100% Blind Reaction To The Politics of Star Wars. It BROKE ME.

[@garrettviewegh9028]

There’s a powerful, emotional video on KZbin called The Chosen One. It illustrates perfectly as George said: “Star Wars is about the tragedy of Darth Vader”. A young, innocent boy, that gradually had everything taken from him, even when he tried to save people. The harder he held on, the more lives fell through his fingers. For all his life, he was a salve. But in saving his son, Luke, Anakin was finally free. Lived as a slave, tortured as a villain, but died a hero.

[@devilred18]

But which video are you talking about? Which chosen one video?

[@svolozhanin7627]

By Hero One Production.

[@lukescrew1981]

Unfortunaly that video includes TCW stuff

[@SkittleBombs]

His “the last Jedi” 100k special is also a must watch fan film

[@KingLAO2964]

That's such an honest banger

[@FerunaLutelou]

To explain why Tyranus being Dooku is so important. The problem isn't that "the enemy leader" gave Jedi an army to lead, but that Dooku is a former Jedi himself. Remember what Palpatine's final narrative before his takeover was? That the Jedi were plotting to overthrow the government. From the PoV of the public, Dooku pretended to cut ties with the Jedi, organized the opposition and created the army for Jedi to lead, then got killed by the Jedi to "cover things up" before their attempt to overthrow the Supreme chancellor.

[@Regulas_Leonis]

Was literally about to say this. Keeping quiet was literally the only Path to go that didn't turn the entire Galaxy against the Jedi forever if the Order could even survive the fallout.

[@minty_jose]

I’m so glad there are smart people who can explain things for people like me CAUSE WTF THAT GENIUS

[@kingmric]

Sadly this almost validated the acolyte point of the sith being progressives that evolved their tactics and the Jedi are too conservative and steadfast in their ways, ultimately failing. Really don't want to give the writers that credit.

[@FerunaLutelou]

@@kingmric that's not the point Acolyte was making... Also, Acolyte is trash that doesn't deserve to be mentioned.

[@strifeindustries7563]

Still you gotta watch jedi party from auralnauts. Once you see it, you can't unsee it

[@erubin100]

I believe Jack Sparrow said it best: "I'm a dishonest man... and you can always TRUST a dishonest man to BE DISHONEST...it's the HONEST ONES you should watch out for!"

[@arthurpendragon8192]

"I'm a dishonest man...and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest... honestly it's the honest ones you should watch out for"

[@xana3961]

You never know when they'll do something incredibly stupid.

[@Ambiguous_Kai]

I think the reason Palpatine feared Quigon is because he was the most unconventional. He followed the living force, listening for its will at all times and never fearing the future or what would happen to him because the force was his truest ally. He wasn't interested in the dogmatic aspects the jedi taught. He wanted to do the right thing despite the rules laid out by the Jedi and their ever growing symbiosis with the senate. He was, for lack of a better term, uncontrollable. He couldn't be manipulated or confounded by sidious, so he was the greatest threat to his plans, especially in regards to anakin. That's my personal interpretation.

[@nihili4196]

Qui was the only true jedi. He noticed how powerful Anakin was, but rest of the council needed midichlorian count to notice. He could teach Anakin to be a real Jedi, and most likely would have eventually notice that Palpy was a dark sider.

[@kitmountaincat6102]

He passed that thinking down Obi-Wan Kenobi who passed a Anakin Skywalker who passed down to ahsoka Tano, the unconventional thinking resulted in sidious destruction at the hands of Vader In the book Vader survives to fall later in the movie Vader falls!

[@vicenteabalosdominguez5257]

​@@kitmountaincat6102 Punctuations! USE. THEM.

[@aldojoel4836]

And this is hinted at in the Phantom Menace. Obi-Wan tells Qui Gon to not get in trouble with the Jedi Council, again. He didn't agree with them and wasn't afraid to let them know

[@mobbs6426]

​@@kitmountaincat6102true, but the relationship between Anni and Obi was very different. Anni only ever knew Qi as a near mythical figure, and would have revered him like he did Palpy. Anni and Obi were more like brothers. Anni respected Obi, but they both still had a lot to learn, so he could see more of Obis flaws than he ever could have with Qi, and was eager to push his buttons. Qi had more time to develop his philosophy, and was able to do it detached from raising the messiah, so even if the philosophy was passed down, it would be affected by Chinese whispers

[@sarmadhabibkhan3036]

Coruscant in The Prequels looks like Space NYC Coruscant in The Acolyte looks like Space Detroit

[@sashmiel6566]

Well now Space Detroit and New York look the same now

[@Shark_boiiiii]

Think of a city and there's probably a part of coruscant that looks like it

[@Wand422]

Nah Detroit actually has traffic and isn't a ghost town, Coruscant in acolyte looks like a half baked ai painting

[@BarbershopBytes-ox3dr]

I always imagined the City looking like 80s cyberpunk Tokyo on the street level and like 90s luxury hotels in NYC at the top.

[@Xolcm]

"War doesn't reveal who's right - only who's left."

[@oscareduardoorozcoramirez2023]

War exposes the democrats xD

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

​@@oscareduardoorozcoramirez2023and the neocons. Even today, both sides are playing puppetmaster.

[@mongolifepawn842]

​@@oscareduardoorozcoramirez2023 both sides are bad! Authoritarians are the problem!

[@universesbiggestdouchebag8350]

it may show who's in the right in some cases

[@ericgabrielbautistajaimes9187]

I send a triple meaning on this words

[@dragonsword8129]

One thing I love about Palpatine in the prequels is that I had no idea he was the Emperor until they released the first trailer for Revenge of the Sith. I didn’t pay attention to actor’s names in the credits as a kid, so I never saw it coming.

[@Fiddlefiddle5000-qv1ly]

That must been a cool thing to discover for you bro. When i found out it was because of the clone wars movie.

[@hurricaneace143]

​@Fiddlefiddle5000-qv1ly I didn't really put two and two together till several years later. I saw the 03 clone wars series (sporadically) I didn't really start getting the story till I played OG BF1 and 2. As well as Lego starwars 1 and 2. I don't think I actually properly watched any of the movies till I was like already a teenager in 2010-2012

[@swizzamane8775]

My parents watched the OG trilogy before i was old enough to understand what being a person meant. But when the Prequel trilogy was releasing, my parents would take us kids to go see it in theatres. I was SOOOO confused when my parents said "THAT is Vader??" (referring to Anakin). They made the connection JUST from the characters last name; "Skywalker". I had no idea what they were on about, until i watched the OG trilogy. Suddenly, EVERYTHING my parents were saying about Star Wars made sense.

[@aimanmarzuqi4804]

Same, when I watched the prequels as a kid I had no idea that Palpatine was the Emperor. So when the opera scene happened, my jaw literally dropped.

[@ale-xsantos1078]

I watched The Clone Wars first as a kid so when I saw Revenge of the Sith it was a shock, specially since I didnt know how the Original Trilogy turned out I did find some things iffy like the Fives Arc and the Zillobeast one, but I didnt know Palpatine was THE Sith Lord till then

[@vinsmoke_in_morioh]

The fact so many people don’t recognize Palpatine as the great villain he is, is only proof that he succeeded

[@Squeekysquid]

I was surprised when he nearly verbatim quoted a video by the channel So uncivilized. It was about Palpatine being the greatest movie villain. Specifically the line about the messiah being handed to the devil.

[@dragonninja3655]

Dual of the fates (the maul fight theme) is called dual of the fates because that fight decided the fate of the galaxy. Had qui-gon survived that fight, vader would never had existed.

[@swizzamane8775]

Imma press X on that. On the surface, that makes sense. But with Ani's upbringing, I honestly would believe he'd still fall to the Darkside. Chances are Shmee wouldn't have been caught by the Tuskens, or at the very least, he'd have stepped in sooner. And maybe THAT would be his catalyst for learning he has a mystical power. Since Ani loves his mother so much, he'd have definitely used his newfound power to save her. And that power would go to his head. He'll do the right thing, for the wrong reasons. I see Anakin's inclusion to the Jedi order as a delay to his inevitable fall

[@insomniacnerd5592]

I swear it was said somewhere that that’s what actually happened. Qui-Gon would’ve been Anakin’s needed father figure and would’ve prevented his descent.

[@swizzamane8775]

@@insomniacnerd5592 i refer to my above comment, in regards to your point. I'm a firm believer that Ani was inevitably going to fall to the Darkside. Even if his BEST possible Mentor was still around. To me, the Chosen One prophecy meant said chosen one would HAVE to go to the Darkside, even if just a little bit, in order to "bring BALANCE to the force". Meaning he'd need to use aspects of both sides of the Force. Let us recall the Clone Wars series. The Father and his Twins episode. Anakin was taught at that time, that both sides balance each other out, convincing him that he'd need to use the Darkside, to bring said "balance to the force". (assuming Anakin IS fully aware of the prophecy regarding himself, made easier with his inclusion of the Jedi (to me, all they did, was postpone his inevitable fall))

[@maddoxlacy9072]

​@swizzamane8775 According to Lucas, thats not how balance works. Balance is when there is no dark side, and when the light side is dominant, because the dark side is inherently based in selfish intent.

[@swizzamane8775]

@@maddoxlacy9072 sure, but how does that even make sense, LOL. "Balance" is "eliminate the other side, so only one side remains"... definitely what "balance" means George, LOL **EDIT:** Imagine if the Sith did this. According to Lucas, THAT is also balance, LOL

[@ac1455]

What makes Star Wars compelling within sci fi is that it combines and integrates both a universe of sci fi and also another deep universe of magical fantasy itself which on their own could substantiate a franchise.

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

Yep, it's pretty solid as a space opera.

[@ryanross9012]

As a fellow reven fan, "The philosophy of kreia, a critical examination of star wars" was an amazing video to study as she was revens original teacher. Your sure to be floored by how deep it goes lorewise.😊👍

[@dizguy24]

Politics are an extension of war and war is an extension of politics.

[@celeswylder748]

It's really the same thing. A bunch of people follow someone that they believe in to destroy an opposing party and the same people end up getting hurt in the end.

[@FelbloodStreaming]

Politics is just people wanting things in groups. War is when those groups decide they want something enough to kill for it.

[@Davedave000]

"This character is insidious!" Nux, regarding Darth Sidious

[@brunosantillan3292]

Palpatine feared Qui-Gon the most because he followed the pure will of the force without following the dogma of the jedi, reason why he wanted to take Anakin as apprentice even tho the council objected to his training

[@mobbs6426]

"OMG, Its the imperial march" - Proceeds to sing Game of Thrones theme after 2 notes Anger intensifies

[@ravensirony8415]

Star Wars is why i became a history major when i realised as a kid holy shit Palpatine pulled a Caesar

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

Worse, he was the man bringing a thousand year plot to fruition. Knowing that both diminishes and enhances his achievement. He didn't devise all of the plot whole cloth, the foundations had been prepared for literal centuries. That being said, he conducted it all like a grand orchestra and did not rest on the laurels of his predecessors, he adapted all the elements of their research and plotting. He even successfully completed many of their own personal goals, like functional immortality. It was not a new achievement, Vitiate had done it before, but Palpatine took that and instead of possessing others, he cloned himself and possessed them instead. THE puppetmaster.

[@garrettviewegh9028]

But unlike Caesar, Palpatine’s empire came to be, and he thwarted the attempt on his life. Though, he was scarred. Where Cesar met his death with dignity, Palpatine ruthlessly slaughtered his would-be assassins.

[@BarbershopBytes-ox3dr]

More Mussolini or even Sadam

[@kurotsuchiiwa3627]

yknow i find it hilarious that we consider ceasar to only ever be one guy when ceasar was more of a title then a name.

[@allenliu8820]

@@garrettviewegh9028 I would argue he is ceasar because he survived several attempts on his life, but he couldn't survive the one where his brother and his most trusted people took part in. Like Palpatine survived the zilobeast and the jedi, but died to his most trusted enforcer, vader.

[@jaryl13]

After the Clone Wars, the Clones themselves are left to the wayside. Literally veterans of war that the Empire tosses aside. They were the brave heroes of the Republic, forced to become tools of genocide, used to oppress the people they were supposed to protect then thrown away once they were too old by the Empire they unwittingly helped install. The Clones are the most tragic characters in all of Star Wars.

[@Angeluis2883]

What's crazy is the prequels budget was 115 million for each movie and the Acolyte was given 180 million for 8 half hour episodes . Where did the money go? The Acolyte was crap

[@garrettviewegh9028]

I’m convinced the first six films together must’ve made more than Disney’s Star Wars. Because, it’s likely the audience numbers shrunk with each project. Star Wars fans are jaded of Disney’s Star Wars. Many have returned to the EU and original films, the lore. When Star Wars was good.

[@JoshSweetvale]

​@@garrettviewegh9028There's the inflow of kids.

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

After I woke up to politics in 2016, the things I saw in the prequels hit home. I saw the puppetry from both sides and grew to loathe both. It stuns me that so few failed to learn the lessons. And yes, it was rehtoric like the mandalor arc that inspired extremist action, but the reason for that is because the faith in the system's inbuilt means of resolving such issues non-violently has been eroded to almost nothing. That, and propaganda. It's important to remember the words of Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would surrender their freedoms for security deserve neither."

[@ac1455]

It’s pure comedy how “defeat” is used to describe Anakin getting his feet chopped off.

[@FelbloodStreaming]

Palpatine when Valorum is Chancellor: He's acting too slowly. Depose him. Palpatine when Palpatine is Chancelor: We must let the wheels of the senate turn. It's too real, bros.

[@Disillusioned_JELly]

Basically, every conflict in the Galaxy during the Clone Wars... *Everybody:* _Which side of the conflict do you control?_ *Palpatine:* _Yes._

[@Aygross]

Gentlemen and female gentlemen is my favorite opener on all of youtube.

[@theodoremccarthy4438]

Nux: "When is our democracy going to fall?" Maul: "It already has, and you just can’t see it! There is no justice, no law, no order, except for the one that will replace it! "

[@Ven-zg3fj]

…Fuck

[@ac1455]

I love the fact that Star Wars now stands with Nazi Germany and Caesar’s Takeover as one of the 3 most talked about and discussed examples of the rise of authoritarianism. Edit: in popular media

[@michaelwellen2866]

People crap on the prequels but where do we go when we need a fictional universe to relate it to? Yes, the prequels. Everybody who complained about the politics of the prequels needs to stfu

[@ZayecValentine]

I always loved the prequels and the clones wars just made me love it even more. Order 66 was the biggest tragedy in the Star Wars history.

[@EmberQuill]

I remember not really being a fan of RotS when it came out because I just couldn't stand the dialogue. I thought it was the acting that was bad, particularly in the scenes with Anakin and Padme, but I've seen the actors in other media since then and realized that it was just the awkward script that made it seem bad. But The Clone Wars took the intervening few years between Episode II and III and fleshed it out so much that Episode III was retroactively improved. I cared more about each individual Jedi who we saw die in Order 66. I cared more about Anakin because we'd finally gotten to see him at his best, as the Jedi Obi-Wan talked about so fondly in A New Hope, so his fall seemed more tragic and less stupid. I cared about the clones, now that I knew they weren't just traitors who always planned to kill the Jedi but legit heroes and victims of Sidious's plot.

[@jamestolbert1856]

I agree that they should’ve been handled better with better dialogue, better pacing, and better directing.

[@chaosxrunner]

In the novelization, during the end of the Yoda vs. Palpatine fight, Yoda realizes that even if he won and killed Palpatine, the Sith had already won. The Jedi had been fully vilified in the eyes of the public and branded as traitors. After falling off the podium, Yoda chooses to flee to at least help keep hope for the future.

[@minty_jose]

Watching this made me realize A how dumb I was to think I knew Star Wars and B makes me love and appreciate this piece of cinematic art that we were given

[@NoeActually]

6:44 with how tittle support most “new” content gets, you gotta plan for just a single movie. I am glad Lucas was cooking in the background. Nux is unironically the only react streamer I respect. Your reaction to the actual cinematography and writing instead of the wow that looks cool is so awesome.

[@NoeActually]

Omg now that I think about it… this gives me such an arcane vibes is crazy.

[@NoeActually]

1:59:11 you could say I pre-watched 🗣️lmfao.

[@KaiserTrigger]

As if you never heard him say "It's so good" or "THAT'S CRAZY!!!"

[@NoeActually]

@@KaiserTrigger I am not saying I never had heard him say that. But the majority of the time, he actually has something to say about the writing or come up with good, throughout theory.

[@ericgabrielbautistajaimes9187]

Cause he is here for the lore

[@jeromefournier9667]

Palpatine is a great villain and fun to watch in most incarnation... BUT he profited from 1000 years old plan to put the Sith in charge of the galaxie, and lost it in 20 years to some barely trained kid because he could NOT resist trying to replace his super powerful loyal (for a sith) cyber sith enforcer with a younger model.

[@nihili4196]

And he was doing that just temporarily anyways because he wanted to become the only sith.

[@germanshepherd2701]

Well he too was searching for the immortality that really only Vitiate had achieved before him. So what happened was he was standing on the shoulders of giants (nothing wrong with that, that’s all of history), and then his hubris and selfishness blinded him and led to his downfall, which is good ending for the main villain. He falls to the faults of his values which are directly imposed to those of the heroes. AND it shows exactly what Yoda taught… the Dark Side is the easy path… it will prop you up easily, and by the same token it will drop your from up high easily. I love the story and politics of Star Wars so much bro 😭

[@ale-xsantos1078]

To be fair he only acted as a Sith would All their planning was ultimately built upon hubris and was going to lead to this no matter what

[@Mangaka-ml6xo]

@@germanshepherd2701 And then he tried to become his own grand-daughter, got killed by her when it failed and he is definitely never coming back to life. His story worked for most of what we saw, but the ending got a bit weird, you could even say that it got..."Lost".

[@theposhdinosaur7276]

That 1000 year plan nearly came apart several times as well. Hilariously, Palpatine's own master nearly ruined it. Plagueis was never much of a fighter, so he killed his master by using the force to cause a cave-in while he was distracted. This didn't instantly kill him, so he congratulated his student, only to then realised the idiot had destroyed his only means of escape, so then he gave him shit for risking the Grand Plan. Plagueis was ultimately rescued, but this was entirely by luck.

[@insomniacnerd5592]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR AGES!!!

[@axelvonelern8081]

2:08:41 Maul is a Sith Lord and he's afraid of Palpatine and that's makes even more scarier of his master plan.

[@Supermonkey3000]

There is a reason Sheeve runs Club Villian, baby

[@TheLikenessOfNormal]

My personal theory on Dooku was that he was working with Sidious, but only to learn how deeply Sidious had control of the Republic. After learning how deeply Sidious had control he realized he had to play into his plan, unite these disparate powers so that he could actually stop the Sith and save the Republic. Dooku was 5d chess'ing as well and imagine how differently it would've gone if Obi-Wan had LISTENED to Dooku in Episode 2 then Sidious would've likely been defeated.

[@garrettviewegh9028]

When it came out, fans didn’t like the politics. But after we got older, more fans were able to appreciate the nuance of the politics, how each drop of water, made a downpour of war. Nux should really check out So Uncivilized’s video on “why Palpatine is the GOAT”.

[@TheUncivilizedNation]

Reading that last part flashbanged me severely

[@generalgrievuuz]

Normies. Normies didn't like the politics. The fans were busy circlejerking about who hated Jarjar the most :p

[@Unknown-hb3id]

@@generalgrievuuz And now fans today dream of JarJar-quality in Disney SW! People getting more excited for Darth JarJar in Lego than the actual live action stuff lol

[@mattfromwiisports4910]

With thunderous applause, liberty dies with thunderous applause.

[@89Keith]

Democracy is overrated: Long Live the Empire

[@Nechay.]

Long Live the Empire!

[@xedalpha1]

Yoda: "Cover this up, we must. Have experience with this sort of thing, I have"

[@JoshSweetvale]

Space pope!

[@alwaysalone6412]

I love when the avatar eyes just: 1. (0 0) 2. (0 -) 3. (- -) 4. (- 0) 5. (0 0)

[@juliaburkholder4213]

42:18 BRO NOW I UNDERSTAND I used to feel like Yoda being all 'things are hidden the shroud of the dark side yadayda' was just kind of a convienient narrative device but NO Having a bias for or against a side in any conflict, instead and relying on the Force, LITERALLY DOES CLOUD THEIR JUDGEMENT BC THEY'RE NO LONGER NEUTRAL, THEY'VE PROVIDED THEMSELVES WITH THE MORAL ANSWER SO THEY SHUT THEMSELVES OFF FROM CONFLICTING IDEAS FROM THE FORCE IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE

[@DeadBeat1005]

30:30 Palpatine is literally doing the thing he taught Anakin about “all who gain power are afraid to lose it”

[@tyforestreacts]

I HIGHLY recommend the channel titled “So Uncivilized”. They have awesome breakdowns of Star Wars methodologies, and it is absolutely worth looking into.

[@ExecutiveSonda]

Yeah So Uncivilized is great

[@MarcelJ.]

Regarding people staying dead... It's possible to justify force users surviving more or less anything in Star Wars. The reason Palpatine's return is hated is, because it's shit. The reason Maul's return is loved is, because it's great.

[@craneboy11]

17:44 Qui-gon was the literal only Jedi who correctly embodied the light side of the force. He wasn’t ignorant towards the idea of having feelings like the others, and he wasn’t blindly loyal to the republic. He acknowledged the dogma of the Jedi, but didn’t let it stop him from doing what was right. If he had his way and was able to raise Anakin, then he would have been able to be a positive figure in his life like nobody ever was without him, except Palpatine. That’s why the duel between Qui-gon and Darth Maul was called “The Duel of Fates.” In addition, Qui-gin was relatively young, as far as Jedi go, and was able to go toe to toe with Maul. He would have only gotten stronger. Could you imagine him one day being a true leader and reforming the Jedi? In the duel of fates, if Maul had gotten him, Anakin would have been raised up to become Vader since day 1 and there would be no light within him to stop Palpatine and hope for anything good to come of it. If Qui-gon had the chance to raise Anakin, he would have been better balanced and would never have fallen. In the end, neither happens. Instead we got Obi-wan to take Anakin in. He treated him more as a sibling and couldn’t give him the kind of guidance he really needed, always defaulting to basic dogmatism. This is a truth that Obi-wan and even Yoda to some extent realized by the end. I love it.

[@skynaim7978]

"Imagine Elon Musk having political power, that would be ridicolous" whelp

[@tierneymeister9040]

This lore dive is gonna be long and arduous, and I’m loving that Nux is loving every second of the good stuff they tried to take from us and failed. But nothing will make me happier when he finally reaches the deep dive of the most critical thinker. One day, Nux will drop a video on Kreia. Oh what a day that will be.

[@claypigeon7063]

How many times has Nuxanor made testicle jokes about Sidious’ face, yet NOBODY has requested he react to þe Robot Chicken sketches‽ Even after a two-hour video all about þe plan of Darth Syphilis, no less!

[@darkschneider5269]

It started with him just wanting to make a space version of The Hidden Fortress

[@SoulxFFVII]

Around 50 minutes with ahsoka, we have to take into account that ahsoka is a jedi child soldier. Her development throughout the clone wars is one of the best in all of star wars.

[@innergenichiro]

I was expectin the notification at 00.00 and i got it at 00.02. I thought he died, thats how tight his schedule is!

[@skyc-1375]

FINALLY Was waiting for this reaction!

[@burtenplays]

I didn't really get how good the prequels were when I watched em in theaters as a kid but man did the simple audio logs of the 501st in Star Wars Battlefront 2 when I was a little older kick like a mule. I't was literally like that galaxy brain Eric gif. Friggin shook me. Fighting as the the good guys in the campaign and with one order was fighting as the bad guys. Everytime I see the scene of the Jedi getting shot down nearly brings me to tears. Especially Master Conehead, only if Master Conehead and the rest of the council just embraced Anakin.

[@rotmistrzjanm8776]

53:42 Palpatine wanted to assasinate Padmé but it would break Anakin too early before he was cooked enough. That's why Padmé was allowed to live and annoy Palpi as opposition leader.

[@joelsasmad]

To be fair. In this specific scenario the CIA got the last guy who she is taking the place of.

[@BigSteve9713]

OH MY FUCKING GOD YES, THIS VIDEO, LORD NUXALORE, VORER OF ALL LORE will freak over this. I'll be saving this for tomorrow when I get drunk.

[@GeassEnabler]

Ah I'm so glad you're reacting to this. It's one of my favorite star wars deep dives on KZbin

[@ThatOneGuy3333]

My favorite reactor and my favorite star wars video! Let's goooo🔥

[@nikkidarkangelpnope8400]

OG Star Wars is arguably the best story ever told, it has everything science fiction should while successfully stradling the two main ideas prominent in the genre, our deepest fears and greatest hopes for humanity.

[@jackstefan8639]

Watch senator Armstrong a deconstruction of villainy.

[@RayHardman7567]

You should watch the one about how palps feared Padme the most, and why she was the single greatest threat to his plans. It really puts things into a new perspective.

[@quentinboswell6720]

I don't know. Sam straight up being like, "You can't go on. Don't worry I got you fam," and then carrying Frodo up Mount Doom has to be up there for me.

[@LordGarryk]

I dunno bud. I think Sam's encouraging speech at osgiliath about doing this so you have a home to go back to is more moving

[@HexisVonSpade]

samwise in general is just the absolute icon of a good friend, as well as hope. "I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you" is a 10/10, S tier line.

[@Clyp3Z]

I mean Dooku had his Sith Eyes the moments he wanted a little boost in battle to still go up against Anakin in TCW

[@Lurxter]

Still waiting for the darth nihilus deep dive and tbe sith triumvirate dive

[@AngelHernandez-tn4re]

dude killed me when you said "tyranusaurus!! Its Morphin time!" i was in the middle of a puff lmao

[@xavierelmhorst145]

"Analyzing Evil" did a fantastic video on Senator Armstrong that I recommend.

[@rayne_stormzz]

It's actually funny to think that the reason why Palpatine isn't considered to be the best villain is because his long-term scheming and political machinations worked so well people are stilled fooled to this day. Authors write villains all the time that are supposedly plotting for decades on the downfall of the heroes, but this man did that and succeeded in one of the most absolutely conclusive and all-encompassing ways possible. What a legend 👏👏

[@cluenarrus6955]

Love you platonically mate thanks for the video

[@BlackBurrito9073]

YES YES YES!!! Thank you Nux for reacting to this video, it’s one of my favorites.

[@ryanbensberg5846]

Notice how there isnt a name tag that pops up on screen, we just know what thr planet is, also in the acolyte coruscant is empty and lesley said its because its early morning, no no, the planet never sleeps

[@vladprus4019]

1:34:40 Right, Nux, Lucas STRAIGHT UP said in one of the interviews/commentaries that Palapatine in Revenge of the Sith symbolises the Devil. Anakin fall is pact of the Devil, Mustafar is symbolizing hell, and rebuilding of Anakin after that is filmed as deliberate reference to the Frankenstein as Anakin is metaphorically raised from the dead.

[@J.P1981]

It's crazy the amount of stuff you miss when watching these movies and shows as a child. Back when I watched these, everything was pretty simple, but this gives me a renewed appreciation for the series at that point.

[@ARCtrooper_bliz525]

George says its a kids franchise but obv its not... as you say when i am now older i recognize everything and funny enough the political downfall of the republic i preffer more than the wars

[@levilewis6622]

Halfway through the video, I realized he sped it up. For the best, he turns a roughly one hour video into a two hour reaction. Though he's very entertaining.

[@Mrmuffin1920]

The political story and the lore made the prequel era so great, that every time something is set in the Empire era, I can't help but think that it would be better set during the Clone Wars, because of how little nuance the whole Empire vs Rebels conflict has in comparison. I think the original trilogy laid the foundation for the Star Wars universe, but it was the prequels that shaped it into an actual Universe. It's like The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

[@quirkyturtle427]

I remember watching season 5 and saying "things are starting to look very Empire now" to myself.

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

Yep. It's all the more horrifying when you see it all, and your friends right next to you are blind to it. I reflect on my own positions in regards to politics while remembering the prequels.

[@duhotatoday3277]

Day 1 of asking Nux to do a Kreya's philosophy deep dive

[@f2fbassist169]

15:01 as a disabled veteran I 1000% agree with his ideas here! Politicians and media only really care for us when that "compassion" can be wielded as a weapon for sympathy votes from everyone else. After they are elected, us veterans drop back out of the collective spotlight. Ask any veteran about how jacked up the VA is, and yet no one has actually fixed it to any meaningful extent.

[@SkittleBombs]

Palpatine took over as a politician first, not as a Sith Lord. The only force power he had used to get to the top was hiding his force energy so the Jedi only see him a non force user, ie politician… The Sith powers were only use to defend himself from the Jedi and anniken

[@jasond.2147]

I actually can't believe it, but I've finally subscribed to a v-tuber. While not a complete hater I always thought I'd never subscribe to a v-tuber that hid behind an anime character, but god damn, your charisma, down to earth feel, and god damn common sense, has forced me to subscribe!

[@jasond.2147]

I wrote that comment without watching the video, instead just based on previous viewings of videos. I'm15 minutes in and I can't agree with you more. I'm about a year younger than you, but I completely agree. I was never shown Star Wars when I was young, but when I finally was introduced I got completely hooked like you. I thoroughly enjoyed the originals, but the prequels really stole my heart. Especially Palpatine, because of his political brilliance. I always thought he was the best politician and villain of all fantasy.

[@theodoremccarthy4438]

2:06:00 sorry Nux, but NO, people don't want leaders to be "nice" guys. The men people give authority too are typically the "strong man" archetype. We want a strong leader, not a nice one, because then he can protect us and punish our enemies.

[@celeswylder748]

So true what you said at the end about people carrying more about their team winning then to making stuff better is so true. I've been saying that for a while. We lose sight of making things better when it becomes a sport.

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

CANT WAIT for "last church"

[@ThiefKingofLegend]

I am HERE for the Star Wars content

[@xelloskaczor5051]

Nux the reason why tatooine had slavery wasnt because republic didnt care, its because it wasnt part of the republic. Unless u think it would be a good idea for the republic to enforce their laws on systems that werent part of it, its probably a good(?) Thing they didnt do abything about it. It wasnt part of separatist alliance either.

[@derekdrake8706]

4:00 Response: I more or less agree. Because of the hate for the politics in the prequels, Disney tried to copy the originals. But that doesn't fking work when you're writing a sequel that takes place like 30 years later. You need to add some fkn politics to get the world building going. Everybody was like "Where the fk is the new republic?" They beat the empire in the original and did nothing? Wtf? 30 years of prep time and the new republic gets steamrolled by a bunch of stormtrooper cosplayers.

[@The_Beard_of_Knowledge]

I think people tend to forget one of the reasons Palpatine built up the imperial war machine was due to his knowledge of the extra-galactic threat of the Yuuzhan Vong. Nux needs to do a lore dive of the Vong IMHO

[@samuelclayhills3298]

To be fair to the council literaly all the evidence was against Ahsoka and she even colluded with a known separatist war criminal Asajj Ventress and she did basically nothing to really try to dissuade them. The jedi council afterwards admitted that they fucked upp and where willing to promote her even though she did nothing to earn it. Mace was a bit of a prick about it but Ahsoka used the same logic to a guy whose people where enslaved so she is pretty hyppocritical about it. Also later on she trusts Bo-katan and the death watch who are known terrorists and war criminals who last she met massacared a town because they had the audacity to not want their women enslaved over the jedi council who mostley just where duped by Palpatine.

[@corruptangel6793]

My biggest issue is that the evidence was far from conclusive, and so it makes no sense for the council to throw one of their own under the bus like that. They should have publicly handed Ahsoka over, but behind the scenes helped Anakin's investigation to definitively prove what happened. Of course, the only reason Anakin figured it out was because Bariss was dumb and spilled the beans... that entire arc was poorly executed and, IMO, hurt pretty much everyone invloved.

[@lukescrew1981]

@@samuelclayhills3298 Don't bring Ahsoka or TCW into this

[@Spectacular_Insanity]

The entire arc was the one piece of awful writing in the show.

[@lukescrew1981]

@@Spectacular_Insanity Practically everything and everyone is poorly written

[@oboz7525]

I want Nux to watch Geetsly's video on the 25,000 years of the old republic. It is so well put together.

[@westonsimmons561]

The prequels weren't hated on release the only people who hated it didn't pay attention and didn't try to understand because it was too hard a minority that was really loud

[@rynerdyne]

Schnee released a video a couple days ago about ‘What JEDI Used To Be’. An analysis of Jedi from the original trilogy. I highly recommend it. It’s good enough that I find myself thinking about it while just walking down the street.

[@tk-6967]

26:18 the separatists are also pro-democracy. They had their own senate

[@ChristopherJames1993]

Hitler also had a senate. As did the roman empire.

[@tk-6967]

@ChristopherJames1993 Hitler's Reichstag was entirely made up of the Nazi Party, only had 3 elections/plebiscites and only convened 20 times. Furthermore, the enabling act of 1933 meant that the Reichstag had no actual control of the country, which was further solidified in 1938 and then again in 1942 where Hitler officially confirmed that they were pretty much done, preventing new elections until 1947. That example thus doesn't work, and actually it is closer to what happens with the Republic Senate. The Roman Senate was never meant to be a democratically elected body, so that example also doesn't work. Unlike those 2 nations, the CIS was actually a democracy. Of course for the purposes of the Sith Grand Plan this wasn't the case in reality, but the Senate was not powerless like in Nazi Germany nor was it wholly undemocratic in the sense that the Roman Senate was. There are of course other ways that the Senatorial system in Star Wars wouldn't be considered democratic by Earth standards, but by the standards of the Star Wars universe, the CIS is as much of a democracy as the Galactic Republic.

[@KageAkarui]

This is why you need to look into EU specific stuff before TCW became a thing. TCW is where the big fan base split happened. You had those of us whose fandom grew from the EU books, comics, games, movies and shows. Even though not all of it was good, and you'll get different answers depending on who you ask, it was all one universe. Yes some things had to be retconned to fit but it still all fit. The wedding of Princess Leia and Han Solo for instance. There are 2 books depicting it. I don't remember which one is higher in the canon. But in the EU Han and Leia were officially married with a story to go with. Another event that happened that some people complained about was the death of Chewbacca. Which George was the one who suggested him if I remember right. I think the biggest issue most people had was when George made Boba Fett a clone. In the EU Boba Fett had some of the best stories. And the clone thing muddied the water but they made it fit. We had the CWMMP which stood for Clone Wars Multi-Media Project. It gave us the 03 Clone Wars miniseries. The Republic Commando books and game. Also Shatterpoint which was a Mace Windu book and many others. But TCW erased all of it all because of Filoni. TCW is where the continuity that had once existed ceased to be. The EU tried to carry on after and since most stories being told were set in the New Republic era it was largely ignored. But some stories did make mention here and there but none of it really fit. You remove the entirety of TCW and Legends works perfectly.

[@TechnicallyChris]

I was with you until you said that the prequel remake needs to be done by the game of thrones staff. That's the worst crowd to remake it! I audibly yelled.

[@BitigoBlack]

Nuxie! You're dishing out so much killer content. Thank you!

[@Foogi9000]

Meanwhile the Supreme Court passed Presidental Immunity that will affect not just the current president but future ones as well.

[@baddragonite]

01:17:20 funniest part is technically Jones was right about the frogs if you look into it

[@Alis_volat_propiis]

1:39:46 Just gonna say he did bring balance. For generations sith had the rule of two. The Jedi numbered 200 and he cut them down to about similar numbers to the sith.

[@GeassEnabler]

That's not what balance means. Balance is a removal of corruption. But I also once thought as you did

[@Richtofen-gy9cj]

@@GeassEnabler The Jedi order was corrupt

[@GeassEnabler]

@Richtofen-gy9cj yeah but more in the complacency sense and not the cartoonishly evil sense. The Sith are evil and seek power and material things for themselves. Hence they are a corruption of the Force, using it to take essentially shortcuts to happiness. See George Lucas's talks on the difference between "pleasure" and "joy", where he lays out this dichotomy.

[@fireykitten7533]

Oh great lord Nuxalore please react to The Elder Scrolls lore it’s really cool!!🙏

[@Kassiaterabbitslayer]

as cult survivor of 26 years my favorite line is still.. everyone else crazy is crazy but mine is true.

[@ira233]

Sidious was a Hero who brought peace to the galaxy just as he promised!

[@RussBuss3]

The Jedi fell because of being blinded by hubris. The Empire fell because Sidious was blinded by hubris. "ironic, isn't it"

[@error-4269]

We back

[@zaneburton1774]

Qui-Gon was also the one to discover something I don't want to spoil for you nux, but look into it and you'll see the real reason sidious was scared of qui-gon.