How To Fix Star Wars | From a Lifelong Fan 

Remember the scene were Luke jumped out of his speeder only to find Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru's skeletons cooking in doorway? His reaction is how I feel about Star Wars today...

I honestly feel like the problems with Obi-Wan were more fundamental. The dialogue in New Hope strongly suggests that Obi-Wan and Vader have not met since the battle we saw in Episode III. Why was their meeting on the Death Star a case of the circle now being complete...was it not complete when they met again ten years prior? Leia's message to him also reeks of her unfamiliarity with him...she repeatedly mentions she's contacting him on behalf of her father, with no sense that they've ever met. And why does he let Vader live at the end? The problem is trying to wedge a story into a time frame where the outcome is already known. Obi-Wan can't die, Vader can't die, Luke and Leia can't die; where's the tension? The one thing we knew he did on Tatooine in the intervening years was train with Qui-Gon, which got maybe thirty seconds attention in the final episode. They had no story to tell, just a product to sell.

Here's one thing about Obi-Wan that I'm still trying to wrap my head around. Reportedly, Kathleen Kennedy put the production on hold in January 2020 because she wasn't happy with the scripts. This begs an interesting question: Was it the subsequent rewrites that ruined the show, or was the original draft so unwatchable that any change was acceptable?

The best example of what your were talking about with Hayden, which this came from Disney themselves, was Luke in the Mandalorian. Fans went crazy after Luke showed up, and no one knew he was going to be in it

I wrote a letter to a magazine after the release of Episode I in 1999 warning people to stop attacking George Lucas or he may eventually stop caring about Star Wars. I said that without him, it would no longer be Star Wars (my favorite thing ever). They published my letter and the editor mocked me.

It seems pretty consistent that the current leadership over Star Wars on screen doesn't have a high creative bar. With the exception of Mando, it's all been between medium and embarrassingly bad. Mando should really be the bar, with all things meeting or exceeding it. Star Wars used to be a major event where audiences would see things never seen before. Lucas was bold and always pushed it to the bleeding edge of technology to show audiences the future of filmmaking. I just don't see Star Wars being special until there's a change in the creative leadership to someone with a vision, ambition to leave audiences in awe, and the talent to reach that high bar.

can we round up the writers and make 'em sit down and watch this video?

@1:00, bro... I gotta say, my eyes immediately watered up. I remember, man. Those days...nothing was like it, at the time. We knew the end of the story already. But we never got to see how George imagined that fall. And all of us, all our nerdy friends, talked and waited and talked about all the theories. Good times, man. Still watching your video. Glad I found it. You are a true Star Wars nerd - the best of us.

All these feelings and you weren't even there for the original trilogy, that epic "I am your Father!' Watching the OG trilogy in the theatre was peak Star Wars...never to be experienced again 😢

One thing that Disney forgot was that Star Wars' main theme was hope. Hope for survival, Overcoming evil, and freedom. But we've lost that. There's no emotion tied to these stories, it's just a husk of something we once loved.

How to fix Star Wars from another lifelong fan: Make movies of Timothy Zahn's books, make it cannon, and go from there! Long live Mara Jade.

Rian Johnson didn't ruin Star Wars, he was ALLOWED to ruin Star Wars.

Disney is no longer movie company. They are marketing company: they want to sell merchendise, and people will buy and consume anything they throw at them. The same thing is going slowly with new Marvel phase.

Almost cried after I watched this from laughter and just getting everything right also had to send it to all my Star Wars family nailed it.

I feel like they should have just announced a series called “inquisitors” or something like that. Have it all about the inquisitors hunting Jedi and make a main character trying to prove herself - Reva. I feel like as a standalone character she was pretty good, except they decided to throw her in the middle of something where we don’t care about her. Then she had no arc. No direction. If she were in a show all about the inquisitors I feel like that would be a badass show.

here two years after the upload and oh boy did Disney not learn a fucking thing

Finally someone speaks the thoughts many people had, Thank you guys

Disney: you want to watch a bad Star Wars movie. Fans: “you want to go home and rethink your life”

Star Wars ended in 2005 with Revenge of the Sith... The sooner everyone realizes that, the better. Some stories are better off with a beginning and an end. Star Wars is one of them.

Dude you nailed this... Perfect. Brilliant. I thought I had some points in my Kenobi review video but your video is just great

There's a film that came out and condensed the series into a 2-hour movie called the Patterson cut. You should review that because it made everything so much better.

Any defense of a fight scene from Disney Star Wars can only be made in reference to the other fights they've shown. They use the lightsaber like it's a goddamn baseball bat

“It could have been better” with a clip of Rogue One in insanity 2:31

I was just happy that the inquisitors didn't fly around with their Lightsabers like in Rebels Speaking of Star Wars Rebels... they already did that helmet-cut-open scene there in the fight against Ashoka... it was so evident that they were going to recycle that tbh. And the rock-throwing contest smh And killing the Grand Inquisitor was also stupid because he has to be alive for Rebels...

Thank you for your constructive criticisms and intelligent suggestions for improving the Star Wars Universe, from Disney. I agree with all of them! I wish they would learn from their mistakes. I’m so sad we never got the original cast back together the right way. What an incredible opportunity they blew.

This is such an incredible breakdown of what Disney did wrong and you did it so respectfully. Thank you for making this.

You nailed it. Disney Star Wars has a serious writing problem. Indeed, Hollywood does! However, you forgot to mention the NEGATIVE impact of Disney rushing to launch their own streaming platform (Disney+), which was hastened by the Covid Pandemic, but only compounded the existing writing problems. Many of the recent disappointing TV shows were originally intended to be movies, so when they were turned into TV shows a lot of poorly written "filler" content was added, budgets were stretched and quality checks lapsed.

There was one really out of place decision for Old Luke. His intention to kill Ben Solo over a dream when he swore up and down that there was good in Vader and wouldn't kill him.

I agree with all your points, and would like to add something. Nothing in Star Wars feels threatening anymore. I know that you're gonna tell me about the stormtroopers of the originals and stuff, but that was the 70s and original movies still had a lot of suspenseful moments and the bad guys had real presence. Nowadays, huge firefights happen and nobody gets shot. Sith lords who force-grab blaster bolts mid-air lose lightsaber duels to coward plumbers who aren't even force users. Huge monsters doing a lot of CGI craziness but just can't touch or harm main characters. The list is endless, open a random episode of any one of these and you'll find a couple stuff that is so childishly easy. They do have some moments, but they probably produced those without noticing what they did right. The TIE fighter dashing towards our covert-ops team in Andor was genuinely scary, because it was filmed from a very grounded, first person perspective. You feel as if a fighter jet is closing on you and you're on the last moments of your life. Or how difficult getting a simple information through enemy lines, and how even the "good guys" commit atrocities "for the greater good". Find ways to make it challenging. Don't leave stupid backdoors for heroes to defeat an imperial garrison! Don't put characters into situations they would logically fail to defeat! Have them avoid, evade, get permanently hurt, lose people and barely make it out alive. Raise the stakes, take it seriously.

Agree to most of what this video claims. If you look at Andor compared to any other series Disney has made, it's like looking at a series for kids and an adult HBO series (Andor).

For the record, Jar Jar was actually meant to play a bigger role and grow during his time in the senate but critics roasting the character which was quite literally meant for children (and well liked by them) made Lucas remove some of the focus from JJ

Star Wars was a damn good story, told in 3 chapters. A father-son redemption arc. Never meant to be a Marvel-style universe.

It's simple: take it away from the people who HATE it, and have stated as such, including that they straight-up want it to die. So long as it is in the hands of these people, it will get worse and worse.

As another lifelong fan it was disappointing to see what Disney did. We got our hopes built up just to be smashed down and it felt alot like this: it felt like a bully or popular kid taking something the nerd likes and using it to make fun of the nerd. They don’t care about what us as nerds care about they are doing it just to make fun of us and make us look rediculous

You can make all the valid comments and criticisms that many have made over the years, but it really does just come down to them almost never giving us what we want, seemingly on purpose. Like you said, give us an 8 episode show (1 hour each) focusing almost solely on Vader and Obi. Honestly, it's unreal that they can't understand this.

With the release of the sequel trilogy and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the overall consensus from everyone was *not* "Star Wars is back". Up until that point I was also a Star Wars fan, doing practically all the nerd stuff accompanied with it (books, movies, games, tabletop stuff). I loved the universe and idea of it all, growing to understand its complex yet simple storytelling. I did also come to accept the weaknesses, but stand firm in that the strengths and general ideas behind that story was great to build a universe from. It was never about perfect visuals anyway. Immediately, even during my first and only full watch of The Force Awakens, I saw what would come. There was a tell in the narrative that this wasn't a continuation and building upon what was already there, but that they not only disregarded the idea of Star Wars, they ridiculed and spat on it. It was a movie of the new generation - great visuals, and great audio, but vapid story and regard for the source material. Apart from Rogue One, that I feel builds fairly well with themes, mood etc. on the founding ideas - I fully agree with the rest. Star Wars has dwindled to another cheap cash-grab with weak identity and a vehicle to impose "modern morals". There's... just no heart left in it. Just roping people in for the money. Chasing young Leia with clown-music. But the real thing lives on. Just not in meatspace.

Less than 5 minutes…wow. This video was so informative, we loved it!!

The answer to all these questions of “why did Disney do this?” can be found in the recent Film Threat exposé on Hollywood writers.

Masterpiece video. Instead of being completely unfair and criticizing everything the writers did, you were fair to them and gave points on how to improve Star Wars with simple changes. Seeing this after the Ahsoka and Andor show released reinforces some of your points as well

WOAH WOAH WOAH!!! My favorite thing to do as a little kid was get star wars action figures and make mini movies with them! That was literally my first time ever trying to use a camera! The only thing I would ever want to buy would be Star Wars action figures so I could record more episodes! I have a vivid memory of my dad teaching me to use the pause and unpause recording button on a phone, because when I would cut from scene to scene, I would cover the camera with my hand, and start humming a soundtrack for 5 minutes with a black screen to keep the audience entertained while I set up the next scene😂 So much nostalgia from that first clip Justus

4:11 just keep in mind, the epic fight scene in Kenobi. They basically stole it from rebels, when Vader fights Asoka. Right down to having half of his mask removed. Then, during an interview with McGregor, it turns out that the one really nifty thing they did using the lighting to coincide with the voice was an accident. Apparently, instead of the metal rods they used to use the now basically use the FX light sabers you can buy for 300 bucks with the plastic tube that is lit up so they don’t have to do any special faxed add shadows or lighting and it saves a bunch of money. But they just randomly noticed that where they move their blades, shifting positions would make his face blue or red, and they decided to go with it.

The funniest thing about Vader being stopped by some fire is that in his canon comics he actually manages to resist being under lava, so there isn't really a reason why he shouldn't be able to resist a few seconds on fire

This is fantastic and so good. You touch on the pain points, bring up amazing concepts that should have been workshopped more and give easy measurable changes that could restore not only star wars, but I honestly feel a lot of Hollywood issues, but you do it in a way that is loving and compassionate and doesn't have to destroy or bash others in order to get your point across. You feel empathetic more than offended, and still show love for the art and the genre without having to crap all over it to do so. Proud of you for doing something that came from the heart versus just the bash culture that's so rampant online these days.

Watching this post Ahsoka and Mando season 3, seriously highlights these issues even more. Youve hit the nail on the head with your assessment of the current state of Star Wars and the issues that it is facing. Hopefully one day soon the powers that be do some serious reflection.

Yeah Ahsoka didn't really work out.

Wow, I couldn't agree with you more. I too am a life long fan, work in film and would love to see anyone at Disney watch this video. They should probably hire you on as a part of the creative team. It really does seem like the higher ups at Disney don't want to tell someone they have a bad idea, just in case that triggers the person.

when mom says "im not mad.. im just disappointed"

The reason Storm Troopers and Droids can't hit is a) they have low dice pools and skill numbers. b) the heroes have Hero Points and can spend them to avoid hits or effects that otherwise result in their injury or death.

Your missing the big picture young child Leah is using her Girl Power to get away from those kidnappers, and earned a Girl Boss Merit badge. She was 'using the Female Force'.

Here's a better idea for Reva's character, she hates Obi-Wan because he trained the guy who almost killed her and killed her. So she hates Kenobi for training him; and she wants to prove herself powerful enough by killing Vader's former master, but that's the secondary motivation. Her primary motivation is to become Darth Vader's apprentice; at least secretly, overthrow him and maybe join the Emperor as his appearance. Don't microwave sudo villain like in the the show, make her an actual like villain, she's dedicated to the dark side. The movie with the soft spot of once she eventually becomes empire she'll allow the Jedi to live in some limited capacity. When her plan goes south, Vader kills her there's none of that killing Luke stuff she just gets murdered by Vader.

It brings me joy to know that someone else also enjoyed playing with atactix. And i know the obi wan show isnt good, but that show made me feel like i was a kid again watching the prequels with my dad and it was the most wonderful moment from Disney's Star Wars and i dont know if anything will ever top it

Great video, thank you for breaking down the problems in a clean and understandable way. God bless

As a hard core Trekkie, I feel your pain.

I really dont know, what Disney has become :( I was just seeing Lion King, out of nostalgia... and at the end, when Simba climbs Priderock to claim his kingom... this scene gives me chills after 30years, because of the story and the animators who managed to put sooooooooo much pride in a cartoon lion. I sat infront of the TV and i was like "Is this the same company that gives us shi**y remakes (Lion king, aladin,mulan etc.) the same company that turned the biggest franchise ever existed (Star Wars) and ruined it in just a few years? George Lucas isnt perfect, but there is one difference to Disney, $$$$ Lucas may become a billionare over Star Wars, BUT he wanted to tell his story, he had something in his mind "Space western with wizard samurais" and not one of the studios wanted his idea. Hell he was forced to leave the director guild, because he "dared" to lay the credits after the movie. But he sais "F you all, im doing it anyways" andyou can hate or like his remasters, love or hate the prequels, love or hate the dialouge, BUT one thing stays true. This man and his vison made billions of people watch and unite over his "vision" same with Roddenberry and Star Trek, love or hate him, but he changed the world. Without Star Trek or Star Wars, most of the spaceprogramms we had so far, wouldnt been made

In terms of the surprise factor with Hayden, Disney doesn't have to look that far to see that this works: the Mandalorian Season 2 ending. No one knew Luke was coming at the end and when he was messing up the dark troopers, sure people could guess it's him but it wasn't until he took his hood off where Star Wars was saved (at least for that moment). I don't get emotional watching stuff but seeing Luke like that, the way he was supposed to be, was the moment I had been waiting for. I still have the feeling of tearing up when I see that scene remembering the feeling I had watching it the first time.

I will give Disney props for The Mandalorian and Endor, though. They hit some home runs with those two shows, at least. SW: Visions wasn't bad.

They don't want to fix it, they just want to use the name to make as much money as possible

Something doesn't need to have "Star Wars" attached to it unless you're a corporate loyalist Brands barely matter, they're mismanaged constantly by people who don't care about them I'm sure there are fanmade projects that capture the "soul" of the originals much better You should bring attention to those instead of begging a giant company for content

I love the mention towards Signs in this video because that movie is awesome and I feel like it doesn’t get talked about too much 💯

Thanks for putting everything I was thinking about Kenobi into words.

Its sad when your a big star wars fan like me and you're about see the last movie and expect it to be the best star wars ever, and then you watch it and feel like you just got slapped in the face. The last movie was pretty bad and made me really upset because thats not how star wars should've ended and disney ruined everything.I mean I forced my self to like starwars 8. Its increadble to see how such a huge franchise that ran on its own and made its own corperations like Lucas Arts and then it just falls into the void because they decided to side with disney. Disney had no idea what they were doing and ruined just like EA, Activision, and Ubisoft. It seems disney got us with its sick twisted mind games with kenobi and the last 2 star wars movies I hope you have a great day fellow fans.

Finn and Rey being trained by Luke and then Rey going to the dark side for episode 2 would have been awesome

I agree 100% with your opinion that they should have let the Anakin reveal stay a secret, but I also couldn't help but notice another key difference due to your comparison with Spider-man. The closest comparison within Star Wars itself was the Luke scene at the end of Mandalorian Season 2. And it truly was spectacular. That one moment stopped me from abandoning Star Wars all together. I had major chills when he pulled down his hood. And this was all despite the fact I lost internet connection half way through the scene and had to wait about 3 minutes for the show to restart mid way through Luke fighting past the Dark Troopers. I was on the edge of my seat, absolutely desperate to know "Is that Luke Skywalker?" But it was missing one thing. The crowd. The video of the fans jumping up and screaming over Andrew Garfield. That's not generally a thing here in the UK. That sort of thing very rarely happens but when it does, it amps up the love. It happened with Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire. It also happened with the return of Luke, Han and Leia during Force Awakens. And it would most definitely have happened with Luke in Mandalorian, if it was shown in a cinema. And even when it doesn't happen. You still leave the theatre with your partner, your friends, your family, who ever you go with and you say OMG. I think of the Simpsons when Homer leaves the cinema saying "Who'd have thought it. Darth Vader turns out to be Luke Skywalker's Father." Instead, when I watched Mandalorian, I had to wait a week until I saw my best friend who I would have definitely seen it in the cinema with had it been a film, and I said to him, did you see it. And he said no. I'm behind. And so I guess i'm double bummed out about the loss of Star Wars to TV/ Streaming. Because Originally my point was just that you don't get the same atmosphere watching these scene in your front room as you do when you go to a cinema. But also, streaming shows looses it's edge as a must see experience. In the cinema, you have a 3-4 week opening to see it before you have to wait another few months for a physical release. You go when it's those 3-4 weeks, you gather friends and family and you all march into that theatre and you watch it together. On streaming, you can always hold off a week. Not finished that other show? That's fine, finish that and then watch Star Wars, it can wait. Been busy at work and want to wait until your a bit more awake to watch it? Fine , wait a few days, it can wait. Got a choice between watching Star Wars tonight or going to the pub with friends? Go to the pub, Star Wars can wait. Going to watch Star Wars today but then realized you need to go to the shop at some point to buy a new bookshelf for the study. Go to the shop, Star Wars can wait. Want to watch Mandalorian season 3, oh shit, has it really been that long and i've still not watched season 2? Guess it will have to wait. Streaming is just not as fun or exciting. It looses any sense of urgency. And when you finally watch Mandalorian season 2 but your friends have already seen it 4 weeks ago and are now on to Book of Boba Fett, then your excitement is falling on the ears of people trying to remember what happened again. So with that long essay written lol. I would say, for me, the biggest problem and what would help make Star Wars good again, is to stop with Disney + and make Star Wars an experience again. Make it a date to put in your calendars. A date to plan and to gather your friends and get your jedi cape out of the closet and travel to your local cinema to see again. Make it an event. Not some crappy TV show that's overly bloated, and closed off to people who don't want to have to pay Disney money every god damn month. Let the fans experience these stories together.

And that's what they did with Luke in Force Awakens. They hyped up the return of Luke Skywalker, only for Rion Johnson to shit on him. They could have made Luke a reluctant mentor and have Rey convince him to come back with her, had Luke take on the AT-ATs and Kylo just like in the original, only physically there and with Luke's teaching, Rey becomes a full-fledged Jedi. But they didn't.

Good to know I’m not alone with these feeling. Also, the way and respect you had to give us your opinion was amazing. Scare of upcoming movies and shows being too much kiddo due to the “Disney+” Better move the shows to Hulu and make them much more aggressive.

Reva didn't die from the lightsaber because she has Black Girl Magic, it is a special power that is generated from the Female Force that only females with high melanin count have, as the midichlorians and melanin combine like peanut butter and chocolate to make Black Girl Magic, similar to how delcious Reeses Peanut Butter Cup tastes Magically good. The magic happens only when you combine the two.

What about when Reva is chasing Leia on the rooftops, and then Obi Wan saves Leia when she falls. Reva is totally going after them and knows where they are. But then, Obi Wan has time to talk to Leia after he saves her AND the Rogue Jedi. Where did Reva go?

31:35 Boba’s EE-3 not being a three round burst carbine really pissed me off too. The lack of attention that Disney has towards Star Wars is like watching gears grinding to shards.

Ik this video isn’t completely focused on the sequel movies, but it still blows my mind that Disney would set out with the plan to make a TRILOGY, and not have it planned out even a little bit.

I think Disney hates Star Wars even MORE than they hate Star Wars fans. I would almost say they were trying to destroy a franchise.

I think I agree with every word that was said in this video... I believe the battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan was truly peak star wars and some of the best star wars content we've had in years. After watching Ahsoka, I think star wars is heading to a good direction finally and episode 5 was A M A Z I N G. The most important thing I think Disney should focus right now is how to fix Lightsabers and return them to their original state - not a bat (as seen when Kenobi is rescuing Leia) but a source of pure energy that'll cut anyone touching it. PLEASE DISNEY, LISNTEN!!!!

Top notch commentary. Spoken like a true fan. This is how we all feel. Keep up the good work 💪

The best critique I’ve seen of the current state of Star Wars. As a lifelong fan, since the originals, Obi-Wan broke my heart.

Need an updated video

I saw a new hope in theaters 6 times when I was 6yrs old. You have posted the best video about the mess that is Star Wars, ever! I hope....or should I say "a New Hope" for the future of my all time favorite movies! Disney, please listen to this man's perspective, he speaks for millions of us!

Love this video. You hit the nail on the head! Btw, the sad score music is great. Where is that from?

Rogue One is top 5 best star wars

Thoughts on Andor?

This is the best polite, comprehensive and constructive critique of modern Star Wars I saw to date. I don't disagree, but In my opinion it should also be underlined, that we have tons of stories, they could adapt (, which we know fan opinions of. Sort by score and off to the studio. Thank you.

The sight of Leia force flying through space sparked a deep seated rage in me I haven’t felt since opening day of that movie, the first and last time I watched that movie. Currently going through all the movies with my gf, swore we wouldn’t watch the sequels, changed my mind and now I really wish I hadn’t cuz next up is last jedi…

Nice! Next maybe try to make "Dear Star Wars Fandom"

Tbh, TFA was already a sign of the downfall in retrospext

The "first idea" syndrome is what I always suspected about modern Star Wars... A 15 minutes brainstorming session could have solved some issues.

What a brilliant essay, thank you!

Well one of the rare times when i am typing first comment. I still in the beginning of the video so i have no idea about what u gonna talk . I want to say that dear star wars please make stories set after sequel trilogy. Creat new narrative, explore new places (you have a whole fukin galaxy) , create new mythologies , introduce new generations and film them with practical effects and love and respect. Not more of "oh look luke Skywalker " , "oh look darth vader" , oh look lando , oh look cantina guys .i am tired of that shit.....

Very well said man. Touched on a lot of valid points that I think all of us as die hard fans can agree on. As much as I'm grateful for Disney giving us all this new content, they really need to take a step back, and start putting in more time and effort into all of these projects so that they don't come out looking cheaply made and almost fan film like. Disney is a multi billion dollar company, so lets start seeing more consistency with stuff that actually looks like it 😤

I am the original Star Wars generation, I too was 8 years old when STAR WARS the first movie, A New Hope, came out, the one that started it all. My friends and I had to have all the toys, posters, bedding etc. So nobody was more stoked when more Star Wars was on the way. Sadly for me it just kept getting worse, until The Force Awakens and then............................so my friend, thank you for saying what a lot of us are thinking, I relate to your points of view, now imagine the same feelings but from someone who was there when it all began, now multiply that by 10 and sigh..............Even the original trilogy as I first saw it, is no longer available. Star Wars is a nostalgic dream for me.

Thank you thank you thank you the kenobi vader fight was so emotional and I loved the choreography and I wish they would do more like that! I stopped the video as you said this to type this

If Star Wars is bad now, then how come all of you didn't try harder to speak up. Face it, not only I am disappointed with Disney but I am disappointed with the fans, they were reasons why it was sold to Disney in the first place. Do you want to know why? The fans bullied Lucas, the cast from the Prequels and finally took pot shots at the movies when they came out. I am sorry that sound insulting but in the end I am right about them. Think about what I have said.

Star Wars is dead, and it's been dead since Return of the Jedi. Once Vader died that was it for the series. There is no one as frightening and badass as Vader. It's time to grow up and move on.

Well said. BTW, that faded cross scene idea sent chills through my whole body

I love how true your predictions were

Sorry bro but Disney did not listen to you

Some sharing of my opinion of a non star wars fan but looking from a movie critique standpoint. I found episode 5 if obiwans show 7/10 writing and the finale only a 5/10 (especially with the ending) Rogue one (absolutely amazing) is my 3rd favorite star wars movie after revenge of the sith and starwars V

Excellent video. I think I agreed with nearly every word you said, which is rare for me.

Great video. So many of the moments that had me scoffing you have covered really well. Although the MOST laughable bit in Obi-Wan was the checkpoint he was trying to open that they could have taken 5 steps to walk around. You mean no-one in production or actual production said..."erm.....sorry but this is dumb as hell" Totally agree that, you have to go out your way to ruin these characters, you should at least by lucky chance make something basic but enjoyable. For me the lowlights are when Leah flies through space (Last Jedi), When Reva transports to the end of the tunnel, baby Leah getaway and the sheer number of storm troopers that can't hit anything! However, the return of Darth Sidious on Exegol. I liked. so dark.

I can’t believe this channel dislikes The Last Jedi. Surely you can see how strong the story is and how faithful it is to the core message and narrative of the original trilogy.

Andor is the show that Star Wars needs to emulate in regards to its writing and character development. The production is fantastic, the writing is compelling, and the themes are consistent throughout. The show asks characters to make difficult choices and live with the consequences of those choices. The rest of Star Wars tends to insulate characters from the consequences of their decisions or give them uninteresting or inconsistent choices. Another thing that Star Wars needs to get away from is the cameo character. Cad Bane is a good example. He’s a cameo who looks cool, makes no impact on the storyline, and only gives a nostalgia bump to fans who watched Rebels(?). As someone who never watched the Star Wars cartoons because I can’t stand the animation style, the character of Cad Bane meant nothing to me. Having pointless characters or characters whose sole purpose is to activate the nostalgia of some of the fan base is a waste of time in new stories. I return to Andor. A lot of criticism I saw about Andor was regarding how he was a minor character in some ancillary story, but he is treated smartly and developed in his own show. A guy like Cad Bane should have been a major antagonist to Boba Fett instead of a cameo. My last comment is in regards to lore. Star Wars fans crave lore. They get enamored by the history of objects and references made in the programs. I think Disney is more focused on feeding fans lore and nostalgia that the character work is suffering.

Reva makes peefect sense, shes into the strut because she needs followers on space tik tok, but all she really wants to do is dance fight and make the old school cool again.

1:49 😞 I feel ya bro. And now that I've watched the whole vid, amen.