Mr. Plinkett's The Star Wars Awakens Review 

"Three elderly people who are near death" *shows picture of Carrie Fisher* Oh.

I love how Plinkett can't get over Dexter Jettster and his '50s diner.

Imagine how embarrassing it must be to be the guy yelling "ITS THE MILLENIUM FALCON!"

“This is the guy who killed the emperor, what a hoax” really takes on a whole new meaning now

"What's with all the violence against women?!" Plinkett, 2016.

I think George Lucas' small personal films are gonna be a bunch of RU-vid video reviews of all of Redlettermedia's past work.

What a treat to watch this so many years later. We could not have predicted how much worse it could get.

I can never get over the fact that the Force Awakens Review part of this video starts 55 minutes in

That character interview thing about Captain Phasma at 1:37:33 is so absolutely bullshit. Captain Phasma did absolutely jack shit except walk around and tote a rifle everywhere. She was so still and posing the entire time it just felt fake and shoed-in. You could even say that she looked like an action figur- oh. Oooooooooooooooooooooooh.....

I sent Plinkett all my crucial information to receive pizza rolls years ago....still waiting. On the negative side, my credit rating has drastically plummeted and apparently I owe money to places I've never heard of.

I can't believe Mr. Plinkett, actually predicted Palpatine's return.

Time for my yearly plinkett binge

7:06 - The difference between the Vietnam War Memorial and the crew of a Hollywood blockbuster? The memorial makes you feel something.

I need to get the "Ring Theory" guy to do my college assignments for me, he can clearly bullshit his way through absolutely anything.

If ring theory is true, I guess Michael Bay is the best director in the fricking universe, the transformers movies rhyme so well I can’t tell them apart

That hypothetical Luke and Han scene was perfect and it makes me irrationally frustrated that it didn’t happen

Still don't understand why "The Resistance" isn't the Grand Army of the New Republic

This has aged so well.

Why does the Star Killer base have to shoot anything at all? Isn't the ability to erase a FREAKING SUN dangerous enough?

“A black guy that DOESN’T want to shoot his gun. This really must be science fiction” 😭😂😭😭

Over 10 minutes just for the ad revenue, typical.

This is a prime example of a company desperately trying to recapture the wondrous magic and creative intelligence of the original trilogy, but in the end creating something that feels hollow and only seems to rehash what we've already seen. But enough about Red Letter Media....

I remember when this review came out that it seemed weird how it focused mainly on the creepy ways that Disney was manipulating the fandom and spent almost no time on the movie itself. Five years later, this makes perfect sense. They say nothing about The Force Awakens because there's nothing to say, it's a creative and artistic black hole.

"Ring Theory" is how overinvested fans spell the word "cope".

Turns out it was The Emperor controlling everything from the secret island. Too funny how close that prediction was.

Let's assume Ring Theory is true; why would it make the films any better?

26 minutes in and I need to remind myself this is a Force Awakens review

Despite "the last plinkett review", I do hope we get "the rise of plinkett".

"Oh my God, it's looks like the Vietnam War memorial." Lost it.

every scene is so dense, there is just so much going on

I think I have watched this between 10 and 20 times. I put plinket reviews on and fall asleep to them. I don’t have a lot going for me.

As each year passes these Plinket reviews become more and more relevant.

"Ring Theory" is a fancy way of saying "These stories are suspiciously similar."

“Jazz sucks” *plays Jazz throughout the review* Well played.

I miss Plinkett so very much.

It's been over a year after episode 9 was released, and I can't help but hearing Plinkett's " .... Oh........" in my head quite a lot of the time while watching this video. :,I

The pizza phone sex was borderline experimental

The fun thing about The Force Awakens is that is gets worse if you rewatch it now that the trilogy is done, because none of the mysteries and actually intesting plot points get resolved. And if they do, it's kinda like the end of this video.

I personally think this is the best video on RU-vid.

There are people alive that say these guys have made no films, when even this review is a film unto itself and better than most actual films.

Seeing that actress try to make Captain Phasma seem important always makes me laugh. Especially after what happens to her in the last Jedi

This review is some kind of epic-level "poetry". It's literally a soft-reboot of the older Plinkett reviews, and does the whole "rhyming" thing Lucas spoke of. I wonder if there is a way it fits into Ring Theory?

The 1950s diner joke made me do one of those explosive "HA!" laughs in this quiet restaurant and now the staff probably thinks im crazy.

One of my bigger complaints about The Force Awakens is that the First Order's industry just magically exists out of nothing. In the earlier movies you can believe the Sith have the economic might for lots of ships and a Death Star because they *are* the government of the Galaxy. They rose to power from within and the Republic simply became the Empire. But The First Order's backstory, thin as it is, isn't like that. This time The First Order are the rebels outside the galactic government. They're a rebel group out on the periphery that somehow has more industrial might than the New Republic, and sillier still, more might than they had back when they were the whole Empire. What the hell?? On a more minor note, it really bugged me that in the scene when they return, land the Falcon and are having everyone mourn Han Solo's death, Chewbacca just stands there. The big hairy dude's been Han's best bud longer than *anyone else* in that whole scene has known Han - even longer than Han's wife Leia who only met Han well after Han was already Chewie's best buddy going waay back. If they really want to show character, Chewie should have absolutely lost it at that news. Give him a big wookie howl of anguish and do something in a rage like only a wookie can, smashing a few bits of equipment before the others calm him down, understanding exactly why he's acting like that. Have Leia go hug Chewie, not Rey, as they both should be feeling immense loss there and Rey only just met Han. Have the camera pan up and end the scene on that moment, then move on to a long time later after they've presumably had a long time and are now ready to resume the story of the movie.

Finn was one of the biggest disappointments for me. He was hyped up as this turncoat Stormtrooper and I was SO hoping he'd have a deep character arc. I thought he'd have blood on his hands and would be actively seeking redemption or purpose, and he'd be used as a window into the First Order's military and the lifestyle of a Stormtrooper. Maybe he'd be torn between helping innocent people he once hated and having to kill the people he grew up with to do so. But Disney be like: "Fuck that, look how diverse we are, we cast a fucking useless token comedy black guy you see in every movie..."

Best review ever

I love the way he reviews and critiques. Using satire and sarcasm to get his point across while sprinkling truth in here and there. Absolutely brilliant

This nostalgia for the prequels is exactly why there's a term "toxic positivity". Sorry, things can just suck, regardless of the 2 good things you notice.

Remember all the shit that Luke, Leia and Han did in the OT? Yeah, none of that matters since we're right back where we started in ANH. The baddies have a massive super weapon, the Republic is in ruins and we once again have a small band of Rebels (sorry, "Resistance") fighting to destroy it, the Jedi are once again a legend living through a wise old man, who must rely on a new hope from a barren desert planet to defeat the main baddy (who was trained by said wise old man before falling to the dark side). This is the first Star Wars movie that feels like it doesn't even belong in the universe. It's completely forgettable and a wasted opportunity. But hey, nostalgia right??

I am an hour in and the review hasn't started yet. 10/10

The prequel section of this video has aged so well it's insane

Seen this review a million times but this the first time ive noticed Plinkett is drinking that Dan Akroyd Crystal Skull Vodka that Mike got plastered on for the Ghostbusters 2016 review 🤣

What about that Kit Fisto spinoff. "They don't call him Kit Fisto because he's into chicks."

When I heard there was a new Star Wars movie, I was more excited for the Plinkett review than I was for the movie itself :D

Mr plinkett's reviews are the best thing to happen to star wars since the original trilogy :')

39:50 "And this one is also real" The disbelief in Mike's voice just had me laughing out loud in public like a madman.

Mr Plinketts pitch for an alternate way of doing this film was actually fantastic

This review was far too kind to Disney Star Wars, I'm kind of surprised actually. Hated TFA and will be skipping any future Star Wars films but I'll definately tune into any Mr. Plinkett or Redlettermedia reviews. I think it's sad to say this but movie reviews like this are more entertaining than the actual movies these days.

The last joke is the type of sophisticated humor I've come to love from RLM. A force to be reckoned with for sure.

These new movies made me realize that I'll be better of without watching any more Star Wars media ever again. Not because I feel so strongly, but more like I just stopped caring. Even with the prequels it felt exciting to see how it will conclude. Now it doesn't matter what story they write next, there are other better things to do than watch Star Wars

My problem with this film is that Finn had no problem killing Stormtroopers when he used to be one. He feels neither sympathy nor conflict over what he does to people who were in exactly the same circumstances that he was before he took that helmet off. The closest we ever get to that is the memetic Stormtrooper with the cattle prod who dies less than five minutes after being introduced, and Finn is totally unaffected by being called what he is. A traitor.

"I'm a millennial psychologist" LMFAO

Watching this review is like looking at old videos of a lost loved one who succumbed a slow painful death to illness.

How the fuck do you go from the ultimate cinematic villain to dancing like Michael Jackson? There are people who defend this shit, too!

Thanks for the review, Mike (and whomever else), quality work as usual. Honestly, TFA's biggest problem is that it's almost completely devoid of consequence. It hints at a much more interesting film that they probably decided to skip over because it would have deviated too much from the Star Wars "formula". I can safely bet there's an unused Episode 7 script somewhere that's entirely about the collapse of Luke's Jedi academy... and then the script went through an endless series of committees, focus groups and market research to optimize it for ultimate mass consumption. Specifically, Rey has no arc: she goes from 'self-sufficient, reluctant tagalong' to 'self-sufficient tagalong with force powers. We don't know what the First Order really wants, why anyone gives a crap about finding Luke "McGuffin" Skywalker (can't believe you didn't mention that at all), or why we should care about the galactic conflict, as it currently stands. There are simply no tangible stakes because everything and everyone in this film is vaguely defined. It's like they didn't know which of the mysterious backstories/implications to flesh out so they just decided gloss over all of them and hope that their mention alone would provide enough emotional weight to the narrative. The result is a very "empty" feeling movie. It's like watching a computer play checkers with itself.

I can't wait to see Plinketts review of the last jedi

geez in hindsight george spoke the absolute truth about disney. just look at it now

explosive liquid shitting all over Lucas and Abrams, absolute gold, had me in tears laughing. :-D

Anybody else find themselves revisiting these sequel reviews every couple months? They’re just so dense, every single image has so much going on.

"If you do anything that's not a sequel, they won't do it." -- George Lucas. George is absolutely right.

Looking back at this review and hearing how Mike, uhhh I mean Mr. Plinkett, talks about how RLM would've written the story, I can feel the passion and the love for these movies and hindsight, none of that can be found in the prequels or sequels. It's also come to my attention that Mike, Jay and Rich should've written all 3 sequels together. It's really sad to see what could've been and what wasn't... 🙁 Thank you RLM.

I can't believe Mr Plinkett made them give Star Wars to JJ Abrams.

"Like a midget in a grocery store, they're all reaching." LOL.

rich evans' george lucas is on the level of mike's palpatine

RLM: "I'm sure they'll fuck it up real bad." Rise of Skywalker: "Hold my beer."

I've discovered a new aspect of the sequels that pisses me off. After Empire, the Rebellion realized that having a base at a fixed location was a terrible idea. So they went mobile. The Resistance, however, is desperate to maintain permanent bases that can only be defended by incredibly improbable suicide missions. So they spend three films abandoning bases and launching suicide missions, and they even race to some other base that had already been abandoned, only to abandon it almost immediately.

Nice work, great to see another Plinkett review. The pizza sex scene was hot.

Wow, George Lucas made a cohesive argument against the direction that the movie industry has taken. Bravo, you crazy diamond. Bravo.

The thing I like most about this video is that no matter how times I rewatch it, I STILL don't fucking understand the ring theory bullshit.

I hope these are required viewing for film school.

Are we gonna ignore the fact that Poe Dameron is a MAIN FUCKING CHARACTER but he did little to nothing in the movie except for getting captured and rescued

I agree that the major issue is that it feels like The Empire never left. Everything is the same as in the original trilogy, down to the Death Star. It's like the years between Jedi and Awakens never happened

Ages like a fine wine it does. Yes it does.

I love how their reviews are almost as long as the actual movie. 😂

The best part about Star Wars continuing is we get to look forward to more Plinkett reviews and all the other Star Wars RLM content.

I can’t wait for the Plinkett review for Rise of Skywalker.

When he came after those other movie review channels like that JESUS CHRIST there’s a reason you’re the best

25:50 "Circles within circles?" That reminds me the term astronomers have for flaws in theories called "epicycles." It is based on attempts by ancient geocentrist sky watchers notice that the plants don't orbit as predicted and at one point proposed that plants follow the literal "circles within circles" type orbits having them to spin weirdly for some reason. This idea understandably was ejected with the astronomers realized that "Epicycles" today means that the theory have so many holes that it is better off discarded, making the Ring Theorist's use of "Circles within Circles" an unintentional self-own.

I think I hate Star Wars "fans" more than the new Star Wars

Cant wait for Last Jedi Plinkett review.

I remember when Snoke was revealed in the theatre and everyone was like "Darth Plagueis" and I was like "Who the fuck is this guy?"

Pairing the deleted scene where Han sends away the girl when Obi Wan comes over with Clarence Boddiker saying "Bitches Leave!" in Robocop was awesome!

He sold it for one solitary reason, Disney offered an obnoxious amount of money and he didn't think twice.

Most of this isnt a critique of the film, its a critique of society. A well deserved one too.

This is the best thing I’ve ever seen. This guy is hilarious, inspired and accurate.

“Is snoke darth plagueis?” Why does that offhand comment sound way more interesting than what we got in Rise of the Skywalker?

There is a legitimate chance that Mike Stoklasa is why Lucas sold Star Wars to Disney.

didn't think this would actually ever come out

"these reboots were made for walking" is the only joke this entire review series needed. everything else is icing on the cake as far as im concerned

God as someone who was watching star war since I was basically born this is so depressing to see it die and turn even more into a corporate shell. It felt like something died a little bit inside me when the sequel trilogy finished and I was like “this is it, this is how it ends?!?!”