Han's still smuggling, Leia's still generaling, and then there's Chunky, he's dead

Kind of funny how he initially said that he won't talk much about this movie anymore and he would revisit Infinity War, just to end up doing the opposite.

What do you mean it's the only Star Wars movie to drop its name in the movie itself? Don't you remember when Luke gets his hand cut off by Darth Vader, he turns to face the camera, shrugs and goes "I guess the Empire Strikes Back!"

Fun fact: Luke dying was not scripted. Mark Hamill actually created a Force hologram and became one with the living Force, and Rian Johnson thought it was incredible and kept it in the movie.

Schaff, quit flapping your gums about Star Wars and make that god damned Over The Hedge video!

One plan. We needed one plan. Not make each movie based on the reaction of the last ones.

Honestly the best thing about the Last Jedi is that it largely did away with that weird "bloodlines are sacred" idea that's way too prevalent in a lot of fiction. Shame they re-introduced it.

“The Last Jedi is the first movie in Star Wars history to drop its own title in the film.” Rogue One: Am I joke to you?

"Rose is the biggest victim of Fan Backlash in Star Wars History." *Jar Jar Binks' Actor would like to know your location*

"The Empire was never goofy..." Star Wars Rebels: *sweats nervously*

"Save what we love and not fight what we hate" would've been a good arc for Finn if they gave him something about liberating the Stormtroopers and giving him a seething hatred for the first order.

Luke’s line “no one is ever really gone” looking right in the eyes of carie fisher nearly made me cry

"Treating your villains like a joke is a really bad idea." Heinz Doofenshmirtz: *nervous sweating*

That Finn sacrifice was the main thing that pissed me off, I was so stressed during that scene when I saw it the first time because I thought they genuinely had the balls to kill a main character in the second movie

“Force voice chat” is the best way I have heard anyone describe Kylo and Rey’s little conversations across the galaxy.

When this movie first came out, I was firmly in the "this is amazing this is the best SW movie ever" camp, and i think my own personal "character arc" over the past several years has been learning to be reasonable and acknowledge all the things that are wrong with this film. Like, I think when I first watched it I was just completely starstruck with the cinematography and direction, and didn't want to admit that there are some very major flaws. I just wish either JJ or Ryan could have directed the entire trilogy instead of splitting it between two directors.

"Shirtless Kylo Ren is what I'd expect from the LEGO adaptation." My thoughts exactly.

You know what’s makes Phasma’s whole thing worse? There was a deleted scene that actually gave Phasma some sort of character, something about her that made her more than just “generic boba fett looking general.”

So I just wanted to say something, the Throne room fight. It was because Kylo killed Snoke. They witnessed Kylo committing essentially treason, so obviously they had to die. Rey was fighting because she thought Kylo was returning to the light due to his murder of Snoke.

Rían Johnson really said Finn and Poe had too much good chemistry so he proceeded to make two meaningless side stories instead

If they would’ve kept the Rey’s parents are nobody she just happens to be force sensitive, I think the Rey Skywalker moment would’ve had more impact and a better message of you’re not tied to your bloodline.

"This should kill the mary sue argument here" Rise of Skywalker: watch this

Ryan Johnson made the point: The Darth Vader reveal works because it's the worst thing Luke can hear at the time. Rey thinks she's descended for greatness, but she came from nothing, the worst thing she could hear at the time.

i think the biggest problem of the trilogy is just the lack of a consistent creative vision. its clear jj had a vision for the trilogy that rian didn't share, and instead of working with the direction tlj had set the series in he tried to retcon it. i genuinely loved that rey's parents were nobodies and going back on that while somehow resurrecting palpatine just felt cheap. same with completely writing rose out. i wish they'd just had one person direct all three (or at least plot out the major stuff beforehand) and it would've felt like a coherent trilogy. as it stands, each film is actively trying to retcon the one that came before it and it's just not fun to watch at all.

I was on board until he said he didn’t approve of shirtless Kylo

"Not everyone can become a great jedi; but a great jedi can come from anywhere." - Anton Ego, Ratatouille 2007

Luke not going down to the planet actually kinda makes sense if you consider Kylo wanted to kill him. Him not going basically takes the satisfaction of killing Luke away from him, getting even more of a rise from Kylo.

The Duel with Maul wasn't pointless and it definitely had emotional investment since Qui Gon was clearly set up to be a father figure and he gets killed Setting Anakin's fate in stone.

Yeah, seriously if you attack actors for playing a character that you didn't like, please never watch a movie again. And Kelly Marie Tran did receive a TON of backlash, yes. And that's awful, but I feel a million times worse for Jake Lloyd. That poor guy was just a 10 year old kid who was so excited about playing Anakin. Watching those interviews of how excited he was breaks my heart with how awful the backlash and bullying was towards him.

Disappointed in the trend in these comments saying "Kelly Marie Tran had it bad but Jake Lloyd/Jar Jar had it worse!!!" It's all bad guys we don't need to have a bullying olympics

I have to take the last jedi apart in my mind and make it into two movies. one the movie about rey and luke and kylo, which was an awesome movie, and one the movie about EVERY OTHER CHARACTER, which was the most disorganized nonsense I've ever seen in cinema.

How dare you make such a reasonable and balanced film review.

They should’ve just combined Rey and Finns story, have a stormtrooper who defects from the first orders whose sole mission is to find the family they lost when they were kidnapped, only to find out their parents sold them off to the first order for cash or something

*looks at comments section* “Oh, I’m not brave enough for politics.”

I low key love that Luke creates a vision of the blue skywalker family lightsaber, rather than his own green one. It work really well thematically and lines up perfectly with what Luke would do. I feel like he'd want to go out holding his fathers lightsaber. Just a random detail that I really love.

Knowing what we know about the Mandalorian subcultures, wouldnt have it been really interesting for Phasma to have been a Mandalorian? Have her have a mini arc with stormtrooper Finn bc although they’re First Order soldiers, her culture sees him and the others as Foundlings (in a twisted way)

I always assumed that Rey's parents were nobodies, I didn't understand why it was used as a twist, then retconned

"This video is made for sane people" Sane people? In the Star Wars fandom? _I can see you're only interested in the exceptionally rare_

finally someone else who likes Rey's parentage and the message behind it! it was one of my favorite parts of the whole trilogy.

This is the best TLJ review, you’re the one of the only person who is able to judge it fairly with an open mind, with other examples being IHE and cosmonaut who can see the good and the bad

One time I decided to watch the last Jedi when it was on Netflix, and during the prank call part at the beginning my dad walked in and thought I was watching a ytp.

13:00 Id like to point out parking illegally was a joke in SPACE BALLS. Yes Rian Johnson intentionally or not took a joke from a STAR WARS PAORDY and turned it into a serious plot point

Rose’s character is a tragedy in every sense of the word, little introduction terrible writing and not even a chance to redeem herself

"I HATE WHEN KZfaqRS TURN POTENTIALLY EMOTIONAL LINES OF DIALOG INTO MEMES" *Think, schaff, think!*

This comment section is surprisingly civil considering the basis of this video. Impressive.

*Says treating Villains like a joke is a bad idea* *Shows picture of Jessie and James* I'm sorry but WHAT. They are perfect in every way.

“This is the first movie in Star Wars history to drop its title into the movie” Rogue One: .

I like what this film tried to be, tried to at least have themes and a point, to deviate from the norm somewhat and possibly have a message. But everything about the context made it ring a bit hollow. I liked the Luke and Rey bits more than the rest and would actually have traded in the Canto Byte scenes for more of their character interactions. Like the idea that Luke has been as dismayed by the reimergence of the dark side after he worked so hard to vanquish it as the fans were is an interesting idea and to have someone a lot like he used to be restore his faith in, the light side I guess, is interesting.

So I know this is like a year later, but according to Dave Filoni, the Darth Maul fight is actually one of the most important fights in the saga. Originally, this may not have held much weight, but it becomes clear later that Qui-Gon is one of the only Jedi who is beginning to realize the flaws of the order, and thus, feels he needs to train Anakin because he is the chosen one. Obi-Wan, though a wise Jedi, holds to the ways of the order unlike his master. Anakin's many questions of the council and the Jedi order lead him to the dark side, where if Qui-Gon was his master, his questions could have been justified and he may have remained on the light. This is why the Darth Maul fight is called the "Duel of the Fates."

We get time to see Rose, who we don’t know, get a whole scene mourning her sister but not a single second of Luke mourning his best friend

Leia should have been established as a powerful force user in FA, and pulled the ship towards her in Last Jedi

I find it fascinating that we shit on this movie so hard when it came out (me included, can't lie) and it caused such an overreaction that when Rise of Skywalker came out, we came back like "heeeeeey.....I may have overreacted a bit"

I think the best way to summarise the three trilogies, is: The OT was a series with a strong vision, and a strong sense of collaborative talent, Lucas set the stage, and directors (Marquand, Kershner) screenwriters (Lawrence Kasdan) editors (Marcia Lucas, ) sound designers (Ben Burtt) etc were all given the room to maneuver to bring their talent to its greatest effect. the PT was a series with a strong vision, but a very weak sense of collaboration of talent. Lucas set a potentially strong plotline in motion, but without stronger directors like Kershner, or stronger screenwriters like Kasdan, and with Lucas in complete control, NO-ONE's talent really flourished to full effect. The ST was a series with a very strong collaboration of talent, from potent directors like Johnson, to good editors, actors, cinematographers etc. they were all given the freedom to work to their best... however... there was no sense of vision, no overarching idea, subsequently they're putting their strongest work into a flawed final blueprint. the OT is a solid house built out of wood. the PT is a sizeable mansion built out of mud. and the ST is a small shack built out of bricks.

3:15 lets not forget that 2 seconds before tossing his saber and saying he wouldnt kill his father, luke was beating his father, and cut off his father's hand. And he even says it was a moment of instinct. Luke, in a single moment of instinct was gonna kill ben. But he doesn't because he realizes its not the jedi way, and because he thinks, "havent i learned a thing from being a jedi i shouldnt use the force for attacking?" but it was too late. ben woke up and was convinced luke was about to kill him. So by trying to stop kylo ren, luke created it. That point made sense to me. Luke has always been a dude just doing what he thinks is right. During his duel with vader on the death star 2, he was lucky. he was lucky vader and palpatine weren't trying to kill him, he was luckily vader was conflicted, he was lucky palpatine was too arrogant to be convinced vader was completely devoted.

When R2 played the leia message I genuinely smiled

I think Rose could’ve been redeemed by making her the spy. Then it makes sense for her to take Finn on this wild goose chase to Canto Byte, find the wrong code breaker who will turn them in and even knock Finn’s ship from hitting that laser when he tries to sacrifice himself. She’s ‘saving him’ but really she’s just trying to help the first order. Her sister could be a spy as well, maybe one who ended up defecting after spending time with the resistance since she bombs a Star Destroyer. After her sister dies, Rose is angry at the resistance for turning and killing her sister and All of Rose’s speeches about rebellion and her line about saving what you love are actually what her sister said to her when she was still alive, but now she’s using those resistance ideals to make finn and co trust her. And it works on the characters but the audience is put off by her and knows something’s up. Then in ROS Hux doesnt have to be the rebel spy, Rose is the First Order spy. She could even be working for Hux and lead him to where the rebels are so he can suprise attack them while taking all the credit and making Kylo look bad.

"Give that droid a raise, he affectively massacred 90% of the resistance,"

The worst part of the rise of skywalker is when the guy who killed millions by destroying 5 planets is actually a spy and his that is supposed to redeem his character

I think as a very hardcore starwars fan there is a difference between a good film and a good starwars movie

I think Kanto Byte could've been so amazing thematically if Po had gone with Finn. Po is a hotshot pilot who loves fighting the fight and doesn't take into consideration the despair that comes with war. Finn on the other hand is a child soldier who abandoned his army because of the atrocities they were committing and through FA chose to join the resistance and fight the first order. We could have had Po realise how much pain and destruction the war really causes through Finn. And how much of a gutpunch would it have been for both of them to find out both sides are supplied by the same people! Also they should have made the kid skaves more impactful considering, again, FINN WAS A CHILD SOLDIER. The parallels they could've drawn would have been so good if they didn't throw Finn's background to the wayside!

I agree that the scene where R2 plays “you’re my only hope” Leia hologram was brilliant. Nostalgia that actually means something to not just the story but to the characters as well.

Lemme address one of the things I 100% disagree with you on; Snoke. I think you missed the entire point of why the Sith always fail. Let's go through a few examples. Why did Darth Nihilus fail? Because he could not see beyond his power grab, which was his ultimate downfall as a wound in the force. In short, tunnel vision. Why did Anakin lose to Obi-Wan? He could not see beyond his pure hate and anger he had not only for his brother for betraying him, but everyone around him for supposedly abandoning him. In short, tunnel vision. Why did Palpatine get yeeted into space chunks? Because he was so angry and spiteful at yet another pathetic Jedi who could not see the power of the dark side, that he never saw Vader coming back to the light and killing him. In short, tunnel vision. Why did Snoke not see the saber turn towards him instead of Rey? Because he was so focused on the hate and inner turmoil and the raw emotion coming from it, and he got too invested in the pure power and unleashing of emotions. IN SHORT, TUNNEL VISION. This narrow-minded, hate-fueled, raw-emotion driven mindset is what has always led to the downfall of even the greatest of Sith. And Snoke is just one more example of this. It's actually one of the few things I enjoy about this movie.

Having the subplot be more of a whodunnit, and after seeing Knives Out, definitely could’ve been a fun and better idea.

I feel like Luke's failure of character when he tries to kill Ben might be made a little more believable if maybe they had shown or told us how precarious the peace created after destruction of the Empire and how it came at a very high personal cost, so that Luke's paranoia about any little thing potentially destroying everything he worked so hard to make would push him to actually consider killing his nephew.

“BB-9E should have a raise!” Is a battlefront hero ok instead

I didn’t mind Luke’s Character, but I think they made him too comic relief. Though I agree him suffering in his depression is good, as it shows you Luke can suffer. Though I think him trying to kill Kylo isn’t Luke. Also yes, Hux was wasted. #JusticeForHux. And also I would have looooved to see what happened with the Force Sensitive Boy that got “Swept” under the carpet

We see that Rian is a Hamilton fan : - The arc with the ruthless commander who doesn’t obey his superiors and who is denied his commandment - The way characters like Luke, Rey, and to some extent Kylo Ren, deal with the fact that history has its eyes on them - The fact he cites Hamilton in Knives Out - Leslie Odorn Jr in Knives Out 2 - « INCOMIIIIIIIING ! »

The part involving Rose's actress was a big mood, hope this doesn't follow her in any future film. A damn shame this had to happen in her first role, or that it happened at all.

The prequels: [exist] "God the original trilogy was better" The Last Jedi: [exist] "God even the prequels were better" The Rise of Skywalker: [exist] "God even The Last Jedi was better" I wonder if they'll manage to make something so bad I'll defend Rise of Skywalker.

I don’t like TLJ but this video was great. It’s nice to see somebody talk about the fact there’s good things about the movie! It’s not perfect at all, but it’s not horrible either, and that doesn’t just go for TLJ, it goes for almost every movie ever. It has some great moments, and some bad ones too.

Apparently the reason why rose barely got any screen time was because her actress spoke out against the disney star wars movies

Me scrolling down to the comment section: "I've got a bad feeling about this"

''Rey born from nobodies'' was one of the best things in the entire new trilogy. An entire saga about a family with immense power because a guy manipulated life itself to make the greatest Force user ever, then comes a girl of humble origins who is just as good as a Force user, why? Because, there's no reason, it just happens. Or maybe there was a reason but only the Force knows and Rey happened to be the one born when the Force did its thing. No bloodline, just sheer luck. This way Rey would have changed her aim from ''finding my family'' to ''I have found a family'' with Leia, Poe, Finn, Rose... it could have made for a great twist and fresh take on the SW formula. But no, she had to be powerful because she's linked to the Galactic Emperor of Evil.

I think after what we've seen of Luke in the Mandalorian and the Book of Boba Fett that perhaps LucasFilm is trying to lay the groundwork to help justify Luke's portrayal in TLJ. We see *"the Legend"* that tore through Dark Troopers like a hot knife through butter from the eyes of people like Din Djarin & Gideon. While Luke might not consciously let that get to his head, subconsciously maybe moments like this reinforce the idea that he is the protector of the galaxy. In the Book of Boba Fett, we see him offer Grogu a choice of choosing Yoda's lightsaber OR Djarin's chainmail, the exact same mistake that lead his father down the path of the dark side.

Holy shit this really turned my opinion on this movie around.

"Her parents are nobodies." Palpatine: *Laughs in Sith Lord*

"This movie constantly feels like a weak attempt to be Marvel" *That right there is the answer to all that's wrong with Disney Star Wars*

In a way, I think The Last Jedi is a perfect metaphor for Star Wars as a whole. It’s got some really big flaws holding it back from being truly fantastic and it can be messy, disjointed, poorly paced or even tone-deaf, but ultimately it is creative, iconic, exciting and intelligent and it tells it’s story in an entertaining way.

I don’t know why, but Schaff saying “Poe wouldn’t have time to prank call General Huckleberry!” makes me laugh more than it should.

The sequel trilogy has disappointed me so much because it clearly didn't have a plan. The force awakens opened up the possibility of interesting stories. People like the Knights of Ren and Captain Phasma were completely wasted and my opinions on episodes 7, 8 and 9 are just movies to me. Not good just disappointing and full of wasted potential.

tRoS: *comes out* Everyone: "You know what, maybe tLJ wasn't so bad after all"

Honestly my favorite film in the sequel trilogy (which isn't saying much), but it does have some of my favorite Star Wars moments. Yoda's lesson of the importance of failure, anything on the island, Luke confronting Kylo Ren one last time, his death scene. I also feel the original Duel of the Fates script works a LOT better as a sequel to this movie than TROS was. It carries on a lot of the same themes and gives Finn a compelling character arc.

There's just something beautiful about a Star Wars video with Super Mario Galaxy music in the background

schaff, nobody talks about this enough, but your choice in background music is absolutely amazing.

Rose: Shows a really strong bond with her sister who died for the cause Also Rose: Stops Fin from saving the Resistance because she wanted a kiss

My opinion: just because it looks good, doesn’t mean it is good... and they killed admiral akbar off screen 1/10 it was a trap

The reason why the Last jedi is my favorite film of the Disney era is just one fact it took risks, it tried to be different and yes I will admit not everything in this movie works eg. Canto byte and Poe and Holdo's dumb argument. But it tried to do things differently like having the main character not being related to anyone special and having Luke be a hopeless and broke man instead of just assuming he lived happily ever after and instead of the villian being redeemed in the way Vader was he instead kills Snoke and does what Vader never had the nerve to do. Honestly after watching ROS i was so appalled for the fact instead of building off of the storylines this film left they were instead like "let's just retcon everything because a bunch of people complained on the internet about it instead of trying to tell a satisfying story we'll just do everything everyone knows is going to happen but we'll make it happen in the most boring and predictable way imaginable" The whole Rey is a Mary Sue honestly wasn't a big issue because in TFA and TLJ she made mistakes and had things to learn but the biggest thing was that she wasn't the only character who did all the important things in the plot (Go and rewatch ROS and tell me if any character but Rey does anything that ultimately matters) This is absolutely the best review of this movie i've ever seen absolutely agree with most of your thoughts Schaff. Everyone who hates this movie i just want to ask what's better a movie that took chances and tried to challenge the themes of Star wars and do something incredibly different or a film that ends it's trilogy's story in the most rushed and nostalgia batting way possible and instead of challenging people's perceptions on the franchise it goes the most aggressively safe way possible because JJ Abrams gave into fan hate.

I never realized how tone deaf the explosion behind Finn and Rose's kiss was That explosion could have signaled the death of so many resistance member and they couldn't have known whether all of their friends survived

"Yoda went back to Dagobah to live out the rest of his days. However he found out he had been drafted to the Vietnam War His helicopter crashed, killing 20 people in his squad Yoda miraculously survived the crash He then died from Syphilis 2 hours later #DAGOBAHSQUAD" I died

34:53 "It left no intriguing plot threads for a third film to work with." I honestly can't help but disagree with that statement simply because of the fact that the original Episode 9 script (Duel of the Fates) exists and after reading that script, it actually continued most of the plot threads of TLJ and took them in interesting directions. Now that script itself was still very flawed, but those flaws would've been much easier to fix than the flaws in TROS imo. If Disney simply kept that script and refined the flaws that it had, then the Skywalker Saga could've easily ended on a satisfying note. People probably would've softened on TLJ had Disney actually stuck with the DOTF script. Also making Kylo Ren the main villain is still an intriguing plot thread that TLJ set up. It's not like there was NOTHING that Episode 9 could've expanded upon.

The Last Jedi is so full of problems, so unperfect... but I feel art in it. I feel like it has the willing to make something good. In The Rise of Skywalker I just feel a baby stumping his feet because the previous movie was not how he wanted and instead of focusing on making a good movie now, be focused on how the previous movies were.

It's so refreshing to hear a balanced review of The Last Jedi.

Personally I liked this video but I have one disagreement: Luke being a depressed hermit is a good concept but it breaks continuity with TFA as a big plot point in TFA was about how Luke made a map that was leading to him, and then in The Last Jedi he acted like he never did that or was never addressed. If TFA didn't have that or they acknowledged it in TLJ that made sense, I would've been down for Luke's arc. EDIT: Aside from that, I really loved the video.

0:48-1:35 is a big part of why my views line up with Schaffs and why I respect him as a person.

I'm so glad to see someone not hating on how Luke is portrayed in this film.

"Backtracking on this reveal is the single worst mistake TROS ever made" YES. I've been a SW fan my whole life but I found myself getting so bored with the repeating tropes...I absolutely loved her parents being no one, and I thought it introduced a tragic and relatable situation into a franchise that often gets lost in CGI pyrotechnics.

When a movie so bad Schaff has to make a 40 minute video appreciating the previous one.

Woah woah I can understand the throne room fight not having the most emotional investment but Duel of the Fates?? That fight shows Obi-Wan turning into a Jedi master in that *moment*, and you can really see the anger in Obi-Wan when he’s fighting maul after Qui-Gonn dies

Imagine if you removed the Holdo subplot and instead had Poe and Finn go to Canto Bight together. Then at the climax Poe dies when he stops Finn from sacrificing himself.

I have to hand it to Rian: JJ made a movie and we practically forgot about it. Rian made a movie and we’re still talking about it 2 years later.