Him sending death threats was a middle...whhhuuuu

[@davidguffman]

Star wars theory really really tried his best to enjoy the new content. And gave it more credit than it deserved. This is wild!

[@jamesatkins8955]

Nail on the head, bro. Those in charge at Disney will NEVER learn… and it’s sad. Thanks for being a voice for us, Theory.

[@tylergagnon1613]

This dude doesn’t represent me. His obsession with Filoni is borderline delusional. I get it I am a Filoni fan too. However, saying that “Ahsoka” was better written than “Obi Wan” is just laughable. My honest opinion is “Ahsoka” was the worst show made under Disney. Anakin and Ahsoka meeting was horribly done and made no sense, Shin and Baylan were the worst villains ever introduced in the series.

[@jamesatkins8955]

If you think that I agree with everything that comes out of Theory's piehole, then you're the one who's delusional. I'm not a fan of Filoni... at all. Space Whales that have hyperdrive a-holes? GTFO! Nevertheless, Theory is unquestionably the definition of a superfan, and he has a recognized "voice" in fandom. I like that he doesn't bend over and take whatever Disney gives us. He's entitled to his opinion, as are you, me... and every other fan.@@tylergagnon1613

[@philthyphil9168]

100%. I was done when Luke was written out the way he was. I was willing to give a shot until then. Until Kennedy has zero hands involved I can't even consider nor baited into watching a trilogy. A Rey movie, ok well see the bomb it is

[@Lord_IckisDickus]

THANK YOU THEORY FOR GIVING US A VOICE! HEAR HEAR!

[@Tuleinaarii]

Shin is very one-note and uninteresting, but Baylan is literally the best Star Wars character in a long time.@@tylergagnon1613

[@SwiftSloth]

I say we put a global boycott on Disney Star Wars. I mean, they’re already getting horrible ratings. Imagine what a boycott would do. But if Dave, Sam, or Jon are involved, I’m watching it.

[@Fives-CT-ARC]

When Theory says “Why didn’t Dave Filoni and John Favreau get to do the ObiWan series?” I can tell you why. It’s because LacasFilm under Disney is addicted to this trend giving the writing duties to the latest flavor of pop-culture filmmakers. They always hand it over to them like some bonus perk to pad their ego about getting to direct the film or show. People with actual screenplay writing experience or Star Wars novels writing experience get completely ignored. And they don’t care that these filmmakers may have a very shallow understanding and appreciation of the lore (and sometimes also the characters). They don’t care that when it comes to writing some of these pop culture filmmakers can be outdone by amateurs and even KZbinrs with little or no budget. They keep doing this over and over again! Like an addict who can’t see how their drug addiction is dysfunctional and ruining their life. Even when you show them and tell them as plainly as you can get. They don’t get it. And Star Wars will continue to lose fans and money because of it. Star Wars will continue to suffer for it.

[@thewilltosurvive9512]

at least we still have eu star wars they haven't destroy that "yet"

[@thomad4]

Making the books non-cannon was the first in a long line of horrendous decisions made by Disney towards Star Wars. You had dozens of PROVEN popular storylines and characters, that people loved,....and then threw it all away thinking they could do better 😒

[@goodolgrandpa7438]

The books were NEVER canon. They were always a separate entity than Lucas’ canon.

[@damowonrequiem]

I dont mind the books being non-canon because having so much stuff can be confusing HOWEVER i truly believe that they should have made movies or shows, adapting certain stories to fit them into the canon. That way its not too much to the point of making no sense and we still get the most beloved stories back into the canon

[@rigby_rich3650]

Books where never canon but Disney shouldn’t have handled it that way

[@Needler13]

To me, the only canon star wars is the Kotor and Swtor era.

[@rigby_rich3650]

@@Needler13 that is damn weird but repect😂👍

[@OlpyColpy]

The only possible reason I could think of why they did that budget for Kenobi is the fact that they knew they have the big names and knew people would flock to watch the show no matter how dead the script maybe. This meant that theoretically they would make a massive profit

[@halloweenjack95]

The movie script was actually quite decent. Sadly it got scrapped.

[@MIKE_THE_BRUMMIE]

They couldn't give a budget to a show with a white male lead

[@DeyDey1775]

Disney is in fact destroying it. They don’t care about fans. All they care was to cash those checks, while destroying the Star-wars brand. So painful 😓

[@SeaLion8488]

That’s how I felt watching the prequels

[@Angry_Peanut_52]

Don't forget spreading *THE MESSAGE*

[@chizbuga4669]

Couldn't agree more, you said everything that I've felt about both Star Wars and media in general for the past few years now! if anything my imagination for future star wars stuff has spiked massively because of how vast the overall universe of Star Wars really is, but my hope for the future of star wars is rapidly fleeting. I'm just really glad there's some people left within the industry who still genuinely care and know about the heart of star wars who aren't just in it to make quick $

[@AntOn-nf9fi]

Disney have finally pushed Star Wars Theory, over the edge. I feel for you man!!!

[@DIGITALSANDBOX]

This is the sw theory we need. Agressive and no filter! I completely agree with you. Disney can’t fake the soul and passion Lucas put into the OG 6 movies.

[@jasonwilson556]

They certainly tried. Look at the terrible color grading that was done with the OT on 4k! And all the other digitial chicanary like DNR and freezing film grain in place.

[@deadbynoed610]

SW theory is a fraud.. he's a clickbaiter

[@deadbynoed610]

SW theory is a fraud.. he's a clickbaiter

[@marychocolatefairy]

Yassss, this is what I've been saying. It's like they've been content to coast on what engagement they can get from minimal effort rather than maximizing profit. As you say, Kenobi was something that had tons of fan interest; but instead of putting a lot of care into the show to make sure it was a huge success, it was like they didn't think they had to do as much since the name and promise of Hayden & Ewan would bring people in.

[@MRHEMI265]

Well said mate, I'm with you. Disney have gone out of their way to destroy what we OG Star Wars fan's love with a passion. I wonder if George would have sold it knowing what has happened now. I literally watched 2 episodes of She Hulk and that was 2 episodes too much. There is little Hope left in me that Star Wars will ever be what it was prior to Disney taking it over.

[@gabzito240p]

I think Disney just assumed that no one likes the prequels but they were wrong. They seemed genuinly surprised and confused by Kenobi's initial massive hype and viewership.

[@George-um2vc]

They knew, KK just wanted that budget on Andor

[@jilliebean6312]

Most of disneys more major employees are prequel haters leslye headland literally insulted them when pitching her self to the fans

[@redeyejedi1484]

I was in my 20s when episode one came out and A LOT of folks hated them,as much as the ones who were younger when episode one came out hate the sequel trilogy....I honestly feel like it's just repeating history, just more known now cuz of social media etc ..but believe me the prequels got TONS of hate when they came out

[@George-um2vc]

@@redeyejedi1484 they did, but no one ever hated the story telling in the prequels, it was also about too much CGI, Jar Jar, Anakin being whinny etc etc, the ST is hated because it’s a corporate cash grab with zero thought or passion put into it, it’s soulless, and will never be remembered fondly, apart from the hype leading up to it which we all enjoyed, before we realised the truth.

[@edwardrichtofen8530]

@@redeyejedi1484then why are sequel toys rotting on shelves? Where are the popular sequel channels? Why aren’t we hearing from the supposed kids who love it when they have more access to the internet than ever?

[@JahmezFox]

If we’ve learned anything from Disney in the last decade it’s that they straight up don’t learn from their mistakes

[@DerelictusAnima]

And most importantly don't give a f**k and won't start giving a f**k until they start completely losing their fandom and money, but the problem is the fans - 90% mindless zombies who "got into" SW when Disney bought it and will gobble anything Disney pukes out with the biggest pleasure and hype.

[@JahmezFox]

@@DerelictusAnima ngl man, Jedi: Fallen Order got me back into Star Wars after a long hiatus, Jedi: Survivor kept me in Star Wars but the shows and movies are really starting to lose me

[@spawn9129]

​@@JahmezFoxngl I kinda always only stuck around for Star Wars because of the video games

[@TroySoy]

​@@JahmezFoxonly redeemimg factor that's keeping me liking Star wars and yet it's still in the OG trilogy proving it's still superior than the sequels

[@PsilentMusicUK]

​@@DerelictusAnima If you stop watching, that isn't going to bring your old Star Wars back. They'll just shut down LucasFilm and that will be curtains. Disney have never historically tried to reboot studios or franchise that are failing monetarily, they just shut them down.

[@SlashManEXE]

What’s the problem with a large group of fans rallying behind Andor? That’s the closest we’ve got to universal acclaim since Rogue One. Call it bad luck that the most competently made TV project has the slowest pace and isn’t as accessible to all ages, but it’s still a good product.

[@LucasWarnerDev]

I was in a college class when we found out Disney bought Star Wars. Everyone thought I was crazy when I said they would literally ruin the entire franchise. They did.... its so sad because everything could have been so much better. The only worth it thing in Kenobi was the conversation between Vader and Obi Wan. Kenobi: "I'm sorry Anakan.... for all of it!" Anakin: "You didn't kill Anakin Skywalker... I did..." That was such a chilling moment that made my hairs stand up. The rest of it could have been written so much better.

[@slanphere]

We had Andor, Rogue one, season 7 clone wars and Last Jedi, who the loud Majority HATE. But,t eh reviews on letteboxd and everywere else say different. Also, force awakens isn't hated either. Tales of the Jedi was pretty good imo, so was the Mando. Its just rise of Skywalker, book of bobba, seas 3 mando and Kenobi that bring Disney down. But to be real, if we give creativity bankrupt fan service like Ashoka, Mando s2 and Kenobi, Star Wars will just keep going down.

[@dest5218]

for me Andor was amazing, never saw the Empire as competent and fearsome until I watched Andor. If the whole Star Wars made original and creative stuff like Andor, that would be amazing honestly. I had zero expectations going in, but am extremely glad I watched it.

[@MrGuitarfreak132]

I agree Andor is one of the few good things Disney has made since acquiring Star Wars. It was a nature show that really made you feel the despair snd difficult decisions he had to make. I enjoyed its slower pace for a change.

[@yrwestillhere]

Disney had almost nothing to do with Andor, outside of putting competent people in charge and giving them creative control.

[@nocturnal03]

@@yrwestillhere then Disney didn't have much to do with the sequels either, other than putting incompetent people in charge and giving them creative control

[@yrwestillhere]

@@nocturnal03 I'm sure they've meddled with the scripts far more on sequels than on Andor.

[@thanosduckplease]

Andor is amazing but it’s not a star wars show it’s so good and I can’t gush about it enough but it’s not a Star Wars show at it’s core

[@kb420ps]

I'm 52 years old, and I've been a fan of Star Wars since the original movie debuted way back in the 70's. If life has taught me anything, it's taught me that nothing lasts forever. It's also taught me that there comes a time when you simply have to let go of things that you once called your own. The Star Wars that I grew up with is now dead, and now, I think I'll simply try to do what Yoda taught.......... "Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them, do not. Miss them, do not. Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed, that is............."

[@edwaaard46]

I always wanted to know… how does it feel to be 52 years old? Or 50 years old in general? I’m 26, and I’m beginning to feel „old“. The youthful flame starts to diminishing, getting faster a beard and need way more sport than 4 years ago. Maybe a weird comment from my side, but letting go is a universal lesson and maybe the most important in life. Because I’m sure, at some point i also need to let go my older body and accept my new older one. Same goes for my psychological state .

[@mmaviator22]

The betrayal of GL by the "secretary" has to be 1 of the biggest betrayals of all time.

[@EinarKuusk]

Preach it, brother. What if...what just if...someone is purposefully trying to destroy the Star Wars franchise?

[@No-sr5fb]

Absolute tragedy that SW ended up in the hands of Disney

[@RuggerDez]

💯 agreed 👏👏👏👏👏

[@BabyGollum]

I never cared that disney bought it. Same with Marvel, its not hard to understand a product you just bought..or at least try, but once this Feminism woke racial crap started to come into these shows and movies I lost faith. Specially when it became a priority over Budget/Writing/Directing/acting and literally everything else. KK can get fucked and needs to stop being the main person who makes decisions.

[@thomask9698]

The tragedy is that Bob Iger is leading Disney and didn’t give Lukas a Pixar deal.

[@anthonykostelnik3148]

Nah it's kk

[@bigbangrafa8435]

Andor was the most consequencial piece of worldbuilding SW has received since Disney's purge of the EU. Seeing fans calling It "boring" makes me think that maybe we indeed have a problem with the fandon on top of all the internal Lucasfilm issues. Star Wars is way more than Jedi and action, but some people seem to reject anything that does not include planet killers and lightsaber duels.

[@jasonturner6564]

You don't have to be sorry and you don't have to be nice. You are absolutely right, and you speak for a lot of us out there...

[@JrobAlmighty]

Dang skippy

[@BB-mt5no]

A little late to the party, but with channels getting over 1M views for trashing Disney it's a good time to join in. This the the best Star Wars channel, but Disney refuses to invite him to events because he doesn't give everything a glowing review.

[@JordanWheeler1999]

@@BB-mt5no lmao

[@bravose7en]

Watching this the day that the Acolyte trailer dropped and it’s more real than ever. I agree with you. What have they done…

[@rebelbasscats4682]

Last Jedi made me wanna give up on life

[@doolicious]

No one expected we’d get Hayden and Ewan back together and they fumbled it atrociously. The only hope I have is that the love from fans keeps those two in the franchise for future projects. Watching the show you literally could SEE the lack of quality. Based on the soundtrack of the show you could hear it too 😔

[@theimperialist2686]

Exactly my thoughts too

[@doolicious]

In Andor’s defense, it had twice as many episodes as Kenobi and many more moving parts. Clearly this shows us that you get out what you put into these projects. My assumption is that the higher ups at Disney EXPECTED diehard fans to watch Kenobi solely for the love we have for those characters and decided “screw it, 90 mil budget will be good enough.” Clearly it wasn’t good enough if fans are this disappointed now.

[@TaintedPeter]

No they need to move on with them

[@cheesedoesgaming6088]

You could clearly see who was an A list actor like Ewan, Hayden and a few others while a lot of them seemed to be not very good at acting or the very least put a barely convincing performance

[@thedumbstuff4170]

There’s an irony to all of this. - Not being willing to pay writers nor give them time. Give them a hut, endless material to reference their writing to and a couple of years to write, and you won’t have to compensate tens of millions in effects for bad writing. It’d be significantly cheaper just to do it right. And it’d earn them more simultaneously.

[@jamescooley8099]

The problem is that these “writers” are the shittiest writers in the history of cinema. That’s why I was always so amused by the writer’s strike. They have no talent. They suck.

[@astainlessnoyb1038]

Don't buy that write strike crap. Those writes screaming poverty are making 180k a year. The range is $120k to 500k a year. None of them are poor. They are all spoiled ahats. Remember the strikes is recent. They have been making crap for years.

[@onsokumaru4663]

The main problem is Bob Iger keeps promoting Kathleen Kennedy, she should have been long gone.

[@mhm35]

Nearly everyone, including Theory, is getting this wrong. Disney IPs suffer because their studios are ran by narcissists that don’t love the product and they give projects to directors that fit their viewpoints to promote their vision or handed to someone that is inexperienced or incompetent. Filoni, the man that was believed to save Star Wars, is largely the latter (incompetent) but has streaks of the former (narcissistic). Nearly everything of the painfully slow plot of Ahsoka reveals he doesn’t understand live action filmmaking storytelling or pacing, he can’t direct an actor in a scene as well as a voice actor in a studio, he doesn’t understand how governments or militaries work, he can’t convey the genius intellect Thrawn is purported to have, and he thinks his original characters are far more important on the galactic scale than they are. Luke Skywalker would’ve been a much better fit to be a driving force in this show, but that doesn’t fit Filoni’s vision of Star Wars. In his mind, Ahsoka is the undying, unifying figure of the Skywalker timeline. What a travesty. Filoni is the best of the worst. Star Wars is dead.

[@Nonpain]

don't forget that they like to hire activist as writers.

[@ConnorMiller417]

I will never forgive Disney for what they’ve done to George Lucas’ work. I was done with Disney when I watched Han Solo get killed by his own son. The fact that George Lucas himself came out and said that the sequels aren’t canon tells you all you need to know. Disney has ruined everything with Star Wars. Give me half the money that Disney put into the sequels and I guarantee you I’d make them a million times better because the storylines would connect to each of the previous trilogies.

[@johnairplane7612]

When I think about the Kenobi series I think about the scene where they couldnt pass a checkoint because it was blocked. While 5 meters to the left and right the checkpoint ends and they could've passed that 😂

[@Jarke]

The Kenobi show was literally a home run for Disney. You had Hayden and Ewan back ready to act their asses off and they still fumbled it. Gives me 0 faith in their future projects.. and don’t even get me started on the book of bobba lol.

[@CharlesOkwuagwu]

Sadly it's become clear that the destruction of these franchises is deliberate.

[@tonydeleeuw3712]

Love your passion for the star wars universe. Right there with you. I also like that you enjoy the prequels. So many other star wars fans I know hated them and I just didn't get that. Though really the prequels should have been called. "How to use your enemies hypocrisy to take over a galaxy, by Sith Lord". Maybe a bit long. Loved the way Palatine just owned everything and everyone and was literally directly responsible for all the things happening in that galaxy during those movies. Brutal evil genius!

[@jamiewillis7093]

A show where the protagonist is a big cgi woman for almost all of it has a bigger budget than a show with real actors and mainly practical effects well I’m shocked 🙄

[@naitch5365]

I feel you Theory. Personally, I've reached the point of apathy. It's gotten to the point where I can't even enjoy the shows in isolation because all roads lead to the Disney Trilogy. I can enjoy things that happened before, i.e. Clone Wars or Rebels. I still think Tales of the Jedi has been the best thing Disney Star Wars has put out. I also think Filoni isn't this big saviour people make him to be. He's fantastic at telling animated stories, but he gets seriously exposed as a writer and filmmaker when it comes to live action. I think they need to time jump 500-1000 years in the past or the future and bring us new stories. Clean slate, where the Skywalker name isn't a thing.

[@shortfuzealixandra743]

shit yeah give us the old republic era

[@TheworldaccordingtoJake]

Nah they’ll just introduce Chet Skywalker, Luke’s great great great great Grandfather

[@sniperaim333]

I agree with everything you said except the Tales of the Jedi l. Rogue One is the best thing in my opinion

[@vettedriver8104]

Selling SW to Disney was a complete, colossal and monumental mistake. You’re right about everything you say Theory! Keep it real…

[@michbenny1363]

It wasn't a mistake because he received a lot of money that he can pass on to his children. If we don't like what Disney does that's our problem. We always have the original trilogy to go back and watch.

[@jasonwilson556]

@@michbenny1363 we have crappy 4k transfers with some of the worst color grading I've ever seen turning the GFFA into a sterlie, lifeless world. And I strongly suspect Disney did it on purpose.

[@RoboRope]

Well George sold it because the internet gave him crap for the prequels, soooo.

[@michbenny1363]

@@RoboRope because of toxic fans. I despise the sequels and even I recognize their are toxic fans.

[@vettedriver8104]

@@michbenny1363 please keep the original trilogy on dvd or BlueRay for your kids and grandkids to watch…it’s important!

[@hollyweirdland940]

I feel your pain. Now join me against Kathleen Kennedy and the Dark Side of Disney.

[@rickallen8767]

Can't wait to see the Acolyte reaction 💀

[@davidgarza2267]

You really gave it a chance. You were far more gracious and patient than you needed to be, but you can only take so much before reaching a breaking point. Worst part is I think they're so far down the hole, I don't think this ship can right itself anytime soon.

[@jout738]

The only option to great Star Wars return back is to Disney sell Star Wars to some smaller company that is more passionate about making great Star Wars movies, than to show political ideology to please your Blackrock investors. Disney has focked up Star Wars and Marvel so bad with their greed, that they arent making any profit from them anymore and propably needs to sell thoese companies then. They were stupid enough to not realize that showing your political ideology in your movie dosent sell at all.

[@AnnaAnna-db7bd]

Thank you for speaking out. It makes me feel better to know that real Star Wars fans have similar feelings about what has happened to the franchise since the company was sold to Disney. One day everything will change, we all hope so desperately…

[@Tropical-]

THEY SPENT MORE MONEY ON SHE-HULK, she hulk was absolute 💩

[@AussieWalkthroughs]

yes everyione will stop watching and no mo starwars

[@augustinevelajr3915]

The only way to keep fighting these bastards is to continue to NOT watch movies.

[@sportsguy23]

Could not agree more with this take. He is 100% right.

[@mishynaofficial]

Stop consume Disney SW. No money -> Disney sells SW

[@gtfffv]

Hopefully Disney sells the Star Wars IP and everything they did gets decanonized

[@h-e-acc]

“disney is *destroying* Star Wars…” I’m afraid disney has already destroyed star wars. They can do their tv chit, but sequel trilogy is already canon, no matter how much makeup they put into it, Star Wars is done.

[@melissalayson7275]

Not to me, it isn't. Star Wars, to me is the original six films +Rouge One and the legends novels and comics.

[@nerd8134]

Disney went “down a path we can’t follow….because of what they’ve done. What they plan to do!”

[@Jekepaavo]

Disney: "YOU LIAR!!"

[@ericbolton9512]

Bro, I feel you over 9,000%. They destroy the most iconic characters and shove characters we don't care about in our faces. Disney's dropping the ball hard. Seth MacFarlane knows more about Star Wars than some of the goons they have working on "cannon" SW. It sucks that Disney doesn't care about the fans anymore. They just don't. It's infuriating.

[@f.prince6642]

I’m so proud to not have participated in any marvel or any starwars since 2010. Trillions of dollars made no ones life improved. So sad

[@littlestav98]

Anyone else thrown off when she shouted “you will call me SIR” 🤣🤣🤣

[@anyoneanyone28]

The problem with Kenobi became apparent in the interviews when a random actor was sitting in between the two stars of the show. Why they would try to insert a new character between Darth Vader and Obi Wan Kenobi is to this day completely baffling!

[@random.3665]

Because it cant just be about 2 white men, duuuuh.......

[@MichaelOBrien71]

Diversity is the reason

[@craigsovilla6578]

None of the press interviews featured Reva's actress. You're making something up that didn't happen. This is why we were all so caught off guard by the series in the first place, so stop trying to make yourself seem special like you noticed something the rest of us didn't. Anyone can go back to all the press interviews and see they weren't handled that way at all.

[@tannern6926]

@@craigsovilla6578just say reva is your favorite character

[@zebraman9401]

@@tannern6926L

[@joelt2002]

Good critiques. I would push back on the Andor angst. George Lucas literally wanted something like that. After Revenge of the Sith George Lucas and Rick McCallum were floating live action television series ideas from 2006 to 2010. I followed it religiously. Part of their pitch was that it would be tonally different than the movies, there would be no Jedi, and it would be written for adults. At first they had one show in mind then they said it would spin off into 4 different series. Battle Star Galactica Remake was a big Sci-Fi show at that time, and George had referenced it as the angle he was looking at. As in drama in space instead of a Space Opera. Ultimately they shelved the project as they found it would be way too expensive to do as a tv show. This was before Game of Thrones and the massive budgets for shows became a thing. Lucas ended up doing Clone Wars to scratch this itch, but it wasn't his original desire after Revenge came out. Andor and Rogue One are exactly in that area of storytelling he was looking to explore in the Star Wars universe. Lucas has also stated in interviews he doesn't like to retread the same ground. Which is why the prequels were very different from the OT. His script for the ST (the ones abandoned by Disney) were also different in tone and story telling than the OT and the Prequels. There should always be a new story being told. Which I think Rogue One and Andor are probably more in line with Lucas' vision than nearly everything else produced. That doesn't mean we can't have Space Opera epic stuff from new star wars content. But those all upset at these products for being of a different maturity and pacing don't realize that Lucas wanted that. They are especially fitting for tv shows and one off movies. I probably wouldn't have been happy with it done in the ST had disney tried to do it. Well I might like it, but I would agree with anyone that attacked its story telling shift.

[@zippymufo9765]

Bullshit. If Lucas had wanted to do something in the tone of ANDOR and ROGUE ONE, then he would have made the prequels in that fashion, because that's what fans were expecting to see. Not Jar Jar Binks.

[@joelt2002]

@@zippymufo9765 These were ideas and scripts written after Revenge of Sith finished. It was during BSG Reboot that was the most popular Sci-Fi during the 00's. These were also intended for spin off t.v. shows not as main line Star Wars entries.

[@zippymufo9765]

@@joelt2002 Yeah, I saw the proposed UNDERWORLD project, but I never saw anything where they said it was going to be more serious. Besides, if he was really committed to the idea, he could have scaled it down to make it cheaper to shoot. The fact that he wanted to spend $50 million an episode says to me that it was just going to be more CGI overload like the prequels were.

[@joelt2002]

@@zippymufo9765 They were talking about it for years. They didn't shelf the project until 2010. They were pitching ideas and doing interviews about it from 2006-2010. Yes it was intended to be for adults.

[@zippymufo9765]

@@joelt2002 I seriously doubt it was "intended for adults" 😂 Lucas wasn't even capable of making adult product, the man was emotionally stunted. And the test footage looked like the same old video game crap he made with the prequels.

[@agentboat]

Feloni can't write for shit. How can someone who knows so much about Star Wars mess it up so bad? Remember when light sabers used to be lethal?

[@SL4YACentral]

I feel like Disney's plan is to be petty enough to completely destroy Star Wars and then turn to us and say "see? The sequels weren't that bad"

[@Darkness1984]

But they were.

[@versecontro4898]

@@Darkness1984Don’t you start lol

[@eiden5778]

@@Darkness1984No shit

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

L take.@@Darkness1984

[@ChrisS-nj3ye]

It's working!

[@CornHol1o]

You know it’s bad when Star Wars Theory finally loses it. I watched your channel to help me find positivity in the Disney universe. The times have changed.

[@bf859]

You watch SWT to find positivity? That's a joke if I ever heard one 😂😂😂

[@deadbynoed610]

he's a clickbaiter, he always say he's done every week

[@soraisfinallyhere1305]

Dude this guy is the biggest star wars hater I have ever seen idk why anyone watches this channel

[@billylocke9633]

I get it.. I love SW and wanna enjoy when new stuff comes out but at some point we all gotta be honest. This just isn’t good enough.

[@randomcontentguy2521]

@@deadbynoed610that’s just factually incorrect. Dude was rating near enough every episode of ahsoka either a 9/10 when in actual fact they were 6s at best. Theory has been clearly faking being positive about Star Wars for the longest time to appease A-holes like you

[@Montrovantis]

Disney is "destroying" star wars? They destroyed it. Years ago. WTF.

[@rynoviking]

It seems like an almost intentional degradation of the culture we grew to know and love. Look at what they're doing to the classic Disney films like The Little Mermaid and Snow White. Terrible. They need to hire you as head of Star Wars and have you clean house.

[@matthewgierula5674]

I feel your pain.They really need to focus group different ideas and plots instead of just letting literally ANYONE do a show with the characters that don't have the feel of George's vision.

[@CharlieHepp]

I have been waiting so long for this. Thank you for speaking out! I know that you've been trying to toe the line so that Disney doesn't come and try to shut you down/etc, but at this point, it's a lost cause trying to work with Disney. Until they massively overhaul their management then no good decisions are going to be made. Kathleen Kennedy has to go. End of story. It took you long enough to be done with Disney Dude, keep doing what you're doing. Hopefully, the right people will listen and make the change that we desperately have been waiting for. Keep up the fight! Totally agree Disney needs to put a lot more money into getting much better writers. They need to know and hopefully love & respect the story they are adding to. Respect to you for speaking this. Seeing what was done is upsetting. I totally feel you. Many of these shows have been disappointing. I was so excited about Kenobi, and then so disappointed. It was more like Reva’s show. And so much of it was just stupid. What a wasted opportunity, they could have done something amazing. I have myself at times wondered if they are deliberately trying to ruin Star Wars cause I don’t understand how ppl can continuously be that bad at their jobs. They don’t understand Star Wars or the characters. I mean look at what they did to Luke in the sequels, it’s criminal, they just ruined his character. The whole thing is just depressing. And then they want to blame us fans and say we are toxic. Lol, how are you going to blame the consumer for not liking your product? That’s not how business works. If the consumer doesn’t like the product, you improve it for I find a product they like. But not Disney, it’s our fault their movies and shows are crap. I mean it’s so insane it’s laughable. I never fell asleep during Andor, and enjoyed it immensely considering its place in the timeline. Other than that I agree with most of everything else you’ve said aside from some of the foul language. Keep up the great work and I appreciate your thoughts.

[@BB-mt5no]

They are doing focus groups, but with the wrong people. They are trying to appeal to non-Star Wars fans who weren't going to watch anyway. What they need is to focus on the fans. George was better than this, but let's not pretend he was perfect.

[@Nihlux]

The Obi Wan series was the last thing i watched from Disney. That was just it for me. That was when I finally accepted that they just don't care and it's not going to get better. It's a real shame. I miss how I used to feel about Star Wars.

[@randomstarwarsfan6404]

For me it was Ahsoka. I'm finally there. All hope is gone, at least for me. I think we all miss that "Star Wars feels" that we used to have, I think that's why there are dozens of videos and thousands of us getting together on KZbin to bitch and complain. It truly shows - at least for me - how much we love this franchise.

[@LSD-420]

Watch Andor. It's good. Actually good.

[@CharlesVanexX]

I was furious with what they did to Boba, was bored with Obi Wan till the final fight, by goodness that was awesome, other than that....I haven't really enjoyed any of the star wars material they've created besides Rogue One, and I likes Solo, but Rogue One was definitely good. Why George Lucas, why?

[@darthnephilim]

Watch Andor you’ll thank me later

[@noxinixon1]

The joke about Hux's mom was the end of star wars. Use the world between worlds to slap Poe before he speaks to Hux. Then, maybe, Luke and star wars survives.

[@BigBoi678]

I agree with everything he said except with Andor. Andor showed why the everyman is forced to rebel, and it showed the Empire at its most competent. He is unfortunately right about Obi Wan. It's a sad time to be a star wars fan

[@Catchin_Str4yss]

Would love to see an hour or two hour long documentary video from you discussing everything wrong and right Disney has done with starwars and finally clearing the air and saying what needs to be said.

[@Hayman1257]

That is Disneys next Star Wars film (1 billion dollar budget)

[@SithCitadel66]

Fr, not everyone’s going to agree of course that’s just how things go but I’m glad he’s being more open

[@High_Key]

Definitely. I’d donate to see this

[@AsianWomenareGold]

This rant made me feel good that you actually feel so passionate about Star Wars. I'm with you man

[@Cozmoz79]

"Disney is destroting Star Wars". Well that's the understatement of the year. Hardly "news" as of 2023. Still, well said am I'm with you bro. I'm 44yrs who grew up with SW on VHS tapes. *George Lucas:* "Hmm how can I make this movie out of my deep passion. I am almost broke doing first (4th accually) episode but, nah let's do it!" *Disney:* "Hmm how much can we milk this project and make things into theme parks? What, story telling, care about it's lore and integrity? Haha no it's all about the top dollah $$$. Ohh and btw, the force is female". /Facepalm

[@CK-McClung]

BRO, i have argued pretty much every point you touched on with my star wars friends. So the pain and passion in your voice i know exactly where it comes from. My absolute favorite movies, books, lore and fan theories since childhood has been star wars...Feels like an intentional betrayal by the people in charge ..its probably not but it leaves you feeling like what in the F is going on? but i've been waiting since the last jedi for a change at the top .....anyways disney star wars is not canon and doesn't exist as far as i'm concerned. I'd rather get behind good fan made material at this point. Stay strong bro!

[@ItsJustFox]

Ya know what makes this worse? They actually KNOW what they're doing and are doing it on PURPOSE! They purposefully degraded all of the prequel and OT heroes in order to elevate their original characters. Boba Fett - Fenec Shan, Obi-Wan - Reva, Luke - Rey.

[@brandonriggle3860]

WAMEN STRONK

[@ItsJustFox]

@brandonriggle3860 Nah man, its just a coincidence that they all just happened to be women.

[@ThePatman1980]

I'm not sure Disney was trying to elevate Fennec Shand. Boba Fett was never that interesting in the first place.

[@ItsJustFox]

@LordFleaBottom maybe not "elevate" per say, but most of the badassery fans expected from Boba, they gave to Fennec. She ended up being a better Boba Fett than actual Boba Fett. That was more of the point with that reference

[@LilacSreya]

@@brandonriggle3860 ​⁠​⁠ All aren’t women (most aren’t). Poe = Han, Kylo = Vader, Mandalorian Djin = Boba+Jango, Cassian Andor = Han again, BB8 = R2D2 (I guess it’s a “male” droid), Hux+Krennic = Tarkin, Finn = Han originally before his character was butchered for Poe fans, and finally og Han himself = fanfic Han recast (you see this pattern? why are they so obsessed with Han??) Not fair to constantly blame women for everything. You guys only prove your own hidden “agenda”. 😒

[@jacobsendejo8788]

Growing up in the 2000's i remember seeing all 3 prequels in theaters, and it was a big deal. These films would come out 3 years apart and the whole world would recognize a new Star Wars film hit theaters. The last time I got that feeling was with The Force Awakens and Rogue One, after it became apparent that Disney would be "Marvel MCU'ing" content frequently, the spectacle wore off, I'd say The Last Jedi/Solo combo was the death of that "Star Wars feeling."

[@rayfish007]

I don't think the issue is so much that it use to be an event and greater time elapses as it is that they made a boring story made for modern times trying do the female empowerment stuff like they with everything these days. Its just so hard for them just accept some shows core audience are men. Why do you think Barbie was such a big hit. They catered to their actual audience. The people that want to see Barbie. Now imagine if they made that movie all about Ken instead. How would that not upset fans. Like they did with Masters of the Universe. He-Man was there for 2 episodes. After that, all female cast. Its insane how far they go these days with that.

[@Alex-02]

@@rayfish007The movies having a female lead has nothing to do with it, if they were good movies with good characters people would like it irrespective of gender

[@rayfish007]

@Alex-02 moot point. My point is they force it into literally everything now. Even if it doesn't fit. You have Netflix having viking shows with a black queen in charge of the vikings. Its an issue whether you want to admit it or not.

[@Alex-02]

@@rayfish007 Yeah I agree that prioritizing diversity above historical accuracy or quality of a movie is a bad thing. All I’m saying is that diversity in itself isn’t a bad thing. It’s only bad because people are neglecting the actual important bits of a movie.

[@rayfish007]

@@Alex-02 it's a problem when diversity is the priority and not the story. And they absolutely made diversity the focus of all the new Star Wars movies as with everything Disney made. Hence why South Park's into the Pander verse was so spot on and funny. Because that was their point, to message people their ideology, not tell a good story that people will enjoy. It's no longer about money, it's about power. The power they want is all those eyeballs on their stuff. Once they lose those eyeballs though, they lose their power. They weren't mad when they have been losing money all this time. No, it was when people enmasse stopped watching that, they said... uh oh... and back tracked. Realize these billionaires already have all the money. It's all the power they want next. It's not about money, it's about pushing a narrative. Its propaganda now.

[@DeeDee-gf2tg]

Walt Disney would roll over in his grave if he could see what Disney has become now

[@nonono285]

I've long since stopped putting any money into anything Disney (marvel, star wars, etc), it's a dead brand to me already.

[@nilesrodriguez4343]

I haven't been a fan of what Disney has done with Star Wars, but it amazes me how many people are and are still giving them money.

[@BT-su1yf]

people realize there's a problem, but still aren't willing to shut off the drip feed they're attached to. it's very frustrating.

[@therecanbeonly1497]

​@@BT-su1yfI think there are legitimately people who like this crap - not a huge population but they're there.

[@BT-su1yf]

@@therecanbeonly1497 that's true, unfortunately

[@JoshO423]

Like Star Wars Theory?

[@Silverflame404]

Just reminded me to cancel my disney+ sub😂

[@markbedwell3100]

The thing is, they don't think it's bad, it ticks box's. Disney and how it's handled star wars us the exact reason George made sure he had the rights.

[@deanm2075]

Love this! Glad to see YOU venting. Everyone else started long ago. I'm not sure what comes next for Star Wars. At the least, I expect the volume of content to drop significantly. Andor for example. Down to 2 seasons. The best thing they've made gets no love, why would we expect things to get better.

[@salembabcock7944]

It is so sad and truly distressing for me to see Star Wars, by fault of Disney, fall to the Dark Side in this way. As well as to think that the this beloved franchise has been ruined by the stupidity of Disney and their woke agendas is truly heartbreaking😔. The force be with you all, and stand firm my fellow Star Wars fans.

[@jout738]

I hope Disney will sell Lucasfilm to some smaller passionate company who is actually intrested in making good Star Wars movies, instead of shoving us with political messages. I hope they would remake the whole sequal triology, because its so bad story wise and as movies with so many things wrong in them, that you jus cannot countinue the story after thoese sequal movies and so they need to be remade with good story, if we anymore want real epic Star Wars return back to the cinema.

[@lemonynora]

Star Wars has always been woke. The originals are an allegory for American imperialism. The prequels are denouncing the republicans party and how the right wing destroy democracy. Star WARS has always had diversity and been left wing and political. George himself is a fan of the Soviet Union. He also wanted to create a gay planet and Luke was supposed to be girl. In his original sequels rey would still be the main hero but her name would be kira and Luke would be like the mad colonel from apocalypse now. If anything things are less political now. Having black people or women in your film isn’t political. Stop with the nonsense and break free from the alt rights mind control.

[@lemonynora]

@@jout738this is unlikely. Disney will eventually be bought by apple. As is the way with our right wing capitalistic society eventually we will be ruled over by one giant monopoly. The only people who win under this system is the rich. We are in the late stages now.

[@samthibert6527]

YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER

[@danieldiaz9948]

The worst part for me is that I didn’t think it could get lower after the prequel trilogies The Disney Star Wars reign has been so much fucking worse that we have nostalgic feelings towards the prequels now. It’s unreal. I’m so sad Remember how much we hated jar jar binks? There were like at least a dozen decisions that were more insane than fuckin jar jar Luke abandoning everyone he fought for to become an asshole hermit, Luke Han and Leia never being in the same fuckin room as each other the entire trilogy , the shot for shot remake of A New Hope but worse in every way, “Somehow palpatine returned!” , the list goes on and on People got paid millions of dollars and spent billions to make this trash

[@RogueKT21]

The ignorance was that they thought they could slap the Star Wars brand on any POS and it would rake in the cash. They thought they could stick their crappy characters in the Disney parks and it would make money. They thought they could build a hotel and it would make money. Soooo wrong. It feels like sabotage.

[@fuzz7981]

I’ve made peace with it now. I have no more energy to give the situation. Now I just have my own canon and watch what I want. All the rest doesn’t exist to me. I won’t let Disney ruin what I love anymore.

[@jayandom4237]

Sheesh, Star Wars Theory's disdain and low opinion of Andor is baffling. Kenobi series had terrible writing, Book of Boba and Ahsoka series have really weak writing but still better than Kenobi. Andor and Mandalorian S1&S2 had better writing. While 'Tales of the Jedi' and The Clone Wars S7's final arc were solid. So Disney does has shown to have competent writing, but questionable vision/intentions that lead to bad/inconsistent content like the Sequel Trilogy and they'll be tripling down with the new Ray trilogies.

[@reallybigmistake]

Andor is literally the only thing that is saving Star Wars for me and the thing is Andor is a serious show that is completely different than the Lucas movies. I am talking about the feel of the characters and tone. I love the show but like what is said in the video, I watch Star Wars for Obi-Wan and when his show feels like it's not even about him and the story and dialogue are that bad and bland.... Disney, what are you doing. Disney even admitted they had no plan for the Disney Sequels, they just made them as they went and that is why they feel so off and disconnected.

[@28russ]

They threw out Lucas's scripts just to make utter shit. 🤦‍♂

[@jokerz7936]

​@@28russThis isn't a defense of the Sequels but Lucas' treatments also sounded like shit. People you weren't getting the EU or kickass Luke even with Lucas.

[@disruptedfear4909]

Andor means sleepy time

[@jokerz7936]

@@disruptedfear4909 Serious Question are people really that Stupid that they need the equivalent of shining keys being dangled in front of them?

[@anonymous-hz2un]

​​@@jokerz7936 yes, they do. That's the Filoni crowd for you and it only cares about fanservice.

[@bretr7327]

You held on for so long trusting that things will turn around. Trusting that there was a greater plot behind it all. Truth is, Disney has no intention of turning anything around. All the theories and projections made by fans were many times more complex and interesting than what Lucas Films put out. All the women characters are smarter, stronger, and more important than all the male characters. That’s all they care to emphasize. They’ll throw in a couple morsels of nostalgia to stir up some noise on social media. But the truth is they don’t care about us the fans, they don’t care about Star Wars or what George Lucas had in mind.

[@sgtbeercanyt]

Thats why ive stopped watching marvel theory videos as well. So many intricate complex theories that just get crapped on by basic story telling and disappointment.

[@user-pz7hf9tl4n]

Mauler just sat there watching this video giving it the Palpatine 'Gooooood, use your anger'

[@brad.myrick4633]

I feel you so much. Im ashamed of my Star Wars tattoos now when I used to love people asking me about them. I live in the expanded universe books, like I'm 12 all over again.

[@LucLightWolf121]

Everything you said had to be said, Theory. Creativity is our rebellion at this point. We can't, nor should we, rely on the knuckleheads at Lucasfilm. They are lost. Time to move on from them and make our own work. That's why you will always have my support. Go make great work, Theory! It's your time, man. Don't waste it.

[@Twinsuns2187]

100%

[@lennylinn6275]

Love you theory but dude I still love the Ashoka show I find its hard but sometimes easier to choose to enjoy what you love rather than hating it

[@liamphibia]

So true. No way on Earth I'm wasting my ass on Leslye Headland's The Acolyte. Ugh.

[@ShawnGilbert1967]

​@lennylinn6275 then you don't like star wars cause that show ( and I wanted to like it) breaks OT canon 8 ways to Sunday and was logic suspending garbage with a few nice moments.... I couldn't have been more wrong i was front and center precasting for Rosario for Ahsoka...but that show proved she is simply 10 years to old to move fluidly running or fighting ( you will find out when you get to 40s) she looks SO painfully slow and that's not Ahsoka's style...Hayden my god he looked so sharp even the old Asian lady in comparison....Ray Stevenson is a big man and has been handling swords on screen 20 years so a take on a large powerful style worked for me at his age...

[@magiccookies420]

“DISNEY IS DESTROYING STAR WARS!!” and the sky is blue bro. I’ve been tapped out since 2017.