Star Wars cannot grow up

[@Xanegoh]

The best part about the Futurama episode is that it blatantly shows you Leela being stung but doesn't constantly shout in your face. This lets the audience pick up on the clues themselves and deduce that she's the one in the coma.

[@StrangersIteDomum]

I didn't care about "figuring it out". Outsmarting the writers. The stories were great and by then, the relationship between fry and Leela was deep... the emotional ride was a gripper and the end was a relief. The craftsmanship of the storytelling that sucks you in and makes you forget it's a sitcom with nightly reset button. The drama was made real and consequential.

[@thesupreme8062]

​@@StrangersIteDomumthe little hints just add to rewatchabiljty imo

[@justafan9399]

@@thesupreme8062 That's not just your opinion, it's right on the money. It's part of the purpose of it, so you're correct.

[@haven600]

Like how Skoal & Hati are references to the wolves in Norse mythology chasing the sun & moon and their journey ends when they catch it.

[@speeve1366]

​@goodwatching agreed, and Futurama kept on doing it, episode after episode of deeply human connections. It reminds me of a few DS9 episodes, like the visitor, which fucking wrecked me. Or babylon 5. Deeply emotional stories that were only needed to exist in a single episode and created the connective tissue for the rest of the series.

[@fookinkoont]

Never forget that in 1977, a stormtrooper did a head bonk on a door

[@ericv00]

i cri everytiem

[@spencerfoote6977]

George: “no retakes”

[@sulphurous2656]

but what if stormtrooper was not bonk?

[@emeraldsnake8928]

@@sulphurous2656 The world as we know it would no longer exist

[@МаксимКулешов-о5п]

Next time you gonna tell how Aragorn actually broke his toe in Two Towers, eh?

[@Cristov123]

The folks who were always screeching "Star Wars is space wizards for children" are now writing Star Wars, and it shows.

[@doltBmB]

what they forget is that children were treated like people in the 70's

[@williampitt1537]

Best take in a while.

[@Trefox87]

And they clearly don't know what a good wizard is like, just that they wear white and win everything

[@FantasySportsZen]

Offensive to children that statement is.

[@pitkindefines]

Facts

[@RandomGameCritic]

I just remembered that Anakin Skywalker was a character who had a full redemption arc and ultimately died a hero who did the right thing. I legitimately forgot about that because Disney now owns one of the most iconic villains in all of cinema and they ONLY want to focus on Darth Vader being a villain.

[@elgusaniiiodeljuego6823]

Vader was always regarded as a misunderstood villain, to a great extent like those in Gundam. Extremely powerful but with shades, hateful but focused, and Palpatine being the all-evil baddie baddie. Then the Canon turned him into an irrational psycho that kills everything that breathes. Which subsequently dumbs down Luke. "There is good in him". No dude, there clearly isn't!

[@DavianLicanius]

Please practically every piece of star wars media is obsessed with Vader, even the old EU stuff. I mean the prequels exist just to tell the story of Vader and blow him up to be the most important thing in the universe, Anakin is literally the chosen one.

[@nephicus339]

Honestly; they've oversaturated Vader being a villain, he's not even intimidating anymore.

[@elgusaniiiodeljuego6823]

@@nephicus339 Member when Vader getting his helmet broken and showing part of his face was narrative resource reserved for extremely special circumstances, against a remarkable opponent? Now it happens ALL THE TIME. It's pathetic.

[@jayy-_-4309]

I don’t think u watched the show. The main reason Anakin is “evil” in this shot is just to prove a point to Ashoka and to teach her a lesson. It was just an act Star Wars fans just be saying shit without knowing anything 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@ronthepilot2520]

Judge: "I hearby sentence you to 24 hours of uninterrupted Star Wars fan reaction videos" Lawyer: "Your honor please be merciful. Atleast consider the death penalty."

[@houghtonjojo8944]

I would honestly want to kill myself. It’s ultimate torture, tie someone down and force them to watch that and I’m pretty sure you could get any information out of someone.

[@JI6OKU]

I am fairly sure that would be called a cruel and unusual punishment.

[@Сайтамен]

That's Grizzy's job...

[@curiousguyontheinternet9023]

@@Сайтамен That man is doing God’s work, I tell you. Still, I’d rather that he not get terminal brain cancer from viewing that much stupidity

[@Ecselsiour]

I'd die of cringe after 24 minutes.

[@jecker19000]

"He did the thing! I recognized it and I clapped when I saw it" - modern star wars fan

[@D33zNutzOnyaChin]

Hahahaha 😂 Ha.. haha 🙂 ... Ha ... 😐 And now I'm sad 🙃

[@vasilcvetkovski8383]

*Modern Star Wars Cultist".

[@Pentagrxxm]

average modern smooth brain star wars fan

[@d04lvallier]

"THIS IS THE CLONE WARS!" is actually worse and cringier than "I dont like sand"

[@Pantheistdood]

Fan service is....le bad?

[@_monolithic_]

"Red? That's red." Perfectly sums up the level of thought that goes into peoples' love for this show.

[@curiousguyontheinternet9023]

I quote Grizzy’s video from that exact moment: “You must have a goddamn IQ of 160!”

[@_S0LUS_]

Isn't she the same woman that defended Amber in Invincible?

[@curiousguyontheinternet9023]

@@_S0LUS_ I dunno, I don’t watch any of her shit. I wouldn’t be surprised though

[@andre_601]

I legit said out loud "Yes. And this one is blue... Now time for your apple juice and a nappy" when hearing that line... Like man, do they have any brain cells left functioning?

[@Alysa-Aiday]

​@@andre_601: To be clear, do you mean a short sleep when you say "nappy"? Because in Britain, that word is used to describe a *_Diaper_*

[@newblor]

Hearing Tweet ravings being read out as the meaningless soundbite gibberish they almost always are is both deliciously hilarious and terribly, terribly sad.

[@reginaphalange9417]

the repetition of the hastags gives the impression of a cult

[@tommymarco9893]

truth

[@Inastewpopotogo]

those comments gives me brainrot, but I just cant stop reading them 🥺😩

[@TyrinsClips]

​@@reginaphalange9417It is. It really... REALLY is.

[@Desmond-Dark]

7 hashtags on one tweet, jeez

[@alex01101]

I like how Anakin and vaders voice being mixed together for a split second is being treated like a masterpiece like they didn't do it literally last year in Kenobi

[@gabbycotto4024]

Heck, they did it even earlier in Rebels. It’s practically a trope in itself at this point, but everything Disney Star Wars is so bland it’s all immediately forgotten as it airs.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

What you mean? This is the first Star War ever! Before this show there were no Star Wars!

[@DfiftyMusic]

It was done different AND it was presented differently

[@LunarOccult]

Honestly, it reminds me of GOT S8 Daenerys dragon wing and ROP Sauron Galadriel water reflection visuals. "Cool" visual being supported by absolute piss poor writing. And people lap it up like its a work of some visionary when in truth they are just basic and shallow "fan" pleasing visuals with no substance whatsoever.

[@TheSkyrimps3]

And rebels before that… and clone wars before that

[@sivad1025]

MauLer, it's even worse than you think because in Rebels, Ahsoka is the one telling Ezra to value Kanan's death for the lives it would save. Not only is this out-of-left field in this show, it's a regression from where she was in her last appearance!

[@spec02alex]

Wow. That must mean the writers didnt watch Rebels OR they knew nobody would catch on because nobody watched Rebels. Layers.

[@sivad1025]

@@spec02alex Also in Rebels, Ahsoka tells Vader she will avenge Anakin to which he says "Revenge is not the Jedi way" and she responds, "I am no Jedi." Ahsoka from Rebels already accepted her role as a military agent. She admired Anakin because he stood up to the hypocrisy of the Jedi and did what was necessary, and she blames the Jedi for failing Anakin and turning him to Vader. Literally nothing about the live action show makes any sense in light of Rebels and Clone Wars. It's shocking that Dave Filoni wrote this when he was heavily involved in the other two shows

[@SockieTheSockPuppet]

​@sivad1025 I've decided that Padawan Filoni resembles his Master a little too much. As in both George and Dave have the unfortunate tendency of needing a leash of some sort to curb their more runaway ideas. Plus the fact that Dave clearly isn't actually all that good of a writer anyway.

[@arturzinurov4781]

And this unequivocally highlights how much of a degenerate shills all these people who praise this garbage are. They salivate over the most basic bitch shots in history cause it Anakin and than Vader and then Anakin again but will completely overlook how none of it makes sense even with the shows they say they like.

[@LegoCrafterStudiosAnimation]

Nice find there. Filoni doesn't have any sense of what he's doing with Ahsoka. A character is a sequence of consistent actions, all building onto those that came before. If you forget or ignore even one, the whole thing comes undone.

[@mrkisukes]

Fanservice has become a substitute for actual good writing

[@housemana]

has become? always has been hon. nice of u to finally show up 😂

[@rollingpingamers2785]

Could what has been done really be considered fan service if it was openly ignoring the fans?

[@kaitlyndavis6074]

​@@housemanalearn to spell before being so cocky

[@kesavenelayapallavan7414]

@@kaitlyndavis6074 That's pretty ironic, he means "has become?" because that ship has already sailed

[@haku8135]

Spectacle is all that matters now. Everything is just a spectacle, and they're not even bothering to give a mild effort to make the spectacle's build up actually lead to it.

[@JTFIghter6969]

I heard mauler mention some people didn’t like how long the intro with the two examples were. I wanted to add the input that I thought the intro was incredible. Some of maulers best. Very compelling.

[@eren__morwen5947]

"it's pretending to be a story" Is the most perfect description of anything Disney produces

[@justlivin2499]

The thing is, Disney has shown they can produce good Star Wars if they want, they just seem to not want to put in the effort 50% of the time

[@FantasySportsZen]

It's brainwash and social engineering. 100.

[@heyitsvikingz]

@@justlivin2499 There's a reason Andor was undermarketed. They don't want people to see what could be made if they actually put effort in, because then that sets a precedent that they have to keep doing it, which costs money. They know full well that AI could write Star Wars and the braindead amoebas feeding on fanservice would lap it up all the same.

[@RTU130]

Yea

[@the13thwardsadam92]

it really seems like everyine working for disney lacks the ability to actually create anything

[@looinrims]

‘Red, That’s red’ The pinnacle of intelligence in the Star Wars fan base

[@adblockturnedoff4515]

Or at least what's left of it 😂

[@adamt2564]

The pinnacle of the disney star wars fanbase that is.

[@thatoneguy668]

Most intelligent Star Wars fan.

[@NateO123]

“He Vadered! He Vadered!” She prob eats her soup with a fork 😂

[@lqlaliut897]

Watching the AI read the tweets made me dumber. That's how stupid they all were. Disney numbed star war fans so much they forgot what good storytelling looks like.

[@aureliaqueen8753]

In Hayden's defence, he doesn't write the script.

[@bcvetkov8534]

I think he did it out of love for the people that love him. He would've read anything given to him. He deserves the world man. I'm so glad he got a redemption arc.

[@Сайтамен]

@@bcvetkov8534 He didn't need to redeem anything. He is a good actor and a nice guy, that's it.

[@krraika1847]

I agree. I think Hayden acted well enough (a lot better than whatever direction he got for the prequels). It's just that, much like the prequels, the script sadly didn't make a lick of sense.

[@bcvetkov8534]

@@Сайтамен I meant like in the public sphere. Ik people gave him shit at first for the prequel trilogy. I know he's great. Like I said he's amazing.

[@2012sonora]

I’ll happily watch his scenes clipped out and uploaded to KZbin when that happens

[@LinkiePup]

And you know the worst part? Hayden is a genuinely good actor. but every time he's attached to star-wars, he gets the worst dialog, and the worst direction. I also DESPISE THE SPLIT PERSONALITY DAVE FILONI WRITES FOR ANAKIN! George Lucas explicitly said on multiple occasions that Anakin is Vader, and Vader is Anakin. There is no split. "BuT wE cAn'T hAvE oUr GoOd GuYs KiLl KiDs! ThAt's BaD!!!!!!!".

[@mcl4549]

At least he wont get harassed this time

[@The_ScapeGoat]

Slaughtering innocent children is about as irredeemably evil as it gets. The prequels were not well written.

[@Goro_Maj1ma]

What? George Lucas was the original one who explicitly treated Vader/Anakin as separate entities. Even Sidious in empire refers to Luke as the offspring of Anakin NOT VADER. The clone wars TV shoe further reinforces the difference by having the imperial march play whenever Anakin starts dabbling in the dark side in certain scenes but otherwise treats him as a good guy. You're obviously talking out of your behind and just spewing random crud you absolute clown. 🤡

[@xrstevenson]

I mean.... killing kids man, beings that never had the chance to actually do anything other than get slaughtered by their actual hero is beyond brutal. Even if Anakin had stopped before fighting Obi-wan, it was too late. Once you start you are forever lost to the dark path, ironically enough, i doubt it would be the same if he eliminated the CIS leaders first THEN attacked the Jedi

[@OddMidnight]

​@The_ScapeGoat Vader was never redeemed in the original trilogy. That's the part people misunderstand. Change does not equal redemption.

[@martian_turtle4070]

Ahsoka has already had this character arc in Season 1 of The Clone Wars. She was appointed to lead a Clone Fighter Squadron during a naval battle. Her hubris gets them all killed and she is absolutely devastated. She learns of her responsibility as a leader and how it's not just her own interests She must look out for, but also the lives of the soldiers she's assigned to lead. No idea why they decided to rehash it. Its already been done much better almost 15 years ago

[@roberthesser6402]

They're not rehashing it. They're reiterating it to show how Ahsoka's violent upbringing and Anakin's wartime teachings to "fight or die" have made her closed off and cold in life, while Anakin's legacy as Darth Vader hangs over her like a shadow, preventing her from truly living. She's become detached and laser focused on "the greater good" like the Jedi as a coping mechanism for everything that's happened to her and her fear of Vader's shadow. Anakin's point to her is that the way she was raised prepared her for the clone wars, to be a warrior, but it didn't prepare her for peace, and so for as valuable as his lessons to her might have been, she doesn't have to be defined by them anymore than he has to be defined by Darth Vader. We see him in the afterlife as embodying both aspects of himself, Anakin and Vader, in balance, and by rejecting the adage "fight or die" that she'd been raised with, she also achieves a similar internal balance. She chooses not to fight or to die, but to live; after this moment, her motivation shifts from stopping Thrawn--fighting--into helping Sabine and Ezra--living. The Jedi had forgotten what they were fighting for, the point of living, as they'd become so detached that they they could no longer see the trees for the forest. Ahsoka almost went down the same road, but Anakin pulled her back by reminding her of herself. And her personality shifts to reflect that, becoming much more free spirited and much less closed off toward those around her. I know it's popular to say "star wars bad" but this is one of those times where they nailed the usage of legacy characters. It wasn't just memberberries. There's real stuff going on here.

[@ForeverLaxx]

@@roberthesser6402 How charitable of you to write the scene for the writers. It's still retelling a character arc she already experienced and thereby a complete waste of time, but gargling Filoni's baby batter has had adverse effects on your brain.

[@roberthesser6402]

@@ForeverLaxx I mean you’re welcome to come up with a cogent reason why my analysis of the literal events of the episode and the things said in it is wrong instead of acting like a child but I’m not expecting much. The reiterating on her childhood as a leader in wartime is meant to establish the ground work for the rest of the episode’s exploring how that affected her outlook on life. Neither I nor the show should have to hold your hand to see that.

[@creed8712]

@@ForeverLaxxhow many people watching the show do you think did the homework?

[@ForeverLaxx]

@@roberthesser6402 "Boo hoo he called me out on my shilling!"

[@graye2799]

Its funny how the brought Hayden back and still didnt bother to give him good dialouge, which is basically responsible for 90% of his issues in the prequels.

[@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343]

Hayden is a great actor. Unfortunately he is always given lines as Anakin that are awful and it’s straight up disrespectful to him and his talent.

[@azrieldalusong5042]

​@druidofscosglen2868you peeked my interest. What's the name of the show?

[@CheemsofRegret]

Guy literally had to hold back in the fight against Ahsoka bc Dawson didn't put in as much choreography training as he did.

[@truegeminii6030]

​@@CheemsofRegretIdk if you can really blame Dawson when they didn't even bring the same choreography trainer as the prequels had, I'm sure if Disney wanted to extend training she would have done it.

[@armedraptor5114]

@@truegeminii6030 nor did they have the time to train the prequels did. 3 year release gap is something star wars probably won't see anytime soon.

[@anthonysaylor8120]

Star Wars Fans: "This shot is brilliant and should be taught in every film study class." The shot: _Anakin flickering between Darth Vader and himself in a mystical hotbox_

[@echs457]

No one is saying that.

[@SkollTheWerewolf]

@@echs457 It really isn't that much of an exaggeration, especially considering the numerous tweets MauLer showed on screen.

[@echs457]

@SkollTheWerewolf so is it what's being said or is it an exaggeration? If it's true then touche, if not then go kick rocks or something

[@debroofgreen]

One of the tweets said the shot should win awards, so it's hardly a stretch. You're arguing over a technicality. The way those people reacted to it, I'd be surprised if they didn't think it should win awards.@@echs457

[@ericvulgate]

I wouldn't call myself a starwars fan. I enjoy parodies like 'not obi wan' or Auralnauts far more. The shot was nothing new but it looked pretty cool.

[@TOONYBOY]

Oh my goodness...Those shots of Baby Yoda jumping around... It's like they filmed a child playing with their toys but airbrushed out the child...

[@thesultanofswing8706]

It was pathetic. I split my sides watching that for the first time.

[@hunterprt1274]

Its kind of meant to have a charm of the lower budget ANH Star wars

[@thesultanofswing8706]

@@hunterprt1274 I doubt it. It just ended up looking like crap.

[@hunterprt1274]

@@thesultanofswing8706 Its also because how fans were critical of the overuse of CGI in the Prequels and prefered the old way of using costumes and minimal CGI, this is just fan catering

[@strictnine5684]

@@hunterprt1274well that’s gay. As hell. Bringing back the yoda puppet for the new trilogy was also gay.

[@DannyEastes]

Everyone treating a split second flash of Darth Vader like it took a literal visionary genius to come up with is seriously the equivalent of dangling keys in front of an infant

[@goldblood8471]

I still can't get how the hell they thought that scene is somehow "the best scene in starwars history" like how?

[@lordmontymord8701]

@@goldblood8471 If you squint hard enough it might look good - especially when you started the whole show with the idea that this MUST be the best thing evaaar.

[@jamiegreyy]

​@@goldblood8471 Yeah, statements like that are questionable. But I guess it's pretty much because the bar is so low nowadays. Scenes like that are arguably what fans should have been getting instead of the sequel trilogy. It's like throwing a starving dog a bone.

[@sercravenmohead3631]

The Fortnite player base has the same mentality as the fans of SW.

[@RedDeadDepressionist]

@@sercravenmohead3631imagine still hating on fortnite in 2023💀💀

[@michaelplowman8674]

The moment you realize Futurama did all of that in about 22 minutes.

[@ggt47]

In a CaRtOoN.

[@corbinmarkey466]

To the person who said they wanted a Darth Vader series, I'm sure they'll pleased to know that there already is one. It was made 46 years ago. A trilogy of films made between 1977 and 1983. I'm not surprised they haven't heard of it though. It's a pretty under appreciated piece of Star Wars media nowadays.

[@bobjoneswof]

Damn that sounds interesting, I wonder if Star Wars fans would enjoy it 🧐

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

Films and series two different things so trying to be smart didn't work for you

[@CasabaHowitzer]

It's definitely NOT a Vader/Anakin-focused (I am assuming people who say they want a Darth Vader series mean they want Vader as the main character) trilogy, that would be the prequels.

[@Azhini]

@@ashleybanks-wm4cg Lmao. You're missing the point that Darth Vader already has an arc that covers six goddamn films and that tapping the character for a new series would be yet another look at a character we've been looking at since the 70s!

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

@@Azhini I see you guys tryna be sarcastic at least the first one was but you don't seem that smart to realize that A fresh new take on the Character would be very interesting and well recieved considering hes one of the most iconic characters in all of media history Just like how we needed Picard i absolutley love the Picard series i remember watching Star Trek with my grandfather when i was little and him being a high ranking military man he can relate to him amd loved him My grandfather is gone now and im in my late 20s having a Picard for the new age was a surprise and a treat The same justice should be done for Vader omg i hate having to explain things to dense ppl on the internet

[@thegoodgeneral]

“The idea that this is one of her most important character episodes and all of the context to understand it is apparently from countless seasons of other TV shows.” Damning. Well done.

[@Shenaldrac]

As someone who really enjoyed the clone wars animated series, _no one_ should have to watch it to have context for what's going on in a completely different show/movie/game. I've seen idiot fans defending that one Jedi game that came out a few years back having force zombies by saying "Well that was established during The Clone Wars TV series!" Yeah, it was, but you shouldn't need to watch 6+ seasons of a children's TV show to make sense of what's going on in a completely different thing. Also just because they introduced zombies there doesn't mean zombies fit Star Wars. Any work should stand on its own, this whole "living universe" garbage exists solely to milk money from people out of FOMO so they go and watch every single little thing instead of each work being its own individual creation.

[@thegoodgeneral]

@@Shenaldrac thanks for your reply. I’m trying to get into Clone Wars because of lots of great reviews from people, but I’m finding it difficult to get through season 1. I know, I know, I’ve been told by fans of the show I can skip it… but I’m a bit of a completionist. : D I wanted to comment to say that I think the criticism I was quoting wasn’t just saying “context from other Star Wars shows” but in fact “context from any TV show.” For example, the movie “Logan” has memeified the idea of “badass grown old, world has moved on without him, no place for him, but he can still contribute one last time… before sacrificing himself.” Other movies/shows now attempt this storyline as a way to dress-up a sequel after many years, but sometimes use, indirectly, the context from Logan that most audience members are familiar with. While you can do this and still have artistic integrity, it seems Star Wars under Disney needs to rely on memeified context to make anything and that’s cheap and lazy.

[@bluefalcon7]

​@@thegoodgeneralthe show is very much trying to find its identity in the first couple of seasons it doesn't really know if it wants to cater to kids or all ages if you keep watching you'll start noticing a shift to something more serious but still fun

[@thegoodgeneral]

@@bluefalcon7 thank you! I'm not giving up on it. : )

[@zillva]

@@Shenaldrac I mean, that's kinda like watching return of the jedi without having watched a new hope. Its also a bit of a shame that you reduce the clone wars to a "children's TV show", when its arguably the best content produced about the star wars universe, with arguably the most adult themes as well. Sure, the primary audience is children, but that does not mean it cannot be viewed by others, and especially if you want to watch star wars specifically

[@XxBigPig34Xx]

Never in my days did I expect to see him be so angry at a Star Wars show that it would warrant a video. I assumed they were simply not worth it. How happy I am to be wrong. Let’s go!

[@sivad1025]

I think it's more of apathy towards the show, angry at the seals in the audience

[@TheNemesis432]

I don't think he's angry at the particular show. He's angry at the fans for another celebration of key jangling and them ignoring anything else. He finally has to come to realization what nothing good will ever come out from Star Wars beyond nostalgia baiting and the franchise he's tired of will never change.

[@petriew2018]

@@sivad1025 i think there's some anger there, because Disney is actively damaging the entertainment industry in it's desperate attempts to train a generation of braindead idiots to make their lives easier. Star Wars, at this point, is actively damaging the culture understanding of what art really is, it's just that stupid but some people try so hard to defend it.

[@Dragonage2ftw]

That's cringey.

[@Clarity_Control]

@@TheNemesis432 That's Star Wars fans for ya. They'll eat up anything

[@owlmandiasthelatinowl3687]

Star Wars is now more a parody of itself than Spaceballs ever was

[@AscendantStoic]

At least Spaceballs was entertaining, Disney Star Wars isn't.

[@foggy1646]

@@AscendantStoic Or it's entertaining in how far it's strayed

[@seanwilliams7655]

Star Wars 10: The Search for More Money.

[@rafliadam9079]

im pretty sure at this point, spaceballs had better written, and more consistent characters then current starwars.

[@SatoruwaFeng]

MERCHANDISING! MERCHANDISING! MERCHANDISING!

[@RainbowMan9407]

BY FAR my favorite thing about this channel is that, no matter how bad the content Mauler's reviewing is, he always takes the time to show a good example.

[@RainbowMan9407]

Also, anyone else feel like Disney is currently the main character in a Shakespearean tragedy?

[@sonicfighter64]

@@RainbowMan9407I’m waiting for the end

[@RainbowMan9407]

Agreed.@@sonicfighter64

[@DarthSidian]

@@sonicfighter64 The ending where everyone dies?

[@sonicfighter64]

@@DarthSidian the ending where Disney is an old abandoned company where you could go in Disney land and see nothing but rusted broken down rides and somehow here the haunted echos of it’s a small world cause that’s where Disney’s heading if they don’t get their act together

[@smartalex22]

I mean, Lucas said it himself. Whenever you try to be creative, the fans crucify you. But Disney figured out that if you jangle keys in front of people, they love you for it.

[@videon6134]

And that is why they earn the title of being. A four lettered alternative word for chicken sucker. I'd put the actual word but KZbins been deleting my comments.

[@thefolder69]

idk people loved Andor

[@smartalex22]

Did they? I heard the ratings for that show were really low.@@thefolder69

[@monad_tcp]

That happens, it works, but for how long ? eventually people get bored. Case in point : videogames. look at Call of Duty, its boring now

[@diamondheadify-v5i]

@@thefolder69 Only people seeking something more substantial than surface-level fanservice can appreciate Andor. The fact that it wasn't as popular compared to other shows and even one of the biggest Star Wars youtuber didn't like it shows that the majority of Star Wars fans are children. That's why Star Wars can't grow up, because the fans are so easily excited by key jangles but get bored by something that is actually deep and thought-provoking.

[@toddstone230]

I had no idea that Filoni himself compared his audiences to kids being excited by a new toy lmaooo

[@Naruku2121]

Given the fan reactions to those onside. You can't say he doesn't know his audience.

[@colboy1fish]

The amount of comments on things I have seen that are "if it was star wars, I'd buy it" honestly shock me. People will disregard any critical thinking as long as the right IP is attached to it.

[@wicq2586]

Dude knows fanbase and makes cash while not using more than a braincell. He’s a genius

[@sarov7658]

@@colboy1fish blind consumers haha

[@blacklivesorblackvotes2985]

I mean, I appreciate the honesty.

[@frankieM_]

Everytime I see Hayden in a newer Star Wars show I'm always praying to God that they dont make him say some garbage ass dialogue, because the man has already gone through enough of that before

[@frankieM_]

@@ny8956 a toddler could write a better story using legos and action figures chief, its not as hard as you seem to think it is.

[@ny8956]

@@frankieM_ I'm sure we can look forward to seeing your screenplay on tv then.

[@frankieM_]

@@ny8956 if i ever care to switch careers to screen writing i'll make sure to invite you to my academy award ceremony

[@ny8956]

@@frankieM_ Might wanna get a scrip for those delusions lol

[@frankieM_]

@@ny8956 Wouldn't need a script for that one, if I did do it it'll be an autobiography

[@AbortedEvolution]

I swear putting absolutely no story on screen and letting the fans invent it themselves is the absolute intention. Seems to work. Great video, boss. Thanks for all the effort.

[@cattrucker8257]

It seems like it's the most popular form of """writing""" nowadays. So much stuff does that. And the sad thing is that the current mass audience is so dull and passively infantile that it's working quite well. They then go on to fill the net about how deep and interesting the story they've just watched/played is... even though 90% of it was their minds filling it in themselves. What's worse, I get more and more people telling me that's somehow "the best form of storytelling"... What have we come to.

[@lordmontymord8701]

I remember when Neil Breen was asked why he had a scene with little skulls in one of his movies and he basicly just said "it means whatever you want it to mean". It's not really that different. But unlike with Breen there are some people who really believe Filoni knows what he's doing.

[@DigiMyst]

It's genius really. Why write stories when the fans do it themselves and pay you anyway?

[@colbyadamski8139]

@@cattrucker8257We learned nothing as a society from the downfall of Game of Thrones

[@8ligh7]

This is the genius of Filoni imo, whether he's intentionally doing it or not. Have the consoomers fill out the blanks and do the work for you in their own heads then get praised as some "fantastic" writer when in reality your writing is actually bare bones and clunky as all hell while using pretty visuals that lack substance, shallow fanservice, and better ideas pilfered from the EU to make it seem like it's actually good. It's depressing that people consider this show "amazing" Star Wars when these very same people can't even spot the very obvious and basic deficiencies in its writing.

[@exoticdachoo007]

Little Ahsoka saying "This is the clone wars!" is the most emotion shown by her in the entire show... May I also add that Hayden seems to be the only one in the show who is trying to prevent saber combat looking like two people with glowing bats hitting each other? Like, Ahsoka's actress just seems to swing wildly in hilarious attempts to look cool while Hayden is forced to slow down and match her speed, which is something he isn't used to considering the training he and Ewan went through to actually sword fight for the prequels. I know there are countless videos about how lightsaber duels suck ass now but come on, compare this one to the Mustafar duel and the massive difference in speed while still SHOWING us what's happening is astounding. You didn't hear Kenobi yell "Anakin the platform is falling we need to run!" in the fight, they just do it like an actual human in that situation would do, you don't hear them argue with each other when their sabers clash or anything either. I wish they made them fight again in the Kenobi show, maybe it would've actually made their last duel almost be as awesome as the one on Mustafar, but since Vader is crippled by that point it makes sense why he doesn't fight very quickly.

[@Vherstinae]

My only complaint is that I wish Anakin and Obi-Wan had argued with each other in RotS. In another example of limitations breeding genius, because they couldn't effectively choreograph a lightsaber duel due to the special effects and Vader's restrictive suit, lightsaber battles in the Original Trilogy were philosophical debates punctuated by strikes. The choreography in Episode 1 was damn good and told you about the characters in the fight, and was a new and fresh take since nobody spoke. But so much of the prequels suffered the same as subpar video-game sequels: the director finally has the budget and technology to do what he originally wanted to do, and forgets about what made his original stopgap so beloved.

[@PossumReviews]

The biggest problem with Disney Star Wars (and modern writing in general) is modern writers are more concerned with writing _about_ IPs than they are writing stories _set within the universes of those IPs._ That's why everything these days is either some sort of metacommentary or postmodern deconstruction, or just blatant nostalgia bait. And the sad thing is the most vocal fans are the ones who don't care about stories, regardless of how much they pretend to. They just want to see their favorite action figures on screen, and the context or justification doesn't matter to them. That's who modern writers are writing for.

[@sztallone415]

Worse still, a good portion of these 'fan' and reaction channels are just posers, watching SW or else just because after a couple really big titles like early GoT, being a nerd became something akin to 'I'm not like the others'. And ofc, it's easy money, faking a meltdown for donations on twitch

[@AKUJIVALDO]

You meant these "writers" fanfictions and self-inserts into IPs...

[@Avarn388]

@PossumReviews That and also not really questioning if something new or additive makes sense. You could make the argument that the prequels did this by adding super speed as a Force power. By having them escape via a dash, you question why on earth didn't Obi-wan utilize that power in his and Maul's fight to get to Qui-gon. The rule of thumb I go with any story is what A) make everything you write count, big or small and B) Keep track of whatever powers and abilities you setup and account for them. That's why Fullmetal Alchemist is one of my favorite pieces of media of all time. Namely, because the author Hiromu Arakawa, did these two rules. Especially with the magic system, Alchemy, keeping it very consistent with rules that were easy to follow and establishing clear cut exceptions. Hence, by the time we get to the final battle; it's one of the most satisfying battles in media because it's paying off so many small elements established throughout. Star Wars used to do this very well during the OT and Disney era, well, they've just forgotten.

[@diegoxavier9107]

@@Avarn388 Random FMA appreciation? Very based

[@achaudhari101]

@PossumReviews Except you don’t even bother reading into the lore of Star Wars. Hell I argue you don’t really care about the universe of Star Wars but more of the realism it conveys.

[@StevenRichter]

I can't believe Filoni fans are satisfied with the portrayal of Anakin and Ahsoka. If Ahsoka (inexplicably) has never talked to Force Ghost Anakin, she should be so distrusting of him. Angry at him, fearful of him, intimidated by him. Not happy to see him. Their last interaction was him trying to kill her. She was only saved from Anakin's killing blow by Filoni ripping a hole in the space-time continuum. "Hello Snips" followed by her calling him "Master" is already so wrong, and the scene just started...

[@isaiahgonzales9989]

This isn't the first time she has been in a situation like this. She's been in multiple situations and even in the same place in Star Wars Rebels, so she has experience with the more supernatural star wars. Don't know what you're talking about their interaction being wrong either, nothings wrong with them referring to each other by that.

[@mcblaggart8565]

This stuff always make me try to write the story these hacks never could. Following this line of thought; what if her response wasn't "master," but rather "Vader." Those two syllables would have hit like a knife in the gut. For both audience and character.

[@dschehutinefer5627]

Yeah, that was certainly weird, though not implausible if we assume she got the full story of his death from Luke. So I'd say wary would be a more appropriate reaction than distrusting. But what I found odd was Anakin's irritated reaction to Ahsoka pointing out his legacy of death and destruction. That... seemed quite a bit blasé. I would think a redeemed post-Endor Anakin would be far more grim about his own path, definitely not stating with such confidence that he's more than that. But rather admitting his path was one of darkness, but expressing his pride that Luke and Ahsoka despite this had become everything he should have been.

[@Ace-0f-Spadez]

I’d assume it’s cause she knows what this place is and how anakin saved the world (til ros)

[@ManOfX305]

This entire argument is invalidated due to Luke already having told Ahsoka everything about him, which explains her saying "So much like your father" to him, unless she was straight up calling him a Sith Lord to his face.

[@joshuataylor5080]

The worst part is that most of us ex-fans just don't care anymore. We’re not angry, mad, sad, or disappointed. We’re jaded and apathetic knowing what could've been but never will be. EDIT: To clarify, I'm talking about Star Wars

[@AmbiguousAnalogy]

This!! Not a flying shit.

[@Dunmerdog]

It’s why I’m unsubscribing. I can’t be the only one who feels completely apathetic now. MauLer is admirably dedicated but it’s time for something new. Or old. I would like to see him break down a video game again, like old times. His Amnesia/Soma series is undoubtedly his best work, even after all this time.

[@joshuataylor5080]

@@Dunmerdog Just to clarify, I was talking about Disney/Star Wars, not MauLer. I'm pretty new to his channel and I like it so far.

[@KathleenKennedyFan]

BOO HOO HOO MUH STAR WARS

[@raptorshinryu]

Nah, when I think about how we were cheated out of 1313, the Underworld show, a LucasArts developed Battlefront 3, and George's original sequel plans, I get heated.

[@iDunnoMan9000]

The girl saying, "Red... that's red," at 35:38 had me DYINGGG!!! What even is reaction content??? 😂

[@strugz3484]

“ I CLAPPED WHEN DARTH VADER TURNED ON HIS RED LIGHTSABER!” -Mike Stoklassa, 2016

[@iDunnoMan9000]

@@strugz3484 😂😂😂

[@SnobbyBird_]

“ITS THE GUY WHO DID THE THING!!!1!!1!1!1!1!!1!!!”

[@Gormbauer]

RED!!!!!! RRREEEDDD!!!! REEEEEEEEEE

[@andre_601]

Or that "He vadered".... Like bruh... I know english is hard, but it's not THAT hard that you need to invent new words for it. (And I swear that "That's red" girl would lose her marbles seeing Windu with his purple light saber)

[@galixyfactor6608]

Never forget that Ashoka already went through an arc where she contemplated why she would need to accept that being a Jedi can bring death when she lead the freakin squad of fighters in SWCW and her arrogance got her squad killed. She LEARNED this lesson already

[@rmw9420]

DUDE THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME!! I can't believe I forgot about this considering this happened in one of the earliest seasons of the clonewars.

[@johnnybaxter1953]

Wasn't that in season 1 lol. Literally more than 10 years ago

[@guciowitomski3825]

never forget not everybody watches an animated show made for Cartoon Network

[@coda7994]

​@guciowitomski3825 that's no excuse to recycle the same thing and call it character development It's character regression, and we should expect better from the franchise

[@jlev1028]

​@guciowitomski3825 Isn't that what this show is aimed at, though? No one watches Ahsoka who hasn't already seen Clone Wars and Rebels.

[@sweetyeetus]

Shout out to the Futurama team, who can make people cry simply by showing them a dog in front of a pizza parlor.

[@rippspeck]

You're ignoring that an entire episode of emotional buildup preceded that scene.

[@HerohammerStudios]

​@@rippspeck that's the point they're making.

[@Nomadestra]

​@@rippspeckThat's his point, stupid.

[@therobustempyrean1436]

​@rippspeck 30 minutes of build up vs more than a decade of us getting to know Ahsoka, what a comparison.

[@aaronskinner4973]

Starts singing “If it takes a thousand summers, I will wait for you.”

[@QueenAleenaFan]

The sad thing is, I love being childish...but that childish part of me has high standards.

[@zabu14]

ah... damn

[@goroakechi6126]

Read the Expanded Universe. Still has a good deal of fanservice while actually having stories.

[@QueenAleenaFan]

@@goroakechi6126I have (at least some parts of it, anyway), and still do. Even the lesser specimens I've read at least have a sense of wonder. Even Claudia Gray's Leia (which is supposed to set up Holdo as a trusted compatriot for Leia but just makes Movie Holdo look like an imposter) is leaps beyond anything they've whacked on a screen except maybe the best parts of the Mandalorian and Andor.

[@javierlopez9789]

​@@QueenAleenaFanhe means Legends not canon.

[@jonahc2807]

SERIOUSLY! THANK YOU! I've been subconsciously thinking along these lines but could never articulate it.

[@_sandakin_]

i love the instant switch-up from "it's bloody brilliant" to "a clusterfuck of abysmal writing" lmao

[@d04lvallier]

"I'm choosing to live" "LIAR!" would've made the episode worth it.

[@jeebuschristos8423]

Or "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-ugh!"

[@derek96720]

I appreciate how you mentioned that Luke Skywalker is incredibly relevant to this series. It's worth pointing out that the original books that Thrawn and his storyline come from are ABOUT LUKE. Yeah, there are like 5-6 books that deal with Thrawn and his campaign, and Luke is the main character of them, not Ahsoka. They wrote Luke out of his own story.

[@birons3708]

Heir To The Empire doesn't happen until the Filoni movie. Which means Luke could play a big part of it. Incel

[@birons3708]

At the end of Ahsoka Thrawn makes it back to the main galaxy and Ahsoka lost. Its been leaked. Dont get your panties twisted up now

[@derek96720]

@@birons3708 calling me incel just shows much you need to get laid. I'm fine, buddy. XD And no, the entire plot of Heir to the Empire is already jacked up. I could list off all the ways that they've screwed the pooch on that storyline, but you'd probably have a stroke and use more trigger words.

[@therebelofchaos1674]

@@birons3708 Ya'll really toss around buzzwords these days. Incel? What about the comment was incel? He didn't shit on Ahsoka, he just said that this was originally Luke's story. Get a grip.

[@kenloretz3871]

@@birons3708 I like that you added incel in there for some reason. Very on brand for Disney slop consoomers. Simp. Look, I can do it too.

[@Constantinch]

These reactions remind me of RLM famous oneliners like: "I clapped, I clapped when I saw it!" or "IT BROKE NEW GROUND" or "I clapped because I know what that is"! This is literally all is left of star wars. The cheapest, undeserved, nostalgia filled moments that turn adults into menchildren.

[@ThumbShovem]

ATST!!! ATST!!!

[@bluemammon4765]

Thanks

[@reshpeck]

Those people need Jesus. Or anything even nominally meaningful to fill the massive void in their souls with something other than this godawful tripe.

[@teddrewflack400]

I FUCKING LOVE STAR WARS

[@joumero7493]

But clearly they’re doing this for the clout? No one actually thinks like this they’re taking videos of themselves because they know others will spread it around, as MauLer is doing here.

[@depressedutchman]

Futurama is the absolute perfect balance between real emotion, jokes and humor, seriousness and jokers and science. I always hated the show for absolutely no reason, until i saw my boyfriend watch it... I firstly made fun of him, but after catching him twice watching it, I just sat with him and watched. I AM SORRY MAT GROENING, I absolutely loved it

[@hariman7727]

Especially in season 1, when Futurama was a show about perfect irony. In episode 1, Fry the 20th century delivery boy hates his mundane job in a boring world, but in the 31st century he celebrates being a delivery boy because he's in a fantastical future with new adventures and planets and more to discover. In The Sting, Leela has taken all the responsibility on herself, but it's actually Fry bearing that weight, trying to reach her when he doesn't even know if she's hearing him. That was something that was lost after the cancellation.

[@BSMerlin064]

She uses two lightsabers, but never seems to actually use them effectively or properly. Why use both to block? The whole benefit of dual wielding is blocking AND attacking.

[@ZerogunRivale]

This is a consistent problem in ALL fantasy media and Shad has called it for years. Game of Thrones had the same problem with Sir Arthur Dayne.

[@Xfactor3521]

Anakin has powerful strikes the requires the two saber block, and remember that Ahsoka had to use a boulder to brace against Baylan Skoll's strike when he started to had more power behind each swing.

[@ZerogunRivale]

@@Xfactor3521 If Obi-Wan could block Anakin's strong Form V attacks in ROTS, there's really not much of a reason Ahsoka couldn't block or parry them as well, especially if she's getting a little help from the Force. This all strikes me as convenience above all else.

[@odinsrensen7460]

Does she ever do that thing from the games where she blocks with one and telekinetically spins (it's a good trick!) the other around the opponent, bisecting them?

[@RiylanCorma]

​@@Xfactor3521Blocking with two weapons like that is bullshit anyway. You can just power through it. Try it sometime with a friend and some greased poles(closest thing to lightsabers you're going to get).

[@worfsonofmogh1]

This may be the best thing Mauler has done in a long time. I love the longer videos, but this was such a devastating and effective critique executed incredibly deftly. Hats off to you, Longman.

[@ggt47]

"Less is more."

[@DigitalPsyche]

@@ggt47unless less means more often 😊

[@lupedust8931]

@@ggt47These are the exact things the longer videos are full of - we’re just getting one of these takedowns on its own here.

[@ggt47]

@@DigitalPsyche I meant with Maulers video.

[@bbqking68]

Great review but sadly for the trashiest of the trash. It's a golden turd of sorts. Sorry @mauler 26:03

[@JTrizzleFizzle]

I know you're known for critiquing entire movies on this channel, but I really like this surgical breakdown of a scene/scenes. You really nailed how shallow and unearned it is in Ashoka versus the other examples you gave.

[@unpopularopinions7407]

Yeah the ‘surgical’ approach has always been a large part of his appeal

[@Hugsloth]

i much prefer this to him yelling for several hours straight

[@XraynPR]

I didnt watch Buffy, but is there more to the scene than just being told "snap out of it"?

[@MrBrachiatingApe]

The way he presented the Futurama scene had me tearing up, very quietly and very privately, because it was so sad and so beautiful by the end. Thanks, Mauler. Listening to your videos had make me a Better storyteller, and I'm about 40% of the way finished with my first novel.

[@XraynPR]

@awhellnah__ I did, but I didnt watch Buffy. To me the scene boiled down to the witch tellibg Buffy to snap out of it. Was there more to it? Is the small scene with the book a callback? Was there more important dialogue?

[@thatrandomredengine9430]

Futurama is truly an incredibly intelligent show. Unlike Rick and Morty, when they punish you for getting emotionally invested, Futurama rewards your brain from being emotionally invested. People say Matt’s peak was the Simpsons, but that was only his beginning. Futurama was the guys peak.

[@andre_601]

Didn't Futurama initiall get made by people with actual PhDs and similar? Like I recall finding out that in one episode a formula is depicted that A) was created by the makers and B) makes sense and was eventually coined the "Futurama Theorom" or smth.

[@thatrandomredengine9430]

@@andre_601 Didn’t you ever learn how to spell?

[@andre_601]

@@thatrandomredengine9430 Didn't you learn not to judge others regarding their spelling? Like did it come to your mind that english may not be my native language? And that this may have been written late at night (or early in the morning, depending how you consider 3AM)? I would apreciate such comments to be avoided, because there is better stuff to talk about than how my spelling is.

[@thatrandomredengine9430]

@@andre_601 You’re right… we could rather be talking about how basic bitch ass your profile picture is or how stupid your username is. Though truthfully, I don’t give a sodding hell. “Oh, what if my English isn’t that good” bitch you’re an English speaker who’s trying to cover up how AWFUL your spelling is. 3 am? I’m wide awake at 3 am, I do everything at 3 am. I was jabbing with you, mate. Having a jolly laugh. Playing a good old-fashioned joke. Then you go on a tirade about how I should be more respectful about YOUR lack of English-speaking nature? This is, what the Yanks call… Preposterous. Absolute trite. Fatherless behavior, if I may. Good day sir.

[@hariman7727]

First Run Futurama especially. It lost its heart after that.

[@E_PluribusUnum]

It's all true and all, but after so many years, truth be told, Hayden is still the best fking duelist. It's amazing how much work he still puts into choreography. Deadpool said it best: that's just lazy writing

[@commentingisdangerous7530]

the prequels had a lot of faults, but the action and choreography was not one of them. some of the best sword fights ever in a movie, the only other one that comes to mind is the princess bride.

[@thalmoragent9344]

Hayden 100% was a GOAT at Form V Jemn So

[@stephano1019]

@@commentingisdangerous7530 Yeah for it's flaws, the prequels had something modern Star Wars media lacks: Passion. Passion from the actors and the storytellers and giving it their all with what they had on hand.

[@cobra8888]

Don’t forget, sometimes a stunt is involved to have a smooth move and take.

[@Jimoshi1]

@@commentingisdangerous7530 But Mike form RLM was right that prequels fights lack intentions and emotions in fights. It looked like cool dances.

[@benjamind.4790]

It’s a shame, because seeing Hayden again is a really great concept. If showing Hayden/Anakin again wasn’t a crutch for bad writing, it could’ve been amazing.

[@BB-848-VAC]

nah hes old af and looks every bit of it. create something new in this univeerse ffs

[@1ManNamedDan]

Ah don't let this this hack ruin it for you.

[@furnoprime9439]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@1ManNamedDan The hack that be the writers of Ahsoka or..?

[@557deadpool]

​@@1ManNamedDanwhat hack? The writers of Ashoka?

[@Annayasha]

​@@furnoprime9439exactly 😂😂

[@redsmurf162]

It's sad that as a life long Star Wars fan I've reached a point where I just want it to go away.

[@BlueHooloovoo]

Then you never were a fan. You're a gatekeeper. Real fans support the next generation of fans in progressing the franchise forward.

[@justmonika2345]

@@BlueHooloovoo People like you are why we gatekeep and should have gatekept harder. Now these franchises die with no interest.

[@SuperCoolrandomguy]

So your saying you “just want to give up”?

[@extantknight6735]

all you want is to not think and consume product@@BlueHooloovoo

[@artheals8869]

@@BlueHooloovoowhy would they support mediocrity? You sound childish.

[@stormhought]

how many times do Star Wars fan need to hear Temuera Morrison's voice to figure out he was always there?

[@mcmurray360]

"So this is how good writing dies, with thunderous applause"

[@aldunlop4622]

Apparently.

[@jwroot]

And Constant Shilling.

[@All2Meme]

Mike Judge must have been some kind of prophet when he made "Idiocracy".

[@JosephWalker-ip7pd]

​@All2Meme I'd rather watch ow my balls from that movie then the new star wars show.

[@LordFalconsword]

Notice all the reaction videos are little zoomers? Star Wars is bought and paid for with millennial tears and their disgust at anything traditional.

[@sdfabctr]

I think the use of positive examples really strengthens your critique, I'd love to see more of it

[@colbyadamski8139]

I swear to god yoda and qui gon could just resurrect one day in a show and fight Palpatine a third time with ghost anakin and these people would still call it amazing

[@nerag7459]

That would be amazing.

[@Calvinosaur]

Somehow Palpatine returned again.

[@nerag7459]

@@Calvinosaur Not arguing that wasn't bad.

[@birons3708]

That would be amazing

[@pixel3042]

ill take liam neeson or a green ketamine-addicted frog over this shitshow any day

[@crimsonpotemkin]

"It's red" A 3 year old child could probably provide the same level of quality commentary.

[@bad-people6510]

I mean... some of them are shills, which is fine to criticize. Mary Cherry, that's not her fault, she's just actually kind of dumb. She watched _Mars Attacks_ and was astonished that the Martians were aggressive. She watched _Sleepy Hollow_ and kept wondering why they never showed the Headless Horseman's face. These aren't jokes I'm making at her expense, this actually happened. It's actually a littler interesting to see a child's perspective on films.

[@spider-spectre]

Imagine being in WW2, crouched in a trench as bullets flying over head, bombs hitting close, then your commander looks at you with the most blank expression and says "tHiS iS wOrLd WaR 2?!"

[@azh698]

Closest that comes to mind is "I think WW2 just hit us" from Pearl Harbor.

[@harbingerofchaos6720]

To be fair, if you're about to march onto the field, going "over the top", and have any understanding of what that means (and how pointless it is) odds say you'd want to be wasted on something as strong as your commander....

[@5xmasterx548]

It was anakin reminding ahsoka where they were based on the flashback, it did not actually happen in the timeline. It was a fabricated memory.

[@crimsonpotemkin]

There's something very "it's morbin' time" about it

[@vaclavjebavy5118]

@@5xmasterx548 "This is a fabricated memory?!"

[@The_Laughing_Cavalier]

The scene where Dexter Jettster said "I am the last of the Mohicans" as he saved Sarah Connor really made me tear up.

[@AimlessSavant]

This needs a pin right fucking now

[@nedia8259]

"someone get this man a pin" -Ryan Gosling@@AimlessSavant

[@Amarenamann]

I thought that this happened in Lord of Ring: Gollum... I got my Star Wars all mixed up.

[@ghoulsome9483]

​@@AmarenamannLOCK BALLS 🔒🏀

[@Amarenamann]

​@@ghoulsome9483LOCK BALLS!

[@shealupkes]

"I'll take what I can get" -This show's entire fanbase literally all the time

[@PhattyBolger]

I tried watching a Dune reaction from the couple with the guy with the beard, beanie, and Nintendo shirt. But they had no clue what was going on. The girl was especially clueless. They compared everything to Star Wars and seemed to think that Paul, a novice student of his Bene Gesserit mother, could simply "use the voice" on a Reverend Mother, an expert of several decades- all in the first act. So, it would not surprise me if they love Rey Palpatine. Considering she managed to fight and defeat a Sith, several years her senior, after knowing about the Jedi for about 25 minutes.

[@AP-lh1bq]

Big thanks to Disney for giving us Mauler’s best work.

[@KX231-c3o]

For real. Watching The Long ™ reviews of these Disney movies is infinitely more entertaining than watching the movies themselves

[@examiningkubrickphilosofia1530]

Disney didn't make Game of Thrones

[@mysterymastermind175]

@@examiningkubrickphilosofia1530 His TLJ series is what launched him to popularity

[@tk-6967]

You mean Filoni. Disney only kept Filoni around because of the fans ignoring anything he didn't make. I mean they have made great novels and Andor, but no one looks at those anymore.

[@Dr.Pelican-bw2zs]

My friends who love Ahsoka and Mandalorian seasons 1-3 continue to ask me why I persistently "hate on" Star Wars, and have disagreed with me on every point I have made against the show. In fact, after episode 5 of Ahsoka was released, one such friend opened a conversation with me about the episode by confidently stating "If you didn't like this episode, you just don't like Star Wars". I think the reason many of us dislike Star Wars right now is because we actually deeply care about it. We know exactly how much untapped potential there is in this universe, and we know that every bit of lore and every existing and new character can be utilized to tell an impactful and meaningful story. We know it can be so much more than just references and cameos. All that say I love to hate Star Wars are woefully ignorant. I love Star Wars. That is why I dislike and criticize what it is now. Similarly (but not entirely alike), parents who love their kids will tell them off if they do something wrong. They will push their children to become the greatest people they can be. They don't hate them, they just want them to succeed and grow up to be good people. I think the Star Wars enthusiasts (for use of a better, more polite term) in these videos and my friends come from a similar place. They love Star Wars, but they think that the way to express their love for the franchise is to praise everything it does, giving the writers way more credit and benefit of the doubt than they should, and defending every piece of Star Wars content to the death.

[@dragovin08]

I honestly lothe that mentality of "you have to love everything the franchise does and never criticize it"

[@Enclavefakesoldier]

Couldn't agree more. My dislike of Disney SW comes from a place of love, not hate. Member berries and key-jangling is not the way.

[@graye2799]

The star wars I love died with the EU.

[@Dr.Pelican-bw2zs]

​@@graye2799 RIP EU 😔

[@TheAlamore]

For some reason, people keep equating genuine criticism for hatred, and I'm sick and tired of it.

[@sarinat3101]

The Sting was such a wild and great episode. Deeply emotional and fantastically written and voice acted by the cast. And all hiding inside a goofy comedy show.

[@ratatoskrnuts6354]

That and the fossil dog episode :'(

[@NateTheScot]

There's a surprising number of Futurama episodes that make me genuinely cry. That episode was so good.. rewatching it you notice so much. Like the very moment fry is "stung" and dying, and bender is standing next to him, bender has yellow and black stripes on him like a bee. Even as early as that moment, leela's perception of reality is shifting but you don't notice all the small touches first time round. Ass sucka is complete garbage that has no small touches, no anything. It's just vague wishy washy "you decide what it was about" to not have to write anything actually good. Just write vague bullshit and the audience will write their own interpretation for you. You don't even have to do any work, it's brilliant!

[@hope-cat4894]

The episode where Leela meets her parents is one of my favorites. The flashback of her parents always watching over her throughout her childhood was so heartwarming. 🥲

[@jasonconway5583]

Hey man, love everything you do and can’t wait to see more stuff. You and the EFAP crew have changed my approach to criticism and analysis of media forever, thanks a lot. So I’d like to put forth a game recommendation for you. Rain World. I’m not sure if you’ve seen Mattewmatosis’s video on it but it’s a game that I think could be a great stream playthrough. It’s one of the hardest and most grueling games I’ve ever played, but also one of the most underrated. It has some of the most beautiful and crazy abstract pixel art I’ve ever seen in a piece of media. I think you’d really appreciate the amount of detail, particularly towards the ecosystem and level design. As well how unique the gameplay loop is. I understand that you have a lot of things being recommended to you as well as all the things you already have plans to do but if you are ever looking for something totally different to play and a great challenge maybe consider trying it out. Thanks a lot man, continue doing great shit.

[@twaggytheatricks4960]

Rain World?? Oh heavens, now you... _You_ have taste. I discovered the game through the Curious Archive, and it was an instant buy. No regrets. Anyway: I second everything you said.

[@jasonconway5583]

Thanks a lot, I appreciate the kind words. I found it from Mattewmatosis and his recommendation series. What’s the Curious archive? I’ve never heard of that before.

[@Amarenamann]

This video is proof that MauLer, despite all laws of physics and nature, does have a heart and loves his audience, at least to some extent. It feels like your long-lost father is finally coming back home, bringing two cartons of milk instead of one and cigars instead of cigarettes.

[@Amarenamann]

Thank you, Longman, for another long upload. Don bless and praise the Cosmic Chicken.

[@guegaish]

If he really loved us, would he fuck us like a bitch?

[@Amarenamann]

​@@guegaishPossibly, it's what all good parents do, isn't it? I'm an orphan so my opinion on this topic can't be objective.

[@matthewcollins4773]

"I may be a massive, a tism, an inhuman monster, but I still have a heart". -- Trioculus.

[@Amarenamann]

@@matthewcollins4773 Amen to that. All massives are bald in the eyes of tismy God.

[@CrispyOats603]

So refreshing to have a video essay with consistent speech volume and without a looping Lo-Fi soundtrack throughout.

[@hammerofscience534]

Mauler is the GOAT!

[@mari_golds-bleeding-ink]

Ngl I could sleep to his vids and I mean that in the best way. Like, his voice is so relaxing.

[@crazylegsmurphy]

Those reaction videos are exactly why Star Wars will continue to slip into nonsense. When the bar is so low that you can make people cry with a flashing light, there is simply no reason to try any harder.

[@Omnissias]

This. Those reactions are borderline crazy and cringe is not enough to describe what they triggered in me. I gave up on tv shows (not only Star Wars related ones) a while ago. Even the shows which get all the (undeserved) hype are crappy. Narcissistic idiots producing trash for people which wouldnt even recognize something good if it was right under their nose. Instead they hypervenatilate for the dumbest dialogues and worst writing the industry has to offer. Such a tragedy but all the more reason to read some books instead.

[@Astrothunder_]

⁠@@OmnissiasI’m pretty sure (honestly kinda hoping) that those reactions are being faked. They saw that one fat dude who was crying about a SW trailer go viral and thought it could be a easy blueprint to the effortless infinite money glitch that is being a react channel.

[@Omnissias]

@@Astrothunder_ I hope this is the case. The problem with the lazy ass content of reactions and that they are so profitable is another problem. Providing a stupid opinion to content other people created with effort and money shouldnt add enough value for it to not be a copyright violation.

[@davecrupel2817]

​@@Omnissiascouldn't have said it better myself. The last TV show I actively watched, all the way to the end, was Ed Edd & Eddy. And that cartoon at least was sent off on a great note with The Big Picture Show. Never watched any series again after that. Thought about doing game of thrones but then season 8 happened. Now I'm thinking about breaking bad and Yellowstone. But at this point I'm too disinterested in TV in general to want to bother.

[@fluffynator6222]

​@@Omnissias Nah, there's still good shows.

[@XzaroX]

21:10 That's why KOTOR games are so good. They have basically nothing to do with the movies and have their own original story, thousands of years away from the movies.

[@fiddlesticks7245]

KOTOR 2 tells one of the single greatest SW stories. Only Plagueis really comes close to challenging it. Space Jesus is the best exile.

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

Something Lucas or Disney will never replicate

[@sirpepeofhousekek6741]

And of course *THAT* has to get fucked up by the Revan book and SWTOR.

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

​@@sirpepeofhousekek6741don't worry, you'll be coming back and apologizing to TOR when they turn revan into a non white transsexual and turn the sith Emperor into a tragic character with a sad background and add more LBGT and interracial couples

[@gqubed1]

"Peak Vader" was beaten by a weaponless Ahsoka... yet another degradation of the one person, to raise up another.

[@TheMaleRei]

The Feloni Waifu strikes again!

[@Сайтамен]

It was all in her head, so doesn't matter.

[@Xfactor3521]

Anakin wasn't beaten, as the lesson needed to be taught about coming to terms with the past and to move forward, embracing the positive of Anakin teaching during the Clone Wars and letting go of the self guilt of Vader. Understanding that Ahsoka's legacy is more than just Anakin's, it goes as far back as Yoda.

[@Сайтамен]

@@Xfactor3521 Ahsoka is 900 years old? Or 20 times younger?

[@Sprucepenny]

​@user-xx6vy9ri8p well, that's just needlessly obtuse. It's not even that far of a stretch. Yoda trained Dooku, Dooku - Qui gon.

[@doctorfunk7959]

This sequence is what I would have wanted Luke to have. To see his father, to see the clone wars, to learn what kind of man Anakin was and what lessons the father can pass onto the son.

[@Hadgerz]

something something THE FORCE IS FEMALE something something ''hello snips'' **jingling keys**

[@OMGSEASALT]

Hes' not a Disney character so he can sit on the bench for this one.

[@JustEchoes]

@@Hadgerz you know anakin is more of a father to ahsoka than he is to luke right? in reality luke and anakin spent maybe 2 hours max in eachothers company. Stop complaining about women lmao

[@divolg7981]

Luke who?

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

​​​@@JustEchoes if it's more, then why did he betrayed the emperor for his son? and that loved made him go back to the light? or decided to join the emperor so that he can save his wife and his kids. maybe you don't know how fatherhood works at all. lol. stop complaining about facts. lol.

[@shapeless6755]

As a Star Wars fan who grew up with the prequels, I just want this era of "look at this character, you recoginise this character don't you!" to end. It's an entire galaxy with millenia of history, why do I have to see the same characters again and again.

[@Dragblacker]

Because "the masses don't like new things and complain about them". That's why old people hated the prequels after all /sarc

[@liduna2000]

Play the recent games, perhaps? (Jedi fallen order + survivor) That's quite some fresh air. ( but it still plays with imperial era tho). just hope they dont f***k it up with asmussen gone).

[@tremmery2116]

I just want the era of bad writing to end

[@janoycresva919]

You will take Tatooine and you will like it!

[@SYLRMHA]

Star Wars=Light Sabers, good vs. evil, space magic...you just cant do too much with those tropes.

[@iliadnetfear2586]

Another problem with the whole Ahsoka being sad cause people died following her orders thing is that from the look of Ahsoka's outfit and the clone armor, this is supposed to be from late in the Clones Wars, but Ahsoka already had a "People died because of me" moment all the way back in season 1 of the Clone Wars at the beginning of the war. So she had the same crises twice? (Context, it was that episode when she over zealously lead a squad of fighters to attack a blockade and lost over half her men in the assault, also allowing enemies to attack the Republic fleet and nearly getting the Admiral killed.)

[@OnlyPretending]

It must be nice having a fanbase who's concept of "good content" is simply being reminded of something they like from past much better content, no matter how poorly written, blatant and soulless the reference is.

[@russellharrell2747]

I think you described the fan reaction to ROTJ back in 1983.

[@BennysGamingAttic]

Serving up a pile of shit while telling them about stuff that happened a decade/decades ago.

[@adamkares7549]

@@russellharrell2747 I will maintain until I die only 1/3rd of ROTJ is good. The rest is absolutely Phantom Menace levels of bad.

[@russellharrell2747]

@@adamkares7549 I agree with this statement

[@ComradeCommissarYuri]

@@adamkares7549yet the phantom menace is still better than anything Disney has done bar maybe rogue one and andor

[@xel1673]

The episode and reaction to it just makes me think Ahsoka is the adult form of childish shows like Dora the Explorer. There is more adult stuff, like action and violence, but it is fully familiar and safe. It has no real story, you are just meant to look at the pictures and feel engaged by the basic, blank slate characters on screen who make you feel happy. The characters exist, but they don't care they don't feel real, and certainly not truly flawed or interesting characters. Everything comes easily and conveniently to keep the show progressing because logic and cohesion from scene to scene or episode to episode is unnecessary. It's just the familiar settings, characters, and colors/visuals that matter. When in SW they notice something meant to be symbolic, they get excited, like a child eagerly obliging Dora who asks the viewer to point out the easily spotted missing backpack. And the child is happy because they were able to recognize the obvious "hidden" object in plain view. Here in SW they notice eye changes, clothes changing from black to white, visuals flickering between two versions of a character, and Morrison's voice. They are satisfied by the most basic attempts at pleasing their senses and feel fulfilled by the most mediocre of things.

[@Idontknow-vm1iy]

I feel like MeatCanyon’s video on the Mario movie perfectly encapsulates your sentiments about new Star Wars media. You should give it a watch! From that I can extrapolate that the writers of Ahsoka do this because it works. This has been the trend for a large part of the entertainment industry for a while now. I hypothesize that it is especially effective because life seems to suck for everyone now, so people like to indulge in cheap nostalgic media to daydream about the past.

[@adamkares7549]

Yes, they turned it into a keychain for cats. Thats why it fucking sucks.

[@shreebington]

They really had it going with Knights of the Old Republic. The story was top tier, with all brand new characters, and nothing to do with the Skywalkers. Such a shame we never got KOTOR 3.

[@Arander92]

That’s why I’ll never forgive EA for making that stupid MMO that even ruined REVAN ffs

[@aidanmattys7488]

Can you remind me when/how Kotor 2 is based? I could never get passed a few planets because the story just felt like everything we worked towards in the first game was for nothing. I also didn't understand the details of all the context behind the state of the galaxy. The first game just felt like it had a far stronger foundation of a story and tied all the events in it really well. I had absolutely no clue what was going on or what was being fought for in the second one (in one of my attempted playthroughs, I recall killing the cover-art sith. I don't know why that was significant. We just kinda went to the ship, killed some supposedly powerful masked sith, then left). This was all quite a few years ago. I've been thinking of trying to give it another attempt but I absolutely hate the starting locations and the UI has downgraded imo from the former developer's design. Hearing that the story was never fully completed hasn't helped in making me want to get invested either

[@jacobsullivan9207]

Kotor 2 has a great story, but you need the restored content mod as most of the base game is missing a good swathe of the final plot, including reasons for anything happening. As for when, its a couple years after Kotor 1. The events are left nebulous on purpose to avoid overlap, but I think its somewhere around 5 years after Kotor 1@@aidanmattys7488

[@toegrit]

@@aidanmattys7488 It was about one of the Jedi who fought with Revan against the Mandalorians and it's also about Revan's former master. It was the aftermath of the war with the Mandalorians with a few Sith left, a weakened Republic and a decimated Jedi Order who the protagonist quarrels with because they defied the Council and fought alongside Revan. If you replay it, do so on PC with the Restored Content mod. I thought the story and antagonist were more complex than the original.

[@Saeronor]

@@toegrit Funny enough, KotOR2 also included a MUCH superior version of a dilemma Jedi Council faced when events pushed them to go to war and displayed inevitable consequences of doing so. Something that prequels... wait, prequels didn't even bother, "war it is lol". The scene with Anakin turning into Vader, being touted as "deep because he changes because war", is, in comparison, an infantile introduction to a concept. But then again, pretty appropriate level for drooling half-comatose influencers. There's no excuse for falling *so far* behind an old and unfinished game. A game that, despite its bottomless pit of technical issues, had kinda similar "Andor effect".

[@catgirl-jj8no]

I just realized that Young Ahsoka has the white lightsabers she got at the end of Clone Wars and not the green one she should be wielding at that time. Couldn't even be that consistent

[@АняШакал]

They are very clearly blue, not white. Might be something with your monitor’s color settings, that messed with my perception of things quite a few times. Regardless, yes, her lightsabers should be green.

[@Сайтамен]

​@@АняШакал her sabers were blue in Siege of Mandalore.

[@ConnorAvocado0313]

those are her original lightsabers that anakin kept and maintained until he returned them to her before she went to mandalore. he also changed them to blue crystals... for some reason

[@darthgamer9861]

I am so tired of Hayden being wasted on garbage. I’m glad he’s getting respect, I really am. But he deserves better.

[@budakbaongsiah]

he should do what Robert Pattinson did, stay away from the films that gave him bad reputation and play on passion projects

[@blacklivesorblackvotes2985]

He took the check. He knows what these shows are written like. If he deserved better he would’ve sought better.

[@mandowarrior123]

I disagree with the implication. Hayden perfectly plays the role of an autistic adolescent with superpowers and was written just right, coarse and irritating and all in the prequels.

[@russianoverkill3715]

​@@mandowarrior123your headcanon is not canon

[@blacklivesorblackvotes2985]

@@russianoverkill3715 it’s not headcanon. It’s just fact. Cope.

[@MrTickleTrunk]

That 1 reactor pretending to cry is so obviously faking. Not one tear even though she's sniffling and wincing for minutes.

[@sarov7658]

Mayb they are tearing at suffering through it

[@fearisthemindkiller5225]

She did an Amber Heard.

[@thunderlighting2006]

That's her thing be cute and act like a fan girl while reacting to crap shows

[@OleCrankyGamer]

I saw her awhile back when I was on another Avatar:The Last Airbender binge. Her feminist takes, missing the point of the characters, almost made me dislike my favorite show...and yes, she faked crying on those too

[@thunderlighting2006]

@@OleCrankyGamer what did she say about avatar do you remember?

[@Unknown.NotRegistered]

I am yet again reminded how thankful I am that my headcannon of Star Wars is just the 6 movies.

[@TrentPierce101]

Rogue One, Andor, and the first two seasons of Mando are worthwhile as well I think

[@thomasn3882]

I think there is a clinical term for being that resistant to reality - it's called psychosis. It's nothing to be proud of....

[@icarusjumped2719]

​@@thomasn3882nah. Its not cannon. Its a pile of shite that should never have been given the starwars name.

[@ugoboom]

first 2 you mean

[@warriorinagarden7573]

​@@thomasn3882what are you on about

[@SnobbyBird_]

Star Wars: “Hey look! It’s ______!” “Fans”: *hanejduhsbfkekwhsgbfr*

[@michaelfjmusic]

It's so insane that Disney is so desperate to pay homage to the older characters of Star Wars, and yet they simultaneously completely disrespect them and tarnish their legacies.

[@wheeliebin18]

Nothing else gets the "fans" frothing. At this point, key-jangling is their entire marketing strategy.

[@ds_the_rn]

@@wheeliebin18- they know fans who love the original trilogy have disposable income. Dangle the keys and they’ll *hashtag* Take My Money! Are they trying to involve the newer generations into the love of those original 5 characters so that they, too, can show them the money when they’re old enough to have some.

[@michaellockett4044]

They're not paying homage to the old characters. They're disrespecting them. They neither understand or care to understand who those characters are, what they represent, or how their legacy impacts the world around both in and out of the universe. Disney just knows they print money so they are okay with incompetent writers using the IP as a vanity project if they want so long as they bring in the big bucks. Legacy be damned. They are akin to children pissing on the shoulders of giants.

[@jesperburns]

It's not a homage, it's nostalgia bait to get the old fans in the seats.

[@darwinxavier3516]

They pay "homage" the same way a deranged stalker makes a doll out of someone's hair.

[@papouligaming9594]

The Anakin/Vader smoke shot was about as subtle as a sledgehammer. The fact it got as much praise as it did (as in people claimed it to be deep and meaningful) boggles my mind. Probably the worst part is that it shoves down our throat a message we’ve already learned countless times by now and tells it in the exact same way which has been told several times as well.

[@matthewcollins4773]

There's a depressing trend in popular culture to think that if a thing is done, it is de facto done well. Character growth and character arcs, for instance , are understood to be good things, and so minimal, nonsensical characterization is applauded so long as something changes, because that's an arc and thus good. Any vaguely unusual shot or visual that has any symbolism or meaning at all beyond the literal is therefore hailed as subtle, striking art, literal genius.

[@blacklivesorblackvotes2985]

People are stupid, just as George Carlin always said.

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

obviousness is subtle to people who have no concept of what subtext is

[@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623]

There's 2 kinds of fans, my friend. Those who love a well crafted story and well written characters and a deep lore. And those who just want wizards with laser swords, pew pews and who clap like seals at the right member berries.

[@Сайтамен]

But did you get the Gandalf reference? It was so subtle!

[@Marrok48]

Mauler’s shortest video and he called out a ton of people, and he’s absolutely right.

[@MrTroyman8]

I have a love/hate relationship with his videos. They are funny, informative, and fair. But at the same time, they make me wanna reevaluate myself as a critic, and an aspiring screenwriter. Which is a good thing in the long-run. But once I start reevaluating, I inevitably fall into a chasm of overthinking.

[@poppag8281]

@@MrTroyman8 personaly I think its kinda unnessery/mean to call out random reactors/twitter users

[@danielnolan8848]

​@@poppag8281That's what makes it funny

[@gameovervirus2384]

@@poppag8281you mean all the reactors who had the exact same fake-ass response?

[@DugTheDog]

@@poppag8281 That one girl needed to be called out tough. What in the everliving fuck were those "reactions" even? People who watch her HAVE to know it's fucking fake, right? I mean her grasping for air and crying like a toddler? come on!

[@warrensloan3467]

Even if Ahsoka was a good show these fan reactions would be embarrassing.

[@jahigains9201]

Clever of Mauler to use examples of female characters he actually really likes, so these “fans” can’t use the sexist accusation against him and would actually have to engage in discourse with evidence, which they won’t do.

[@drlca6601]

see the thing is... even if those people feel their accusations are even more justified... they're not... those people only make words like sexist and racist and Nazi, lose their meaning, and that is definitely very immoral, as if we aggregated such actions, we would no longer be able to label the real racists, sexists, etc. Due to this immorality, these people should be routinely ignored. These people's mindsets should be utterly rejected and buried. We should never tailor our opinions and presentations to circumvent their shadow. Instead, we must, to honour the fruits of the Enlightenment and good society, by cutting right through that shadow with the light that is our freedom. We need not be clever to these folks so that we cover all our bases, as that only contributes to the current malaise. Kick them right in their woke ballsacks with that morality, logic and imagination. If we did this sooner, more openly, and in higher numbers, this orthodoxy would've never gotten so deep into the foundations of our society, such that you cannot look in any direction without it rearing its ugly, stupid face.

[@ryank9782]

it would help if he knew anything about star wars. if you dont know the characters just stfu.

[@nk_3332]

Also to prove there can be well-written, beloved female characters, because these people are so poisoning the well with girl-bosses that if the pendulum swings back too far, we may not see a Leia, a Buffy, and Ripley, even a Sarah Conner for a generation.

[@steelsolider95]

No, he's just a crybaby who hates on things. Just like you.

[@Telorchid]

They will go after the fact that the Futurama & Buffy characters were white, and Ahsoka has a more BIPOC cast. They can still scream racism.

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

Being a lifelong fan of Futurama i never thought i would see a thesis paper worthy breakdown of an episode wow amazing work

[@MsZsc]

wasn't it just plot summary?

[@88HELLJUMPER88]

​@MsZsc it was plot summary with a synapsis of theme and plot breakdown. I wouldn't say it's an entire thesis, nor do I think op was, just a very good breakdown of the episode with characters thoughts and actions.

[@SoyUnaManteca]

The worst thing here is that she already understood that people die in wars. There was an episode in Clone Wars where she got her squadron killed by disobeying orders, and now she magically forgot all about it.

[@JNB0723]

There is too much in canon for people to maintain consistency. Within 40 years, we have over 10 movies, 5 tv shows, hundreds of books, hundreds of graphic novels, and more.

[@SoyUnaManteca]

@@JNB0723 dave filoni made both, and if somebody is gonna make a series about a character, they should at least know the chacacter

[@gutdupois2809]

was the flash back not supposed to be set in that arc

[@arturzinurov4781]

@@JNB0723boo hoo soo much material for poor little writers to keep up with…fucking do your job. Plus Filoni is involved with all relevant projects for Ashoka so that doesn’t apply here at all.

[@underthepale]

@@JNB0723 So, you are either saying that 1) There is *too much material* (which increasingly lapsed fans have said for years is the case) or, 2) The writers, directors, and producers cannot do things that are *exactly within their job description* (which increasingly lapsed fans have also said for years is the case) Moreover, to even posit such an "argument" is to insist that canon does not matter, and with it, all sense of development and cohesive storytelling. This, the ball-numbing lack of care, too, is something increasingly lapsed fans have insisted for years is the case. You're not really making a good point here.

[@swegboy0238]

Those reactions were so painful I almost chuckled as a coping mechanism.

[@WorshipHumans]

Ahsoka and Rey wearing white as they mature is simple-minded. As Luke progressed, he went from white in ANH to gray in ESB and black in RotJ, symbolizing his loss of innocence and becoming more dangerous. As he became less naive, less pure, more knowledgeable, more powerful, and more familiar with violence, his capability of becoming a monster also increased.

[@hothotheat3000]

And notice in ROTJ, the flap on his uniform is flipped down during the Vader fight so that he’s not all black.

[@curiousguyontheinternet9023]

Back when the franchise understood subtlety and characterization

[@garrettviewegh9028]

If I’m not mistaken, didn’t Ashoka wear grey throughout Rebels? Symbolizing her more broad, realistic view in life and the Force that the old Jedi Order couldn’t grasp? Because if you think about it, wasn’t it her clashing personal beliefs, and the Jedi turning on her, that made her choose to leave?

[@AnimaVox_]

Yep, and Lucas did it again with Anakin. Light colored attire at the start progressively getting darker until all he's wearing is death. This is also why the removal of Vader's helmet to reveal Anakin's pallor is doubly significant in RotJ: it sort of symbolizes his purification and renewal. However, he's still wearing black, a color commonly associated with death-and that's what happens to him, he dies. He dies in that moment partly because his actions still carried severe consequences. Apologies if it seems like I'm waxing poetic, I don't intend this to sound pretentious. It's just a personal analysis.

[@SliceofKris]

Is why I always felt the true jedi outfit should be brown. A plane neutral tone reflecting their stance to life the universe and everything. They are not rulers nor gods they are simple shepherd's attempting to persuade the flock to not be absolute dipshits. Where as the pure white or pure black repersent the oppersite a belief that they are more rightous or have more worth than any other being, blinded by their own sheer fucking hubris.

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

A 6 and a half minute summary of a 20 year old episode of Futurama that I've only watched maybe once, and not recently, affected me more than most of the films I've seen in the last 10 years. What are we doing here, boys...

[@thibauthanson7670]

Same here, a condensed stream of all the feels... That was hard.

[@jesseslack2089]

Least it wasn't the dog episode....

[@BaldorfBreakdowns]

It shows MauLer could make some really great short form content, too.

[@portalmanHUN]

How did it come to this...

[@jamescarr1265]

let’s all watch Futurama instead of Disney Star wars

[@mixererunio1757]

I love how you not only chose better written characters in similar situations, but all were female as well. You can write good female characters, it's Disney and Filoni who are inept.

[@whitworth5s248]

Not just inept, but afraid. They're terrified of making these characters seem weak, so they tell character growth stories in which the character was right about everything the whole time and didn't change between the beginning of the story and the end. Ahsoka wasn't actually responsible for any deaths, and she was never actually tempted by the dark side. We just get imagery that hints of the possibility, and then she fights Anakin, beats him, and he tells her she had it in her all along... just like Rey had it in her all along... just like Captain Marvel had it in her all along. Learning is weakness. Getting affirmed that you were just the bestest ever all along is _E M P O W E R I N G_

[@michaelgonzalez4698]

Disney cliche of these characters wearing white. When Luke wore pure black to fight vaber who also was also wearing black. Luke was going against the norm Disney doing the cliches

[@Admiral-General_Aladeen]

I have a friend who loves the new star wars shows and is super happy about any sort of nostalgia or callbacks but i find them really annoying How do i say to him that i find the shows really bad and the cheap nostalgia really lazy without looking like an ass?

[@AnimatedASMR]

@@michaelgonzalez4698 I loved that motif for Return of the Jedi. It wasn't until Luke pulled himself from the brink and proclaimed, "Never. I'll never turn to the dark side. You've failed, Your Highness. I am a Jedi, like my father before me," that the lapel of his coat folds open and reveals a lighter color on the inside when resisting the Emperor.

[@mariokarter13]

Good storytellers base their stories on reality. Bad storytellers base their stories on other people's stories.

[@Saint_Wolf_]

I like to watch this video for the 2 opening narrations. Mauler's voice, tempo, cadence, inflection and tone, as well as the microphone, the lack of music, really let him add emotion and feel to the stories, I'd hear an audiobook from him.

[@NeoN-PeoN]

It's so sad to watch so many "influencers" have to pretend to be blown away. The cringe is off the charts.

[@adamkares7549]

Its so unbelievable I actually really don't believe any of these dinks whos livlihoods are based on getting views. Of course they're lying to you, they are professional liars. You are actually truly blown away by a bog standard action scene shot because it shows Darth "Ive been around doing similar badassy looking Red-Lightsaber 'Memberberry shots for 50 years" Vader? My ass. Star Wars is one of the most inauthentic franchises in Hollywood at this point.

[@dorn0531]

It’s genuinely uncomfortable to watch.

[@ironsides982]

Also, to be a successful grifter you need to, well, grift.

[@Enclavefakesoldier]

It is physically painful. They could use this to break gitmo prisoners.

[@aheroforfun6401]

Reminds me of RedLetterMedia's "Nerd Crew" lol

[@sek954]

TCW had to make Ahsoka more important to Anakin than his wife. Now this show has to make her more important to him than his son. And people think Dave Filoni respects the OT and the PT? LOL

[@FHT1883]

his simps are the most deluded people in the fandom, right next to sequel fans. his writing is and always has been juvenile crap with zero depth but with the slightest veneer of pretentiousness so that deriders can be told "you just don't get it". MauLer also correctly pointed out that his dialogue is ass. Every one of these reactchannel clips he showed just prove that all his fanboys care about is having their memberberries jerked, they wouldn't know substance if it crashlanded a spaceship onto their face. I hate that basically all SW is nowadays can be traced back to a lame-ass cartoon a whole generation has deluded itself into thinking is a masterpiece.

[@DrD00M3]

Exactly i don't get these fans sometimes

[@justlivin2499]

I don’t think it ever tried to make her seem more important than Padme, the way I see it she is like Anakin’s niece that he’s been given custody of

[@sek954]

@@DrD00M3I swear I once saw a comment that said “Ahsoka was his anchor to the light. So when she left the order, he derailed.” Really? It wasn’t when his wife was about to die?! This cartoon character was so important that she influenced the fate of 6 movies without being in one?!

[@BrickDevilTributes]

I always viewed Ahsoka's character as the little sister, similarly how Obi-wan was more like a brother and Qui-gon would've been the father figure to Anakin. Anakin's brutal beatdown of Clovis during the Scipio arc showed that Padme was definitely more important, as the only other time he went that far was when he thought Rako killed Obi-wan if I recall.

[@davejones9469]

God Futurama had so many amazing, hard hitting episodes. There's obviously the Seymour one, there's also the one where fry rearranges the stars to spell "I love you Leela" and she misses seeing it. Even the one where Bender meets God, and the last thing He says is "When you're doing things right, people won't know you've done anything at all." got me thinking. You'll be scrutinized for mistakes, but rarely thanked for simply doing things without error.

[@IShoePets]

I loved Futurama for the most part, it was an excellent blend of smart writing and dumb humor.

[@judyhopps9380]

I found out that the bee episode (my favourite one no less) was inspired by the book Ubik by Philip K Dick. I then went on a huge spree of Phil's books. Thanks to Futurama and that one episode I then got into Harlan Ellison too. Was super cool seeing it here today

[@selendile030]

Ahhh man why did you have to bring up the Seymour episode 😢😢

[@davejones9469]

@@selendile030 Well, I didn't go into detail for good reason...

[@commentingisdangerous7530]

the one that always made me emotional was when bender found out his body had a big flaw in it that would kill him, and in anger he sought out the clerk that okayed him for life and work. it ended up being a young hermes that saw something inside him worth saving.

[@Kainvverd]

Imagine my shock... All you have to do is show them some red light and they're ready to cry from happiness.

[@nolancarey6244]

Its so weird to see Ahsoka portrayed like this after in rebels she already had this character arc and that she made up her mind on who she was. Arguably, she had great closure on the end of the second season, with the Sith temple. Her story came full circle and would be a great character if they let it finish there.

[@metalsnake27]

Yeah I... honestly was confused about Ahsoka's arc in this series. I remember after this episode I even struggled to talk to my fiance about it as she never saw Rebels before.... I was trying to figure out a way to explain it and I just couldn't, because it was like... there is no arc here there's no character here, we're just trudging along this plot.

[@liamphibia]

And Dave was all like "Nah it'll be fine"

[@alexhayden219]

Ahsoka had honestly grown into one of my favorite official canon Star Wars characters by the time she died and had a very fitting end. Then Dave literally yanked her out of time and space to save her and she's been all down a steep, tall hill of jagged rocks ever since.

[@metalsnake27]

@alexhayden219 I love seeing more what Ahsoka was up to but I feel like that yeah we've seen her full character arc already. Idk what else you can do with her. Having an apprentice with Sabine is a cool idea but I feel like it's not the main focus here where I feel like it should have been? I dunno.

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

dave's obsession with ahsoka is the character's biggest flaw

[@Amarenamann]

It feels extremely weird and unnatural to see MauLer upload a new video so soon after the previous one, it hasn't even been half a year, barely a month has passed... Now anything can happen, I guess... Who knows, maybe this means that the world is going to end tomorrow? Wouldn't be surprised at all.

[@DollyBoiGamer337]

The world ends when Mewbs starts making short-form content exclusively (Don bless the long)

[@Daemondog]

It ends when the video starts

[@DriveKnightJaden175]

Mauler looked at the state of the world and decided that he needs to make videos more often to save it

[@Amarenamann]

@@DollyBoiGamer337 At that point we'd be living in a simulation.

[@Amarenamann]

@@DriveKnightJaden175 And he did it okay the way he did it.

[@Blindluck92]

The freak-out over Anakin/Vader is genuinely depressing because it means that we're so starved for the franchise that they have us happy to get table scraps when we used to have the whole damn restaurant.

[@nont18411]

Also, when they had an opportunity to give Anakin more screen time (because he’s a main character) in Kenobi, what did they do? They decided to sprinkle him as a cameo and focused all the writings and screen times on Reva. The same sh*t with Boba Fett they had a full like 7 episodes to show Temuera Morrison’s acting as Boba Fett but instead, they made him a side character in his own show to Mando and then used the cheap trick by sprinkling his cameo (even his voice) in the other shows that aren’t about him. We could have got a show focused on Anakin and Obiwan, instead all we got were Anakin cameos throughout the shows. Boba Fett too. But hey, as manipulative as it is, it always makes the fans crazy so it kinda works.

[@bikramarora1819]

@@nont18411We literally got 3 movies of Obiwan and Anakin. Star Wars needs less of Skywalker key jangling, not more of it. Tell new, original stories.

[@jamesw5287]

​@@nont18411man I enjoyed a lotta ideas and stuff from Kenobi, but Reva was insufferable. SHE DIDNT NEED TO BE THERE. WHY. WHY BRING HER UP AND GIVE HER THIS WHOLE ANGLE!? So much opportunity to explore Kenobi and Vader and their past but instead did THAT!?

[@jamesw5287]

​@@bikramarora1819 very fair, but clone wars does show that you can do a lot with characters and continue to explore them meaningfully without shitty key jangling. Unfortunately they didnt really do that in Kenobi or Ahsoka, tho I will say I do enjoy a lot of the ideas put forth. However you are 100% right that they should really be focussing on new stories and characters. Star Wars is a massive universe and theres so much room. Hell you dont even need to take from Legends books or games, just make up something new. Heres hoping the Acolyte will be that. Either way, theres room for both the new and familiar as long as its done right, it just mostly hasnt rn with SW.

[@funkmasteryoda8323]

How many of these youtubers embellishing their reactions are paid by Disney? A part of me is holding into the idea that not everyone can be that stupid, right? Oh god i hope so

[@celticluna1691]

This star wars show is the equivalent of a dad jiggling car keys at his 3 year old