Blethering About Grey Jedi and Mandalorians (Glass of Water)

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Lily Orchard

Lily Orchard

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know how I got a thesis about fence sitting and toxic masculinity out of this, and I'm too afraid to ask.
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@buttonsfan
@buttonsfan 2 жыл бұрын
Jedi: you cannot look into the Dark Side of the Force, it’s absolutely forbidden Padawan: but Master I thought only Sith deal in absolutes. Jedi: listen here you little shit
@russianoverkill3715
@russianoverkill3715 24 күн бұрын
Prequels suck, pre-prequel Jedi were better.
@LordDoom10
@LordDoom10 3 жыл бұрын
To quote Kreia "Apathy is death. Worse than death, because at least a rotting corpse feeds the beasts and insects." Grey Jedi do not choose and do not act, they are apathetic. The Bendu perfectly represents all the failings of the Grey Jedi. Even the danger of Grey Jedi becoming corrupted dark side users. He only acted in rage, hate, and anger. His smug attitude of being better than the "dark" and "light" easily lead him down the path of most Dark Side users take. Thrawn did us all a favour killing him.
@TheDrinkyDude
@TheDrinkyDude 3 жыл бұрын
Even choosing to do nothing is still a choice, the grey Jedi don't push their will on other beings, some people never learn this
@LordDoom10
@LordDoom10 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheDrinkyDude True, they do choose to do nothing. But that still makes them apathetic.
@tfan2222
@tfan2222 Жыл бұрын
@@LordDoom10 I feel that “grey Jedi” isn’t just apathetic, as it’s worth noting the order of force users that predated Sith and Jedi was neutral and yet not necessarily apathetic
@LordDoom10
@LordDoom10 Жыл бұрын
@@tfan2222 No, they were Jedi. Dedicated to keeping Balance in the Force (which is what the light side is). The Sith are just a break away faction from that order who did not care for Balance in the Force, only what the Force could grant them in power. Meanwhile, Grey Jedi don't care about anything in the best case scenario. They refuse to maintain the Balance, believing they are already doing that by sitting on their asses. And those that do try to maintain Balance are ignorant to the naturally corrupting affects of the Dark Side, and slide into it.
@russianoverkill3715
@russianoverkill3715 24 күн бұрын
She's written by Chris Avellone, who admitted to not liking black and white morality of the force.
@benwelsh5265
@benwelsh5265 3 жыл бұрын
Using that clip of Kanan talking to the Bendu was a perfect way to summarise the flaws of most fans' interpretation of being 'grey.' The Bendu is an example of a Grey Force user a lot of fans think is really praise worthy but really it just boils down to smug inaction half the time. The more interesting grey characters are those not limited by dark side light side binaries but are still actually decisive in their life and still have a side to call their own i.e. Jolee and Kriea. Also wow what a dressing down of the Mandalorians but totally on point. Hopefully maybe Favreau will use the Mandalorian show to help reinvent them into something less self destructive and pitiful by that series end. One can hope.
@FlipDarkFuture
@FlipDarkFuture 3 жыл бұрын
I honestly hope so, it seems to be leaning in that direction what with Din basically caring for Grogu, being uncaring about the ridiculousness of having to kill the wielder of the Darksaber to be the next Mandalore, and basically is being deprogrammed about what the old idea of being a Mandalorian. He has it right when he calls Mandalore 'cursed'. It's a wasteland where the future of the Mandalorians has nearly been destroyed more than once. All over a planet that they can't even properly live on.
@tortoiseoflegends4466
@tortoiseoflegends4466 3 жыл бұрын
Yep. KOTOR 2 explicitly called that attitude out. On Korriban you experience a vision of your companions turning on eachother. If you pick a side you get allies. If you don't, "Apathy is death".
@mmstudios4538
@mmstudios4538 3 жыл бұрын
You know before I watched this I always just assumed that "Grey Jedi" or "Grey Force Users" were just force users that basically took a look at the Jedi and the Sith, and basically said "Screw you guys I'm doing my own thing". Basically Force Users that aren't part of any group or ones that are more neutral in the battles between Jedi and Sith, just people with the Force, but are living their own lives.
@frick_____you
@frick_____you 3 жыл бұрын
The Mandalorians were at their most interesting when they were trying to let go of their warrior past in Clone Wars.
@absolutezero3523
@absolutezero3523 3 жыл бұрын
The Mandalorians can best be summed up by OT Boba Fett. He's treated as a highly dangerous warrior that even Darth Vader respects, with one of if not the best design in those movies. He fights twice in those movies. Once on Cloud City, in which he ran away without beating anyone and was covered by a Stormtrooper platoon. Then he steps to Luke on Tatooine, gets handily beaten (again with backup), and knocked into the Sarlacc by blind Han Solo. Boba Fett stands around looking cool, then runs away, then dies as a joke.
@zachdelozier2133
@zachdelozier2133 3 жыл бұрын
Jango Fett killed Jedi with his bare hands
@ashe274
@ashe274 3 жыл бұрын
RotJ did Boba Fett dirty, but he was actually portrayed as very smart and adept in Empire. He’s the only one who manages to track the Millennium Falcon and later when Luke lands and starts stalking through the halls of Bespin, Boba is the only one who notices and actively ambushes Luke a few seconds later. As I recall the plans for RotJ changed drastically many times, and Fett was kind of just discarded, but it’s clear from Empire and previous pre-Disney lore that Boba Fett was hardly inept.
@jowkeen9169
@jowkeen9169 3 жыл бұрын
​@@ashe274 it's not about being inept, it's that for all their skills and talents they still consistently end up on the wrong side of things. The Force can behave almost like a tangible "luckiness" around those that are sensitive to it, and it sure is bad luck that boba's jetpack malfunctions straight into the pit. Or that the storm trooper's guns can't shoot straight. Or that jango gets chumped like an idiot. Mandalorians are very used to taking risks in their violent lifestyles, and when you're rolling those dice against those that are known for cheating at those dice, you're gonna lose more often than you win. Worse, because it's violence, you'll usually not get a second chance. Even if they'd shown more competence and coolness on either Jango or Boba's part, ultimately their fate is the fate of most Mandalorians. Puppets of one group of force users, dying to another group of force users in pretty underwhelming ways.
@ashe274
@ashe274 3 жыл бұрын
​@@jowkeen9169 How does any of that matter in any way? Actually, first off, what do you mean "wrong side" of things? Morally? Yeah, sometimes. Being killed off in battle? News flash: EVERYONE dies off. No group consistently lasts in any specific iteration. The Old Republic died, and so did the New. The Jedi fell to Order 66. The Sith people were massacred by the Dark force users who then called themselves the Sith, who in turn destroyed themselves many times. The Confederacy was a minor footnote in history at the end of the day. Everyone dies off, and most of the galaxy is a pawn in some kind of conflict, even if by association. Most of all, none of that should dissuade anyone from liking them. I can't speak for the pig slop Disney calls lore, but the Old EU portrayed the Mando's as a broken, stubborn, and enduring people. It was inspirational, and enjoyable to see them interact with the galaxy at large as they strive forward. Lily can see them as a sad parallel to "tOxiC MAsCuLiNiTy" but that doesn't change anything about their story, or what other people can take away from it.
@jowkeen9169
@jowkeen9169 3 жыл бұрын
​@@ashe274 it matters because it's tragic. The Krogan realize that their martial culture is what got them xenophage'd, and what continues to break their species down further, and they are able to choose to change during the course of the games. The Spartans were given the choice to be the commanders and leaders of Philip of Macedon, and later Alexander the Great's forces. They chose to retire, having very nearly wiped themselves out preventing the Delian League from dominating all of Greece. The Mandalorians are a culture that oriented everything around the ability to fight for what you wanted to protect and destroy that which threatened it. That culture lost, incredibly badly, to an order of precog luck-knights that cultivated an absence of passions and placed great value on tranquility even during conflict. In the former two cases, the martial cultures realize that the martial dominance of their societies is destroying their societies, and that without change there can only be long suffering ending in total subordination or extinction. in the Mandalorian's case, they decide to continue to embrace the path of perpetual torment and subordination. They are proud to be the best tools money can buy, but that's the difference between the Mandalorian culture that killed itself on the Jedi and the Mandalorian culture that clings to life in the back alleys and deepest checkbooks. The Mandalorians that died in the war against the Jedi died on their own terms, for their own values. The Mandalorians after that die on the terms of others, for the values of others. That is the tragedy of the Mandalorians. The cannibalizing of the lives of the living in order to do what they think the long dead would want them to do. The things that were once virtues have been twisted to vices. They cannot stop indulging in the idea that their lifestyle is good, the idea that their predecessors had been living good lives, and therefore cannot escape it now that it's abusive/self-destructive. Their honor has been strip mined till only what is useful remains, the intense desire to "honor" a contract. Their tenacity has been taken advantage of so that they are more willing to put up with abuse or unsavory orders. It's been encouraged so that they're more able to follow through on tasks that are unreasonable. Their drive has been sharpened so that they only ever train the skills that make them useful tools to be used. They never use that drive to learn the skills that would allow them to stand on their own two feet. The skills that would allow the Mandalorians to be more independent in the long term, and begin restoring and healing one another. The cruelest tragedy of cultures that begin eating themselves this way is that the original cultures that the living aspire to honor would find these degenerated forms of themselves absolutely appalling. They deserve better, but for that they'd need to choose something better. Until then they'll continue to bleed and die not to improve the Mandalorian condition, but to preserve the perpetual servitude and suffering they confuse with honorable service.
@CRYSTAL_CUSTOMS
@CRYSTAL_CUSTOMS 2 жыл бұрын
I love when in rebels sabine gets new mandalorian vambraces and thinks she can toe-to-toe with kana and he knocks her to the ground and says "history lesson, the jedi won the war with mandalore"
@troperhghar9898
@troperhghar9898 3 жыл бұрын
Honestly the only time I read something interesting done with a mandolarian was a fic where during the clone wars a mandolarian was telling the story of her family passing down her armor and how proud she was of it only for the Jedi in the room to realize that he didn't even remember his pre jedi family anymore
@Greenlog12
@Greenlog12 3 жыл бұрын
Youch
@mr.incognitoyt2235
@mr.incognitoyt2235 2 жыл бұрын
Send a link of it
@millerjames908
@millerjames908 3 жыл бұрын
Well your not wrong, the Bounty Hunter story its mostly just 80s action movie one liners and has about the same depth as the kiddy pool. It sure is fun though
@thomasraines1396
@thomasraines1396 3 жыл бұрын
I read the “Code” of the Grey Jedi and to me it sounded like something for really indecisive and ineffective jagoffs who never get anything done.
@emopony5077
@emopony5077 3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, your point about the Mandalorians is just... perfect. Warrior cultures are dumb. Martial cultures can be handled well, but when they're blood-obsessed lunatics, you need to take a step back and realise what you're righting. Mass Effect handled the Krogan really well, with its leaders realising what an idiotic and self-destructive culture they had formed, and taking steps to correct that.
@tortoiseoflegends4466
@tortoiseoflegends4466 3 жыл бұрын
I especially like the turians as a martial culture rather than a warrior culture. They're rigid in their structure but disciplined and militaristic without being mindless warmongers, and know when peace and diplomacy is the best option.
@emopony5077
@emopony5077 3 жыл бұрын
@@tortoiseoflegends4466 Indeed. I've taken a bit of inspiration for the turians in my own martial culture of the Teyan Dominion - militaristic and proud, but they spend more time carrying it around than hitting people with it. After all, the key to diplomacy is speak politely, and make sure they can see just how much bigger your stick is compared to theirs.
@SuperPal-tr3go
@SuperPal-tr3go 3 жыл бұрын
Reducing any culture to just one thing or aspect is insane.
@emopony5077
@emopony5077 3 жыл бұрын
@@SuperPal-tr3go Exactly. Wrex and Bakara (Eve) realised that, and took steps to remedy it. That's what separates them from the likes of the Mandalorians.
@BrightWulph
@BrightWulph 3 жыл бұрын
@@tortoiseoflegends4466 And even then, from what I've gathered form the First Contact War, is that the Turians only engaged on the humans because a single admiral or general saw it as an opportunity to grab land for Turian soveringty. So kind of paints that there are also warmongering nuts even among such a rigid system. Just like how many Krogan are all "yeah we fucked up, lets fix it" there are still one or two who think that the new leadership is "going soft" and that fighting is the only way to regain past glories. Dang, I really need to play the original Mass Effect trilogy again.
@alulim1338
@alulim1338 3 жыл бұрын
I've always wondered how a culture that only values violence is supposed to develop space travel at all. When inherently nonviolent professions like doctor or scientist are inevitably regarded as "dishonerable", how exactly are you supposed to progress beyond the loincloth-and-spear stage?
@absolutezero3523
@absolutezero3523 3 жыл бұрын
Essentially, Mandalorians would advance technology as far as is necessary to conquer their homeworld, Mandalore. And then, as described, start murdering each other in an arms race that eventually made it uninhabitable. Best guess is that one of the clans encountered spacefaring explorers, captured them, learned how to use the technology, and went "WE CAN KILL SO MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS!"
@Grizabeebles
@Grizabeebles 2 жыл бұрын
Larry Niven came up with a decent explanation for this in his "Man-Kzin Wars" series in the 1980s. Kzinti are basically 9 foot tall, 300lbs anthropomorphic tigers with the brains of housecats. The instinct to kill and eat EVERYTHING they consider weaker than them is the driving force in their civilization. "Tech-savvy" Kzinti are comparatively human-sized paranoid nutcases who will kill everyone in an entire room the instant they feel threatened. They're the only ones in Kzin society desperate enough to reverse engineer, hand-copy, and give away or sell alien technology. It doesn't matter HOW the sky-demon magic works, it only matters THAT the magic works. The Kzin would never have discovered space flight on their own, but after another species made first contact, the most paranoid Kzin suddenly had access to laser guns and power armour - the bigger Kzin had to step up and stop the nerds from wiping out their entire species with cat-eared Gundams and nuclear bombs.
@ninjycoon
@ninjycoon 2 жыл бұрын
I would assume that doctors and scientists wouldn't be dishonorable. They would just also be fighters. If they have advanced technology those things must be important to them.
@blackpowderkun
@blackpowderkun 2 жыл бұрын
Deathwatch use medical droids. Sabine is an artist and an Engineer. There's the Beskar smith. Guess they expect everyone to be a warrior despite being good at other things.
@alwest4472
@alwest4472 Жыл бұрын
I mean, mandalorians put great emphasis on their advanced weaponry and armour, so I doubt being someone who specialises in specifically aiding the ability to fight (weapons and armour) continue to fight (doctors) and get to fights (space travel) would be considered dishonourable
@pablodonner5213
@pablodonner5213 3 жыл бұрын
Never realized the similarities between the Krogans and the Mandalorian untill you mentioned it, now I want to hear you go on a deep dive about Mass effect especially the whole Asari portrayal
@josephjarosch8739
@josephjarosch8739 3 жыл бұрын
The sad part is that the writers would not even need to introduce a 'good' Sith or an 'Evil' Jedi to spice things up. Most of the Sith thus far are generic take-over-the-galaxy types. How about something a little less ambitious? Maybe someone who is obsessed with revenge, but has no interest in any larger schemes? Or maybe a conqueror who only wants to conquer one country of one world. He has no interest in ruling the galaxy, instead wanting something that he could personally micromanage to the smallest detail. For that matter, give me a Sith who is more mischievous than actually evil, kind of a trickster figure? On the Jedi side... Well, they already have the power of prophecy, to some extent. Make one 'villian' a Jedi who goes full 'God-Emperor Leto', doing things that seem evil but they think are for the 'greater good' because they are playing 4d chess planned fifty steps ahead and that kid he just killed would have become the next Darth Vader had he lived.
@ninjycoon
@ninjycoon 2 жыл бұрын
That wouldn't make sense because you can't 100% predict the future in star wars. If you knew 100% that someone would murder planets worth of people then killing them would probably be the right thing or I suppose you could plant a bomb in them so they can live out their "good guy" years and then execute them when they become evil?. Even in either of those cases if you kill them then wouldn't that mean it's not 100% set in stone since you just changed the future, and if the future is changeable, couldn't you find a way to keep them from becoming that evil without killing them?
@justsomeguyontheinternet7134
@justsomeguyontheinternet7134 2 жыл бұрын
Well darrh nilulis (probably butchered the name) just wanted to feed on planets to satisfy his own hunger and Darth Revan only turned to the dark and created a sith empire to force the Republic to cha ge for the good of the galaxy and there was this one sith in legends who's name I can't remember but he basically only cared a out gaining knowledge
@blockyuniverseproductions6587
@blockyuniverseproductions6587 2 жыл бұрын
@@ninjycoon Well, there can also be arrogance involved as well--something the Jedi tend to fall into. Imagine an "evil" Jedi who believes they can see the future, and their own arrogance prevents them from realizing that it's just not the case.
@gregoryschweitzer1735
@gregoryschweitzer1735 2 жыл бұрын
In the Legends universe there is a number if 'evil' Jedi, such as Dark Woman and the Jedi seers who killed their own apprentices due to them having a vision of them falling to the dark side or something along those lines. But yeah, I agree, I'd love them to do a 'evil' Jedi or 'good' Sith
@amirsp1800
@amirsp1800 2 жыл бұрын
I mean Darth Caedus is basically the jedi you just described. Saw a vision of his daughter falling, started an armada to make it not happen, and then things got out of hand. And I believe he succeeded in changing that vision, but it has been a while since I read these stories.
@TheRusty
@TheRusty 3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the Enlightened Centrist. "Whatever's in the middle of two options must be the best of both!" and not, like... a fallacy named after an idiot child who steals from bears.
@TheDrinkyDude
@TheDrinkyDude 3 жыл бұрын
What if both choices are awful?
@spiderqueen8463
@spiderqueen8463 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheDrinkyDude you either pick one of them, or stop bragging about having not picked a side to gain the moral high ground. there's always a choice in these situations that'll always be preferable-- it's your morals (or a lack thereof) that might drive one to pick the middle ground. in truth, no situation is so lacking in nuance that both sides are of equal negative influence, lest you become an inactive character in a story- and inactive characters, such as the bendu or the watchers from marvel, are either mocked consistently for their uselessness or finally pushed to do something. taking a middle ground is complacency, because you're admitting to letting something horrible happen either way bc you couldn't make the hard call. the quote "with great power comes great responsibility" is about inaction-- to stop being a centrist and doing nothing, and to start saving lives to make right the wrongs that you committed, spider-man. yes, it's also about being responsible with your gifts, but the point im getting at is that centrism (taking some "middle ground") means you'll be complacent in death and destruction and injustice and do nothing about it over some moral posturing. so pick a side!
@tfan2222
@tfan2222 Жыл бұрын
@@TheDrinkyDude You choose the lesser evil. However, this is presuming there’s only 2 choices, which is rarely the case.
@josephjarosch8739
@josephjarosch8739 3 жыл бұрын
A good idea would be to have the Mandalorians shift from 'mercenaries' to 'knights' in the classical sense, protecting those who can not protect themselves, but without the spirituality or the force-powers of the Jedi. A kind of reconstruction rather than a deconstruction of the 'proud warrior race' trope, a 'Warrior Race' that is prosocial and protective rather than purely destructive. They were already leaning a little bit in this direction by adopting war-orphans for a significant chunk of their ranks (it is unclear if this is a replacement for breeding normally or a supplement, maybe varying from faction to faction), but a few steps further in the same direction. A creed and people who accept not just literal but metaphorical foundlings, outcasts and societal rejects of all kinds. Like Din's own motley crew, but scaled up to an entire society. I am a sucker for the 'found family' trope, so having this become the Mandalorian's 'hat' instead of/ in addition to 'warrior race' would be a nice touch.
@goodmind4940
@goodmind4940 2 жыл бұрын
wasn't that always it's hat? EU is full with Mandalorians adopting people into their ranks
@matthewshipley739
@matthewshipley739 2 жыл бұрын
@@goodmind4940 The phrase 'They're a culture, not a race' springs to mind with this
@ThatCamel104
@ThatCamel104 2 жыл бұрын
@@goodmind4940 A lot of the new folks who got on board after Disney took over (read: people who started reading, watching, or playing star wars in the last 8 or so years) might never have gotten that part about the Mandos.
@spreckachu1522
@spreckachu1522 2 жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, That's the route that was taken with legends mandalorians. When Boba became Mand'alor He put aside his differences, and had them work as double agents. Publicly siding with the Yuzong Vong, while secretly sabatoging and aiding the new republic. After that I think they became like a psuedo intergalactic police for the new republic.
@ride-playerbb2818
@ride-playerbb2818 2 жыл бұрын
Hey, that's what Boba did! (Well, gangster instead of a knight, but gangs as a concept did start out as an organization that protects the weak, not unlike knights and samurai that both the jedi and mandalorians greatly take inspiration from)
@trinitywillis3679
@trinitywillis3679 3 жыл бұрын
Damn, I've been called out. And you are right to do so. I got some thinking to do about why the concept of Grey Jedi were attractive to me.
@FlipDarkFuture
@FlipDarkFuture 3 жыл бұрын
What I liked about Jolee was that he ultimately told the player that being a 'grey jedi' and not choosing sides is a choice in itself. As a powerful force user, you already affect the lives of those around you just by existing. Look at the Exile for example, it's Kreia talks about with you, and despite how full of shit she is with her philosophy about everything but the force itself, the Exile is literally a walking hole in the force that basically drags people and events towards themselves just by existing. Being a grey jedi basically doesn't work because of that fundamental. It's something that the disney canon also reinforces a lot with Kanan basically spelling it out in that clip. Jolee also says that by not choosing a side, he wasn't removing himself from anything, he was just excusing his own inaction when it came to making everyone's lives a little bit better. He was a powerful force user that could have been out there saving lives and potentially making a insane difference, and he entirely regrets not doing more. So yeah, Jolee's a king, Kreia's full of shit too because all she does is mask her actions behind nihilism and absolute assumptions, and to be honest, her reveal in KOTOR 2 kind of falls flat because she basically act entirely as a sith lord does most of the time you speak to her.
@ArcNine9Angel
@ArcNine9Angel 3 жыл бұрын
I mean, she outright tells/shows you her position and where on the force meter she used to be too. Maybe she doesn't say every detail, but she is honest with you on where she stands.
@FlipDarkFuture
@FlipDarkFuture 3 жыл бұрын
@@ArcNine9Angel Not really? She does say she used to be a sith lord, and was betrayed by Sion and Nihlus. But she constantly masks her true nature from the player until she kills the Jedi council. The character menu even demonstrates this by turning her from a grey alignment to 100% dark side shortly beforehand. Kreia might not hide her background from the player, but she constantly manipulates them and attempts to 'teach' them her dogmatic view of life and the force. She's a sith lord through and through to the point that she can't even conceive of the possibility that giving a beggar some credits has more outcomes than them being mugged by someome else after.
@leiferikson850
@leiferikson850 3 жыл бұрын
@@FlipDarkFuture She masks herself because she fears rejection by revealing too much to soon, she wanted the exile to be better than her and her students but by going and showing her "true self" she would have pushed a lightsided exile away and excited a darksided one too much to remain critically of all. She is not a Sith, she left both sides behind (fun fact: Use force sight on her and you see she is around 70% darkside - not full like Nihilus) and essentially wanted the Echo of Malachor to either remain and eventually become too loud for the force to form any more connection with others thuse negating its will or if she can't at least make sure the next generation isn't as dogmatic narrow-minded as the current one. She is bitter, and her views are flawed but its wrong to just scoff it of as "just another Sith-lord"
@FlipDarkFuture
@FlipDarkFuture 3 жыл бұрын
@@leiferikson850 Again, I'm not talking about gameplay mechanics in regards to her being a sith lord through and through. This whole video was about how the binary nature of KOTOR's morality system is one of the reasons why grey jedi were even a fandom concept to begin with. I'm talking about her actions concerning morality in the game itself. Her philosophy is thoroughly sith. These are quotes of hers. ""I...? Do you think I seek the death of all living things? There is no victory in such things. I do not want to win our war like this, little Jedi. When I win, I wish it to be because I was right, my teachings true." She claims there is no victory in seeking the death of everything, but still wishes to win by being 'right'. "If you seek to aid everyone that suffers in the galaxy, you will only weaken yourself and weaken them. It is the internal struggles, when fought and won on their own, that yield the strongest rewards. You stole that struggle from them, cheapened it. If you care for others, then dispense with pity and sacrifice and recognize the value in letting them fight their own battles. And when they triumph, they will be even stronger for the victory." And here she believes in the useless concept of 'might makes right' in that charity and mercy are acts that cheapen the struggles of others. This ignores that in a lot of cases, it is outright apathetic to believe this when your charity and mercy can actively help others become stronger.
@leiferikson850
@leiferikson850 3 жыл бұрын
@@FlipDarkFuture I can see your point, the problem is that alot of her statements are very general and thus could be applied to both sides. An example about her charity/generousity warning: Imagine you would be a parent and your child struggles in math. Do you do their homework for them? It would be very kind but if you do it all the time, they will learn nothing and when the exam comes they won't pass. Meanwhile, the math you do for them is no challenge at all so you don't "grow" / learn anything new from it. "If you care for others, then dispense with pity and sacrifice and recognize the value in letting them fight their own battles" A kind act that wastes your time and denies your child the success of learning and understanding. You can interpret it as you can pamper other people and spoil them via your help. Of course, this is NOT counting for everything. There are enough people with serious problems that need help. Afaik she never scolds you for aiding those who are clearly too weak to help themselves / need dire help.
@morgantellez758
@morgantellez758 3 жыл бұрын
I think I would prefer if gray was more of a derogatory term within the jedi order to describe a jedi who was problematic or disruptive, but not legitimately at risk of "falling" to the dark side, kind of like a qui gon jinn who, despite his clear skill and wisdom, wasn't granted a place on the counsel because he had a habit of disagreeing with the council. That'd at least be more interesting than a half baked idea for good guys with bad guy powers.
@cheyenneguest4495
@cheyenneguest4495 3 жыл бұрын
With me still being relatively new to SW content as a whole, I can see the point about Mandalorians being this sad race of warriors who have nowhere to go when there is nothing left for them to conquer or the people they decided to side up with end up casting them to the side when they're no longer useful. I still find them intriguing since my brain decided to latch onto them, but it's still fun to discuss them online even with people who don't particularly care for them.
@BrightWulph
@BrightWulph 3 жыл бұрын
Glad I'm not the only one pissed about Satine's death, while I think the "death of a loved one" troupe works well, it's just way too overused.
@QuarianGuy
@QuarianGuy 3 жыл бұрын
Here is the thing; the Sith Code has no part that promotes violence or terror in it. It is all up to your interpretation. Peace is a lie doesn't necessarily talk about a Galactic Peace which stands in the way of conflict and war. You can take a walk in the street and bump into someone who may go ham on you verbally. Robbing you of your inner peace. You can be passionate about anything. Your passion can be about peace in our time. This said passion can give you the strength to carry out necessary steps to ensure that peace, through power victory, victory being you have achieved, Galactic Peace. What I mean by all these is that Grey Jedi aren't necessarily the only option for people who don't want to be evil but also refuse to be droids by following the Jedi Code. You could very well strive for greatness following the Dark Side.
@Deadpoolzilla
@Deadpoolzilla 3 жыл бұрын
Mandos: wanna see me lose a war with Jedi?....wanna see me do it again?
@averias4893
@averias4893 Жыл бұрын
A thing I find interesting about the Jedi and Sith codes is how they're structured differently. The Jedi code is a repetition of the same basic concept with slight variation. "There is no A, there is peace. There is no C, there is D. " Meanwhile, the Sith code shows a progression from one concept to another, starting with a rejection of the Jedi code and ending with an established goal. "Through B, I gain C. Through C, I gain D." Each structure reflects their respective order's ideologies in some way. Also the first line of the Sith Code references two lines of the Jedi code at once, as if to say "These words, are synonyms. Your code is just repeating itself." Which I think is neat.
@crimsontrooper9425
@crimsontrooper9425 3 жыл бұрын
I've always liked the esthetic and artist depictions of the mandalorians but could never get on board with thier "HONOR FOR CLAN AND KIN" mentality even though I like the Krogan from Mass Effect so much more despite being cut from a similar cloth. Guess that shows how much more creative Freedom bioware had in creating thier own space opera rather than picking the pieces of a pre existing one.
@jodiehobbs3837
@jodiehobbs3837 3 жыл бұрын
This is exactly what I've been saying about the Grey Jedi for years, I'm so glad you made this video!
@TheFirstOkiro
@TheFirstOkiro 3 жыл бұрын
I think the problem when it comes to the Jedi is that much of their nuance stopped a long time ago. The common interpretation of Jedi, especially in most main stream media, boils down to grumpy hypercritical Luke in TLJ or Yoda’s broken logic that practically threw Anakin then later Luke into Palpatine’s hands. And as for Rey, well…Disney basically just imported their fragile morality system on her. As for Satine…ehhh I wouldn’t say she was the only Mandalorian with a point. There’s a lot to be said about her forced pacifism that was blindly naive and there’s also the meta sense of literally all New Mandalorians being blonde haired, blue eyed, aryan looking. I like TCW but there were somethings that didn’t age well in there. Like the Muslim coded Barris bombing the Jedi temple Overall another great video. Loved it! Actually really got me thinking about my own Star Wars opinions
@absolutezero3523
@absolutezero3523 3 жыл бұрын
Interestingly, Barriss Offee was exactly correct about the state of the Jedi Order, regardless of the actions she took as a result of this knowledge. Which she said to the Sith Lord exploiting it (Palpatine), his future servants (Temple Guard/Grand Inquisitor & Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader), and several members of the Jedi Council. Of course, the Council did nothing about it, and yet another opportunity to pull the Jedi Order out of it's nosedive only pushed Anakin closer to the brink.
@Blue_Moon_Black_Sun
@Blue_Moon_Black_Sun 2 жыл бұрын
Gray Jedi are in Cannon light side force users who reject the authority of the Jedi Temple. Not some epic middle of the rode "neutral" force users. And on another note, the reason the dark side is always bad is that it's literally unnatural. The light side is BALANCE. not some yin and yang between the light and dark. But you make some good points. The fans who like the whole "gray Jedi" concept really don't want to make a house or image in any meaningful discussion of the light and dark.
@Blue_Moon_Black_Sun
@Blue_Moon_Black_Sun 2 жыл бұрын
Whether you agree with the light = good, and dark = bad. Or what the old approach it's still dumb not to make a decision.
@blacktoothlongwalker1037
@blacktoothlongwalker1037 3 жыл бұрын
I came to your channel to hear you shit on Steven Universe but I stayed to listen about SWTOR.
@Ronnie14H
@Ronnie14H 3 жыл бұрын
I like your content because I have to be actively listening and think of my own opinions. Helped me when I was driving by myself across the US.
@averageperson434
@averageperson434 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, I feel like Lilly is also teaching me psychology lessons, I admire that.
@Bucket_Buffoon
@Bucket_Buffoon Жыл бұрын
15:58 I was half expecting you to mention Jaster Mereel and his Supercommando codex here. The side of Mandalorians that I've always found interesting (that the Din Daytime Discourse Show HEAVILY played into to my delight) was the aspect of found family. The Legends continuity had Jango's entire backstory essentially be the blueprint for Din's, and the aspect of being one of the last of a dying tribe, haunted by the failures of your predecessors in spite of your efforts to change, it was an interesting tragedy. Also Rozzatta was such a sweetheart and deserves to be canon again.
@trixynetex9692
@trixynetex9692 3 жыл бұрын
This double feature format is quite fun :)
@phobiandeimoses4904
@phobiandeimoses4904 3 жыл бұрын
"Learn the lesson without being fridged."
@tezz2698
@tezz2698 3 жыл бұрын
The Grey Jedi are stupid because the dark side is basically a drug. There's no middle ground between abstinence and indulgence and anyone who uses the dark side will eventually be corrupted by it. That's why the only grey jedi that don't fall are the ones that never do anything. And as the queen of grey jedi (who is actually a sith) said: apathy is death. This limitation to what people can do with the Force without falling to the dark side is also what makes the force interesting; you have great power, but you can only use it selflessly in the service of the Force. When people reduce it into two sides of the same coin, the force becomes a tool with very vague abilities. And that's boring.
@LilianOrchard
@LilianOrchard 3 жыл бұрын
This entire video is operating on the premise of "Disney's retcon of the Dark Side is stupid and dumb."
@goodmind4940
@goodmind4940 2 жыл бұрын
@@LilianOrchard what retcon?
@Mr.Yell0w
@Mr.Yell0w 3 жыл бұрын
This put so many of my feelings on these topics into coherent arguments. Fantastic video.
@pkmnherofan22
@pkmnherofan22 3 жыл бұрын
I was initially gonna talk about my own experience with trying to convince the incurious how interesting the non Disney sith are but honestly I was so surprised that you have Appearently seen the pickle Rick episode of Rick and Morty it’s all I can think about
@dollminatrix1375
@dollminatrix1375 3 жыл бұрын
Lily, I just want to say you are my queen, you inspire me every day to push through whatever obstacle and problem i face, and you and your girlfriends videos always makes me happy no matter how bad my day is💖 so thank you. 💖 sending hugs and love your way.
@hanyichoong6496
@hanyichoong6496 3 жыл бұрын
OMG couldn't have said it better myself! While I may not agree 100% with a lot of your other content, I am consistently floored by the sheer amount of insight you have into topics and the intertwining between the themes of popular entertainment and fandoms. Plus, the massive amount of Star Wars lore you understand is always a plus! You certainly mirrored many of the gripes I had with the path Star Wars was taking in both Legends and Canon. I think Star Wars' incredibly scattershot themes and the resultant fandom latching on are a result of its rather unique nature as a massive expanded universe filled by countless authors (who often don't talk to one another at best, and actively despise certain works at worst). "Grey Jedi are better than both sides" is a theme that arose both from what you mentioned about fans and authors completely misinterpreting the nature of the Jedi-Sith conflict, morality, and the idea of fence-sitting... and because the idea of a badass emo anti-hero who "obeys no rules but their own" and has somehow managed to wield both sides of this literally diametrically-opposed ideology to shoot force lightning but is still on the side of the "good guys" despite the very idea of force lightning being a power that has no other use than causing an unnecessarily excruciating death... is cool to teenagers. The Mandalorians ultimately have similar roots. For those not in the know, a lot of Mandalorian Legends lore was invented by author Karen Traviss, who had... strong... opinions on the power Mandalorians should wield and whether they could defeat Jedi. The fandom headcanon and other authors quickly scrubbed a lot of the more absurd elements of this portrayal to get something closer to what we see in modern Star Wars, but the idea of Mandalorians being simultaneously unstoppable badass warriors yet somehow constantly getting their asses kicked stuck. So, now authors and fans get to choose at any time whether the Mandalorians are a cautionary tale on the toxic glorification of martial might (as they should be), or if they are AWESOME COOL BADASS super soldiers that "go by their own rules" wandering the galaxy (sensing a theme here?). To close off, the best and most consistent portrayal of the Star Wars universe in both themes and content comes from the now-defunct Star Wars Saga Edition Roleplaying Game, which explores in-depth the philosophies (yes, plural) of the Light and Dark Side, and charts the entire history of the Mandalorians to paint a cohesive picture of their beliefs, abilities, and contradictions. Because someone had to sit their butt down and READ the entire body of work available for Star Wars to figure this stuff out.
@pinkeroseablack6577
@pinkeroseablack6577 3 жыл бұрын
I really love the way you talk it's so fluid
@ghosty2448
@ghosty2448 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing video, thank you Lily!
@renyakbeayek5043
@renyakbeayek5043 3 жыл бұрын
Lily talking about Mass Effect gives me life and I hope she talks about it more
@LilianOrchard
@LilianOrchard 3 жыл бұрын
I've got 700GB of footage from Legendary Edition that says I just might
@ArcNine9Angel
@ArcNine9Angel 3 жыл бұрын
The art and animations used in this video are incredible!
@NotAHamster
@NotAHamster 3 жыл бұрын
Dark side Knight is great, especially if you play light at first -, did one where my Knight was a good jedi, but much like anakin was defensive of her friends. By Iokath, she'd been screwed over by the Republic so much she gave in,saw Acinas changes and decided it was better then the corruption of the republic
@artisticcannibalism1350
@artisticcannibalism1350 3 жыл бұрын
100% agree on both points, most people who talk about the desire for gray morality in stories have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Likewise an incredibly annoying number of people never seem to ever look past the Aesthetics of a certain group or in other words, they look cool so they must be cool regardless of everything else in the story about that particular character or faction. It's beyond infuriating especially when they're giving examples of actual gray morality and it pisses them off! Or how they cry foul when a story actually has the guts to show the Logical endpoint of a "Badass," character and/or faction's actions!!!!
@SpaceGoat3126
@SpaceGoat3126 3 жыл бұрын
Who did the Kotor art it looks really cool! Also I was just really curious about the Grey Jedi seeing how I’m always hearing 10 different things about them so this video definitely helped.
@LilianOrchard
@LilianOrchard 3 жыл бұрын
copyplays.tumblr.com/
@Midnight-Starfish
@Midnight-Starfish 3 жыл бұрын
Something that has always bother me about Gray Jedi fans is they always have this air of being smarter than everyone else in the room. They seem brag about this third option that seems closer to a head canon than anything substantial and saying a lot of words they don't seem to understand. I'm starting to realize why I prefer Warhammer 40k over Star Wars at least in terms of fanbase. In 40k, despite being set in a grim dark universe where toxic masculinity arrived to it's natural conclusion, the fanbase is surprisingly chill and doesn't take the universe seriously; in fact, we see it as a joke of just how absurd and ridiculous it all is. Anyone who tries to justify the actions of zealot fascists or the space satanists are laughed out of the room. We just want to play with plastic models of Space Sherks, War Nuns, and Storm Trooper but they're effective.
@andrea_cinnamonbun9927
@andrea_cinnamonbun9927 2 жыл бұрын
Kk, I read "Space Sherks" as "Space Shreks" and now I just picture a horde of angy Sith Shreks charging at jedi in a stupid way, and it makes me wanna have a giggle fit!😆
@underrateddolphin5941
@underrateddolphin5941 Жыл бұрын
The only justification I remember from warhammer was the "No faction is evil there's only better one's" wich makes sense since all races in warhammer have to do some heinous shit just to avoid extinción so the normal set of rights and wrongs don't apply after all there's only necesitys and a drive to survive. Honestly thats the only reasonable justification for the warhammer race's unless you're a goodie two shoe's Tau.
@SylarMagic
@SylarMagic 3 жыл бұрын
That opening is so good 😂
@royalteaanimations
@royalteaanimations 3 жыл бұрын
I know I should probably be listening to the actual video but I cannot stop replaying Lily’s beautiful frat boy impression
@Dracxina
@Dracxina 3 жыл бұрын
Be honest, Lily: how many times did you record the phonetic pandemonium around 10:09? 😊 great Video as always, and Eventhough I never watched Star Wars, your ideas about storytelling are logical, compelling and widely ignored in the industry as always ❤️
@LilianOrchard
@LilianOrchard 3 жыл бұрын
I recorded it once, and edited out a single flub
@rainyrouge5123
@rainyrouge5123 3 жыл бұрын
@@LilianOrchard Impressive. It would have taken me at least ten tries, but then again I'm pretty bad at talking.
@georgevega794
@georgevega794 3 жыл бұрын
@@LilianOrchard Speaking of which what do you think of the Vultrimte Culture in Invincble Comics, in the end they do fix themselves thanks to mark grayson.
@weisenbergphoto
@weisenbergphoto 3 жыл бұрын
I like the Mandalorians but I respect your views on them. Hopefully, Mando S3 will address their self destructive nature similar to what the Clone Wars did with the New Mandalorians.
@MelancholyRogue
@MelancholyRogue Жыл бұрын
On the topic of the gray jedi, being a contrarian and always trying to "walk the path untrodden" doesn't make you smart or a free thinker, it just makes you an ass. On the topic of the mandalorians, everyone wants their Sparta but nobody wants their laconian war
@SkorpionDoorman
@SkorpionDoorman 3 жыл бұрын
I like to think the Mandalorians are actually aware that what they've been doing is self-destructive, but their warrior pride refuses to let them admit it. I can guarantee you the only way they'd finally admit it is if their numbers have dwindled to the point of them being an endangered species, so to speak, and they're left with no other choice but to face the facts. Yeah, that's dark as shit and a really extreme option, but sometimes if someone is so far up their own ass that even when there are obvious signs of death headed their way, the extreme option ends up being the only option.
@WaterAndEarthGirl
@WaterAndEarthGirl 3 жыл бұрын
10:00. Wow. Nice alliteration. I'm impressed.
@RawbeardX
@RawbeardX 3 жыл бұрын
Bioware ruined the Force for "fans". there is two options with the Force. Balanced, or Unbalanced. notice how you cannot be "in between balanced and unbalanced"? yeah.
@bleakautomaton4808
@bleakautomaton4808 3 жыл бұрын
Oh how the 'enlightened centrist' aloof type online who loved spouting 'both sides are the worst' like a high schooler were obnoxious even in fiction, let alone in real life. And are still around, blah. Amazing video for hitting this pretentious notion on the head with a rolled up newspaper and saying 'you are not special or unique' to act above it all.
@mistythemischievous2013
@mistythemischievous2013 2 жыл бұрын
The light seeks to be a conduit of the force's will while the Dark side seeks to bend the force to one's will. The ideas are mutually exclusive. You literally cannot do both. A light side user who rejects jedi teachings is still a light side user. A dark side user who rejects Sith teachings is still a dark side user. I actually like the mandalorians though, but yeah your criticism is valid. They're a tribal rabble not a great civilization. To me I just like the feeling they have in SWTOR. They feel inclusive and free. You don't have to worry about xenophobia or sexism. You're judged as a person by your actions. A rabble of outcasts and tribals in clans that are treated like families, and make you feel like you belong to something. It's a fascinating dynamic. Their sense of honor is meeting death with open arms and taking every opportunity to fight, which can feel kind of oddly freeing? Like not worrying about death kind of makes you feel alive? To their culture it doesn't matter who you are or where you came from you got a place you belong. Even if where you belong is destined to always collapse in on itself the moment some leader that somehow herded all the clans together (seriously that's like herding cats) dies.
@DuskyPredator
@DuskyPredator 3 жыл бұрын
The reason I like the idea of the Grey Jedi, is understanding that in real life tradition is just things people don't want to think about, and can be used to do some shitty things. That sometimes what people think is the goody good thing can cause damage to good people, and there is a good amount of evidence that the Jedi could let bad things happen as long as it agreed with their traditions and lack of responsibility to do nothing. It is why the idea of Grey Jedi doing nothing and not taking sides kind of feels like it really misses a point, and I think it comes from a dichotomy problem of Jedi are good, Sith are bad. I could think of better game choices could be to follow the (light) Jedi way could leave people still bad off, but the Jedi would say they followed the code and are thus pious. The Grey Jedi should realise that sometimes they have to break the rules to actually do the right thing, and maybe not what is just accepted is necessarily right. I hate the idea of neutrality not caring one way or another.
@madsgrams2069
@madsgrams2069 Жыл бұрын
Hmm...never thought about it that way, but now that you mention it...the contrast between how much poor Din Jaren struggled to destroy ONE Dark Trooper and how Luke obliterated an entire batallion of them in a few miniutes while casually walking at a very brisk pace is...kind of hilarious. :)) :)) :))
@matthewshipley739
@matthewshipley739 2 жыл бұрын
The deconstruction of the Mandalorians as a sad culture doomed to failure and misery in constant conflict reminds me a lot of the Hirogen from Star Trek. In this case, it replaces the warrior culture with a culture based around hunting. Pursuing the hunt and the glory that came with it was so absorbed into Hirogen culture that it lead to such a diaspora in their species that they're so spread out and disconnected that they don't function as a full species anymore. Just small groups of Hirogen stalking their prey throughout the galaxy and drifting further and further away from each other, thereby dooming themselves in their obsession with the hunt.
@pirateguy3521
@pirateguy3521 3 жыл бұрын
I love when lily uses those funny voices
@jamesvance1367
@jamesvance1367 Жыл бұрын
What if A, but also B? Sums up the grey jedi quite nicely.
@andrea_cinnamonbun9927
@andrea_cinnamonbun9927 2 жыл бұрын
Well I choose to- *Walk into the very sign post itself*
@Hewasnumber1
@Hewasnumber1 Жыл бұрын
Why do you have no likes when that is probably the funniest joke here?
@mj91212
@mj91212 3 жыл бұрын
This video is so accurate and concise that I literally have nothing of value to say, there’s nothing I could add that would enrich this subject further, so here’s a comment to help boost your video in the eyes of the almighty algorithm.
@goldenharp5415
@goldenharp5415 3 жыл бұрын
4 things 1. The part you did at 10:00-10:20 nice job that was absolutely a tongue twisters 2: your surfer dude impression made me laugh out loud 3: the only Mandolorian I like is Mando (The Mandolorian idk if you’ve watched it) because of father/son dynamic hopefully season 3 can get him to drop the warrior thing 4. Because I like the history of Vikings what you said about the Mandolorians can also be applied to them I thought that was cool
@mlgproplayer2915
@mlgproplayer2915 3 жыл бұрын
The Glass of Water music made me laugh when I recognized it! XD Noise video, tho.
@blockyuniverseproductions6587
@blockyuniverseproductions6587 8 ай бұрын
The discussion on Light, Dark, and Grey Jedi gave me an idea. The whole "Light to Dark" is a spectrum from "the Force has a will to follow" to "the force is mine to bend to my will", and something that I don't see many people capitalize on for different force-based groups are views on the force beyond the existing spectrum (rather than just between the two). As an example from 40k, we have how the Imperium and Chaos view the Emperor. While both sides view the Emperor as a God, the Imperium sees him as the best thing since sliced bread, while Chaos... well, there's a reason followers of Chaos refer to him as the "Corpse-Emperor". Then, outside of those two, we have the Adeptus Mechanicus, who views the Emperor as the "Omnisiah" (i.e. the living prophet of the Machine God), and their doctrines and ideology are often vastly different from the rest of the Imperium they are apart of. So, back to Star Wars. What would an "Adeptus Mechanicus" force group be like? Well, I could imagine a group that sees the Force as the "Source Code" of the universe, and using the Force is akin to rewriting parts of the program. Give them some cybernetics and some neat force-wielding machines and you got yourself an entirely new flavor of force-user. To use the color analogy, while Jedi are "Light" and Sith are "Dark", these fellas would be a different color entirely ("Blue Jedi" if you will). Heck, maybe you could even include a split between those who wish to be careful in their "reprogramming", and those who play fast and loose with the "code", and now you have even more flavors to play with ("Blue" and "Orange" Jedi). Of course, the above isn't the only angle to go with, but with a bit of creativity, one can invent a good amount more flavors, and some fun interactions between them.
@bleachmaniac18
@bleachmaniac18 3 жыл бұрын
15:58 I had not considered Satine's death in that manner until now. Thank you for a new perspective on that. On a similar note though, what are your thoughts about the way the Star Wars fandom generally views Obi-Wan Kenobi. I mean, I like him because I think his character has many interesting twists and turns, but I would love to hear your thoughts on the matter. Excellent video as always, keep up the amazing work :)
@SuperPianogirl123
@SuperPianogirl123 3 жыл бұрын
Are we not going to talk about the tongue twister at 10:14 that she said without even so much as a giggle? How many takes did that take??
@jacobleflore2614
@jacobleflore2614 Жыл бұрын
I like to think the chosen one prophecy was fulfilled by Anakin because in the end of are no Jedi orders or sith orders then there is balance
@Kasaix
@Kasaix 3 жыл бұрын
Decision paralysis is a real thing. I deal with it pretty often. It's not fun.
@archivist_13
@archivist_13 Жыл бұрын
I may hate Grey Jedi's and Mandolorians, but damn I love their aesthetic
@lylekush
@lylekush 3 жыл бұрын
i love the alliteration in this one
@inorishiki7803
@inorishiki7803 3 жыл бұрын
SWOTOR is the best Star Wars media post-Disney that isn’t bullshit.
@josemontalvomelendez5642
@josemontalvomelendez5642 3 жыл бұрын
to add to the mando strip down the mandalorians in current canon got Nuked into the stone age AGAIN and are once AGAIN scatterd, hunted , in hiding and nearly extinct. the last time we saw them they were " proudly rebuilding their warrior culture and taking back mandalore now that they had a proper mandoan warrior leader and had the edgy glowstick" but all it took to break their morale and have them scattering like roaches is for the edgy glowstick to fall into enemy hands. like their leader is still alive( so mutch for oaths of fielty of the warrior race) I kinda noticed that the more interesting mandos characters are those that step away from the hurr durr strict warrior culture. Satine using her position and knowledge of her people's heritage to try to de-militarize and lead her people into a more prosperous and stable future , sabine embracing the lesser known artistry of her people, din both embracing his people's nomadic adoption principles of family first and Breaking the " no showing yer face rule" for the sake of his adopted son. like there is good potential for interesting mandos people look at the helmet and think " stereotypical space spartan" but there's so mutch more interesting stuff about them beyond just the same warrior race platitudes. the foundling, their religion ( its not just war they're gods ironically for sutch a stagnant race demands constant change ,the acquisition of knowledge and the constant honing of skills you have whatever they may be, their litteral Satan figure literally represents idleness, stagnation and apathy) the fact that their culture is all inclusive( race,gender and backround are meaningless when you put on the helmet) they're supposedly unbreakable bonds of brotherhood Forged in war and hardship ( since they were basically refugees kicked out of courrosant and mandalore used to be a deathworld), their weird bond with the basilisk war droids , hell there's even a narrative there about colonialism/proxy war-img since people keep goading them into wars they can't possibly win and stealing their resources it's funny too cuz bo did more on screen damage to the empire fighting with her more secular protectors than she did when embracing the stupid hurrdurr honor bullshit and trying to lead by having the most over rated weapon in the galaxy ( also she should have known better that the warrior platitudes don't amounts to squat didly since she was there when deathwatch took over and she was there when maul took over death watch!) ( what waste of a cool armor design)
@ahumanbeing417
@ahumanbeing417 3 жыл бұрын
I agree with the jedi half but disagree with the mandalorian part. Good video overall though Edit finished watching the last bits of the mandalorian part and I disagree with the part of mandalorian not being very good at killing jedi. First example off the top of my head is the incident of dooku leading jedi against some mandalorians and Jango being able to fight toe to toe with a jedi while the jedi had his lightsaber and Jango only had his fists. Edit 2: if your going to count the creation of the clone army as a loss for the mandalorians (which doesn't make much sense because the clones aren't mandalorians themselves they are just clones of a mandalorian, and out of the millions of clones the only ones known to embrace their mandalorian heritage were the clone commandos and I believe a couple null arc troopers even then that adds up to probably a couple thousand out of all the commandos and maybe 1 or 2 arc troopers.), then you'd also have to count order 66 (which left the jedi order in ruins) as an utterly massive win the likes of which cannot be described
@lordsalty2060
@lordsalty2060 3 жыл бұрын
See when I think of grey jedi I want is just like a normal sane person with the force with normal sane person values
@LilianOrchard
@LilianOrchard 3 жыл бұрын
This operates on the premise that Jedi and Sith are completely incapable of being sane. See I want the same thing you do, I just recognize that there doesn't need to be a separate order to do it. The two we have can fit that mold easily.
@lordsalty2060
@lordsalty2060 3 жыл бұрын
@@LilianOrchard fair point
@russianoverkill3715
@russianoverkill3715 24 күн бұрын
Sooo, jedi?
@russianoverkill3715
@russianoverkill3715 24 күн бұрын
Well, pre-prequel jedi, before George Lucas ruined them.
@Gekyouryuu
@Gekyouryuu 3 жыл бұрын
on the one hand, I feel like I need to experience more Star Wars content to get a better understanding of how the Mandalorians are used by the franchise, since my only exposure so far outside of what little you can claim of it exists in the prequels is the actual The Mandalorian show, but on the other hand it sounds like I might be fine just not going out of my way to see more of them, since they seem mishandled, and now I'm concerned for how season 3 will play out, since it's heading more into that stuff than the "Man learns how to be a single Dad" angle that made the first two seasons interesting to me.
@jonmercano1138
@jonmercano1138 3 жыл бұрын
The stuff in clone wars is pretty interesting, aside from Satine’s fridging. There are some episodes that don’t even have the warrior mandalorians
@BackwardsMMA
@BackwardsMMA 3 жыл бұрын
To be fair (and because I’m a mandalorian apologist) Mandalorians weren’t defeated by lightweights, Revan was a part of that war too.
@josemontalvomelendez5642
@josemontalvomelendez5642 3 жыл бұрын
overrated races usually get defeated by overated characters
@BackwardsMMA
@BackwardsMMA 3 жыл бұрын
​@@josemontalvomelendez5642 How is Revan overrated?
@josemontalvomelendez5642
@josemontalvomelendez5642 3 жыл бұрын
@@BackwardsMMA like lily said in one of her other videos he's a blank slate character that get elevated to near God hood status and every one just gushes about how cool he when his achievements kinda boil down to become a dark jedi( not even going full sith), ignore the red tape that the old republic is mired in to solve the mandalorian problem ( see anakin during the clonewars ) then refusing to take responsibility for his genocide and betrayals resulting in wiping his own memory to not deal with it. then being an idiot about vitiate then some how splitting himself into a lightside wilting flower pacifist that refuses to help in fixing the mess He himself started and a darkside version of himself thar believes his own hype. hell his force abilities aren't even his best attributes in canon since his gf kicked his ass and vitiate tortured his stupid ass for YEARS aswell as he's not masters both sides he just dabled in the appropriate side for his faction his best attributes canonical was his supposed charisma. but even then that's bullshit cuz his level of charisma depends on the player basically he's a self incert character elevated to lore character banking on nostalgia from kotor players remembering their oc
@josemontalvomelendez5642
@josemontalvomelendez5642 3 жыл бұрын
@@BackwardsMMA tldr he's exactly the kind 9f characters lily rails against inbthis video during the gray jedi portion
@BackwardsMMA
@BackwardsMMA 3 жыл бұрын
@@josemontalvomelendez5642 Revan isn't that strong compared to the future Sith or Jedi, ascended to godhood is a major stretch, you can say Sidious and Yoda are stronger than him. As you said, he loses to Vitiate on the regular, and the only reason he's not a lightweight is because he's stronger than Nihilus who is also not that strong, it only applies to his time period. Hell, Darth Malek is more skilled with a blade and easily outsmarted Revan. He hasn't ascended to godhood, if anything saying that would also be giving him way more hype than he truly deserve. The only reason he's liked among fans is his design, no one likes him because he's an interesting character or because he's super duper strong.
@sigridehbock1571
@sigridehbock1571 3 жыл бұрын
Eventhough i don't agree with all the point made in the video, i really enjoyed it. I also always like the critique of popular believes, becazse somethimes it challenges your one.
@Nasox
@Nasox 3 жыл бұрын
you make a good point about the Mandalorians.
@TheTheDontae
@TheTheDontae 3 жыл бұрын
Darth Maul was pretty much chaotic evil even when he gave up the darth he was still looking for his peace though revenge
@cjthrasher5603
@cjthrasher5603 3 жыл бұрын
Ok who's ready to kill the jedi order and make a new one that embraces both dark and light and doesn't do the stupid shit the gray jedi do
@LilianOrchard
@LilianOrchard 3 жыл бұрын
I wrote a book like that once
@RaddDragon
@RaddDragon 3 жыл бұрын
So the Mandalorions are the Saiyans from the DragonBall series.
@wisdommanari6701
@wisdommanari6701 3 жыл бұрын
Yes but without the cool powers
@zafool4997
@zafool4997 3 жыл бұрын
@@wisdommanari6701 mind you the coolest of said powers needs basically a certain amount of monkey midoclorians sparked by righteous anger which second fiddle was probably very very lucky to get, while his son had an easier time due to his hybrid nature
@hannahbranch7770
@hannahbranch7770 2 жыл бұрын
Regarding Gray Jedi, I'm reminded of the saying that goes something like, choosing not to decide is in of itself a decision.
@Greenlog12
@Greenlog12 3 жыл бұрын
The slave army thing about the mandalorion is those were clones of boba fett not actual mandalorions but it is still a slave army.
@coldhearth1213
@coldhearth1213 3 жыл бұрын
While I agree with lily on the gray Jedi and Mandalorians I also find it that even though the Mandalorians aren't the Jedi hunting badass they claim to be and people hold them too. In pre-Disney lore, a common tactic of Jedi hunting Mandalorians was to use old slug throwers on the logic of blocking these just gets you red hot shrapnel shot in your face. While it may not have been an effective the logic of it its stupidly funny
@coldhearth1213
@coldhearth1213 3 жыл бұрын
minor edits for grammar because auto correct is dumb
@Phoenixfire767
@Phoenixfire767 3 жыл бұрын
I just wonder that if we're getting the Book of Boba Fett, with dealing with the criminal underground of Star Wars post empire, do yall think we could see a disney form of grey jedi in a possible Ventriss cameo?
@SuperPianogirl123
@SuperPianogirl123 3 жыл бұрын
We don’t *want* that
@luckywhiskle8447
@luckywhiskle8447 3 жыл бұрын
We need more talks about Mass effect in general.
@goldencyclone4984
@goldencyclone4984 3 жыл бұрын
I partially blame some of the EU writers for the perception around the Mandos, especially Karen Traviss. She had a bad habit of writing Boba as this wise old badass who could routinely kick Jedi ass in the Legacy of the Force series and had Jaina basically run to him begging for help against Jacen. Side note, I'd love to see a video about any thoughts you might have on the post Episode 6 content from Legends, if you've read/experienced any, Lily. I read the New Republic and New Jedi Order stuff growing up and was really fascinated by it, but now that I'm older I can see a lot of flaws in the various series that make it up.
@MrSchnorkel
@MrSchnorkel 3 жыл бұрын
Why is Boba being strong and actually contributing to Jacen's defeat bad? Because the Mandos are supposed to be dumb losers? I remember reading those passages about Jaina learning some tricks from him, how the force isn't always the way to win a fight. It's fine to dislike the Mando's stoic and destructive warrior culture. But being mad about them getting a spot in the story just comes off as petty. Especially since you say that readers have the wrong perception of Mandalorians while it is the exact perception the writer was going for.
@goldencyclone4984
@goldencyclone4984 3 жыл бұрын
@@MrSchnorkel It's not bad that Boba was a part of Jacen's defeat, it's that Traviss went out of her way to portray the Mandolorians as so much better and smarter than the Jedi involved. To the point that the other writers on Legacy of the Force had to bring in Shatterpoint as a technique to give the Jedi a fighting chance against all the beskar.
@MrSchnorkel
@MrSchnorkel 3 жыл бұрын
​@@goldencyclone4984 Yeah, that's still what I'm adressing. If a Jedi needs to defeat another Jedi, learning some unconventional tactics from an outsider seems like a fine way to do it. And learning something new requires someone to first admit that they don't know everything already. You might even call that character development. But no, how dare a Mandalorian win against a Jedi once or twice. And how dare the Jedi actually have to get new weapons and techniques (or whatever this Shatterpoint is) in order to beat the Mandalorians. That's just the writer "going out of her way" to do Star Wars wrong and to attack you personally. The Jedi weren't top dog for once. Stop being so petty and deal with it.
@goldencyclone4984
@goldencyclone4984 3 жыл бұрын
@@MrSchnorkel Did you actually read Legacy of the Force? My issue isn't the fact that Jaina went to Boba. My issue is the way things were framed in the story. It was not framed as "Jaina needs help so she seeks out an alternative point of view." It was framed as "Jaina is weak and has to beg Boba to even consider helping a lowly pathetic Jedi." That is my problem. Dragging a normally very confident and intelligent female character down to suck off the Mandos. Traviss has a history of doing this to The Warrior Culture TM, and her work on the Halo EU novels is lambasted by that fan base for the same reasons.
@MrSchnorkel
@MrSchnorkel 3 жыл бұрын
​@@goldencyclone4984 How are those two quotes you mention actually any different from each other, save for intensity? Yes, if Jaina just visits Boba for a little chat on fighting techniques the plot will be advanced, but by making it more dramatic the high stakes of her quest are communicated as well. Good writers know better than to make the challenges for their protagonist shallow and boring. And sometimes that means the protagonist has to take a hard loss. Maybe even swallow their pride. If you don't want Jaina to be a Mary Sue then she shouldn't be exempt from this. I remember Boba landing a surprise sucker punch on Jaina on her first day of training just to show her that she can't foresee everything with the force. I also remember how she almost cut him in half with her lightsaber in a reflex, with only his beskar armor saving him. Later on, Boba almost beat her to death in a training match, only ceasing his assault because she stopped fighting back. Yeah, this shocked me as well. I thought Jedi could always win against something so basic as brute force. But this "unthinking force-resistant battle rush" ability is exactly what Jaina learned from Boba. And she had to *ask* for this training, had to *totally* lose and be absolutely *helpless* before she could become stronger. All of this is an example of character development. Complaining that it's too rough on the character is not an argument against this practice of writing. But here's where we come to the core of the matter. You mention dragging a confident and intelligent *female* character down below others. Now it doesn't matter that she's a *Jedi*, but more importantly a *woman*. That's what this is all about, right? Jaina shouldn't be weaker than some stupid mandalorian loser *man*, yeah? This is the real problem to you, as you say. No normally strong female character should have a moment of weakness, especially in front of a male character. You hate that Traviss sometimes includes these moments in her works. You hate these "toxically masculine" warrior cultures she writes about. Can you seriously say that your argument is not ideological in nature? To quote your very first sentence in this thread: "I partially blame some of the EU writers for the perception around the Mandos". Why is it wrong that people think the Mandos are strong when they are written as being exactly that? You are trying to control the narrative so that nobody thinks warrior cultures have anything positive to them. Likewise, you are trying to control the narrative saying that no woman is ever inferior to any man even for a single moment. Do you think everything is political? Are you trying to fight a culture war here? Come on, be honest.
@jonmercano1138
@jonmercano1138 3 жыл бұрын
Should Ventress’s fridging be placed solely on Christie Golden or also on the writers of the episode scripts the novel was adapted from? Katie Lucas, Dave Filoni, and Matt Michnovetz
@goodmind4940
@goodmind4940 2 жыл бұрын
On writers of TCW, because she survives in EU
@jonmercano1138
@jonmercano1138 2 жыл бұрын
@@goodmind4940 yeah, those are the people I listed, and Golden, but we don’t know who specifically among them made that decision
@jaspervanheycop9722
@jaspervanheycop9722 3 жыл бұрын
I've never seen Jolee Bindo as a Grey Jedi, he's actually intensely light-aligned, the very reason he walked away from the Jedi is that they forced him to do things that went against his moral code. I.e. he's such a good guy that the Jedi disn't cut it for him. He will also instantly turn on you if you even hint at reclaiming Revan's past while you can be as cloyingly, moronically light side as possible and he'll still praise you.
@nicholassmith3499
@nicholassmith3499 2 жыл бұрын
If you don't want to be either Jedi or sith just be a force user There you go no faffing around just a simple backstory adds tonnes
@kennyfauste6901
@kennyfauste6901 3 жыл бұрын
I agree with the points about the mandalorians, but the clones are not mandalorian, they are shitty copies of a banished mandalorian. Even Boba Fett who was raised as jangos kid still isn’t mandalorian, solely due to being a just another clone of jango fett
@ThatCamel104
@ThatCamel104 2 жыл бұрын
if you're raised mando, and follow the resol'nare, you're mando. period. none of this bloodline shit. you could be a fucking sapient rancor capable of speech, and if you adhere to the resol'nare (and wear armor, somehow, i guess) you're a mando. period.
@doktorze6439
@doktorze6439 2 жыл бұрын
The way Mandalorians made me think of two groups of warriors from history. Samurai and Vikings. Vikings whole culture was about war which means they went to war a lot. That however would be there down fall when during the great heathen army they would lose pretty much ending the large scale raiding of England and it would full end in 1066 when King Harald 3 tried to invade England for the crown but would lose at Stanford Bridge ending the Vikings era. Just like the Vikings Mandalorians kept on going to war even though there were more internal issues which caused them to always lose to Jedi. They also remind me of the samurai but mainly 2 points in the history. The Sengoku Jidai period and the Meiji restoration. During the Sengoku Jidai it was all about clans going to war over Japan and seeing who would become leader. Just like how the mandalorian clans are at odds. And for the Meiji it heavily relates of how the samurai ended. They thought thought the can win and keep the traditions of samurai but lost to the modern world. Just like the mandalorians who thought they can always beat the Jedi but just lose.
@Quinntus79
@Quinntus79 3 жыл бұрын
I remember watching the scene from the Clone Wars where Maul challenged Pre Viszla to a duel. All I could think was, Pre Viszla is an idiot for taking th bait. I know some people will say Viszla was being honorable, but honor is pointless if your enemy can exploit it to kill you and sieze your throne. Viszla had Maul outnumbered and unarmed, he should have had his troops shoot Maul, incinerate the body, and then incinerate the ashes.
@skittyhugs7457
@skittyhugs7457 Жыл бұрын
The only idea I could come up with for a Grey Jedi is a force-sensitive who is motivated by survival or personal amusement, and allies with Republic or Sith until it no longer serves that purpose
@pokebreeder2517
@pokebreeder2517 3 жыл бұрын
you are right as i am one of those fans who got hooked one mandorians because they are badasses with cool looking armor but you are right their kind of culture will always fail in the end. i tried to do a grey force user who was an immortal ex sith from the last sith wars but was mostly sith by name as she wasn't fully evil. after the war she allies with the jedi but doesn't become one as she doesn't enbraces the jedi ways fully.
@MrSchnorkel
@MrSchnorkel 3 жыл бұрын
Funny thing, you say Mandalorians should stop being warmongers or go extinct yet those two are the same. Being mandalorian is cultural, or religious if you will. Physically, they're basically humans as far as I know. They may have been a different race like the Sith were, but not anymore. If they lose their culture, they lose their identity as Mandalorians. Comparing them to the Krogans who are an actual distinct alien species and who could very well survive their cultural change isn't really fitting. You say they are a better example of a warrior culture, but only because they stopped being that. And for the Mandalorians being failures? In Kotor, Canderous states that he's fine with having lost the war since Revan was legitimately stronger. The Mandalorians don't fight for a specific end goal. The fight itself is their cause. Of course they want to win, but they would rather lose a great war than not fight at all. That would be real failure to them. Considering your rant from 14:20 onwards, are you really just mad that there are characters without the force who can sometimes hold a candle to the Jedi and Sith? I mean come on, that line at 15:05 is pretty hilarious. But no, Mandalorians losing wars and becoming almost eradicated isn't enough for you. They apparently need to be purged from Star Wars completely since you are really bitter that some people like their "Toxic Masculinity". This would be an extremely petty reason for trying to sanitise a fiction franchise.
@wisdommanari6701
@wisdommanari6701 3 жыл бұрын
Call me when they win a war
@MrSchnorkel
@MrSchnorkel 3 жыл бұрын
@@wisdommanari6701 You're such a child, crying about how your fantasy faction is so much better because you completely missed the point of my arguments. Call me when you grow up.
@ThatCamel104
@ThatCamel104 2 жыл бұрын
@@MrSchnorkel They win any wars yet? Why is there a warrior race full of people who don't win wars? Mandos are almost always depicted as bad guys. Hey, you wanna purge toxic masculinity out of the mandos? That's not hard. Focus less on the Badass Warrior shit and more on the caring about a family and working with one another part. Maybe there's a big threat, and then they become badass warriors. Then they go back to doing family stuff - raising the kids, teaching them how to shoot a gun, how to use a compass, how to ask out their crush, how to drive a speeder or fly a ship, how to go into hyperspace. There's a plethora of opportunities for some wholesome, non-toxic character who is incredibly straightforward, personally aggressive, honorable, and very decent generally speaking. Why is this character like this? Oh, they're a mando. Their entire attitude is centered around maybe helping out their family. Perhaps they get shafted by fate, and the Force decides to throw four or five people into a terrible situation, and these people almost become a kind of family. Perhaps it's the Mando who is the heart of this family, who actively goes out of his or her way to help out his family, but cares *only* about his new family. Perhaps they're very defensive, and become a raging force of nature. Perhaps they pursue their goals relentlessly, not really worrying about the goal so much as the way TO the goal. You see? That's a non-toxic character, who is still Mandalorian. No toxic masculinity here, just a wholesome character.
@ride-playerbb2818
@ride-playerbb2818 2 жыл бұрын
@@ThatCamel104 isn't that basically the Fetts and Din Djarin? (Well, the latter had to learn that, but he _is_ from a cult)
@KuruSeed
@KuruSeed 3 жыл бұрын
mandalorian obsession remimds me of the viking obsession from non-scandinavians lol
@MJ-pd2gc
@MJ-pd2gc 3 жыл бұрын
Nice.
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