Star Wars: The Last Jedi Pitch Meeting

If you've seen The Last Jedi, you may be wondering how some of those big decisions were made. Well, take a look inside the pitch meeting to find out! Subscribe to our channel: goo.gl/ho3Hg6
The Last Jedi has stormed into theaters. The film is certainly one of the most complex films set in a galaxy far, far away so you’ll be forgiven if you didn’t catch everything on the first viewing. There’s a ton going on in the background that you may not have even noticed and we’re here to help you find them. For example, did you catch that Rey stole the Jedi books? Blink and you’ll miss it! Luke’s final reveal was actually telegraphed well in advanced in a masterful way. Supreme Leader Snoke actually has a piece of bling that harkens back to Rogue One! Speaking of bling, what were those dice that we saw a few times? Luke has a stash of trinkets at the tree on Ahch-To, one of them ties directly to Star Wars Battlefront 2 while another may be a reference to the beloved Knights of the Old Republic video games. We get our first look, sort of, at the first Jedi while at the temple with Luke and Rey. Did you think Rian Johnson forgot about the famous line “I have a bad feeling about this?” Think again! We got to see the old X Wing used in a very interesting way and get a call back to a character from Rogue One in the form of a ship. Of course, being Star Wars, there are a ton of cameos in the film that you likely didn’t catch either, some of them being quite obvious! So strap in for the video and enjoy the ride!
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[@Titus13th]

Screen Rant can you make a Alien Covenant pitch?

[@CastleArchon]

Subscribed for these alone. It was super easy! Barely an inconvenience.

[@wolfgangbuck841]

great!

[@kakashikage9483]

Hey, SR, as much as I loved this video, you missed one point. The one where Luke stood up to The Emperor and Darth Vader, the two most evil men in the Galaxy at the time, and he wouldn't kill his father because he saw the little bit of good in him, but somehow in this movie, he has a "thought" of killing his nephew because he sensed evil... His nephew.. that was nowhere near Darth Vader's Calibur. And also it's more than I thought.. a thought it just thinking it, he went through 3 steps. The thought, turning on the lightsaber, and then partially lifting it up to swing... That's more than just a thought. Lol, if you would've added that, it would've been perfect, but, it was still an almost perfect explanation of the movies flaws. Great job

[@wolfgangbuck841]

Screen Rant I like them. You folks seem to have it down. It does not matter if anyone is making anymore StarWars films to me. They will NEVER work under Disney, Kathy, JarJar and Rian Doucher's command. StarWars was ruined and killed. Should never made another after the 80's. I'm writing a Darth Maul one to do him justice.

[@chemacb]

“Oh yeah, and Luke dies.” “Oh, really? How?” “He uses the force too hard.” “Okay!”

[@dtester]

Using the force too hard is TIGHT!

[@craigarthur7599]

He plays a force prank ok Kylo and then has a nappy nap.

[@stoked-6996]

That works.

[@Lawlietftw30]

THIS. Of all of the things that people harp on about this movie, I wish this one got more attention. I can't believe that's actually what they went with.

[@full-timepog6844]

@@dtester *is badass

[@Boopadoop348]

I think it's a really beautiful end for her charact- *HAVE HER FLY BACK LIKE MARY POPPINS.*

[@Balthazar2242]

They couldn't help that, they didn't know she was actually dead in real life when they made that

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

The way he delivers that line is priceless. And with what appears to be genuine glee on his face!

[@Boopadoop348]

@@mookinbabysealfurmittens ikr

[@ebssfonbsopo9055]

Steven Bowser. For a few seconds I actually had in my mind that they were two separate people 😀. He is good.

[@EffendiChung]

Imagining her flying while holding an umbrella yelling I'm mary poppins y'all!

[@WatrDragn]

“We find out that Phasma’s armor is laser-proof.” “Then why did she help Finn, Han, and Chewie in the last movie under threat of being shot while in full armor?” “Because.” “Oh, ok.”

[@kaboomgaming4255]

Didn't they, like, shove the blaster under the helmet or something?

[@WatrDragn]

@@kaboomgaming4255 At first Han's looks like it might be, but it could be due to Harrison not holding it high enough. Finn has his pointed right at the back of her helmet when they first threaten her. When she actaully does turn the sheilds off, they're all like 5 feet away, so it doesn't make much sense. It's only when they talk about putting her in the trash compactor that Finn's blaster is deliberately pointed under her helmet.

[@WatchThisSpace415]

@@WatrDragn I mean tbf from that distance she might still have died, it’s not like the bolt had anywhere else to go.

[@wittyjoker4631]

I'm going to need you to get all the way off my back about this.

[@athens_1psvr31]

Because Chewie would’ve ripped her arms off and played the drums on her helmet like a partying Ewok.

[@TheQuincyEdwards]

Two years later, I finally realized that J.J. Abrams’ mystery box is empty.

[@plcflame]

His mistery boxes are always empty.

[@JB-pu8ik]

@@plcflame Is that why they're a mystery?

[@iamyoursaviour]

I think they could have been filled well, but getting two directors following him who wanted to collaboratively work. They got Rian going completely against it, and then some fool thought JJ would be a good choice to finish it.

[@MissZang411]

Well, JJ wasn't supposed to direct this last movie in the first place. Lol

[@paulmumford7595]

YA RECKON?!

[@marcelgardner8497]

And Rey can swim! Think about it. Grow up on a planet with no lakes or rivers or any large body of water. But she can swim.

[@MakeYouFeelBetterNow]

Just another reason to hate this character. Apparently, she can do anything, perfectly, for no reason.

[@wolfieinu]

@@eme.261 Primary school called, they said they wanted their joke back, but then they changed their minds and said you could keep it.

[@MakeYouFeelBetterNow]

@@eme.261 Waaannn... someone needs to use logic and their brain. Or just grow up.

[@addlemm44]

@@eme.261 You're insane

[@AraluenSparr]

@@eme.261 "I have no argument to make, therefore I'm just going to insult people using elementary school humor!"

[@Michael-hb4wc]

Destroying Star Wars was super easy, barely an inconvenience... 😔

[@SaintBison209]

I love the butt hurt fans like this guy. Makes it easier to find a seat in the theater

[@Seastallion]

@@SaintBison209 You're welcome. We wouldn't want to deprive you of getting a real good whiff of rotten garbage.

[@yoshidinono8095]

Being a drama queen is super easy.

[@Seastallion]

@@yoshidinono8095 ...barely an inconvenience.

[@t_imw3584]

@@Seastallion we all care so much of ur speck of a lifeform's opinion since you are a very cool person and everyone should listen to u because u are so cool

[@TeamDreg]

Watching Ryan’s old Pitch Meetings in 2021 and seeing how his comedy has evolved is TIGHT!

[@antpop1]

wowwowowow. wow.

[@kitblue3194]

That's a good point, I did always wonder what Kylo Ren looked like without his shirt on. I heard he had an 8-pack, that Kylo Ren was shredded.

[@einahsirro1488]

I'm 90% sure Matt is Kylo Ren.

[@XavierKatzone]

He looks like Napolean Dynamite's doppelganger.

[@iforgot87872]

Kylo ren is a punk bitch!

[@1ukazmartinez79]

@@einahsirro1488 matt?

[@bubbasbones]

@@1ukazmartinez79 snl starkiller base Hilarious

[@jojomoon3699]

This probably actually happened no joke

[@angespice]

Jojo Moon there was only one writer, so it couldn't have

[@jojomoon3699]

Time traveler N8 Maybe it was Rian and his crazy twin conscience that had the discussion?

[@anthonygarcia8254]

That´s the saddest thing, this could be actually true.

[@timeoff8553]

Isn't that schizophrenia?

[@omarg1471]

JOJOOOOOO

[@informeducateself]

"I don't think JJ knew the answer to those questions. Have you seen Lost?" ...Ouch. That burn.

[@sabinea.4532]

informeducateself he did...all questions were answered.

[@informeducateself]

You don't know what questions I had to ask... are we talking Lost or Star Wars?

[@moonlitmonkey913]

Although in all seriousness he left after the first season. I think his original idea was something like purgatory, but the writers had a disagreement based on the fans guessing, and some other people took over. That's why its so messy.

[@MartinSawyer]

JJ only participated in 3 episodes... in the whole series.

[@witters85]

informeducateself I was a huge Lostie but you cannot argue with that haha

[@sarahalaoui5093]

This was the movie that made me stop caring about star wars

[@emrik99]

Me too

[@randomsam949]

Yup. I liked force awakens on first viewing but noticed some oddities and writing fuckups... didnt dwell on it and happily awaited the next part. Il even admit, i didnt hate it first viewing. Bits were crap but i was so happy it wasnt prequel cheese, all cgi, the fight seemed cool on a first watch. Was trying so hard to just enjoy star wars again. But i noticed it was a while before i wanted to watch it, or FA again... and that 2nd viewing just opened up so many questions. The veil slipped. This isnt what a classic movie feels like. My mind just went into overdrive picking at it...wow. What have they done 😬. Then you find some lengthy youtube massacres of it and its just ... theres no opinion in it. Its pure fact. Its fundamentally, catastrophically terrible from the ground up. Some surface level flash and pretty images over a genuine train wreck. Ive only just bothered to watch Rise....

[@markreynolds1436]

Yep

[@tomharrington1453]

​@@randomsam949 There is a WHOLE LOT of agenda in TLJ. As more time goes by, I am beginning to think a motivated group of people deliberately trashed Star Wars. I know Disney paid 4 billion dollars for the IP. So, on a macro level, Disney wanted it to succeed. But, on a micro level, the artists and storywriters they hired? I think they had a (I know this buzzword is overused but it fits) "toxic" opinion of Star Wars. They wanted to tear down Luke Skywalker. They wanted to get rid of the space battles and the light saber battles and attack the concept of "the hero's journey". From a narrative point of view the movie is a near incoherent mess. I think its pretty clear that taking shots at the image of the "powerful white male leader" (both hero and villain) was far more important than a coherent story. I am increasingly convinced the whole project was a mean spirited exercise in cultural vandalism. It was a mean joke played on all of us.

[@Reg101st]

Their merch can still be found on pegs especially the fat asian with the bad haircut.

[@theladyamalthea]

I was SO pissed off at Rose for “saving” Finn!!

[@Tigerman1138]

Me too!!!

[@mrtalos]

My partner who isn't the biggest fan of Star Wars to begin with was going WTF with that scene. It made literally no sense in any capacity.

[@dancrane3807]

totally Ok for the admiral to do a kamakazi run, but nooooo, can't let Finn do the same thing. WTH?

[@BluebirdT12]

- Wow, must be hard to defeat the evil flag ship. - Actually super easy, barely an inconvenience. - How come? - They just ram it at hyperspeed and it explodes. - Wait, they've had this technology for thousands of years, why hasn't anyone thought of that before? - I don't know... - Fair enough!

[@DG-mk7kd]

ramming things is tight

[@Vladimir_Fedorov27]

Oh yeah, but you definitely should get off my back about it)

[@DoodleThis]

My buddy strongly questioned the movie after that moment. Like why haven’t we put droids in ships to go lightspeed into star destroyers and such

[@davidk7529]

.....So technically they could have just used a bare hyperdrive as a bomb and accomplished the exact same thing without wasting a whole ship? "I see you up there on my back again, time to climb right down now!" "Alright, I'll start climbing!"

[@SolomonSide3]

I'm gonna need you to get ALL THE WAY off this back

[@morganfitzp]

The pitch meeting was better than the movie.

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

Facts

[@godzilla101188]

Pitch meetings are always better than he movie, you should watch new hope to return of the Jedi, 😂

[@morganfitzp]

Right-because dentistry without painkillers would allow me to feel something, which I did not in sitting through this mess.

[@spethmanjones2997]

A fourteen-hour video showing a day in the life of an obese walrus suffering from a savage bout of irritable bowel syndrome would be better than the movie, and shorter in runtime too.

[@DrunkTalk]

@John Wolf Disney: hold my beer

[@henrikingholt9245]

”And he’s gonna make this amazing self-sacrifice and save the day... and she swoops in and stops him!” ”Why??” ”Because she wanted a little KISS!” I love how he says that last part

[@Mopsey]

Haha!

[@jasonthesnow]

“So we’re taking everything the force awakens and throwing it away” Literally the same pitch meeting for rise of skywalker

[@Brooke-rw8rc]

Except in RoS they threw away Last Jedi and picked all the stuff from TFA back up again.

[@Oye_Oscar_Official]

Michael Timothy they also threw away return of the Jedi by bringing Palpatine back

[@OsirisLord]

Maybe this is why you don't let play Round Robin with directors on your Star Wars sequel.

[@CV-Moore]

@@OsirisLord They did it in the original trilogy

[@OsirisLord]

@@CV-Moore George Lucas was still executive producer and his wife was still editor. And they collaborated with the subsequent directors on where to take the story.

[@shadowbane7401]

Leia: *I'm Mary Poppings Y'all*

[@darthsmythe6783]

"Is he cool?"

[@TruScorpio]

🤣🤣🤣

[@LittleLightIsaOnce]

@@darthsmythe6783 "yeah hes cool"

[@GarrettTheViking]

I saw Last Jedi in the theater with my family and when Leia used the Force to fly back to the ship, my mom whispered in my ear, "I'm Mary Poppins, y'all." It was hilarious.

[@whypper8427]

@@GarrettTheViking okay she's cool

[@N8TRAIN69]

At this point I would have settled for an 80s style training montage for Rey obtaining her Jedi powers. Anything would have been better than "She's like the best Jedi ever.... because reasons"

[@chatteyj]

80s style training montages are tight

[@sagebauland4276]

Yeah she just is powerful for no reason.

[@jtbrah6995]

Because “the force is female” (smdh)

[@dumpeeplarfunny]

They could actually fix her character arc, retroactively, by explaining that the force itself is using her to balance the imbalance of dark side power, and by herself she actually wouldn't be that special. Case in point, she had an opportunity to convince Kylo that a republic is fundamentally superior to authoritarianism, but she decided to fight him instead.

[@robertgunther851]

how does she is a wound in the force sound for a good fix?

[@milestrombley1466]

Disney: "Let the past die." Fans: "We already forgot about the sequel trilogy!"

[@noirekuroraigami2270]

There was a sequel trilogy 😅. Like when was that, I watched the Mandolorian

[@MarkiLiar]

@@noirekuroraigami2270 the force awakens, the last Jedi, rise of the skywalker (the sequel trilogy)

[@shlomoshlomo963]

@@noirekuroraigami2270 the mandalorian was also pretty bad

[@MarkiLiar]

@@shlomoshlomo963 i must say you've a shitty taste

[@Wolf_3125]

There are only the Originals, the prequels, the EU, both Clone Wars shows, The Mandelorian, Bad Batch and Rogue One

[@RCBashist]

I just noticed that in this Pitch Meeting he doesn't smile excessively like he normally does.

[@theshadowman1398]

Because it’s impossible to smile when talking about this shitfest

[@Number251137]

In earlier Pitch Meetings, the tone was a lot more serious. In later Pitch Meetings, Ryan's take on the producer & writer characters was more akin to a parody. Overall, I think I like where he's gone with these characters.

[@andrewholmes3116]

@@Number251137 they have more of a character arc than anyone in the SW sequel trilogy for sure

[@Number251137]

@@andrewholmes3116 Hahahahahahahah!!!

[@car6697]

@The Shadow Man lmfao 😂 so true dude

[@daddy-wan]

"Kylo and Rey slide into each other's force DMs" Nice 😂

[@TyIbsen]

Is that a sex thing? I honestly don't know (really not a Star Wars fan), just got here for the pitch meeting fun and then to the comments for this answer, wondering if the plot is so cheap as to have that happening...

[@polyhymnia701]

Thayrone Ibsen KnightT It means that they're flirting.

[@TyIbsen]

@@polyhymnia701 Oh yeah? Okay then, thanks.

[@davidk7529]

The way he said it though....... the effect actually intensifies as you realize they're not going to address that

[@bdb1052]

Dude, force DMs lol! Dead

[@barryallen8488]

Wow. I could hear Ryan Johnson saying "You've seen Lost right? I genuinely think thats how he justified this movie to Disney

[@sanderspijkers2495]

He was right

[@hassathunter2464]

LucasFilm "He made Lost's ending? Hire this guy for ending the trilogy!"

[@Cat_Woods]

"You've seen Lost, right?" was my favorite line in the video. Glad I wasn't drinking anything at the time or I would have spit it all over the screen, laughing. I can't think of Lost without feeling angry. What a waste of all the time spent watching the series.

[@TheJohnradiv]

Cat Woods the ending of lost was really well done. What else could you have asked for?

[@IdkMaybeShawn]

It was well done for people who were just in it for the characters (mostly the binge-watchers after the fact). But for people who were more into the mysteries, especially those who were waiting a week or an off-season in between each episode and had time to think about it, it was utterly disappointing.

[@Whyzee12]

The Mary Poppins part is the hardest I’ve ever laughed at one of these. And that’s saying a lot

[@craigvasey3004]

Rewatching this to prepare for “The Rise of Skywalker” pitch meeting😂

[@ollycoleman7418]

God I hope they do it soon

[@richardroberts3719]

So Rey's like the classic "hero's journey" but with all the middle part cutout.

[@mrspidey80]

And with irrelevant parents....

[@Yatsura2]

Great, its like we saw the same youtube video...

[@loulu8699]

yup...the new Luke without a Vader blood, kinda anti climactic though

[@Yatsura2]

found the fool who commented on a video before watching it

[@bkk397]

It’s true though Although the movie ends up poaching esb (whether it wants to or not) Rey attempting to redeem Ben is a skip all the way to where Luke was in rotj

[@sir.bantalot5854]

I love how Disney took one of the most successful, well known and loved franchises in entertainment history and just shot it in the face.

[@tdd2427]

Well, to be fair LucasFilm kinda did that first with the Prequels

[@sir.bantalot5854]

T DD The prequels are better than the sequels, they actually had characters that developed, had a plotline that actually leads somewhere and didn't crap all over established star wars lore

[@sir.bantalot5854]

T DD Besides, the prequels aren't all that bad, everyone just likes to hate them

[@MiorAkif]

T DD prequels were bad, but they had a coherent story and tried to develop their characters, TLJ takes soo many unnecessary detours and has little to no attempts at character development.

[@mfaure420]

The prequels are fine if you appreciate the mythology and story of the fall of the (Roman) Republic. Granted the movies are not nearly as entertaining, but that is why Lucas started with part 4

[@charleswalas5635]

You know, he makes a really good point about the whole Leia space flight. That could have been a powerful and emotional end to her character. She could have floated off into space and then disappeared into the Force and people would have loved it. The way it was done was almost comical.

[@sorryifoldcomment8596]

They wasted all of the deaths. Especially Mark and Carrie, the deaths of Luke and Leia. They fucked all of them up and it was the one and only chance. Disrespecting the beloved characters and respected actors, who had to spend their last years filming this trilogy and a total waste of their limited time. I think that this rises above the actual content of the films. (To all the fans defending Disney still and attacking people who are upset.) This whole trilogy has been a tale of pure incompetence and blind greed. To everyone ever: Make sure defending a corporation is going to be worth it before you go and white knight for Disney, or Warner Brothers, or any studio. Same with the video game industry. People defend corporations and it never pays off for us.

[@psoma_brufd]

@@sorryifoldcomment8596 I don't defend them and I do hate the Last Jedi from most standpoints bar being a watchable film, but people do attack new things too much.

[@Statalyzer]

They had to have Leia actually some force abilities at some point. It was a cool idea, they needed to just only show it from her pov, with the ship getting closer and closer, rather than showing it from a 3rd person view where it looked really fake.

[@dakat5131]

Indeed. If they killed off Han Solo, they could have killed off Leia. And with the whole force thing, she could have talked to Kylo Ren as a force ghost and that would have been a better reveal than just kind of being around for a while.

[@wearywanderer7018]

I love when he does things like “Do you think the fans are gonna be disappointed?” “What do you mean?” Like he sometimes will act completely clueless. Fits the characters(writers) he’s portraying.

[@padcrew5647]

"Okay, so overall he looks like if Hugh Hefner fell down an elevator shaft and they... Did their best." #Epic 😂😂😂

[@TheMovieKnightProductions]

epic

[@egitamakloe388]

That’s why I liked the video

[@Dragonage2ftw]

Cringey.

[@aliciabell6688]

Hurt myself laughing...

[@user-ot7lv8su1b]

PadCrew 😂😂😂

[@Clutterbug]

You totally nailed this. I left the movie like....wtf? "So where did Snoke come from?Reys parents are no one? Wth was that ENTIRE casino crap even for???? I was beyond disappointed in this movie.

[@jaow4000]

SuperNavatar You see where Palpatine comes from, and it's explained that Anakin is the chosen one and a creation of the force... You have no argument.

[@RangerVickyJohnson]

Lucas made us wait 19 years after Palpatine's first appearance before we finally began to learn his backstory... 26 years to see him ultimately corrupt Anakin... 29 years from his first mention in A New Hope, from start to finish. So, ummm.... did we really expect all of the answers we wanted in 2 years?

[@moonie9000]

Was nobody but me impressed that all the shitty fan theories were destroyed? It made me all warm inside. Took balls to do that, and was realistic as hell.

[@Adrian_Stone]

SuperNavatar ahaha what horsesh***. If giant plot holes, awkward attempts at humor, useless sub-plots and a few Deus Ex Machinas count for a ‘sophisticated’ film I’ll stay simple thanks. PS I have a bridge to sell you.

[@cecilevans9247]

I said, "Wtf!!!???" many times during the film.

[@stephenaitcheson6626]

This is seriously alot harder to watch after seeing the Rise Of Skywalker.

[@spongebobsquarepants2981]

dang bruh

[@davidhoffman6980]

I saw Rise of Skywalker. I don't see how it makes this any harder. If anything it validates Ryan guessing that the "Mystery Boxes" were empty.

[@kneegear5123]

David Hoffman Rise of Skywalker didn’t prove TFA mystery box was empty. It was because TLJ destroyed so many questions (without setting up anything) that it was difficult to salvage. For example, If Rian didn’t kill snoke, JJ didn’t have to bring back palpatine

[@davidhoffman6980]

@@kneegear5123 Fair enough. But I've seen Lost and I'm pretty sure the boxes were empty from the start.

[@user-xx6vy9ri8p]

@@kneegear5123 JJ could bring back any other sith, but he chose Palpatine, who was obliterated...

[@Trilaan]

"Oh and, ya know how so many people grew up with Luke being an amazing Jedi Master in the Expanded Universe books?" "Oh, yeah, I loved those books! So will Luke be an amazing Jedi Master?" "No, he's going to screw up VERY badly in a flashback, put the whole galaxy in danger and then run away from the problems he created because he figures the best thing he can do is die quietly." "Oh, so does he have a change of heart and save the day at least?" "Yeah, he does but it's like, really hard and he dies and, like Obi-Wan and Yoda, his entire body disappears into the Force." "What about his robot hand?" "His robot hand?" "Yeah, do robot parts become one with the Force, too? It doesn't seem like they would. I would think it would fall to the ground when he disappears." "Oh, well, that would ruin the gravity of the scene so we're not doing that." "Oh, alright, continue."

[@markyates5744]

That's gold! Never thought about that. And done in the same style!

[@newgate-zerohour]

This is by far my favourite comment on any Screen Rant video xD

[@somethingsomething7507]

I actually think his body dissolving and to see the hand drop in the sand would add to the gravity. It has a more lonely, sacrificial feeling to it. If only the people working on the movie actualy cared about those things.

[@benjaminallen1346]

@@somethingsomething7507 I mostly did this to reply to a reply to a reply. But also that’s is super deep I wish you were on the writing team.

[@TathD]

Since the sequels are basically just a rehashing of the original trilogy, they gave Luke the role of Yoda. He's not the hero, so they couldn't show him as all-powerful and solving all the problems. Now unlike with Yoda, there was pressure to let him save the day at least once, so they struck a compromise.

[@GregTom2]

- And what about Luke? - He's going to stay on the planet until a fight in the end. - So he does come to join the resistance after all? - No, he's still on the island, using force magic. - Oh, okay, so I guess you're mostly saving the big scenes for the third movie? - No he dies. - He dies?! - Couldn't keep Mark around. Creative differences. - Oh, okay. But how? - We just took a scene where he was seen meditating and reworked it so he vanishes in post-production. - Okay.

[@chrisw9534]

GregTom2 Haha creative differences. Seems to be a big problem at Disney.

[@itzhen7032]

Chris Warmuth that why they keep fiering directors all the time

[@FrancisXLord]

You realise that this is probably the most accurate interpretation of what happened, don't you? I make films myself (short ones only so far) and I spotted that the shot of Luke vanishing was a last minute addition, roughly inserted. I also remembered Mark Hamill's face the night of the first premiere and realised what the expressions were on his face - the first was disbelief (otherwise known as 'denial') and the second, directed clearly in Rian Johnson's direction, was anger. Denial and anger are the first two stages of grief. Why would he be grieving is the question you should ask yourself. If he already knew Luke was going to die, why grieve for his character? Unless - shock horror - he didn't know...

[@oni101]

He DIES?! Luke Skywalker DIES? The Jedi who beat Darth Vader dies? How? Super easy, barely and inconvenience.

[@agapeleone5847]

GregTom2 GREAT COMMENT

[@MLightning24]

But they managed to free the slave animals, so they said no matter what happens this was all worth it. Not the slave children? No, they're still slaves. That part really got me! Haha!

[@AugustHawk]

Yeah, and Finn was a janitor and no one's complaining..........Disney thumbed EVERYBODY in this trash film!

[@mar10ssj1]

To be fair, those kids where brats and at least aren't wearing Leia's slave outfit. Imagine if they where? Actually, don't imagine that.

[@dhruvmashru5449]

you know those animals probably got captured again right lmao how far could they have gone

[@Sraye]

Not to mention the slave animals will probably be baited and caught a few weeks or months later. Maybe even killed and sold for meat as revenge. The children probably received a good number of beatings for their misbehavior. Finn and Rose didn't do a single favor for the people on that planet, just roughed things up a bit for a few days.

[@ManOutaBricks1]

And those slave kids are the ones who need to clean up and repair the casinos...

[@qodeshgraphics]

The Last Jedi's failures were so unexpected that I literally formed an amnesiac barrier around it to the point where I only remembered brief images of the most iconic scenes until I started watching reviews on it more recently. Didn't even bother going to see the Rise of Skywalker. The Last Jedi was too depressing to even put in the effort.

[@Nicamon]

I saw all 3 movies and"The Last Jedi"is the only 1 I truly liked(to the point it's my 2nd favorite of ALL the SW movies). The other 2 were a disappoitment.

[@Cuythulu]

He didn´t even mention the fact that they dropped bombs in space, you know with zero gravity.

[@arthurballs9632]

So. Would the bombs: A. Just float away randomly? B. Continue travelling at the same speed and in the same direction as they did when they left the bomber (which, like all SW space crafts, had artificial gravity)?

[@Cuythulu]

@@arthurballs9632 C. Preserve their angular momentum. They'd definitly not fall down.

[@arthurballs9632]

@@Cuythulu C's just paraphrasing B

[@Cuythulu]

@@arthurballs9632 unless you're saying the bombs would fall in outer space the exact same way they would inside the atmosphere you're just arguing for the sake of arguing.

[@arthurballs9632]

@@Cuythulu Is English not your first language, or are you utterly dishonest?

[@vf1rj371]

"It's like the classic hero's journey but you cut off the middle part". LOL!

[@Florida_Bullfrog]

Most accurate commentary I've seen from the critic community concerning the movie. Thanks for keeping it real.

[@sokka44]

Florida Bullfrog watch the video by Dishonored Wolf

[@ediblistic5783]

agreed

[@mar10ssj1]

Yes, let the hate flow through you.

[@feedme8991]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/goHWg6NtqrqLi80

[@lapplandkun9273]

@@mar10ssj1 Whatever you think, dude. Bad film regardless of what you say, and you can't really counter any of the criticisms

[@tumsfestival8027]

You can tell Ryan was actually mad about this movie. His tone is way more serious even for early pitch meetings

[@Nikki_the_G]

No, it's just one of the earliest ones, they were all like this.

[@christianschoff2490]

Ryan liked this movie.

[@Civmiiuydux]

You also have to remember that Rey's internal conflict in Force Awakens was that she hoped that her family would come back for her, even though she didn't really believe it. She never had any expectation or reason to believe that they weren't "nobodies." In Last Jedi when Kylo Ren tells her that they were nobodies she should have just said "Why would I have thought otherwise?" Rian Johnson got confused between the fans thinking her parents were somebody important and Rey thinking it.

[@davidfriend4328]

You're dead right! I've never considered that before.

[@doc-holliday-]

Round head johnson was too busy destroying star wars to give af. He wanted to subvert expectations, doesnt matter how nonsensical or uninteresting any of his subversions were. Just look at how many brain dead morons ate it up.

[@richardbrout2242]

The ironic part... This Pitch makes it sound much better than it actually was.

[@vampirecount3880]

indeed

[@raimo1985]

"I'm Mary Poppins, Y'all!"

[@tiberiius]

Is he cool? ;)

[@raimo1985]

tiberiius Hell yeah, he's cool.

[@Incessuserro]

"I'm Rick James bitch!"

[@forte2337]

brilliant!

[@Theendman42]

+Hayate But so much worse.

[@BodyByBenSLC]

Leia can survive blaster fire, explosions and the vacuum of space. Luke dies from thinking too hard.

[@zacmoisoff8165]

I was looking forward to him saying "so lukes a a child murderer now" "what?"

[@bkk397]

Like father like son I guess

[@johnnyvivic8730]

"Well I thought she was really under-used in the first movie" "AGREED!" "So I did that again!" LOL

[@aarongreenfield9038]

Snoke should've bought the loot boxes!

[@AurioDK]

He did, no legendaries or even epics for him though. I am sure he did if you read between the lines.

[@Shadx27]

Rey got most of them.

[@mumco12]

The Spark he got the golden playboy robe though

[@seaneas7054]

Died because he couldn't, smart EA. Even if they were there he wouldn't have gotten anything Rey couldn't have.

[@saiksaikatai594]

he did but ren didit too and a batter fetch

[@sterlingmarsh7999]

This pitch meeting was much more entertaining than the last Star Wars movies, especially episodes 7-9 and Solo!

[@kojimo1313]

"You seeing this?" - Why is that the best comedy line ever? Someone explain!

[@thegreatders344]

Holdo is really a hero. By killing herself, she saved us from having to see her ever again!

[@naughtyskywalker9292]

Oh thank God. I prefer she would have died due to an allergy attack.

[@BryonLape]

Force ghost in 9

[@thektorMK1]

The silver lining

[@stpaulimdog]

Had enough of that nebulous long necked weirdo for sure.

[@nasirthesenatejohnson6935]

GINNVNGAGAP I wish all the new characters (except Poe) would follow in her footsteps

[@SynfulShadows]

Anyone else binge-watching every single one of these?

[@brimstoneloa]

Me. I am. Totally. Barely and inconvenience...

[@Damien-oi4vv]

Anthony Pearson yeah, binge watching these is tight

[@PotrzebieConolly]

I didn't want to, but I can't stop ...

[@andyappleton3353]

Yup. I've found another youtube channel to binge. Ya find one ya like and it becomes addiction.

[@voievodultitirezsocolescuy7121]

yes, at work ;))

[@Malachum93]

just look at 5:17 and pause... pure bliss

[@kenoanderson2889]

Who came here after Rise of Skywalker?

[@lordrevanz16]

@@morecurlsmoregurls2607 ROS is trash too. J.J. is a hack and has ruined Star Trek and Star Wars, he shouldn't be allowed near a movie studio ever again.

[@generalgrievousxxx]

Me lol

[@MartianFruit]

He explained it all and made the last Jedi decent

[@MartianFruit]

Revan Redeemed S H U T

[@lordrevanz16]

@@MartianFruit if by explained it all you mean explained almost nothing, failed to finish most character arcs, created more loose ends instead of tying them all together, and focusing on making the movie look pretty so you won't notice his lack of ability, then sure J.J. did a great job at those things.

[@michaeldinsdale9709]

Leia be like, "I'M LEIA POPPINS YA'LL!!"

[@risingofthethorn1197]

all this reminds me of is a better sci-fi movie I could be watching.

[@sneakyquick]

I will never complain about Annie, Midichloreans, or Jar Jar Binks Again......

[@peppermillers8361]

Adam Berendt I would.

[@jekyllhirsi1009]

I would complain about both

[@ddwow566]

U exaggerate they were way worse

[@matthewclark7952]

Haha, I actually had very similar thoughts after watching TLJ...

[@edwardyang8254]

Well said!

[@michaelb.1343]

"it's like the hero's journey but you cut out all the middle stuff" LMAO :)

[@TexZenMaster]

"It's a slow process. Which we call active measures . The first stage being demoralization . It takes from 15-20 years to demoralize a nation. The next is destabilization . What matters is essentials, economy, foreign relations, defense systems. The next stage is crisis . Followed by a violent change of economic structure & politics. Finally, there is a period of normalization It will last indefinitely." -KGB defector, yuri bezmenov. (we are on year 13 of the first step)

[@cold_chili3356]

2:32 The bit about Leia flying back is hilarious.

[@LeadFootash23]

Have her fly back like Mary Poppins 😂

[@dantevelez531dv]

Ash Done “I really like Mary poppins” lol

[@aegisghost]

"I'M MARY POPPINS Y'ALL!" - Taken from a far more interesting film

[@tedymourinho3633]

aegisghost guardians of the galaxy? Lol

[@Wiffernubbin]

aegisghost Ironically, Guardians 1 and 2 are two of the best star wars movies I've seen.

[@micahnewman]

Nailed it SO HARD.

[@brycekeyes6787]

This is my favorite Pitch Meeting... Well placed, hilarious jabs one after the other

[@Bertaut]

Flying space Leia was the moment this franchise died.

[@Minotaur-ey2lg]

I would argue it died when they made an incompetent remake of A New Hope, i.e. Force Awakens.

[@carle7626]

Starting production on the first film of a trilogy without even the vaguest sense of an outline for the said trilogy was the moment this franchise died. Leia Poppins was just the audible visual evidence of the flatline...

[@tonyv2373]

@@Minotaur-ey2lg If A New Force Hope Awakens actually led to a good franchise it would have been ok in retrospect.

[@renzokukenleneyoyo522]

Force awakens killed it... last jedi was just the final nail in the coffin.

[@valueinvestor77]

No. It was Phantom Menace.

[@streglof]

this sums it all up way too perfectly

[@zeitGGeist]

"I thought she was really underused in the first movie" "AGREED" "so yeah, I did that again.."

[@ivoluijendijk5529]

Its even funnier if you imagine Kathleen Kennedy and Rian Johnson. I can totally see this be their actual pitch meeting

[@BenjisBoxingChannel]

This was a great documentary

[@hunter5822]

100% accurate except it’s missing many of the other terrible choices. And the part where they distracted all the ceos with jangly keys while they filmed the jangly keys.

[@MyBeAtRsRyrHeAtErs]

👏🏼

[@johnhenderson1760]

I saw this a couple weeks ago before seeing the movie yesterday. Recalling the comments from this video nearly made me spew my soda when I saw the scenes in the movie. Particularly the Mary Poppins scene. I wasn't sure that you were not making things up.

[@StarWarsomania]

John Henderson IKR!!?! I thought the "thrown in jail for parking wrong" and "Poe made a Yo Momma joke" were exaggerations. Guess who was staring at the screen in disbelief.

[@romilrh]

Things JJ introduced that Rian Johnson destroyed: - Rey giving the lightsaber to Luke - the mystery of Rey's parents - Snoke - Snoke's cool star destroyer - Kylo Ren's helmet - Captain Phasma

[@KM-dk5gn]

LMAO, you really nailed just how bad this movie was! Rian Johnson successfully subverted my expectations by making me never to want to pay to watch another Star Wars movie in a theatre again! Even after the prequels I thought I'd at least see every Star Wars movie in the theatre at least once! Rian Johnson is the master of subverting expectations no doubt!

[@myTERAexperience]

Yep. I'll never pay for any film Rian Johnson touches. Isn't he slated to do more actual star wars movies too? 🤔 🤣 I won't even watch those for free.

[@oldschool8330]

@@myTERAexperience he was, then after Disney realised how awful the last Jedi was, they cancelled the planned trilogy with that round headed Buffoon at the helm.

[@myTERAexperience]

@@oldschool8330 awesome. I may watch more star wars then. Lol

[@StarWarsMoments]

Bye Felicia.

[@tomgnau]

Spot on. Bravo. Spot. Freakin'. On. You can't see me right now, but I'm slow-clapping. Well, actually, I'm typing. But when I'm finished typing, I will be slow-clapping, I can assure you.

[@subfloor2022]

I love the part where Holdo's super secret genius plan gets everyone killed. That's so smart.

[@andyandy2629]

Did you even watch the film? Holdo's plan would have saved many people. It was Poe who got many people killed by not trusting Leia's friend. I know this is a last jedi hate page so I expect no one to think.

[@stevievago699]

Andy Andy I think that Holdo couldn't have been any more suspicious about her plan. Was there any reason she had to withhold the information from Poe and the others? Maybe she just didn't trust Poe, but then you can't expect Poe to trust this person who is seemingly letting the crew die by doing nothing just because she's Leia's friend.

[@MiorAkif]

Andy Andy Do you even have common sense? She could have told poe her plan and he wouldn't have to suspect her, thus would not have acted as he did. I know you like to justify anything under the sun (even if it's objectively flawed), so you'll obviously disagree with me.

[@MiorAkif]

Paul Martin lol

[@tempjohn3510]

Paul Martin yes well go watch the transformers then because those movies look cool but everything regarding the plot is trash if you...think

[@nightpandas7178]

Buying the most successful film franchise of all time for billions of dollars and running it into the ground and calling it fan service is tight

[@thebraveguy9808]

1:43 funny thing is ROS basically proved him right...

[@atticstattic]

This was better than the actual movie!

[@gnomismocultural8547]

shove it then

[@Theendman42]

You are right, this had humor, this had truth, this had depth, it had everything the film lacked, and was so much better for it.

[@busstaboy]

understatement

[@THESNEAKERADDICT]

This video > The Last Jedi Movie

[@AtomicThomas]

THESNEAKERADDICT couldn't stop laughing 😂😂😂

[@DarkBath]

Anything > The Last Jedi Movie

[@hellokoukkouk6007]

no

[@vazquezb2011]

This comment > The Last Jedi movie.

[@nasirthesenatejohnson6935]

My toenails > The Last Jedi

[@DevinPosey20]

Who’s here after The Rise of Skywalker?

[@potterheadproductions5526]

Me

[@luckywang141]

After you watch several of these "super easy, barely an inconvenience" causes automatic laughter

[@pittenjd]

Omg the accuracy HURTS

[@andyabdullah3324]

Hahaha this is gold. It is almost exactly everything that i thought were wrong in the movie.

[@jojojiji2358]

Andy Abdullah yeah me too. They forgot to mention the slow motion

[@askagorn]

I was so worried Mike was going to like it. Very relieved when I realized they all agreed with me.

[@marinvracevic]

Came back after the 300th episode (I think this is the first PM I ever saw), because they made a comment of how grounded it was. I love pitch meetings, I watch then as they drop to this day, but after rewatching this one I feel they became super hyperactive and filled to the brim with catchphrases. I mean you like every step of the way, every new catchphrase is cool and stuff but then you look at the whole picture and idk. I still really enjoy them, but I would like to see a chill episode, one catchphrase and more common and grounded dialogue.

[@balrighty3523]

5:45 "What do you think of The Last Jedi? Where does it rank?" Excellent phrasing. Imma say everywhere. It ranks everywhere.

[@StormflameMW]

"We kind of baited fans for two years with questions like who's Snoke and now he's dead." D&D: Just watch what we do with our *night king* in Game of Thrones. Muahahahaha! (Hint: *8 years* )

[@jpesmar]

Back at Disney: Go hire those guys! They know what's up.

[@StormflameMW]

@@jpesmar Disney: We always listen to our fans! D&D will make an "Old Republic" trilogy!

[@abdelrahmanamr651]

@@StormflameMW if they(D&D and Disney) touch that peace of Gold and Diamond, they ARE DEAD!

[@mihaitha]

@@abdelrahmanamr651 you're not up to date with the news, ha?

[@LeoSkyro]

Damn, hack white dudebro screenwriters failing upwards in Hollywood are multiplying like the plague

[@DukeJon1969]

Very amusing. The most depressing part is that there are so many WTF lame things in the movie that aren't even covered in this video.

[@jawasstolemydroid4930]

Yes, I agree... Space nuns on Luke's Island of Misfit Jedi.

[@AngryGoats555]

Or the awful artistic choices on Canto Bight

[@dustinnettles5795]

Furious Furian they had five minutes not five hours.

[@worthit1722]

Still, Admiral Ackbar should at least get a mention.

[@reezlaw]

This is the one pitch meeting than more than any other borders on straight criticism

[@SagaciousFrank]

"... you've seen Lost". 😂 I remember catching a glimpse of that show and releasing that they had no idea where that show was going.

[@Royce12]

Pretty much.. right on the money. The movie looks FANTASTIC and I was entertained but it all falls apart as soon as you start processing what you saw.

[@ARS_Time_Bomb]

Royce12 true!

[@blackfrancis55]

Exactly. Some people definitely haven't processed it yet. Some will like it no matter what, because.... like.......Star Wars. I had an hour drive home after the movie to think about it. By the time I was home, I had decided it was a bad movie, and not worth seeing again.

[@alexmcbride7563]

blackfrancis55 I humbly disagree, I’ve had two days to think about the movie and the more I do the more I like it.

[@gokux75]

Just like the plot of Mass Effect 2 lol.

[@MatalinoMusicWorks]

Welcome to pretty much the same shit as alternate universe, where everything goes unanswered and everything is... well... expanded.

[@minusmimik8622]

the answer to what does kylo Ren look like without his shirt on: S Q U A R E

[@MarcusTullman]

He just looks *wrong*, like his head is too tiny for his massive chest and shoulders.

[@mconrad8243]

Has to wear a high-waist tight belly band because his tummy is round. Eats ice-cream when depressed.

[@IIKiboshII]

@@MarcusTullman They shot him at a really fucked up angle. Not surprising given the rest of the direction.

[@dickcheesemcgee6978]

Ben swalo

[@youwanagethi]

The shape of EVIL!

[@mattpetty448]

He forgot to mention reusing Finn's character progression from the first one lol

[@CaptainNow2]

I have been watching these pitch meeting videos for an hour straight when I am supposed to be working from home. *ZERO REGRETS*

[@berenthebear8953]

I love this rant, best TLJ rant I ever seen great job. This is 10x better than the movie and didn't take away 3hrs of my life in the process.

[@nasirthesenatejohnson6935]

Chad Reisman Facts

[@BakedCd]

"So you know how Luke is supposed to be a really powerful force user right?" "Yeh." "Well I was thinking, in order to save the day.... he uses the force to make a hologram..." "Okay..." "Then he fools Kylo into thinking he's actually there, just to buy time." "That's it?" "No." "Oh okay, so what happens next?" "Luke dies." "Just like that?" "Yup, just like that. Poof!" "Brilliant!"

[@Endlessvoidsutidos]

ironicly the porgs and the crystal fox's were some of the only good things about the moive XD

[@beckettmaffei]

Well... no?

[@GeorgeMonet]

3:18 I mean this would be thrilling as a drama where the writer was interested in delving really strongly into character development. That was basically the entire plot of Speed. But it takes a very experienced hand to make that kind of setting work.

[@chrisw9534]

Rian Johnson needs to see this. Also, thank you for being the only person I have seen to address BB8 being way OP in this film, although I really wish you had made fun of him driving a chicken walker and somehow making it sprint through a burning ship that's also falling apart.

[@arichutfles9550]

You missed another big merchandising moment. They threw in a black and silver bb8 in one shot so they can sell more of the bb8 remote control toys, but recolored.

[@SuperLloyd84]

Mmm, value-added. I have a RAGING synergistic erection right now.

[@manuelcarrizosa8080]

Oh yeah, forgot about Darth BB8 haha.

[@calbacoller897]

This was brutal, and brutally funny.

[@gordontarpley]

Thats me as C-3PO and my friend Dan's R2-D2 at 4:49!

[@connorseidel7197]

I love how he's more serious in this one than any other Pitch Meeting.

[@Photosounder]

Yeah, not the same energy, not as ｓｕｐｅｒ　ｔｉｇｈｔ

[@blueguygaming1330]

Nice Rin profile pic

[@connorseidel7197]

@@blueguygaming1330 Thanks :-)

[@spongebobsquarepants2981]

What's a rin?

[@connorseidel7197]

@@spongebobsquarepants2981 It's my name, Mr. Squarepants.

[@ShifuCareaga]

this really needs to trend.

[@TheBo]

Shifu Careaga “It’s time...for the Jedi...to trend”.

[@DheerajSukumaran]

I'm watching the entire star wars franchise in the timeline order, and have been watching the pitch meeting of each one right after i watch the movie.

[@Concord003]

When I first saw this sketch I laughed. When I see it now for the second time, I'm kind of sad. All of this is so on point that it hurts.

[@mipmipmipmipmip]

I've been watching pitch meetings in random order and this is the only one where you can feel there's actual pain and misery.