Solo Was Garbage and it Destroyed Lando Calrissian 

What an utterly wasted franchise.

Lando Calrissian was played to perfection by Billy Dee Williams. He was sly, charming, charismatic, smart, but also complex. He did stuff to try and warn Han off, tried to work with the Imperials to get his friends out of a bad situation (and himself) because at heart, he is a gambler. He sees the odds, checks his assets, and will gamble to try and find a way to win. That is why we love him. Him banging a robot Karen accomplishes exactly one thing: It makes him look stupid and lame. And Donald Glover is NO Billy Dee Williams. There is no angle "Solo" does not fail at or infuriate.

Lucas was a genius. He made his billions and sold Star wars to the one company that was always going to burn it to the ground. Now George will be able to die happy knowing that his Star wars will forever be considered the only real Star Wars. Genius play.

The Despot cut Emilia Clarke some slack by calling her acting skills "mediocre". He is clearly a gentle, soft-spoken soul.

The worst part of the flick is that none of Han's charisma or wit is captured. "I was born here, you know?" -"You're gonna die here, you know? Convenient"

holy crap I never knew this movie was 70% reshoots. Basically Disney paid for 2 movies and didnt even get 1 in profit. That's a new level of bad.

Dude the “how can you not be pansexual in space, theres so many things to have sex with” is an absolutely bonkers statement…reminds me of in sodom when the angels went to Lot and the men of the city were yelling for Lot to send the “beautiful men” out to them to have sex with. People are insane.

Kathleen Kennedy seems to think that since she was surrounded by legendary creative genius film makers during her early career as a secretary that she is somehow now filled with creativity herself and capable of creating new Star Wars content. Getting coffee for Lucas and Spielberg , making appointments , writing notes , and rubbing Speilberg's feet does not qualify her as a creative film maker or a talented script writer. 🤔

L3-37 getting shot and destroyed was definitely the only time I cheered during a Disney Star Wars movie. I wish they'd done something similar in the new Indiana Jones... Good job writers, I absolutely despise one of your "protagonists".

They couldn’t even bother casting someone who looked like actual Han Solo.

This was HEAVILY advertised in Korea (my home for most of my adult life) but it failed so miserably that I didn't get to see it in theaters because I always watched movies on Fridays and it didn't survive even one week. It was removed from screens even as the life size cardboard promos were still lingering. They literally replaced it with "Truth or Dare" which is a bargain bin, low budget horror movie.

Let’s face it, Star Wars at this point is being intentionally dismantled. They are systematically going through each character in the story point and coming up with the most ridiculous and disrespectful conclusions they come up with. It’s so obvious

Lando was a cool, strong, charming, masculine guy and became a war hero who was loyal to his friends in a terrific redemption arc. Therefore, they had to give him the Jake Skywalker treatment and subvert our expectations about him.

That X360 Kinect Star Wars Dance game is better than any of Disney Star Wars. That's just embarrassing, Kathy.

The worst is that Lando's character could have been more selfish, etc, and still be done well Since it's a prequel and he's younger, him being less of a leader or less moral makes a lot of sense, but only in a "He didn't develop these quality yet" And for it to work, there needs to be a spark of it already But that's not what they tried to do at all, in fact, they try to retcon Ep V and VI Lando.

Don't forget that Phoebe Waller-Bridge destroyed a third franchise - James Bond. Her additions to _No Time to Die_ stand out like a turd in a punchbowl (although she at least wasn't responsible for the ending - that predated her).

Novel concept: Anyone who is so obsessed with sexuality that they have to shoehorn it into stories that should have nothing to do with it, should be institutionalized for sex addiction. And probably also have their hard drives searched, because...you know. There's a _bit_ of a correlation between sex addicts and "child connoisseurs".

The thing is Miller and Lord gave us an amazing depiction of Lando Calrissian in the LEGO Movie(played by Billy Dee Williams, no less). I would have loved to see their take on Solo.

Oh my. Luke telling Obi Wan "I'm Gay" had JUST the right amount of pathos to make me giggle, and then cry

"A secure and strong men is to Disney the same than a Jedi is to a Sith " Well said mate, great video and keep it up.

I would love to see Lord and Miller's version of Solo. I have a feeling I know why they were sacked, they were taking the mickey out of everything KK promotes, including feminists and KK couldn't have that. The reason so much of it was filmed before they were sacked tells me, someone brought to KK's attention that this didn't exactly make the woman look amazing and men look useless. I have no basis for any of this, I just like to think that was what went on.

One of the earliest signs that Disney was going to doom Star Wars, though frankly the pointless revelation that Lando was now having sex with a robot was a big ass red flag. I mean Seriously WHO ASKED FOR THAT. Only thing that's good is the movie bombed so at least they couldn't drag Darth Maul's name further through the mud.

So gents here's a fun game, which Harrison Ford iconic role did Disney Ruin worse, Han Solo or Indiana Jones?

Everytime the falcon's warp drive malfunctioned, it wasn't the compressor. It was L-3 WallerBridge attempting to kill the crew and doom the galaxy.

You've quickly become one of my favourite RU-vidrs, ever since I stumbled across your videos on The Woman King and Bros. Your wit, analysis and editing are honestly hilarious and I can't wait to see this channel grow even more!

Wouldn't it have been hilarious if Lando had simply turned L3 off and dragged it back to the Falcon whenever it went into the "rage" about the droids being exploited/enslaved? Then just be like, "Sorry, L3 goes a little nuts sometimes. I've been meaning to get that fixed."

This film should have served as a huge red flag for everything that would come after it. Really it started with the Force Awakens, but the good will had not yet been squandered, and the expectations had not yet been subverted.

I had to seriously consider if I wanted to watch this video, because Lando was always my favorite Star Wars character, and I never have and never will see "Solo." But i figured I probably knew the worst of it, and I wanted to hear The Despot's always interesting and insightful, and frequently hilarious, analysis.

Lando, Luke, Han, Leia.. all victims of a serial killer called Disney. :(

Hard to believe that Lawrence Kasdan co-wrote The Empire Strikes Back and Solo: two films that couldn't be further apart in terms of quality.

Robots aren’t sentient in Star Wars, so are we to assume that she is programmed to be an obnoxious activist?

The woman killed during the heist was the one good character in the film. She seemed likable and more than just "I'm a strong wahmenz". Of course we can't have anything good in Disney Star Wars.

I think the L3 thing is even worse because apparently he didn't even get to use it as a sex doll. Lando became so lame he couldn't land a droid.

Regarding L3-waller-bridge, I thought she was an "excellent" parody of the far-left mindset. She was insufferable but that's absolutely 100% accurate.

He seemed like what a teenager in the early 2010s might conjure up if you said "Space Pimp" Edit: or "Space Gigolo".

I love how Disney is finally getting in touch with the people that matter the most and release these trailers through this regal channel

"We're allies." I actually gurgled and clutched my chest. By all that's holy and sacred.

Lando was by far, one of the most underrated characters to ever be in Star Wars. I loved his character and how he was a ladies man. It is truly so pathetic to see them ruin this great man. Hes gone from being the greatest man, to becoming a robot-sex machine. What made Lando so awesome was the fact that he was so relatable and fun, now he isn't at all he is just....hes just something I cant even describe because has terribly ruined. By all means, the Lando movies gonna flop and I'm going to not feel anything wrong with that.

See if he has a high body count of only women he’s a sex crazed pervert and probably a predator. If he’s pansexual he’s a stunning and brave representative of the alphabet people. The chang that actually makes me the most upset is that they made him a cheat. Because Han isn’t allowed to beat anyone on a level playing field and Lando can’t have confidence that comes from having his own intelligence and skill.

Oh boy. This tragedy receives attention, perhaps for the first time ever!

And, why is Hollyweird and Dismay (Disney) trying to make dumpy girl with a ginger Afro and Plebeian Wastrel Brain (Waller Bridge) a thing…? Ginger plank of wood was also in the Willow abomination

Most underappreciated channel on youtube by a landslide.

That intro is one of the best I've ever heard. It captures in one minute and eighteen seconds two decades worth of pain and anguish. Well done.

Remember when Han was a drug runner smuggling glitterstim spice, that would allow you to travel without moving? Remember when Kessel was the source of this drug, harvested from giant spiders in dark mines? Remember when the Kessel run was when Han was smuggling children and then decided to do a drug run for Jabba, dropped his drugs because he was going to be boarded and did the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs? Remember when Han returned to Corellia as a hero because everyone thought he was saving the kids, earning him the Corellian bloodstripe? Remember when Star Destroyers were produced at the orbital shipyards of Kuat, and not in the atmosphere of Corellia? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

Every one of your Despot rewrites of modern travesties are absolute fire 🔥 I love your content!

"Solo" is a bad movie. IF it's gaining acceptance, it's just because everything since has been even worse.

Now Waller-Bridge has contributed to ruining 2 franchises for Disney.

Anyone else unable to actually load the video? Ive played a dozen other videos that work just fine, but this one specifically gives me an endless buffer wheel

If Donald Glover really said anything like you quoted in the beginning, I need the CIA, FBI, DHS, FBI, DEA and any other kind of federal alphabet boys to search his browser history and hard drives.

man was i underwhelmed when that girl took that helmet off. I'll never forget how disappointed i was.

I don't know why, but my Internet seems to refuse to load this video. Edit: ok, now it works

I'm glad you did this video because I feel Lando is an important character in TESB. Not to mention, adding Billy Dee Williams to the cast was as big of a deal at the time as having Samuel L. Jackson to the prequels. Bringing in a relevant actor with a built-in fan base and casting him in cinema changing epic, which would lend some credibility to the movie with an older crowd (at the time.) Do we really need to know who he sleeps with ? This is where Solo just dropped the ball with adding some of Lando's backstory.

Hey, is anyone else having issues playing the video? (edit) took like 2 hours and 5 tries, being one of those schitzos i cant help but think Kathleen Kennedy is behind this.

The story that was around when I was a kid in the eighties, was that Han and Chewie met when Han rescues the Wookie from an Imperial slave ship. How did Chewie get captured? Boba Fett. It writes itself.

How do you turn gold into lead? I don't know but Disney does.

It would be quite easy to make Han's character to make sense. Have him be a child of a crook, flying around the galaxy with his single dad, leaning to be like him. A space adventure of a misfit father and a son growing up to be just like him 🤷‍♀

Disney basically being kicked out of and banned from filming in Ireland because they desecrated Skellig Michael is still the funniest and best thing I’ve ever heard

I would absolutely love to hear an open discussion with you and the writers to ask them what their rationale was! It just seems like whatever happens is because the plot needs it to happen. I'm a big OT fan, I haven't watched any new Star Wars since 2002, but I enjoyed your dissection of this movie. May I offer a slightly different point of view? I don't think they were trying to destroy Lando's character. Look at it from Disney's values' point of view: Lando is POC. That means he's a good guy or at least not a villain. The writer said they wanted to do "something LGBT" so they made Lando "pansexual." The writer and the actor seemed pretty enthusiastic and giggly about it. Unless they changed the definition since the movie came out, "pan": a person is attracted to male or female or gender-anything orientation-anything. It seems to refer specifically to humans. It does not mean attraction to droids, robots, Borg, cyborgs. That is called robo- or techno-sxual. They think any kind of not-hetero-monogamous"sx exploration" is cool and groundbreaking. Lando may even be a self insert. They can brag to all their friends that they created movie history. When some kind of chaos danger was happening, and Lando couldn't find L3 and was calling out for her, that was probably supposed to show that in a moment when his life was in danger, he cared more about her than his own life. They probably consider it romantic. I'm sure they think cheating at cards was clever. I don't know anything about cards, and neither do the writers. I would've checked with an expert before putting a scene like that in a movie, but they needed the story to unfold like that. I don't think it's a matter of disrespect actually. I think Disney just has no idea. They don't even realize how much they don't know. I also believe that, although KK almost certainly deliberately wanted to destroy Luke and Han, that they think they're improving on George Lucas's work. I just cannot imagine them deliberately writing a bad movie that they know is bad and that they want it to be bad. Same for ROP and She-Hulk etc. they really think they're creating masterpieces. Thanks very much for the video! (Edit: removed unfortunate strike out font placement)

You made an amazing point about Lando when the Empire arrived at Cloud City. As a kid I always thought he just had a change of heart, but you're right; his first duty is to his people and THEN to his friends.

Darth Maul is dead in rebels too. He got killed by Obi-Wan after he got too close to Luke. The best part is that the duel is about 3 moves long, Maul is truly nothing compared to this hardened, older Obi-Wan.

every time I heard "Disney diversity mascot" I was in tears haha

I’m just here hoping to see a reflection of myself

You're dropping one masterpiece after the other!

Your wit and analysis cracks me up every time. Love your stuff man!

I heard a rumor that The Acolyte will RETCON the FORCE from existence and have it be replaced with a magic based system we saw in the Jedi videogames but have ONLY women wield this power. This will therefore complete KK's vision of "The Force Is Female".

I asked my fridge if *it* "needed anything"... It just responded with a screeching "I DESERVE THIIIS!!!!" ....

I thought that the guy playing Solo looked more like he had studied Jack Nicholson to be honest. And you're right about their use of the slaves on Kessel as tools. In the later timeline of Star Wars the Spice mines of Kessel are a continuing threat.

Absolutely love your videos, keep up the good work man!

Love your vids, Despot. Lando running straight at the star destroyers is a real US Navy tactic from the Pacific theater. Small, outgunned PT boats and destroyers would get close abeam to large cruisers and battleships and light them up. The Japanese guns couldn’t depress their muzzles enough to engage. N. Vietnamese army also used tactic with their infantry to negate US close air support. They called it ‘grabbing the enemy by the belt’. Cheers!

This deserves five-times as many views, Despot. You truly are a stand-up guy, and you veritably grasp the spirit of these wonderful beloved stories, and how that spirit has been corrupted and diminished by the unprincipled agenda of Disney's horrific reign. Thanks for always giving us great content, stranger. Keep it real.

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Although to be fair to this movie Landonald in universe has one a crazy redemption story. He goes from a super degenerate in Solo to the Gigachad from Empire Strikes Back. He got his act together after L3 Waller Bridge was destroyed. It’s like being in a relationship with a Feminist IRL. So long as she’s in your life she’ll hold you back from your true potential. When it’s removed from Landonald’s life he gets his shit together and becomes the Lando we remember

The virgin Disney Lando vs The Chad Star Wars Lando: In Disney: a pansexual virgin that gets friendzoned by fleabag, his feminist astrodroid. In Star Wars: a Chad that that runs a city, tries to seduce a princess, and takes revenge on Vader for altering the deal by blowing up his second death Star.

Phoebe Waller~Bridge is the kiss of death for movie franchises

How can you not be hyped after such a glorious, exclusive trailer 😉 Can't wait for more, Your Majesty of Antrim.

Ah, what a treat! Day instantaneously became better when I saw Despot uploaded a new video!

THANK you. As much as I hate Disney's revisionism and choice to make Han's last name not his actual last name (they seriously just can't let _anything_ be, huh), what I heard they did to Lando in this film is why I haven't (and won't) watch it. It's not like anyone needs much explanation on it, either: I'm sure Disney made every concession possible to get Donald Glover, who could legitimately become of the last real movie stars given the right vehicle, in this movie. But interpreting Lando Calrissian, or really any character, but especially one beloved by families for at least two generations, through the lens of one's own personal sexuality is a BAD idea. They're not helping his cause here. I also don't need to see the Kessel Run, how Han met Chewie, how Han won the Falcon, how Han got his name, how Han met Lando all in one movie. Pick ONE. And I don't need to see how Han got his blaster or his fruggin' dice at all. It doesn't help that I look at Ehrenreich and see more of a young Dennis Quaid than Harrison Ford.

"It got an abysmal score on Good Reads and I thoroughly enjoyed it..." You INSTANTLY got my love and loyalty with such a simple, offhand statement because it perfectly explains how the Machine sh*ts on inspiration.

wow I forgot how annoying L3 was, and that it was portrayed by PWB.

The worst part about Solo is that someone saw this and said "Let's do this again with another Harrison Ford character in a few years. Let's bring Fleabag along as well."

I was actually glad when L3-37 got shot and honestly laughed at out loud when Blando started blubbering over the "dying" droid. This was a crap film and the most boring Star Wars movie I got roped into seeing in the cinema until "The Rise of Skywalker". "Last Jedi" was horrific but somewhat fascinating, like watching a multi-car pile-up in slow motion.

Always love it when the Despot posts a new video! 👍

A simple then vs now of each character's portrayal lays this trend bare. Luke, Obi, Solo, Lando, Leia. A bevy of sins, yet where each character ended up is quite different.

Dude, as much as I appreciate your work here (the editing is outstanding!), this could easily have been 2 videos - a slam on Solo and an analysis of the Disney deconstruction of Lando. I'm still gonna give it a thumbs up. Cheers!

i love your videos man!! i hope you do one about the Blue Bettle movie.

Superb review once again, good sir! And you are especially correct about Lando in Return of the Jedi! That is one of my favorite battles in all of cinema! Jedi is a monumentally underrated film!

When she took off that helmet i lost all control of my internal dialogue and despite sat near a mother and her 2 young children i couldnt help but let out the loud expletive of "oh fuck right off" i am usually able to keep such things to myself but that was the crowning turd to see off the shit smear of a film it was. It was the last chance i gave Star Wars after TLJ i thought it might be salvageable, i was wrong

With all the Books and Extended Universe stuff, they could've easily made an excellent Han Solo Prequel story, all kinds of cool Space Western or Space Pirate stories....Oh right they threw all the Extended Universe stuff in the Garbage.

RU-vid wouldn't let me watch this on mobile. Wouldn't load, wifi or data. Now that I am here and can finally watch it I gotta say, welcome back, President Nixon. We missed you in the previous video.

When I watched l3 get shot I said out loud: Finally. Her design is alright but everything else insufferable.

I enjoyed your breakdown. There are so many holes in this one, and just a few changes you've suggested would've made it so much better whilst being consistent with the older version.

I previously thought that ist bad for it's hubris We got terrific explaination for the dice but blaster gets one scene Chewie is a space hobo but we got thrown names like Jabba or Maul It based itself on a premise, that they will get two more chances. And like Darkest Dungeon teaches us: 1. ,,Price of insanity is paid in gold, then blood" 2. ,,Overconfodence kills slowly and insidiously" I like to define good art, as ,,something i dont feel i could do with same recourses and smillar quality". If your story has no-brainer fixes THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF, its poorly crafted

Darth Maul ignites his lightsaber only to let the audience know...LOOK THIS IS THE DOUBLE BLADED LIGHTSABER GUY!

I had to click when I saw the notification.

I always keep forgetting that this movie was a thing.

I can just watch L-3 die over and over again, and laugh like a mad man each time. God what a crappy character.

I like how clips of Andor crept in when he was talking about how you could intelligently write around problems in the plot that would actually bolster the threat of the Empire

I've never watched this movie, and I'm never going too, but that's not how people talk in Star Wars. They didn't have such profanity along time ago in a galaxy far far away

10:20 really hurt my soul. We are in the worst timeline of humanity.

It's unable to load 🤔 did this video get taken down or something?