Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Comic Adaptation, Part 1 - Atop the Fourth Wall

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Welcome to Atop the Fourth Wall, where bad comics burn. In this episode, we begin Star Wars Prequel Month with the Phantom Menace comic adaptation!
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Originally released May 4th, 2020.
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: The first step into a larger world... and we wish we could step back.
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[@markberghel275]

Fun fact: In the old EU, Jar Jar got exiled because he accidentally flooded a party Boss Nass was hosting. Yes, really.

[@billygreci9739]

Shame his exile wasn't tied to the conflict between Naboo and Gungans. Could've done much for the story.

[@jamescallanan2443]

@@billygreci9739 How to fix Jar Jar Binks. Don't make him an idiot. Make him a scholar. Have him study religions like the Jedi from outside Naboo and be exiled from his people and branded as a heretic. He can be force sensitive and actually help the heroes.

[@billygreci9739]

@@jamescallanan2443 Sounds interesting.

[@anthonyweber1759]

Well that's a good reason to be exiled especially in a underwater city.

[@anthonyweber1759]

@@jamescallanan2443 and if you still want him to be the slapstick comic relief make him a clumsy and absentminded professor type. Something like Rachel Weisz in The Mummy.

[@Godzilla00X]

While the treatment of the droids is inconsistent in star wars, it's heavily implied droid bias and general dislike for them increased under the empire due to the clone wars and how destructive and horrific the damage from the battle droids was to worlds and their people

[@alexiaNBC]

Yeah and the way they act on that prejudice had different ranges like the Empire believing that droids were inferior because they could easily be switched off for fun or destroyed. Then there were those who lived through the Clone Wars and developed a strong distrust for droids like in the Mandalorian. It was only the New Republic that shrugged off that prejudice which I think was because of that whole "We're all in this together" vibe they had in the Galactic Civil War where they relied on sympathetic humans, droids, and other alien lifeforms for aid

[@skyslasher2297]

That’s exactly what happened

[@MitchellTF]

Where? I'm...genuinely curious. Is this just a justification for how it's different in the original/prequels? Or is it in expanded universe works?

[@myriadmediamusings]

Mitchell Anderson EU material only I believe, which is rather frustrating.

[@SpiderboyN2Jesus]

Totally agreed! I, and others apparently, sometimes forget just how cruel and xenophobic the Empire was. The Republic and the New Republic were not as cruel about such things. Also, yeah, simply from fighting droids for a few years (or even being blockaded and attacked by then) also definitely made many people biased against droids, too. But regardless of that, I think it also speaks to Padmé's character that she would commend even the lowest of the low if they deserved it. It was probably why Anakin fell in love with her (yes, it was originally her beauty, but he would likely have forgotten about later, if she weren't so kind). And yes, I know that's the decoy we see commending him, but obviously there's no way the decoy would have been allowed to make such decisions without Padmé's approval 😉.

[@TheBunSquad]

Qui-gon was right about one thing tho Lewis. The negotiations were short.

[@LegendPurpleDragon152]

One minor thing. One of the reasons George didn’t get other people to “cover his weak spots” was cause he couldn’t get anybody. He tried to get people, notably Spielberg to direct and a few others to write, but they all said no. So he did it all himself. And this was the result.

[@neobrala5237]

Is there any information, why they said no? Feels weird why they would decline such a special offer.

[@anarchomando7707]

@@neobrala5237 most people thought it was just him and the hype made them fear failure and being casted the Blame

[@AquaLantern]

Neo Brala He asked 3 different directors he believed would be better at directing than him: Spielberg, Ron Howard, Robert Zemeckis. According to Ron in an MTV podcast interview, they were all intimidated at the prospect of directing such massive movies, so they turned him down and said he should do it himself. So poor George had to shoulder the whole thing.

[@PolarPhantom]

Makes you kind of realise why he sold the franchise... and makes you sad he got shut out from advising so often. I honestly loved TFA and ADORED TLJ, and I believe with Lucas' guidance the trilogy could have been amazing. Alas.. Capitalism.

[@PosthumanHeresy]

@@AquaLantern Three men does not a significant effort make. If I was looking for someone to cover my shift at work and asked a grand total of three people, my boss would likely invent new swears.

[@zennistrad]

10:17 You joke, but it's implied in various canon materials that there _is_ resentment towards the Jedi among certain factions in the Senate. That's probably the reason the mission was secret.

[@myriadmediamusings]

Schwarzer Ritter EU established that the Trade Feds and a number of the other major galactic corps like the Commerce Guild and Corporate Alliance had Senate representatives. In the old EU, the sidelining of the Trade Feds in the aftermath of TPM led to a domino effect of them, corporations, and other disgruntled worlds withdrawing from the Senate and eventually forming the Separatists. The race of Viceroy Gunray and all those like him are the Neimodians, by the way.

[@brandonlyon730]

@@myriadmediamusings So do the Neimodians have their own representative outside of the trade federation or does the trade federation senator represent both his race/home planet and the corporation?

[@fermintenava5911]

Personally, I'm more confused why the trade fed has a viceroy, but we never ever hear of the king. I'm not even sure why a "federation" would have a king in the first place.

[@danielallen3454]

The official hand gesture greeting for Star Wars is the Carrie Fischer Bird-Flip.

[@jonathanstmartin]

I believe it mean "Peace among worlds"

[@TheDUDERulez1]

@@jonathanstmartin Ha!😆

[@jonathanstmartin]

@@Yeet-eq7ve Just make sure you always have the high ground when you do

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

@@jonathanstmartin ah! Another Rick and Morty fan! Well then, Fuck you!

[@dylanmaldet6643]

I think we're forgetting the main concern here. What about the droid attack on the wookies?

[@JohnnyElRed]

As anyone that has played the original Battlefronts can testify: Droidekas are a nightmare to fight against.

[@danmenard6917]

But oh so satisfying to play AS

[@elijahblechman8633]

It's the same for lego star wars clone wars players

[@corvusalbus7276]

I was so glad they got easier to kill in Battlefront 2. Their shields in the first one were insane. The only thing perhaps as terrifying were the super battle droids in Republic Commando.

[@BaronSengir1008]

@@XXCreed Obviously they weren't programmed properly...

[@johnnyklebitzrevenge4793]

Battlefront? Lego Star Wars taught me that

[@Zivillyn]

I used to hate Amidala's design, but in the last few months I saw an excerpt from the novelization that turned her design from, "overly elaborate and bad," to "overly elaborate and bad, but for a good purpose." According to the novelization, all queens of Naboo dress like this because the elaborate robes and headwear enable them to hide all manner of defensive apparatus, from weapons to shield generators, in plain sight, and to more easily allow the use of body doubles when necessary. From what I remember the outfits only LOOK cumbersome by design, but have a quick release system that allows the queen to swap herself out for someone else any time she has a moment of privacy. Granted, this was an inclusion after the movies were said and done and was likely included to justify the rather bad aesthetic, but I think it's a fairly good justification.

[@rjd-kh8et]

Pretty sure the makeup at least was done to hide the body double swap.

[@MeliesCinemagician]

"None of these movies are perfect." Except the Holiday Special. I think everyone can agree that was a cinematic masterpiece.

[@drewgehringer7813]

I mean, the cartoon with Boba Fett, and the bits with Bea Arthur are fun

[@starwarsnerd100]

I mean, can it really be a "cinematic" masterpiece if was never shown in cinemas? (Ok, I'm done nitpicking your joke, I'll go hide in a corner now).

[@pokemaster123ism]

Agreed. Bra Arthur is the true hero of Star Wars

[@myriadmediamusings]

But there are people who genuinely say Holiday Special is still better than TLJ and TROS. Be afraid.

[@MonteCreations]

It was a perfect trainwreck

[@PosthumanHeresy]

"A person is not a product" Careful Comrade Linkara, you wouldn't want to make more sense than our government.

[@CthulhuianBunny]

Or our education system.

[@sammcguire3798]

Keep in mind Padme is 14 years old and a queen. She's basically being told/pressured by everyone to be extremely conservative of her emotions and not develop interpersonal connections that would compromise her position. She's also surrounded by decoys constantly who she Needs to be able to match easily, which is achieved by her hiding a lot of her emotions (And her face using make up). Padme congratulating R2 Is the first hint that we get at Padme's compassion and appreciation of those who risk themselves. If she was older, she probably wouldn't think anything about an Astromech doing its job, but beneath her responsibilities she has a strong belief that there are heroes in the galaxy who will stand up and risk their lives for innocents. Especially as her life is suddenly on the line, she idolizes those who protect her. This appreciation and trust towards the Jedi is what is challenged for Padme in the future as the Clone Wars begin and her relationship with Anakin begins. Padme's whole character is believing the best in anyone, which is why she tries to make peace with separatists even during the Clone Wars. Why shouldn't that also go for droids?

[@Rocketboy1313]

The 14 year old thing makes a hell of a lot less sense in future movies when the position of Queen is said to be an elected position. I don't mind the presence of a child monarch, those exist, but this movie makes a lot less sense in retrospect because of that bizarre world building detail.

[@JaelinBezel]

Isn't that her decoy? I thought the handmaiden she ordered to clean R2 was actually Padme.

[@anarchomando7707]

@@Rocketboy1313 it's mostly a figurehead And traditional role nothing else( but it does allow those that did choose that path to make a lot more contacts for a future endeavors)

[@demizson576]

Yup, it IS Padme cleaning R2. (You can even see her name in the word balloon at 24:47.)

[@1993digifan]

@@Rocketboy1313 Based on tie in material, the reason the elected ruler of Naboo is always a teenager is because of a cultural belief that their youth keeps them pure of corruption. Also based on dialogue in AotC the kids that are interested in politics are sent to a special school to get the education required.

[@butterflyslinky]

My guess for why the Queens of Naboo dress that way is to make it easier for their handmaids to step in for them. The elaborate hair and clothes and makeup make people less likely to notice her face, so when she does go incognito (as Padme is doing here), people in-universe can't tell the difference; literally any of her dozens of handmaids could put on that getup and it would be very difficult to tell which one it is unless you knew them all very, very well. Same reason her voice is lowered unnaturally whenever she's wearing that outfit and why the handmaids wear the scarves that shadow their faces; they are literally interchangeable as needed.

[@dvader518]

Julie Paulson It even worked IRL since not even Natalie Portman’s and Keira Knightley’s mothers could tell them apart when the two were in makeup.

[@jonathanstmartin]

@@dvader518 I still can't. Even now when I watch it I have trouble telling which is which. Best I can tell is Knightly has a slightly narrower face

[@animefan25]

The makeup definitely give off a geisha vibe.

[@SpiderboyN2Jesus]

I could tell the difference (unless they were switching back and forth throughout the film). Padmé looked a lot different when she was in the full queen regalia in the final parade scene at the end of the movie. Maybe they're were switching and it was just that one looks that was so weird 🤷🏻‍♂️. But I always thought their voices were pretty distinct, too 🤷🏻‍♂️. Also, Marie Antoinette, queen of France, (along with most rulers before the Victorian era) wore garish makeup and outlandish outfits and giant hair sculptures, so why shouldn't a space queen 🤷🏻‍♂️?

[@TherysMorth]

This is the current canon explanation for the elaborate clothes Padme wears as a queen and later senator. With the addendum of gaining the advantage in not being taken seriously, her dresses are excessive even for the Senate.

[@TaranAlvein]

18:30 - That, and Jake Lloyd was a CHILD when he played that role. The kinds of people who would send hate mail and death threats to a kid are truly monstrous.

[@gracekim25]

yeah it's awful

[@blackdemonknight]

@@gracekim25 I'm just happy Best and Hayden now are happily welcomed back into the Star Wars again thanks to their apperances in The Mandalorian and Obi-Won

[@daelen.cclark]

@@blackdemonknight I hope Jake Lloyd recovers further.

[@sebastianemond5313]

18:57 "I spaaak!" "The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."

[@ShinyGaara65]

"Everything was better on MY Trade Federation planet!"

[@stevenstice6683]

"I'll kill them to death!"

[@thesterndragoon9159]

"The Trade Federation sounds like a racist Asian stereotype...the kind like you'd hear from a white guy in yellow face in a 1940s movie." "I don't think Lucas INTENDED to be racist here...it was just a bad creative decision." ME: **glancing nervously at Watto, the hook-nosed, hunched over Toydarian who hoards and covets money** "Uhhh....."

[@suntanironman]

Once is an accident (Nute Gunray). Twice is coincidence (Jar Jar). Third time is a pattern (Watto).

[@deterlanglytone]

@@suntanironman Well, Jar Jar was apparently Ahmed Best's decision, according to a documentary I once seen. I Sf Debris also mentions it in his videos on the Prequels, he didn't do a review but instead a documentary himself. But yeah... Watto... by god.

[@anarchomando7707]

@@deterlanglytone well what do you think about jar jar being you the dark lord of the Sith The voice activated clip what they thought Sith Lord jar jar would sound like And it was actually pretty terrifying. But because of the Backlash Lucas decided against the idea.

[@danmenard6917]

Watto doesn't represent his entire species, though. King Katunko from The Clone Wars is also a Toydarian and has none of the Jewish stereotypes that Watto did.

[@MikeP828]

Dan Menard I mean, that character is from a series created 9 years after Phantom Menace and the backlash of Watto, so of course he wouldn’t have Jewish stereotypes.

[@sethmiles9436]

"No body else on Naboo looks like this." Linkara, there is someone sitting right next to her dressed in the same Red Robes! Yes he dosnt have the makeup but still dressed in the political outfits the Naboo like to wear.

[@RedDeathShinigami]

Yeah some things Linkara says are a bit...not well thought? Has he never seen other Kings and Queens of the Ages in all of the World? They always wore special clothes and uniforms.

[@noahthompson6753]

I don’t trust slytherins ...

[@the-aspiring-creator4249]

Still doesn't possess the make-up or the ludicrous hairstyle.

[@daelen.cclark]

Not as elaborate. Do any of them have the hair tube around the head?

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Speaking of odd accents: The Clone Wars' Twi'leks have French accents.

[@dairenoh693]

Eh, I don't mind it.

[@forge4119]

I feel like that is a joke based on the stereotype we have about french people. The Twi'leks tend to be subjugated a lot and put into slavery because they are a physically weaker but beautiful species that are generally submissive, playing to the stereotype that the French tend to surrender a lot. However, not all Twi'leks are as submissive, and they have a history of having rebellions against their oppressors, another French Stereotype, though a more positive one about the resistance of their people in war, even when they have lost the fight. After all, it is the Maquis that are most well known resistance of the second World War.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

@@forge4119 Honestly never gave it much thought beyond "Huh, that's definitely not the voice l read Aayla Secura in."

[@dairenoh693]

@@TheDanishGuyReviews What voice were you reading her in?

[@dairenoh693]

@@forge4119 Wow, that makes sense in hindsight!

[@michaelnally2841]

In fact Ahmed Best received so much harassment for his character he considered committing suicide. Okay no matter how you slice it, that’s messed up people. Actors are not the same as a character! So please stop attacking actors or directors just because they played a character or helped make a movie you didn’t like!

[@samuelbarber4154]

Michael Nally yeah, I'm as willing to criticise someone for a bad performance as the next guy, but I'm not about to harass and judge them as a person. Come on, people. That's just downright sadistic.

[@Mr4thDoctor]

I bursted out laughing when you gave Nute Gunray the Superboy Prime voice. Anyway, I admit that I grew up with the prequel trilogy, and was really excited for the Phantom Menace when it came out when I was four years old. Looking back now, and taking away my rose-tinted glasses, I admit that they are not good movies. But Phantom Menace is the movie out of these that I keep coming back to. Linkara, I also really loved your speech at the beginning of the review and before the introduction of Jar Jar, about how Ahmed Best and Jake Lloyd didn’t deserve the toxic, vitriolic hate that they got. Really appreciate the maturity there.

[@BLasherman]

Amidala dresses that way a call out to Queen Victoria, George likes to have allusions to things. In universe the make-up has historical significance, the blood red lipstick is a "scar of remembrance" to remember the bad time before the Age of Peace brought on the King Jafan, and white face is always worn to signify the first queen, though they can also have Kings. Males also wear the makeup and flashy outfits and Robes, each style signify duty and task being done, they just kinda only have Queens after Amidala. They got weird traditions.

[@anarchomando7707]

That is interesting

[@SpiderboyN2Jesus]

I didn't know it was specifically a reference to Queen Victoria (not the in-universe significance--well maybe I read it once, now that I think about it 🤔...). I do know most rulers before the Victorian era often wore garish outfits and makeup. Marie Antoinette even wore giant hair sculptures, lol 😅.

[@tylerfish2701]

Okay, referencing historical times is one thing, but did some of the costumes, apart from her black dress and purple dress, have to look odd?

[@SpiderboyN2Jesus]

@@tylerfish2701 have you seen historical designs worn by rulers 😂? There are tons of ridiculous ones 😆!

[@samm7371]

Interesting. I thought it was more of George's love of Asain culture coming through as she looks like a combination of a *Noh actress and an Empress with the elaborate headdress * Kabuki, not Noh. My bad

[@morganyoung3557]

I read the novel about Padmé and it is explained why the Queen of Naboo wears such elaborate outfits and a lot of makeup. It is so one of her handmaidens could slip into the role of Queen while the actual Queen can slip in amongst the group of handmaidens. It is also a way to draw attention to the elaborate parts like the outfit and makeup so if someone sees a young woman in that garb she will be seen as the Queen and not noticing the tiny differences that each young woman has. It was actually pretty interesting. I think that there is the fact that Naboo is a very prosperous planet and I think they like to show it off in fancy outfits and of course the leader of the planet would be in the most elaborate outfits too.

[@daelen.cclark]

I just wish that was demonstrated in the movie better.

[@Mask0fFate]

“In universe, have they ever fought a giant brain?” Okay, now that just makes me think that the Metroid series takes place in the Star Wars universe.

[@anarchomando7707]

I could so see Samus Aran having a one-night stand with boba fett.

[@Jim4815162342]

Brain and brain. What is brain?

[@DAsrada]

Sidious: This is my Apprentice, Lord Maul. Maul: Darth Mau--- Sidious: Nope, I'm already prepping Tyranus. Maul: :(

[@tayojones9460]

Do not worry Maul. You get more love in Clone Wars and Rebels

[@thesterndragoon9159]

Makes sense. Maul was just a side project for Sidious to test the limits of the Rule of Two and to have a "gofer" for Sith operations. Darth Sidious is incredibly human supremacist and never accepted a non-human apprentice, specifically targeting Anakin, a human whose birth was basically created by Darth Plagueis, Sidious' master. To that end, Tyranus was also just cannon fodder for accelerating Anakin's development. Sidious being "racist" against aliens was actually a huge part of the Star Wars EU that the movies didn't show much of.

[@mattwo7]

@@thesterndragoon9159 So.... What does that make Ventress and Opress to him?

[@JaelinBezel]

@@mattwo7 Pawns, probably. Ventress was usually used as an assassin, sent in to kill high-value targets or to be pit against the jedi but if she got caught or killed he probably wouldn't care. She was expendable. I didn't see much of Savage Opress but he comes off to me as an expendable heavy.

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

​@@thesterndragoon9159 Actually as far as I know he never was a human supremacist himself (keep in mind that Mas Amedda, his right hand man and advisor since the clone wars was an alien) he just took advantage of the anti-alien atmosphere that was created by the clone wars to further his goals. At the end of the day he saw everyone as beneath him humans and aliens were just tools for him to use and dispose of as soon as he had no further use for them

[@mistertea603]

Link: May the fourth be with you! (Does the Vulcan salute) Me: ...-_-... Your on thin ice boy...

[@daelen.cclark]

Maxwell Medford What would be a better hand gesture for Star Wars?

[@wolftitanreading5308]

@@daelen.cclark george lucus middle finger XD kidding kidding

[@kitestar]

Linkara has a point that Star Wars doesn't have a thing that is done with their hands

[@mistertea603]

@@daelen.cclark we kid here, just gotta keep the mighty in check... This may sound strange but I do it out of affection...

[@mistertea603]

@jbiehlable ...well, if you're worried about my intentions please find comfort in knowing that this...truly disturbs me in knowing I am being compared to truly horrid people... (If you do indeed mean the southern rebels)

[@jacobberg373]

I have a confession to make. When I heard Linkara and almost ever other critic on KZbin criticize and hate on the Rise of Skywalker, I felt both betrayed and depressed. I felt betrayed because these guys defended movies I liked when others didn't and seeing them hate on it made me angry with them for it. I also felt depressed because it made me feel like I was the one who in the wrong and that I liked something everyone now disliked. So, for months afterwards, I kept myself as far from star wars as possible in order to avoid such emotions until recently when I finally was able to realize that I took like something that others didn't. However, even after realizing that, I felt angry again because why didn't the critic see it as great as I did, I also had realize that they have their own opinions as well. I say to anyone who interests that I let other opinions influence my opinion and it tore me apart. I have thankfully reached a point where I can accept both love and hate for the ninth episode from anyone and everyone. thank you for reading this if you did, it means a lot.

[@jacobberg373]

Thank you for the heart or whatever that's thing called, its means a lot to me.

[@gracekim25]

@@jacobberg373 Well i appreciate that. with me, I can't hate the sequels. the force awakens is the reason i got into Star Wars and i too regret letting others' opinions affect me as i made the mistake of joining the 'prequel hate' thing and not giving it a chance.

[@HenshinHeroesMedia]

I admit some people influenced my thoughts on star wars, but I realize everyone has different views and its cool to see different stuff and open our eyes to what we didn't see. Ex: thought last jedi was meh, but not awful. However, a few positive takes made me realize some stuff that i never considered and i appreciate it more. Also, someone's fave SW movie will also he someone's leasr favorite.

[@ninjagregshow9423]

I felt the same way; hell, I still feel that way when it happens again; it's not always easy when someone you look up to, maybe even respect slams something you like, sometimes you can see where they're coming from and respectfully disagree, but other times it can feel like an attack against the media you like can feel like an attack on you; and speaking from personal experience when the majority of people's opinions seem to be the opposite of yours you start to think "is it me? Am I the problem? Is there something other people are seeing and I just don't get it?" I definitely relate

[@ryandowney8743]

This movie would have been SO much more interesting if Diamanda Hagan, or her descendants, ruled Naboo. Although I'm sure her first order of business would have been to give the planet a less silly name.

[@mikethegrunty5968]

I don’t think the prequels are the best representation of the series, but I still contend the Revenge of the Sith is a legitimately great movie. As James Rolfe said: it’s like they had two strikes and than a homerun

[@skibobshipoddlypop]

And it's the only one with any meaningful story really, you could basically get everything you needed if you didn't even watch episodes 1 and 2

[@mikethegrunty5968]

@@skibobshipoddlypop exactly

[@ilytrion]

The way droids are treated in Star Wars varies from character to character. Even some of the heroes like Han and Obi-Wan treat them like the robots.

[@fanusobscurus4309]

10:18 That actually was a plot point in a lot of The Clone Wars and EU stuff of that period. There were a lot of people who were not to keen on the Jedi. A bunch of creepy, emotionless old space wizards, with free writ to take your kids from you, who can mind trick you into agreeing with them? And keep in mind, remeber how the first thing Watto says to Qui-gon when he tries it is that his race is immune to it. As far out from the Core as they are, its still common knowledge, hell, some of the only knowledge. Hell, never been able to source it, but a lot of older fans loved to talk about a story where the Jedi arranged a genocide because a Force sensitive race wouldn't give up their kids. Point is, the people bought Order 66's coverup and the Jedi treason for a reason, not just because they DID commit high treason.

[@dylanbeebe4403]

Qui Gon tried to mind trick Watto not Greedo

[@starwarsnerd100]

I'm a bit curious and confused: you say you've heard "a lot" of fans talk about this Jedi genocide, but you can't source it or remember what it was called? I've read a lot of EU stories: I think there were time the ancient Jedi tried to wipe out the Sith species, but I can't recall a story where the Jedi perform genocide because a Force sensitive race won't give up their children.

[@fanusobscurus4309]

@@dylanbeebe4403 Edited to correct that, been forever since I watched Menace

[@fanusobscurus4309]

@@starwarsnerd100 I'm wanting to say I first heard about it in a Generation Tech video, but he didn't source it. The Sith genocides most definitely happened. Heck, it was the Jedi that went murder happy first. The Sith ideologies are closer to the old Je'daii ways. So, toss making the Sith evil onto the pile...

[@judeskater93]

starwarsnerd100 closest I could think to that is just the Jedi taking younglings and force sensitive babies in general, nothing to my current knowledge about them committing genocide over something like that nor did they exactly steal them, at least to my current knowledge of it. That said yeah they did wipe out the sith species after their first war with the sith during the golden age of the sith, along with the jedi covenant killing their padawans over a manipulated force vision of one of the padawans as a sith traitor, and. . . .for now can’t think of others.

[@Canadamus_Prime]

Thank you for calling out the BS of people sending death threats to actors and creators, because that is just sickening.

[@skyslasher2297]

12:06 when one can mass produce an army by the thousands for every 50 destroied individual unit intelligence isn't very important now is it Elgar these droids are not plus they're a lot funnier then elgar just watch some of there best moments in the clone wars cartoon they're a riot 12:41 Heres an easy anser Lightsabers require a special crystal inorder to create the blade known as a kyber crystal they are incredibly rare and valuable and only one planet is known to have a surplus Illum which the Jedi have sealed off from the public for their own purposes although other crystals were found on different planets Also if your wondering how the sith get their crystals then in legends sith just grew systhetic red crystals while in Canon and much better in my opinion sith use the darkside to corrupt jedi crystals by bleeding into them Yup I'm that kind of starwars nerd

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

to chime in to 12:06 comment, apparently in Legends they upgraded the B1 AI stuff, explaining both the lessening them of comic relief in the movies, and in general making the AI more competent. Not as much as the B2 or Droidekas of course, but it made better use of the unnumbered legions of the suckers. Mind, Clone Wars seems to either forgot that or ignored that, so either not a thing in Disney canon or just forgotten for the funnies. Which, as much as it pains me to say, probably worth it.

[@Bryan-dr5qy]

@@gratuitouslurking8610 Clone Wars' depiction of battle droids was before Disney and all Lucas. In fact the B1s became more comic relief as the films progressed just look at Revenge of the Sith. B1 Battle Droids were updated with newer models as the Clone Wars went along. They went from being controlled by central computers in capital ships to having their own individual computers. But since the Separatists didn't want to lose the number advantage the technology was not that advanced and the personalities that were developed in the droids had a quirk to them. In fact you can use this to explain why they had such high-pitched voices in Revenge of the Sith. But it didn't matter because they still managed to fulfill their purpose of swarming enemy troops like how they overwhelmed the Jedi on Geonosis.

[@KertaDrake]

Jar Jar's face when getting zapped is worthy of memes...

[@truenightmare6665]

About the Brain Mr. Linkara, while technically no one ever fought a brain, there were two instances of brain-like organisms. Siniteens that had massive engrossed head, resembling a brain. There were droids that contained Brain that looked like spiders, that were called, “Brain”. Yep. That’s all Mr. Linkara, have a nice day!

[@Wright805]

There's also the Celegians, a race of floating brains.

[@yonatanyonatano1192]

About the way droids are treated, it generally changes depending on the society around them. Someone from Coruscant is going to be different when compared to someone from Naboo. Along with that, droids generally aren’t built with a personality already programmed. They eventually develop them as their code needs to adapt to different situations and us always changing, but then some people like to do a factory reset every couple of years, so the personality doesn’t necessarily break out

[@GeneralKenobi75]

Speaking of devisive opinions, the Phantom Menace was the very first Star Wars movie I saw as a kid, and I loved it. Obviously my tastes have changed as I grew older, and its flaws became more apparent. But it always held a special place in my heart. Also devisive, the Gungans are may favorite Star Wars aliens. I love their technology and the designs of their cities, plus their old style warfare combined with alien technology; with beasts of burden and catapults but with things like energy shields. That being said, Jar Jar never appealed to me, even as a kid.

[@thesterndragoon9159]

I do like Phantom Menace mainly because it spawned "Darth Plagueis", which is easily one of the BEST formerly canon EU books and gives the best explanation for how Sidious actually rose to become Sith and how politics in the Star Wars universe were manipulated into the creation of the Empire.

[@MitchellTF]

Jar Jar. Racist against Gungans.

[@SteveElOtaku]

Oh, I'm with you 100%. The Phantom Menace was the first Star Wars film I saw in theatres. And I didn't like Jar Jar either back then XD

[@myriadmediamusings]

The Stern Dragoon Indeed I remember being psyched when Plagueis first came out because he was such an enigma for the longest time, and utterly floored by the revelations that tied so many EU plots together at the time, gave a shocking surprise regarding when Plagueis died, and actually made TPM stronger. It was one of the few works that made me legit sad when it was gutted from canon.

[@LARKXHIN]

And yeah, the queens of Naboo do actually dress that way for tradition and protection. The materials mean a bunch of random stuff. It’s all in“Queen’s Shadow”.

[@morganyoung3557]

LARKXHIN that book was really good and I liked how it gave more insight to both Padmé and her handmaidens.

[@kaihedgie1747]

Thank you so much for your criticism towards the people sending death threats to Ahmed Best and Jake Lloyd as well as calling out the Plinkett review. Also, I never actually found Jar Jar racist, before or after what people were supposedly saying what was bad about him

[@kaihedgie1747]

@@schwarzerritter5724 Two completely different things. He chastises them for the pretty stupid, awful or offensive things they write and illustrate. However, not once does he ever wish harm or death upon anyone.

[@kaihedgie1747]

@@schwarzerritter5724 If you're referring to the actors, it doesn't, especially seeing as one of the people that's being sent death threats was _a child not even in the double digits_ . That is *never* acceptable.

[@kaihedgie1747]

@@schwarzerritter5724 Except he's calling them such _precisely_ for what they write in the comic and it tends to go hand in hand with who they actually are. Frank Miller gets his vitriol because of both the things he says and writes. Who he is also shapes what he writes and comic books since their inception, have always been heavy on politics and Miller has some choice words on the matter. Again, why are you conflating Linkara's name-calling to assholes with rabid fanboys sending death threats to a *child* ?

[@Broadwaychica]

@@schwarzerritter5724 If Linkara saying those things is enough to make people send death threats, they were always going to wind up sending death threats.

[@wakawakatakeover]

"So sit back, full screen the video and let's dig into Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: The Comic Adaption!" I feel like you just called me out for not having the video in full screen.

[@PrincessAshley972]

Same, i had to full screen it after that xD

[@PolarPhantom]

Same honestly.

[@lxyacht]

"Giving them the dignity they deserve." *Superboy prime voice* I lost it, dude. So dang funny.

[@thacobell4700]

"I can give them any accent I want, and let them have the dignity they deserve." *I take a bite of my burger* *Linkara belts out his superboy prime voice* I almost DIED.

[@jamcalx]

Amadala's outfits is based upon Mongolian traditional dress with Chinese and Korean accents to further show her royal status.

[@joshuamerriweather2861]

To ALL Star Wars fans: May the Force be with you Always

[@DichterDenkerChaoten]

22:00 I guess the "surrender gown" one is propably one of the doubles, while in the conference it was the real one. She is meeting with hostile forces after all.

[@giloguy101]

The thing about the Prequels is that as time has gone on, a lot of fan opinion has warmed to the trilogy on the whole. the most likely reason to this is that while it had a loooooooooot of spotty moments, it gave us something invaluable: a true idea of what a living Breathing Galaxy was like before the empire! since then with the help of expansive materials such as excellent games and books (republic commando for the win) and of course the Clone wars TV series, the concepts given to us by the Prequels has opened up a lot to the fans, to the point many of them prefer the Prequel time span for story telling far more than the Sequel trilogy

[@kingofthegundam7974]

But those are Expanded Universe materials. The movies shouldn't be given credit for other stuff fixing their mistakes.

[@AMoniqueOcampo]

The best thing that came out of this: Weird Al Yankovic's parody song, The Saga Begins.

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

And he directed the music video, yes? Sometimes the director can't really control everything, and the "Getting it right the first time" attitude does hurt the final product as that sets high expectations that can't be reached. That perfectionism that tends to embitter our experince of the medium as a whole, doing more harm than good. Sometimes, you just need to wing it or take a closer look. Then again, there's always a bigger fish.

[@Iwfan53]

No, the best thing to come out of it was the Queen’s Gambit board game that recreates the over complicated four part final battle in a fun and exiting manner.

[@RuinQueenofOblivion]

That and Darths and Droids.

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

My my, this here Anakin guy...

[@elijahblechman8633]

Lego star wars as well.

[@emarythomp]

Honestly Queen Amadalla (dont know how to spell her name) actually has a pretty unique look. Idk I’ve never had an issue with it?

[@jdzencelowcz]

Queen Elizabeth the 1st's look was pretty Amidala-esq, so maybe it comes with the station.

[@rogersstinson4019]

When he makes fun of her cloths kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGSkoH-nYpd8rsk

[@1993MovieMan]

Actually to the Sith and their allies, the "Darth" and "Lord" titles are virtually interchangeable.

[@helixaether872]

I always liked the battle droids. I find there voices endearing and there weakness made me think they were just a mass produced weak and cheap commercial product.

[@thatsgib6015]

Im curious how many times Linkara has used a Weird Al song for the title card now

[@SpeedyEric1]

Star Wars: A New Hope was one of the very first movies I remember growing up to, and I have been a fan of the franchise ever since the beginning, and that love has been growing since the release of the Special Editions, the Prequel Trilogy, the Clone Wars movie & TV series, and now in the current Disney era. I guess I love Star Wars for the same reasons why you love Camelot, because it tells the difference between good & evil, light vs. dark, compassion vs. revenge, and being a kind, positive-thinking individual.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Nice to hear a genuinely positive opinion

[@joshuaingobo1559]

7:50: “The Saga Begins” by Weird Al Yankovic. 15:59: Superboy-Prime Voice

[@BagOfMagicFood]

Superboy Prime is my favorite Simpsons character

[@wstine79]

:::holds a picture of a Dalek::: "This is a picture of R2-D2. He's a cyborg from Star Trek.

[@anarchomando7707]

Dalek*

[@kimifw58]

And this is Cowboy Bebop at his computer. **shows picture of Ed**

[@Curttehmurt]

16:18 the recent canon novel Queen's Shadow by E. K. Johnston goes into much detail about Naboo culture and the traditions surrounding the Nabooian Queens particularly their elaborate outfits and use of Handmaidens and Decoys I highly recommend it. In an attempt to condense what I recall from the book, the Queen's goofy outfits are primarily used as a distraction, when the Queen's life is in danger (which is fairly often even on the decidedly pacifist world of Naboo) one of her Handmaidens (all of whom are hand picked for their resemblance to the Queen) will dawn the elaborate costumes and Make up (the make up helps to further disguise a decoy) while the Queen takes the Handmaiden's place in her entourage. The book also notes that typically the big dumb costumes often hide weapons to use if shit hits the fan. Obviously the decoy business comes up in the movie, but they don't really bring it up till near the end so it's not like super clear just how often the Queen is actually a disguised Handmaiden, which if you rewatch the film closely you can kinda tell in which scenes it's actually Padme and which scenes it's her decoy, it's actually kinda clever. Padme's primary handmaiden/decoy is played by Keira Knightley who notably bares a striking resemblance to Natalie Portman I recall reading an Anecdote that on one day of filming both young actresses had the make up on and even their own mothers couldn't tell them apart

[@goodenoughright5433]

"Shrug" I still like them

[@LaFemmeFictionale]

My two cents re. performance and direction. There was a _lot_ of attempts by George Lucas to get other people to make the prequels. He asked Ron Howard, Robert Zemeckis, and Stephen Spielberg, who all said, "no, this is your baby, you have to do it." So, he gave up and just directed/wrote them, and there are moments when I wonder if Carrie Fisher, who is said to have been an uncredited script doctor on this trilogy, left certain things the way they were as her own personal 'revenge' for parts of her own trilogy: the bikini from hell, not wearing a bra, issues surrounding her weight, that sort of thing. Regardless of how they got to that point, Lucas was apparently really set in certain things. The fact that the biggest criticisms are usually directed at the less experienced actors who were carrying the film, especially Jake Lloyd and Hayden Christensen, is the most indicative of this. Christensen apparently showed up for Attack of the Clones filming with all these ideas about playing Anakin with passion, and then George made him dial it back to the performance we ended up getting. And now, speaking as someone _obsessed_ with Padmé Amidala and the Naboo: the makeup is, yes, in part to help with the decoys. _All_ her handmaidens are supposed to be able to act as decoys if called upon, but the main one is Sabé (Keira Knightley), specifically for her resemblance to Padmé, so the makeup helps make the disguise easier. And the cleaning of Artoo has less to do with gratitude and more to do with an inside joke. Whenever Padmé was being a handmaiden while one of the handmaidens was being Queen Amidala, they'd stick her with silly chores as a sort of ribbing/hazing, so cleaning up Artoo was an extension of that.

[@GAshoneybear]

I felt TERRIBLE for Hayden because I remember the extras and deleted scenes on my box set and thinking, "This is so good! Why did they cut this? The acting was great!"

[@jchinnjr]

The Superboy Prime voice makes me smile *literally* every time I hear it.

[@Mike_Dubo]

About the goofiness of the battle droids? You have to keep this one thing in mind: Palpatine never meant for the Seperatists to win. The entire plan was for the Seperatists to cause such a commotion, that the Senate HAS to give him full power to do what he wants, in order to put down the Seperatists that HE put up to this, and he'll have the political power to raise his empire! The dude is an absolut megalomaniac, in every sense of the word! HE RAISED UP A GALACTIC ARMY, JUST SO HE COULD CRUSH IT, AND GET MORE POWER FOR HIMSELF!!

[@Chimeragui]

Weren't the original model of Battle Droids also basically weaponized cargo workers? Since the Trade Federation were as their name implies, a federation of traders/merchants, it'd make sense that the droids they started with wouldn't have been designed for combat like the Droideka and B2 super battle droids.

[@ignitedrowlets5776]

I am so gonna read the traders in the superboy prime voice for Darths and Droids now

[@MetaSynForYourSoul]

Should've started off with "Hello, there.... and welcome..."

[@Saiyef96]

10:17 You say that, but with how easily Palpatine convinced the entire Senate (sans Padme and Bail Organa) that the Jedi were traitors who attempted a coup after spending the past few years being generals and war heroes during the Clone Wars and completely censor and smear historic accounts of the Jedi and the Force’s existence in the years afterwards, there would have to be a lot of people who absolutely hated the Jedi for that move to go completely unopposed. In fact, there’s a few Star Wars media that have characters and stories do go the direction of anti-Jedi and anti-Force users: - One NPC in KotOR 2 disparaged the conflict between the Jedi Order and Revan and Malak’s Sith Army (calling it a war between Jedi) which our our player character can correct him but he responds that he doesn’t care as they’re all the same to him. - The final antagonists of the Imperial Spy character’s story in The Old Republic MMO are the Star Cabal, a secret illuminati-esque group who was secretly setting events in motion to get rid both the Jedi and the Sith under the belief that all conflicts in the galaxy are centred around Force-users, which they are not wrong about. - And a lot of the Star Wars novels had Senators and space politicians who were very anti-Jedi, adding conflict to stories. In the last Star Wars novels before the Disney buyout, the leader of Imperial Remnant and then Chief of State in the Galactic Federation, Natasi Daala, tries to start a movement and new laws to harshly police and then get rid of the Jedi, even banishing Luke to Outer Rim because Jacen Solo turned to the Dark Side (which Luke had no action or influence over).

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

Honestly, you don't even need to look that far, Qui Gon's flippant use of his force tricks across Episode 1 is pretty common until he runs into a specific situation to counteract that. If it was a DND game I'd think the DM was tired of his bullshit overuse of Charm Person.

[@xtoadsannom6704]

I think what we got is weirder ? The Jedi seem to have completely faded out of memory in only a 25 years, and apparently even the guy in Mandalorian thinks that they're a fairy-tale, despite his people being led by a former Sith Lord at one point, with a former Jedi finally managing to capture him ?

[@ThomasFishwick]

Quick point, I've always liked the scene where The Queen orders her handmaiden to clean the droid. Spoilers but who actually cares. The handmaiden is actually Padmé and the queen her double, we know this but think about it for a moment. The double is there to draw attention and get shot at. So she goes out of her way to give the actual Queen the position of cleaning what is in effect a glorified dustbin! It's a nice little move. It not only gets Padmé out of there and safe (no one would care about the Handmaiden that been given such a low assignment) but it puts her in position outside of the court to make contact with the Jedi. There's also the subtext of: "Put me in the firing line will you? Well enjoy spending your time cleaning carbon scoring off an outdated droid!"

[@Anthintendo]

Most memorable quote from the Phantom Menace: “Now THIS is pod racing!” EDIT: “I will MAKE it legal,” is a close second place.

[@531d4]

Anthony Naranjo “The ability to speak does not make you intelligence” is also pretty well known

[@FreakDaMIghet]

“A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.”

[@sunglasses426]

“We’ll be watching your career with great interest”

[@DalekTheSupreme]

The one that always stuck out to me was, "There's always a bigger fish."

[@EternalKHFan0]

@Michael Hewitt-Clarke *Angel

[@markuscriticus8278]

Isn't the joke with old Red Letter Media reviews that they mash legitimate criticism with deliberately nitcpicky bullshit?

[@samk522]

Yes. They were never meant to be taken as seriously as people take them (whether in a positive or negative sense). More like "yeah, some of this is my legitimate opinion, but also who the hell cares." RLM in general definitely have serious opinions about film, but they also don't take themselves seriously at all. The level of emotion in their fandom/hatedom is baffling to me.

[@robinhilliker4461]

Mr.Plinket is a sexist, murderous physcopath who kidnaps people and makes them play with puzzles before killing them. He is supposed to be a crazy asshole. Thats what makes him funny

[@cartooncritic7045]

Sure, but the problem with channels like theirs is that the people who watch them sometimes forget that they aren't meant to be taken completely seriously, and I as a viewer sometimes have a hard time distinguishing their actual opinions from their jokes, which is why I don't watch them as much as other film analysis channels like Lindsey Ellis or Jack Saint, who make *very clear* distinctions between their actual critiques of a movie, show, or play and when they are just fucking around.

[@davidspring4003]

The destroyer droids were always my favorite for the design, seeming invincibility, and the sound they made when they shot.

[@matt32992]

Yeah, they were invincible... Until you learn to lob a grenade under them in a specific way

[@davidspring4003]

@@matt32992 hence SEEMING

[@blackdemonknight]

Intersting fact the Droidkas were made back Colicoids a race of sentiant insectoid creatures that built them and also made them in there image and also sold them to the Trade Federation in exchange for exotic meat. And yes it's still canon.

[@SonofMrPeanut]

"The senate isn't this uncooperative w/ our greed in MYYYYYY galaxy!"

[@evanbao93]

12:45 Fun fact: The Kyber Crystal, which is the source of the lightsaber's power, was used by the Empire... as the Death Star's destructive laser beam.

[@solumanblevins8009]

If you haven't heard of it I highly recomend the Darths and Droids web comic, it recontectualize the whole series as a D&D session, even changes plot points up and explains stuff. For instance instead of Mustafar they drag Naboo closer to the sun to SMELT DOWN THE ENTIRE PLANET INTO THE DEATH STAR

[@kramermariav]

Yes! So funny! I still re-read the old ones.

[@anarchomando7707]

@@kramermariav nice I'm looking into that subject right now

[@New3DSLuigi364]

AND THEY FIXED JAR JAR INTO A COMPETANT CHARACTER!!

[@lixandrocastro8637]

Can you do Army of Darkness vs Re-Animator?

[@JoshuaWebbYT]

I think it's only if it's a comic adaptation or a patreon sponsored review.

[@tinkerer3399]

Cyclone Shadow I imagine it will at least be covered in LBoTD

[@SiRenfield]

Cyclone Shadow It’s actually a comic period. Although yeah chances are they’d probably be have to be a Patreon sponsor. Or even better: Longbox

[@darkdreamer871]

me, a star war, vibrating at lightspeed trying no to "Um Ackshully" about every other thing: this is fine

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

Fun fact: the reason amidala switches dresses is because it Isnt padme. Its Sabé. Her handmaiden. Played by Keira Knightly (not even kidding) rather than Natalie Portman. Padme has already swapped places. Thats why several points a handmaiden speaks up on behalf of the queen...when the "queen" is right there. Shes covertly giving orders. Its honestly kinda clever

[@Fordo007]

Also her wardrobe was based on real life Mongolian noble-womens. So Linkara's point here that no one could take her seriously... people on Earth took people in those outfit seriously.

[@grantmoore8228]

I'm of the opinion that there is a lot to like about the Phantom Menace. The ship designs look completely different and unique compared to the original trilogy, I don't think Jake Loyd was bad as far as child actors go (although the way he's written makes him a terrible young Darth Vader), the set designs are unique despite the technology not aging the best and the story on paper is a good one. That's the thing though, in my opinion it's botches some of these points on execution and suffers for it but at least they tried new things and pushed the franchise in new directions. Also say what you want about George Lucas but you have to give him one thing especially in regards to the sequel trilogy, at least he planned everything out and had a clear beginning, middle and end for the three movies.

[@grantmoore8228]

@@schwarzerritter5724 Exactly! I once had a conversation with someone who claimed they hated the ships in the prequels because they weren't as "gritty" as the ones in the originals and therefore worse. But these ships are supposed to be from a different time and for a different purpose. Of course the Queen of an entire planet's go-to ship wouldn't have several exposed engines, chipped paint and was constantly on the cusp of breaking down.

[@Arufonsa1]

I don’t think that’s true though. That George had a solid plan. Not for the original and not to a solid extent in the prequels.

[@grantmoore8228]

@@Arufonsa1 definitely not in the original trilogy but I think he had a complete blueprint for the prequels. Anakin has to leave his mother to be a Jedi then be reunited with his mother only for her to die in front of her. That caused him to get death anxiety and was willing to do anything to protect Padme from his visions. It's a character arc that flows from one movie to the next. The same could be said to alot of the prequels plots. Palpatine's rise to power, the Senate becoming the Empire, the formation of a clone army and the execution of order 66, Obi-Wan changing from a inexperienced teenager to a wise adult. These plot points wouldn't mean anything in the end if it wasn't for the setup in phantom menace and attack of the clones. There is build up and pay off that you couldn't have gotten if you didn't have a understanding of where the plot was going from the beginning. It's a lot more coherent than "oh I don't know my parents, oh my parents sold me for drinking money, oh now my parents were protecting me and the universes worst dictator is my grandfather" or "I was a criminal smuggler despite that literally never coming up before"

[@angrybrony]

i hope you look into the 3D clone wars show. it's probably the best star wars stories outside of maybe kotor 2.

[@goodenoughright5433]

Defensively the best thing they've done with Star Wars since the buyout in my opinion

[@DeathGodRiku]

@Michael Hewitt-Clarke damn that last episode was amazing

[@myriadmediamusings]

If there are TCW comics I can seem him doing those eventually. Otherwise thr TCW show will have to be patroned.

[@angrybrony]

@@rayo1366 i really don't see him doing that.

[@jetfoxhound3432]

Favourite arc of the show outside of the final one?

[@theotherghostgirl337]

Everyone please be nice to the guy who played jar jar. He’s been through enough

[@MegaManDBZX]

2:30 If I’ve learned anything about Star Wars fans, it’s the exact opposite when it comes to new movies in the franchise.

[@godlyb0b]

I don't know who said it originally, but I've often heard it said that nobody hates Star Wars as much as Star Wars fans do

[@thatonea-hole]

@@godlyb0b That's a quote from I Hate Everything, specifically his last jedi video

[@JohnnyHardCastle1]

Given the Jedi's aloof relationship with the Senate and their stance that they are the ultimate protectors of the Republic*, it would be understandable that a part of the Senate would dislike/mistrusted them and would object to involving them in a political situation. This would also explain why their was so little uproar in the Senate over Order 66. *Example: they were already planning to remove Palpatine from power before they knew he was a Sith because they felt he had stayed in office too long and been given to much power

[@TheLetterJ0]

Obviously "Amidala" was just giving R2 so much thanks because she wanted to make Padme clean him. Probably to get back at her for the whole decoy thing.

[@legomaniac213]

I think the reason the chancellor had to dispatch the Jedi "in secret" was probably because doing it through official channels would have taken weeks or months to navigate all the red tape and committees in order to send them.

[@r.a.fgattaiguy845]

"we´ve come to warn you about an invasion by the trade fedaration!" ".....thanks"

[@jurassickaiju14]

"May the Fourth be with you!" _(does Vulcan salute)_ Oh, I like this guy even more now. :)

[@jaywingate187]

Counterargument, battle droids in the Clone Wars are the most adorable woobies in creation. I love it when you toss a grenade in Battlefront and they go "Bye-bye grenade!"

[@kirillchernyatin6146]

George Lucas knew about his shortcomings , but no one wanted to correct him , because people regarded him as man who knows/knew how to make a perfect Star Wars movie.

[@TippytoeZombie]

I'm going to say something super controversial here... My favorite pieces of Star Wars Media are the Phineas and Ferb Star Wars Special followed by Solo.

[@ZoanBlade90]

"I have a bad feeling about this."

[@WillyToons]

Linkara: "I'm not going to do the "What's wrong with your face?" complaint!" Also Linkara: 16:28

[@AT4W]

At least I explain WHY I'm confused about the look vs. just leaving it at that as a joke. XD

[@demizson576]

Almost seven minutes of introduction, and not one word about 'The Rise of Skywalker'. … Kudos, man, that's discipline right there. :)

[@thomaspalazzolo5902]

Prequels are responsible for one of my favorite ad campaigns of all time, doing a crossover team up of Col. Sanders, the Taco Bell chihuahua, and a Pizza Hut deliverwoman to fight an android army. Especially knowledge that Sanders is some sort of unkillable golem that is merely sleeping until he's called upon again.

[@Tomha]

I was 9 years old when Phantom Menace hit the theaters. I had seen the original trilogy, but couldn't really enjoy it cause I just wanted something more colorful, and flashy at that time. Like my dad would tell me how Jedi were amazing badasses who were space wizards of incredible power, but I didn't see that. In Phantom Menace, I dunno. Honestly I loved everything in it, except Jar Jar. What bothered me most was Qui-Gon Jinn, still does today: He just really clicked with me and it felt like he was meant to have a much bigger role, ya know? I mean he IS the beginning of Anakin discovering the Force, and begin his path as a Jedi/Sith. Jar Jar Binks' race was interesting. Binks himself sucked, but the underwater city looked so cool, I watched it again, I still like it. It has it's ups and downs, but I tell you what, it's much more memorable compared to the sequel trilogy. The music was fantastic, that's honestly my absolute favorite thing about Star Wars beyond it's memes, the music is always so good.

[@lefteron6804]

Also, the prequels have a well planed story.

[@drewsachs6238]

@@lefteron6804 Lol. Why lie? Star wars are the most documented films in history. You know George was still working on scripts after filming had started.

[@lefteron6804]

@@drewsachs6238 It was still one guy with a vision, changes were made going forward. Not like the sequels were we've had two (kind of four) different people woeking on the story with each one determining not to care what the others are doing.

[@fredjones2170]

I recently marathoned all the films with a friend, and while we ended up LOVING Revenge of the Sith even more than when we first watched it, Phantom Menace... not so much, for all of the reasons you mentioned. Halfway through the film, I slowly turned to my friend and said to her "There's... a LOT more Jar Jar in this movie than I remember."

[@lukelandis3090]

Weird, I rewatched Phantom Menace before the pandemic, and my conclusion was, _”there’s a lot LESS Jar Jar in this movie than I remember.”_ However, I am a 2010s kid, “my” Star Wars is the 3D Clone Wars show, so make of that what you will.

[@TolkienOtaku]

Queen Amidala's wardrobe is actually my favorite part of this movie, not gonna lie.

[@captainrexofthe501st9]

I think one reason the dress is massive is that there’s like an escape hatch or something

[@JustAnotheNeoSilver]

One of the recent novels mentioned that, actually...along with hiding the builds of the queen's body doubles and allowing her to hide a ton of stuff in hidden pockets.

[@daelen.cclark]

JustAnotheNeoSilver Just a shame it wasn’t explained in the movie itself.

[@choninja21]

Ooo! Let me get some popcorn! Also there’s a moment in the new canon where a character has to negotiate with a Gungun. When the character talks to the Gungun like Jarjar, the Gungun calls them racist and gets really offended.

[@skibobshipoddlypop]

We all heard what everyone in the entire underwater society sounds like

[@tf2godz]

"Black people don't like star wars" what's the context for that quote? In those review

[@Hornetog9vp]

It was a joke in the review from what I remember. I think AT4W took it too seriously.

[@opjm8664]

In the old RLM reviews of the prequels, he questions the casting of Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu because, according to him, stoic and wise is outside of Jackson's range. He speculates that Jackson was casted because he was the most popular black actor at the time, in the same was Billy Dee Williams apparently was, and, thus, appealing to a black audience. "It's obvious that black people don't like Star Wars, and Lucas must know this, so he cast a popular black actor to get that audience."

[@Joecbg100]

@@opjm8664 ohhhh that's the context, ok.

[@santiagosiliceo63]

It means people like the quartering and ThatUmbrellaGuy don’t like Star Wars because they’re diccs!

[@tf2godz]

@@opjm8664 That is a weird-ass critique. Samuel Jackson has pretty good range. That statement is kind of ironic considering from what I've heard Samuel Jackson is a huge Star Wars fan himself. Living proof that statement is not true.

[@Hession0Drasha]

The queen of the naboo looks like a Chinese empress

[@chaoticjusticezero]

Instead of a counter for every time Qui-Gon is wrong about something, how about one for every time he's portrayed as a horrible Jedi? That, or a counter for every time the Jedi Order is hypocritical? Allso, props for defending Jar Jar and Anakin's actors. They got crapped on way more than they deserved.

[@darthcinema1415]

Even though I think that the first two prequels are kind of crappy, (mostly Attack of the Clones) I do appreciate what they did for Star Wars as a whole. Because of these films, we got both of the Clone Wars animated shows, some awesome games, and new characters we love. I can't say the same for the Sequel trilogy, which feels like a bad fanfiction that brought nothing but nostalgia, and unwanted messages. I also have to admit that Revenge of the Sith is my favorite Star Wars film, (with Return of the Jedi as my second) despite its flaws. One thing we can agree on though is that Baby Yoda is cute as hell, and the music from the prequels is amazing!

[@jdpragmatic8644]

“Fighting a giant brain in Star Wars?” Well Lewis, I think I might have something here for you. The Force Unleashed, just in case you don’t know, is a game where you play as Darth Vader’s secret apprentice Starkiller. He, his pilot, and his droid named Proxy go to different planets throughout the story. One of them is Raxus Prime, a planet made completely out of old machines and dead droids. Proxy even says in game that it’s, “Where all droids go to die.” Now in the novelization of the game, Proxy tries to directly communicate with the core of the planet at one point. The core of the planet had basically turned into one giant supercomputer at that point and Proxy accidentally wakes it up. THE PLANET ITSELF then analyzed the state of the galaxy, calculated that Palpatine’s Empire was doomed to fail, and then decided to take over the galaxy and rule it on its own terms. And of course Starkiller has to shut it down because he’s the protagonist after all. So yes there was once a giant planet supercomputer “brain” at one point.

[@Krmelj1308]

WHY WASN'T THAT IN THE GAME?

[@kreamthompson6642]

Spending my May the 4th by watching Linkara’s Star Wars Prequel Month

[@Lightice1]

Insanely elaborate getups for the royalty are par the course for many historical cultures. They help people to see them from far away, allowing them to appear before crowds of citizens and not become just unrecognisable blobs. They also turn them from just a regular person into a living icon, a symbol for the nation's greatness. The look is specifically lifted from the Japanese Kabuki-theatre, which was just one step of exaggeration from what the Imperial court and the Shogunate actually wore on formal occasions.

[@AT4W]

It still looks stupid regardless of historical contexts or inspirations.

[@Lightice1]

@@AT4W I wouldn't necessarily go tell that to RL Kabuki performers, or other people from cultures with a tradition for elaborate clothing. A sample of a Kabuki performance that makes Amidala look downright subdued by comparison: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKC9pmtmgL90g5Y