Why the Music in The Rise of Skywalker Felt Misleading

[@doxazo5512]

Poor John Williams, man. I can just imagine him going into TFA and asking about Rey’s story so he can set things up in advance musically, and Disney just looks at him and shrugs

[@_vakas]

Well her theme does sound like Palpatine's

[@leightonpetty4817]

@@_vakas That was not a planned detail, her theme was made intentionally flexible so later they could decide what to do with her character

[@_vakas]

@@leightonpetty4817 Regardless, the concept of Rey Palpatine has existed since the development of TFA.

[@GingerAls]

@@_vakas but just because it was an idea back then, doesn't mean it was the plan. The force awakens sets up a mystery behind Reys backstory, The last Jedi throws that out the window, and this one brings it back because JJ Abrams wanted to pay off on his mystery. she didn't have to be anyone, but they retconned it

[@makisbizarreadventure4669]

@Ruosong Gao Daisy Ridley has come out about this. They wanted to tease that she could possibly be a Kenobi or a Palpatine, etc. But then they changed their minds and went with no one. Then JJ came in and wanted to change that. There was no clear direction on where they wanted to take her character's bloodline and you can find this interview with her online easily.

[@blanketpineapple]

"Why the music in the Rise Of Skywalker felt misleading" Sideways said calmly.

[@wisdommanari6701]

Lol I see what you did there

[@laufert7100]

I understood that reference

[@codyy729]

@@laufert7100 I understood that reference

[@neooblisk0084]

@@codyy729 I understood that reference

[@kyleking3839]

@@neooblisk0084 I understood that reference

[@misterface4547]

You can’t blame John Williams for the music in this movie, because he had to create music for a movie that didn’t even know its own plot

[@tiaaaron3278]

Yeah but he shouldn't have been nominated for an Oscar.

[@blokey8]

More that it was trying to carry three movies' worth of plot whilst not really having a story

[@jotarokujo7321]

And you know that John loves this series, and Disney just shafted him

[@blokey8]

@@jotarokujo7321 If I recall, he had intended to just do VII and step away, but loved writing music for Rey.

[@undeadknight01]

@@blokey8 Is that why someone else composed Rogue One and Solo? Or did he just sign on to do the main installments?

[@channelman4321]

Very upsetting fact: John Williams got nominated for Best Original Score for the sequels, but was completely snubbed for the prequels.

[@trevorbilliot2625]

John Williams himself is a legend but the soundtrack for the sequel trilogy is hardly original

[@Deathpool_04]

Yeah, that really sucks. Williams went hard in those movies, especially ROTS. Say what you want about the prequels but his work was amazing there.

[@silversunset]

Proof we don’t live in a meritocracy

[@tanmaydeshpande]

@@Deathpool_04 Prequels had an *amazing* soundtrack. Duel of the Fates is probs my favourite score out of all the films

[@AgusMat-ps5xo]

@@trevorbilliot2625 right cause the prequels are so original

[@crimsonhawk52]

They should've used the "lifting vehicles out of water" theme when Palpatine lifts the destroyer.

[@Dragontrumpetare]

That sounds too non-evil... lol

[@qwerfa]

Actually would have been a cool idea. Change key signatures, or use a retrograde of Yoda's theme, or something like that to link the two most powerful (arguably) and erudite force users in the movie universe, but still give the emperor a fitting a fitting music while it's happening.

[@TasX]

And then Yoda forces puts it back down because now force ghosts can do stuff irl

[@thehiraethserendipity3425]

@@TasX This. When Obi Wan dies he cant use any powers to affect objects, but SUDDENLY, now ghost Luke is completely able to lift a whole x-wing. Its so wrong on so many levels. Edit: Also realised from comments that this isnt the only case as Yoda also does something like this with lightning. Love the comments here. The whole thing with ghosts should not exist in my mind either. Or at least it should bemore consistent. Either it is a ghost in the living persons mind or the atoms of the dead still have an effect on the force. The second would be brilliant but nah, they chose to let the ghosts do their own thing like some gods or something. I dont like it.

[@hector6715]

Lmao that would be hilarious

[@PvtDonutDJ88]

Pointing all this out to someone who didn’t realize all these mistakes, just makes the music extremely 4th wall breaking because you realize the music is used for the audience, not for the story. It’s almost perfect for the Disney trilogy because it’s the end goal they had in mind, like you said Disney was making movies in response to audience reaction. They only made movies to bring in the Star Wars nostalgia audience. Not to make a cohesive trilogy.

[@FlyingFocs]

It's kind of amazing when a movie can show you what other, also not-great movies did better. Like, Godzilla: King of the Monsters uses variations of the original Akira Ifukube tracks, but at LEAST uses them in moments where they would make sense.

[@pendaco]

All thanks to JJ Abrams, the biggest repurposer that EVER lived!

[@CaptCondor]

That's a pretty good point. Even Williams says it in one of the clips, saying "the audience would love it" if the same music returns at that point. I haven't seen the last movie, but I listened to the music and I can pretty much agree with the videos title. It's incredibly bland. Accomplished - because John Williams is a master at his craft - but very uninspired all in all. I wonder how much of it was his choice compared to JJ Abrams choice.

[@starflix9751]

i disagree, i do believe the trilogy has many mistakes how ever if you take away the memes from the prequels... the two trilogy's are equally as bad really, and i'm not even just an og trilogy fan i still love all these stories not to say some of them aren't very good. i think Disney's mistake with the sequel trilogy is evidence that they did want to make a cohesive trilogy but simply failed. that mistake was trying to get 3 different directors to take over each individual movie, they did originally want JJ to do all the movies but after he turned it down they settled on using 3 different directors to try and give each movie a different theme and feeling too it, at the core they really did try to make a meaningful trilogy... they just didn't do a good job.

[@christianfaux736]

Yeah. And the fans braying like donkeys every time Disney made any move probably had a lot to do with why IX was such an incoherent mess.

[@JakeJarBinks]

This movie doesn’t care about leitmotifs and meanings it cares about music sounding cool and nostalgic.

[@realar]

That's this ENTIRE trilogy now.

[@jerdasaurusrex557]

That's what worried me about TFA and what vindicated me when I watched TROS.

[@voxorox]

It also doesn't care about character, plot, tension, story structure, or anything else that makes a movie worthwhile.

[@cjhlsdfj]

Correction: It cares about money. Clarification: The original trilogy only cared about EARNING money; the new trilogy only cares about money itself, in the abstract, devoid of any method of obtaining it.

[@notmocka]

Wheres the quote from Disney's ceo saying that he only cares about money again?

[@EthalaRide]

Every time he goes "huHMMMMMMM?!?!" He just sounds like a really frustrated Yoda, and I _love it._ It's like Yoda is channeling himself through Sideways and roasting the misuse of motifs.

[@leviathxns]

Oh dude it's so funny, I thought he was going to reference it

[@alexkay6676]

There's a point where he makes that noise and Rey makes a face at the same time. Makes it look like she's making the noise.

[@ronaldomoura1932]

Yoda always was a very patient and calm guy, but even him cant stand the sequel trilogy

[@poorchoiceofwords7126]

I like that idea

[@eesr]

Theory: huHMMMMMMM?!?! is yodas leitmotif and Sideways is referencing that leitmotif by saying it

[@AtomicSuperMe]

“We should use yoda’s theme” “Is that a good idea” “Yeah the fans will love it” Basically the entire sequel trilogy

[@jessya775]

To quote sideways: don't tell me I'm responsible for this HOLY FU..

[@snoopdoggydogg94]

Remember what they said publicly when they first annonce the sequels??? "We wanna make these movies for the fans" - Kathleen Kennedy

[@darth_home_invader3748]

@@snoopdoggydogg94 well that was bullshit

[@tanmaydeshpande]

@@darth_home_invader3748 yup. Kennedy basically destroyed Lucas' legacy in so many ways. "The force is female" and that kind of bullshit

[@gcahbm]

*The fans hated it

[@dougthedonkey1805]

So we have: “The epic space scene theme” “The people talking theme” “The scene where the X-wing gets forced out of water theme” “The imperial March but a little sweeter sounding theme” “The leia talking to someone theme”

[@christianwise637]

Thanks! I hate it!

[@dougthedonkey1805]

@Lord Chuffnell hey man you kind of accidentally commented your bait in my replies instead of the actual comment section

[@mothichorror446]

@Lord Chuffnell that you're a ponce who signs their comments in an attempt to sound prestigious, but just making yourself look like a tit?

[@TheSoulGlitch]

@@dougthedonkey1805 Yeah, but no, leitmotifs mean something to the characters they are meant to represent and while they can re-contextualize over time. Using them haphazardly for the 9th movie in a 4 decade long musical tapestry to "Symbolize a quality", might both diminish their meaning and subconsciously confuse an audience. This kind of re-contextualizing is basically musical pandering and is a cheap trick to evoke an emotional response from the audience in the same vein of killing off characters but also they are alive in the next scene.

[@Csilaverte]

@@mothichorror446 he is joking. What he has written is obviously a farce.

[@birdedex]

why hire John Williams if you're just going to reduce his role down to music supervisor?

[@bucktoothbill5334]

Its like hiring Anakin to supervise the elimination of the younglings. While a clone does it.

[@oscar598]

So his name can appear and Disney can say we got people who worked on the original on the new films

[@charmandyorton006]

I think he does conduct the orchestra, but that’s not the same as writing the original music. It’s like getting Nick Glennie-Smith to conduct while the editor throws a bunch of Hans Zimmer discography into a blender moment by moment and the movie says “Hey guys! You remember the Remote Control Productions sound and love it so much, right??”

[@flightlesslord2688]

damn

[@Destroyer2150]

More like a consultant tbh. Calling him supervisor is a overstatement

[@eduardo6296]

Something that hit me after rewatching this video: Not even Cats made Sideways as angry as this movie. What an accomplishment.

[@jfarrar19]

I think the time Hugh Jackman sang after spending like 2 days dehydrating himself did too. Note: you generally die after 3-7 days without water.

[@offsewingdragons9142]

….” *GENERALLY?!* “

[@shinndig1293]

Then he’s stupid.

[@stevenneiman1554]

You might not approve of a trash fire, but it's still better than setting the Mona Lisa on fire and making Da Vinci keep working on it while it burns.

[@John.McMillan]

​@@jfarrar19If you can survive 7 days without water I'll be surprised

[@purplee24]

Rey: Buries Anakin’s lightsaber in the sand on Tatooine where he was enslaved and his mother died Anakin: >:|

[@pepsiman1488]

he hates sand

[@seanmurphy3430]

Also buries Leia's lightsaber on Tatooine, a place where she has never been.

[@lizzysiambread3130]

@Sean Murphy Actually she was in Return of the Jedi (Jabba‘s palace)

[@ShirDeutch]

@@seanmurphy3430 she was there once and got roped into sex slavery. Worst vacation ever.

[@silversunset]

I don’t think Rey realized how many negative connotations Tatooine has for the Skywalker family :/ 1. Anakin hates sand. It's course, rough and irritating. And it gets everywhere. 2. Anakin and his mother were enslaved there. 3. Shmi literally died on Tatooine. 4. Leia was forced into slavery. -5. Luke's aunt and uncle died there (but it's not technically the planet's fault so I won't count it. )- I get it. Tatooine means a lot and has a lot of sentimental value and is VERY ICONIC. But it's also a sh*thole in the middle of nowhere

[@charmandyorton006]

Sideways before 2020: Pretty chill dude Sideways during 2020: A combination of the quarantine and some misplaced music in movies is pushing him to insanity

[@sheevbaratholone1963]

Before TROS you mean

[@viscountrainbows6452]

I'll take your word for it but if he has changed, then it is merely an adaptation. ＧＯＯＢＬＥＧＯＢＢＬＥ

[@ZaLewdWarudo]

"Cashing in on nostalgia" is the motto of modern day Disney.

[@masterpenguin8472]

Yeah, even the Disney on Ice show, I thought was rather hollow and pointless.

[@NotTheStinkyCheese]

cashing in has been Disney's motto since they were one of the reasons the copyright laws extended to 70+ years (or whatever it is) then again ... they are a business. and as crude as that sounds ... that means they are literally only interested in extracting as much money from you by any means.possible (but hey ... I hope that's just me being cynical and there still are people that care about art & entertainment at Disney & co)

[@DarthRelkew]

@@NotTheStinkyCheese you're not wrong, that's the whole point of a business.

[@steevrawjers]

ZaLewdWarudo and selling crap is their game

[@calebmurphy9406]

"Cashing in on nostalgia" is the motto of Hollywood, not Disney. It's what you fanboys pay to see, that's why they bank on it.

[@FatPankakes101]

Dude, you miss the point. It’s not the force theme, it’s the HORSE theme. That’s while it plays when they’re riding space horses.

[@alisaurus4224]

No, wait. FORCE is a synonym for POWER and when they ride the space horses it’s HORSEPOWER. It all fits!

[@dragonflower50]

The Force is a Horse, of course of course.

[@vioname]

Such puns. Much wow.

[@spooderman6312]

Hah, those geniuses at disney knew from the start. They did plan this trilogy well after all

[@antonyduhamel1166]

I'm now attempting to picture Horse Lightning...

[@JordanSullivanadventures]

I'm sure John Williams is really happy he specifically wrote a theme for lifting vehicles out of the water.

[@vaqalarxornawosk1731]

X wings lifting, if it was generally about vehicles then it would be played during the palpatines star destroyer lifting

[@pikselsmasher7810]

Maybe hes mostly happy about the people are talking theme. YOu can never have enough of these themes XD

[@andrewpalmer1873]

Should be on the back of every car as they are backing out.

[@LON009]

They should have played the theme from Cloud City when Lando appeared, or, for more "consistency" his theme from Solo, if there was any I can't remember.

[@noahgodard3338]

That's the American Dream

[@ryanedwardofficial]

Dear Disney, please release the 3 hours of music that John recorded. Don’t just waste it, please.

[@PerfectTangent]

How about: Dear Disney, please use your limitless money to make good movies?

[@kadenstewart7761]

Seriously tho, it would be a waste of music that could probably be comparable to someone getting the original score for like Beethoven and thanos snapping it

[@soundtrackfan6002]

There's a petition for it: www.change.org/p/the-walt-disney-company-release-the-complete-soundtracks-from-the-star-wars-episodes-by-john-williams-on-cd

[@coastersplus]

#ReleaseTheWilliamsCut

[@KetsubanSolo]

@@PerfectTangent last I checked, Disney was at least $11 billion in debt and needed to take short-term loans to pay the rent thanks to COVID-19 basically screwing over literally their entire business

[@samwallaceart288]

“The Star Wars Theme is now only used to mean the Original Trilogy” ironic

[@aster6000]

I think you meant "Iconic", disney would say.

[@campkira]

they had all the popular soundtrack and they fail to used anyof them.... disney... suck when try to cash grab... all their moive only good when the creator try to made good moive not cash grab... this whole thing just stright to dvd shit...

[@Hesperell]

Ironic. The sequels could provide effective musical scores for other films, but not themselves.

[@imperialsnowtrooper7579]

​@Snehil Shrey IDK if the prequels are cash-grabs. Weren't the prequels George Lucas trying to use the revolutionary technology that his team invented for Jurassic park as an expansion for Star Wars? He had a lot of the story planned from the very beginning of the franchise, and just saw the new technology his people helped to create as the perfect opportunity to put it on the screen. Also, Star Wars, (before Disney fucked it up) has always pretty much been a passion project, as stated by George in some interviews. My point is Sequels= Disney cash grab shit, Prequels=A wholehearted project that just has a lot of cheesy acting and bad writing (Except for just about every scene with Ewan as Obi Wan). Also the prequels are in a whole different league when compared to the sequels because of three things, and three things alone: No.1: Revenge of the sith. No.2: Ewan's performance as Obi Wan. And No.3: *M e m e s* . Memes are symbols of s tier re-watch value.

[@katiemercer8868]

Imperial Snowtrooper inspire if the terrible acting and dialogue I will always love the prequels because of the brilliant story, battles and characters and mostly the music. Across the stars is still so moving to me and I never forget the Romeo Juliet love story that was actually the cause for the whole ware in the original trilogy

[@ThePunishersRevenge]

Knowing that John Williams did a new take on Duel of the Fates and it is locked away for no one to hear to me is the fucking heart breaking.

[@Shunpon77]

As someone who actively avoids this movie, finding out that they use the music for the death star explosion as the climax to a generic chase scene is beyond frustrating.

[@darko-man8549]

agreed, I have watched this film basically by watching reviews and it makes me happy knowing I didn't pay for it fuck Disney

[@therumtummugger420]

Dark O-man oh boohoo

[@eruditecaptain3117]

I have never heard Sideways get this angry, I'm scared...

[@kingskid1985]

It's soooooo hilarious! I was laughing the WHOLE TIME!

[@zekebeckman]

LOVE IT

[@TerribleInThOriginal]

He said “this is the WORST SOUNDTRACK for this WHOLE SERIES” and I sat straight up and went “oooo”

[@joshuapatton8323]

I am simultaneously laughing constantly and also very angry all the time.

[@ribottostudio]

I mean I dunno he kinda lost it when talking about the disney remakes lol

[@spookymia8135]

"I actually didn't hate this film at first" is about how I felt about it, too. Then I started talking to my roommate about it and analyzing it. It was a decent watch the first time around, but every second I spend thinking about it after that just reveals more about it that I don't enjoy when I'm not staring it full in the face with my rose-tinted nostalgia goggles and childhood wonder of "STAR WARS STAR WARS STAR WARS" keeping me in the moment.

[@ZapDash]

That's how I felt about Last Jedi. Didn't hate it, and even liked a few key contentious things. At first. But stepping back to look at the film as part of a whole, well, it made me skip this movie and Solo, so . . .

[@undertakernumberone1]

@@ZapDash That is basically the ST in a nutshel. TFA is no different. It's cashing in on being ANH with a different coat of paint.

[@myleshamilton4935]

so a lot of people go through that and the reason is because of the ridiculously bad pacing of the film, the visual pleasure, the explosive story, etc. there's so freaking much going on in this film along with the horribly bad pacing, that you don't get a second to process how bad the movie is until it's over. (probably designed this way on purpose so we don't leave the theater mid-film lol)

[@gary24fan]

You should watch "XXX" and the "Fast and Furious" films. Those are right up your brainless alley.

[@Roo9ify]

That is so accurate, exactly how I felt about Last Jedi too

[@ViperineHero]

This guy did a better job of telling me why the yoda music matters than the movie telling me why or how palpatine came back

[@GuiSmith]

That’s because the film hand waved it so it wouldn’t have to. That’s the entire reason for that awful throw away line quoting the prequels. Sideways is actually taking time while the sequels just say, “Fuck it, whatever.”

[@erincurrie1560]

because they needed to steal more from the Dune books with cloning

[@anaveragegamingchannel1843]

Cloning, I guess. Basically the same way he returned in Legends.

[@FMK03]

@@anaveragegamingchannel1843 Except Legends had plenty of effort put into it.

[@AlechiaTheWitch]

And he did not have to write a whole comic series

[@nicole.z.624]

I got legitimately angry just now when you got to the “Luke and Leia” theme bit. I didn’t even realize they were using that song when Lando talked to Janna. That song is gorgeous and it’s supposed to be only for Luke and Leia (or have an actual reason for any other scenes). Ughhhh I hate this film even more lol

[@MonicaKrump]

I felt the same way, I hadn't realized it either, and it genuinely made me so upset.

[@tyrannostrike46]

THATSS HER NAME?? I TOTALLY FORGOT

[@scoutbite4334]

Yeah, not many people realised it because its so sublte.. BUT NOPE!!! WE BETTER RUIN THAT

[@thatkeyboardgirlsha3442]

i gotta admit nothing surprises me anymore but i did burst out laughing when he didn't know Janna's name n said "when huh huh and Lando talked"

[@scoutbite4334]

@@thatkeyboardgirlsha3442 yeah lol no-one really remembered her name because she was just IRRELEVANT

[@JamesMcCormickIV]

"All the spectacle and none of the substance" is the best description of JJ ABRAMS ever.

[@Mega-Brick]

Describes most modern sci-fis, honestly.

[@trequor]

JJ Abrams is the guy you hire to do cinematography. His movies look beautiful, but his scripts are shite

[@Mandyn8868]

So, hear me out, LOST

[@teganminshull5734]

Nahh his star trek was superior

[@xoreign]

@@Mega-Brick Arrival.

[@shojodraws3399]

"Rey lookin for Horcruxes" Would explain basically everything about the movie

[@sunrise5710]

Except they just threw that in for one movie. At least in Harry Potter the horcrux story was starting to be built from the very first book/movie.

[@justafan9399]

Yep. They couldn’t even set the ability up properly, even though there is a Sith Lord in Star Wars canon known as Darth Bane who could transfer his soul into other people and objects to continue living after death. There was already source material to use, and yet they didn’t.

[@darth_home_invader3748]

@@justafan9399 this just makes me more pissed lmao

[@GuiSmith]

@@justafan9399 If I’m not mistaken, that’s a symptom of Disney erasing shitloads of old canon material. When Disney said they’d make the new trilogy, they also basically said, “The original six films and the Clone Wars are all that’s canon now.” (They even kind of ignore the Clone Wars at times, too.) That threw _everything_ about the extensive light sabre lore, extended villains they could’ve easily used, and any neat extended force abilities (that I think they still managed to reference a time or two) out the window. Entire shelves of books that were considered various degrees of canon and alternate universe that were given Lucas’s seal of approval had their contributions to Star Wars’ universe thrown in the trash without a second thought. It’s the biggest retcon I think I’ve ever heard of. It isn’t even a Thanos Snap because there isn’t even half the stuff left over. It feels closer to a lobotomy. This is part of why this trilogy is so clearly a cash grab. Disney just wanted to make Star Wars big again with its insane money earning power by slapping on new characters unhindered by the extended lore and a shiny coat of paint smeared with just the right amount of grime. It’s even worse because they totally had the power to do that. I can’t blame them for wanting a clean slate to build from. What I _do_ fault them for, however, is not learning from the incredibly obvious structure most of the extended lore used that could’ve been adapted for these films to make their new story fit well within the structure behind all the canon extensions. Even the Clone Wars did that a bit, and it’s the _Clone Wars cartoon_ like c’mon. This crap is ludicrous. The lack of preplanning makes it twice as bad already because that’s a recipe for disaster coming from two companies who are known for their storytelling, but this? It’s just tragic.

[@FMK03]

@@justafan9399 Ever heard the tragedy of Darth Andeddu the Immortal God-King of Prakith? I thought not, it's not a story disney will tell you. It's an EU Legend. Darth Andeddu was the Dark Lord of the Sith...

[@MusicFanatic527]

I never realized that the Force theme was originally meant to be Obi-Wan's theme, but now it makes complete sense hearing it played in RotJ when Vader tells Luke, "Obi-Wan has taught you well."

[@agenda3854]

Rey doesn’t deserve the title of Skywalker. She still has all four limbs

[@shiro_the_trap2513]

The skywalkers seem to have a bad history with all their limbs, dont they

[@flamingoenthusiast2054]

I thought this was going to be a serious comment, this is way better

[@Edax_Royeaux]

Are we going to strip Shmi Skywalker of her name because she had all her limbs too?

[@firmanchristiansianturi4794]

@@Edax_Royeaux The difference is that Shmi was not a "main" Skywalker, Rey supposedly is

[@Kevin-hx2ky]

@@firmanchristiansianturi4794 Yet Leia, a main Skywalker, still has them

[@Keyboardmasta777]

It is just crushing that THE John Williams had his work essentially tossed aside. I would have loved to know what the Theme for Vader's Castle sounds like.

[@batnacks]

Josh St Cyr I can’t remember, what played when we saw his castle in rogue one?

[@alligatorboy2000]

@@batnacks Krennic's Aspirations, by Michael Giacchino

[@jadeatrophis]

Unfortunately, we may never know..

[@zachhecita]

I have a feeling it would sound like "Anakin's Dark Deeds".

[@thenarrator6846]

Sideways: (has a mental breakdown) 120K people: "Interesting."

[@lptomtom]

It's a shame he overacts so much, the content is interesting but that fake over-the-top intensity is annoying AF, and cheapens the whole thing. It's like he doesn't believe what he wrote is strong enough, so he has to read it like everything's THE WORST DAMN THING OH MY GOD WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT

[@TheDarkDoritoWasTaken]

now 245k views

[@Shalalacls]

@@lptomtom Do you follow him or is this the first video of him you see? Cause he usually doesn't do that, he doesn't do the Nostalgia Critic screaming, so it's okay if he goes off the rails a little. I wish I could still feel the same while they tear apart Star Wars, but by this point I'm just kinda dead inside

[@lisaanderson1695]

Honestly, "Leia used the Force to let Han talk to Ben and she died because that drained her" actually makes sense. And it probably wasn't even what they intended.

[@EnvyOmicron]

Oh, it absolutely wasn't. The intent was that Leia used the force to just... turn Ben good again.

[@cf1696]

@@EnvyOmicron Force brain washing sounds like a sith power, Leia!

[@yw9372]

@CF I mean, she’s always more her father’s child than Luke was 😉

[@josephbracero5833]

How do you run out of/overdose on the force? It’s not a matter of age or anything about the physical body since, as Yoda makes abundantly clear, “Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter”. The force is essential an ever-present primordial “soul energy” that represents life, fate, and peace. It’s also not a limited resource since every piece of training offered to the Jedi is about controlling and manipulating it, not expelling it and the only expulsion of power we see is force lightning. Like, what actually is Luke and Leía’s cause of death?

[@ShadowMario96]

I honestly didn’t know that’s what it was, I always thought it was Kylo’s conscience and guilt from killing him that caused him to appear because Ben Solo was still inside him

[@trevorturner9733]

They recorded a *brand-new* version of Duel of the fates and they DIDNT PUT IT IN THE MOVIE. *WHAT* *THE* *HELL*

[@midshipman8654]

Trevor Turner shhh, you can only use copious amounts of stuff from the og trilogy dummy, no one cares about prequel stuff. Just put in Luke’s theme again, it will be fine. I promise. Even if Duel of the Fates is contextually appropriate.

[@moneycat878d5]

Probably for the better, there were no good duals in rise of skywalker. I would even say there are NO good duals in the whole sequel trilogy. The Luke vs Kylo dual was decently good imo.

[@campkira]

the whole moive is a rush job... they don't care about anything at all.... that why i don't go...

[@raiyoku]

Really ? Where can we find it ? :o

[@cinamynj]

The Kylo vs Luke scene is the only good scene in the trilogy

[@tiffanypersaud3518]

“It was the editors, not John Williams”. This movie seemed to be chopped and changed so much even the actors were surprised that that was it.

[@epicremarc]

I know John Boyega and Oscar Isaac were mad that Disney didn’t let Finpo happen

[@AspelShuyin]

Hashtag Release the Abrams Cut. Actually that's probably what this is, so that joke doesn't work.

[@IamJustAnotherUtubeR]

@@epicremarc Actually John Boyega said he wanted Jannah and Finn together on his twitter. He said hes actually not a FinnPoe shipper :(

[@voitteq]

@@epicremarc "mad" is an overstatement

[@joshelias8472]

Even JJ didn’t know this was gonna be the final cut

[@Zeddyboi86]

I actually liked Rey’s theme in the first movie, when she was living her life at the beginning. But they never again used it effectively.

[@ReySkywalker2]

How so? They use it all the time for Rey, like when she’s fighting the Praetorian guards, Training in Ajan Kloss and when she reaches out in the force, as said in this video.

[@techno639]

@@ReySkywalker2 Exactly. I don't understand the hate these films

[@diegolima9403]

@@techno639 oh poor boy "I don't understand bla bla bla"

[@diegolima9403]

@@ReySkywalker2 they didn't

[@youtubalt6978]

@@ReySkywalker2 praetorian guards? Ajan kloss? Im sorry but is this a joke?

[@Jekyllstein_Gray]

To be fair, Lando is the Star Wars character who's the most likely to have a secret child...

[@mikaroni_and_cheez]

Or 2

[@sephikong8323]

Idk, Chewbacca wouldn't surprise me either 😳

[@SpringerA1984]

The end of the film screams the writers wanted Rey to be the secret Luke/Leia Skywalker child. 🤣

[@icymoons]

@@sephikong8323 Chewbacca's child is a secret in the way that no one wants to acknowledge the Star Wars Holiday Special

[@Oturan20]

@@SpringerA1984 HAHAHAHA!!!!!

[@dwolfe9568]

“THIS IS WHEN &@%¥£ AND LANDO REUNITE” i don’t know why that made me laugh so hard

[@MCoffeeeee]

Because they tried to introduce a new character (sorry, TWO new characters) in the FINAL MOVIE OF A TRILOGY. Two characters, btw, that were more useless and forgettable than Rose (and no one can fight me on that sentiment).

[@georgeofhamilton]

@@MCoffeeeee Who was the other new character?

[@clarissarojas7959]

George Hamilton exactly.

[@carlosariel6971]

@@georgeofhamilton I think it's Poe's ex-girl who appeared on that planet when they hacked 3PO's mind for getting that prohibited Sith translation.

[@pendaco]

@@carlosariel6971 Aha you're talking about helmet face 😉Or.. weird looking spaceship for a helmet!

[@ficskull1816]

No, it's not the "Luke and Leia-theme", it's now the "Possible Incest-theme". It worked in two trilogies.

[@TheVirtualObserver]

Fic Skull 😂😂

[@ezrapaul6808]

bam this is it fr

[@ratbat1072]

Its the sweet home alabama of star wars

[@firstnamelastname6016]

Sweet Home Alderaana

[@yarpen26]

That ending in general was just so fucking pathetic, the pure steaming pile of corporate garbage, perfect summary for today's Hollywood. Forced pandering to fans that hate being served forced pandering (the medal for Chewie, a character that was 100% useless to anything in this trilogy)? Check. In your face lesbian licking to blackmail Tumblr girls into rallying behind this movie on Twitter even if they hate everything else about it, but brief enough so China won't pull it on release? Check. Shoehorning one final thing to do for another pointless character added at the last moment that ended up generating incest memes instead? Check.

[@B---tw3kh]

Let's not forget, Han is said to be a memory but he's got a beard that we never see him with, meaning Kylo just imagined his dad with a beard for some reason

[@ArtofLunatik]

Bevan Kelly meaning harrison ford didnt even care to shave to go film this lol

[@ala-lash3710]

Maybe when Ben was a little kid Han had a beard. It was his happier times Dad look

[@B---tw3kh]

@@ala-lash3710 maybe, but he doesn't look younger. I never thought I'd put so much thought into a beard in my life

[@mastahfrederique3380]

@@B---tw3kh He actually does have a beard in Battlefront II, so it's possible. Still an odd choice.

[@alexj.5207]

@@ArtofLunatik this is a star wars film you can't think logically

[@ninaa4192]

Alternate title: Sideways looses his sanity for just under half an hour

[@colinwightman329]

Honestly with that three hours of music, I’d like to see what this film actually was supposed to be after its original cut. It doesn’t take a lot of detective work to discern that they hacked the living shit out of this movie between its first cut and its theatrical cut.

[@kcrb0202]

Agreed

[@pills-]

I would debate whether there even was a first cut of this movie... They didn't hack it apart: they hacked it together (and apparently just used the music as paste).

[@aldairreynoso2564]

I'd assume more prequel elements since Vader' s castle is the one that stands out the most... not to mention the fact that it's reported Hayden recorded scenes for the movie too but hey its speculation

[@Cry0n1c_]

Aldair Reynoso yeah they cut out his scenes which were going to be amazing

[@fbivan2372]

Pills _ there probably was cuz it was revealed that disney basically forced jj to do whatever they wanted to

[@killerboysnap8871]

"Oh no we are losing" "Wait we are going to win" "How do you know" "Because I have a feeling" "Oh ok" "We won" "Oh ok" The entire sequel trilogy in a nutshell.

[@Michael-rv5ib]

Oh ok.

[@Linguineo]

"We could be good' "But we're not"

[@bishopthefool]

I have a feeling... ... ... ... ...that tonight's gonna be a good good night!

[@indominusrex1652]

"Oh wow I have forc- nevermind" The entire episode 9

[@pugasaurusrex8253]

But without the prequels we would’ve never gotten the Star Wars The Clone Wars show Checkmate

[@johns123]

"This is a bad film that is bad and not very good" Only bold statements on this channel

[@a-s-greig]

This film's bad... and that is good. This film will never be good, and that's not bad.

[@orsonlepherd7064]

@@a-s-greig there's everybody it would rather be.. than it.

[@Supboi]

True* True statements*

[@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli]

The sky is blue. Water is wet. The Rise of Skywalker is a bad film. Not very bold statements.

[@Supboi]

It's literally not even a bold statement It's just facts

[@christianhernandez5239]

Rey buried the SkyWalker lightsaber at the place Luke was trying to escape his whole life, in the thing that Anakin hated the most.

[@AlechiaTheWitch]

Burying an over used symbol, burying where we started in the sequel teilogy. With stuff we hated

[@PouncyJunior]

Damn

[@maxwellmegagamer8535]

On the place where Anakin was born and raised a slave, and where Leia was held captive by a snail that used her as sex slave. What the fuck is this movie

[@turnersgauge3430]

John Williams: *literally makes a new score for Duel of Fates* Rise of Skywalker: *originally titled The Duel of Fates and pitched with an entirely different plot* Coincidence? I think not!

[@alekssavic1154]

Yeah, I suspect that some of that three hours of original music was likely written based on the draft versions of that script, which then didn't work for the film which we eventually got.

[@itsflowerside]

oh my god was it really called duel of fates at first???

[@DiamondFire]

@@itsflowerside Yeah the first draft is on the internet

[@zyggybaranowski6852]

@@itsflowerside Lucasfilm was constantly making changes to he story even as they were filming. Daisy Ridley has openly stated that LucasFilm had no clue what they were doing with Rey, and that they had no direction for her. Ridley said they told her she was Kenobi's granddaughter, then Palpatine's. Lucasfilm didn't know what it wanted the movie to be, and the movie suffered because of that.

[@rahulkhanduri972]

Man that new version of "Duel of the Fates" is the only thing in the entire soundtrack that sounds cool, epic, haunting at the same time. Sadly, we'll never get to hear it at its full glory

[@taxisalad]

Gotta love how this movie is literally just the embodiment of “HEy gUys, reMemBEr tHIS??!”

[@5h0rgunn45]

The entire trilogy is just "Hey, remember that thing that was much better than this thing?

[@bluesolace9052]

Definitely. I should have seen 1917, but curse other human beings for their subjective opinions. Despite my distaste for TLJ at least it didn’t play everything safe and bring people back to life in under 5 minutes. It was bold. This film bored me so much. It’s mighty sad I’ve been going to Star Wars movies enough to eventually find a couple of them boring. At least Rogue One was decent

[@astern.7425]

I CLAPPED WHEN I SAW IT

[@mich722]

@@bluesolace9052 I boycotted this film and so glad I did.

[@chapman2001]

That’s good

[@thepillowhead2453]

Actually, the stormtroopers aren’t even bad at hitting their shots. In A New Hope, after the Death Star Break in, Luke says to Leia that it was just too easy to be true. The stormtroopers actually missed their shots on purpose. That’s right, the longest running joke in Star Wars isn’t even suppose to be a thing. It’s only a thing NOW because Disney wanted them to be a joke..

[@cheeseburgerowl937]

It was a thing before Disney too. Lucas re-edited A New Hope specifically calling attention to a stormtrooper bonking his head on a door and had Jango do the same thing to imply that was “genetic”. He also described battle droids as “the new stormtrooper” and “not really good at all, Jedi cut through them like butter”.

[@dragonknightleader1]

@@cheeseburgerowl937 Funny thing about those Battle droid is if you play the old Battlefront games (NOT EA), they have very slim profiles so it takes a split second longer to get them in your sights. So, while that doesn't matter to a Jedi running up to them with a laser sword, to a marksman, their body shape does have some defensive value. That, and it makes sense in TPM to have battle droids function like standard mall security bots. You don't need to be a Navy SEAL to guard a door or man a station. The Trade Federation still kept Droidekas in case the Battle droids weren't up to the task.

[@erikbihari3625]

@@dragonknightleader1 And on that note, the battledroids also in 2D clone wars, are better than 3D!(where it's just like Disney And storm troopers.)

[@dylanmcnab2980]

A fun joke is that in the classic battlefront games the stormtroopers had the strongest blasters but they were the least accurate.

[@sentienteyeball2447]

a lot of online theories about that ive seen have been about, from an in universe perspective, that the empire can check if a weapon has been fired but not if you've missed on purpose, and luke was canonically planning to join the empire as a way to get off tatooine before the events of the film

[@keiribbit]

I remember walking out of the theatre and telling my little brother, "that was such a missed opportunity for Duel of Fates in the weird ritual arena scene." He disagreed. This video has validated me.

[@giannarose4404]

I think this movie is why the Academy updated their terms so that 80% of franchise/sequel film music has to be original

[@Brian-sh5ne]

Good for the Academy! I didn’t realize they did this.

[@arkabhaskar212]

Oh that explains why Endgame wasnt nominated. I was pissed that Alan Silvestri got snubbed.

[@TheSt1092]

I think you misread it . I just read the Academy guidelines and there is nothing specific about franchise music only that 60% of the music has to be in the motion picture

[@davisginn1298]

Arka I’m actually really curious what you think about Silvestri’s work in Endgame. Honestly for me other than Portals...a lot of his orchestrational ideas and placements felt uninspired and at times even empty compared to some of his other works. There were a few many times when I was aching for something powerful musically and it never came or didn’t quite hit right to me. I absolutely love the film, it just felt like the sound impact didn’t always match the emotional impact of story. What is your take on it?

[@arkabhaskar212]

@@davisginn1298 yeah I agree with you too. For most of the movie when a music played I was hoping that a new theme or just new iteration of the a theme/leitmotif would play but what they did is just recycled 70% of tracks from previous MCU movies without adding anything new. But in my opinion some tracks are impactful as they maintained consistency to the storyline and characters.

[@cmd31220]

Just when I thought I couldn't hate this movie any more..... I learn that Disney deleted a DUEL OF THE FATES SEQUEL

[@elvellarambles9151]

A crime for which I will NEVER forgive them

[@cmd31220]

And even worse? Disney used it for a TV show trailer instead

[@cmd31220]

@@elvellarambles9151 realized in 2022 when watching this back. I'm 99% sure that duel of the fates sequel is what Disney used in the first trailer for the Kenobi show. They used it for God damn marketing

[@AlechiaTheWitch]

This makes me think. Was the rise of skywalker someone redoing stuff last minute

[@laylapage9929]

anakin: i dont like sand rey: BURIES ANAKINS SABER IN SAND

[@orimengu]

Anakin's force ghost: 😑😑😑😑😑

[@VibingMeike]

@@orimengu Anakin is probably so dissapointed in her

[@tacticalnic6202]

That was one of the idiotic things ever in that movie

[@FatPigInTheHouse]

Ray: [Looks out to the twin suns] Anakin's force ghost: Son of a- [Cut to credits]

[@VibingMeike]

@@FatPigInTheHouse wait a second, if Luke can grab a lightsaber as a Force ghost, and lift an X-wing... Can Anakin lift his lightsaber out of the sand? And he kills Rey? This is now my canon ending lmao

[@rahulkhanduri972]

Man that new version of "Duel of the Fates" is the only thing in the entire soundtrack that sounds cool, epic, haunting at the same time. Sadly, we'll never get to hear it at its full glory

[@orionwesley]

I agree. I wasn't even aware there was a new version. Now I'm consumed...

[@jisaacray]

Imagine if we got a version of the film that’s basically John William’s making ALL musical decisions. Like directors’ cuts and stuff but instead a composer’s cut of sorts.

[@7hew0lv3r1ne]

Hans Zimmer was able to release "Xperiments from Dark Phoenix" after the movie came out. I'd be quite intrigued by the supercut of Williams' score for TROS.

[@LookingTheBest]

Imagine if George just made the damn films...

[@techmo8397]

Hell, just give the entire movie to John Williams. He tells better stories through his music alone.

[@jimbysmamples9119]

“Oh, yes. It has to be that. The fans will all know it.” That is a pretty damning quote as far as how things were approached. The fans will know it.

[@officert5147]

Yeppp When I heard that I was like well there's your answer :/ thanks for pointing it out

[@vit968]

*I now really hate these movies that filmmakers design to be so self-aware and 4th wall breaking. I just want the movies to tell a story, not constantly wink at the audience.*

[@RandomJtv]

Audiences: Well, at least the music was good. Sideways: No.

[@dorianoriley7078]

Well, the music composed by JW was good. But the music used FOR and how the used it in the film wasn't

[@samuelperezgarcia]

The score that we got for the movie was very meh.

[@dorianoriley7078]

@@samuelperezgarcia Love the Knights of Ren motif though And the last track 'A New Home' is now in my top 10 favorite themes in the entire saga. There's good stuff here and there, but for Star Wars and John Williams standard, that's not saying much

[@ghostmangm3059]

17:44 This, to me, makes it seem haunting. Vader died on the Death Star, and this theme plays. Rey finds the Emperor's Throne Room, and this plays. It makes it seem like the place is haunted, not by Anakin's ghost, but by memories. Like you shouldn't be there. Or they just pulled it out their ass, idk.

[@shiffpup2529]

Delete this comment before one of the top dogs at Disney sees it and retcons it in XD

[@theinimitablejora522]

@@shiffpup2529 oh noooooo they’ll retcon it to be better than it was beforeeeeee

[@thepsycheduck]

Literally the only thing I even somewhat liked about the movie on my most recent watch through, I thought it fit perfectly for both situations, despite how garbage the rest of the movie was.

[@MereMeerkat]

I had a similar idea, that they could feel echoes of what had happened in the Force, and the music was used to make the audience feel it too.

[@tjhunter9787]

Sorry to be late to the party but I thought that they could simply use a new version of the imperial march that would show of how the empire is a shadow of its former self rather than a callback to Vader specifically. Something like a singular horn playing the theme with low violins to showcase how weak the empire itself is now compared to the bigger threat which is the first order.

[@pdoglarsen]

Honestly a bit of a missed opportunity to not have the Emperor come back as a Llama who's Groove has been seriously thrown off.

[@piercetaliaferro5393]

Then Lando could have grudgingly taken him back to his palace and along the way Palpatine learns how to be nice.

[@The1Dragonprincess]

Kylo Ren: To the Secret Lab! Pull the lever Hux. Hux pulls the wrong lever. Kylo Ren: WRONG LEVER!!!

[@zacharycoleman1117]

this movie is like a scab that every time I hear someone talk about for more than 5 minutes it starts to bleed again

[@sneakybeaky9870]

I was trying to find a way to describe how annoyingly awful this movie was. I’m going to start using this. Well said.

[@endornaut]

This is exactly how I feel as well and I am trying to recaterize the wound for the past 2 days just because some idiot friend of mine stated that it is the best movie in the franchise after just seeing it...

[@eatatjoe]

@@endornaut It's the franchise equivalent of a migraine.

[@colorin81colorado]

I know your pain! Many were scared for life by Disney!

[@JacobMinger]

At this point, i actually feel like The Last Jedi is my canonical ending to this part of the story. Even if it is an open ended ending in a movie that most people don’t like. Iprefer it over what we got with The Rise of Skywalker.

[@dj__alien]

Should’ve used Anakin and Padme’s “Love Across the Stars” theme when Rey healed the snake.

[@honhonhonbaguettes]

yeah really why does everyone ship reylo when you could ship reynake-

[@no_i_dont_want_no_slugs]

genius. Disney should've had you on their payroll

[@scottyrobot]

nah, that would be a purely prequel reference...which is equivalent to poison in JJ's mind

[@majeedmamah7457]

@@honhonhonbaguettes snylo

[@Commander_Shepard.]

Wait...Oh no.... oh nooo

[@hopehilton]

Nah breh that "Luke and Leia's Theme" is now the "Ambiguously incestuous flirting theme"

[@Oturan20]

There is nothing ambiguous about that.

[@imfsresidentotaku9699]

But they weren't flirting. That's blatant scene manipulation. They were talking about their pasts. Luke and Leia's Theme was first heard after the revelation that they were siblings, mind you, so it's not the "Ambiguously incestuous flirting theme" in any way shape or form, not now, not ever.

[@imfsresidentotaku9699]

@@Oturan20 Nor incestuous.

[@hopehilton]

@@imfsresidentotaku9699 yeah you’re right

[@ghosthief3775]

When Rey brought Luke’s lightsaber Luke should have said “There was a hand... did you bring *my HAND* ?”

[@RoninRoan89]

And Mark should have said it in his Joker voice.

[@Missingno_Miner]

That would have subverted expectations while being a bit of a joke

[@lukedstaten]

exactly!!! but disney would NEVER do that. because that's what the audience would want.

[@nickmurry3199]

Luke's Hand could've mutated and become Snoke's origin story.

[@SeanLaMontagne]

Would have fit the writing of the sequel trilogy better anyways.

[@radstaz2029]

anakin hates rise of skywalker the most: heres why anakin spent 12 years in jedi training, had to go to the dark side to learn how to save padme from death. And ultimately, he fails. The OT and sequels happen because of that. rey spent jedi training for a year and she has force healing anakin killed palpatine for good, sacrificing himself palpatine has some kind of clone

[@Bruh-hq1hx]

While force healing already existed in the prequels (was used for Anakin and obi wan after first Meeting dooku) you had to specialize in it and it didn't heal everything, so thats even more annoying

[@ashert4918]

highkey, if there were an easy convenient non-dark-side way to save people from death, revenge of the sith would be over in half an hour and everything's hunky-dory

[@twandepan]

@@Bruh-hq1hx where do they use force healing? the reason the bleeding stops is because lightsabers scorch wounds closed if that is what you were talking about...

[@Bruh-hq1hx]

@@twandepan its mentioned in the visual dictinonary for Episode 1-3

[@batfitch4207]

They also buried his lightsaber in SAND

[@azuki_O]

It feels like they asked a person who doesn't know anything about star wars music to label the different pieces: "epic theme", "epic but sad theme", "heartwarming theme" and then apply them in the scenes....

[@HELLOhappyLisa]

Yeah I think if they had hired me to add in the music it would have been something like how this movie came out lol

[@azuki_O]

@@HELLOhappyLisa exactly! Me too!

[@thepillowhead2453]

This is the type of things that usually happen in low budget films. If you see my channel’s videos with music, that’s the case. But this is a billion dollar movie.

[@emmetkowler]

"THE HORCRUX, THE FLUX CAPACITOR, THE THINGY"

[@BGerbs66]

"Ewan McGregor dies here in the first film" **Cries in Alec Guinness**

[@annemarie3741]

omg yes I noticed this too haha

[@watchm4ker]

Sir Alec Guinness: "I won a bloody Oscar for Bridge on the River Kwai, but everyone wants to remember me for some fairy tale rubbish? Let the Scotsman have it."

[@chipdouglas9278]

Don't be dissing my boi Alec like that. You best recognize son!

[@N2Deep00]

Sebastian Shaw: At least they didn't digitally replace you with your younger actor counterpart in Return of the Jedi.

[@WindspriteM]

@@watchm4ker to be fair, Ewan McGregor thought being in Star Wars was pretty shit too. Considering he's one of the few good performances in the hot dumpster fire that are the prequels, i can understand that

[@jackstuhley1745]

Of course the two black people just so happen to be related, out of all the trillions of people in the Galaxy.

[@jtj1128]

Jack Stuhley Bruh this had me wheezin

[@hoppareiter]

I mean at least all the white people are too in this franchise

[@aaroncabatingan5238]

So much for diversity

[@jojbenedoot7459]

@@hoppareiter next time we see a hispanic character it'll be Poe's family

[@vit968]

*Watch as Mace Windu is also somehow related too.*

[@liekeze6318]

Your decent into "madness" throughout this video is fantastic. Your breakdown when talking about the music used in the "Be with me" and "I am all the Jedi" scenes is priceless.

[@Dragontrumpetare]

I know it looked horrible in that clip. But I guess Disney is now going away from John Thematic material, and maybe Rey Theme is going to be the new force theme? Or Disney broke it to make it easier to let other composer compose something new later on in the plannings?

[@CaseyShontz]

You should watch tantacrul, he has some beautiful descent into madness videos, especially in his video about Sibelius

[@ThatBillmanGuy]

"Stealing the emotional weight" of something else is JJ Abrams whole style of filmmaking.

[@otterzrkuhl]

“Right here when Rey is looking for the horcrux” I died!

[@charmandyorton006]

Lynnette Ott The Flux Capacitor

[@KetsubanSolo]

The best part is that if you watch the Clone Wars, it's clearly a Sith Holocron, and based on the previous script, it's very possible they salvaged a Trevorrow scene and had to write around it.

[@theroadtocosplayandcomicco5840]

@@KetsubanSolo ... I looked at the Holocron and said " if I touch that thing I will get possessed and or die "

[@bolson42]

Ketsuban Solo Ik, it’s so stupid how they called it a “wAyFinDEr” lmfao

[@ottoettema9281]

You wrote the comment and died

[@kaerus7096]

I just want to point out that the visual dictionary actually doesn't explicitly state that Jannah is Lando's daughter. It just says Lando had a daughter that was taken by the First Order. This doesn't mean that Jannah is Lando's daughter at all, it just means it's possible. I feel like that just makes the musical choice there even worse, though. That means it's not even a family reunion theme, it's literally just a "people talking with some emotional significance" theme.

[@Martin-xd4jl]

My real problem with that Lando and Jannah scene was the dialogue was so awkward that it looked like Lando was hitting on her.

[@hbdragon88]

Robo4900 last actor from the OT who could still be in the film? Billy Dee is 83 (I just looked it up and didn't know that, WTF) and McDiarmid is 75.

[@jacknatalotto2922]

In the leaks jannah was supposed to be Landos daughter

[@age234]

Well Lando is black and she is black, so they're obviously related.

[@Rougarou99]

@@age234 It's Star Wars, there are only six black people in the universe.

[@payurtaxesisabelle]

Me trying to pass the word count for an essay: 1:40 “This is a bad film that is bad and not very good”

[@purplee24]

PayUrTaxesIsabelle I’f you need to pass a word count just turn the text colour to white and type some words xD

[@vee1267]

Sideways: “Rey being a Palpatine” Subtitles: “raping a Palpatine”

[@Nabbee85]

Thats what i heard too

[@cintiavargas6617]

THATS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME TOO LMAO

[@revanofkorriban1505]

@@cintiavargas6617 Same

[@drawnwithlove3499]

So that's how he had kids

[@Nabbee85]

@@drawnwithlove3499 brooooooo

[@sophieleitontoomey2372]

It felt empty because like the rest of the movie, it was just nostalgia. There was no story. No real meaningful moments. Just throwbacks to what we originally loved about Star Wars in the 80’s. It felt so hollow. I love John Williams to death but I feel it’s insulting to give him an Oscar nomination for music that is not original.

[@communismwithgiggles2515]

Disney: "Mr. Williams, we give you a seat on the editorial board, but we do not give you the title of 'composer'."

[@annadiener8442]

Communism With Giggles take a seat mr. Williams

[@cassiusemmanualtheyoutubep3171]

What? How can you sit on the editorial board and not hold the position of composer? This is insulting!

[@dsjaks6983]

What?! This is outrageous, it's unfair! How can I be on the ditorial board and not a composer? Take a seat, Mr Williams.

[@jakemakes]

Why the Music in The Rise of Skywalker Felt Misleading: Cause John williams music is amazing, and this movie wasn't.

[@fegeleinherman8587]

Fair enough

[@shelby4355]

I'm sensing a lot of similarities between the modern Star Wars trilogy and the modern The Hobbit trilogy - mainly in re-using thematic music in the wrong places. Lindsay Ellis did a really good set of videos about The Hobbit, and how they used the Nazgul's theme from the LOTR movies as Azog's theme in The Hobbit, and how weird that choice was.

[@jbvader721]

"Why does it hurt so much?" "Because it was real."

[@oscarstainton]

Except likening the Sequel Trilogy to The Hobbit Trilogy is an undeserved COMPLIMENT to the Sequel Trilogy. That isn't to say they misused themes from The Lord of the Rings at weird places, but The Hobbit's negative impact on The Lord of the Rings is practically nonexistent. Can't say the same for how the ST retroactively damages the six George Lucas Star Wars films.

[@SamCoulson]

@@oscarstainton Respectfully disagree that the Hobbit trilogy didn't negatively impact the Lord of the Rings saga, at least for me. I didn't finish the Hobbit trilogy and won't go back. Peter Jackson doesn't know when to stop himself sometimes, and lets scenes and stories get dragged on much too long, much like what he did with King Kong. But this comment has nothing to do with musical analysis, so carry on.

[@oscarstainton]

Then I feel truly sorry for you. Our differences of opinion cannot be helped. I don't like the Disney ST, especially for what they did to the story of Star Wars, but I don't consider them part of my personal Star Wars canon anyway, so that keeps them from harming my enjoyment of the franchise.

[@ChrisLitzenberg]

I’ve actually learned to like the Hobbit films for what they are and I really like the score for those films, especially the Leitmotiv for the Dwarf Company and for Smaug, which are used from beginning to end consistently. That moment where they used the Nazgûl leitmotif incorrectly still very much annoys me though

[@pieter_kok]

I will now forever be haunted by the thought of a new "Duel of the Fates" that I will not get to hear.

[@Schenta]

“Did you hear that” no, no I did not. I have no idea what’s going on musically in any of you videos, but I will happily watch you being frustrated about the music for a franchise i’ve never seen for 30 minutes

[@JP-hk6xw]

I recommend you start off watching Star Wars with the Holiday Special

[@nickl2854]

@@JP-hk6xw NOOOOOOOO

[@chrispy_cain]

Just watch the first six movies and stop there, you’ll be fine

[@salomew-l3897]

@@nickl2854 it does look kinda like fun tho hmm

[@chrisnemat]

reddit moment

[@Anldiot69]

Talking about music in this film and not even mentioning how Palpatine bass boosted the resistance?

[@deku_the_super_saiyan5255]

He likes to SLAPP

[@KameronMcQueen]

He sure did lmao

[@ala-lash3710]

That was literally hands down the best moment in the movie. I was like ayyyy

[@travissloan5296]

It’s such a shame that John Williams had put together an amazing score, but JJ just told him to play the force theme 50 times

[@mechanwhal6590]

They took a genuinely beautiful piece of music and reduced it to a glorified advertising jingle. Disney has my undying hatred.

[@Ki_Adi_Mundi]

_"Art is dead."_ _"Art is dead."_ _"Art is dead."_ _"Art is dead."_ *-Bo Burnham 2010*

[@JoshoCR]

but what about the droid attack on the wookies?

[@salkii62]

@@JoshoCR alright have it your way, I like your comment

[@thethunderant9208]

Long live art

[@yyalp]

Entertainers like to seem complicated :/

[@cpenner7086]

No main stream studio art is dead

[@Kayleekakes]

Also that part where all the ships arrive, THEY COULD’VE USED THE RESISTANCE THEME!!!

[@diamondranger8602]

No that sounds like Luke theme to me

[@Kayleekakes]

@@diamondranger8602 notice how i said "could've"

[@diamondranger8602]

@@Kayleekakes Sorry I meant “Luke theme makes sense here to me because notice how much Luke is in this scene”

[@neooblisk0084]

@@diamondranger8602 Perfect logic. Completly flawless

[@DaMaster012]

The Soulless Disney Corporation could also hire talented people who know how to create art and stories worthy of passing down to future generations instead of hacks and frauds who want to make propaganda, just like they could also stop selling out to the communist Chinese, but here we are.

[@ianblanc566]

They made the Star Wars theme into the "Nostalgia Theme"

[@eatatjoe]

No, they made the Star Wars theme into the most annoying thing in the world (at least for me) to the point where I can't stand to hear it even though I've only sat through two movies - TFA and TLJ. *BRAVO, DISNEY.* Two movies and I never want to hear trumpets again.

[@jacktheflash8478]

Eat At Joe's weird but okay

[@Ugapiku]

Yeah nostalgia for Prequels quality and the Originals story...

[@amandalewis8590]

I’m ok with movies that try to subvert your expectations. I’m not ok with movies that throw your theories at you in a haphazard mish-mash of nostalgia.

[@ilo2224]

I’ve got a very simple answer: why should John Williams put in major effort in composing a masterpiece when Lucasfilm clearly didn’t care about the quality of the movie?

[@Deathlygunn]

To be fair Williams is on record as saying he only did Episode VIII and IX because he loved the character of Rey, and didn't want anyone else doing the music for her, which kind of makes sense considering her theme is probably the only sequel trilogy music that stands out on it's own merits.

[@bebo2629]

I mean Williams cares little about the movies. He never watched any of them.

[@thisisfyne]

That little thing called integrity? Or love for his craft maybe?

[@maxwellclark2188]

because he is a professional, who cares about the quality of his work.

[@bebo2629]

@Infinite Possibilities Just google it. He cares about his music and the film making and probably characters and story (he likes Rey a lot) but he never watches the movies itself.

[@dvader1342]

When he yells, he sounds like Dipper Pines haha

[@futuza]

Hahaha you're totally right

[@zapcoolman8816]

lmaooo

[@radtastical6870]

I read this and now all I hear the entire video is a older Dipper talking about SWTROS

[@JoeMama-qu8bk]

You’re so right omg

[@filipnikitovic6717]

Time stamp please

[@redtalon8947]

Force Awakens: Not the Best, but Promising The Last Jedi: Oh god this is either terrible or amazing everybody is confused, it can’t get any worse The Rise of Skywalker: *OH GOD IT GOT WORSE*

[@jensentaylor1384]

Rise of skywalker was made in the style of Force Awakens, but with the quality of the Canto Bight sequence

[@w3ghe711]

I think TLJ is an amazing film with a couple terrible decisions (mainly Hux and Finn imo)

[@Gozokukolat]

@@w3ghe711 An Unbridled Rage you should watch.

[@Stad122]

@@Gozokukolat Nah, they should watch the full critique.

[@Gozokukolat]

@@Stad122 I'm sure they don't have the attention span for a critique that's longer than the film. ;)

[@JanaenaeYT]

This movie is so bad that people can make 20+ min long analyses of it JUST ripping apart how they messed up the MUSIC. Like... holy yikes. Is there a Guiness World Record for Biggest Biblical Fuckup?

[@TheMightyTyrantrum]

if there is, this film holds it.

[@pagatryx5451]

@@TheMightyTyrantrum Nah, TLJ holds it. Or at least the entire sequel trilogy. For as bad as this movie was and for as bad as the first of the sequels was, when the middle film in your trilogy utterly fucks everything up, it's hard to recover it for the finale. I mean, this movie was never going to be good, but I still think TLJ was the cyanide pill. It went from a bad trilogy to a terrible one.

[@QuikVidGuy]

@@pagatryx5451 tlj salvaged all the broken pieces tfa left behind then they gave it back to jj to ruin again

[@metademetra]

I mean Rise of the Fallen was written in only a few weeks, and The Justice League needed two extra hours to be tolerable, so I think Rise of Skywalker has competition.

[@gizmo9836]

I like that: Biggest Biblical Fuckup

[@IanWagner94]

A good way that i can see Yoda's theme being used in the xwing scene is if it was mixed or harmonized with luke's theme. Kinda like saying, now he is the master

[@michaelwerkov3438]

except... they didn't... and they didn't think that far ahead about shit :/

[@rebecca5837]

The tone of your voice in this perfectly reflects how I feel about this movie. Frustration, betrayal, disappointment, and disbelief. Can we all just pretend like it never came out?

[@blackroses96]

They misused the original scores for nostalgia's sake, and they didn't use anything from the Prelogy... And here I thought I couldn't hate them more... Free the original Williams' score !

[@americafuckyeah4520]

"Prelogy" lol thanks

[@christianwise637]

Maybe J.J. Abrams just doesn't like the prequels? This is just me speculating, but it is worth noting that his films are the only ones that pay only the most minimum amount of lip service to those films, whereas Rogue One, TLJ and Solo either feature characters, or reference events and themes from the PT

[@soundtrackfan6002]

There's a petition for it. www.change.org/p/the-walt-disney-company-release-the-complete-soundtracks-from-the-star-wars-episodes-by-john-williams-on-cd

[@2ndairborneguy790]

@@christianwise637 well, he did have those two prequel meme quotes from palpatine. But other than that, you're right! Rogue One and Solo were pretty referential of those movies, and TLJ had that scene with Luke talking about the plot of Revenge Of The Sith. Maybe he does like them, but thinks that everyone still hates them? Because, I don't think people do anymore.

[@TheJiminatorHS]

@@christianwise637 JJ despises the prequels. he digitally altered some background flags in TFA because they REFERENCED the prequels.

[@mallygeedkm]

I think when Rey was communicating with all the Jedi the Rey’s theme should have played WITH the force theme. This would have made a bigger effect by showing how Jedi are all collaborating with Rey now to help her defeat the emperor.

[@pengwens6281]

Tbh this trilogy made me appreciate the prequels more, because while they were a mess they at least told a proper story together. Each sequel movie had its own plot with no over arching story linking them together. Agh im-

[@Mega-Brick]

The prequels still had a bit of trouble with it - but not to the same extent. The issue mostly affected the villains: Episode I: Introduces Maul, dies in the end Episode II: Introduces Dooku, dies right-at-the-start of the next movie Episode III: Introduces Grievous, dies in the end

[@adamlazenby1696]

@@Mega-Brick I feel as if this worked quite well though with obi wan slicing maul in half created a great narrative between these 2 characters through other sources such as clone wars, dooku had to die to push a long anakins descent and his readiness to obey Palpatine. As for grievous theres not much I can argue with him tbh slightly unnecessary but I guess it gave obi wan an arc in the 3rd film..

[@trequor]

It's strange that we, as human beings, can just instinctively tell when something is made out of love and when it's made out of greed. Almost no one can describe it exactly, but somehow we all feel that the sequel trilogy is superficial. For all its flaws, the prequel trilogy is at least very genuine.

[@IndianaJoneFan24]

@@adamlazenby1696 All of that was made years after the prequels ended though

[@superninja493]

And that story was actually planned, and it feels so seamless going from one film to the next

[@mastertrojan5185]

This is a video of someone losing their sanity trying to understand how badly Disney screwed up star wars

[@spacelasertech8359]

I remember the peak of my Star Wars obsession. If someone had told me then that there would be a new Star Wars movie and I wouldn't care...

[@DaMaster012]

If Sideways slowly losing his shit over how bad this movie is amuses you, check out Shsdiversity's review of this travesty: it's like that one part from the episode of Half In The Bag where Rich Evans attempts to explain the plot of Neil Breen's _Double Down_ only to keep getting more confounded and hysterical the more he talks about it, except Shad goes at it for *ninety minutes.* Shad is also a scholar of melee combat and an accomplished sword fighter, so he used those expertise to go literally frame by frame to explain why the throne room fight in _The Last Insult_ is so objectively flawed.

[@skar8009]

Because it was mimicking the movie itself: emptyness.

[@benjamindavid7371]

On that note, I would say the soundtrack does a much better job than just mimicking. It recreates the emptiness and elevates it to the extent of offending my ears.

[@erik_gerhard]

I can imagine the editors just sketching over Williams' work: "Nostalgic theme," "emotional theme," "evil theme." 😆🤦

[@samwallaceart288]

When Dipper gets turned into a sock puppet and he becomes extremely angry.

[@Apawlogetics]

SamWallace Art I can’t get that image out now

[@isaac_759]

oh yeah, the episode about a musical

[@stoked-6996]

Crap he does sound like dipper

[@beeffilledshark1714]

In other other news: Local musician implodes after ranting about Star Wars for half an hour

[@games_on_phone89]

Ranting about star wars and game of thrones is the norm now

[@adamshows1142]

“What’s with the mother hate in this series?” No wonder Disney bought the rights.

[@doom3166]

Hahahaha

[@charmandyorton006]

Mother: *[exists]* Disney: I’m about to end this woman’s whole career

[@alex0589]

Happy mother's day, everyone!

[@ruffboimags]

In my rather horrible and completely ineptly-taught music and movies class that I just finished (and PAID FOR I'm so mad) we were forced to sit through this movie. I learned nothing. You know where I learned anything about the use of music in movies as evidenced by Rise of Skywalker? This video. I learned more in the last half hour than I did in 4 hours of a university course I paid for. You are doing a good thing and I am grateful to you.

[@flickcentergaming680]

My high school band director taught a similar class, and I bet he did better. I feel so sorry for you.