You are right with the film taking risks especially with but the problem is how it was executed. People were expecting so much from Luke's reappearance after 30 years since ROTJ ended and since TFA was teasing his importance to the whole narrative and why the characters need him only for TLJ to have him in the first scene of TLJ to throw his father's lightsaber and just walk away in a unintentional comedic manner. Also people wanted exact and in-depth reasons why he had to repeat the same mistakes he had avoided in the OT, and why he chose to abandon his sister and friend. Also it does not even seem to help that Luke dies after 'redeeming' himself instead of continuing to train the next generation of the jedi. But by the way Great Job!!

I honestly agree on a lot of your points, but I think you misunderstood Finn in TFA. He doesn't care about the resistance at all, when he and Han are on Starkiller Base he mentions that he isn't even sure if he can turn the shields off, he just wanted to save Rey. At no point does he actually want to fight for their cause

This is my favorite of the sequels; the darker tone and how it challenges the expectations worked for me. Just wished that it did take it all the way with Rey joining Kylo though if she had to resist then the other change would be to let Luke live. Still, I do love that Leia trains her in Rise.

nothing bankrolled to the tune of $300 million budget will genuinely be subversive.

Thank you for addressing the culture war channels that permeate my KZfaq recommendations. I make it a point to label them "do not recommend this channel" but, invariably, there are a fresh batch showing up, lately even Jordan Peterson crap, to boot... the Patron Saint of Righteous Indignation. Anyhow, looks like KZfaq is following the Facebook school of marketing by promoting controversial, outrage based themes as they generally increase engagement, etc. Thanks again.

The Last Jedi is canon breaking garbage that relies too much on past films.

Rian Johnson deliberately made the film controversial. He said he wanted to divide the fandom. I just wish he did it the way Captain America Civil War did. Both Cap and Iron Man's fans loved the movie yet are still debating which side is correct.

Finally, a channel that actually analyzes the film and not just spew nonsense. I agree a lot of those reaction channels feel like they dont even know the lore of star wars, and how truly vast it is. The muti-media legends and cannon based lore of the franchise endless amount of stories through all eras of the galaxy far far away. Showing different genre beats, from action to romance and even horror. There's soooo much more to this universe than just the main 9 movies. And man, am I upset that the Solo sequeals got canned due to all the crying from The Last Jedi.

With the sequels, nobody ever talks about any kind of love for the characters or the actors who play those characters. In fact it just seems to be all about Rian vs JJ and that's about it. When you hear Star Wars fans talk about either the OT or PT, they have a real love for the characters and for the actors who play those characters and for relationships that are formed both on and off screen. This adds to the fun of being a Star Wars fan. The sequels just don't seem to be part of the family. And defending the sequels by attacking the prequels is just getting boring now.

It's always great to see a video that isn't just "this film sucks because it's not a 1/1 replica of the old EU! That's not how this thing that never got explained in the films works!". You praise the film where it deserves praise, and call out its genuine failings. I've always wondered how much of stuff like the forced comedy and restoring of the status quo was because of it being sandwiched between two other films, and Disney. I hope that Rian's trilogy still comes out. He's willing to question the framework, not just nostalgia bait. Comparing TLJ to something like Mando S3 or other Disney shows (barring Andor but Andor is up there with Empire in terms of quality) is night and day. It's risk vs riskless. And a film with ambition usually beats out a film with no ambition (my eyes are staring at a copy of The Rise of Skywalker but you can't see it.) I heavily agree with you on the whole 'Fandom Menace' thing. Trying to find channels that can critique these franchises I like or love (Doctor Who) without stumbling on manchildren who want to stay in a bubble of white nostalgia. For Star Wars, Sheev Talks (despite his sequel bashing) and especially Star Wars Centralized are great channels that haven't been infected by the brainrot, but can still criticise (Sheev's recent video about TPM was really good, I mostly stuck by the Plinkett review of that film, but it makes some points...about that review and inception blahblah. Great video. His two parter on the Clone Wars really opened my eyes.)

I enjoyed this review alot, as well as the last jedi... and yes im tired of all of the ignorance surrounding the "leftist woke agenda". like just say you are a racist elitist who only wants to see white males in movies and not any other minority group LOL. I seriously don't understand what is wrong with having people of different race or gender portray FICTIONAL characters! And if one girl is in a movie for the love of whatever god you pray to, it IS NOT a "girl boss" movie. Anyways, thanks for this analysis it was great.

The only problem is that Episodes 7, 8 and 9 are not Star Wars or canon! 😁😃😉

This is the best video I've seen regarding the sequels. They really HAD their moments, but they weren't as good as they could've been. And seriously the fandom menace is such a real thing. This one youtuber made fun of rian johnson for the resistance bomber design which LITERALLY WAS IN THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY. That is a perfect example of the annoying youtubers complaining about every little thing that they can come up with rather than adress the real problems.