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[@Matthew-hb3en]

Channel Awesome I love every review you do I'm a huge fan thank you for all your videos and time :)

[@daltonwilliams1723]

May the porg be with you Loved the movie and the review and i agree with pretty much everything you guys pointed out. Also glad you didn't go for easy tagets like luke drinking alien breast milk

[@whynotbrosay]

It sucked and made no sense. Luke was a totally different character and rose story was unnecessary

[@samyelts8498]

Channel Awesome , now I got to go see the movie 😀😢

[@widchaponjearaphunt5452]

It amazing as standalone, but it suck as sequel

[@redhood982]

Kylo: I can see right through you Luke: Shit!

[@waterbottle6913]

+Constructive Historian I'm what

[@GuillaumeDrolet]

he just is ok?!

[@TheAphexTim]

The suspense is killing me!

[@27mitcha]

@Thomas Chancey someone went to the Monty Python and The Holy Grail school of ending sentenc...

[@MRNentertainment7122]

Rose: Hey, I saved your life! Finn: You didn't save my life, you ruined my death!

[@MRNentertainment7122]

Possible reference to The Incredibles (2004) except Finn actually TRIED to die! Sorry, been watching too much Schafrillas

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Exactly.

[@plutossky7534]

I love how there’s still a tag on the robe Snoke is wearing

[@user-hw3vq7qh5z]

Only a Sith deals in absolutes. But since Snoke wasn't technically a Sith and was more a clone he wasn't sure whether he'd keep the robe LOL

[@keegansandlin]

You mean his Snoking jacket? 😂😂😂

[@BananaHoovyJ.Rabbit]

Where?

[@jeremiahbristow7609]

R2-D2 has a body count too, if you count droids.

[@wcapewell3089]

I only remember him killing two super battle droids in revenge of the sith.

[@StupidWeb]

If you look at the clone wars he straight-up murders R3

[@tubbdoose]

What kind of body count

[@manoftruth0935]

Yes.

[@fireline4765]

No, in the comic R2 wiped out a a Ship full of stormtroopers by himself.

[@aMilling]

BB-8 has a bodycount R2: That's cute.

[@TheDisneyLover58]

The Milling droids could kill the Sith with faster than a Jedi could.

[@seraereysoakheart9765]

That would suck to be killed by a little droid like that

[@Dunryan]

BeeTee He is a homicidal R2-D2 with more weapons than an empirical fleet Search it up

[@randomduck8679]

Duncan Ryan he’s the one in the main Star Wars comic book isn’t he

[@Dunryan]

yes

[@ritadelarosa9534]

Episode 7: The Force Awakens Episode 8: The Last Jedi Episode 9: From His Sleep

[@popstarchamp]

Rita De La Rosa 😂👏👏👏

[@colleencasey5327]

Rita De La Rosa yus

[@cellingfan6244]

Aaayyyy

[@IrvingIV]

From slumber

[@Yami1300]

@@MoskHotel Darth Plagues Novel It has an audiobook,YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE. I promise you,you will forget all about disney.

[@joedinnie3079]

The casino part is basically just Disney dissing capitalism Disney Dissing Capitalism

[@minderbart1]

i think it's more attacking war profiteering.

[@YCCCm7]

@@minderbart1 Agreed. It's criticizing the nature of the military industrial complex, and implies that, not too surprisingly, the empire's strong state of control had created a MIC with its own pocketed interests in the star wars universe. I think this is a perfectly rational expectation, all things considered. Why people assume "all capitalism bad" from it confuses me.

[@minderbart1]

@@YCCCm7 because some people refuse to say that capitalism has a very big dark side

[@DOKKJ]

If only Disney had benefited from capitalism in some way 🤔...oh wait.. (I mean, other than the fact they wouldn't exist without it)

[@minderbart1]

@@DOKKJ not necessarily. it became very rich and very powerful thanks to capitalism but there is no reason it couldn't have existed without it. capitalism =/= economy. it''s a socio-economic system

[@andrewdolasinski2623]

So Harrison Ford and Mark Hammel ar still alive but their character's are killed off and Carrie Fisher is dead but Leia lives

[@jordandwiggins1026]

Andrew Dolasinski You act like they knew Carrie was going to die

[@m3lapelazpendejoyoutubemarica1]

Yeah, pretty much

[@thegreatmonacage3782]

@@jordandwiggins1026 She died a year before TLJ was released. I'm sure they could've redone the movie accordingly.

[@therock238360]

Jordthe destro1 filming was done when she passed

[@mogel312]

@@therock238360 They could have made a quick edit though, having her not go marry poppins and superman back to the ship and actually die. Then make Luke not disappear at the end of the movie. Voila: they would have a much easier time making the rise of skywalker, Luke being alive and Leia dead.

[@jacoblau1766]

We’re all missing the important problem... YOU DONT KILL THE MEME LORD ADMIRAL ACKBAR AND GET AWAY WITH IT

[@catmani2]

So so true! Long like Ackbar!

[@lorddarktelefax]

Psychedelic Cephalopod at least kill him on screen 😐

[@batzman9209]

Psychedelic Cephalopod it was his last trap Rip akbar

[@someguy2986]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but they had to. His actor died irl last year too in April.

[@batzman9209]

Hero of Kvatch they had too? But leia is still alive And her actor is dead too

[@jasonsizzler4869]

Lets free the animals but not the slave kids. Lol. And guess who's gonna have to clean up the mess Finn and Rose caused to the casino? The slaves. Those animals also aren't getting far given that the bad guys have fast ships to get them back.

[@mechasentai]

Jason Sizzler And the animals got captured 10 minutes after they left.

[@nothere1578]

Jason Sizzler So you're saying they should free the children from cleaning animal pens and bring them into a rebellion that's on it's last leg to stand on?

[@LincolnDWard]

Yeah, that bugged me too. I really liked the movie as a whole, but almost everything about the casino plot was frustratingly predictable and shallow. I'm thinking about making a fan edit when the DVD comes out.

[@clownprince88]

Reminded me of the Golden Saucer area from FF 7 complete with Chocobo Racing

[@pslush1]

i love you man i met 12 hours ago

[@mysteryman7570]

I’m going to be honest, I thought Vice Admiral Holdo was a First Order spy and I was disappointed when she wasn’t one.

[@WalkerRileyMC]

Now that would have been a good twist.

[@mementomori5580]

@@WalkerRileyMC It would have been the only way for her behavior to actually make sense.

[@G.E.S]

Is it bad that I thought that Luke throwing Anakin’s lightsaber over his shoulder was a joke that Doug wrote?

[@richardthorndike6608]

I wish....I really wish.

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

I wish. Christ, do I wish.

[@anthonypedroza4935]

Gavin Slabon Oh I feel bad 4 U 😄😬

[@theviewer9305]

The whole point of that is by this time Luke has learned the truth about the Jedi. He basically knows what we saw in the prequels, how the code was completely wrong and led to the downfall of the jedi. He realized while the sith are the ones of evil, the jedi really were arrogant and were the ultimate cause of their own failure. Probably also learned that his father killed about 30 children with that thing.

[@theviewer9305]

@Go Time Now Oh my gosh, you completely rekt me there. The last turd!!!! oh no you didn't. You absolute mad lad.

[@JoshAkersFilms]

Star Wars Episode IX: The Last Porg

[@bacontrooper4318]

would probably be a better film. The porgs were probably the most star wars thing about this flick. It was an interesting and ungodly amalgamation of different animals that haunts my dream. DARTH PORGIUS I can see it now

[@LuigiTheItalian]

"save the things we love" what about Luke and Ackbar??

[@BrickBuster2552]

Luke (probably literally) is immortal now, and, guess what, nobody actually gave a shit about Admiral Ackbar.

[@and8091]

Money Cat Are you sure about that?

[@BrickBuster2552]

Yes.

[@BrickBuster2552]

"If you love Yoda, then you aren't worth saving" according to George Lucas with Return Of The Jedi.

[@babykangaroo199]

Movie " fuck em"

[@juliamay8580]

Snoke was a Dark Porg, that's why he was so powerful. But he betrayed the Porg Way, so the Porg Council manipulated Rey and Kylo to kill Snoke and return balance to the Porg.

[@brianbrush5107]

100th like

[@TheRoboticLog]

@@Awkci_gaming Snoke -> Snoge ->Sorg -> Porg

[@Kenny-wr3ky]

We are the porg resistance is futile.

[@lucky5th2]

What is a porg?

[@TheRoboticLog]

@@lucky5th2 The little birds from Episode 8

[@Shadow62x]

Consider this people: They spent a few minutes bragging about Admiral Purple hair's accomplishments in some nameless battle that I'm sure they'll add in another movie. However, they killed off Ackbar as a nameless background character to introduce purple hair. You may not care, but Ackbar is the Admiral who led the fleet in the battle against the Death Star and successfully destroyed it. Leading to the death of the Emperor and Vader saving the Galaxy. This would have been a perfect moment to introduce him as the hero who "sacrifices himself" to save the people in TLJ.

[@Jesup1204]

Just try and replace Ackbar with Holdo, all you soul hear is “It’s a Trap memes.”

[@RinAldrin]

Nah we needed an annoying purple hair woman to spend the entire movie acting like a traitor and only not being one because of bad writing

[@Shadow62x]

@@edwardhewitt9229 The original actor was brought back to play Ackbar. To die a nameless death. They spent half the movie trying to make you care about purple hair. Ackbar could have died the same way he helped fight the empire. Showing him, and his crew making the last charge towards the Sith Juggernaut. They could have taken the time saved trying to make you like purple hair, to expand their being stranded on the planet.

[@Shadow62x]

@@edwardhewitt9229 Aka he was in the movie sitting behind Leia when the bridge was destroyed.

[@Bisheimer]

Well the leading to the death part aged like milk.

[@CrowTR0bot]

My only disappointment with this review is that at no point did Luke demand that someone SHUT THAT DOOR!

[@foolishlyfoolishfolly3209]

This needs more likes

[@mamabear9564]

Luke's force ghost: SHUT THAT DOOR BEN SOLO

[@CrowTR0bot]

Kylo: BUT I JUST BLEW THAT DOOR THE FUCK UP! Luke: (Turns into a Zoanoid)

[@dcarterm8371]

CrowTR0bot SHUT THAT DOOR

[@popcornsprinkles8071]

So, is no one going to point out that they killed admiral Ackbar off screen?

[@zandyzain6241]

Popcornsprinkles Star Wars Episode 8: It's A Trap

[@MrVivaloslegos]

RIGHT?!

[@jcasella78]

To be fair, he did not have a major role in the original trilogy either

[@theblacknothing]

Also, the actor who played him died last year.

[@joshuafogg6600]

Popcornsprinkles Those b*stards. I'm still angry about that.

[@dianajaffe7860]

The porg awakens The last porg The rise of porg

[@turbobist2889]

Excuse me, but have you heard of Porg Hub?

[@alexandersmith7061]

“When has anything gone wrong for anyone wearing red in sci-fi?” 😏

[@aliciasimmons7142]

*every red-shirt in Star Trek Dies* 😂

[@latch78]

2001 A Space Odyssey

[@durand4l]

Gundam maybe?

[@mariairlete6754]

These comments are filled with Sci-Fi Masterpieces! Star Wars, Star Trek, 2001 and Gundam!!

[@clayisahottie]

On one hand, I honestly feel that Phasma is tenacious enough to survive her fall. And that she'd be so bitter about her loss that she'll keep her helmet scarred like that as a reminder to herself to fix the anomaly that is Finn. On the other hand, Phasma is pretty much suffering the "Boba Fett" syndrome: Looks badass as dutch but underutilized completely. And Boba Fett only lasted two movies so......ya.

[@mossadon]

"Looks badass as dutch" what the french does that mean ?

[@l.tc.5032]

clayisahottie except unlike Boba Fett we actually called Phasma our on her bullshit and as we should have instead of going all fangirl on her.

[@clayisahottie]

Thomas Carnacki HA!! Just my way of saying something is kickass basic ally.

[@Nonsense010688]

Yeah she probably lives, her armour was shown as pretty good.

[@TuckerWhite94]

Perhaps it's because I'm so cynical. But if DragonBall Z has taught me anything, it's that those who think Phasma is dead don't know the first thing about merchandising.

[@michellewarns2778]

My Sister Giving Me Spoilers "Guess what, Yoda's in it!" "Okay." "And he's voice-acted by Frank Oz!" "That's interesting." "And he's a puppet!!" "Holy Shit!!" : ○

[@michellewarns2778]

WOMANpukumaru To me, any puppet these days are way better and realistic than CGI.

[@Paul91-]

Michelle Warns Fucking loved that scene and "really horrible looking puppet" my ass!!!! This Yoda is the classic Yoda from the OT. Looks great. Sounds great and is great. Definetly beats that awful and stupid CGI abomination terrible excuse of Yoda in the prequels.

[@Paul91-]

Michelle Warns Definetly. Then again. It seems like nothing will ever please Star Wars fans. I bet you if he was CGI and not a puppet they would still complain.

[@MichelleOfDarkness]

irish91ify Yep. Can't please everyone 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@spartanhawk7637]

AND HE CAN SUMMON LIGHTNING NOW!

[@louisduarte8763]

What? The diner scene in Attack of the Clones wasn't pointless. It showed Obi-Wan having information contacts among the regular people of the Republic and where he learned about Kamino and cloning, after the Jedi Temple Archives couldn't tell him that.

[@Megaproductions302]

Louis Duarte i think it’s considered pointless cause of the fact it’s an 80s looking diner which feels just as out of place like the casino world in this one.

[@aboldone3991]

I think he talks about the scene with Anakin and Padme

[@SilverHairedFreak25]

Plus it gives us the Deathsticks scene.

[@phantoknight34]

@@SilverHairedFreak25 wrong casino

[@Dragonage2ftw]

It was shit he already knew.

[@ariadnefrolich7243]

"When has anything ever gone wrong for a guy wearing red in sci-fi." As a life-long Trekkie, I f*cking lost it at that line! XD

[@yuurou7927]

"Bite my ass, they can." -Master Yoda Words of wisdom people, words of wisdom.

[@manjiimortal]

In just 2 weeks they made $843.6 million worldwide, don't see how they lost money.

[@chickennuggetmaster3602]

manjiimortal I think he means the fans lost money cuz the movie wasn't that great.

[@manjiimortal]

Why use "they" then? Or to use the future tense if he's not referring to the who made the film?

[@MouseGoat]

manjiimortal $843.6 million may seem like a lot, but you need to take into account how much they were planning to make. and for the looks of it, this film did worse than the prevuses, and has lost a lot. soo... regret it they will.

[@drakmendoa]

Nekogami-Crystal EVERY Second Star Wars Movie made less money than the first one. Episode 5 made less than 4 and 2 made less than 1. So they never were expacting to make more than 7. And they did not. Every report speaks from 1,4 to 1,6 Million. And the movie is projected to make 1,6-1,7 Mio. $. So no they don't lose money and because of that why should they regret something?

[@smilesthroughfandoms5595]

“I understand your Snokeiness” I just love this line for some reason

[@-austintacious-2400]

The Snob said exactly what I thought about Snoke! He was so interesting and mysterious and they did nothing with it! Even a hint of backstory or motive would have been amazing!

[@mrrunodan8119]

Maybe he was LITERALLY a puppet that served only to replace Palpatine OR Disney figured out to expand him more in future projects like Grievous and Maul after the Prequel Trilogy

[@YSL8704]

13:35 Yoda:"bite my ass they can"

[@AzaleenFerro]

"We must let go of the past." -> "You do know you're talking to Star Wars fans right?"

[@SuperSpindasher1991]

Fe. Achaleen so true lmao

[@purpleheart3000]

Fe. Achaleen That line was the biggest slap in the face to everything the EU was. Thanks for destroying then insulting everything the fans build, Disney.

[@MatheusHenrique-od8di]

Fe. Achaleen kiss my ass,they can

[@thewarlock539]

Fe. Achaleen How does a star wars fan change a lightbulb? they don't, they only talk about how good the old one was.

[@blankblank6545]

Nah it’s ok he’s the villain.

[@ProfNekko]

I am sad you did not mention the dumbest plot hole of all in that Finn was able to drag Rose across that entire salt field that took over a minute for speeders to cross. He did it by himself, in the span of a couple minutes while Luke and Ben "fought" in front of the entire First Order invading army... and somehow made it back completely unnoticed.

[@saskys]

they turned because they wouldnt reach the ram before beeing killed, yet he continues to advance alone, so all the fire can be concentrated on him, but he easily makes it. after turning around rose realized he wants to kill himself and turned again and somehow is fast enough to reach him from the side, so she even had a longer way to go. she too was not killed while approaching alone. after her crashing into him we see a wide shot, they are literally right before the walkers and you see fin run to her crashed speeder and noone kills them, they dont even get shot at. then they telepprt back to base like you said. i really really wanted to like this movie, but this shit-tier writing ripps my immersion into pieces. rose: "i suicide ran into you because you shouldnt do suicide runs!" who thought this was ok? the list of scenes that made no sense and made me shake my head are countless in this movie, i HATE movies that rip me out of the experience and make me think "this character makes no sense "

[@kudosbudo]

Finn didn't know how to make his ship go as fast as Roses.

[@ImperatorNocturne]

oh! so the old ships run with BS? those ships must be from the prequel era

[@solitaregames]

@ProfNekko, call that time-skip to get the film rolling. Or do you want to see a scene of Finn dragging Rose on real-time until the plot continues in the key point? Also, all forces were focusing on Luke, do you think they will pay attention to canon fodder?

[@Zoltan1251]

"plot hole" i dont think you know what that is....

[@neonredhead]

20:46, that was my literal reaction when Luke appeared out of the flames like a anime hero making an entrance to a huge fight.

[@Caitlin_Mitchell]

Fun fact! A 9-Series movie franchise is called an ennealogy! 2 : Dilogy 3 : Trilogy 4: Tetralogy 5 : Pentalogy 6 : Hexalogy 7 : Heptalogy 8 : Octalogy 9 : Ennealogy 10 : Decalogy

[@Ehtetar]

How about the fact that throughout the whole movie NOTHING meaningful happened besides Luke dying. The story didn't progress in a meaningful way, the resistance was almost wiped out in the beginning and are almost wiped out now. The characters didn't progress in any way, Rey is still a super optimistic character with no weaknesses, Finn is still a die-hard against the First Order and Poe is still a maverick who was changed to learn a lesson he already knew in the first movie. Kylo Ren is still evil and everything else was completely useless.

[@Jazzisa311]

She does have a weakness... she's incredibly naïeve.... When she and Kylo were first 'connected', she hated his guts, but after just a few talks, she believed she could change him... enough to put herself & probably a lot of other ppl in danger. That was kind of a stupid move.

[@KinzeticEnergy]

"Do you like my snoking jacket?" I can't help but laugh at that pun

[@mephilesthelight4644]

DennisDHT when I first saw him I thought he was goldmember

[@ralphgoodman4670]

SanstheComic or The Spy Who shagged her.

[@burnscooper892]

See you in your review of the Rise of Skywalker

[@johnstriker480]

*Evil Emperor Laugh* "I have been falling for 30 years!!"

[@clarkb2697]

Yep waiting for the next train wreck of a story Disney comes out

[@clarkb2697]

@Justin Sabatini what you mad for? Disney doesn't know what they're doing with Star Wars. Rey literally has had almost zero heroes journey, they've already killed off Snoak wtf was his purpose? They don't keep people around, and they keep killing off the original cast. I don't expect that Chewy will survive the next movie at this rate. George Lucas gave Disney the scripts to 7, 8, and 9. They threw it in the fire.

[@dafank8633]

Nah he’s too scared to give it the same harsh critics like he did with the prequels.

[@TheFaso95]

Spoiler Alert, it's hot garbage.

[@TheQuashingoftheTub]

I do like why the Porgs are a thing. The bird sanctuary they filmed in had humongous Pelicans that kept flying and screeching in the background, so they decided to make a character to replace them. It was less expensive than editing them out completely.

[@Motownsports89]

Shut that door

[@taracarroll4218]

Motown Lions89 Never gets old. I wish Mark said that as Luke.

[@laughingatnothing4642]

Han gave up Star wars sequels to do Bladerunner sequel.😂😂😂😂😂

[@L3ghair]

and it was infinitely better than any of the Star Wars movies

[@laughingatnothing4642]

LoganConeTV So true

[@liveactionlink8736]

"Oh come on, you're set for life at conventions" Poor Kelly Marie Tran (Rose), that statement was proven very wrong because of idiots that can't separate characters on screen from real people lol

[@brettquimby3274]

I hated Rose Tico even more than Jar Jar Binks and I completely agree with you.

[@MasterJunior93]

Harry and Jeff are the best red guards ever!!!

[@nicname3147]

Agreed. Though I think it's Harry and Frank. Not Harry and Jeff

[@MasterJunior93]

@@nicname3147 oh yeah, you're right.

[@ultrawarlord5656]

MasterJunior93 That’s because their Bevis and Butthead They both sound pretty similar

[@TheChugg11]

"Social commentary, social commentary, social commentary." "Social commentary?" "-With political subtext!" Never truer words spoken!

[@TheKing-uu7jn]

I agree with everything you say hmmmmmmm is that a Spanish accent?

[@RedDragonM1]

Don't put anything dumb with social commentary and political subtext in the next one....like how The First Order is seemed by the galaxy as trusting and worthy rulers and the Resistance as terrorists. That would be fucking dumb.

[@wadeperry4294]

And, given EA set a firestorm in this already, said social commentary was structured and written to hit as many bulletpoints as possible.

[@Chrinik]

-Meat is Murder -Animal Abuse -Child labour -Women who need no man etc. Felt less like a star wars movie and more like an introduction video to progressive idealism.

[@rhysspeight7142]

Chrinik I mean tbf child slave labour IS a bad thing.

[@EatitHarvey]

So they save the space horses but leave the slave children?

[@crunchytoast4993]

they learnd their lesson form the yong aniken

[@thedarkderp2520]

EatitHarvey yeah that was a dick move

[@HolyknightVader999]

Of course. Animals are good, but humans are evil!

[@jacobbelyea7945]

EatitHarvey You can’t ride slave children to safety. Believe me, I’ve tried.

[@NovaBomb3676]

Jacob Belyea Yeah they tend to cry and complain about it...

[@dragonstryk7280]

See, that's the problem for me: Every time I think about VIII in any way, the less actual sense it makes. Like, there's the humor that doesn't really fit Star Wars, like Poe's "distraction" with Hux, why didn't the First Order send even one ship in lightspeed ahead of the convoy? Holdo's plan is basically 100% dependent on the First Order being completely moronic through the whole thing, and had Poe not taken out the Dreadnought, then it's all screwed cause they can just turn Crait base into the Crait Memorial Crater from orbit, but we're supposed to look at what Poe did as wrong. Same with the leaving behind of pilot to turn the ships around, I mean, when did auto-pilot go away completely? That shit's been around since Ep I by direct mention. Pick out any scene, anywhere in the movie, and if you think about the scene, it just falls apart immediately unless you totally blind yourself to the problems. You start to feel the weight of every "what a twist" moment, and you can see that the entire focus of the movie was that "subverting expectations" crap that's been getting slung around. It's *everywhere* in the movie. They've also made the Force too powerful for WAY too little effort. Leia's able to split second save herself in a vacuum, Rey doesn't so much get trained, in so much as just decided to be better at the Force. You also missed a Maguffin in the "Force Bridge" between her and Kylo, a plot started in VIII, and having absolutely no real purpose. Remember, this whole plot is occurring in a span of hours, not weeks or months or years like the with the originals.

[@unnamedenemy9]

Okay, several things. 1. humor is *really* subjective and generally very influenced by the time. So saying "this humor wouldn't work in films from 30+ years ago" is kind of meaningless. 2. what do you mean sending a ship ahead? Do you mean to the planet they didn't know the resistance was going to, or just a short range jump that we've literally never seen anyone do when it would have been useful before in any of these films? 3. Holdo's plan relied on the First Order being arrogant and eager to see the resistance over while they snuck away to a planet with an old base the First Order didn't even know existed. The whole idea is to go unnoticed while the First Order thinks they're all dead. And Poe destroying the Dreadnought is one of the stupidest moves in the movie because it gained the resistance nothing of value and cost them their entire fighter and bomber wings. Seriously, how do so few people recognize that killing that ship didn't actually help? They went from being *ludicrously* outgunned to *still* being ludicrously outgunned, but slightly less so. 4. you realize it takes time to die in vacuum, right? All she did was pull herself towards the door before she would have died and she still spent most of the film out of commission as a result of the explosion and vacuum exposure. Also, am I the only one who remembers that Luke trained with Obi Wan and with Yoda for just a few days each? Those stories didn't take place over weeks and months, they took place over a few days, otherwise the timeline with the other characters would get completely messed up. It's almost like the series never really cared about being realistic and only got into the weeds in the prequel trilogy that everybody hated. Also also, the mind bridge served a pretty clear narrative purpose in order to help the two leads create a connection. It's not like the film is without flaws, but this kind of bad criticism really bothers me, and it's so overwhelmingly common with fanboys -- usually included with bitchy whining about Luke not being badass enough or claiming that the movie hates Luke and Star Wars despite the climax and final scene clearly showing the legend of Luke and the story of Star Wars being basically the best things ever.

[@chasgalaxy6721]

@@unnamedenemy9 I agree with what you're saying... except for two things 1. Poetry literally tried a "your mum" joke which, in the case of Star Wars, really doesn't fit 2. I'm not sure how long Luke trained for, but it was definitely longer than Rey, plus he was trained by two masters. In the first movie Rey takes on Kylo and some how survives without a scratch, then in the second, she trains herself, with one training session from Luke, and seems to be on the same fighting/power level (in both force and lightsaber) as a full fledged Jedi Knight

[@OokamiTez]

@@unnamedenemy9 I am gonna answer a few not all because they do not interest me. 2. Yes they had multiple ships that were hyperspace capable. They could have jumped two ships ahead the rebel fleet and pretty much stop their escape, thus making the slow chase entirely pointless. (We even see a short jump with Holdo in the movie. It is all about the maths of where to jump and from where) 3. Just on the dreadnought thing. The earlier poster stated that if they hadn't destroyed the Dreadnought the dreadnoughts main cannon could have bombarded their hiding place on the salt planet and destroyed them without first order having to land any forces on the planet itself. 4. She survived and explosion flying into the vacuum and then without any noting that she has done force training (we can think that is what happened but it would have been so easy to show it. Like her pulling a seat when sitting down or pulling a pad when she needed info. Just showing that she has force powers). Also for some reason she opene a vacuum seal door and for some reason the hall way into which she walked didn't have it's air blow out. There are real reasons it is stupid. And the biggest thing is they could have done some re-shoots so she would have died there. As sadly Carrie Fisher had died before the release of the movie (a year before If memory serves) On the end there. It is debateble how long Luke studied under Yoda, but. He had some training from Obi-Wan, he had three years prior to learn about the force on his own. And even then he might have been there even few months we are not sure. And then he got his ass handed to him by Vader. He had no chance in the fight on episode V. And by Episode six he had another year or so of study under Yoda. Rey had in total with both films at best few weeks from being a girl who didn't believe the force exists to a person who is killing the "emperors" guard like they are just civilians. The movie is just a mess and in my honest opinion the worst star wars movie I have seen. (Haven't watched Solo cause was not interested in a heist movie in star wars) Last Jedi is Anti-Star Wars movie and I think it is a really sad thing that the people who made it were given the chance.

[@unnamedenemy9]

@@OokamiTez 2. you seem to be basically making stuff up here, we have literally no idea how long Holdo's jump was supposed to be because she only cared about hitting Snoke's ship. 3. which was completely irrelevant to their plan because if they were found they were fucked with or without the dreadnought. The whole plan hinged on not being detected as they fled to a base the First Order didn't know existed. So killing it changed precisely nothing for them except getting their last effective means of defense destroyed along with a significant number of their already meager forces. 4. she could sense things through the force both in this film and in the Force Awakens and we already know the force was supposed to be strong in both her and Luke, how is it a stretch that she could have learned the most basic thing and just pulled herself to the door? That door that was clearly an airlock because she had to pass through another door to get to it and people saw her coming and could have prepped as she approached? Sure, that's be really fast, but that's not a real criticism. And as for the training, I looked this up and while it is unclear, at no point did Luke go back for a year of training. He had to self-teach. But yeah, Rey learned really fast and I would have preferred more actual training and the passage of time, but that doesn't mean my preference is a legitimate criticism and that the film is bad because it didn't fit my preference on that count. "Last Jedi is Anti-Star Wars movie" -- that is pure, unadulterated idiocy. You mean the movie where the mere *idea* of Luke Skywalker stops the bad guys in their track and humiliates them, the film that literally ends with a bunch of kids basically showing how great Star Wars is is "anti-Star Wars?" Are you actually high? Whatever else it is, it's a giant love letter to the originals and to the franchise!

[@OokamiTez]

@@unnamedenemy9 2. Yeah it is debatable about the Holdos jump. Although for her to crash into the ships she would have to be either just hitting light speed but before going to hyperspace or leaving the hyperspace just beneath the speed of light. But even still they could have jumped the extra star destroyers even to other systems and back to that system put in different places they wouldn't even need to get close to the rebel fleet put just around them and then encircle them. Either way the slow chance was stupid. 3. Well their other ships (the ones in the hangar) were still destroyed and the whole reason why their cloaked transport fleet could make a hidden get away to the salt planet would have worked that for some reason first order wouldn't be scanning for cloaked ships (which they could do when they heard about the plan, why wouldn't they keep doing that anyway) Also after destroying the last rebel ship I am pretty sure they would check the remains at least with longer range scanners and not finding any dead people they would know that the ship was abandoned. So the only place the rebels could be would be the only fucking planet on the way. The salt planet. So the whole fucking thing would be about trusting that first order has no idea what to do in any situation and just believe they have already won. 4. Yes she has been force sensitive put pulling your self in a vacuum a long as way is not just a basic thing. Remember how in 5th episode luke needs to concentrate like really hard just to pull his lightsabre out of the snow. Yeah he didn't have much teaching put he had for a few years done training on his own. And on the airlock I don't remember seeing one put I have seen the movie like twice because that is as much as I could stomach it. Put I think it was just the door to the bridge no airlock in place. Luke Skywalker was butchered in this movie just so Ryan Johnsson could say "Haha didn't expect that." The one thing that they give as to reasoning why Luke lost all hope (and being the New Hope it is quite a lot of bullshit already) is that one night he probed the mind of his sisters son and saw he was capable of evil and desided there and then to kill him. Even if he didn't do it this is the character who believed that his father, who was the icon of the fasist ideology of the Empire. Man who had probably killed thousands of innocents, to have some good in him still. He was ready to die because he would not kill his father. That person sees one might-be future where his sisters (and best friends) son turns evil and he is just "Okey, time to kill him." And there is no note that he had become bittered or anything like that. At that point he should have been the luke we remember. This movie is the poster child of being a Disney movie. The more PG movie with stupid marvel type humor that feels awkward and out of place. But hey if you liked the movie go on liking it no sweat of my balls.

[@DylanGollerShow]

I didn't know Chris was such a good actor.

[@monkey_the_chimp6483]

That vice Admiral character could have been cut out entirely and Admiral Ackbar could of instead have her scenes, imagine having Ackbar smashing his ship into the imperial navy (because that scene ws pretty cool I just didn't care for that vice Admiral character let alone remember her name).

[@callumpearce4910]

But admiral ackbar wasn't a dickhead

[@monkey_the_chimp6483]

That be true but I still would of prefered to see Ackbar smash that ship rather than "what's her name".

[@festiveguy8434]

Yeah but imagine all the allahu ackbar jokes if that happened

[@monkey_the_chimp6483]

Aaaah so you're saying that we should blame the internet. :P

[@joecommoner669]

+callum pearce they could have changed the story to fit with ackbar. Ackbar could have told the whole crew about the escape plan immediately, and we see him try to ease the worries they have and reason for the escape. It would have made it heartbreaking for Ackbar to decide to pilot the cruiser to save everyone, since we know him.

[@themax6218]

I’ve only seen this much anger from the fans once before, it didn’t scare me, it does now!

[@SifGreyfang]

Maxwell Stevens I don't care really

[@Bubbabyte99]

I personally don't get why people are so worked up over it. I thought it was pretty much perfect.

[@EZRDEN]

Joshua Wood you’re right I loved it! Its just hardcore internet fans who don’t like it. But ordinary fans like me love it! So I have the same opinion as Rob on this movie.

[@frozengrip2609]

It really isn't, the humor was flat, the characters made illogical choices, there is so many plot holes and continuity errors and everything that TFA builds up gets thrown out of the window. Not to mention it is stuffed with political messages.

[@mauriciom.5992]

Yoon dohyeon Haters and Fanboys, are the same shit. Fanboys that hate the Last Jedi are the same that get furious when you say something wrong about the first ones. They are such idiots that say that a movie that feels like an 1 hour & half of nothing, with cringeworthy characters, and insanely awful performances is better than a movie that just wasn’t what we expected

[@writtrace]

I just realised something that slapped me in the face. If Finn and Rose could literally sneak away to another planet, using a ship that was on the main ship where everyone is. Why couldn't they all just do that? They could go to the casino with the whole rebellion or resistance and hide in the forests or highjack all the rich people ships to make their escape, because surely there's plenty of oil there for ships. In fact, Finn and Rose could have just gone for more fuel, ditch the main ship and use the means they used to get everyone to...They can actually just highjack ships at the casino planet, like the codebreaker did, and go back for everyone, since it didn't take too long to go there and get back, and just save the day. Oh god no...Another plot hole. Man!! Now I think we're all idiots.

[@SineEyed]

Yeah that's pretty dumb, huh? Everybody used to call those "plot holes" - but that was in the past. Around here we let the past die - we kill it if we have to. So the term got an upgrade for 2018... Now we call idiotic crap like that a "Plot-Johnson". Because it pretty much fucks the movie..

[@writtrace]

Hehehehe plot Johnson is pretty funny. @@SineEyed

[@SineEyed]

@@writtrace hehe good glad you liked it. A sense of humor is lost on the internet typically. That or... my mind. You mighta just ruled out the latter though 😋

[@writtrace]

@@SineEyed Partially I think our minds are also lost. It's so depressing to imagine a multi-billion dollar company using many millions to make such horrible films that any fifteen year old could do better. Just mind boggling. Maybe we should call it the Disney sinkhole. Hehehe

[@MrJackfaire]

Uhm what? "Oh man if 2 people on a small ship can just sneak away from the larger group then why can't the whole large group just sneak away" uhm because it's a large group? Because that isn't a plothole it's just the nature of how sneaking works. Everything they did only works because it's only 2 people.

[@bigbrad6828]

"You think this is the real Quaid." Best line of the review.

[@MonteCreations]

Poe: Why didn't you tell me the plan!? Holdo: Is trusting your commanding officer and following orders like every other soldier really asking so much? *sigh* Protagonists; always feeling like they deserve special treatment even after they screwed up and got dozens of people killed. Besides we've been dealing with deserters; Last thing we would want is our plans getting leaked to a traitor who would sell us out to our enemies Poe + Finn: Uhhhhhh....

[@Flaris]

No, I don't give her that much credit. If she is worried about people running and leaking the plans then post freaking guards. You have a ton of pilots who are doing nothing. Give them a gun and stick them in front of an escape pod. This kind of plan requires mass evacuation. There is no reason to not tell everyone what the plan is. You risk people doing something stupid when you don't give them any indication there is a plan.

[@marcosdheleno]

you dont remember do you? the reason poe wasnt in a ship was because their bay was destroyed. the way i saw it, Poe was a proven contrarian, telling him the plan would have 0 effect in anything in the movie, at best he would not do the mutiny(and by the way mutiny is a massive crime in the army, him being stunned was the most unbelivable thing in the movie, and we had a flying princess). besides, his mutiny didnt affect anything, the whole reason things got out of hand were already set into motion way before that, when he plotted with finn and rose to find the code breaker.

[@sonnic1995]

i think it would been better if they said or hinted that maybe one of the crew was a spy or would try to sell them to save his/her own ass... but nope, it was just bad writting

[@The1Coleberg]

I loved the film, but no. Poe already knew her plan - that's why the casino side quest went ahead, because he thought it was doomed to fail. She had absolutely no reason to keep from him the fact that, hey, the plan would actually WORK, and keeping that information from him led directly to the casino side quest which led directly to DJ being able to betray the Resistance. The film is great, but that was a big plot hole (which would have been easily solved by having Poe find out about Holdo's plan by hacking in or from a lackey, so she couldn't explain herself).

[@marcosdheleno]

he didnt knew her plan, he thought she was either a traitor, or someone who didnt understand war. he even through it in her face that she is going to "doom them all", or something of the like. she had zero reasosn to tell him, he had known the plan before, and screwed everything because he had decided he had a better one. telling him wouldnt change anything because of his personality.

[@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773]

The Porgs are the key to all of this....

[@Megatron-xs2qe]

because they're the cutest characters we've ever had

[@cjsyblik3296]

Luke Skywalker the 2nd THE PORGS FIXED MY COMPUTER AND HAVE GAINED MY EVERLASTING RESPECT.

[@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773]

CJ Syblik That's awesome LOL XD :)

[@GeekZoneMT]

Luke, how the hell do you always manage to get one the top comments?? :o

[@davfree9732]

Snoke was born of Porg's. Now another will rise up in his place!

[@user-so6gd4dh4t]

You didn’t mention how Luke suddenly loses hope even though he still had hope when confronting the 2nd most evil guy in the universe

[@jordandwiggins1026]

?? suddenly, after multiple decades. Sounds totally ‘sudden’ to me

[@hmonglord]

@@jordandwiggins1026 what about the fact that he still saw the good in his father after who know how many he killed and how evil he is and the moment he think Ben might 'turn' bad he go lolz I going to kill you but the 2rd guess himself

[@jamesporter571]

@@jmsmys13ify no it's not, luke came back to the light shortly after he went beserk and threw his weapon aside

[@xdan9xx]

@@jordandwiggins1026 its sudden to the audience. Should have shown in more detail how he could have changed so much

[@DK-ff4oi]

Did you watch ROTJ? He was tempted by the dark side and the rage drove him to attack Vader because you know vader threatens to kill Leia until he realised he was wrong and regretted the dark side! But sure take ROTJ out of context bc that’s the only way you can defend the bedroom scene from TLJ

[@dejulesb7063]

“The burning you feel inside you... IT IS SHAME”

[@andrewvarney5687]

That Beavis and Butthead bit had me laughing with delight Doug. Also I enjoyed the dynamic between you Chris and Brad!!!

[@conradojavier7547]

HE IS SPACE CORNHOLIO, HE NEEDS LS(Laser Swords), FOR HIS FORCE BUNGHOLE.

[@kins1894]

They Totally wasted Phasma ... AGAIN

[@GuillaumeDrolet]

She's totally coming back for the next movie .. X'D

[@kamikazelemming1552]

They still did more with her than Lucas did with Boba Fett in the original trilogy.

[@Youmama187]

Yah no worries she will be back in every main line movie until they can no longer sell her toys

[@CaptWesStarwind]

It's a real waste of a great actress not to give her a bit more of a character. Also I know there is a book.

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

+Kamikaze Lemming Not really. What did she actually do of note? Boba at least managed to track Han, Leia, Chewie, and 3PO to Cloud City and capture Han to bring him to Jabba. Plus, he also got a back story in the prequels.

[@thescreenslaver8520]

The diner scene from Attack of the Clones and the Bor Gullet scene from Rogue One were not unless.

[@maximilianosanchez1106]

17:58 No, Holdo does the lightspeed jump when they're about to execute Finn and Roe, before Finn and Phasma fight.

[@johnstriker480]

right!

[@randalgraves6979]

13:15 they are on ock2, the island of the Jedi gives em more power.

[@matthewtolentino4179]

The sad thing is, in this review, Snoke has more of a backstory than the actual movie. At least here we know he had a girlfriend. :P

[@richureact5943]

Top So ur saying that we do not need to know how First Order & Snoke came to power and dominated the entire galaxy?

[@faceyfacefaceface]

And how would they have put his backstory into the film? Him just narrating his past at people in 2 scenes we was in would have made no sense and would have ruined both scenes

[@AverageAsianMe]

Palpatine didnt have a back story for the longest time

[@zeitgeistindustries1792]

I don’t remember the emperor having much of a backstory, unless he was in the prequels, but those don’t count

[@Youmama187]

Thai P would knowing the back story of Snokes and the first order really changed the direction of the movie? Yes it would have been more interesting to get that then to see the casino sub joke, but it would not have painted either in a substantially story altering way

[@tommihorttana860]

I don't think there's anything weird about Kylo waking up at that exact moment. He's force sensitive - they can sense danger.

[@shaid1111]

Also Lightsabers are really loud.

[@samiamtheman7379]

What was weird was that part with the little kid at the end. How was he able to use the force despite having less training than Rey?

[@OmegaRockman]

samiamtheman 73 Anakin was the same way. His Force abilities allowed him to podrace without Jedi training. It makes sense in the same way it makes sense for Harry Potter when he made the glass vanish at the snake tank - they have these abilities that they don't quite understand, but with training they can learn to control those abilities.

[@555squad]

Also as shown in canon shows of star wars, babies and children can lift and pull small objects if they are force sensitive. so a kid pulling a broom into his hand isn't that strange

[@Fuzzycat16]

In my opinion. Using the force as a child when force sensitive is like breathing.. It comes naturally.

[@maloperverso8118]

That Casino Scene..... with the Alien "Horses"..... WTF!?

[@zackreynolds21]

The ENTIRE MOVIE....WTF? Lmao

[@micharosa6201]

"with the Alien "Horses".... WTF!?" Me:"What's so surprising?, it's like saying WTF, because you saw humans in space and living in other planets"

[@patrickkanas3874]

They had to please the PETA members in the audience

[@wrestlinganime4life288]

@@patrickkanas3874... Why?

[@pohiena2666]

@G Ren Ah no, that was just a pointless scene to shove us political commentary to make us forgot that while they are "let's save the animals shit", they friends are literally dying one by one. If you are the type of person who accepts stupid scenes just for "symbolism" you really need to reevaluate your critical sense. Since you aren't a film critic don't use your "this is deep and mean stuff" to excuse bad scenes.

[@ashleytripp8111]

You know, Daisy Ridley said herself that she doesn't like the porgs at all. My favorite parts of the trilogy r the interactions between Rey and kylo ren.

[@locke103]

i honestly forgot about those little shits

[@abigailstatkus5433]

My favorite line: Rose:Social commentary, social commentary, social, commentary. Finn:Social commentary? Rose: With political subtext.

[@bazinga743]

Nah it went like this Rey: Something actually interesting Finn: CAAASSSSSINNNNOOO Rose: Political Commentary The Finn and Rose part sucked but the part with Rey was really good

[@ArchonPook]

{sigh} The Finn parts of the film directly related to character development. As did the parts involving every other character in the film. If you didn't care for the way they did it, fine. You're entitled to your opinion. But if you didn't see what is plainly and clearly there... well, I'd say that's a failing on your part, not the film crew.

[@bazinga743]

Keef Fontaine what character development for Finn he goes through the same ark he did in TFA anyway I'm really only hate the casino part that was actually shit

[@ArchonPook]

+Top 5 Cartoon : It seems pretty obvious to me. Finn escaped the Empire. His personality has been one of cowardice and running. He simply couldn't handle it anymore. Episode VII was Finn learning that there was more to care about and fight for than himself. Episode VIII was Finn learning that no matter where he goes, no matter what he does, there will always be those who need help. Running doesn't work. Running to help friends doesn't work if you leave more problems behind. And killing yourself to save your friends? That's a short term sollution at best. Finn's story arc is him learning to care about more than just himself. Or you can complain that Rose didn't have as much character development as the beloved Admiral Akbar... Wait, what was his story development in the films? He's an admiral... He leads a fleet... He recognizes traps... Well at least if you get into the books you can find good story and character elements for him! Except that Rose has those too, if you actually look for it. Typically I address things with reason and calm, keeping jokes and sarcasm to a minimum. Lately? I'm tired of people never even trying to understand anything beyond the tip of their own nose, never taking the time to care about anything more than their immediate comfort zone. There's a lot of love and hard work in these films, both new and old. Maybe give some credit for what's there rather than complaining about how it's not exactly what you wanted?

[@ArchonPook]

+Top 5 Cartoon : It seems pretty obvious to me. Finn escaped the Empire. His personality has been one of cowardice and running. He simply couldn't handle it anymore. Episode VII was Finn learning that there was more to care about and fight for than himself. Episode VIII was Finn learning that no matter where he goes, no matter what he does, there will always be those who need help. Running doesn't work. Running to help friends doesn't work if you leave more problems behind. And killing yourself to save your friends? That's a short term sollution at best. Finn's story arc is him learning to care about more than just himself. Or you can complain that Rose didn't have as much character development as the beloved Admiral Akbar... Wait, what was his story development in the films? He's an admiral... He leads a fleet... He recognizes traps... Well at least if you get into the books you can find good story and character elements for him! Except that Rose has those too, if you actually look for it. Typically I address things with reason and calm, keeping jokes and sarcasm to a minimum. Lately? I'm tired of people never even trying to understand anything beyond the tip of their own nose, never taking the time to care about anything more than their immediate comfort zone. There's a lot of love and hard work in these films, both new and old. Maybe give some credit for what's there rather than complaining about how it's not exactly what you wanted?

[@acvieluf]

"Amazing!...Except when it was kind of dumb..." That's EXACTLY how i felt leaving the theatre.

[@leogavitt8162]

acvieluf Me too. I hated it on first watch, then I was dragged to see it a second time and loved it. But there are still really dumb parts.

[@Drocksas]

@@leogavitt8162 And those dumb parts are what ruin the film for me. I won't deny the film was really well shot, and overall the fight scenes were fun to watch (Luke schooling Kylo was fun, even if it was just a projection), but the glaring oversights bring it down as a whole for me. Going back to Luke vs Kylo Ren, it's kind of a huge deviation from what made Luke LUKE in the first place. I get they were trying to go in a "new direction" (and were systematically "let[ting] the past die" and killing it where they "had to"). But when that new direction betrays one of the single strongest driving forces of a character, with NO screentime showing the development to that strongest of personal chords deteriorating and finally snapping, it feels cheap. Hell, it almost felt like the writers decided "Hey, remember how Luke stared down the two most evil people in the galaxy because there was a shred of good in one of them? What if he didn't do that?" I know there are those that liked it. And good for them. But it's too drastic of a change with little buildup to it for me. It doesn't feel like the natural growth it could have been. If you'll forgive the pun, it feels forced.

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

But did it need a new SW Trilogy for that? That's pretty much what Lucas and Spielberg left us with after Crystal Skull... *sigh*

[@WorldWeave]

“When has anything bad ever happened to a guy wearing red in sifi?”

[@JordanWeberMusic]

I liked it for the most part, I would definitely take out the Casino scenes and replace it with some sub-plot using the Knight of Ren, and I think that would fix most of what I felt was wrong with this movie. Yes, even though Mark Hamill had trouble with Rian's portrayal of Luke, I think it was great to see that fear and other emotions can over take some of the greatest people alive. I know it's a stretch, but it reminded me of Robin Williams, one of if not the most hilarious individual who struggled with depression. We put people high on a pedestal and assume nothing can go wrong because they were able to overcome one thing that other people didn't. He went into hiding after failing to live up to his legendary status. Was the reason, accidentally thinking for a second to end Kylo's life, a little out of character? Yes. But the point is that he instantly regretted the thought it even came to his mind, but at that point the damage was done because Kylo saw the second where Luke was wanting to kill him and assumed nothing less of Luke.

[@Hound831]

Yeah that casino scene really dragged on for way too long.

[@pr0jectzero281]

Number Muncher You forget that there were scenes in the original trilogy that dragged on. Remember the garbage dump scene inside the Death Star in A New Hope? Remember the beginning of Empire when Luke was taken by a Wampa? And later on, Han, Leia, Chewie and C3PO all land inside a asteroid. But the biggest one was in Return of the Jedi with Jabba's palace. Then later on, the eworks take up some time as well. All these scenes could be considered pointless to the plot. Personality I like these scenes because they take time away from the plot of the film to expand the Star Wars universe. But that's just my opinion. You can hate this movie and I would respect that. I just hope you can see this movie from a certain point of view

[@yokesplooge2852]

Pr0ject Zero the Casino scene was forgettable those scenes from the OT aren't because they were awesome, I'll take the ewoks any day if i don't have to watch Disney unironically portray capitalists as evil.

[@Hound831]

Who said I hated the movie? I got problems with it but I certainly don't hate it. Also the casino scene can't compare to the iconic ones found in the original trilogy. People will remember those forever. Not the hate the rich save the space horses....though I did enjoy watching them destroy the city. That was pretty cool.

[@pr0jectzero281]

Number Muncher fair enough I respect your opinion. But I loved the scene when Rose and Fin were riding on the alien horse creature thing (that I'm sure has a name) on the casino planet. The rest was kinda just meh.

[@Totallynotmalcolm]

I didn’t think the casino scene was that bad I thought Del Toro’s character was interesting enough for me to want to know what his deal was and Idk what critics complaint about it taking away from the interesting parts im glad they did it and the whole snoke being “dead” thing is dumb to complain about by mostly every critic he’s obviously not dead and Rey’s parents are important Kylo was lying so he can convince Rey to join his side. Not saying you said those things I understand your opinion I just kinda ranted on the complaints most people have

[@d.n5287]

Man if Force ghosts can strike down people with lightning Obi wan would easily defeat Vader between empire strikes back and after a New hope

[@PeanutStrawberry]

Wasn't the planet a Force nexus? Thus increasing the powers of Force users on it (and by extrapolation Force ghosts)? I remember the Bendu could do something similar in Rebels and he was on a planet naturally connected to the Force.

[@davidmayberry3190]

Myths & Monsters then by that same measure shouldn't Luke (the extremely powerful Jedi) be able to astral project himself without dying? Also when did it become a thing that you can use up to much of your force power? Especially considering it's in and around everything and literally binding the universe together? Rian Johnson was really obsessed with the concept of running out of fuel in this one, the ships are running out of fuel (even though in object in motion remains in motion forever in space, I guess the Voyager 1 is going to be running out of fuel any day now out there in the cosmos) Luke is running out of force fuel. And that's not to mention shouldn't Luke be able to school Rey when she decides to come at him since he's on a planet that dramatically increases his force power? And what would be the point if "training" a Jedi on such a planet? Rey would be like wow this is easy, I can do anything I want, and then leave the planet only to realize it's much more difficult anywhere else. Every time you try to explain the nonsense that is this film there will always be ten more holes opened up, because it's the definition of nonsensical. You also may want to include a line of dialogue to explain that force power is increased on this planet for the millions of people who'll be seeing the film that don't ingest every single little bit of Star Wars property such as cartoons and comics.

[@HigaaraEnd]

David Mayberry The Force is everywhere yes but using it is draining. It's like using a muscle while being really really focused which means you can die of exhaustion. He didn't run out of "Force fuel", he ran out of his own energy.

[@dracocrusher]

I'd imagine that living people out-rank ghosts in force use, so Vader would have just raised his hand and deflected it easily.

[@HigaaraEnd]

dracocrusher i don't think so, force ghosts are closely connected to the Force and Obi-Wan said he'd become "stronger than [Vader] could possibly imagine"

[@Itnasias]

20:38 That Chris Stuckman shriek.

[@michaelschwartz8730]

All I wanted for Christmas was a crossover review of The Rise of Skywalker. :(

[@Stephanie-gp3dn]

Me too *sniff* Me too.

[@SuperTiberian]

For the record, I'd like to point out that they missed a McGuffin. The reason they went to the planet in the first place was to contact other Resistance cells and re-begin the Rebellion... to which no one responded. So there was pretty much no point to even having a scene for contacting them.

[@richardroberson2564]

I laughed out loud in that scene

[@jamman9569]

That was the point of the scene to show there was no hope.

[@AzelfandQuilava]

Its a minor detail but when Luke steps in the monitors in the room start beeping, suggesting that their allies were responding.

[@Alegost1]

the sad part being: in the last scene with that slave boy with that broom.... they show him being pro-resistance.... meaning leia not getting help is even more ludicrous and stupid.... if they show that the resistance is not dead, then why not help leia

[@tobleronetube3686]

Scotty Writes Stuff it's not like that ruins anything though. In universe, yeah there wasn't a lot of point to going to the planet, but as a movie, they went there for the third act. As a movie, that doesn't matter. And it's not like nothing happened on that planet.

[@akhenaten617]

R.I.P admiral Ackbar

[@jshadowhunter]

Poor bastard didn't even get a proper send off... just tossed into an unmarked grave like a nobody.

[@akhenaten617]

He saw his last trap

[@MrBepis-qx5ye]

Adlai Warner Rest in pepperonis Admiral Allahu Akbar

[@thisdraco4794]

Adlai Warner He finally got caught in that big trap in the sky... );

[@akhenaten617]

Their is only one more question who will tell us it’s a trap

[@forsakenracc]

Am i the only one who thinks Chris stuckmann in this looks like Wallace breen from half life 2

[@aaronjohnson4681]

ya, chris is really funny in this skit / review

[@Pyke_]

No, it does not feel like star wars. It feels like a Star Wars re-creation, or "If Star Wars was created by Rian Johnson"

[@jonathandahlberg437]

Nice of Rose and Finn to save those poor animals... while leaving the slave kids behind...

[@ETBrooD]

So you think they should take the kids with them into a war zone? Edit: Oh, I get it. You mean because they didn't free them. The kids didn't want to be freed. I assume they didn't have anywhere else to go.

[@patrickkanas3874]

Also nice of Rose to rob us of a massive emotional twist, rob Finn of a really good character arc and heroic ending, and rob hundreds if not thousands of rebels of their lives by pulling her stupid rescue Finn maneuver. God she sucks

[@vishwakrishnan]

17:46 to 18:20 is completely wrong. The fight between Phasma and Finn happen AFTER Holdo crashes the ship into light speed. Then the fight ENDS with BB8 shooting that robot walker thing. Still loved this review though 👍

[@ianalvord3903]

I noticed that Phasma was standing right over them before the crash, but somehow got moved to the other side of the hanger after the crash.

[@plasticbutler]

They don't always show things in sequence. Like Poe's mutiny and Leia shooting him didn't occur in the same scene.

[@discoleumas6191]

I don't get how Last Jedi added anything to the starwars universe. It added nothing except for some fan fiction level force powers.

[@discoleumas6191]

@@pandamera1 the force is a really simple concept and until Last Jedi while the scope of the force as whole had always been greater then Jedi vs Sith the force powers of the Jedi well believable and followed a consistent logic. But with the new trilogy we got new force powers just thrown at us for the sake of narrative convience.

[@darthsion3844]

@@pandamera1 To be fair, the Jedi order was eliminated, so....maybe?

[@Jesup1204]

Go watch the Clone Wars TV show in the Lost Missions, it’s established that medicholians are a conduit though which people can manipulate the force.

[@Canalbiruta]

Saki Nikaido grounded, someone who never used the force read the mind of a guy that is training for years with the best users of the force. Also princess literally do something that no force user has ever done, and fly through space with it.

[@damienr4031]

Spoilers She's not sequel material as a background character.

[@pendragon0905]

Little synopsis of the comic book expanded universe: 1. Warlord fiefdoms vying for power in the Galactic Empire's power vacuum 2. Strained, but peaceful relations between the Galactic Alliance and the Fel Empire 3. Alien invasion from aliens from beyond the galaxy 4. Rise of the One Sith, which the Galactic Alliance, the Fel Empire, and the New Jedi Order join hands against 5. Finally, division of the galaxy among 3 superpowers, so as to ensure no more corruption and abuse of power by one hyperpower nation in the galaxy The story made by JJ Abrams: Neo Nazis take over the galaxy, because the New Republic is by far the lamest galactic superpower in Star Wars history

[@sukadik4775]

Pendragon 090. you're forgetting the part with the omnipotent space demon who can only be wounded by space jesus. I mean Luke Skywalker

[@kennethleo4471]

Seriously, I read Bloodlines and the New Republic has to be the stupidest government I have ever heard of.

[@AAhmou]

Then the split Neonazis suddenly take over the entire galaxy... Come on! I haven't seen so much bullsh*t in my star wars Since the dark empire triology... And that was too long ago.

[@Anonomius0]

There was a time that I disliked the EU's continuation. Which now I prefer compared to this continuation, and at least if you didn't like it was only soft canon so you could reject it if you wanted to. The ONLY thing these films have compared to the EU is that Chewie's still alive. If he dies in the next film, I am preferring the eu

[@MrRushhour4]

Pendragon 090 you omitted how many stupid things there were. Like Abeloth or how OP Luke is. Or how palpatine comes back. Or how Luke turns to the darkside. Or mount sorrow. Or how Boba falls into the sarlac multiple times

[@That1BlackGuy]

"Amazing! (Except when its not)..."-my thoughts exactly.

[@substatikvideos]

Dat 1 Black guy You Know it felt more like a Space Balls sequel than a Star Wars one

[@Mayeur000Donz]

These new Star Wars films very much seem to be in Return of the Jedi's circle. There's some real distracting flaws, but then some great high moments and creative writing to make it worthwhile.

[@dbnx1701]

Dat 1 Black guy You Know all I can say is this, I'd rather see an episode of Star Trek: Discovery then watch another Star Wars film.

[@Mayeur000Donz]

On the note of Rey's power, I've heard people discussing how this film addresses that, and I think it's actually pretty intriguing. Apparently the notion of "balance" is a factor here. With few Jedi and few Sith, the Force actively tries to introduce equal weight on both sides. You got someone super powerful on the Light side? You get Kylo. Oh, now the Dark Side is outweighing the Light side? We get Rey as Kylo's antithesis. The Force literally weaved her to be his equal adversary.

[@ZakJordan98]

Don't let someone hear you talk positive about it, otherwise you're a Disney Shill, but don't let someone hear you talk negatively about it either cause then you're a fanboy living in the past. God Damn this movie is polarising

[@alexfraser8352]

So you're saying you don't care about the films problems because it was pretty to look at? Critic...YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!!!!

[@LordMoonshadowGaGa]

He said the same about X-3. How is this new?

[@fireblazermidnightgaming7897]

@@forsakenwarrior814 this one was no exception, between the god awful plot (pretending there was one anyway) and the most boring and idiotic action scenes put to film, especially for a sci fi action fantasy film, this movie was atrocious from start to end.

[@SamMorgan]

"And emotionally breathtaking". He can ignore the issues with the Finn and Rose plot for the Rey, Luke, and Kylo plot.

[@Jesup1204]

Every film has problems, he just enjoyed the movie for what it was. Honestly I came out of Last Jedi thinking it was average, but I’ve caught it a couple times on TV since then and I find new thing to appreciate. Maybe it’s because I’m disgusted with the toxicity the fan base became after this movie, but I cannot muster hatred for Last Jedi.

[@SamMorgan]

@jediphilosopher The Last Jedi takes place 30 years after ROTJ, people can change a lot over the years. His brief thought of killing his nephew is very similar to him nearly killing Vader when he suggests turning his sister to the dark side. He felt responsible for the deaths of many and went into exile for a long time. Makes sense that he'd end up as an old grump who's closed himself off from the force.

[@sovietww2radiooperator141]

19:00 finally, someone intelligent on the internet

[@acrobatoy7753]

"The fans go crazy if you blink wrong" XD

[@bronsonferrigno2453]

Don't deny it (also XD)

[@LordAJ12345]

I mean, it's true. Years later, people can't shut up about a minor scene most people would probably not have noticed was changed.

[@TheRumblewagon]

The Beavis and Butt-head red guards were pure genius!

[@Laughlikeagoblin]

yup

[@levikarkiainen331]

Story wise... I'd place it somewhere between the live action adaptation of dragon ball and the live action adaptation of the last Airbender.

[@SuperSwordman1]

I would actually put it lower. I could at least FINISH Dragon Ball Evolution and The Last Airbender. Plus, those films retardedness came from never seeing the source material. This guy went out of his way to make the movie this way.

[@DiggerPat]

@Hayden BATE You're right! Ripping off Empire Strikes Back *and* Return of the Jedi in the same film can only improve the quali - yeah no I can't even finish the sentence the movie's awful.

[@sokandueler9578]

Umm, as bad as the bad parts of this movie were, they were better than the best parts of those movies.

[@SuperSwordman1]

@@sokandueler9578 Yeah...that's totally false. I would rather watch Dragon Ball Evolution AND Last Airbender than this

[@sokandueler9578]

SuperSwordman1 well, that’s a sad reality to live in. Last Jedi may be more DISAPPOINTING than those other two (which shall not be named) given the context of the franchises, but it is much higher quality than them. And that is objective.

[@popoutstudios5227]

From the cast and crew. Thanks for watching this week's season of nostalgia critic.

[@JinxProductions]

The porgs were created because the island that they shot on had lots of Puffins, a wild bird. They couldn’t have those in the film, and getting rid of them digitally would be too expensive and time consuming. So, they used CGI on the Puffins and made them Porgs. But not all of the Porgs are CGI. Some of them are actual puppets. And yes, they did make them look very cute to sell toys, but I don’t think that’s a reason to hate them. I love the Porgs, as well as this movie

[@daltonwilliams1723]

I liked the dark humor with some of porgs. Like that scene of chewbacca eating one while three watch him. That's hilarious

[@tntguardian6455]

Jinx I will admit that I also thought they reminded me of puffins and I liked how they sometimes used CGI as well as puppets.

[@TheWonkster]

So that's why they look like beakless penguins, that's how I had been describing them

[@MrGorillafist]

I'm live near enough that island and yes it is covered in puffins. It was a clever work around. And to be honest I did laugh at the porgs so them being a commercial cash grab can be forgiven.

[@nvfury13]

Jinx So, removing them would be too expensive, but erasing them and replacing them with full cgi critters is cheaper? I don't think that works like you think it works.

[@eyuin5716]

I didn't like it because of the lack of Jar Jar.

[@snausages43]

Still possible he’s Snoke.

[@MrBepis-qx5ye]

bigevilworldwide1 Jar Jar > Rose

[@ari4758]

Jar Jar > everyone

[@MrBepis-qx5ye]

ari pretty much to be honest

[@AbesamisM]

Ęÿūį Æßñ I didn’t like it cuz there was no nudity in this one

[@OfficerFriendly2006]

7:08, that's from spaceballs in case you don't know.

[@Tman-zp3mt]

Said the same thing

[@JonGreen91]

21:03 Misplaced Total Recall reference, since that was the Real quaid.

[@ryanblaz4118]

"That seems wrong." "But it feels so right." "Ok then, charge!" "Charge."

[@ironinquisitor3656]

They decanonized the Expanded Universe for this? I think I will stick to the Thrawn Trilogy.

[@GladDori]

Ironic since the author of those books has written new books for Disney and supports scrapping the eu

[@ironinquisitor3656]

I know right?

[@SefniAsheforr]

@@GladDori That's called "dat Disney money son!".

[@devontejefferson6520]

Can we all agree that Jacen Solo is a much better character than Kylo Ren

[@SuperSwordman1]

Yes, yes they did. We lost all those games and books and we got a coward Leia and whiny Luke. Isn't it a *great* trade?

[@feathero3]

9:39 I love Critic's facial expressions!

[@zatharos6427]

Luke dying wasn’t about evolving. Hell if anything, his characterization destroyed whatever history he had in the OT. The same Luke who literally turned himself over to the Empire to redeem what little spark of light in Vader gives up in his own nephew who he “thinks” is turning. Not even fully committed to the dark side at that point. What a joke

[@Zoltan1251]

to me his character arc was absolutely amazing.... problem what you have is not with the movie, its with your expectations.... did you expect them to just please everyone and write the character like you want them?.... i love they had balls to do this

[@zatharos6427]

Zoltan1251 your guess is actually incorrect. I was not expecting EU or an over powered Luke at. Just a Luke that actually follows the dame line of thinking as he did in previous movies

[@Zoltan1251]

+Zatharos... he made one mistake and it cost him everything he build.... but whatever, the problem is that YOU expected him to not change in 30+ years.... its not problem of the movie, you just dont like it, thats okay, but its not bad movie because you dont like that character changed

[@zatharos6427]

Zoltan1251 sure sure. Its not like other people had issues with the movie as well. Sure sure

[@Zoltan1251]

+Zatharos... like i said, its fine not to like it... but saying its a bad movie is dumb

[@redwinter4297]

"When has anything ever gone wrong for a red guy in sci fi" Lol

[@drakedarkstar5422]

13:20 Well, answering this question, there are many dead siths as long as jedi knights. Maybe thats why they dont create an army. They have to balance force in both worlds

[@johnstriker480]

22:52 "Amazing.... except when it was kinda dumb." Batman V Superman in a nutshell

[@johnstriker480]

@G Ren Rotten Tomatoes is utter crap

[@thepooroldsoul8179]

I would rather watch Batman V Superman (Whatever that movie is.).

[@AnaFariaable]

There are force sensitive people but they dont need to become jedi. I think that was what they were hinting at: the force is in everything and neither side can fully comprehend it, let alone control it. (also: if snoke was the one that connected ben and rey in the first place and they still had the connection after his passing, shouldnt it mean he is in fact alive?)

[@crazysteve9390]

There are problems but isn't this the biggest?: Force Awakens and Last Jedi all takes place in the span of what, less than one week? I mean, LJ literally picks up where FA ends, Rae holding out Luke's light saber. LJ is just an appendix to FA. They destroy that giant Death Star planet thing one day, and then basically First Order chases the Resistance for a couple of days, the Resistance escapes, Luke emerges and is gone. Rae went from finding a droid in the desert to being greater than Luke Skywalker in less than a week? What exactly got accomplished in LJ other than adding an ending to FA?

[@jonathanw1019]

The original characters were reduced to the point of irrelevancy? Ackbar: died in an off-hand way off screen R2D2: Did nothing of consequence the whole time Chewie: Sat on an island the whole time and did nothing. C3P0: Aside from a few quips, did nothing but show his face Leia: Did nothing of consequence to affect the plot aside from NOT die. Luke: Did nothing of consequence, did't really train Rey all that much, didn't show up to his last fight personally, and then dies.

[@crazysteve9390]

Jonathan Wotka that about sums it up

[@Chameleonred5]

Implied timeskip. Was used in the Original Trilogy, was used here.

[@crazysteve9390]

Chameleonred5 how so? The holding out of the light saber to Luke...

[@Zoltan1251]

+Jonathan Wotka.... ffs people.... Luke did nothing of consequence???... wow, you missed entire plot point!... your comment is irrelevant if you dont pay attention to the movie

[@tokuwriter2872]

The skit part of the past and present timelines coming together is going to happen in Rise of Skywalker isn’t it? Mario: *HERE WE GO*

[@cjhs2006]

I Can’t be The Only Person Who When Finn,&,Rose Were Talking About The Codebreaker Hoping That He’d Turn Out to be Lando,That Would’ve Made The Movie Somewhat Better