Star Wars Skeleton Crew: Welcome to UTropia

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

_"there's a new star wars production"_ *"WHO TF CARES!"* _"The Little Platoon has a reaction video on it"_ *"Good, good"*

[@The_blessed_dead]

Im more invested in the platooniverse

[@robertlockwood3277]

@@DEATH-THE-GOAT this is AP Creative Writing, AP Sociology, and AP KZbin in a pleasurable visit with an old friend. Might even wear my tight pants over😂

[@eazygamer8974]

Carry out order 66!

[@archstanton9073]

Why is he wasting time on this when Rings of Power S2 needs reviewing?

[@Mister_Clean]

Good, Anakin, good...

[@eurodoc6343]

I'll give the show this credit... Star Wars alien species actually look like non-human alien species with unique biology again and not just humans in colored face make-up.

[@MegaSpideyman]

Do you think that's been a problem in SW?

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Yep! Some of them are a bit janky but at least they've tried to utilise varied designs.

[@slaapt]

@MegaSpideyman Something new doesn't have to be a problem to enjoy it being back to what it was.

[@MegaSpideyman]

@@slaapt Absolutely.

[@SpecterVonBaren]

@@MegaSpideyman Acolyte had Jecki and Green Bean as examples. The wildest they got was a giant beaver.

[@orgywithpigs6]

3:33 “Gayest Star Wars” and the main character instantly forgets the relationship she was building with a woman because a man showed off his “lightsaber” to her. lol Lmao even

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

God, everything about that show was hilarious.

[@TheREALSimagination]

So much for lesbianism, I guess.

[@NoahGooder]

*insert I can fix her joke here*

[@nickolajnielsen2691]

oof.

[@davfree9732]

@@TheLittlePlatoon They'll spin it off into a Smilo Ren/Plagus room mate sitcom where they compare light saber sizes while they both try to adjust to the new apprentice disrupting their balance in the communal force room.

[@Unpeth]

Guy: "Imagine all you childhood defining movie, think of the one name that has been attached to all of that." Me: "Spielberg?" Guy: "Kathleen Kennedy!" Me: "Oh, he meant 'murdered' not 'attached'."

[@ravinrabbit7932]

on point

[@petriew2018]

My thought was "oh, you mean the person we never knew existed until she fucked it all up?" i still have yet to hear anyone, literally anyone, drop a heartwarming tale about what good ol' Kathy actually contributed to any of the movies her name's attached to

[@Vain737]

Oh, he meant 'attached' as in 'parasitically attached'.

[@TheREALSimagination]

There is no way KK is attached to "almost all" of the movies I grew up with.

[@Jeartozer]

@@TheREALSimagination she is now... I just watched Back to the Future recently... her name is attached to executive director or producer...

[@FrostForgeStudios-r8r]

Actually, in the boarding scene in A New Hope, the Empire only suffer the loss of two stormtroopers when they push through the airlock, whereas the rebels suffer much higher casualties. A testament to the accuracy and efficiency of stormtroopers that was unfortunately not built on for nearly every engagement afterward.

[@BertoxolusThePuzzled]

They had active orders NOT to kill the main character's through most of the OT to be absolutely fair, Vader didn't want his new prospective apprentice taken out by some random blaster bolt after all.

[@petriew2018]

real world boarding actions also did not result in nearly as many casualties as you see in movies as well. As a general rule civilians don't stand up very long when confronted by a howling mob of armed killers threatening them with grievous injury, thus real world pirates used this tactic to rapidly demoralize and take a prize with the minimal of actual danger This is sort of what happens in A New Hope, where as you point out the better training and morale of the Stormtroopers is what carries the day... the rebels break and run in fairly short order in the face of the relentless assault. The one in Skeleton Crew is.... yeah, far too exaggerated with the typical Disney reliance on scale to give the impression of stakes....

[@shan4680]

There's also the scene in Star Wars where Obi-Wan Kenobi points out the shooting up of the Jawa Sandcrawler had to have been done by Imperial Stormtroopers due to the accuracy of the shot placement.

[@rogerborg]

@@BertoxolusThePuzzled What tier of canon is/was that?

[@BertoxolusThePuzzled]

@@rogerborg Straight from George himself and also heavily implied in the movies themselves. Remember, he puts a tracker on their ship very early in the OT that they don't find until towards the end. Vader was interested in Luke from the moment he sensed the force was strong with him.

[@SolidPonce13]

there you are. I thought The Acolyte broke you for good. can't wait to watch, Tiny Battalion Man 👍

[@RobotHead]

The best part was when Robot Head got a close up. So handsome

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Easily the second most attractive character after the elephant. And maybe the Gran.

[@matthewcollins4773]

​@@TheLittlePlatoonI like how that last part is a test of one's Star Wars credentials. Don't worry, uninformed folk, he doesn't mean some wrinkled grandmother. That would just be perverse. He means the three-eyed cow.

[@braydoxastora5584]

Robot head getting some head

[@MrManatee101]

Do you go by Mr Robot or Mr head?

[@Beuwen_The_Dragon]

RobotHead was clearly oogling the Robo Teacher. ^.-.^

[@bc-cu4on]

50:00 Excuuuuuse me, I have one more question: how did the ship's autopilot know where "up" was? This is a clear inconsistency with episode 9.

[@a_fine_edition2746]

I'm moreso wondering why it took off and entered Hyperspace the way it did. Was there some manner of coordinates plugged in before the ship was turned on? In the next episode they just drop out in the middle of nowhere. We need more info on what this ship was doing before it crashed and SM-33 was damaged. Unless I missed something, the ship just flies out into space and hyperspace to empty space for... some reason.

[@AnonymousNoNayme]

@@a_fine_edition2746 Disney/Lucasfilm: "Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next product."

[@SammEater]

For some reason I read your comment with the voice of that one Star Trek engineer in the Mr Plinkett reviews and it was hilarious.

[@CragScrambler]

I mean scraping the barrel at this point.

[@noanswer1864]

They could have just gotten the lore wrong, but Droid Brain upgrades are a thing, and have been since before Dusney. They're usually used on high end personal vessels. You could be as vague as "get us out of here" and as long as the Droid considers that to be permission to start doing stuff, it'll start doing stuff.

[@duvetofreason16]

The New Hope boarding sequence actually showed how competent the Empire was. They managed to overwhelm a narrow chokepoint and only suffered two losses.

[@AnonymousNoNayme]

Really sold the asymmetrical warfare tactics of the Rebels vs. the war of attrition strategy of the Empire.

[@mill2712]

That scene showed us just how good stormtroopers can be! Or how bad everyone else truly is...

[@Zeddyboi86]

I was going to leave a comment sarcastically hoping that each episode would get at least an hour of video each, but then I checked the Acolyte videos and realized that it probably actually is going to happen. Platoon has definitely earned his spot amongst the Longmen.

[@The_shady_puffer]

Going by the timestamps this one is at least 52 minutes!

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

This one clocked in at under an hour and I thought “hey I managed to keep it short.”

[@Zeddyboi86]

@ Ah well, you deserve a vacation after the last few shows you’ve covered. 🤣

[@matthewcollins4773]

​@@TheLittlePlatoon "Aren't you a little short for a Platoon video?" -- Princess Leia, 0 ABY.

[@kerrychristensen7204]

The Long League

[@NicholaiGuerranov]

And then Little Platoon’s heart grew three sizes that day (it wasn’t much, but it was still something)

[@jamess.8279]

3 times 0 is still 0

[@richarddickjohnson516]

​@jamess.8279 unless it's in floating point since 0.000000000019 is also equal to zero, hence 3 times that would also not be zero while still being equal to 0 🫠

[@marinescu0511]

Anakin saying Liar will always be an iconic line

[@SuperVolsung]

Ugh you KNOW some suit was like, "We need Stranger Things in space."

[@Ben-zr4ho]

This

[@Needler13]

This is more like goonies and it is good so far.

[@0Defensor0]

My main issue with planet Suburbia is that... well, the writers and everyone who grew up in rural and suburban America recognizes it as home, safety, nostalgic, mundane, etc. But for the rest of the world, it's just America. This time with a retro sci-fi '80s coat of paint on it, but it's still just America.

[@billjacobs521]

The rest of the world has never heard of LA or New York or Chicago? Nor seen farmland in Idaho or wilderness in Alaska?

[@0Defensor0]

@@billjacobs521 Suburbia specifically is an American invention: it's a unique combination of the post-war economic boom, car lobby and racism (creating an environment which necessitates a car that only whites could afford). The rest of the world doesn't build settlements like this, unless they want to copy America for some reason.

[@billjacobs521]

@@0Defensor0 Okay, I misunderstood; I thought you were saying the rest of the world thinks the whole US is suburban neighborhoods, as if we didn't have big cities or empty farmland. But if people understand the difference, they should easily be able to wrap their heads around it. I'm sure people who grew up far away from any deserts didn't think Tattooine was just the Sahara.

[@tsusmildrides4937]

Why in the millions of civilized planets would there be zero poorly planned suburbs?

[@piotrd7355]

The worst part is that I'm not entirely sure that the planet really isn't called Suburbia.

[@tedarcher9120]

It's called NIMBY

[@walkir2662]

You'd think Suburbia is an Empire planet, considering what a sublime form of torture that form of "urban planning" is...

[@Needler13]

It's called At Atan and now it kinda makes sense why they feel divorce from the rest of the galaxy, because they were. Hidden planet that wasn't touched at all throughout the old Republic to the new Republic.

[@therealdeal3866]

Thank you for another year of entertainment and learning, my friend. You and MauLer and Drinker have improved my own writing so much with your measured analysis. I appreciate you. Merry Christmas to you.

[@jefforton9122]

“Hi Rian Johnson - £#€% you.” Never a truer word spoken 🤣

[@dgschrei]

Naming the Ortolan kid a "trunk person" just to set up the Rick & Morty joke 20 minutes later. Kudos to the commitment to the bit.

[@zogwort1522]

oh so their entire species is named after cheese. Wow.

[@thomasrobinson8789]

That bit you did there with the "silent film" edit of Lucas's retirement fund ought to become a new way of reviewing shows. That was hilarious.

[@sageoz9886]

Oh but can you imagine how long the videos would take given his scripts?!?

[@JPMonster13]

@@sageoz9886 One Longman to rule them all

[@awesomehpt8938]

Is it called skeleton crew because that’s the size of the shows audience?

[@barrybend7189]

Well their creatives are in the bare minimum for intelligence.

[@brockdavid]

It’s called Skeleton Crew, because Dogman wants a bone to chew on.

[@smugsaber]

England should never have granted the galaxy independence in the 60s, it's all truly gone downhill since then

[@MALICEM12]

Not as tho England is itself any better nor was in any position to hold something that it no longer wished to wield. Of all the empires of history, there's is probably the only one I can think of that merely abolished itself out of wariness and guilt.

[@smugsaber]

@@MALICEM12 bro it's just a joke comment it ain't that deep

[@fala5764]

I'm just confused how the fuck they somehow got an ithorian, a species with 14 throats, to speak English. The main reason that was even something ever mentioned was to show that there are some really weird species, and that it's important to know more languages than just galactic basic since there are so many people who can't speak it

[@JoeWedgwood-ik9zo]

@@MALICEM12pax Britannica 🇬🇧

[@benedictjlarkin9296]

All went to shit when we had to pull out of the Suez because Palpatine blew up Alderaan.

[@matthewcollins4773]

Rewatching the pirate boarding sequence, it's a good example of how the direct homage always seems to make less sense than the original. The Tantive officer protesting that they're a diplomatic vessel makes sense -- Vader's forces are ostensibly going to be in potential trouble with the Imperial Senate for their actions. This freighter captain protesting that the New Republic has guaranteed them protection is a bit nonsensical -- these are clearly pirates, not recognising New Republic jurisdiction.

[@hyneksmid3293]

What others the captain should reffer to. I think they didnt had much choice

[@matthewcollins4773]

​@@hyneksmid3293My point is, the Tantive IV captain warns about a potential conflict -- this is a consular ship, attacking it might displease Imperial authorities, and Vader should (ostensibly) care about that, being himself an Imperial authority and theoretically answerable to the Senate. A conflict has potentially been instigated by his actions. In the pirate version, the pirates are already in conflict with the New Republic. Sure, it could work as the guy saying "you won't get away with this because I have New Republic protection" but the pirates are already at odds with the New Republic and wanted by them by virtue of being pirates. I'm not saying it's a terrible line, I just mean that it's another example of copying the original while sort of missing the point.

[@elderforest617]

The Family Guy "what if they come in a different door?" scene resonated with me for the initial boarding action.

[@bailysawyer804]

When I saw the trailer I thought “oh so goonies in space?” And I had no idea how accurate I was

[@ledarbyromeo9667]

Everything's gonna be Goonies or IT esque in the future.

[@jonservo]

Seen first two episodes and yeah, it’s Goonies in starwars. However I’m really enjoying the show so far. I like the kids, especially the little Max Rebo look alike, and it does capture a bit of that adventuristic feeling of those 80s films. It’s fun to watch and I’m actually interested in the idea of a planet that hid itself from the rise of the empire and became legend. The suburbia look of the planet isn’t my cup of tea but I can overlook the problems because the rest is enjoyable.

[@Songe467]

Starwars was written for teenage and young adult males. Somehow Disney forget whose its target audience is. The fact that some of us nerd females also enjoy it was just a bonus.

[@billjacobs521]

I don't think George was that restrictive. Pretty sure he made it for the whole family.

[@AnonymousNoNayme]

@@billjacobs521 He tried, hit closer to the mark with the OT and started straying with the PT and now we're in full far left nonsensical Disney propaganda mode.

[@AnonymousNoNayme]

And women liked it for the same reason they liked the OG MCU, the masculine male characters and badass feminine female characters (no different than us men). Now that isn't allowed cuz of critical race and gender theory and intersectional feminazism. There is no "modern audience" just the lack of any audience at all cuz nothing was broke and didn't need "fixing". Take your social engineering back to Davos Disney you pansies cuz nobody wants it.

[@zoltanz288]

star wars is a universal story for everyone.

[@ledarbyromeo9667]

Just the idea of having a barrier suggests a division. Having a barrier means there's atleast two sides of said barrier. Did anyone ask "What is the barrier separating us from from?"

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

I’d assume they know, but we haven’t been given the explanation yet. It will have to be a good explanation.

[@rogerborg]

@@TheLittlePlatoon I'd like an explanation for this 5am reply. Late night, or early rise?

[@jendoe9436]

Chesterton’s old [paraphrased] saying about the fence: If you come across a fence and don’t know what it’s for, then don’t even think about taking it down until you find out!

[@snakedogman]

Illegal aliens?

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

@@rogerborg I pretty much live on US Central Time.

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

Single-button autopilot just altered Disney Star Wars forever. I am sure that they did not realize what that does any more than Ruin realized lightspeed ramming screwed up so much. Just like no one thought about how the barrier would be blocking the light from their sun...

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

@@EnsignRedshirtRicky It’s all horribly inconsistent these days. The only defense for a show like this is that the inconsistency arises from what seems to be so tiny a question that it probably didn’t even occur to them to ask it.

[@billjacobs521]

The place seemed sunny during the day, just green at night, which is weird. Also, I think you could justify the auto-pilot, like if the ship crashed en route and was already programmed, so all the kid di was re-initialize it.

[@UsernameTed94]

It's true. We really are witnessing tomboy erasure. Sad.

[@petriew2018]

my problem with this show is that it has no ambition beyond being 'just a kids show'. The best kids shows, the ones we actually remember into adulthood, where those who treated their show like a serious piece of art... that is most assuredly NOT 'Skeleton Crew'....

[@AnonymousNoNayme]

^This. More Disney slop. "Don't ask questions, just consoom product and then get excited for next product." NO. My wallet identifies as "non-buy-nary".

[@ericshaunfield9304]

I don’t hate it. A kids show doesn’t have to be high art, they can be, but so far Skeleton Crew has been a fun adventure romp.

[@Ben-zr4ho]

"Ive got a pitch. Its Stranger Things meets Star Wars." "Great! Can we set it in the 80s." "Its Star Wars." "And?" "Sure.'

[@mupty]

I'm a child of the 80/90s and I'm so sick of the nostalgia crap being shoved down my throat. It's gotten to a point that I do believe my childhood is way overrated.

[@ericshaunfield9304]

@@muptyI used to feel that way but I’ve gone the other direction. That childhood of simple things: bicycles, landline phone, the NES, is probably going to pan out to be better than a modern childhood mainly because of the internet.

[@Kittastrophe9]

Sometimes I wonder if George ever calls Kathleen up and just says, "c'mon. what are ya doin? I mean,.. c'mon."

[@ledarbyromeo9667]

His number is likely blocked. Lol

[@Richard-x2p]

He doesnt Care.

[@NoahGooder]

he either doesnt care or has so much anguish over the current state of his "child" that trying to confront it directly would physically harm him.

[@Richard-x2p]

@@NoahGooder One Can Hope.lol

[@NoahGooder]

@@Richard-x2p fair, and tbh I am going off the concept that he really considers star wars to be his "child". More less imagine trying to approach a young relative who is going through an emo or other phase thats hard to comprehend, while you have been away on leave.

[@benjamintherogue2421]

Just add it onto the giant pile of "Disney can't make anything without shamelessly ripping off better things".

[@iceyardfan4394]

There is no redemption. Star wars is permanently gone. Even if all future shows are amazing, which they cant be, the damage has already been done.

[@zoltanz288]

we have yet to see the full extent and repercussions of the damage done to SW by jizzzneeee.

[@robertlockwood3277]

The hard cut to Palpatine in the throws of apparent agony as you mention satisfaction was not lost on me. I tip my hat❤ Great work, as always.

[@FortisConscius]

Moreover, in that scene Palpatine had just tossed a guy off.

[@robertlockwood3277]

@ never change mate😂😂

[@Alanisawesome]

I wonder if Planet Suburbiant has an Occupational Safety and Health Administration?

[@Cancoillotteman]

Movies like "The Goonies" did not export so well outside the anglo-saxon world, and therefore do not carry the nostalgy on the international sphere that they do in the English speaking one. (And the same is valid for Treasure Planet by the way). I am thus pretty curious to see if there will be a split in the reception of this series according to the language line.

[@frankowalker4662]

Thank you Ploots. That was fun.

[@MegaSpideyman]

Come on, Franko!

[@aesiddoway]

I appreciated the clean, futuristic suburbia planet. It felt fresh after seeing the same 3rd-world-esque grungy marketplace set being reused 500 times in the sequels, the Mandalorian, and Acolyte

[@ericshaunfield9304]

That was my first thought! A world that doesn’t look like a 3rd world bazaar! A world with a very clean aesthetic and modular housing.

[@unformedeight]

17:24 - Wolf is going to edit you in such unfavorable light after this xD

[@rangerone8813]

As soon as 80’s American upper middle class suburbia was revealed to be the pattern of At-Atton, I knew that anti-American Disney would make it one of the most evil worlds in the universe. The barrier will probably be compared to a border wall, and the rough lives of the pirates will be blamed on the unwillingness of the Amer-Attonians to share their hoarded wealth with the galaxy’s poor and downtrodden.

[@Kveldred]

Well, it depends on whether the Amerattonians have little hats or not. If they do, then they're actually fine and probably it's the fault of a similar planet whose sins the Amerattozions release many deep and morally upright thinkpieces upon.

[@RainBird88x]

Hollywood does seem to carry a huge hate boner for American suburbia.

[@heropath34.vaselisc.35]

Shocking hollywood elites hates mid class more than poor!

[@bakergen]

Well maybe you should watch it, it's an innocent show for kids, and I'm quite enjoying it so far (fyi not a fan of disney production bar Mando S01, Andor and Rogue One)

[@The_shady_puffer]

A Star Wars show that is not Andor and is not a horrible and filthy, but ultimately hollow bucket of storytelling with no identity or distinguishing factor? Impossible!

[@qZbGmYjS4QusYqv5]

Andor is not Star Wars. It's generic political drama wearing the filthy maggot-riddled scalp of the long dead franchise. Skeleton Crew isn't Star Wars either. It's corporate blended 80s nostalgia slop for millennials and zoomers yearning for life in "better times".

[@The_shady_puffer]

@qZbGmYjS4QusYqv5 Andor is Star Wars as much as the empire strikes back is Star Wars. I know you or I or anyone for that matter cannot explain what does it mean for a story to be Star Wars. However I would say it's story has been designed with the world of Star Wars in mind. The most pronounced themes of Star Wars are also the most important in Andor. I personally have never seen ideas of rebelion and tyrany explored so well from both perspectives but I suppose you could call it generic if you want to. A franchise is dead as long as you think it is but I would suggest you have a more open mind about even the worst of franchises. Not every show can be a great, but a great show can come from anywhere.

[@qZbGmYjS4QusYqv5]

​​@@The_shady_pufferAndor is Disney. Empire Strikes Back is not. It makes your argument invalid already. I see Andor as generic corporate political Bladerunner-like story with Star Wars label nailed to it to fool the normies. With simple label change it could have become NuTrek, Caprica or Alien. The show itself is competently made. But it's not Star Wars.

[@The_shady_puffer]

@qZbGmYjS4QusYqv5 So your claim is what makes Star Wars Star Wars today is it not being Disney? Does it change in time than and if lucas somehow bought it back would it become star wars or just because it was made by somebody who worked in disney it is not? As I already said it is made specifically with Star Wars's world in mind. It is the oppostite of being made to fool normies into beliving it star wars. It would have had jedi and sith and important member berries characters in it if it was made to achieve that goal. Also again a great show can come from any franchise

[@The_shady_puffer]

@qZbGmYjS4QusYqv5 Also I think you have overlooked what I wrote about the themes of the the show. To explore an example - Alien. When was rebellion and opression ever important in that franchise? Do you really think the story of Andor would have worked in the universe of Alien and what we know about it? Quite ironicly you try to look beyond the superficial and conclude it's generic. Somehow however you only look at the outermost layer of Andor and see a gritty sci-fi world with aliens and say "well it's basicly like alien"

[@Gunleaver]

The big problem with Star Wars in general is that they are so inconsistent, that you can't detect the oddities that there deliberately. When I saw Wim reading and playing his Jedi stuff, I just scoffed at how the creators never communicate or watch each other's shows, and so this is a version where the Jedi are back to being heroes because of Luke's role in the Rebellion, and never mind how little sense that makes. Thanks to Filoni, Favreau, Hedland and Chow, you can't tell a plot hole from a plot twist.

[@zoltanz288]

thats jizzzzneee star wars not star wars in general.

[@Eric_Hunt194]

The "sm33/Smee" thing just made me think of Kryten trying to call Rimmer a Smeg Head.

[@ledarbyromeo9667]

Omg. I recently found a Roku channel that plays Red Dwarf on marathons. And Frasier. As an Alabamaian, these are diamonds in the rough.

[@alfredvickers4054]

🤣

[@alfredvickers4054]

I watched that series for the first time late last year and, while I loved it, I wish they'd follow up on some of the loose threads.

[@jonathansmithwick5703]

@ledarbyromeo9667 Phwoar, you are blessed. Frasier was formative for me.

[@vortigern7021]

I enjoyed it. Aside for the captain at the beginning not just opening the vault. That was too stupid.

[@codygriffin8256]

You know what, I'm happy it's better than expected so far. It's just good to see the Jedi being something characters aspire to be. And IDK I think it's gonna be a fine addition ultimately. Besides nothing can be worse than the acolyte.

[@RaiJolt2]

Star Wars attack of the clones and the clone wars movie

[@CragScrambler]

​@@RaiJolt2 He said worse than the Acolyte you daft cnut.

[@fonz1776]

"it's not garbage"... that's how far standards have dropped.

[@basically_boring]

Disney: “Are you challenging me?”

[@rebel_diamonds]

The way the creators talk about Amblin movies, you'd think there's like dozen of these movies, but basically it's ET and Goonies, that are about kids going on an adventure. Maybe, Empire of the Sun if you are a macabre sort of MF.

[@billjacobs521]

WWell, there were many knockoffs of those.

[@massivemansbiggestplan]

Gummo

[@agentsmith2378]

Your my fave Platoon you have surpassed esteemed company... you stream with most of thm regularly now congrats on being awesome af.

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Thank you!

[@Kveldred]

How many other platoons do you know?!

[@jonsimpson6240]

@@Kveldredthe slightly above average platoon. The “it gets bigger, I swear” platoon.

[@Kveldred]

@@jonsimpson6240 Ah, I'm a member of that platoon myself, actually! Let us together sing a bar of the traditional IGBISP Unexpected Meeting Song: _"Iiiiit's a small one, after all..._ 🎶" 🫡 ☹️

[@Kveldred]

@@jonsimpson6240 Ahhh, quite a coincidence-I'm a member of that platoon myself, actually! Let us now together sing a bar of the traditional IGBISP Unexpected Meeting Song: • _"Iiiiit's a small one, after all..._ 🎶" 🫡 ☹️

[@DustinBarlow8P]

Just want to point out, that it shouldn't matter if the first ship isn't full of cash. The Salvage from the massive ship they just took should be hefty. Just dump the crew on any planet on the way to your destination...

[@AnonymousNoNayme]

Star Wars was never "for kids", it was just not "only for adults". Now they are making it expressly "for kids" cuz their prior ones were made "for adult children who wanted to propagndize to other people's kids". One way works, the other two do not. Very simple.

[@silverscorpio24]

I've always been afraid that we as media consumers would get to the point where stuff that's "meh" and mediocre and inoffensive are considered masterpieces just because they're not as bad as what we've gotten before. Will Lucasfilm's future projects be so bad that Skeleton Crew is touted as "good"? It already happened with Ghostbusters Afterlife. Will future adaptations of Lord of the Rings be so terrible that down the line we tell ourselves, "Yeah, Rings of Power was awful, but at least it's better than [insert title here]"? I hope not.

[@krixtorei]

Basically what's going on with videogames. Mediocrity/Blandness is the new "good"... and in some cases even the new "great".

[@zoltanz288]

thats exactly where we are headed. sad.

[@swamp1138]

Soy Wars trying to ride off Stranger Things. Laaaaaaaaaaaame

[@alphgeek]

SM-33 is a treatment for mouth ulcers.

[@EvaOwnsAll]

Can this count as KK's win, to gtfo already? "For the first two episodes, it's meh." That's pretty good while Disney has owned it.

[@michaellanger5671]

Delighted to listen to your take on this ❤

[@mannen659]

Yay! Platoon is back!

[@near--zero]

Bryce Dallas Howard has aged like fine wine

[@Cats-TM]

You know, the fact the pirates lose quite a few people when they attempt to board shows just how good Stormtrooopers are. They managed to take an entire ship when using similar tactics to the pirates, but with only one entrance.

[@DSPHistoricalSociety]

Easily the best writing + caustic wit on KZbin proper

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Far too kind but I’ll take the compliment!

[@MostlyNotDps]

I'm actually really glad this popped up because, for a bit now, your channel didn't have any videos posted and I couldn't search for your vids to watch. I was getting worried

[@lostcause78]

"Girls can be tough and rebellious " - yes, thank you, we know. We've had that particular character forced down our throats for over a decade. This show is just more of the checkbox nonsense We've seen countless times before.

[@mhc706]

on the topic of pirates in space having vastly more options than pirates at sea: pirates at sea couldnt just blast the enemy boat to pieces while killing the crew because the ship and all the valuables would sink into the ocean where theyd be lost so they had to risk boarding the ship to take control so theyd make money. in space through the worst thing would be having to chase after treasure floating away. they COULD destroy the ship, making it so the only risk to their crew was the regular space threats like leaking space suit instead of throwing their bodies into bullets. but once again the writers for star wars are too stupid to comprehend anything that hasnt directly happened to them. a lot like when they changed bombers from effective y-wings to those abominations that used magnets to slowly and ineffectively deliver bombs so they could get a shot that looked like a world war 2 film in space, making it stupid instead of heroic

[@zoltanz288]

a space ship exploding will damage anything valuable thats in it.

[@silverscorpio24]

Perfect to watch and listen to while I draw ❤

[@blankadams3120]

So, with how regimented Suburbia is... is it actually Camazotz from the end of A Wrinkle in Time?

[@ingrowsmith5148]

I'm sorry, from 10 minutes in all I was able to think of how fucking good Tim Curry would be in this, with a bit of better writing.

[@joshuaortega2708]

This was good it was a surprise given what I wasn’t expecting since I was ready for another acolyte type deal

[@jeebuschristos8423]

49:29 Wait... how did they manage to go up? They were even upside down... they didn't even have a little antenna to tell them which way is up...

[@SuperBucky89]

My 8 year olds and their friends love the show and have been asking about star wars. As a mom watching in yhe toom, i think it's cute. It's definitely not for 35 year olds but I've enjoyed it so far.

[@ericshaunfield9304]

I’m 45 and my 10 year old likes it despite him not being a Star Wars fan. The adventure aspect with kids at the center has him drawn in.

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

Missed opportunity - they could have presented Nobel Prize level of math in the school, showing the high development of the world.

[@SolariusScorch]

Star Wars is science fiction? That's a bold statement. :) Anyway, cool video. Thank you

[@pippip8744]

Awesome Vogon opening.

[@MisterGames]

Asimov Nightfall short story does the ' never seen stars before' well. This, not so.

[@BertoxolusThePuzzled]

Here is a major thing I don't understand. If the home planet is so ridiculously advanced technologically that it can cloak/shield an entire planet, why do the people still have to work as what seems to be presented as basically the Star Wars equivalent of office cubicle jobs?

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

@@BertoxolusThePuzzled That’ll probably be part of the twist. Either none of their jobs actually matter (which will be very hard to pull off), or whatever their Great Work is requires it. I’ve heard it suggested they might all be the descendants of pirates, for example, in which case the tedious jobs could be used to try and domesticate them, but they’ve all forgotten precisely why this should be so.

[@BertoxolusThePuzzled]

@TheLittlePlatoon It would be fun if the twist was something like that they had been performing some critical function for the Galaxy that everyone had assumed was fully automated/done by droids this entire time, charting and broadcasting all the hyper lane changes in real time for example. I doubt these writers are creative enough to pull something like that off but it's a fun idea at least, lol.

[@billjacobs521]

I would guess their great work to be some sort of large facility, something military or otherwise massive and important. Something that has an end point. But it's going to be hard to believe, no matter what it is, that Sheev didn't know about it.

[@jefflinton9851]

R.I.P. Every single Star Wars novel since Lucas sold out. Shouting into the ether: YOU HAD A GENERATIONAL STORYLINE WITH THE NOVELS, THEN YOU HAD THE YUUZHAN VONG AS A VILLAIN AND ACTUAL THREAT. COUNTERPOINT: gimme dem diz dollars, I got dis

[@HypaBumfuzzle]

The f...did you just call me the olds?!?! 🤣🤣🤣 grounded

[@aheath7838]

One item: the city on the planet is totally EPCOT.

[@bmardiney]

Platoon! It does not "beg so many questions!" For shame! It raises so many questions.

[@AncientRylanor69]

34:20 & there not wearing helmets despite operating hover bikes that are obviously going much faster then real world bikes.

[@AnonymousNoNayme]

Faux Gen X-wannabe messaging. We def wore helmets on dirtbikes growing up smh, but bikes and roller blades was a no, also ice skating was a no (hockey a yes though cuz we were allowed/encouraged to check and scrap).

[@naiopiaio7125]

17:40 "And the pirate base is positively multicultural which explains it's crimes rates if nothing else" Amazing line.

[@cyryc]

Seriously, how does Lucasfilm and Disney manage to get a hold of the most talentless hacks in the galaxy?

[@BusterGuts572]

Because they're being run the lady who fetched Lucas's coffee.

[@cyryc]

@@BusterGuts572 maybe one day Uwe Boll will get a Star Wars movie

[@AnonymousNoNayme]

@@cyryc He couldn't do worse than The Acolyte (that's not sarcasm/hyperbole either, he literally could not do worse, whatever he made would be several orders of magnitude more watchable)

[@DarthPaddius]

Oh Platoon, I love you so much my dude. Your critiques/reviews are absolutely stellar, I always look forward to them.

[@cookiecookie88729]

I forgot Star Wars was even a thing

[@ShadesOfKnight]

I e been watching the Little Platoon long enough to believe that “competent” is high praise coming from him. Either that or I’ve been watching him long enough to truly realize how disastrous Hollywood has become that “competent “ is the highest they can achieve.

[@S1nwar]

what a disgusting admission that modern star wars doesnt deliver adventure that kids like anymore

[@Capsuleer7]

I remember reading a Star Wars book a long time ago about a underground Jedi city, run by droids, that haf one human kid in it. I think the kid gets found by Luke at some point? It's been a hell of a long time since I've read it. Anyways, this series seems like it's mirroring a few elements. So much so that it jogged my memory of aforementioned book.

[@Rhinoskin62]

It's like Discovery 25% star trek. This is 25% The Goonies

[@easyesky6646]

Was just a little confused why there should be a shuttle/taxi that really only seems capable to accommodating child sized passengers servicing a space port full of adults.

[@austinwilburn1772]

I’m probably dead wrong about this but my tinfoil hat theory is the kids traveled into the future, about 1000 years, caused when they started hyperdrive and stopped it early incorrectly.

[@darylrichardson8567]

His voice is so SMOOTH

[@thomasciuffreda8783]

Another new Star Wars show review before the Dune review releases? Yep. the algorithm just won't let it happen! Seriously, more Platoon vids is always preferable to no Platoon vids. Edit: Every time Platoon says "Awimbawe" I chuckle. I loved "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" so much as a little kid that my cousin made me a mixtape with nothing but that song on it. :)

[@RangerRobin0404]

"She's less likely to meddle if she doesn't know who your protagonist is." You jest, but at this point the assassinations are so systematic and heartless I cant help wonder if that jest is actually Disney Star Wars *law*.

[@matthewcollins4773]

"There was some that was feared of Plinkett, and some that was feared of MauLer, but KZbin itself was feared of me. Feared it was and proud." -- Long John Platoon

[@seacliff217]

This show is bad in the way we used to call high budget popular media bad. I miss those days.

[@danishcartoonist545]

Has Bryce dipped into the Ozempic?

[@AnonymousNoNayme]

Barely recognized her. Shame if so. Ppl loved her bootyliciousness so of course they will browbeat her to look like an alien/vegan smh

[@ravinrabbit7932]

awesome editing with the disney stock price :D

[@psiklops71]

URKEL Is A Pirate In Star wars ...

[@TheOfficialFivervex]

I really felt the ET, Indiana jones, Goonies, Pirates of the Caribbean Vibes

[@chasehedges6775]

Same here.

[@brockdavid]

I was gonna start droning on about Treasure Planet, but Little Platoon already covered that. Maybe, we can start saying it is ripping off ‘Pirates of the Dark Water’, just to get an under appreciated show some much deserved attention.

[@aster4jaden]

I don't think this Show was originally Star Wars but another one they altered into it.

[@WillDa713]

Hi Ploots, great video, as always, im very fond of your work and would rather watch the same amount of content of you covering a recent SW show than the show itself. At least we can giggle between us girls lol. One question tho, I can't make out the bleeped out words when you refer to the blue trunk fat friend, can you (if you ever see this comment lol) or anyone else enlighten me? "Basic" (lol) is not my native language and so some words don't come naturally to my mind when i have to infer them from behind a censor bleep :) Cheers m8 have a great one!

[@bigzed7908]

This show's got potential. But it's Disney, so I don't have much faith they'll pull it off.

[@chasehedges6775]

Same here.👍

[@kurtwk]

Trumpy , you can do MAGIC things !! That’s my comment for Trunk Person. Excellent stuff, Mr. Platoon !