Mr. Plinkett's Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Review

[@donttreadonme1990]

There is something deeply symbolic about a young George Lucas helping Anthony Daniels when he stumbled in the desert to later Daniels falling on his face in a sterile film set while George sits in a chair.

[@jimreily7538]

Timestamp ?

[@ExtremeObservations]

@@jimreily7538 59:44

[@Slazors]

​@Colon Cowboy obvious insecurities are obvious

[@jwstrauc]

damn..... real shit ....... this hits too hard man, too hard

[@aurelius8734]

@@jimreily7538 second one is 1:02:40

[@BloodylocksBathory]

So in episode 1 they say the phrase "sitting ducks", but as seen here, they use the phrase "wild bantha chase". By this logic, the Star Wars universe has ducks but not geese.

[@Dampzombieslayer]

This is true

[@grgmys]

Wow. I just came to the same conclusion you came to 3 weeks ago. Can you tell me what I'm going to be thinking about 3 weeks from now?

[@Robergine]

*Gooses

[@DiLorenzo04]

solidus311 Gie

[@makani9004]

I'm guessing "Wow, we nuked Syria."

[@ZaGorudan]

"Anakin kneels before Monster Mash and pledges his loyalty to the graveyard smash." is my favorite line out of any Mr. Plinkett review.

[@Visorak137]

I come back to this review just to hear that hack fraud say that.

[@ryanhinckley6472]

Time stamp?

[@hydrocannons7573]

@@ryanhinckley6472 53:57

[@clintonjarboe6328]

Fuck man I had totally forgotten about this line and saw it before I got there. You ruined it Although you may also have saved my life

[@Mawzy27]

Easily my favourite line as well 😂

[@Gouka07]

“No one will remember Dexter Jetster” - wrong. Thanks to Mr. Plinkett, I’ll never be able to forget him.

[@wephilips6651]

Me and my best friend growing up loved dex ironically as it was so batshit insane to have his diner in a Star Wars film and we thought the way Obi wan said ‘hello dex’ was the funniest thing ever

[@pancytryna9378]

And as is often a sad case with Star Wars, Dexter Jetster is still way better then the orange lady from the force awakens

[@davistoa]

@@pancytryna9378 Good ol' Butthole Eyes.

[@magraretsbane6274]

@@pancytryna9378there was an orange lady in Force Awakens?

[@pancytryna9378]

@@magraretsbane6274 Yeah that discount Yoda with big glasses

[@Matt7895]

I agree with your sympathy for Hayden Christensen. No actor could have possible done a good job with those lines.

[@generalgrievous3731]

"Love won't save you, Padme. Only my new powers can do that" "Don't make me kill you" "If you're not with me, then you're my enemy"

[@jetstreamjack5653]

A strong lesson in the importance of a confident director.

[@kalibos]

Notice how actors get the credit for good writing too, lol

[@fleshbobregularpants6250]

Yeah, if Sam L. Jackson can't even make the script work ...

[@Buttington_Headerson]

He did ok with... some of it...

[@knightslegion1731]

I watch these every year. They're like comfort food now.

[@ArkSucksAtGames]

Your pfp looks like a realistic medevil version of the Mandalorian

[@billyb6001]

I've watched these at least three times I haven't seen the movies since they were in theaters

[@knightslegion1731]

@@billyb6001 solid. 🤘

[@Noah-vm7yl]

I watch them every month:

[@alexanderchernyavskiy5011]

I'm watching those every four to six months. We're so different, you and I, and yet we are comforted by things we probably know by heart now... For no good reason.

[@angeltazdevil]

"Anakin kneels before Monster Mash and pledges his loyalty to the Graveyard Smash." Best line ever uttered in any film review ever.

[@Anon24052]

appledoze This is called filler. And it’s nowhere near as good as the kind as they put in twinkies! *Hmmm, I’d like to fuck my cat!* 34:26

[@saintstorm7]

I have never laughed so hard in my life

[@matthewbond375]

I midichlorianed in my pantaloons

[@sean361]

Don't forget "Anakin is just sitting there like an 'exceptional individual.'"

[@exciteddemonstrator9150]

Then Dracula’s like....

[@tajniak4335]

57:33 How would the Titanic look if it was directed by George Lucas. The officers talking slowly with a completely bored delivery: - We discorevered a terrible truth. - What is it? - There is an iceberg, right ahead. - An ice... berg? - Yes, one so big it could sank the ship. - Are you sure? - Absolutely. - Then our worst fears have been realized. We must move quickly is the ship is to survive... They start walking slowly towards the bridge, and the collision happens before they even give any orders.

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

You can add the millions of gallons of water in the background later to make the scene more interesting.

[@LyricsFred]

@@TheBrickGuy7939 millions of CGI seagulls probably

[@Ari-ww3fv]

@@LyricsFred Then you can see the sinking ship in a wide shot, and a CGI whale swims to the surface, looks at the camera, then swims back down.

[@aw2584]

I don't like water. Its coarse, rough, and it gets everywhere. Or something.

[@danielfolk5266]

Would they be sitting or standing?

[@rebeccabarnett2828]

'your sad devotion to that ancient religion...'- hey, remember when the jedi had that massive temple? It was like 17 years ago

[@aurorauplinks4703]

Rebecca Barnett space is big, I haven't seen Washington state completely much less the country

[@Gew219]

Rebecca Barnett Religions like Hinduism or Buddhism are ancient and they still exist today. And believing in the Force is more than 10 000 years old in the SW universe.

[@GreatLake-Blake]

haha you're so right, i never even thought about that line before

[@destronia123]

All Imperial forces were brainwashed to forget the Jedi were recently a thing. ;)

[@dukedase7]

Your point? It's still thousands of years old and therefore ancient.

[@Kinzokugia]

"The only kid in this film who talks dies, And all of them die. *These are positive changes.* "

[@reek4062]

true

[@captainjules6033]

My favorite line. Do you know the timestamp? Edit: found it. 11:16.

[@robertfitzgerald3118]

These movies were made for children, right?

[@TheCoffeeNut711]

anyone know what video the guys says "its so dense every- AH SHUT YOUR FUCKING FACE!"

[@kjkiefcakes1847]

I laughed so hard when I saw it in the theater. I was the only person laughing but I went full rich

[@elliotreviews7930]

"I'm afraid it's a little too late to backtrack the entire last film." If only someone had told that to JJ Abrams...

[@mariojetsluigi11]

Elliot Reviews wow i love poetry

[@JimJava007]

*gestures toward TROS* Was all this a big practical joke?

[@annnee6818]

Amen. That pissed me off more than anything.

[@damkylan3]

So hopefully things have improved- (tank full of clone Snokes) OH MY GOD!

[@Hymmerbot]

@@damkylan3Oh, poor ol' Snoke...

[@gror24]

I love how Mr. Plinkett was mocking KZbin sponsorships way back in the day before every video is sponsored by Raid Shadow Legends or Skillshare

[@speggeri90]

Ground news, Nord vpn, Scottishwhatyoucallitlordtitle Modernartbs. Etc..

[@weedpuff]

I'm sick of Temu adds

[@InaneBlatherPodcast]

I mean those are kinda like the sponsorships that have been on tv for like 80 years but yes

[@budnrobots2968]

Wow i didn’t notice that

[@torkelsvenson6411]

​@@speggeri90Squarespace

[@gloomuuptu9530]

Breaking: Dexter Jettster, Gloomu Uptu and Klagnon Moogufu will each be getting their own spin off series on Disney plus to premiere in 2024.

[@starshard0]

@Jett Lucas Hayes I think it's supposed to be a reality show like Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.

[@N1njaSnake]

I want to see Dexter Jettster's life as a stealthy assassin before he cashed out to buy his diner.

[@doomstadt2371]

It's called "Vowels"

[@alneri8327]

Gonk : a Gisney story

[@jermbonotrombone]

FINALLY

[@Scottoest]

I know this is just re-uploaded due to some copyright claim bullshit, but I think it'd be funny if they re-uploaded it with some shitty, superficial changes that made the video worse, like the SW Special Editions.

[@StillTheVoid]

+Scottoest *cough* in 3 D

[@jeremyfisher42]

They did they removed the nadine parts and added a new shot called "plinkett shot first"

[@YourMiddleBroPhil]

+Scottoest Every scene would be so dense

[@tehFozzeY]

Actually they did that once already - the Phantom Menace 3D review.

[@tinyturnip7676]

He did that with a 3D version of the Phantom Menace review.

[@Sines314]

A though, in retrospect. You know what would have made the love scenes in RotS better? If Padme and Anakin occassionally broken down laughing, both acknowledging that they're terrible at lovey-dovey dialogue. Have Anakin profess that he's more a man of action, not interested in words, and Padme say that she must constantly be careful at every word she says, that she's not used to actually expressing herself. It would have been very humanizing, and not required Lucas to be good at writing romantic dialogue.

[@Komnen0s]

That's actually not a bad idea. Portraying Anakin as an awkward but earnest, idealistic, and well-meaning young man who wants to be poetic to impress this older girl he likes would make him a lot more engaging. He could give his little "I hate sand" soliloquy, Padme would giggle at it (not in a mean way), he'd get flustered at how inept he is at romantic talk, and she'd reassure him that she still likes him (because she can tell the emotion behind what he's saying is genuine). I can think of numerous similar occasions when I was younger and I tried to impress my GF by saying something slick, only for it fall flat. Real life isn't like a Shakespeare play. People make mistakes and fumble their words. Inserting some nervousness and vulnerability into character interactions goes a long way towards making those characters more relatable.

[@All4mula]

Full pen

[@CelestialWoodway]

Hire actors that have chemistry together. Easy.

[@objektgerste6019]

That would be generic. George lucas did it right with doing the prequels very unique.

[@TrueNorthProductions]

@@objektgerste6019 yeah, bad dialogue is sure unique. What a genius Lucas was. Give me a break

[@vladimirimp]

At the time of the prequels I remember being surprised by Yoda's position and authority. Seeing how everything played out, I thought there was an opportunity to make Yoda the outsider of the Jedi order, rather than at the top table. Imagine if he was the lowly 'youngling teacher' who tried to warn the Jedi leaders but was ignored. 'Judge me by my size?' feels more pointed. And because Yoda knew, but was ignored, explains why he survived. AND it avoids all the crappy incompetence - he'd no longer have to look pensive and talk about his thoughts being clouded by the dark side. Instead he could find Obi-Wan - convince him and maybe a few others.

[@maxheilman5314]

Wow… never thought about that. He could’ve had an emotional scene with the younglings during order 66 where he tries to defend them from anakin.

[@vladimirimp]

@@maxheilman5314 Yes, exactly. It also makes sense to me why he'd be able to escape - because everyone underestimated him. And why he just hung around on Dagobah feeling sad! It would reinforce the theme that the Jedi had become arrogant and change was needed. The idea of him even having a lightsaber was odd to me, let alone fighting Palpatine! So silly. So much of how I understood the characters to be from the OT (especially Vader, Yoda, the emperor) were completely changed in the PT.

[@Retrophoria]

This is genius and fits way more in line with how yoda is presented in the originals.

[@phnargg]

This is a great idea. It really is strange to watch the OT and then go back and watch these and Yoda is like, a politician?

[@vladimirimp]

@@phnargg Exactly. I didn’t even like him fighting Dooku and Sidious like he was King Jedi or something. Didn’t fit his character at all. They could have made Mace Windu that role and had Palps defeat him in the epic battle in the senate, with Yoda looking on perhaps. But then there’s lots I’d have changed about the prequels!

[@80swoodpanel]

I have now watched these reviews more times than the prequels.

[@mesielepush2124]

I just saw the prequels one time each, at the cinema when they came out. But this reviews are like my favorite album of "background_music_for_work". I must have listen each three more than 20 times. And i´m being cautios, it's probably much more.

[@Kyle-ic4nf]

So twice?

[@chrismcsweeney7158]

Ive never made it past the first twenty minutes of the phantom menace but ive watched these like three times lol

[@joshgillam5130]

About 4 times as many for me

[@Christrulesall2]

You have good taste, boy.

[@shadow102994]

The syncing with Anakin when he says “wait, what did you say? About Mein Kampf?” gets me every time

[@PyrokineticFire1]

51:08 it's like being in a casual conversation... 51:18 wait. what did you just say...

[@AadetTube]

I love at 50:24 when the Dumbest Award goes to Anakin Skywalker and he responds: «I don’t know what to say».

[@RTU130]

O

[@camdenbutler958]

I always come back to this video for that segment specifically because it still makes me laugh

[@jacobclark6002]

Yes lmfao and 52:09 when all the warning sirens start blaring

[@nuclearmatt8119]

"Anakin is just sitting there like an exceptional individual." Goddammit, that line gets me every time.

[@ihatepewdiepiev2419]

haha plinkett must be si funny huh you npc normie

[@ihatepewdiepiev2419]

@@rybread1346 Maximilian is acually funny unlike this shit of a review and pseudo intelectuals who think watching and understanding this review is eaual to having a college degree

[@rybread1346]

@@ihatepewdiepiev2419 LMAO ok, go back to your middle school friends and watch fortnite compilations all night

[@ihatepewdiepiev2419]

@@rybread1346 lmao its like plinkett is your father

[@rybread1346]

@@ihatepewdiepiev2419 HE IS OK AND HES VERY SENSETIVE DONT TALK ABIUT HIM OK PLEASE THANKS

[@Y-two-K]

I think this is the best Plinkett prequel review. It's about family. And that's what's so powerful about it.

[@grantkeller4634]

RIP Carrie Fishers coke nail

[@mookiewilson4166]

The real prequel review was the friends we made along the way.

[@GabAssbreaker]

very cool, very cool

[@johnw06]

It subverted my expectations.

[@johnbono2384]

it broke new ground

[@CharlesM1992]

Thanks for defending Hayden Christensen. It's true. Not even Lawrence Olivier could make this shit work.

[@sikkableeat5614]

+Charles1992 I used to think he was bad until I watched the behind the scenes videos where he was just stuck in a green room and given lousy direction, and I said "oh..." Now I have a lot of respect for him.

[@Patrick-ho3st]

Leonardo? If that's true, that would have been amazingly awful.

[@Patrick-ho3st]

I think Hayden was an apt choice. He just had limited material and poor direction. He really shone at certain moments. They were few and far between, though.

[@MrLinjak]

@FOX-Men Fan He has the higher ground now.

[@ericjamieson]

The direct contrast is his character in "Life as a House," where he also plays a bratty, self-righteous teenager but wins you around to liking and sympathizing with him because the character is competently written and directed. He basically quit Hollywood partly because of the negative reaction to Anakin and it's kind of a shame because if you've seen him in literally anything else, he's pretty good.

[@stephendonovan9084]

Hey, you should check out the fourth Star Wars movie! George got a lot better, and he started shooting on location! He's come a long way since these movies. ...wait a minute...

[@death-king1834]

Yeah he was even willingly to listen to others and hear their ideas and suggestions on what would work and what wouldn't.

[@mattneal5257]

This made me laugh

[@andrebonner656]

Hilarious

[@curtishammer748]

I hear he even got likable actors, competent editors, and a whole team dedicated to cutting-edge practical effects! And the best part is John Williams came back to compose the music!!!

[@nijnij3988]

+

[@darklink1113]

Sitting, shot reverse shot, walking and sitting. This taught me more about movies then any other video or book. I love all these, and this whole series is better than the actual films. Thanks to everyone at Red Letter. These are the Citizen Kane of movie reviews

[@LeftytheGansterGremlin]

They really are, aren't they? I still love the prequels however. But Red Letter has a passion for these reviews.

[@chrisallen9509]

Jarred Knox not really, it wasn’t made for a modern audience so a modern audience probably wouldn’t “get” it. It revolutionized cinema at the time though and you have to respect it for that

[@darklink1113]

@Jarred Knox It is Jarred and the first to admit that was Wells himself. It's still the first modern movie though, and it's aged well.

[@uncannyvalley2350]

I liked when he raped his cat

[@uncannyvalley2350]

@Ddhfacetyy yeah, nah, not when literally 90% of these movies are walking and talking

[@ritchiebennett1326]

'Admiral Bone-to-Pick' is the greatest name for a villain in the history of sliced bread

[@ajsouza3720]

It has to be a pirate skeleton ghost too.

[@gotenks5633]

Lucas would pronounce it as Admiral B'one ToP'ck or some shit 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@brandonlyon730]

Almost as bad as something like Darh Vader or Darth Sideous... Oh wait?

[@jimreily7538]

​@@brandonlyon730 Darth Vader has some vaguely menacing implications. It sounds like "invader". Darth Sidious though ? It's just "insidious" without the prefix. Darth Maul is just "he mauls people". General Grevious is "grievance". They're all pretty silly sounding. But the reason Vader works, is because he was the only one with that sort of name, in 3 movies. Then the Prequels came along and we had all sorts of names with bad guy characters names, just emerging from Lucas looking up various synonyms for "bad", "attack", and "angry", in a thesaurus.

[@daemonspudguy]

​@@jimreily7538the fact that Vader is quite close to the German word for father, vater, also helps.

[@chaseheiland6273]

I seem to watch this every year. They've just become part of my yearly routine, they're so comforting. It may not rhyme, but it's certainly like poetry.

[@gabrieljorand]

These reviews are my personal bibleb

[@Wackaz]

That's so sad lmao. It's comforting to watch a man grossly interpret and misunderstand the Prequels through such an extreme level of bias, as well as make jokes about prostitutes to keep your attention (as it's such a poor attention span), so it fulfils your anger and crying to make you feel better about yourself for not liking something you didn't go into an open mind watching for the first time? You expected something from the Prequels, you didn't get it, so you and Mr. Plinkett winge about it. It's as simple as that. You should judge a film by how well the director achieves their vision, not by how well it fulfilled your expectations. Comforting? Sure. There is a level of nostalgia for it. But to act like these reviews are a work of art, is just absurd.

[@sheikbombalot5781]

Yet somehow, the prequels, and Plinkett’s reviews, are STILL somehow better than the sequels!

[@sheikbombalot5781]

@Wackaz Lmao! Imagine being so angry about a fair and entertaining review, that you type up a minor essay. Nope, no misinterpretation. No misrepresentation. They really were that bad. Also: Fing LOL at getting mad over “prostitute jokes”

[@Wackaz]

@@sheikbombalot5781 Nice cope, I don't see any rebuttal though. You're just refusing to accept my take as valid and are resorting to ad hominems and "but they were bad" rather than engaging with any of my points; typical Prequel hater, lacking any sort of nuance or intelligence.

[@ReginaldPennysworth]

"He was just a weirdo in a suit, he was part of a bigger story. HE WAS NOT SPACE JESUS" Thank you Mr. Plinkett

[@tylerklein4405]

DID ANYONE REALIZE THAT EMPEROR POO POO HEAD WAS MAKING ANAKIN POO SEE HIS WIFEY POO DIE?

[@vt_973]

jesus I'm so sorry you had to be in this review

[@twilightzoneseinfeld]

Yes it is actually.

[@TheScionServe]

Which is why his son Luke was the last hope of the Jedi and why his sister being another Skywalker was so important right? This seem to be Last Jedi logic. Luke and Leia were the last hopes of the galaxy because the Force was so strong in their family... because Vader was just some guy in a suit? k.

[@zbrown02]

reviewreviewer1 well, originally the line was “there is another” which got changed in the SE to “there is another Skywalker”. When the OT was created it was just a story of Anakin’s son bringing him back to the light through love. The prequels ruined that. You can tell the chosen one bullshit became a thing after the OT was made. ‘‘Twas never the original intention.

[@aa-ze5cz]

"The only kid that talks in this film dies... and all of em' die... these are positive changes..." LOOOOL

[@corvuscorax9265]

I am grateful to Lucas for the prequels.... without them these comedy gold reviews would not exist.

[@reek4062]

And without the prequels the original trilogy wouldn't be very great

[@zachplaysallday-zpad5731]

These videos were the only bad things to come out of the prequels

[@nicolasrage1104]

@@zachplaysallday-zpad5731 Fanboy alert!

[@sanidhya3370]

@@reek4062 lol, I wish that was the case

[@WardenKaz]

I still would have preferred to have 3 good Star Wars movies

[@GuitarHeroPhenomSux]

Lucas: "Wow, they already got the sets built, I better start working on the script soon." Lol This dude became Ed Wood with a budget.

[@reek4062]

the prequels are definitely better than the originals

[@robertmacdonald5496]

@@reek4062 The Prequels have flaws so much more egregious than any present in the Originals. The fact that their visual effects have aged more poorly than the ones in a film from the 80s is ludicrous.

[@PurpleColonel]

I think the man named bad smell is memeing

[@Grivian]

@Dr Fopolopus This review has many flaws, and for the most part he brings up many non arguments, like the prequels were bad, George is stealing our money. He nitpicks many scenes and in some places he is just wrong. These reviews are just comedy, let's get that straight, and the same thing could be done with almost any other movie. I can imagine a similar comedy review that rips into Return of the jedi that focuses on Ewoks, Leia being Lukes sister, empire building a new death star, death star defences being worse than the last time, Luke's duel at the end not mattering that much, the weird plan to save Han, Boba Fett's death just to name a few. I'm looking forward to when Anomaly Inc rips these reviews a new asshole. Mike is just a tool who made these reviews because the movies went against his vision for Star Wars. He explained what was wrong with these movies and what the movies should have been (in very vague terms because he doesn't have the mind to come up with a good story himself). Then A force awakens comes out and if he wanted to he could have created a review that is just as critical as these ones, but he didn't because it didn't fit his narrative. The new movies fell in line completely to what he wanted in a movie based on these reviews and if he made a critical review he would seem hypocritical, but there is no way that he likes the sequels. People usually try very hard to be consistent in their reasoning, even if they discover that they were wrong.

[@bulletmonkey9110]

Sigurd Torvaldsson he did make reviews being critical on the new star war movies, sure it’s not as harsh as this but that’s because there was a little more effort put into those movies. For the prequels however, no effort from the man himself, all he fucking did was write one draft for the film and said “let’s go, the special effects team will make it look cool”

[@NatterCast]

His name is "Mace Windu" and he dies by falling out a window. That's the level of writing we're dealing with.

[@TheDrugOfTheNation]

Wait...How did "Kit Fisto" die?

[@joshuamichaelalaniz2014]

Your level of butthurt is pathetic, lol fanboy.

[@drawde_064]

Natter Cast when they named him windu I don’t think they thought about episode 3

[@drawde_064]

TheDestroyer2alltrolls they probably thought ‘Windu’s got to die at some point’ and that’s it. Maybe not even that specific.

[@drawde_064]

TheDestroyer2alltrolls almost certainly a coincidence. Again I seriously doubt they would go so far to plan a character death a whole 2 and 1/2 films before it happened

[@curtishammer748]

1:37:45 The only reason I remember Dexter Jetster and his '50s cafe is because I come back to watch these reviews every so often.

[@jimreily7538]

16:27 Commander Nefarious, Captain I'm-a-Bad-Guy, and Admiral Bone-to-Pick. Very underused, I hope in the next excellent Disney movies these characters will play a role.

[@MrSabbath2011]

I lost it at "Anakin is just sitting there like an exceptional individual"

[@TALCOLMINTHEMIDDLE]

I'll always remember Dexter Jettster because of this review

[@LeftytheGansterGremlin]

I just recently acquired an action figure of him. My mind immediatley thought of Mr. Plinkett. It's why I bought him at the flea market.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

the name is so stupid it makes me remember it.

[@Visorak137]

@@mckenzie.latham91 😂😂😂

[@Byrvurra]

Plinkett is obsessed with Dexter Jettster. I think that was the point in the movie series that Mike completely gave up on any of this being any good.

[@GeorgeBPryor]

Well, whatd'ya know?

[@PatricksCrazyPlace]

You should really check out the Expanded Universe novels for Commander Nefarious, Captain Immabadguy, and Admiral Bonetopick. They really expand on their characters and help flesh out some of the weaker elements of the prequel films.

[@cynicalstaninternetwarrior2734]

Patrick's Crazy Place Hey dipshit! Didn't you hear Mr. Plinkett? He ain't never read any of those stupid Star Wars books, or any books for that matter, and he isn't going to start now. God!

[@Belowski69]

@@cynicalstaninternetwarrior2734 Lol I am answering a 2 year old comment. Its not about that they fix plot holes, its about that your movie should makes sense on its own. Novels and games and stuff, are good to expand what you already have, not to fix what you already have. If you go out of a movie, you paied for and say "I didnt like it, nothing made sense" and then a random guy comes to you "Well actually you have to read a few books, to understand a few points." wouldnt you be pissed? Your movie needs to make sense on its own, from there on you can write novels and shit.

[@gologotha7922]

@@Belowski69 the current Halo community does what the prequel community does and always wave away plot holes or odd breaks in character with some outside sourcing to make the current movie or game tolerable. I shouldn’t need outside sources to actually understand wtf is going on. I get people grew up with these movies but the holes are obvious. I’m waiting for the sequel community to pull the same shit the prequel community did in the next 5 years.

[@mercmarc]

Obi-wan is riding a giant lizard chasing General Grievance on a mechanical hamster wheel. It's like poetry.

[@BettyWhiteTheVibratorSlayer]

Circles within circles.

[@AM-qg1lv]

"I think we all went to see this movie just to get it over with." You could say the same thing about Rise of Skywalker.

[@surrept1979]

Was thinking the same exact thing!

[@nickjarek5150]

idk it was flawed but I liked it

[@farjohn]

Except some of us didn't even see the last three movies because we knew better after seeing the prequels

[@sparxskywriter2589]

@@farjohn It's the same situation but worse

[@shaolinotter]

farjohn at least the prequels were weird. the new ones are just a remake but less good

[@markrobinson9394]

"Stop asking completely logical questions." That part kills me every time.

[@poopcold92]

I have pantaloons theyre STYlish that got me

[@markcobuzzi826]

41:57 to 42:42 The recent interview between Nancy Pelosi and CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, in a nutshell.

[@WreckageBrother-rd5zf]

It's not accurate, but quite funny yeah

[@AlmightySammich]

"Han Solo was not ruined." *sees Solo: A Star Wars Story* Ooohhhhhhh..........

[@chrisallen9509]

i actually laughed out loud at this lol

[@dend1]

Same haha

[@LyricsFred]

You havent even seen the movie...

[@JAM609]

“Where would you rape the millennium falcon? Right there.” *Disney inserts a rectangle in the hole*

[@FuriousGorge]

Fernando Dember Laguna I haven't seen my next shit either, but I have a sneaking suspicion it and that film will have something in common.

[@Evongelo]

Mike does an excellent Sideous. Plinket is lucky to have him around for that.

[@Taquese1999]

I love how Plinkett can’t get over with dexter jettster’s 50’s cantina

[@Godzilla00X]

Because the more you think about it the funnier and more bizarre Dexter's diner is

[@Luk3d411]

Susie porter works there

[@groinBlaster31]

ADMIRAL BONE-TO-PICK: A STAR WARS STORY, COMING IN 2020

[@PokeRapper5000]

Does this replace Admiral Holdo?

[@moiz_0125]

It’s 2020 and I’ve never been more excited for a movie

[@Edax_Royeaux]

He's already a more interesting character then Snoke.

[@braiangabriel638]

I'm worried now

[@seventytwo.7288]

"So Anakin kneels before Monster Mash and pledges his loyalty to the graveyard smash" Best line in the video!

[@MisterJoshuaTree]

"Anakin kneels before the Monster Mash and pledges his loyalty to the Graveyard Smash" this is why these reviews will live forever

[@somethingcliched4921]

Is everyone blind and stupid? Which leads me to my next part... *Number 7. is everyone blind and stupid* That part always cracks me up

[@wantwithout]

Its amazing how many tropes of youtube movie reviews originated from these videos

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

Every character is dumb. But who's the dumbest? Lets find out. Just how stupid is Yoda?

[@NC-ck5oj]

lucas broke new ground by having portman packing a suitcase

[@polreamonn]

A few directors could have improved their films by having Natalie Portwoman pack her suitcase......before filming began.

[@BettyWhiteTheVibratorSlayer]

I bet she packed a few purple "light sabers" in there.

[@BF_Brix]

53:58 "So Anakin kneels before Monster Mash, and pledges his loyalty to the graveyard smash." My favorite part in this whole video XD

[@NicosMind]

BubbaBrix So much greatness in these reviews that ive missed that line despite my multiple views of this video. Its just so dense, so many layers

[@AwFiddleStickss]

NicosMind "It's so dense, every single image has so many things going on."

[@nathanexplosion3287]

BubbaBrix hey I have a hooker trying to escape from my crawl space can anybody help me I ran out of raid the low irritant fast kill kind the one that comes in the blue can can somebody help me out

[@80swoodpanel]

It's like poetry, it rhymes.

[@nihilisticpancake308]

Agent Washington HE JUST SAID THAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!

[@headlessspaceman5681]

Mr. Plinkett is by far the best character in these movies.

[@AwatifRachid]

So true

[@SpiritSoulRecords]

This is TSHI

[@christurner510]

"Disappointed in the cooking of the duck meat"

[@christurner510]

+S K That juicy shaq meat !

[@cartmanofsp]

i am disappointed in the cooking of the duck meat

[@aperturesciencegames]

I am disappointed in the cooking of this duck meat!

[@dm29x6]

aperturesciencegames ,,m

[@jpbroussard1553]

I ordered a pizza roll five years ago, it just arrived today, thanks Mr. Plinkett! It looks delicious!

[@mercmarc]

JP Broussard I checked my tracking number, and my pizza rolls will be here in a couple days!

[@jessepinkman5702]

I ordered some too, but instead I got a human kidney

[@hbreaker3698]

"Starving African children in Cambodia"

[@steveangello6586]

I'm glad they didn't see this movie, they got enough shit to worry about lol

[@abdulluya4732]

@Taylor Barbieri *an

[@abdulluya4732]

@Taylor Barbieri actually, two cases of *an

[@abdulluya4732]

@Taylor Barbieri yw, just dont let it happen again

[@AlphaQHard]

Taylor Barbieri Yeah, thats the joke. Thanks.

[@ChrisG87]

"They're already building sets. I'm gonna have to start writing this script pretty soon." THERE. RIGHT THERE. From the moment he uttered that sentence, you could tell he didn't give any thought whatsoever to the story and the characters. From the moment he said that sentence, the movie had no chance.

[@TheGameCapsule]

I think he was teasing. Movie studios don't start making sets without a script. The script is the blueprint for everything.

[@fartquaviasdingle7876]

@@TheGameCapsule doesn't matter if he is teasing cause the script was still trash

[@Funnypenguin18]

​You're a fool if you believe that. Just look up the production of alien 3 they literally built sets without a script. Educate yourself before you talk​@@TheGameCapsule

[@Andrewf5251]

@@TheGameCapsule its star wars - studios smelled money as soon as lucas showed his fat belly inside office talking about new trilogy . so ye him not having script at that point is pretty logical :D

[@JackoX901]

@@Funnypenguin18 Yeah that was wild. Cocoons for an Alien nest were made for a scene that was never gonna be shot.

[@Elmaxo1989]

"Han Solo was not ruined." Oh boy

[@sheevinit1490]

I mean... he has been now.

[@yaboiJG]

Was not ruined... yet

[@Solo24516]

How did Solo ruin Han? Even Mike and Rich said he felt like Han

[@TheKyoshiFan]

yes 1 I think they refer to The Force Awakens.

[@goldenjoel8566]

But they liked TFA.

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

I think RedLetterMedia has helped me reach the conclusion that I just don't really care about Star Wars. I think I enjoyed the OG trilogy at some point, and yeah I still do, but I'm just not emotionally attached to the franchise to the point where I feel the obligation to follow it or even continue to have an opinion on it. I think I've realized that even when it comes to the OG films, I liked them, but never truly LOVED them. I respect them for what they were, what they represent, and what they created. I don't know if I will watch episode 9, or any of the other stand-alones. I already skipped Solo. Especially given that I know whether I like the films or not, my ticket will only serve to feed a corporate behemoth that, all things considered, probably does not need or deserve my money. So if I don't LOVE the franchise, if I consider half or more of the films to be bad or mediocre, and I don't respect the people who create the film, why bother, right? That's my logic, and I'm sticking to it.

[@HiroshiMizushima]

I can really get behind this notion. I remember being somewhat worked up about how bad the prequels are, or how fun but disappointing 7 was. But time's passed, and I've been watching these reviews and thinking about stuff for the last few years, and it's like.. I don't think I care anymore. That is, I still think the franchise is effectively ruined, but it doesn't get to me the way it used to. I've stopped watching them, even if I'm still interested in Plinkett's reviews or what people thought about them out of general curiosity. I loved the original trilogy and the books, while sometimes awful, still offered a neat look at the setting on an expanded level. But all that's gone now and whatever investment I'd had growing up is largely gone thanks to Disney and the prequels. I'll still continue to enjoy the original movies, and maybe some of the side stuff like games or cartoons, but as a whole Star Wars is basically dead to me.

[@LungMing23]

Duncan Van Ooyen you are exactly at the same point as I am. I also didn’t watch Solo and I never thought I wouldn’t watch a Star Wars film. I won’t be watching 9 in the theater either. Last Jedi just reminded me that Star Wars hasn’t been good since the original trilogy and it was time to stop showing up at the theater expecting something good again. It’s over. I’m done giving Disney money for bleeding out Star Wars.

[@jeremyross9698]

I'm right there with you. I saw Force Awakens in the theater. I thought it was okay, but it just didn't have the same magic as the OG trilogy. Then I saw Rogue One and knew that Star Wars was truly dead. About the only character I remember in that one was Blind Asian Jedi dude. Wait, he was Asian, right? Oh and that android I guess. And there was the main character girl who's dad designed the Death Star or something. Anyway, you get my point that none of these characters were well written or memorable or relatable. By the time The Last Jedi came out, I had stopped caring. I still haven't seen Last Jedi or Solo and at this point, I'll most likely never do so unless it's playing at a friend's house or something.

[@neropunkt]

makes perfect sense to me

[@baljot1231]

Lol imagine having some youtuber form your opinions for you, fucking rubes

[@cool140000]

Given that the Old Republic was like 4000+ years old and that Luke was like 25ish when the Emperor was finally killed, the Empire is really just a tiny, tiny blip in galactic history. Hell, there would only be like one generation of a short lived species (like humans) that grew up under it. If your species lives longer than like 150 years, it would just a blip in one person's lifetime.

[@Silver_Warden]

DaS Guardians Good point. Also, considering the size of the Republic prior to the Empire's creation, it's safe to say that very little changed across the majority of its systems. Heck, some folks far away from Coruscant probably felt nothing at all, since 90% of officials and actual rules that affect one's everyday life remained either exactly the same, or changed very slightly. This kinda destroys this feeling of desperation the original trilogy created, with the evil, grand, unshakable Empire, and people living in oppression for ages, finally rising up and making things right. What desperation? They probably didn't even finish the complete legislative transition and forgot to issue new uniforms to ALL the billions of civil servants across the Empire by the time the whole thing collapsed.

[@potheadkennewick]

DaS Guardians I think it's more similar to the nazis, short lived but caused a lot of destruction in that time and will be remembered forever

[@RaVisions]

John Gulbunny this. this is perfect in describing it

[@sirpepeofhousekek6741]

DaS Guardians I wish that wasn't true, in my heart. But I know it has to be because the Prequels are canon.

[@albedo5455]

DaS Guardians The Old Republic was created 25,000BBY.

[@IAMTRASHMAN267]

I return to these reviews at least every two years or so. Absolute comedy gold.

[@TheBrendon67]

I have a general grievance about this.

[@321puca]

What a review. Never watched a video as long as this beginning to end on YT. 10/10

[@naptimegaming1347]

321Puca welcome to KZbin.

[@nathanexplosion3287]

321Puca I may be a very old alcoholic murderer but I understand the need to shoot stuff with a blue screen

[@nathanexplosion3287]

321Puca also known as a green screen by racists

[@c0mmanderKeen]

I'm on my third time through em all and they are as great as the first time around

[@Omnywrench]

_"...and in the end, all the computers in the world can't generate the most basic thing that a movie needs:_ *_an emotional connection with the audience."_*

[@nicolasleroux5302]

@Tom Ffrench Why do so many people on the internet willfully misinterpret other people’s words? You know that’s not what he said. You know that.

[@Chuked]

@@nicolasleroux5302 maybe hes dumb and doesn’t understand common sense

[@AshleyPomeroy]

@Tom Ffrench That depends on the person behind the computer. Or in front of the computer. Operating the computer. The person telling the person operating the computer what to do. Behind the computer.

[@pampamproductions]

@Tom Ffrench you know that isn't what he means. Go away.

[@pampamproductions]

@Tom Ffrench Nobody said practical effects are superior in every way, there's shit you can do with CG that you cant do practically and vice versa. The point of the original comment is that they paid way too much attention to effects and not enough time to the script and forging an emotional connection. A special effect demo reel is not an engaging story.

[@InaneBlatherPodcast]

"Anyway, so Anakin kneels before Monster Mash and pledges his loyalty to the graveyard smash." The greatest thing ever fucking said in a film analysis video, bar none

[@groinBlaster31]

My personal favorite: "Bend over, bend over, let Plinkett come over" from the Ghostbusters 2016 Plinkett review

[@stitchedbyiron]

0:01 intro 1:27 1. What were you expecting? 5:08 2. Here we go again 14:08 3. what is happening 18:30 4. Setting the stage 30:07 5. A war with no consequences 34:01 6. Fill er up! 36:41 7. is everyone blind and stupid 56:00 8. Blue screen blues 1:04:55 9. the impotence of Darth Vader 1:12:36 10. Execute order whaaaaaat? 1:13:44 11. the language of cinema 1:26:23 12. the final lightsaber fight to end all lightsaber fights 1:30:10 13. Lack of vision 1:36:54 14. I'm done

[@ranahan2458]

Its actually "what were you expecting? Asshole"

[@matthayward7889]

You’re doing gods work

[@paulberstler8069]

"No one will remember Dexter Jexter..." I will because of these reviews 😂

[@MariaIsabellaZNN]

Thanks to these reviews Dexter Jettster and Klagnom Moogufu are the only prequel characters I remember.

[@BatTCK]

People could forget the immensely memorable and greasy space diner owner?! Well, whaddya know?!

[@footsoldier857]

I can't help thinking that the designers based Jester Mexter on George.

[@davemac9563]

I remember Dexter Jexter more than that chrome soldier in the sequels lol

[@paulberstler8069]

@@davemac9563 You mean Captain Asthma?

[@Skate1924]

I've seen this review more times than the actual movie. Never gets old and it's so dense, every shot has so many things going on

[@Alzrad]

Ya know, I gotta say…I have NEVERA become tired of these StarWars reviews. I regularly watch

[@death-king1834]

You gotta love that right after Anakin, Obi-Wan and Palpatine crash land on Coruscant after taking part in a massive space battle with hundreds of space ships firing, blasting and exploding just above the planet in the very next scene it's as if it never happened. Seriously the city looks utterly unscathed, with ships and people going around like business is usual. Hell no one even discusses any damage reports, losses of soldiers or civilians. Almost as if it didn't matter. He's absolutely correct when he says the whole war just feels like some minor inconvenience. All that mattered was getting Anakin into the Darth Vader suit, everything else surrounding that is meaningless.

[@LeftytheGansterGremlin]

I absolutely love the prequels, but I agree on your statement. I read the expanded universe a lot, so I discovered that everything you just said is exactly represented in the comics, and the books. It was like how if we look at 9/11 reports and get everyone's perspectives on the matter, with kids clutching to their parents, asking them if the Jedi could protect them, and even the parents questioned the Jedi at this point. Really good stuff. The problem is the movies's green screen CGI backgrounds were just re-used and didn't keep continuity.

[@flaviodiaz8008]

@@MichaelM28 wut

[@zbrown02]

Michael McGrath idk about that. Bad taste? Maybe.

[@eras1066]

@@MichaelM28 Nice b8 m8

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

It annoys me as well that the city is absolutely spotless. This war doesn't seem very devastating. If it is apparently the largest galactic conflict in history and it doesn't damage the main setting then it doesn't seem very devastating and the audience doesn't feel anything and if the audience doesn't feel anything then they don't care.

[@gloomuuptu9530]

Come on, I was the most memorable character in the prequels

[@Anon24052]

Gloomu Uptu but what about klagnon-fuckiforgothislastnameendmysufferingibegyouineedhelp

[@heathenpride7931]

You were in the prequels?

[@I_am_a_cat_]

Are you fucking Darth plageus or whatever in disguise? Plot for episode 9 confirmed

[@666spalony]

Are you from Snake's Revenge?

[@morale.9330]

Loved you in that one episode of Star Wars: Clone Wars!!

[@joeking3181]

“The editor didn’t cut it the way I wanted so I had to let him go” Imagine if that’s what happened for the original Star Wars; I recommend watching the video “How Star Wars was saved in the edit” to know just how important the editors were to the success of those movies.

[@annnee6818]

@@Libx920 He knows. The doc he mentioned is precisely about that. If Lucas hadn't got his wife and two others to edit it, no one would have watched it, because it was garbage.

[@sdagoth3037]

To be fair, in Star Wars historical events and figures pass into legend ten years after said events occurred.

[@PangolinMontanari]

He did eventually fire her, in a sense

[@drifter402]

Yea Lucas really didn't "make star wars." That's essentially just marketing.

[@sirpepeofhousekek6741]

Thank you! Lucas gets waaaaay too much credit for the success of the Originals.

[@Beegeezy144]

I just realized that in the Special Edition of Episode 6, at the end, you can see that the Jedi Temple is still standing tall and not burned down.

[@gr-8166]

It never was burned down. It was just on fire, Palpatine outside of the films used it as his domain in mockery of the people he once hated.

[@misterfreundchen3484]

"Wait, what did you say? About Mein Kampf?"

[@johnstriker480]

"I'm Joe Biden, and I forgot this message". xD

[@21DaHoagie12]

I legit had a kid on my bus in high school tell me about how he was reading Mein Kampf 😐

[@sethfg]

@@21DaHoagie12 so? should we ban it? reading something does not mean agree with it. reading first source material is what historians do. maybe you should read it too and discuss it wiith him. its called teaching. point out where it is flawed. unless its above your reading level?

[@21DaHoagie12]

@@sethfg I’m glad you are upset and attacking me ad hominem calling me stupid and insinuating that hitlers writing ability is too lofty for me for simply stating a kid on my bus was reading that in high school. And with literally zero evidence you infer I want to ban the book? Where would you ever get that idea? Plus it’s ridiculous to further insinuate that not wanting to read, from cover to cover, a book by Adolf Hitler, means you don’t have interest in history. But I guess you’re not historically versed enough to know Mein Kampf is notorious amongst historical scholars for being a terribly written book from a writing stand point and an absolute chore to read; if anything it would be too poorly written for me to actually want to read... I’m sorry you were so eager to defend Hitler and encourage people to read his works that your feathers got so rustled 🤷‍♂️

[@damkylan3]

​@@sethfg Lol triggered Nazis. Gotta love 'em.

[@SuperHuscarl]

"Oh, a little kid? I guess I'll give it a shot." Plinkett, 2016, right before the FBI raided his home.

[@seanshamblin1131]

I don't get it.

[@OzzyKent_LoL]

This reviewer is honestly a comedic genius

[@I_am_a_cat_]

@Yul Brynner who

[@patrickmartin8854]

I could use a little less "genius" and more on topic with his reviews. Spending an entire 120 seconds on a "no I really meant" gag is bullshit. He should take his advice from the Ghostbusters review and "stop talking all the time"

[@gloriouscontent3538]

@@gogaandrei24 I disagree, but that's fair considering how off topic these get.

[@JohnSmith-hd2tl]

@@patrickmartin8854 nah I’m just kidding

[@cacophonousantiquarian8803]

@@patrickmartin8854 If you want a straightforward review, watch re:View or Half in the Bag

[@jamesdurcan522]

Funnily enough, he’s made sure that everyone remembers dexter jetster and his robot cafe

[@davidofthenorth6531]

Dexter Jetster's 1950s robot Cafe

[@megazard5249]

I can forgive Disney for a lot of things... But to ha e their own streaming service and STILL no Dexter Jettster spin-off in the works! 😤😤 How dare they?!

[@WreckageBrother-rd5zf]

"Funnily enough, he’s made sure that everyone remembers dexter jetster and his robot cafe" They already did.

[@Arkanthrall]

Mr. Plinkett needs to review the Hobbit trilogy.

[@themoochman3867]

Arkanthrall the hobbit trilogy isn't bad, but it is no where near the excellence of LOTR

[@Arkanthrall]

The Moochman No, it isn't bad but awful,

[@someguy9284]

They're good movies on their own merits. Star Wars prequels are simply awful in any context. Then again some people in the KZbin comments also defend the Star Wars prequels and say it's better than The Force Awakens so hey, do it, people won't give a shit.

[@aplaguedoctor406]

the prequels ARE better than the Force Awakens....but to be fair, my stroked out grandpa was better than the Force Awakens

[@GamingBlarg]

Electrickoolaid A I think your comment just put me off of all the star wars movies as a whole Why does the internet have to hate everything Star Wars? Can't we just enjoy the movie (TFW) for what it is and move on?

[@deckthelols4813]

This review has been posted more times than Rich Evans has showered...

[@tymongoji]

Twice?

[@fernandomarques7905]

+DeckThe Lols It's like poetry, it rhymes...

[@BlinksAwakening]

+tymongoji At least thrice

[@DanHowardMtl]

Woah! Rich has definitely not showered that much. /s

[@VirulentGunk]

Rich Evans hygiene is the most disappointing thing since my own.

[@daredfoxchick889]

wouldn't destroying the sith not bring balance to the force though? wouldn't it actually unbalance the force since one side of the coin would be completely gone???

[@death-king1834]

That's what I thought.

[@whateverisme]

There's actually a brief conversation between Yoda, Mace Windu and Obi Wan about how 'balance' might mean a shift to the darkness, considering the Jedi order has been in power for such a long time.

[@death-king1834]

whateverisme The Chosen One crap is still dumb regardless.

[@whateverisme]

I didn't say it wasn't.

[@optimusprimus89]

right?

[@Superjay47]

Its amazing how many prequel fans can't appreciate these reviews. How hard is it to accept the movies are fundamentally flawed and still enjoy them without getting upset with people who dislike them?

[@zachplaysallday-zpad5731]

I can’t appreciate a review that consists entirely of bullshit arguments and started a hate crusade against George Lucas, which led us here with Disney fucking the franchise up the ass

[@control_the_pet_population]

@@zachplaysallday-zpad5731 lol wut? The prequels were largely shat upon for the better part of a decade before any Plinkett reviews came out. Virtually everybody in the sold out theater that I attended walked out of TPM shellshocked... "was that movie really as bad as I thought it was?" was the general vibe. And while I don't agree with every argument Plinkett ever drops, the prequels are dull and filled with otherwise good actors looking bored while reading horribly written dialog. Lucas is a great idea man, but he's at best mediocre as a director and writer. I give him all the credit in the world for catching lightning in a bottle back in 1977... but in hindsight he really, really needed to approach the prequels the same way he did ESB and RotJ... come up with some story outlines then outsource the detail work to others. As far as the whole Disney thing... Lucas was almost 70 years old when he sold out. He wasn't going to helm another 6-7 years of a sequel franchise... and even if he didn't sell out, he was the one who put Kennedy in charge prior to the sale. At the time, I was excited about the sale just based on the job Disney had been doing with Marvel at that point. Of course, TFA was a bit meh and the next two were even worse... But I don't think anybody could have predicted how badly Disney would whiz this one down their leg.

[@zachplaysallday-zpad5731]

@@control_the_pet_population maybe they would’ve found the real answer to that question (no) if these fuckers didn’t mind control them

[@skorpion7132]

Well, they may have some flaws, fair enough. but some points which are being stated could be easily argued against. the biggest flaw in my view is that many simply weren't actually given in the movies that would have lowered the 'be-shit-on-meter'. In general I still liked the prequels quite a lot and I didn't think the entirety of the plots were dumb or other. And I do not consider myself as a simpleton.

[@JSmokesII]

They are flawed films but I don’t think they’re bad at all and it really seems like people nitpick more than have actual genuine issues with the films, besides the blanks that the clone wars eventually had to fill which is exactly why that series got made in the first place. Either way though these reviews are gold regardless and I especially loved the phantom menace one because it was banger after banger

[@polymetric2614]

"They're already building sets? I'm gonna have to start this script pretty soon!" - George Lucas

[@annnee6818]

@@spoopify5560 I don't think so. The guy famously has no sense of humour and doesn't sound like he's joking at all. Plus writers always procrastinate. Trust me. He wasn't joking. The scripts were not thought out well and he clearly had no help at all with them, that much is evident. If he HAD spent ages on them that would make him even less talented. Like this he just didn't care much and was a control freak.

[@LaughS0L0ud]

42:08 "Stop asking completely logical questions" Probably what George Lucas said to the entire production company

[@ihatepewdiepiev2419]

lmao sure you want logic in star wars the fuck

[@NyQuilDonut]

@@ihatepewdiepiev2419 Is there no logic in the original trilogy? What are you saying?

[@ihatepewdiepiev2419]

@@NyQuilDonut Yeah there is no really any logic in star wars

[@gloriouscontent3538]

No, he annotated everyone's questions with a "I'll get back to you with that."

[@miken227]

@@ihatepewdiepiev2419 Sure, there was a bit a suspension of disbelief necessary, but the plot structure was brilliant. Episode IV was perfect, Episode V was somehow better, Episode VI was a bit of a letdown, and may the Holiday Special burn in Hades.

[@cocaloca5402]

Over Plinkett's review of the series one thing stood out to me in particular. In the behind the scenes, Christianssen looks SO LOST & confused !!! seriously it's like he's stranded in the desert and doesn't know whether he is experiencing hallucinations or actually seeing things

[@deeemess]

"Who's gonna play Nick Fury in the Avengers movie?" - fucking hell, sometimes I forget how old these reviews are.

[@TonyLewis-er6yt]

So I was curious if 'tshi' actually translated to something in Chinese. Apparently not but google said it did translate in Swahili. It translates to 'no'. Nailed it.

[@justincoleman3805]

Yea, he already said the word didn’t exist so thanks for nothing.

[@PhelesDragon]

Revenge of the NOOOOOOOO . . . Because even Vader regrets this movie.

[@frankmerker630]

thats voy cooague

[@scoop_wang]

The way Plinkett pronounces it sounds similar to "Chī shǐ", or to "eat shit". Also accurate.

[@Kola25_97]

@@PhelesDragon United States of Noooo.

[@IR17171717]

What is odd to me is that Vader's suit was apparently just ready to go. Wouldn't it have been cool to have Vader kind of half-made, or not yet with his suit? Maybe Palpatine is so force-good that he just knew that Vader would need the suit. But I'm sure Vader would've asked: "hey is this off the line or something? Why is there a suit just ready?"

[@AtreidesOne0000]

I don't think it was. I think he was probably in a healing chamber for quiet a while before they made his suit. Just because it was the next scene doesn't mean that no time has passed.

[@IR17171717]

I dunno man, whole thing seemed pretty continuous. He was still burning in agony on the table while they were putting it on him. Certainly didn't look like he'd done any healing. But that seems like the kinda suit that would take a long time to make. Also it would've been kinda cool to see Vader in a "before vader" different suit. But I suppose everyone wanted the Vader shot. Such a bad film either way.

[@AtreidesOne0000]

I just rewatched it. The agony on the table seems to come from the needles as much as the burning. Also there is clearly a cut between that and when his suit is on. Who knows how long that was. It's not like he'd be going anywhere. Even so, I guess when you consider the technology they have, they probably just 3D printed it in no time.

[@taylorabdon856]

I know quoting the extended universe is kind of a shitty excuse for the way the film doesn't explain it properly, but yeah, the agony definitely has something to do with the surgery - Palpatine purposefully kept Anakin awake through it to help fuel his rage and further grow his connection with the dark side. As for the suit, it was a factory production model, not something that was tailor-made. In fact, it was all from pre-existing, outdated technology (a punishment from Palpatine for Anakin being so careless on Mustafar), so it was intentionally designed to be uncomfortable and more restrictive than what they potentially *could* have given him.

[@TheMaestroMizerous]

Stop asking completely logical questions!

[@philipcao1275]

It’s funny how Plinkett talks about Han Solo and the Millenium Falcon isn’t in the movie. But actually it was planned to include a kid Han Solo raised by Chewbacca among the Wookiees. There is even concept art. And Millenium Falcon actually makes an appearence on Coruscant.

[@oshwaflz]

i wouldve preferred that to the solo movie

[@Zodroo_Tint]

It would made the movies even worst and the Plinkett review even worst. I wish it was real.

[@monkael1438]

@@oshwaflz solo was good. it wasnt some amazing revolutionary movie, it was just fun

[@S.T.E.E.Z.Y]

@@monkael1438 Only people who don’t like Solo are the ones who’ve never seen it and just hate it because the idea of a Han Solo origin story is admittedly pretty dumb

[@oXRaptorzXo]

@@S.T.E.E.Z.Y yeah for real, I swear these people just watched a review by some angry psycho and decided to not like it

[@aquamanbeforehewascool5347]

30:07 What's also notable is what Jimmy Smits said, "We cannot let a thousand years of democracy disappear" which makes the whole thing impossible to fail in the style of the Weimar or the first French Republic, something Lucas was definitely trying to do here. What many forget is how little experience there was with democracy in Germany, young democracies in general tend to be unstable. The Galactic Republic, on the other hand, has existed for thousands of years and has maintained its system for so long despite other wars and crises. That they suddenly, (especially when they're about to win the war) decide to go fascist just because the Jedi supposedly tried to kill Plapatine and have control of the Senate (for whatever reason) just isn't believable at all, and they really should have shown us how much the republic suffers from the war.

[@jimreily7538]

Exactly. That's really well said and an excellent point. A better comparison should have been Rome. The Roman Republic, emerged from a series of monarchies. The Republic lasted for 500 years. Throughout its history, it was attacked, and the capital, Rome, was even sacked, burned and assaulted by outside forces. It was ravaged time and again. Political and social strife plagued the Republic for years. Yet the Republic remained resilient. Because they had enacted political positions, and a system which had numerous checks on power. Conspiracies and insurrections were common throughout its history. But, it became an Empire, in large part because of the political machinations of a single man, Julius Caesar. The Old Republic of Star Wars should have been depicted in a similar light. The problem is, that the Republic was depicted as peaceful. That's fine, but to become peaceful, they would have had to conquer other planets, and indeed systems. It should have been built on conquest, and perennially expanding. I understand that Jedi are peaceful, but they shouldn't have been the rulers. Obi Wan described them as the protectors. Lucas himself called them "warrior-monks who keep peace in the universe". He said the Jedi avoid the use of violence except as a last resort, with a mission to "use their power to keep the governments of all the planets in line, so that they don't do terrible things". The Jedi have the "moral authority to do that" since they are "the most moral of anybody in the galaxy". But how did they take over planets like the Hutt planet, full of gangsters ? Or planets which were fundamentally violent ? Through force. The Old Republic could have had a mission to spread peace through the galaxy. To acquire that authority, and the power to rule a galaxy, they should have started out, both negotiating with other systems, but in some cases, fighting them. The Jedi believe in peaceful order. But where systems or planets are in disorder, or where they disobeyed the Republic, or refused to join, then the Republic must have taken them by conflict. You could explain it, by saying the early Republic was still finding its feet, not entirely peaceful. Maybe they started out conquering other planets and systems, and in the early Jedi days, they used their powers to help that consolidation. It had to happen somehow. As the Jedi became moral guardians of the Republic, the Republic itself expanded. They took control of the galaxy, then, as the Jedi became more numerous and powerful, and tended toward peace, they used the Jedi to maintain that peace. They would, of course, have needed a standing army as well. So: - Early Republic conquers the Galaxy - Jedi and the Republic maintain peace for thousands of years - Their military becomes decrepit and unused, since they are so used to peace. They only need a comparatively small numbers of spacecraft, which would form the basis of the Rebel Alliance fleet. - Economic and social turmoil arise in the outer systems, and the turmoil spreads. Maybe the Republic lose some systems, whole systems, and so the people become disenfranchised. Other planets and systems see the Reoublic as weak, and begin trying to rise against it. They want autonomy, power or the spoils of war. - Intragalactic battles (which would be commonplace anyway) emerge and contribute to the turmoil. - The people see the Jedi Council or the Senate as unresponsive, out of touch, unable to quell the violence in the systems. - The average merchant, and even the big money making merchant ships are annoyed because the wars and conflicts are disrupting their finance, and their trade routes. - Pirates and smugglers become commonplace too, or more common. - The average Republic citizen who wants to travel to Planet Holiday for a few months rest, can't do so, because of the turmoil. Where's the Republic police, they ask ? - Turmoil in the Senate causes certain systems to leave the Republic, or to try to leave. - the average citizen of Coruscant is getting more and more annoyed with the state of affairs in the Galaxy. "If the Jedi and the Republic can't stop these conflicts, who can ? It's dangerous out there ! I can't even fly from Coruscant to Coruscant Moon 1, without being worried a pirate will attack me ! - Palpatine, like Caesar, should have been a military leader, whose job it was to quell unrest in various parts of the galaxy. - Palpatine has, like Caesar, large numbers of Republic troops who are loyal to him, and they become the basis of the Imperial Officer Corps later on. - Palpatine demands the Republic build more spacecraft to quell the unrest. - In the mean time, economic and social turmoil continue in the Republic. - Palpatine, tapping into the dark side of the force, and also using his military might, quells much of the unrest. - Palpatine wins a big battle - The people are overjoyed. Palpatines devoted troops are overjoyed, and more loyal to him. Palpatine is recognised as a hero by the Senate, and the Jedi don't suspect anything. - The Jedi might even team up with Palpatine, to stop the turmoil and uprisings, and gangsters and so on, because they're not just monks but warriors too. They want peace and they know, sometimes, violence is necessary. You can't always be a pacifist if you want to rule a galaxy. - Palpatine sees his chance to take power. He sees that he has political power already, military power, and that the Senate is in disarray. - Palpatine starts a war with the Republic. - Now, we have civil war. This could be the Clone Wars. (Or, any of the preceding conflicts could be the Clone Wars, it's not important, it's only a throwaway line in the OT.) - Palpatine dominates the civil war and the Old Reoublic is overthrown, and he enacts the Empire. -- That, in my view, is a far better story than the prequels gave us. It took me about 30 minutes to think that up. As for Vader/Anakin ? I don't know. Maybe Anakin was one of the Jedi who was sent by the Republic to help Palpatine quell the turmoil before the civil war. Maybe Palpatine shows him how awesome the dark side is, and how you can use hate and fear and jealousy, and still be powerful, you don't need to be this peaceful disciplined Buddhist type - AND you can be more powerful, more quickly. So Anakin gets addicted, or seduced, by the dark side. He can't let it go, and when Palpatine declares war on the Republic, Anakin sides with Palpatine. -- So that's it. That's how you could write the prequels, in a way that makes much more sense, and is actually, in my opinion, far more compelling than the unimaginative tripe we got.

[@diehounderdoggenalt]

​@@jimreily7538 >Took me about 30 minutes to think up That's because you're not a socially isolated Marin County plutocrat, and you think about history in terms of material circumstances. The biggest tragedy of the Star Wars prequels is that George assumed politics universally worked according to early 2000s American party politics. He forgot about the Vietcong and assumed the DNC was as far Left as you could go. So Palpatine becomes an expy for Bush The Lesser, without commenting on the circumstance that allowed him to come to power. Could've been an impactful comment on how liberalism isn't equipped to oppose fascism but no, it's all the fault of a few bad apples.

[@clockworkking777]

I mean are own democracy is pretty retarded. We elected a game show host in pretty recent memory.

[@WreckageBrother-rd5zf]

@@jimreily7538 "So that's it. That's how you could write the prequels, in a way that makes much more sense, and is actually, in my opinion," Those parts with the tourism and merchants etc. got a bit convoluted after a while, but the part with Palpatinus as a military leader and all that, yeah not bad.

[@WarEagleTimeMachine]

At the time he seemed really keen on tying things to George Bush and the war at the time. I think the whole "This is how democracy dies" line has something to do with something like the Patriot Act passing.

[@realityweasel8461]

"So Anakin kneels before Monster Mash and pledges his loyalty to the Graveyard Smash."

[@zetnom89]

“1. Han Solo was not ruined.” Disney: see ya in a decade or so...

[@kerrex86]

+FOX-Men Fan Guy Marvel: Kept mostly in check by a head that actually has passion for the universe and bringing these captivating stories and characters to the big screen Star Wars: let's just put some lady in charge who may or may not have any real passion for the material and exploit these legendary stories and characters for the sake of pushing an ideology and let anyone come in and just jettison any particular element that doesn't fit the cause and insult anyone who points this out

[@MichaelM28]

@FOX-Men Fan Guy Correction: OT fans are grateful and passionate, prequel fans are annoying and retarded

[@quanicle101]

eh, solo wasn’t THAT bad. just aggressively mediocre.

[@mariobadia4553]

I liked it.

[@sdrawkcabdaer]

FOX-Men Fan Guy the MCU movies are easy to like, they have great character development, interesting stories, realistic looking cgi and are fairly faithful to the source material. The new SW movies have none of these things.

[@pachice]

Apparently his first wife, Marcia Lucas, was a big help who George actually listened to. I'm sure George Lucas is very creative, but he needed people to tell him what to keep and get rid of. If it wasn't his ex-wife, he lost someone he needed.

[@death-king1834]

I also heard producer Gary Kurtz was also a huge influence in what made the first two Star Wars so great. Unlike that ass kissing suck up Rick McCallum, Kurtz wasn't afraid to call out on Lucas's poorer ideas and to tell what would work and what wouldn't. I think it was because of that the two would butt heads a lot and eventually it would get Kurtz fired. And by the time Jedi came out, while good you could see a massive difference in terms of quality due to Kurtz's departure.

[@gertrudagaunt9801]

Kurtz opted for a more bittersweet tone and ending of Jedi, possibly Han's death. Lucas wanted to make SW the audience's happy place. Read Lucas's recent biography for more info on the influence of Kurtz and Marcia Lucas on the films.

[@starwarsheadcanon5008]

@wonder mike I'm pretty sure Steven Spielberg is also one of the few people able to tell George Lucas how dumb his ideas are

[@TheBadchicken666]

It's funny how SW fans have such raging hate-boner for Disney, they actually convinced themselves to rewrite history and say the prequels were actually good movies

[@croc6105]

I mean this franchise is nothing more than corporate slop and I would much rather take the flawed but good prequel films than the soulless cashgrab that Star wars has become. This review is genuinely dogshit.

[@gabemissouri]

​@@croc6105Agreed. These idiots are the ones who caused George Lucas to sell star wars. Now we have Trash like Book of Boba fett. They have nobody to blame but themselves.

[@broncojuan]

@@gabemissouri Star wars is in better shape now than it was after RotS. George had to sell. Nobody was interested in any more movies made by him. The clone wars movie and the phantom menace 3-d release bombed hard, and the clone wars was only getting about 2 million viewers an episode. Under Disney, we’ve gotten rogue one (which is better than anything. Lucas is released since 83 legitimately 80), Andor, the best seasons of the clone wars, the bad batch, tales of the Jedi…

[@gabemissouri]

@@broncojuan Keep telling yourself that. Book of Boba fett was trash. They massacred my boy.

[@gabemissouri]

@@broncojuan "Rogue one is better than anything" come on man, Rogue one was a good film but A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back absolutely blow it out of the water.

[@thegrayyernaut]

Why didn't Grievous start wondering why his master stopped communicating with him after he captured this old dude Palpatine? xD

[@vincenttapia2037]

Or why they were around the same height, similar voice, and chin.

[@LordCaedus-bl7wi]

The dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. Palatine was powerful enough to use like a Sith mind trick to hide himself this is not bad writing at all. Bad writing would be Luke and leia snogging in empire when they’re brother and sister oh you or fanboys forget that shit lol pathetic cunts

[@LordCaedus-bl7wi]

Paul 27/02 Christ's Soldier your existence is a joke. Shame your mother gave birth to you

[@LordCaedus-bl7wi]

Paul 27/02 Christ's Soldier 😂😂😂 but I was going into tosche station to pick up some power converters.

[@modsiw10k]

@@LordCaedus-bl7wi Damn, no need to call people pathetic cunts for liking something you don't. If we're all star wars fans, can't we just get along and respect each other's opinions?

[@ARGAtheropodfan]

Those emperor impressions are spot on! Sounds identical to the movies lol

[@timboslice150]

STOP ASKING ME WHO I AM!!!

[@HeresssDonnie]

George Lucas didn't ruin my childhood fuckin polio did

[@AyanKhan-og3sd]

@@freyadh some people think that the prequels are satan instead of movies they think that George Lucas raped their childhood

[@wakantdothisforever3671]

“I will someday have the power to make people love me” i dont know why i laughed so hard at this

[@arlopear7136]

When are we gonna get an Admiral Bone To Pick standalone movie?

[@jackntheboxproductions6793]

Marvin Wade 2024 duh

[@cfgnnfffbcd4562]

I prefer Captain Imabadguy

[@radioactiveman3381]

Bone to Pick- a Star Wars story

[@richardwrite]

Approximation Nation lol

[@sean7456]

It's called The Last Jedi and they renamed the character Holdo.

[@HundredDaysMusic]

"Hey Nute... You're being had! It's time to stop making decisions." Still one of my favorite lines ever.

[@cangrejopendejo4909]

Time to hang up the ole.. hat of yours..

[@thebeauchinator]

Gotta turn in that hat of yours, buddy.

[@WreckageBrother-rd5zf]

@@thebeauchinator HANG UP that hat of his, his space hat.

[@PsychopathUltimate]

51:00 "What did you just say, about Mein Kampf?"

[@spethmanjones2997]

That pause right there in the middle makes that line 10000000x funnier

[@jetstreamjack5653]

"Admiral Nefarious" genuinely sounds like something that would be in Star Wars today 😂

[@johnblack8655]

Hold my rock...

[@SomeOne-vf1rs]

John Berne like... crack rock? I’d rather not

[@Pelagion98]

@@SomeOne-vf1rs The new High Republic character is Geode, the rock pilot.

[@Bigburton3]

it is technically already a thing. nefarious is a villain in a sifi game called ratchet and clank.

[@Literally-God]

@@Bigburton3 um excuse me, it's DR. Nefarious you plebeian

[@corbinmarkey466]

If Lucas wasn't a coward, we *would have* gotten that scene where the Jedi conspire to get a mitichlorian sample from some of Palpatine's stool.

[@CesarJoel94]

A coward and an idiot tyrant who doesn't like collaboration

[@danielpreciado3112]

You're wrong about one thing, Mr. Plinkett! They did throw the Millennium Falcon in this tshi stain. It was just too embarrassed to actually get in front of the camera, so they instead snuck in a clip of the Millennium Falcon flying into one of the docks in Courasant without it noticing.

[@danielpreciado3112]

Typical Brit ! Frankly, I was surprised nobody brought that up prior. Or maybe they did and I was just too lazy to check that far into the comments.

[@helenwhs]

I'm sure the design of the Millennium Falcon isn't exclusive to one ship.

[@danielpreciado3112]

Helen Wang We all know Lucas was intending that to be the Millennium Falcon and not just some random Corellian freighter.

[@helenwhs]

Maybe, but that clip of a few seconds and in the background doesn't really ruin it. Easter eggs such as this are common in cinema.

[@danielpreciado3112]

Helen Wang I didn't even notice it until somewhere over 5 years ago, so I see your point. Still, now I can't unsee it.

[@cangrejopendejo4909]

A great example of Plinkett's alternative to the prequels story is Red Dead Redemption 2. You play as John Marston in the first game, but in 2 he's just part of someone elses story. RDR2 doesn't go through painful lengths to try to explain everything about John Marston, and I think the story benefits a lot from that.

[@lukedavis1436]

Red Dead redemption 2 may be one of the greatest prequels I've ever played/watched in my life.

[@Ari-ww3fv]

Never thought of it this way. Could have just showed the story from Obi Wan’s perspective.

[@jasonfenton8250]

John fits perfectly into RDR 2. He's not quite the man we know him to be from RDR 1, but we can see how he will eventually become that man. He plays an important role, but it is ultimately still Arthur's story. Even at the end when you play as John Arthur's story constantly looms over everything and affects how he we appreciate John and Arthur retroactively. TL;DR I liked Red Dead 2's story.

[@WreckageBrother-rd5zf]

@@Ari-ww3fv "Could have just showed the story from Obi Wan’s perspective." Well did a lot of that

[@russianoverkill3715]

Wait what, RDR2 is a prequel?

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

Palpatine is an incredibly lucky man. You mean to tell me he just hoped everything would happen the way it did and it worked? 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@PyrokineticFire1]

it wasn't like "he just hoped" he was doing evil space wizard magic offscreen... by hoping REALLY hard. lol

[@YhwachTheAlmighty]

The amount of laughably bad, lack of comprehension in this comment section is unbelievable. You guys cant comprehend good storytelling at all.

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

@@YhwachTheAlmighty So many events in Palpatines plan just rely on dumb luck or him controlling everyone's minds. The latter cause is just an excuse for it making zero sense and being completely illogical.

[@YhwachTheAlmighty]

@@TheBrickGuy7939 You do realize there is a literal dark side nexus underneath the Jedi temple correct? Not to mention Sidious clearly mentioning in The Phantom Menace that the Sith were being built up generation to generation for this moment. Sidious is the ultimate enemy against the Jedi. The Jedi being super strict and getting into the political aspect was there downfall even more and he exploited that. The Jedi are supposed to be peacekeepers. Not to mention the Jedi order is heavily flawed and has weird teachings that contradict their own beliefs to begin with. Look at Qui Gon he follows the force and in TPM its established he isn’t like most Jedi in the order or follow their rules perfectly. George quite literally set this up perfectly with all these little subtle events and characters. Its beautiful actually. Beautifully tragic. Its sad how many people just write it off. The Prequel haters never cease to amaze me. Im just glad there are people who noticed it in the beginning and now the Prequels are definitely viewed more positively. People were just upset that it wasnt about a farm boy and a heroes journey. It was tragic fall because of a devious and intelligent Sith. Both are great in their own ways. The inner workings of how Sidious manipulated the entire galaxy are such well told and well developed that its probably the deepest set of films in history on the complex traits it shows and develops. What makes it even more interesting is the dark side aspect as Sidious has been clouding the minds of the Jedi this whole time. He is hiding in plain site. I find it brilliant and the downplay for the Prequels is disgusting. Plinketts lack of comprehension and out dated views are hilariously bad.

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

@@YhwachTheAlmighty I am not a prequel hater. There are a lot of things in them I like but I can still see some flaws in them. The production of most of the dialogue scenes especially on Naboo and Coruscant could have been better and shot in a less boring way and a lot of characters and aspects could have been much more fleshed out. My first time viewing them when I was 16 before The Force Awakens released, there were a lot of parts that I struggled to stay awake during. It is clear George wanted to get back to the action scenes, and so did I, because they were some of the only parts that had a lot of art and creativity put into their cinematography. There are definitely several things in Palpatine's plan that don't make sense. I know a couple of parts of the plan were explained in the movies but a lot of the plot holes had to be explained either in books or the Clone Wars show because they were not properly explained in the movies. I wish we saw a lot more of the Clone Wars in the films. We only see 3 battles in full and although they are exciting to watch for the most part, there is not much to be emotionally invested in with those scenes. I like the show as well. But for people who only watch the movies, there is bound to be confusion.