It would be hilarious if it was followed up with this: Luke: "Hey, last time you got rewarded with money, right?" Han: "Yeah." Luke: "Well, the reward will be more about pleasure this time around." Han immediately loads his blaster: "I get first shot at Vader!"
My little brother is such a star wars nerd I told him I ordered a bunch of ramen noodles for my office and his response was "not just the ramen but the rawomen and the rachildren too!"
it really bothers me how little support this fire ass channel be getting. This probably my favorite comic channel and like my third favorite podcast. nevr change never stop
yeah, ANH Infinities is the most satisfying to read, ESB Infinities... kinda blows, and I kinda respect what RotJ Infinities tries even though it doesn't work out super well.
@@TARDISman85 I just love RotJ because of Lightside Vader 😂 Like it's funny that instead of getting a better suit he just dyes his original white and gives himself new lenses 😂
The fact that they point out it was literally just him and R2's plan is so funny. It has to be for rest of the gang to not be complete monsters. The destruction of the most densely populated planet in Star Wars, a global city, was solely perpetrated by the last jedi master who was gonna die of old age in like 2 days anyways and the robot who's getting off scott free with a new body.
That final act makes it all worth it. Was deeply entertained. Just fucking yoda going "yeah sure I am supposed to be here" with yoda giggling away seeing star destroyers blow up. Crashing a death star into a planet. I think it lives up to the potential that yoda proposed in that second film. Yoda was cool in that movie because he was so powerful, but he was just a goofy little green alien, and he never once light up a lightsaber ever. He proposed this fascinating new depth to jedi, thar lives both in sync with obi wan and VASTLY in contrast to him. Yoda was cheeky, hand a sense of humour but was also filled with worldly wisdom. He spoke in riddles and metaphors and yet his meanings were never unclear.
Yeah, I always felt like Yoda was too good for lightsabers. I might have audibly groaned when he first busts out the lightsaber in the second prequel movie.
@architeuthis3476 For me as a child, I enjoyed yoda flipping around with a lightsaber... but that's because I was a child and seeing bight colours and funny visuals amused me. As I've grown older, I think yoda feels way cooler if he doesn't need that shit. Yoda feels way more powerful if all his power be backloaded in being just so strong with the force. In my mind It works better with the themes, too. The sith (represented by vader) put all their power and effort into the blade and offence and violence (sith powers are also an extention of this, lightning, choking), while the best jedi (yoda) put their power into inner peace and resolving conflict without resorting to violence. The force is more used for disarmament and distance than killing (jedi powers are pushing, mind tricks, pulling, healing) So when Luke goes off to fight vader, it's the start of a troubling path, he's putting aside his responsibility of finding inner peace and becoming one with the force to possibly starting a path to the darkside which is exactly what the inside of the cave was trying to warn him of. The rest of those movies for luke are all about that temptation to the darkness, and yet he never falls because even though the darkness lurks within him, he isn't that person. He's aware it sits within him from the start and refuses to feed it.
@@NovastarDoughnut See, if we got a pre-prequel with a young reckless Yoda (basically what he accused Luke of being when he was refusing to train him), THAT would be the time to see him flipping around with a lightsaber (and it would be awesome). But I like to think sometime around the age of 200, he started to slow down and focus on achieving his goals thoughtfully without need of violence.
@@architeuthis3476I will never understand why people think Yoda shouldn’t use a lightsaber. The dude being a master with it makes sense, just like he is with the force. The Prequels are goated btw.
@@DarkseidTheAlmightyThe cave scene in _The Empire Strikes Back_ explains why Yoda doesn't use weapons. ...or did George Lucas go back and screw that up too?
I rewatch these episodes way too often. I love you guys. I had the worst day today but once I realized it’s Wednesday, it turned everything around. I fucking love back issues.
48:09 so, there's possibly an extra bit to this that could simply be me reading to far into the snake bit BUT during the filming of Empire when Luke is leaving Dagobah, a snake that was on set (they did use live snakes for scenes on Dagobah) gave mark a love bite, this is something you can see in the BTS for the movie
OMFG this is so much better then the prequels and the sequels and mostly anything outside the original trilogy This was so good, thanks guys btw keep doing the trivia shorts they are so fun
@@YouCalledForTheDoc Gillen and Soule’s Vader runs are so good and I’d love to see on backissues. Also would be cool if they did more legends books like Darth Vader and the ghost prison
36:30 I just instinctually booed at my phone. Madam Web really messed with me; that scene, with the hamfisted setup, that just randomly gives her a power up because a flipped-around quote happens to somewhat apply to the current situation... It almost felt like one of the bits we'd see on this show, except it wasn't SUPPOSED to be stupid and backwards.
In the Geordie vs Barkley debate. Geordie did not know the Holodeck had the ability to seduce you ( and turn off the program and never touched it ) Meanwhile Barkley found out the Holodeck can seduce you & immediately start doing deep fakes of his co-workers😂
@@SpiralSine6 to be fair to Barkley He wasn't friends with anybody on the crew yet ( they were calling him broccoli behind his back). keep it 100 we were all thinking impure thoughts about Diana and Beverly ( especially after that workout ep ) just Barkley got caught doing it😏
We might not agree on the prequels but friends don't always have to agree the couch would be boring if everyone has the same opinion 😊i would love to see a prequel version of this what if qui gon survived and obi wan died or what if Shmee was saved in episode 2. Another comic pop classic
Sal and I have VERY different star wars opinions but I gotta tell ya, I fucking love the star wars episodes especially if Jason is here, it's just a group of friends chatting about star wars!
You guys make good points about Yoda and the clothes, but consider this: where did the Ewoks get a dress that perfectly fits a human woman? And why do they have it?
@@RedHeadKevin it’s much more likely that they at some point killed and ate a woman, they are shown both in the films and extended lore to be able and accomplished hunters, and fierce predators despite their appearance. They eat meat, after all they had no qualms about wanting to cook Han and Luke when they first captured them.
@@brettpritchard265 we don’t see any textiles in their village, and except for headdresses they don’t wear clothing, they didn’t make the dress, they ate the last person who wore it.
Sal, as usual, I am one of those two people you're talking about... but yeah it's great to see Jason back again. I love the tradition of bringing him on for star wars related episodes
If they were to do a book “what if 3-Po and R2 fail” I think that although your idea is cool it’s important to look at the canon events of Luke’s life before the call to action. He wants to go back to school and become an imperial pilot but Owen wouldn’t let him. Maybe Luke actually does become an imperial pilot to fulfill his need for more and then as he gets older his need for more comes back and he ends up fighting his “friends”
43:55 When I was a little kid, I thought that Luke's black costume in _Return_ was the traditional clothing Jedi wear, and that Darth Vader's costume is just the traditional Jedi-wear plus a bunch of life support stuff. Then I saw the prequels (and no, I didn't see them right away), in which the traditional Jedi costume seems to be what Obi Wan and Yoda wear in the original trilogy. I like my idea better because it means that: A. When Luke shows-up to Jabba's palace, he's telling them that he's the real deal. B. It means that Obi Wan and Yoda were trying to NOT call attention to themselves when Luke first meets them.
When you watch A New Hope and realize Owen Lars and Obi Wan Kenobi are wearing the same outfit because THAT'S WHAT YOU WEAR ON TATOOINE. Luke's outfit is 100% a Jedi uniform (until it isn't).
@@comicpop Copy/paste everything RedLetterMedia said about George Lucas not understanding his own creation here, add that Disney only has a superficial understanding of it, and reiterate the discussion in the present video about how Marcia Lucas et al made _Star Wars_ good - _in spite of George Lucas._
@@architeuthis3476 For The Phantom Menace, there were early costume ideas for Obi-Wan (and presumably Qui-gon) wearing black tunics similar to Luke's Jedi attire.
I watched an interview recently if Chris Nolan talking to George Lucas and it’s so refreshing to see how self aware George is. He knows his weaknesses and is happy to say when people said his stuff was weird. He showed an original cut of the movie to all his friends and the only one that said it was gonna be a hit was Steven Spielberg. Star Wars is a film that should never have been made or a success, but it truly was Lightning a bottle.
Great job guys on covering Star wars infinity comics because oh boy this comic was freaking insane and crazy what if story that I had no idea what was the ending of this story was going to be but oh boy this was a welcome one to see you guys cover this amazing crazy what if star wars comic. :)
Luke: "But, Master. I already have a lightsaber. Why do I have to take yours?" Yoda: "For you to have the Youngling Slayer 3000 for the battle you triumph over the Dark Side, I would not want." Leia after Vader gives her her new lightsaber: "...He used this to do what to you?" Vader: nods
One of the things that's difficult to watch with the original cut of the hut scene is Alec improvising the dialogue and Hamill respond with the script as written. I can understand why Mark finds it difficult to watch himself in that movie.
Was always curious if we'd see this. I kind of figured that's what the scenario was when you mentioned not having properly recorded the footage. Love the original infinities episode
LeVar Burton comes across as the warmest most friendly person in the world. He has our sympathy even when we can't see his eyes. He could have been cast as the Emperor in _Star Wars_ and everyone would have been like, "yeah, he's a caricature of ultimate evil, but damnit I can't hate him"
Since the last time Jason was on the show (I'm counting the Elseworld's Exchange episode), I have watched 5 episodes of TOS and three and a half seasons of TNG. Thanks to the passion Sal and Jason showed in that episode of EE, I gave TOS a shot and decided it wasn't for me. About a year after that, I watched the first episode of TNG and I instantly knew it was the one for me. I really enjoyed the first two seasons even though they had a lot of problems. Since I'm not that big of a Trekkie, I don't care how many times Picard breaks the Prime Directive. It feels like artificial drama, if anything. It is wild that Barclay wasn't immediately section 8'd. That's why I enjoy the crew so much. Any normal platoon or squad would probably send Barclay away instead of trying to help him. The Enterprise tries to actually aid him. They understand that Barclay has a problem and attempt to help him, which is wonderful. They are not willing to throw him away and move on. Maybe in the 24th century, Veterans Affairs is still bad and they don't want him to deal with that. La Forge falling in love with the ship is weird though.
Glad I pushed thru and loved this episode! As one of those rightly chastised for dipping early from the occasional Star Wars back issues 🙈 loved this and it makes me want to go back and rewatch the other episodes! Cuz this tbh the only kind of Star Wars I enjoy these days
For the "3P0 and R2 die in the escape pod" change, I could see it having the Death Star become this sort of "mystery weapon" for quite some time, where planets that get a little too uppity just keep having catastrophic "accidents". Some reports of "killer moons" but written off as kooks. Obi-wan starts hearing some of this and just decides "We have no options here. We cannot just wait around. I'm calling an audible." and just KIDNAPS Luke and is taking him to Dagobah RIGHT FRAKING NOW. Like, gives him the basic run down, but in this version we don't really have Luke going after the princess, we don't have dead parental figures. So Luke is kinda down for an adventure but isn't as cleanly cut from his past life. And in this version, maybe they recruit Biggs Darklighter as their pilot instead of Han! They don't have to use a skeevy smuggler to get past the Imperials this time, they're not even on the radar. Just because he IS such a great character, maybe have Han tasked with trying to track down Obi-wan through a confluence of events. Kenobi's name shows up on a flight registration, which pings one of Vader's Google Alerts, he reaches out to Jabba to get some people on it, and Jabba cashes in Han's debt. "Bring me Kenobi, and your debt is cleared". So Han is an OBSTACLE in this version. An almost Zuko like role, and his entire narrative would be chasing this seemingly impossible quest, always just a little bit behind. Having to use more and more shady and/or violent methods to reach his goal. Give this Luke, living Kenobi, AND Yoda a couple years to actually train while Biggs can prove he's a badass all on his own, training and dodging Imperials across the galaxy. They don't just hang out on Dagobah the whole time. And then there's Leia, which I want to do something interesting with: Give her the T2 Sarah Connor treatment. She's just a prisoner, but she's just gotten more and more badass as time goes by. Skip the dark side turn, Vader never even figures it out, and the Emperor simply has no NEED for this because he's got a fraking DEATHSTAR to roll around with. So Leia has just been surviving as a political prisoner in the Empire, counting her days. I'd probably bring it in to a close with the heroes still uniting, but from a VASTLY different perspective. Maybe Luke gets strong enough in the force now to just CONNECT with Leia. And that's his FIRST surprise family reveal this time around. He wants to go save her, but Kenobi and Yoda object, it's too dangerous, he's not ready yet. But Luke ain't having NONE of this shit, after he's already been separated from his Aunt and Uncle and they haven't actually DONE anything to stop the damn Deathstar. Luke just LEAVES, trying to hitch a ride out of town to start figuring out how to rescue Leia. Basically just ASKS Han on pure happenstance if he can fly him. Han attempts to betray him to get to Kenobi, but winds up realizing he's sick of Jabba's shit and helps Luke. They break out Leia, who now looks closer to Vi from Arcane than anything else, and has the skills to match. And so the FIRST encounter Vader has with any of these people, you've got a fairly well trained Jedi Knight Luke, BOUNTY HUNTER Han Solo, and grizzled convict Leia Organa. This would, of course, not be something you could do in one graphic novel. But it'd be a wild adventure to plot out. Like when you miss the beginning plot hook in an RPG and spend the first 20 hours grinding side quests.
Jordie has a crush that tips into questioning human existence and what is life and can a robot and a human fall in love. Barkley intentionally left a life sized real doll made up of a mop, a broom, two pillows, three rubber gloves, a bucket and a basketball with a picture of Picard's face taped to it out so that the crew would "find it" like "How did that even get there??? It's the strangest thing! Okay now take of your clothes, Data."
I wonder if the other force ghosts ever appeared in front of Darth Vader or Emperor Palpatine and just haunted them. Being an absolute nuisance and shit talking them from beyond the grave.
R2 is the most pimped out model, taken from the royal yacht and tinkered with by Anakin for decades...if there's a bit of kit he doesnt have I'd be more surprised :P
Tiffany is kinda right about the Falcon being a bachelor pad in the Legends EU in the post Endor period there a scene before Han and Leia are married where he parks the Falcon on an asteroid and tries to seduce Leia and tells Chewie to remain in the cockpit 😂 Also Sal is correct at least in Legends that Yoda did fight a dark Jedi on Dagobah.
Biggs “Luke how could you miss you had a clear shot with the aim computer what happened” Luke “Oh I turned it off” Han “why’d you do that kid” Luke “the voice in my head told me to you guys don’t have obi wan’s voice in your head” Han”… Come on old buddy we’re gonna go see the rebel psychiatrist”
To quote the great Sheev Palpatine: "A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one"
Senator, Supreme-Chancellor, Emperor, Sith Lord, “All of the Sith”/Sith Eternal… needless to say all of his job titles mean “I’m at the top”
*Rocket misses*
"Uhhhh.... Okay, Ben, what do i do now?"
"..."
"Ben?"
Stop listening to the force luke, you fucked it up"
Han was right!
"We need to sneak into the Death Star and rescue the Princess"
"What? Again?!"
See, it's like poetry. It rhymes.
"When we rescue the Princess, lay off the incest. We're at war in the stars, and there's other girls in bars."
(It's like poetry, it rhymes....)
How dare you? XD
It would be hilarious if it was followed up with this:
Luke: "Hey, last time you got rewarded with money, right?"
Han: "Yeah."
Luke: "Well, the reward will be more about pleasure this time around."
Han immediately loads his blaster: "I get first shot at Vader!"
My little brother is such a star wars nerd I told him I ordered a bunch of ramen noodles for my office and his response was "not just the ramen but the rawomen and the rachildren too!"
LMAOO THQTS SO FUNNY
it really bothers me how little support this fire ass channel be getting. This probably my favorite comic channel and like my third favorite podcast. nevr change never stop
Honestly the best one. Plus Yoda commiting a war crime is always a treat.
yeah, ANH Infinities is the most satisfying to read, ESB Infinities... kinda blows, and I kinda respect what RotJ Infinities tries even though it doesn't work out super well.
@@TARDISman85 I just love RotJ because of Lightside Vader 😂
Like it's funny that instead of getting a better suit he just dyes his original white and gives himself new lenses 😂
I love how Yoda is a complete psychopath in this book.
I adore this Yoda lol
Yoda chad. Meme was born that day of Yoda on Ketamine.
"Who da man? Yoda man!", after all
The fact that they point out it was literally just him and R2's plan is so funny. It has to be for rest of the gang to not be complete monsters. The destruction of the most densely populated planet in Star Wars, a global city, was solely perpetrated by the last jedi master who was gonna die of old age in like 2 days anyways and the robot who's getting off scott free with a new body.
That final act makes it all worth it. Was deeply entertained. Just fucking yoda going "yeah sure I am supposed to be here" with yoda giggling away seeing star destroyers blow up. Crashing a death star into a planet.
I think it lives up to the potential that yoda proposed in that second film. Yoda was cool in that movie because he was so powerful, but he was just a goofy little green alien, and he never once light up a lightsaber ever. He proposed this fascinating new depth to jedi, thar lives both in sync with obi wan and VASTLY in contrast to him. Yoda was cheeky, hand a sense of humour but was also filled with worldly wisdom. He spoke in riddles and metaphors and yet his meanings were never unclear.
Yeah, I always felt like Yoda was too good for lightsabers. I might have audibly groaned when he first busts out the lightsaber in the second prequel movie.
@architeuthis3476 For me as a child, I enjoyed yoda flipping around with a lightsaber... but that's because I was a child and seeing bight colours and funny visuals amused me. As I've grown older, I think yoda feels way cooler if he doesn't need that shit. Yoda feels way more powerful if all his power be backloaded in being just so strong with the force.
In my mind It works better with the themes, too. The sith (represented by vader) put all their power and effort into the blade and offence and violence (sith powers are also an extention of this, lightning, choking), while the best jedi (yoda) put their power into inner peace and resolving conflict without resorting to violence. The force is more used for disarmament and distance than killing (jedi powers are pushing, mind tricks, pulling, healing)
So when Luke goes off to fight vader, it's the start of a troubling path, he's putting aside his responsibility of finding inner peace and becoming one with the force to possibly starting a path to the darkside which is exactly what the inside of the cave was trying to warn him of. The rest of those movies for luke are all about that temptation to the darkness, and yet he never falls because even though the darkness lurks within him, he isn't that person. He's aware it sits within him from the start and refuses to feed it.
@@NovastarDoughnut See, if we got a pre-prequel with a young reckless Yoda (basically what he accused Luke of being when he was refusing to train him), THAT would be the time to see him flipping around with a lightsaber (and it would be awesome). But I like to think sometime around the age of 200, he started to slow down and focus on achieving his goals thoughtfully without need of violence.
@@architeuthis3476I will never understand why people think Yoda shouldn’t use a lightsaber. The dude being a master with it makes sense, just like he is with the force.
The Prequels are goated btw.
@@DarkseidTheAlmightyThe cave scene in _The Empire Strikes Back_ explains why Yoda doesn't use weapons.
...or did George Lucas go back and screw that up too?
Yoda is incredibly unhinged in this. He straight up carjacks the Death Star and starts pulling space drive byes.
🤣
Bro they should bring this back and call it “when you wish upon a StarWars”
“Yoda aint no MUPPET!” PRIME example of why Sal is my brother from another mother! AMEN TO PENDENCY in all it’s forms!😂
I rewatch these episodes way too often. I love you guys. I had the worst day today but once I realized it’s Wednesday, it turned everything around. I fucking love back issues.
"We don't know what a Phil Tippet-verse looks like." Sal seemingly hasn't seen Mad God. Because that's 100% a Phil Tippet-verse of Nightmares.
"I'm about to nerd out about Muppets for a second" lol😅😅
Jason was on my wavelength when it came to bacta. Though my thoughts were valuable commodity instead of precious commodity.
Any book that features Grand Moff Tarkin, one of my favorite Star Wars characters, will immediately get my attention
more star wars episodes means more vader and palpatine impressions hell yes
Jason fits the couch better every time he shows up. Great episode!
I was one of the two people! Then I forgot you did it, asked you to do it, and you did it!
Thank you!
Really wish the Star Wars episodes got more views cause they’re always pure comedy
Jason's always fun to see on the show!
Yoda ain't no muppet! 😂
I would love a What if Qui-Gon survived Phantom Menace
Same cause that's the happy ending
48:09 so, there's possibly an extra bit to this that could simply be me reading to far into the snake bit BUT during the filming of Empire when Luke is leaving Dagobah, a snake that was on set (they did use live snakes for scenes on Dagobah) gave mark a love bite, this is something you can see in the BTS for the movie
OMFG this is so much better then the prequels and the sequels and mostly anything outside the original trilogy
This was so good, thanks guys btw keep doing the trivia shorts they are so fun
The Prequels are GOATED and the best in the saga. Legends stories are GOATED as well.
Yay welcome back Jason!
Jason always does a great job filling in! Dope Back Issues episode!
I’m just gonna say it… “Somehow Salpatine returned.”
Please do more Star Wars backissues. We will watch those episodes with great interest
Honestly, since they’ve done Jason Aaron’s first Marvel Star Wars arc and Vader Down, they could do an episode just on the Gillen run of Darth Vader.
@@YouCalledForTheDoc Gillen and Soule’s Vader runs are so good and I’d love to see on backissues. Also would be cool if they did more legends books like Darth Vader and the ghost prison
36:30 I just instinctually booed at my phone.
Madam Web really messed with me; that scene, with the hamfisted setup, that just randomly gives her a power up because a flipped-around quote happens to somewhat apply to the current situation...
It almost felt like one of the bits we'd see on this show, except it wasn't SUPPOSED to be stupid and backwards.
Too many great moments, but we need the scene of C3PO lounging on the veranda saying "I can't fight a rebelion Leia, I'm a status symbol! "
In the Geordie vs Barkley debate.
Geordie did not know the Holodeck had the ability to seduce you
( and turn off the program and never touched it )
Meanwhile Barkley found out the Holodeck can seduce you & immediately start doing deep fakes of his co-workers😂
Thank you!!
Barclay does have some decent episodes afterwards, but his AI deepfake scenes on the holodeck are so uncomfortable it’s hard to watch that episode.
@@SpiralSine6 to be fair to Barkley
He wasn't friends with anybody on the crew yet ( they were calling him broccoli behind his back).
keep it 100 we were all thinking impure thoughts about Diana and Beverly ( especially after that workout ep ) just Barkley got caught doing it😏
Geordie then tried to project those feelings onto the real person when he met her...that was really fucked up
@@TheSpiderworks There's a difference between thinking about them and making porn / sex toys of them
We might not agree on the prequels but friends don't always have to agree the couch would be boring if everyone has the same opinion 😊i would love to see a prequel version of this what if qui gon survived and obi wan died or what if Shmee was saved in episode 2. Another comic pop classic
I would definitely like to see a _What If... the Prequel Trilogy Was Good?_ and follow it up with _What If... the Sequel Trilogy Was Good._
The Prequels are the best in the saga.
@@saviletotorres143 Explain?
I love the star wars episodes because you get sals star wars impressions
I laughed so much this episode. The only thing missing from this episode was Ethan’s dry snide deliveries of prequel one liners.
Sal and I have VERY different star wars opinions but I gotta tell ya, I fucking love the star wars episodes especially if Jason is here, it's just a group of friends chatting about star wars!
The pitches at the end for further Infinities are GOLD
I am so happy I did not think there would ever be another one
Comicpop doing Star Wars is always a treat especially when Jason is there 👌👌
This was a great episode, probably my favorite star wars episode
back in the late 70s we used to find ways to work Power Droid (Gonk) into our Kenner Star Wars scenarios
Love this trio ! It’s always fun to get into Star Wars and the silliness of it.
36:31
ITS MADAME WEBING TIME
Came for my favourite youtube channel, stayed for Sal’s Yoder
You guys make good points about Yoda and the clothes, but consider this: where did the Ewoks get a dress that perfectly fits a human woman? And why do they have it?
They had skins. They probably could make rudimentary clothes quickly. They probably made the dress in the hours it took them to braid her hair
@@RedHeadKevin it’s much more likely that they at some point killed and ate a woman, they are shown both in the films and extended lore to be able and accomplished hunters, and fierce predators despite their appearance. They eat meat, after all they had no qualms about wanting to cook Han and Luke when they first captured them.
I mean it was always pretty obvious to me that they made it.
@@brettpritchard265 we don’t see any textiles in their village, and except for headdresses they don’t wear clothing, they didn’t make the dress, they ate the last person who wore it.
I didn't expect this to be this good, lol!
This came out at the perfect time! I'm hyped on Star wars because of the Battlefront classic collection announcement today!
Sal, as usual, I am one of those two people you're talking about... but yeah it's great to see Jason back again. I love the tradition of bringing him on for star wars related episodes
Yoda crashing the the Death Star into the planet is the greatest thing ever.
Bold choice to take a Star Trek sidetrack during a Star Wars conversation!
Turns out Han didn’t really recognize Yoda because of the con, it was because Chewie recognized him from 20 years ago.
I cannot believe you talked about Chewie in the shower for that long without mentioning the Solo shower scene
If they were to do a book “what if 3-Po and R2 fail” I think that although your idea is cool it’s important to look at the canon events of Luke’s life before the call to action. He wants to go back to school and become an imperial pilot but Owen wouldn’t let him. Maybe Luke actually does become an imperial pilot to fulfill his need for more and then as he gets older his need for more comes back and he ends up fighting his “friends”
Fresh hot perspectives from fresh hot Star Wars w/ Fresh hot Wind!
43:55 When I was a little kid, I thought that Luke's black costume in _Return_ was the traditional clothing Jedi wear, and that Darth Vader's costume is just the traditional Jedi-wear plus a bunch of life support stuff. Then I saw the prequels (and no, I didn't see them right away), in which the traditional Jedi costume seems to be what Obi Wan and Yoda wear in the original trilogy. I like my idea better because it means that:
A. When Luke shows-up to Jabba's palace, he's telling them that he's the real deal.
B. It means that Obi Wan and Yoda were trying to NOT call attention to themselves when Luke first meets them.
When you watch A New Hope and realize Owen Lars and Obi Wan Kenobi are wearing the same outfit because THAT'S WHAT YOU WEAR ON TATOOINE. Luke's outfit is 100% a Jedi uniform (until it isn't).
@@comicpop Copy/paste everything RedLetterMedia said about George Lucas not understanding his own creation here, add that Disney only has a superficial understanding of it, and reiterate the discussion in the present video about how Marcia Lucas et al made _Star Wars_ good - _in spite of George Lucas._
@@architeuthis3476 For The Phantom Menace, there were early costume ideas for Obi-Wan (and presumably Qui-gon) wearing black tunics similar to Luke's Jedi attire.
@@Mucom So, they actually had a good idea and chose not to go with it? Yeah, that sounds like _Star Wars_
I watched an interview recently if Chris Nolan talking to George Lucas and it’s so refreshing to see how self aware George is. He knows his weaknesses and is happy to say when people said his stuff was weird. He showed an original cut of the movie to all his friends and the only one that said it was gonna be a hit was Steven Spielberg. Star Wars is a film that should never have been made or a success, but it truly was
Lightning a bottle.
I love that the Bacta War is not only real, but a good ass book
Great job guys on covering Star wars infinity comics because oh boy this comic was freaking insane and crazy what if story that I had no idea what was the ending of this story was going to be but oh boy this was a welcome one to see you guys cover this amazing crazy what if star wars comic. :)
Luke: "But, Master. I already have a lightsaber. Why do I have to take yours?"
Yoda: "For you to have the Youngling Slayer 3000 for the battle you triumph over the Dark Side, I would not want."
Leia after Vader gives her her new lightsaber: "...He used this to do what to you?"
Vader: nods
Bacta war mentioned. Wedge Antilles fans rise up!
Welcome back, Jason
Would love to see you guys talk about “The Star Wars” comic that’s based on the first draft of the script where it was Starkiller not Slywalker
Ah yes, the comic where Yoda Roado Rolla Da’s the Emperor with the Death Star 😂
One of the things that's difficult to watch with the original cut of the hut scene is Alec improvising the dialogue and Hamill respond with the script as written. I can understand why Mark finds it difficult to watch himself in that movie.
Was always curious if we'd see this. I kind of figured that's what the scenario was when you mentioned not having properly recorded the footage. Love the original infinities episode
I could watch you guys talk Star Wars all day.
Thank you for validating my feelings on Geordi LaForge! LeVar Burton is awesome, but LaForge is petty and petulant in so many situations
I wish I were LeVar Burton...
LeVar Burton comes across as the warmest most friendly person in the world. He has our sympathy even when we can't see his eyes.
He could have been cast as the Emperor in _Star Wars_ and everyone would have been like, "yeah, he's a caricature of ultimate evil, but damnit I can't hate him"
Somehow…Jason has returned 😮
Yay, another Star Wars episode and it's great to see Jason on the show.!
Since the last time Jason was on the show (I'm counting the Elseworld's Exchange episode), I have watched 5 episodes of TOS and three and a half seasons of TNG. Thanks to the passion Sal and Jason showed in that episode of EE, I gave TOS a shot and decided it wasn't for me. About a year after that, I watched the first episode of TNG and I instantly knew it was the one for me. I really enjoyed the first two seasons even though they had a lot of problems. Since I'm not that big of a Trekkie, I don't care how many times Picard breaks the Prime Directive. It feels like artificial drama, if anything.
It is wild that Barclay wasn't immediately section 8'd. That's why I enjoy the crew so much. Any normal platoon or squad would probably send Barclay away instead of trying to help him. The Enterprise tries to actually aid him. They understand that Barclay has a problem and attempt to help him, which is wonderful. They are not willing to throw him away and move on. Maybe in the 24th century, Veterans Affairs is still bad and they don't want him to deal with that. La Forge falling in love with the ship is weird though.
Love the mini TNG episode in this star wars episode hell yeah!!
Totally agree with you on Yoda. He has never quite looked right since Empire and it's always bugged me.
Glad I pushed thru and loved this episode! As one of those rightly chastised for dipping early from the occasional Star Wars back issues 🙈 loved this and it makes me want to go back and rewatch the other episodes! Cuz this tbh the only kind of Star Wars I enjoy these days
always nice to see jason and star wars on the show!
Nice video. Can't wait for more. Wonder if y'all will do Star Wars Infinites: Return of the Jedi.
I really enjoy Jason. That being said, Comicpop is the ONLY WAY I'll ever interact with Star Wars media. The fans are wild.
On the Council Chamber: Yes that is canon now. Palpatine renamed the Temple to the Imperial Palace.
We need a what if Starwars show . soooooo much !
For the "3P0 and R2 die in the escape pod" change, I could see it having the Death Star become this sort of "mystery weapon" for quite some time, where planets that get a little too uppity just keep having catastrophic "accidents". Some reports of "killer moons" but written off as kooks.
Obi-wan starts hearing some of this and just decides "We have no options here. We cannot just wait around. I'm calling an audible." and just KIDNAPS Luke and is taking him to Dagobah RIGHT FRAKING NOW. Like, gives him the basic run down, but in this version we don't really have Luke going after the princess, we don't have dead parental figures. So Luke is kinda down for an adventure but isn't as cleanly cut from his past life. And in this version, maybe they recruit Biggs Darklighter as their pilot instead of Han! They don't have to use a skeevy smuggler to get past the Imperials this time, they're not even on the radar.
Just because he IS such a great character, maybe have Han tasked with trying to track down Obi-wan through a confluence of events. Kenobi's name shows up on a flight registration, which pings one of Vader's Google Alerts, he reaches out to Jabba to get some people on it, and Jabba cashes in Han's debt. "Bring me Kenobi, and your debt is cleared". So Han is an OBSTACLE in this version. An almost Zuko like role, and his entire narrative would be chasing this seemingly impossible quest, always just a little bit behind. Having to use more and more shady and/or violent methods to reach his goal.
Give this Luke, living Kenobi, AND Yoda a couple years to actually train while Biggs can prove he's a badass all on his own, training and dodging Imperials across the galaxy. They don't just hang out on Dagobah the whole time.
And then there's Leia, which I want to do something interesting with: Give her the T2 Sarah Connor treatment. She's just a prisoner, but she's just gotten more and more badass as time goes by. Skip the dark side turn, Vader never even figures it out, and the Emperor simply has no NEED for this because he's got a fraking DEATHSTAR to roll around with. So Leia has just been surviving as a political prisoner in the Empire, counting her days.
I'd probably bring it in to a close with the heroes still uniting, but from a VASTLY different perspective. Maybe Luke gets strong enough in the force now to just CONNECT with Leia. And that's his FIRST surprise family reveal this time around. He wants to go save her, but Kenobi and Yoda object, it's too dangerous, he's not ready yet. But Luke ain't having NONE of this shit, after he's already been separated from his Aunt and Uncle and they haven't actually DONE anything to stop the damn Deathstar.
Luke just LEAVES, trying to hitch a ride out of town to start figuring out how to rescue Leia. Basically just ASKS Han on pure happenstance if he can fly him. Han attempts to betray him to get to Kenobi, but winds up realizing he's sick of Jabba's shit and helps Luke. They break out Leia, who now looks closer to Vi from Arcane than anything else, and has the skills to match.
And so the FIRST encounter Vader has with any of these people, you've got a fairly well trained Jedi Knight Luke, BOUNTY HUNTER Han Solo, and grizzled convict Leia Organa.
This would, of course, not be something you could do in one graphic novel. But it'd be a wild adventure to plot out. Like when you miss the beginning plot hook in an RPG and spend the first 20 hours grinding side quests.
This was one of the first comics I ever got! I love this book and still have it!
This was great! Loved the Star Trek tangent😂
I was enjoying your discussion of TNG at the beginning. Any tie in Star Trek comics you could review?
This was a pretty cool story
Jordie has a crush that tips into questioning human existence and what is life and can a robot and a human fall in love. Barkley intentionally left a life sized real doll made up of a mop, a broom, two pillows, three rubber gloves, a bucket and a basketball with a picture of Picard's face taped to it out so that the crew would "find it" like "How did that even get there??? It's the strangest thing! Okay now take of your clothes, Data."
Because Barclay is the only one to ever use the holodeck as a way to have sex with crew mates.....right
In lower decks it's a job to clean the J*zz from the holodeck's J*zz filters
LOL well he's the one that got caught
And that... makes it ok?
@@comicpopethically speaking the holodeck should be off limits since we know holograms can eventually become sentient.
@@Jeremo-FDthose filter canisters were disturbingly large
Great episode, thank you sal
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Secret Madame Web cameo??? 😅
i love that theres a bacta wars and how that makes bacta such a precious commodity 😅
I want you all to do "The Star Wars"
Yay More Star Wars What If!
Omg the one with the greatest Yoda moment of all time
I wonder if the other force ghosts ever appeared in front of Darth Vader or Emperor Palpatine and just haunted them. Being an absolute nuisance and shit talking them from beyond the grave.
It's gold, bacta tanks get a few uses but do need to be refilled,
I love how the main video is about Star Wars, but the tangent is about Star Trek... 🤣🤣🤣
R2 is the most pimped out model, taken from the royal yacht and tinkered with by Anakin for decades...if there's a bit of kit he doesnt have I'd be more surprised :P
Ok but I would absolutely watch this movie, for being somewhat slapshot the story still ends up being pretty good
Based on the discussion here, it sounds better than the majority of _Star Wars_ movies that have been made
24:45 *The Last Jedi
I need another The Maxx episode.
Tiffany is kinda right about the Falcon being a bachelor pad in the Legends EU in the post Endor period there a scene before Han and Leia are married where he parks the Falcon on an asteroid and tries to seduce Leia and tells Chewie to remain in the cockpit 😂 Also Sal is correct at least in Legends that Yoda did fight a dark Jedi on Dagobah.
Biggs “Luke how could you miss you had a clear shot with the aim computer what happened”
Luke “Oh I turned it off”
Han “why’d you do that kid”
Luke “the voice in my head told me to you guys don’t have obi wan’s voice in your head”
Han”… Come on old buddy we’re gonna go see the rebel psychiatrist”