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Quinton: "America used chemical warfare to cripple the citizens of the nation, killed 60,000 of its own soldiers, and 3 million of the Vietnamese" Background music: *funky cartoon horn solo*

Yeah we lost freedoms during the wars but at least palpatine made the trains run on time

My favorite thing in the Prequels is the fact that Jar Jar Binks is almost solely responsible for the fall of the entire galaxy. Great vid.

The "I am the Senate" line is probably a reference to the apocryphal "I am the State" quote by Louis XIV

Not to defend the actual line about sand but I think the subtext was that sand reminded him of his mother and life as a childslave. It also made him feel guilty for leaving his mother behind. When he takes the sand at her grave (never knew he did that, good catch!) it signifies him believing he is to blame for his mother's death. Or maybe not, idk. Maybe Lucas just thought it rhymed.

The prequels have grown on me, immensely. They're hilariously clumsy and in many ways outright bad, but in the context of the clone wars tv show, rebels, and the genuinely interesting transformation of the republic into an empire, I'm glad they exist. And I'm glad they arent like the original trilogy.

Have anyone else thought about the fact that clone troopers are genetically modified to age twice as fast as regular humans so that they can be put in the field quicker, so for example a 20 year old looking clone is actually 10, so therefor not only does the republic have an army of slaves, but an army of under aged slaves.

When I see the scene at the end of attack of the clones with Palpatine overlooking his army of clones, I always saw that as the beginning of the galactic empire; not order 66, not Palpatine getting emergency powers, and not Palpatine's speech at the end of ROTS. The moment the Republic takes up arms against it's own people to ensure obedience it becomes the empire. And the Jedi were part of it

I interpret the song from Episode 1 is called “Duel Of The Fates” because Qui-Gon, Obiwan and Darth Maul were ultimately fighting for Anakin’s fate. If Anakin were trained by Qui-Gon, he probably wouldn’t have become Darth Vader. Qui-Gon was an unconventional Jedi who questioned the dogma, which was why he wasn’t on the council. If Qui Gon trained Anakin in his own way, Anakin would be able to become the great Jedi he was idealized to be in A New Hope. Of course, Qui-Gon was killed in the fight, and Obiwan became Anakin’s master. Obiwan drilled the Jedi’s orthodox teachings into Anakin for years, crippling him emotionally.

What has Anakin brought his new Empire? A: Peace B: Freedom C: Justice D: Security

"I really love Ashoka and hope to see her in live action someday" Filoni: "hold my cowboy hat"

It was Jar Jar's BIZARRE adventure, actually.

Mace got thrown out the Windu.

"That library contained nothing the girl Rey does not already possess." I thought it was because she literally already had the books.

My family dragged me to see Episode 3 back when it came out. I hadn't seen any of the other movies, so it was my introduction to the franchise... I had no idea who the characters were and the fact that the protagonist turned into Darth Vader at the end was an actual twist I never saw coming. I left the theatre feeling pretty impressed with the setting and storyline though, and thought "well, if this is what all Star Wars movies are like I can see why it's so popular". Ha...

I always thought that the scene about sand was very awkward because Anakin had never had the opportunity to be in love and care. therefore when he tries it's awkward and weird for the reason that he just hasn't done it before.

This is probably the best thematic look at the Prequel Trilogy I’ve ever seen. I can’t wait until the next video, but please don’t push yourself too hard. And remember: The Clones are slave soldiers bred and conditioned into blind patriotism and subservience to an imperialist state. The Republic is the biggest buyer of slave labor in the galaxy.

"Yularen is based off of Vader's old gang" Well, I mean, *Yularen is one of the old gang.* No joke, In ANH, when Vader meets with tarkin, the guy in the background with the white moustache and uniform IS Yularen

"Corporations do not rule us"- the Separatist movement, literally founded by a trade federation

I love the aggressive negotiations line. One of the genuinely funny and bond forming lines in the prequels

anakin choosing to hold on to the sand is him giving in to, holding onto and accepting, his rage, his fury. he HATES sand, yet he keeps it close to him on purpose, BECAUSE he hates it. still a very stupid setup but yknow

After watching Cosmonaut's take on the Prequels, I find this a refreshing take on the profound themes that the prequels had, even if they were terribly executed.

I think there's a misunderstanding across the fandom about what the Jedi philosophy regarding emotions is supposed to be. To me, it appears quite similar to Buddhism in that the goal is not to completely shut off all your emotions, but to not allow yourself to be swallowed by them. So feel your emotions, but let them go after. Work to get through them so you aren't driven by them to the detriment of yourself and those around you. Anakin's failing wasn't in listening to the Jedi and shutting off his empathy in response to their teaching. It was his unregulated emotions that led him to genocide, child murder, and joining the Sith. Yoda wasn't telling Anakin not to care, he was telling Anakin to accept the things that are out of his control. Death is a natural part of life and will come for us all someday. If you spend your life terrified of losing your loved ones, you will likely act in ways that are not good for you or the people around you. For a milder, real world example - say you're terrified of your wife leaving you for someone else. Maybe it's happened to you before or maybe you just feel you're not good enough for her. If you allow this fear to constantly occupy your mind, you might start getting overly jealous of her spending time with male friends. So you get controlling. You try to stop her from hanging around with those people, you interrogate her about where she is, who she's with, what she's doing. You destroy your relationship (and your own moral character) because you're scared. Most people feel like there's someone they absolutely cannot live without. But that's not true. Friends/family are necessary for a happy life, but one specific person is not. Life will go on after your father dies or you break up with your partner or your child leaves home. "Letting go of attachment" in the Jedi sense is about understanding that. The Jedi failed Anakin not because their core philosophy was flawed, but because he wasn't given enough guidance in how to actually get through the intense emotions he was feeling. And also because the life of a monk in a judgemental, corrupt organization was probably just not suited to the poor guy. Oh, and Yoda didn't say that about Rey because she understood the core of their teachings and he decided they could just discard all the ancient wisdom. He said it because she stole all the books before the place was destroyed. Rey had everything that was in there with her literally, not figuratively 😂

"I hope we get to see Ahsoka in live-action one day" :)

The sand thing is an example of a good idea with bad execution.

The Prequels failed in execution. The Sequels failed in having a plan.

21:02 I had always attributed the sand quote to the fact that it reminds him of Tatooine, where he was a slave. To him sand reminded him of a past he wanted to forget. Its been a while since I watched Episode II so I missed the part where he picks up a handful, but I think it comes back to the same thing but with different motivations. He's now using sand to remind him of his past because that's the only place where he can see his mother alive. Its cheesy but that's the through line I found in it anyway

“Millions of people were killed in the war. It crippled the morale of America” *upbeat country swing music*

I don’t care how bad the dialogue was or how cringey Anakin and Padme’s relationship was, the prequels were an essential part of my childhood and I will always cherish them for that.

Now that someone else have said it first, I'll await for Hbomberguy to make a 2h long "The Prequels Were Genius And Here's Why" video, thanks Quinton.

"Good is a point of view, Anakin." - Nietzsche

These movies hold a special place in my heart. They came out before I could even read. I would sit with my dad and he would read the opening crawl to me and he would answer all my questions. My parents took me and my little brother (our younger brother and sister were too little youngest brother wasn’t born yet, that’s how young we were lol) to the theatre to see ROTS and they whispered the opening to us and gave us hugs when the ending made us sad. I grew to love them more as I watched clone wars and rewatched the OG trilogy, especially after the sequel trilogy came out.

As soon as you said "true evil in the universe" it showed an image of Mike Bloomberg for an ad.

The prequels are like a bad history lesson. Everything in it could be fascinating if told differently

This video helped me decide that I'll try to introduce my future children to Star Wars in order of release. The prequel trilogy might have crappy writing, but it draws quite a bit of value from the original trilogy things it sets up retroactively. Palpatine's rise to power is far more compelling if you know where it is going, basically following the old Hitchcock adage about a scene with a bomb under the table being far more suspenseful when the audience knows that the bomb is there.

As someone who has always loved the prequels and knew they had a good story hidden in them, this video makes me so happy. Thanks for your hard work!

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Dooku's conversation with Obi-Wan isn't as straightforward as that. Remember that he is a former Jedi Master who left the order because he was frustrated by the Republic's corruption. He wanted the Jedi to take an active role in what he saw as upholding justice. We have every reason to believe that Dooku - like most Sith - intended to betray his master. I believe that the conversation with Obi-Wan was an attempt to recruit his own apprentice and overthrow Sidious. He is not the kind of person that would approve of a fascist dictatorship, dark side or not. You could even make the argument that his plea with Obi-Wan was as much a chance for him to redeem himself to the light side as it was to corrupt Obi-Wan to the dark side. Lucas didn't spend enough time on him to unpack it all, but Dooku is a fascinating character with a complex background.

20:41 I mean the sand clearly represents pain, despair and just negative feelings in general. It's a pretty hamfisted way of showing how slaughtering the sand people wasn't some sort of wake up call where he realized that he strayed down the wrong path. Instead he's embracing that pain and hatred, showing us that he will act on those negative emotions again. (Edit: I had to change the timestamp.)

The prequels have aged like fine wine.

The Prequels brought us Clone Wars, which I’ve always been grateful for even if the movies aren’t the best. That show has become one of my favorite pieces of Star Wars media in the past several years and it makes me look at the prequels in an entirely new light.

"I just want my Star Wars movies to make me feel good. Make Star Wars that tells me I'm good" damn dude just predicted TROS

"A few years ago, a movie called 'Vice'" Dude, that was less than a year ago.

21:03 It actually is a metaphor, for his past living on Tattooine with his mother as a slave, so his "I don't like sand" speech was primarily about how he hated Tattooine, and in the funeral scene, his holding on to the sand was about how he couldn't let go of the past and desperately held on to what little he could of his childhood because he couldn't fully process the death of his mother

7:10 you missed out on the joke, “Jarjar’s Bizarre Adventures”

I will say that probably one of the only moments from the The Last Jedi that I really liked was when Luke pointed out the failure and hubris of the Jedi order and all the turmoil it led to.

Quinton: America killed the Vietnamese for their own gain. Music: Durrh durrh happy happy fun times.

The prequels really are the inverse of the Disney trilogy: thematically dense but technically incompetent

Finally someone who gets it! I’ve argued these points for years, and often consider Mace Windu to be one of the main antagonists of the prequels.

Finally, love for the most meme'd on Star Wars trilogy

Wasn't Yoda saying that bit about rey because she'd already stolen the texts? There's a Brief shot of them in a drawer on the Falcon near the end.

The prequels in two(ish) words: self-fulfilling prophesies.

I never saw a turn around like the one people did for Ahsoka Cause I remember 2008 where people hated her

Me reading the thumbnail for the first time: "Quinton, everything you just said was wrong." Me after reading that he still knows they're bad: "You are strong and wise Quinton, and I am very proud of you." Me seeing that he has mixed feeling about it: "Well... Only a Sith deals in absolutes."

Finally someone who understands my views on all the 9 star wars movies. They exist. Some of them arent as good as the others but they are all thematically really really deep.

23:45 about your remark on Vader/ Annie doing a British accent. EU Legends novel Shadows of the Empire, Vader kneels before the Emperor saying," What is thy binding my master." Sticking out his tongue and rolling his eyes at the same time. Also the novel mentions he has a bad habit of mouthing other people's words when they speak. " The $hit he gets a way with just by wearing a mask."

My biggest shame is that the prequels are my favourite trilogy. RotS is my favourite film. I am sorry.

Honestly, it’s only because of my obsession with Doctor Who and my knowledge of the time war where both sides are absolutely corrupt that I would understand the Clone Wars as an adult. Also the Remembrance reference was noice

The prequels are like history class, I would rather hear about it than watch it.

This video made me realize one thing for sure. Sometimes it is really hard to tell which scenes are from the movies and which scenes are from the animated tv show.

"yeah that vietnam war sure sucked huh anyways lets keep our troops in afghanistan despite them wanting to withdraw months after deployment"

There's also more than a bit of Rome in the Star Wars Republic

When I was a kid, I didn't realize that Palpatine and Sidious were the same guy. I even watched the vhs original trilogy before watching the prequels in theaters

"You see...the sand...is, uh...a metaphor...for, uh..." *COMMERCIAL BREAK*

This kinda opened my eyes to the intentions of the entire saga. This was an incredible video that challenged my understanding of Star Wars as a whole and put it into a completely different context. Wow.

Let's see who's hiding behind that Quinton mask! *pulls mask off* Hbomberguy?! (I love the Prequels btw)

22:00 - Re: Yoda tells Luke to give up his attachments and Luke says "mm nah" This is one of the things that rubs me the wrong way about the sequel trilogy regarding Luke and Leia in particular - none of the movies understands the ramifications of Luke choosing his friends in ESB and RoTJ over Jedi traditions. The idea that Leia will go on to not be a Jedi because her having a family and being a Jedi are incompatible is specifically the kind of choice Luke JUST decided wasn't necessary to make. (Also it's p sexist not gonna lie) Also the way Luke treated Kylo/trained the other Jedi seems to be in keeping with the traditions which, again, Luke rejected in the previous two movies. Luke saying "I am a Jedi like my father before me" is not Luke embracing all of the Jedi teachings but rather recontextualizing what being a Jedi means, and in the context of the scene is an act of mercy towards Vader, and is literally Luke choosing a familial/emotional attachment. So the idea that Luke would go on to make a Jedi school where he teaches the same exact shit the Jedi were teaching in the prequels that created Vader is blah and I hate it. Worst possible conclusion to have taken. OK the worst possible conclusion was the part with Sheev Palpatine. But it's still pretty up there!

Looks like I’m voting Separatist this year. Dooku 2020

"--despite how *bad* they are," *shows clip of Yoda lightsaber dancing around Palpatine

If Hbomberguy won't give us this video, then Quinton will 😤😤

Quinton: I hope we get to see Ashoka in live-action one day Dave filoni and Jon Favaro: your wish is my command

“like a light switch it goes click” Proceeds to take off his head.... Oh god

That clip of Adam Driver near the beginning is hilarious.

Your upload frequently has been insane recently. Thank you so much, you’re basically my favorite content creator and it’s great to see so much from you.

The final test for me of whether a film is worth watching much less keeping is what I call a "Silent Viewing" I simply turn off the sound turn on the subtitles and watch everything CLOSELY. It still amazes me what can be learned by doing this.

You hit it on the head, people complain about the prequels not because of the acting, but because it is not making them feel good about themselves and their leaders.

26:12-27:45 Pretty sure what he actually meant was that Rey took the books out of the tree before Yoda blew it up. You can see it in a shot near the end, and _nobody_ seems to remember this.

"Everything is fine in Finland!" Rising White Nationalism: "Am I a Joke to You?"

This video made me appreciate the prequels and EP8 more.

"He has decided to accept the sand" I'm dead

4:16 “... pawns in a game...” Yeah, but ya ever notice how nice Ewan McGregor’s hair is there? Real nice.

Bad movies can still be really interesting especially when they're important to other, better movies and their lore.

As an ex-Mormon, I definitely understand Anakin's fall and appreciate the Book of Mormon musical reference.

This guy: **calls the prequels bad** Prequel fans: so you have chosen death

this honestly made me appreciate the prequels from a whole 'nother perspective, and makes me understand why those who say the prequels and TLJ are bad think the way they do; you really didn't have to snap so hard with this video, man (also, you made me realize that I actually like TLJ and have been deluding myself for ages lmaoooo) k thanks x

*4 things mankind will never agree on* -Who killed JFK -If there's life on Mars -What caused 9/11 -If the Star Wars prequels/sequels are good or not

Thank you for fighting the good fight. Every time I try to talk about these points to other people I get labelled a "Prequel Apologist" even when I start out saying stuff like "Hey these films are bad, but they have a lot of interesting subtext and ideas."

Well done. In a video talking about the prequels you managed to make me realize the good in The Last Jedi. Well done.

Tl;Dr: Jedi's are cops.

This is a pretty minor point about the history at the start of the video, but the common consensus about the start of the Vietnam War really had more to do with building a defensive alliance with future NATO member France (which was the colonial power over Vietnam) and the belief that the whole of South East Asia would fall to Soviet Union military bloc after the creation of a communist Vietnam rather than economic conflicts in Vietnam. Both of these reasons were horrifyingly short-sighted and cruel of course with Ho Chi Minh actively writing letters to Truman offering him an alliance with the new communist power (turns out the Vietnamese were just as afraid of Soviet/Chinese Imperialism) and the Domino Theory being one of the most absurd pieces of Washington Pseudo Science in recent history. Most of this info is described well in the Ken Burns documentary, but if you have a good source for the economic motivations of the U.S invasion I'd more than happy to read that and change my perception.....Oh yeah the Star Wars bits were pretty good too.

"I hope we get to see her in live action someday" Mandalorian writers: "Fine, just this once"

Padame's line after the birth of the empire is actually the best line in the prequels

Really enjoyed this. Although kinda shocked at the omission of Qui-Gon, as he kinda represents a lot of the themes you bring up. Still, really good listen.

Finally someone spitting facts I used to hate these films now I completely appreciate what they’re doing

The Jedi Order maintained peace for one thousand years before the coming of Darth Plagueis and the Palpatine. The Jedi were peacekeepers and never challenged the galactic senate. Blaming them for the fall of the empire is just stupid.

Your wish has been granted, Quinton. we have live action Ahsoka now

Isn't the point of Yoda's "nothing she doesn't have" line that she literally took the books? They're in the falcon later on

15yo me watching Phantom Menace: but how can they be capitalist trade federation but also a military? 34yo me now: oh god....

i agree with you on the lightsabers as propellers being the peak of the franchise, there legit is no topping that. also, i'm just here to say, i always loved the prequels and have never given them grief for telling the story they committed to tell.