The Ahsoka Season Finale Reminds Us What's Wrong With Star Wars

Ahsoka wasn’t hamstrung by being a fifth season of a show not everyone watched, or people not understanding some character motivations or who other characters were entirely. In the end, the problem was that whether it was called Ahsoka Season 1 or Rebels Season 5, it didn’t end up being a season of television at all. Instead, it was individual nostalgia plays sprinkled through long patches of nothing. And what makes that so frustrating is that creator Dave Filoni absolutely rocks at delivering impactful, emotional, engaging and most importantly original Star Wars stories. Or at least he usually does.
I want to be clear: I love the character Ahsoka. Hera Syndulla - criminally underused in this season - is one of the best contemporary Star Wars characters. I quickly grew to love Ezra Bridger after catching up on Rebels and meeting him in live-action in this new series. And there were even a couple of episodes of Ahsoka that really tugged at my Star Wars loving heart. The first two episodes really felt like Star Wars, which never stops being a great feeling. And yeah, of course the Anakin episode got me in my feelings (it’s the music, it’s always the damn music).
But getting me in my feelings is easy, as I’m secretly a huge sap (that’s between us), and television seasons have a job to tell a complete story regardless of whether or not they’re meant to lead into something else. Ahsoka doesn’t just not tell a complete story, but the fraction of the one it does tell just hangs in the air like the big bad thing they were trying to stop all season - Thrawn returning to the main galaxy - doesn’t matter at all.
By the end of the season, not a single one of our main characters addresses the fact that the very thing that everyone was trying to stop happened. Ahsoka (Rosario Dawson) is completely at peace, seemingly indifferent to the threat the galaxy faces - despite the entire motivation of her character has been to stop Thrawn since her introduction into the live-action stories. Then Hera (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Ezra (Eman Esfandi) meet up and neither exchanges a word about what his return means. The excitement these characters show to be reunited is important, of course, but not at the cost of engaging with your series’ own stakes. It would have been as easy as following up their tear-brimmed smiles with the dawning realization of what seeing each other again truly meant, or Ezra pointing it out to Hera who may not have realized that his return included the return of Thrawn.
Watch the video for all our thoughts on why Ahsoka Season 1 reminds us what's wrong with Star Wars!
#IGN #StarWars #Ahsoka

[@Killingglorie]

Can every Star Wars show be written and directed by the same people who created Andor. Regardless if some thought it was slow, it was really well written, mature and had actual stakes.

[@michaeldixon7198]

Spoiler: Andor dies

[@dudeguyrockfan]

Id love a mature, gritty, dark, series of the sith pov from the extended side, darth revan, darth nihiluos primo choices in my book, just NOT vader AGIAN.

[@andi74742]

​@@michaeldixon7198😱 no way really

[@deltaforce4361]

@@michaeldixon7198Your blowing my mind 😉

[@selfimprovement5873]

​@@deltaforce4361Yeah he's blowing something 👍🏾

[@SaltyMaltyMo]

Just give me more Andor please. It's the only piece of Star Wars I've thoroughly enjoyed with hardly any nostalgia dribble added (when talking only about series)

[@perfidious333]

Wow, you’re really that bored. 😂

[@SeanNMathis85]

Really?? Andor is the absolute worst! The most boring series so far with the whole thing feeling pieced together! It’s Mandolorian by FAR the best!

[@MarCoViTV]

​@@SeanNMathis85your not a star wars fan fuccin millennial

[@rogue9ch]

​@@SeanNMathis85How is Andor boring? Would you also say A New Hope is boring?

[@aliali-ce3yf]

Andor wasn't great either. The first few episodes were boring af. It got better towards the end though

[@mikedangerdoes]

When someone who openly admits they liked Kenobi, but didn't like this, you know things are dire. The honeymoon really must be over.

[@ssotkow]

Look at popular blockbusters lacking substance you'd realize the majority of mainstream viewers are daft. Detach from the hive mind, group think and just enjoy what pleases you on an individual level, notwithstanding the general consensus. Some like fast-paced animations packed with action, while others enjoy slow-paced, dialogue heavy dramas. To each his/her own.

[@themadladorian4364]

At least she admits it was pointless.

[@mikedangerdoes]

@@themadladorian4364 Pointlessness is the least of its sins.

[@jeanpierregabiro1424]

thank you@@mikedangerdoes

[@CBlaze]

Lol you guys give it a 9/10

[@jefferrrson1x]

lol right

[@farakhhanif]

It was clearly not the person who made this video.

[@orangebyrd6455]

Just because people work at the same company doesn't mean they are a hivemind that all agree on the same thing. The person that reviewed Ahsoka gave it a 9 because they enjoyed it. And this person is just voicing valid criticism.

[@selfimprovement5873]

​@@orangebyrd6455Yeah because who cares about consistency?

[@orangebyrd6455]

@@selfimprovement5873 Whats wrong about a channel promoting diverse opinions bro?

[@GreyLion86]

Eh…I enjoyed Ahsoka much more than season 3 of The Mandalorian. The problem is that it felt like it ended at the midway point of a season instead of finishing an actual story beat.

[@marcusclark1339]

that's cause there was no story, it was empty, things happened but there was no conflict, no character arc and no purpose to any of it, it feels empty cause it was like shoving nostalgia bait everywhere cause star wars has nowhere to go going forward

[@E.B711]

rot in the ground

[@samuelazzaro]

Thats cause thats literally what they did. Its a very common tactic in the modern TV landscape.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

That's because this was only here to lay the groundwork for Filoni’s Mandoverse movie.

[@theanonymouscritic1710]

@@marcusclark1339​​⁠​⁠ I’m sorry, to say there’s “no story” is a little strong. There is a story! Ahsoka and Sabine join forces to prevent Grand Admiral Thrawn-who is stranded in another galaxy-from returning and uniting the remnants of the Empire against the fledgling New Republic. There is a conflict! Between Ahsoka and Sabine, Baylan and Shin. Sabine’s arc was being willing to let go of what she wants and Ahsoka reconcile her guilt over Anakin turning to the Dark Side over the course of the show.

[@dancingvalkyrie]

Didnt you guys give the finale a 9????

[@farakhhanif]

One person gave it a 9. She clearly disagrees with that assessment.

[@liamphibia]

​@@farakhhanif BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!😂😂😂

[@shreder75]

The problem with starwars is Disney. Plain and simple.

[@makielcepeda9003]

Agreed

[@aspizak]

People are still watching it. Blaming Disney is too easy (not saying it's not true), but it's time to grow a pair and not watch shovelware garbage - otherwise they will keep making it. SW fans are equally guility. Have not see Ahsoka for that reason, im not better - i'm just tired.

[@shreder75]

@@aspizak I've no interest in the show whatsoever because Disney has killed the franchise for me. Same with marvel. Sick of their bad shows and movies, so I've stopped watching.

[@daniellewis4154]

No it’s not. The problem with Star Wars is the toxic and spoiled fans who demand things

[@SeanNMathis85]

How did Disney ruin Star Wars? Explain?

[@SLHodge]

Lmao she tried blaming TLJ critics instead of Disney for their own failure

[@saydaddy91]

“Television series have a job to tell a complete story regardless of whether or not they lead into something else” how in the hell did the best quote I’ve ever heard that describes the problem with modern media come from IGN of all places?

[@sabreeemneely]

Maybe the Skywalker saga which is Star Wars btw, should have had Leia and Luke stories for the last 15 years to finish their arc.

[@Leoluca_Randisi]

Carrie Fisher died after movie two...

[@ssotkow]

Due to scheduling conflict, Hera and Ezra reunion was supposedly shot separately, later stitched together to make it seem the actors were onscreen together. That's why they didn't interact/hug.

[@jkcrawl]

This is why my favorite era of star wars after the prequels was released but before The Clone Wars series. Creators were forced to make isolated stories that had to stand on their own like KOTOR and Dark Forces.

[@_Cetarial]

Star Wars could still be great if they had competent writers.

[@BryanRainey]

Excuse me?!? Dave Filoni wrote Ashoka

[@daniellewis4154]

Excuse me but Dave filoni was involved in the writing and the writers just got back to work after a four month strike. Since a new agreement is in place, it should give writers more inspiration and motivation. It’s very likely that some writers thought of new and interesting ideas during the strike

[@BryanRainey]

@@AttentionSpanZeroShow Star Wars has competent writers. If you don't like what they write, that's okay. You can go elsewhere.

[@mansal6585]

​@@BryanRaineyFiloni sure is great, but with this series it wasnt that great, come on can't be that much of a fanboy

[@Penrose517]

FILONI FELL OFF

[@richardbuckley1232]

Thrawn’s return is not the narrative basis for a story. It’s the first episode, and the ramifications of his return should be the rest of story.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

Heck, Thrawn’s return should be an entire trilogy all on its own with the repercussions that would come from it up to a s conf Galactic Civil War.

[@jaxsonburch-eo1vz]

Yeah if only there were a trilogy of books that Lucasfilm could pull from as inspiration…oh well

[@aliali-ce3yf]

one thing is how they devalued what a Jedi is. like anyone can basically become a jedi with 1 week of training. Luke, Rey, and now Sabine. It was sort of passable with Luke because he was the son of the chosen one. so why did the jedi temple take those kids at birth train them, only to have a few become padawan and a few of those end up becoming Jedi and even fewer still becoming masters?

[@JLJK69]

They devalued it? Luke was in the VERY FIRST movie and according you became a jedi with 1 week of training. That seems like it would set a tone for everything to following. And, hasn't Sabine been training on and off for like 10 years? Didn't just happen for her.

[@Peecamarke]

@@JLJK69ikr? What are they talking about?

[@mikedangerdoes]

It's implied that Luke did a lot of training, mostly off-screen and mostly in between Empire and Return. For example, he left training early, against Yoda's advice, and sought a confrontation with Vader. What happened? He got absolutely schooled. Up until then he only ever uses his Force powers very situationally, and mostly to supplement his own skill and luck. So he's actually a great example of why training and dedication are necessary, and why Rey's development is so annoying.

[@daniellewis4154]

Ali Ali, your arguments about Sabine are flawed: first off, Sabine had a lot of trike to train as it was elaborated that Sabine trained with Ahsoka for a while offscreen and she was shown training quite a lot. Secondly, Sabine did lose a lightsaber duel against a dark sider as she was stabbed in the first episode. She was also shown constantly struggling with utilizing the force a lot

[@maxpowers4436]

Sabine is not some random bozo. Shes a skilled former mandalorian bounty hunter. She is experienced in combat and heavy stress fighting situations. For the better part of 20 years shes been surrounded by force users and has been on again off again apprentice to Ahsoka. She is not "just anyone".

[@fieryeasy]

This review was spot on. This show had potential, and the fights were amazing. But the storytelling left a LOT to desire. And what was the deal with Thrawn? Where is the strategical genius?

[@liamphibia]

IGN gave the show a 9/10 earlier.💀💀💀💀

[@jortega1990]

He literally won, playing 5d chess the whole time he was on screen, learning from his past failures, and taunting the hero before leaving her in another galaxy. What r u talking about?

[@WiilleTsukka]

They tried to cram a 10-12 episode storyline into 8 episodes. So that's why the pacing and development of certain characters suffered. And for that you can mostly blame Disney.

[@marcusclark1339]

pacing suffered cause there was no plot, there's a reason characters drag out every sentence in every scene, there is no story, arc, or purpose to why they do things, simply moving from point to point hence nothing of value gained by the end

[@Troopertroll]

No, they tried to extend a 40min story into 8 episodes. It was mostly a lot of nothing happening at all.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

That's been a problem with a lot of the Disney Era Star Wars TV shows. Sometimes 3-4 seasons of story shoved into one to one and a half seasons of TV.

[@arifjay_98]

one piece crammed into 8 ep and it works well

[@jukibu7]

Loved the show. It feels some people need more patience for story telling. Looking forward to season 2. 😊

[@jaxsonburch-eo1vz]

Ok bud

[@mjskillz23]

Lolololololololololololol

[@PoisedK1NG_P1N]

Did you guys really NOT think this is what was going on? They didn’t spend all that time teasing Thrawn for us to just go “yeah he shows up and we immediately beat him”

[@stuartlittle281]

That's not her issue. It's that Thrawn returns and gets what he wants in the finale, which is something everyone is trying to prevent, but they don't really react to it as you'd think they would. That and the fanservice in lieu of an actually new and engaging story. Filoni keeps going back to the same stuff over and over again, specifically the stuff HE did in Clone Wars.

[@daniellewis4154]

Stuart, Thrawn has not received everything he wanted yet. The conflict with him is still ongoing and we should be patient to see where this all leads. Thrawn has not realized how much the Galaxy has changed since he was pulled out of the picture by Purgills

[@dukkibhoy1990]

Star wars fans don't like cliffhangers.

[@lucasnlima]

"somehow Thrawn die" - IGN 10/10

[@daniellewis4154]

But thing is cliffhangers are often necessary and even the original Trilogy incorporated cliffhangers

[@yopman2836]

You know it's bad when ign starts spitting facts

[@Troopertroll]

Watching this review is like watching a baby trying to put a square block in a round hole, but she puts it down only to try the octagonal block instead. She's not quite puzzled it out yet, but she's getting there.

[@narutofan4545]

Tbh they need to reset the whole universe and sell it to someone else

[@CornyBum]

probably would happen in reverse, but yeah, I'd support it

[@daniellewis4154]

That had already been done when Lucas sold Star Wars to Disney. You guys just want everything about Star Wars to be perfect and this selfishness and perfectionism from all of you has got to stop

[@narutofan4545]

@@daniellewis4154 it's just awful

[@daniellewis4154]

It is not awful Naruto fan. You just refused to give the new Star Wars stuff a chance because you were obsessed with nostalgia and getting whatever you wanted

[@narutofan4545]

@@daniellewis4154 episode 9 is literally one of the worst movies ever made lool

[@JIreland1992]

Remember the Member Berries bit South Park that was meant to parody Star Wars nostalgia baiting? That is all Star Wars is now. It is more of a parody of itself than Spaceballs was.

[@daveg2938]

Of all the issues the show had Anakin being in it was most definitely not one of them

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

But he did put on display the gap between their respective skill levels.

[@carlstanford7607]

IGN is right. What a world. Lol. Disney have mishandled this franchise. It’s need a reboot.

[@novustalks7525]

Wrong

[@crastestpixles5972]

The problem with Star Wars is not Diseny it's social media. If the OT came out today it would get torn appart just like everything else. WTF OMG why didn't they use a tractor beam on the millennium falcon a second time during the battle of Yarvin?

[@Peecamarke]

This 👏🏿

[@rogue9ch]

My problems with modern Star Wars is the quality of the writing, but hey, keep sticking it to that strawman.

[@Tuntira]

​@@rogue9ch2 things can be true at the same time

[@marcusclark1339]

its Disney, nothing of value happened this season or any season cause there's no purpose in any of it, cause there's nowhere to go in the brand after 7-9 ruined the story, and it shows with the nostalgia bait all throughout the show its just a bad show

[@Troopertroll]

No, it's Disney. If you find this stuff entertaining why not just play with a keychain and save yourself the monthly subscription?

[@carloscampo9119]

Important storytelling lessons here. This is correct.

[@storm_blessed_]

Truly awful show. Really don’t understand people saying it’s the best thing Star Wars has ever done and that “it’s back.”

[@shreder75]

They say that about every starwars show.

[@mansal6585]

Fanboyism, Star Wars hardcore fans are crazy and Filoni lovers in particular, he is great but in this show ehh

[@oOoDRAGOONoOo]

I'm a Ahsoka fanboy and this show was mid af@@mansal6585

[@davejansen743]

But you gave the episode a 9😂

[@Yessiree3]

It’s almost like IGN is an organization with different people and people have different opinions 😮

[@RandyReviews1990]

@@Yessiree3there a big company with a lot of employers they don’t have the same people giving reviews to every show or movie etc!

[@Tuntira]

​@@Yessiree3bruh thinks that IGN is one person 😂😂😂

[@shaunmorris3263]

It's funny, she is saying the same thing those that hated TLJ. Zero logic series. More Andor please

[@pnasteh9931]

They needed more exploration, world building, and adventuring in this new galaxy

[@aabeen1]

5:22 Because the other characters are either boring or annoying or underdeveloped.

[@romanmccoy5074]

Doing a full age of ultron on us. Setting up future stories instead of focusing on these stories.

[@GoldenLion24]

Rebels is the foundation 😂. This was the beginning Ahsoka and Filoni are setting the new age of original star wars. The sequels really robbed that experience. ❤Still bless the sequels cast they did their best at their job❤️

[@-baluta3087]

Didn't I've already seen that title somewhere else? 🤔

[@Mortegris]

This video is perfect, thank you

[@kellyfillinger8205]

Filoni ain’t it. Just nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake

[@novustalks7525]

Wrong

[@dudeguyrockfan]

"its what the fans want" ahhh yes we want child leah the be able to out run and out wit clone/stormtroopers star wars is garbo now disney needs to release a statement let all the extended stuff be cannon again bring lawlessness, old sith, doomsday level events, wars back to star wars.

[@MrDJR1288]

Imagine watching a new hope and complaining about obi wan explaining darth vaders fall to the dark side or bringing up the clones wars and having no prior knowledge of any of it. Ahsoka pretty much did the same thing except the audience knows about the clone wars and the rebels series so naturally they’re gonna complain and say they gotta do homework and watch a ton of episodes just to understand it. Anakin’s appearance in ahsoka is just like obiwan appearing to luke as a force ghost, yoda appearing to look as a force ghost, and Luke appearing to ray as a force ghost. Masters guiding their apprentices. How is anakin’s appearance shoehorned in?

[@hawkeyeplerce5238]

Naw, it was sick. Sorry bout it

[@chris_t2020]

This was just the beginning. Ahsoka Season 2 will have to show more original content.

[@jkjass8202]

She said sequel trilogy was brave and daring! Lmfao! What a joke. Get off a subject you don't know anything about.

[@gyranlangdon8924]

"TV shows are not commercials, they are foundations", while also saying that this is rebels season 5 is wild. Pointing out the strengths as their weakness then denouncing the weakness just means this reviewer failed to grab this as holistically as possible. The ending note of two interesting characters being given brief ending without acknowledging the one of them died in real life is wild as well. She mentioned that the creatives job is to create new thing that are unexpected, but fails to realize that creatives work within their means without endless sum of money, or immortal actors. Before they can say they are criticizing the narrative, they need to realize that the vision filino put into view probably didn't come to fruition for multiple factors

[@realestone594]

Ya but ign you miss the fact that Ashokas whole story revolves around Vader an she pretty much dies by his hand of course people wanna see Vader he doesn’t have his own movies or show!!!

[@Windbend3r]

Darth Vader is a man. Disney doesn’t like male leads so that won’t happen.

[@realestone594]

@@Windbend3r no 100% I’m saying that’s why everyone breaks the internet when’s he’s shown an becomes the spot light over the main character

[@daniellewis4154]

Actually it can. Andor and obi wan series had a male lead. You just won’t accept any piece of media that does not have any male leads in it. Disney did have Vader play important roles in several movies and series and clearly they are not going to forgot about him

[@kingsharp2088]

WAS IT JUST ME OR? THE FIGHT SCENES ARE SLOW AND CLUNKY?

[@jameswright-tk5iz]

Amazing. Every word of what you just said.. was wrong." - Luke Skywalker.

[@ficgamo2752]

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[@GODi76667]

Now we want a Darth Vader either series or a movie between episode 3 and 4🤔😏😌

[@Powaup]

Narrator going off. With her 100%

[@lightspeedbear]

Lots of story-telling happened. They just didn't coincide with what you EXPECTED to see, therefore "bad". A problem the Star Wars fandom has been facing for years since TLJ.

[@Peecamarke]

Thank you 👏🏿

[@marcusclark1339]

no story writing happened, we went places but nothing of value was gained in any of it one shouldn't need to look into a bunch of different shows to understand the one the show was just bad nostalgia baiting nothingness

[@oOoDRAGOONoOo]

Imagine watching this with no knowledge of Clonewars or Rebels lul

[@reid9462]

If you think episode 5 is pure nostalgia you missed the point. Is Anakin in the episode? Yes. But the episode isnt about him. Every single moment in that episode exists to push Ahsoka's character forward. Its like you didnt even watch the episode lmao

[@davidtreece3922]

She doesn't understand starwars clearly. She sounds like she works for Disney tbh.

[@Maltackdark]

Facts

[@sobsag]

And you are an uneducated nobody who never read a book.@@davidtreece3922

[@rogue9ch]

How exactly does it push her character forward? And while we're at it, how does Ahsoka the White even differ from her previous persona, other than being even more detached from everything including reality?

[@Suisai13]

THANK YOU. There's a ton at fault in this series, but Anakin being there was a lot more than just nostalgia. She had to come to grips with Anakin to complete her training, as well as her role with Sabine as a Padawan. That was really the only progress in the whole show, and Anakin was a huge part of it.

[@ACameronUK]

I’m sick of how Star Wars is apparently now only about “the fights” and lightsabers…it lacks someone with an actual vision and a grand plan for where to take the story, it feels like anytime an idea pops into someone’s head they have to make a series or a cartoon about it. They have the perfect opportunity now with the strikes, to actually step back and decide what story they want to tell.

[@frickclick6367]

Wdym? Whether you enjoyed it or not Ahsoka had a character arc where she became a more hopeful person. It wasn't just about the lightsaber fights.

[@daniellewis4154]

Ac Cameron the ash solar series was not all about lightsaber fights. There was a lot of plot telling going on in between the fights and the show even had the leads trying to look for Ezra. Star Wars is not all about getting what you want all the time and you have to accept that you can’t always get what you want in life especially from media. Even the lightsaber duels are fantastic as was the dream sequence in fifth episode.

[@raycraig2915]

There is a grand plan. This is all going to get wrapped up in a crossover movie. You want the story all wrapped up in season 1 of a new series? That's ridiculous.

[@joelnallo7252]

For once someone at IGN that actually feels honest in their feedback. You go girl!

[@xBOBALUx]

The Ahsoka Season Finale Reminds Us Whats Wrong With Star Wars video by IGN reminds us what's wrong with IGN

[@mustangroadracer]

Who would have ever thought a mouse a long time ago, far far away could destroy an entire galaxy.

[@novustalks7525]

Best episode of star wars television yet

[@alexguitar841]

Hate to say it but yeah they really didn't stick the landing

[@rajasekaran5954]

Harsh review... Im not a star wars fan... have watched only the movies as a neutral...Watched Ahsoka and loved it...

[@the.carebear]

Couldn’t agree more.

[@mosesoftheblock2311]

8 episodes isnt enough for storytelling. Loved Ahsoka show regardless.

[@raihidara]

Empire Strikes Back is 2 hours and 4 minutes long, compared to Ahsoka's 8 37-57 minute episodes.

[@Peecamarke]

Samr

[@mosesoftheblock2311]

@@raihidara a lot more happens in 20 min of Empire than 20 min oh Ahsoka.

[@OMaMYdG]

This is the best star wars content since Rogue One. You must be on something lol

[@TheVineOfChristLives]

This critique basically shouts for more exposition.

[@dcjosh23]

Fully agreed with this!

[@Batman-em2he]

You guys gave it a 9

[@joaofrancisco7289]

The problem with star wars is episode 9

[@christo7072]

Episode 7 but close enough

[@goodnesswhy]

*the whole sequel trilogy

[@daniellewis4154]

No, it’s the bratty and selfish and toxic Star Wars fans. They refused to give Disney a chance

[@palpatinesboi9549]

Why are people still complaining about the sequels. Every one of those films is infinitely better than shows like this and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

[@VonChoker]

And Disney keeps on jangling the keys at the baby audience

[@stuartlittle281]

You touch on something with the remark that Hera was criminally underused. She was, and it's weird because if ONE person should be the protagonist of the story this show was trying to tell, it's her, not Ahsoka. Ahsoka may have been appeared in Rebels, but she wasn't really a main character. She didn't know Ezra all that well, and she didn't have a particular relationship with Thrawn as a villain. Hera on the other hand was basically the co-, then full leader of the Ghost crew, she did know Ezra well, and she directly interacted with Thrawn as antagonist, first when he was occupying her home planet and then later, his capture of her leads to the death of the man she loves. She's also military leader, so by all these factors, she's the natural choice to be the one to stand up to Thrawn, not the errant former Jedi. But she's not a space wizard with a laser sword, so she gets stuck in b-plot purgatory all season. HOPEFULLY she will get her due as a match for the villain going forward.

[@chiefbigpooh]

Pretty sure if empire strikes back came out today this would be the same response

[@bustanut5501]

And you base that on what exactly?

[@rogue9ch]

Are you saying TESB had no substance and relied too heavily on nostalgia?

[@dupersuperrevolution]

Could not disagree with this video more

[@vader540is]

You're wrong.

[@JIreland1992]

They’re not

[@savageslattz5705]

Like they are rewriting rules that are the core of what makes starters great like now everybody can seem to use the force and sabine ren using the force kind makes the whole point of the mandolorian pointless and there just so much more they just are not getting right and messing up

[@cleetusi9559]

IGN is getting SNIPPY but not wrong 👀

[@philipho188]

Funny, the fan service thing is not even real fan service. Real service to the fans is to do Luke justice and correct the sequel trilogy dumb storyline.

[@Nacimissimo]

The real problem is IGN over-rating that junk

[@ninetaledgundamx]

well said

[@MrYadiy]

Dead Space cut more limbs than Disney Star Wars. 🤦‍♂️ Ray Stevenson was underutilized here.

[@Darth_Zabrak]

The problem with star wars is the "fans"

[@ryanschmid5076]

It's like they didn't even watch the show.

[@thenerdyviking1]

Glad someone is willing to criticize this

[@syamilshazlan862]

Sean Bean for Baylan

[@kevinslater4126]

"Spoilers" I'm not gonna watch it. Spoil away!

[@gabechambers2936]

This is a harsh review.

[@rubinraj3365]

Haters always find a reason to hate lol

[@christo7072]

Must consume… must consume slop.

[@benblack8941]

I’m sayin tho… 🙄

[@vonnstevens2502]

At least an 8/10 show. Season 2 is coming. People are misunderstanding this season as it’s last😂

[@aln5494]

A TV show season should be able to stand on its own.

[@aspizak]

creatively bankrupt ip.

[@GirthCheck]

​@aln5494 and that's your opinion. Also not how most shows work.

[@captainziggy82]

you’re a drone

[@daniellewis4154]

Captain ziggy please don’t call people drones. That is rude and unacceptable behavior. Please apologize

[@MattoBattoo]

The reviewer of this video sounds like they just got done licking windows and then watched a show with no knowledge of its core lore.

[@LeifOftedal]

Lol new Star Wars is considered awful until it becomes old Star Wars and then everyone loves it. Rinse and repeat. Happened with Empire and Jedi, Happened with the Prequels, Clone Wars and will happen with Disney.

[@UserX03]

lol Empire was never considered awful

[@BryanRainey]

@@UserX03 When it first came out, Empire Strikes Back caught all the same hell The Last Jedi caught.

[@crastestpixles5972]

This is the real cycle Baylan wants to break.

[@5lim.0]

Only minutes in and this is the worst analysis of a star wars product I’ve ever experienced

[@alessandrocampos6083]

Jaja the arguments of this video are very poor

[@LimitlessTJ]

To be fair, most people only care about the Skywalkers and their era. The other stories are meh.

[@darinherrick9224]

Oh yeah the action and plotting are also SLOOOOOOW not for any particular reason. Just poor editing.

[@CTLSmith]

Cryogenically cold take from IGN

[@SPACEKNOCKERZ76]

Internet was right about last Jedi lol Hamil ageeed

[@GateKeeperShow]

The only thing more boring than Star Wars Shows now are the obligatory "Star Wars is boring now" videos that come after.

[@benblack8941]

This! 👏🏿

[@Tekkon123]

Nobody forced you to watch…

[@cajunotaku3256]

Disney’s Star Wars is so awful.

[@OtakuXdragon]

... Then don't watch.

[@christo7072]

@@OtakuXdragonhow’re you meant to know it’s bad if you don’t watch

[@novustalks7525]

Ahsoka was phenomenal

[@cajunotaku3256]

@@novustalks7525 It’s the worst show of 2023.

[@novustalks7525]

@@cajunotaku3256 best

[@jonnyu2]

The last jedi was a slow spaceship chase and some mediocre action and no setpiece for the greatest hero in pop culture. What exactly was “unique” or “fresh” about it. It killed starwars

[@rameybutler-hm7nx]

The problem is 7,8,9. No matter what cool great crap they come out with, we all know that 7,8,9, happened. Plus that wasnt thrawn dont know what blue guy that was but it wasnt thrawn.

[@michaelpierne]

Star Wars is about the Skywalker Family. Fictional characters don't run out of stories or "age". The Last Jedi was a steaming pile of crap WITH NO STORY- A trilogy that had NO connection between the movies. This review was made by a 12-year-old girl that doesn't get it.

[@jonnysz03]

Butchered characters, plot armour, ridiculous concepts and logic gaps of JarJar proportions. A fan of 35 years finally called it a day. Since last Jedi the only things of quality have been Andor and Mando season 1. The rest of it has slowly killed any enjoyment the Star Wars galaxy used to have. Bring back the 80's and 90's before the expanded universe was slowly murdered.

[@scorch9072]

Another failed writer tried to explain a plot story please do your homework ....... this is just laughable ar this point but IGN only follows the mainstream hate train as usual