The Clones were phased out of the empire shortly after its start, they started recruiting people instead, and in these movies the soldiers are children taken from their homes and trained as troopers.
Stormtroopers were clones for a long time for George Lucas up until he started to fade away the idea and then let it ust be ambiguous. He never said they were recruits. This is why they are all from the same species. Yeah, the expanded universe authors tried to make Palpatine racist but that was before Ep II and III came out.
One of the greatest Star wars things to watch are the Old Republic cinematics. I guarantee all the Star wars fans here want to see you react to that. Love from Texas
In case you or anyone confused about the clones, once the clone era ended after Order 66, stormtroopers were formed from past clonetroopers or anyone who wanted to fight for the empire, so its a mix of both.
they never explain it in the movies, which I always found weird because for people who dont watch anything else but the movies, the clones continue to be stormtroopers
@@evill01 They pretty much said it in Bad Batch. Clones are phased out as the Empire sees them as a waste of resource. There are a couple of very good episodes of Bad Batch that focus on that.
This movie has some interesting ideas with some quite interesting characters. I sure hope they get expanded upon in the next 2 movies and they don't completely butcher their character development..... That would be a shame.....
The Starkiller Base (Death Star 2.0) was once the planet Ilum (ill yum) where young Jedi had gone to construct their first lightsabers due to the planet being the practical main source of Kyber crystals (what gives the lightsaber its color and blade). The Empire had overmined the planet creating the trench (where the Starkiller cannon was held) for the crystals, giving the First Order a head start on a new planet destroyer.
The Force can be used actively to produce a variety of effects like telekinesis or telepathy but but it can also be a passive buff, guiding the wielder in their movements. It's how Jedi like Yoda who were hella old and frail looking could literally bounce off the walls and in fact how many force-sensitives survive intense combat. Rey embraced the force and let it guide her, that's how she was able to suddenly turn the tide on Ren.
Let’s also not forget Kylo was shot directly with a Wookiee bow caster, which can send a person flying dozens of feet away There’s def a good reason she won, despite being much less experienced
She is certainly a natural to accomplish what took Luke 3, if not 4 years and training with Yoda, by simply knowing that the Force exists. And he was one of the most gifted Force-sensitives in galactic history. Ohh well.
Luke had an introduction to the Force and some basic lessons from Obiwan. Rey had nothing. That's the difference. Luke channeled the Force in order to properly time his shot to blow up the Death Star, after having received that basic training from Obiwan earlier on how to become one with the Force. What is the second instance that you are referring to, because this is all I can remember. He didn't do anything that he hadn't been instructed on how to do. Rey managed to not only resist the mind probe of a trained Darksider but also to turn the tables on him, Mind Trick a soldier, win a Force Pull competition against trained Darksider again, and channel the Force to guide her in saber combat. All with no guidance or training of kind. I'll let you decide which character has the bigger asspulls. It was bullshit, and they knew it. That's why they had to come up with an explanation for her abilities in the TFA Novel that released the following year. That's a pattern that will keep repeating itself in the sequel trilogy. Plot holes/discrepancies in the movies are left for the books to try and explain away. A sure sign of poor script writing. For the record it's not like I'm just on some sequel trilogy hate bandwagon. Comparatively speaking, it never really sat well with me how quickly Luke seemed to advance in such a short time with Yoda. At first I didn't think much of it, but the prequels kind of recontextualized that for me. The Jedi of that era spent their entire childhood training. Quite literally. Taken at such a young age that they can't even remember their parents or form any attachments to family. So we're talking they are probably taken by 5 years old, and they spend the next decade training. Compared to that, Luke progresses exponentially faster. But at least he had guidance and training from some of the best ever. Rey never had either.
7:50 stormtroopers werent clones they were normal citizens that joined the impire military. The first order stormtroopers are actually children that were taking away by force by the first order to be trained and become soldiers.
I think that the visuals for episode 7, 8 and 9 are amazing but I’d say that when moving onto episode 8, don’t get to hyped cuz it’s not as good as the originals and prequels Also because you asked, kilo rens lightsaber is flaky like that because of how it was created, when you turn to the dark side you must hold the lightsaber crystal and put all your hate into it, this will cause it to turn red. Kilo ren put so much hate into his crystal that it cracked, this causes that flakey look
Everytime I rewatch this movie I feel like my braincells slowly die off, the characters are the worst they've ever been and the plot is a legit copy of 4/6. I doubt we have to mention the overweight elephant in the room called Rey, the dumbest character ever written (not because of intelligence, more the lack of it on the writing team).
Sooo when rey heard kylo ren say something about the force in the forest.. something inside reached out and she heard voices and gave her focus, She doesnt have much training trying to control the light and the dark side, so she got really aggressive.
18:21 It’s because his Kyber Crystal got cracked when he was bleeding it and the crack made it unstable which also explains why he has a crossguard because otherwise, the lightsaber would quite literally explode
why would they do that though? i thought cloning soldiers was the most efficient way to sustain a army, ensure order in the ranks and keep civilian deaths to a minimum?
@rollzmoist5061 It would be Except that Kamino doesn't give away clones for free Clones are hella expensive, and the piece of tissue that Jango gave to the Kaminoans was practically gone at that point At that point Stormtroopers were the more reliable and cost friendly choice
@@Aurelius1239 but the empire ran the galaxy surly they got cash to make clones? especially when the benefits out way the costs... for example - if Finn was a clone, the first movie wouldn't happen. the first order would track down Luke, destroy the rebellion and the dark side wins edit: they had money to build star killer base and 2 death stars that got them nowhere... whats wrong with paying for clones when the entire jedi order was defeated by them?
@@rollzmoist5061 did you just ignore the whole "running out of genetic material" thing Plus Clones took a long time to grow and then train Volunteers were just more practical Also don't try and use Star killer base as a reason It's already been established that the sequels don't give a shit about the canon in the slightest The first Death Star was being planned out as early as Attack of the Clones The Jedi were only defeated by the Clones because they were spread out and isolated And most of the Masters in the temple were taken out by Anakin
Don, clones were phased out, as in not used, after the clone wars, many clones felt guilty for killing the jedi, The clones had not choice, as they were being mind controlled basically. Since the clones felt bad about killing the jedi, they were just removed slowly after the clone war, and afterwards, normal people were recruited for the empire as stormtroopers.
The reason Kylo Ren has a crossgaurd lightsaber is because his Kyber crystal (the crystal used to create a lightsaber) is cracked so it creates heat and crackles. The vents are meant to exhaust the heat in the sides of the blade, and he fights in the style of a mix between a single and crossgaurd saber. It’d be cool to see you get into all the bits of Star Wars. the animated shows and games are canon, and are from different perspectives of characters from around the galaxy, including other Jedi hiding after Order 66
One big thing I still don't understand today is, how can Rey, without training or even without knowing, immediately use mind trick on the storm trooper, pull a lightsaber towards her, read Kylo Ren's mind in the interrogation chamber and defeat him in light saber combat ??
@@daurydavis3983 but also requires talent and training. That one of the biggest thing thought in the clone wars. I'm not surprised they retconned this just like the chosen one prophesy at the same still considering them canon.
I genuinely think the Sequels could've been great movies if they held more respect for the OT as well as actually building on their cast of characters. Give them proper story arcs. The Acting is not the problem, the acting is some of the best in Star Wars as all the actors did a fantastic job. They should've had a plan going into this trilogy
One of the biggest problems was having 3 different directors with 3 different writing and production teams working on a TRILOGY of films. These things take collaboration, you know.
I personally like the sequels and I feel like they did a mostly good job with the characters, han and Leia felt true to the originals and I honestly liked Luke’s story but I can see why others didn’t like it. It’s definitely hit or miss and I respect if you don’t like it
@@warridden I agree with you tbh. While they're definetely my least favourite trilogy, I think they are waaaay overhated. Especially with Regards to Luke. I think the way that Luke died in TLJ was perfect.
@@warridden Fair enough. As someone who personally despised the sequels pretty heavily and can be considered one of those haters, you have my respect. There are definitely positive aspects, plus as someone who dislikes them I still like the characters, or at least see that they had a TON of potential either way even in the eyes of those who disliked them. All in all, W opinion, and have a good day!
Hey Don I’m not sure if you figured it out but the Lightsaber Finn was using was Anakin’s and the one Luke used for the New Hope and Empire strikes back
I hope you give your own opinions on this and don't go in with what the fans think if you end up disliking it thats cool and if you end up liking it thats also cool But I want your reaction formost
They ended up finding the clone troopers too expensive and finding it cheaper to recruit citizens so now they’re called storm troopers, they’re also usually taken as kids and raised to be soldiers too
this movie was such a great and promising start to the sequels. it brought the entire community together again, seeing it in the theater was absolutely unforgettable
Honestly... The Force Awakens actually isn't that bad... But it went down hill faster than the Stock Market did back in the 1920's😬 I recommend The Force Unleashed... OR... Jedi fallen Order.... Both games are solid... And so is Jedi Survivor... Which is the second game to Fallen Order... The Force Unleashed follows a character known as Star killer who is actually voiced by... Clone Wars Darth maul if I'm remembering correctly
Sam Witwer is mauls voice actor as well as star killer. Also liked him in days gone along with every other gig I’ve seen him in. Super humble and genuine Star Wars fan, he’s very talented but keeps getting cast by lucasfilm cause he cares so much. Anyways I got the whole Jedi knight collection during Christmas and so far I’m loving those games as dated as they may look. Other than Andor I fell off from the franchise but have been coming back to it. The heir to the empire books are very good.
Clone troopers had an accelerated lifespan, the perfect soldiers. Once Windu killed Jango in Ep 2 the cloners couldn’t continue with the donor dead. Leading to all Clone Troopers eventually dying with the last ones maybe being alive at the time of this movie but they would be very very old & way out of commission. You do see an old “veteran trooper” kind of homeless, on the street in one of the new Star Wars shows.
I think it would be great for you to watch Star wars Rogue One, it's a spin off story that takes place between episode 3 and 4 it's the best Star wars movie from Disney, better than sequels for sure
Out of this new trilogy one of the few things I actually like is the introduction of Rey. Very little dialogue, just letting the setting and the character interactions tell the story.
You need to watch the television shows. Even though some of the series are cartoons, they are not "just for kids"... Start with the Clone Wars, once you finish that series you will look at Revenge of the Sith so differently. Star Wars Rebels is also a cartoon and it sets the stage for a lot of the live action television series that follow. If you thought the movies were good, the television shows have some even more powerful moments.
Dathomir witch covens and Kamino clone factories were both attacked immediately after the fall of Jedi and Rise of the Empire, to prevent a great power from rising and contesting the Palp. With Kamino's facilities destroyed and the Fett's dead, there was no source DNA to continue clone production at this point of the timeline. And all clone war era clones are engineered to age so quickly they'd all be too old to fight and/or dead by this point. All troops in every army of the new trilogy are real people volunteering, raised in military, or forced to serve... depending on which army we are talking about lol.
It was because of Han saving Chewbacca’s life from slavery and calling all favors he had to liberate Kyshyyyk from the Empire, that Chewie went nuts and felt his death the most besides Leila.
This movie breaks my damn heart. It was a decent foray, a new era of film with a story that originally (the novel's good) was going to bring a lot to the plate, reinvigorate the entire concepts of the Light and Dark Sides of the Force. And then the fuster cluck behind the scenes that ravaged the narrative and it just... yeah like I said, breaks my damn heart. It wasn't earth-shatteringly good, this movie, but it was at least some new Star Wars on the big screen that wasn't bad.
Using a lightsaber efficiently can be difficult and dangerous for non-Force users. Very easy to maim and injure yourself when using it. Since The Force grants its users a certain level of foresight and more instinctive reflexes, Force users are much better at wielding lightsabers. Finn admirably stood his ground and even managed to get a lucky hit against Kylo Ren, but he was at a major disadvantage.
I’ve enjoyed your Star Wars journey so far mate. I was seriously hyped for this film when it released, having grown up with the prequels myself, however for me personally, these sequels took an unfortunate turn. You may think differently and I’m glad if you end up thoroughly enjoying this trilogy, however for me, Disney absolutely ran this into the ground and single-handedly screwed Star Wars
This movie alone is amazing, everything about it and the potential story that could’ve played out I thought it was brilliant. Was so much in this that was done well, the duels with Finn and Kylo not so much regardless of his injury, other than that I loved it. It was ruined after this movie tho
Love seeing you get hyped up on fights and characters! Pls don't let commenters take that away from you just bcs they didn't enjoy it as much as you clearly did
Clones are only viable for like 3 "generations". After that, they start having rampant birth defects (i.e. physical deformities, developmental issues, or mental disorders), so they were all phased out shortly after the formation of the galactic empire. If you go through the animated shows, you'll eventually get to "the bad batch", which explores this eventually, along with the Darth Vader comics that came out a few years ago. If you don't feel like reading it, there's a UA-cam video of a dude who narrates the whole thing with a scroll of pages.
The main issue I see with these sequel movies is that they try to hit story beats too quickly. The other movies took their time to develop characters and gave reasons for their actions. These movies take the cheap way out and do a lot of “hey you remember that thing from the other movies you liked? Well here it is, without any of the set up”.
Yeah, there is no patience anywhere in the storytelling. My interpretation is that each director was simply there to make their mark. Like a dog taking a piss and marking his territory. Because their careers are more important than the movies they create. Well, that comes down to bite you sooner or later. Especially if you enter such a beloved franchise and try your own thing with it.
@@turtleboi1547yea I agree too, I enjoyed this movie when I saw it in theaters. It was when I rewatched the sequel trilogy that I started to pick it apart lol
Still think Fin should've been the main character tbh. His drives, motivation, and backstory make him way less of a mary sue and he feels more like a person.
The reason that the Stormtroopers are humans now is because the Clone Factory on Kamino was blown up by The Bad Batch. And when the Clones started dying of old age The Empire started recruiting humans instead.
clone troopers and stormtroopers are not the same thing. stormtroopers are just regular people that were used for the empire and clone troopers are clones of jango fett that were created for the republic. (which was secretly commissioned and controlled by palpatine). They explain the transition between clone troopers to stormtroopers in season 1 of bad batch.
Ah yes, 2 people who just picked up lightsabers can almost best someone whos been training in the sith for years, and can also fly expertly and knows more about the ship mechanics than the original pilot
Yeah, people who would defend any of those things are just cringe. If anything, killing Han would have made Kylo even stronger. And he even hit his wound, from Chewie's bowcaster, to tap even further into the dark side of the Force. Ridiculous that he lost, no matter who Rey is. Even the Chosen One needed years of training before he became adept.
1. Kylo bullied Finn 2. Rey and Ben have force dyad which makes them equal. Everything Ben knows it went to rey. Ben was also conflicted because he just murdered his father, and he was heavily weakened by the blaster shot. In tlj it confirms that snoke order Ben to hold back against rey.
@@Castiel335 they only made rey op cause the writer doesn’t know how to write good stories, and this movie suffers from “my woman character is better than any man character)
Because the clones are created by the kaminoans and not the empire itself, they began to get rid of clones so that the kaminoans can't use them against the empire like what happened to the jedi (i think)
Episode 7 is still great, for me it's better than Episode 1. Unfortunately, the next one "The Last Jedi" is the worst, it had the most amount of unecessary moments and broke the important rules of this universe for the plot like 4 times, which is the most amount from all 9 main Star Wars movies. I think new fans may think that Episode 9 is the worst then, but in my opinion it's better than Episode 8 and worse than Episode 7.
I am glad you have fallen in love with the franchise and have given these movies a good faith chance by watching the movie and consuming the story - versus indulging in the hatred and the bad faith takes out there.
For YEARS in the 80's when the OG Trilogy was still hot, there was a TON of plans to bring the gang back together, that just never happened. Star Wars turned the main cast into superstars, commanding HUGE salaries, and in high demand. Everyone except Harrison Ford left that door open. If the project was right, the director was right, the schedule is right etc. Harrison never liked Star Wars. During that time, he had one single condition for returning as Han Solo; that his character would be killed off. So I knew that Han would die in some way, shape or form in this movie. Alec Guiness (the OG Obi-Wan) famously was contemptuous of Star Wars. He was Old Hollywood royalty. Alec was one of the headliner names in 1977. Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Train) was paid by the line in the final cut of the movie, so the more he's onscreen, the more he get's paid.
You don't have to train hard to wield the force, if you just let it flow through you and use your instincts tu use it as your ally then you will be unstoppable. That's what Yoda always said.
Yoda never said just trust in the force and you will be a master. Even Luke after training with Obi-wan some and learning on his own for 5 years could barely summon his lightsaber.
I don't really enjoy this one either, didn't really make anything new and it made way too much happen off screen with no answers. Everyone just regressed back before episode 4 for character development
Don’t know if you’d see this comment but you asked about “Real life Star Wars games” you should play, and I figured I’d recommend some. 1: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Without spoiling story, here is the concept. Sith Assassin. Sith dude that Hunts people and kiIIs people. Not saying more than that. There are multiple versions tho that all have a bit of uniqueness to each of them. The main 2 that people play and remember is the Wii/PS2 version (which is on the Nintendo Switch if you have it) and the Xbox 360/PS3 version (which is on PC as well). Same overall plot and all I believe, but also some differences like extra levels or different levels in general between the 2. And the Wii version (also on switch as stated) has a multiplayer dual mode, while the other versions do not. 2: Star Ware: The Force Unleashed 2. Honestly I don’t think I ever beat this one as a kid, and don’t remember much of the plot other than it being a direct continuation of the first game. However, I did hear many good things on it and I do remember having fun on it. This does not have multiple versions I think. It’s also on PC. 3: Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. This is like a Star Wars game that takes very loose inspiration from the souls games (like Dark Souls or Elden Ring) however it is significantly easier and even has difficulty options. I enjoyed the story a lot and just running around and exploring and fighting stuff. I think you’d enjoy. Available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4/PS5, and PC. 4: Star Wars: Jedi Survivor. Now I have yet to play this game but it is a sequel to Jedi Fallen Order. And I enjoyed that game and think I’d enjoy this one. Plus I’ve heard good things about it. Didn’t do well at launch tho due to optimization issues. 5: Star Wars: Republic Commando. Oldy, but a goody. Star Wars first person shooter where you and a group of clones are fighting through many battles that took place during the Clone Wars. You and your group are “commandos”, the best of the best. Essentially the special forces for the Republic. You can command your squad to do actions like breaching a door or focus fire on an enemy or move them from position to position or even to revive other teammates, or even yourself. Available on Xbox (backwards compatible on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S) and an HD version is on PS4/PS5 and Nintendo Switch. Don’t know if you will see this, but if you do (and I hope you do), these are my personal recommendations for you. Apologies for the long comment.
45:31 it is not a switch that makes the lightsaber come to someone it is the force . Rey in this scene used the force for the first time to pull the lightsaber to her and be able to fight Kyle Ren .
46:20 Rey just realised that she don't need Kylos help to learn the force. for Rey is a strong independent woman who just needs to believe in her self, then she can do anything...
I recommend doing the clone wars series rather than the movie. Even though it is super long it is way more in depth and high quality than the movie and it will answer all of your questions about the prequels whilst also making you love them
when I was seeing how much credits are there and i saw the bad robot thing and thought it was a post credit scene then after whatching it i realized it was not a post credit scene
i've always felt like the force awakens was decent, like it definitely wasn't great or arguably good but it felt like more star wars than almost anything coming afterwards
The Clones were phased out of the empire shortly after its start, they started recruiting people instead, and in these movies the soldiers are children taken from their homes and trained as troopers.
They also phased out because there was not enough clone dna to make good clones
@@IshmaelSims-gf1gbthat’s right. Although, the empire is a cheapskate of the stormtroopers who are bad aiming and the empire loses easily.
Stormtroopers were clones for a long time for George Lucas up until he started to fade away the idea and then let it ust be ambiguous. He never said they were recruits. This is why they are all from the same species. Yeah, the expanded universe authors tried to make Palpatine racist but that was before Ep II and III came out.
Funny how the Sith will always talk down about Jedi’s being taken away from their family’s while they’re young yet raise soldiers through the same way
Glad theres many of us who would lend a hand to help orhers understand this beautiful story
One of the greatest Star wars things to watch are the Old Republic cinematics. I guarantee all the Star wars fans here want to see you react to that. Love from Texas
Ehhh I use to watch those religiously in highschool… peak starwars content. Love from Canada breh🇨🇦🇨🇦🍁
Yeah, you can't really top those. Nobody has so far anyway.
yup those clips got so many of my friends obsessed with starwars and all the lore behind it lol
yes
Totally agree! Love from New Brunswick, Canada 🇨🇦
In case you or anyone confused about the clones, once the clone era ended after Order 66, stormtroopers were formed from past clonetroopers or anyone who wanted to fight for the empire, so its a mix of both.
they never explain it in the movies, which I always found weird because for people who dont watch anything else but the movies, the clones continue to be stormtroopers
@@evill01 thats what I thought too when I watched them but unless you watch or read other stuff (or watch this movie i guess) you would never know
@@predalien0202 I think the only time they officially address the issue is in bad batch, there are only vague and conflicting hints in other media
@@evill01 They pretty much said it in Bad Batch. Clones are phased out as the Empire sees them as a waste of resource. There are a couple of very good episodes of Bad Batch that focus on that.
I was only wondering what the hell happened between 6 and 7 for the entire galaxy to hit a hard reset back to episode 4. This trilogy is ridiculous.
This movie has some interesting ideas with some quite interesting characters. I sure hope they get expanded upon in the next 2 movies and they don't completely butcher their character development..... That would be a shame.....
surelyyy they don't, i mean they have already ruined it
@@juicer6969 It was meant to be foreshadowing :D
Yes, I’m sure that story about the alien having Luke’s/Anakins lightsaber will be answered 😂😂😂
yep...
I bet they’re some of the movies of all time
Even though Chewy can't speak with words, we all understand him. There were so many emotions in his roar when Han died... 😢
Rouge one is one of the best Star Wars movies
Thank you so much for reaching to this. Im glad your keeping your self open to every movie. I love it bro!
The Starkiller Base (Death Star 2.0) was once the planet Ilum (ill yum) where young Jedi had gone to construct their first lightsabers due to the planet being the practical main source of Kyber crystals (what gives the lightsaber its color and blade). The Empire had overmined the planet creating the trench (where the Starkiller cannon was held) for the crystals, giving the First Order a head start on a new planet destroyer.
The Force can be used actively to produce a variety of effects like telekinesis or telepathy but but it can also be a passive buff, guiding the wielder in their movements. It's how Jedi like Yoda who were hella old and frail looking could literally bounce off the walls and in fact how many force-sensitives survive intense combat. Rey embraced the force and let it guide her, that's how she was able to suddenly turn the tide on Ren.
Let’s also not forget Kylo was shot directly with a Wookiee bow caster, which can send a person flying dozens of feet away
There’s def a good reason she won, despite being much less experienced
Basicly nen
She is certainly a natural to accomplish what took Luke 3, if not 4 years and training with Yoda, by simply knowing that the Force exists. And he was one of the most gifted Force-sensitives in galactic history. Ohh well.
@@Sandlund93 Boi, Luke let the force guide his actions to succeed on 2 separate occasions in the first movie lmao, don't try it.
Luke had an introduction to the Force and some basic lessons from Obiwan. Rey had nothing. That's the difference.
Luke channeled the Force in order to properly time his shot to blow up the Death Star, after having received that basic training from Obiwan earlier on how to become one with the Force. What is the second instance that you are referring to, because this is all I can remember. He didn't do anything that he hadn't been instructed on how to do.
Rey managed to not only resist the mind probe of a trained Darksider but also to turn the tables on him, Mind Trick a soldier, win a Force Pull competition against trained Darksider again, and channel the Force to guide her in saber combat. All with no guidance or training of kind.
I'll let you decide which character has the bigger asspulls.
It was bullshit, and they knew it. That's why they had to come up with an explanation for her abilities in the TFA Novel that released the following year. That's a pattern that will keep repeating itself in the sequel trilogy. Plot holes/discrepancies in the movies are left for the books to try and explain away. A sure sign of poor script writing.
For the record it's not like I'm just on some sequel trilogy hate bandwagon. Comparatively speaking, it never really sat well with me how quickly Luke seemed to advance in such a short time with Yoda. At first I didn't think much of it, but the prequels kind of recontextualized that for me. The Jedi of that era spent their entire childhood training. Quite literally. Taken at such a young age that they can't even remember their parents or form any attachments to family. So we're talking they are probably taken by 5 years old, and they spend the next decade training.
Compared to that, Luke progresses exponentially faster. But at least he had guidance and training from some of the best ever. Rey never had either.
7:50 stormtroopers werent clones they were normal citizens that joined the impire military. The first order stormtroopers are actually children that were taking away by force by the first order to be trained and become soldiers.
I think that the visuals for episode 7, 8 and 9 are amazing but I’d say that when moving onto episode 8, don’t get to hyped cuz it’s not as good as the originals and prequels
Also because you asked, kilo rens lightsaber is flaky like that because of how it was created, when you turn to the dark side you must hold the lightsaber crystal and put all your hate into it, this will cause it to turn red. Kilo ren put so much hate into his crystal that it cracked, this causes that flakey look
This movie was actually good. Watching it again with you reminded me of how excited I was for this triology after this one. Then came the other two :(
I agree, I feel like they had sooooo much potential. And just failed
Everytime I rewatch this movie I feel like my braincells slowly die off, the characters are the worst they've ever been and the plot is a legit copy of 4/6. I doubt we have to mention the overweight elephant in the room called Rey, the dumbest character ever written (not because of intelligence, more the lack of it on the writing team).
Sooo when rey heard kylo ren say something about the force in the forest.. something inside reached out and she heard voices and gave her focus, She doesnt have much training trying to control the light and the dark side, so she got really aggressive.
18:21 It’s because his Kyber Crystal got cracked when he was bleeding it and the crack made it unstable which also explains why he has a crossguard because otherwise, the lightsaber would quite literally explode
Stormtroopers are regular people. The Empire phased out the use of clones right after Revenge of the Sith.
why would they do that though? i thought cloning soldiers was the most efficient way to sustain a army, ensure order in the ranks and keep civilian deaths to a minimum?
@rollzmoist5061 It would be
Except that Kamino doesn't give away clones for free
Clones are hella expensive, and the piece of tissue that Jango gave to the Kaminoans was practically gone at that point
At that point Stormtroopers were the more reliable and cost friendly choice
not really right after but yeah basically
@@Aurelius1239 but the empire ran the galaxy surly they got cash to make clones? especially when the benefits out way the costs...
for example - if Finn was a clone, the first movie wouldn't happen. the first order would track down Luke, destroy the rebellion and the dark side wins
edit: they had money to build star killer base and 2 death stars that got them nowhere... whats wrong with paying for clones when the entire jedi order was defeated by them?
@@rollzmoist5061 did you just ignore the whole "running out of genetic material" thing
Plus Clones took a long time to grow and then train
Volunteers were just more practical
Also don't try and use Star killer base as a reason
It's already been established that the sequels don't give a shit about the canon in the slightest
The first Death Star was being planned out as early as Attack of the Clones
The Jedi were only defeated by the Clones because they were spread out and isolated
And most of the Masters in the temple were taken out by Anakin
It cracks me up seeing Leia ignore Chewie (Han's best friend) to hug the random new girl xD
A travesty, to be sure, and not a welcome one.
Such brutal writing from these movies. I’d argue the worst writing of all time in a trilogy of movies
@@shreksswamp1182 The worst writing of ANY movie until these came out, nowadays this kind of trash is everywhere sadly.
The mandalorian is pretty good, you should watch it.
Don, clones were phased out, as in not used, after the clone wars, many clones felt guilty for killing the jedi, The clones had not choice, as they were being mind controlled basically. Since the clones felt bad about killing the jedi, they were just removed slowly after the clone war, and afterwards, normal people were recruited for the empire as stormtroopers.
The reason Kylo Ren has a crossgaurd lightsaber is because his Kyber crystal (the crystal used to create a lightsaber) is cracked so it creates heat and crackles. The vents are meant to exhaust the heat in the sides of the blade, and he fights in the style of a mix between a single and crossgaurd saber.
It’d be cool to see you get into all the bits of Star Wars. the animated shows and games are canon, and are from different perspectives of characters from around the galaxy, including other Jedi hiding after Order 66
u make me so happy ur the first reactor i see who reacts to this idk why the others havent so yaya here it is thank you ^^
One big thing I still don't understand today is,
how can Rey, without training or even without knowing, immediately use mind trick on the storm trooper, pull a lightsaber towards her, read Kylo Ren's mind in the interrogation chamber and defeat him in light saber combat ??
She got the modern Disney magic.
Kylo was hit by chewies bowcaster and just killed his own father. He was emotionally unstable and even snoke talked shit to him about.
The force is like faith
@@daurydavis3983 but also requires talent and training. That one of the biggest thing thought in the clone wars. I'm not surprised they retconned this just like the chosen one prophesy at the same still considering them canon.
Plot armor
KYlo Ren's lightsaber is made in a old style that Jedi and Sith once used 1000 years ago during the Sith Empire.
I genuinely think the Sequels could've been great movies if they held more respect for the OT as well as actually building on their cast of characters. Give them proper story arcs. The Acting is not the problem, the acting is some of the best in Star Wars as all the actors did a fantastic job. They should've had a plan going into this trilogy
They could have been great if they followed all 6 movies instead of ruining them all. But I agree, everyone did a great job.
One of the biggest problems was having 3 different directors with 3 different writing and production teams working on a TRILOGY of films. These things take collaboration, you know.
I personally like the sequels and I feel like they did a mostly good job with the characters, han and Leia felt true to the originals and I honestly liked Luke’s story but I can see why others didn’t like it. It’s definitely hit or miss and I respect if you don’t like it
@@warridden I agree with you tbh. While they're definetely my least favourite trilogy, I think they are waaaay overhated. Especially with Regards to Luke. I think the way that Luke died in TLJ was perfect.
@@warridden Fair enough. As someone who personally despised the sequels pretty heavily and can be considered one of those haters, you have my respect. There are definitely positive aspects, plus as someone who dislikes them I still like the characters, or at least see that they had a TON of potential either way even in the eyes of those who disliked them. All in all, W opinion, and have a good day!
Hey Don I’m not sure if you figured it out but the Lightsaber Finn was using was Anakin’s and the one Luke used for the New Hope and Empire strikes back
No, after the clone wars, the emperor got rid of all clones you learn that in the Bad Batch series on Disney+
I hope you give your own opinions on this and don't go in with what the fans think if you end up disliking it thats cool and if you end up liking it thats also cool
But I want your reaction formost
I love when Chewie goes berserker mode when Han dies. Starts merking troopers left and right
This is the peak of the sequels and is actually a good movie, people just lump it in with the rest of the trilogy and assume this one is also bad
May the force be with you Star Wars community all around no matter who you are
May the force be with you too
I learned the obi ani move
@@Hebrew_Israelite_Young_jedi dope
i enjoy the sequels.
still wishing me well?..
May the force delete this disgusting trilogy out of existance.
The clonetrooper/stormtrooper transition is explored in The Bad Batch.
I love how u take the movies for what they are and make ur own opinion out of all the new ones i like this one the best 🎉in
They ended up finding the clone troopers too expensive and finding it cheaper to recruit citizens so now they’re called storm troopers, they’re also usually taken as kids and raised to be soldiers too
this movie was such a great and promising start to the sequels. it brought the entire community together again, seeing it in the theater was absolutely unforgettable
Would love to see the Jedi fallen order and Jedi survivor games 🙏
Honestly... The Force Awakens actually isn't that bad... But it went down hill faster than the Stock Market did back in the 1920's😬
I recommend The Force Unleashed... OR... Jedi fallen Order.... Both games are solid... And so is Jedi Survivor... Which is the second game to Fallen Order... The Force Unleashed follows a character known as Star killer who is actually voiced by... Clone Wars Darth maul if I'm remembering correctly
Sam Witwer is mauls voice actor as well as star killer. Also liked him in days gone along with every other gig I’ve seen him in. Super humble and genuine Star Wars fan, he’s very talented but keeps getting cast by lucasfilm cause he cares so much.
Anyways I got the whole Jedi knight collection during Christmas and so far I’m loving those games as dated as they may look. Other than Andor I fell off from the franchise but have been coming back to it. The heir to the empire books are very good.
Fun fact the baton trooper Finn fought was actually his old squad mate fn-9999 "nines"
Clone troopers had an accelerated lifespan, the perfect soldiers. Once Windu killed Jango in Ep 2 the cloners couldn’t continue with the donor dead. Leading to all Clone Troopers eventually dying with the last ones maybe being alive at the time of this movie but they would be very very old & way out of commission. You do see an old “veteran trooper” kind of homeless, on the street in one of the new Star Wars shows.
Considering how old they are in the OT era material, I'm sure they're all dead by the time of the sequels.
I think it would be great for you to watch Star wars Rogue One, it's a spin off story that takes place between episode 3 and 4 it's the best Star wars movie from Disney, better than sequels for sure
Out of this new trilogy one of the few things I actually like is the introduction of Rey. Very little dialogue, just letting the setting and the character interactions tell the story.
I rewatched Force Awakens so many times because of this and Finn’s.
You need to watch the television shows. Even though some of the series are cartoons, they are not "just for kids"... Start with the Clone Wars, once you finish that series you will look at Revenge of the Sith so differently. Star Wars Rebels is also a cartoon and it sets the stage for a lot of the live action television series that follow. If you thought the movies were good, the television shows have some even more powerful moments.
the time that starwars become a random shounen with power of friendship and random power ups are here!
Lmao pretty true, but even those are written better than this F-tier trilogy.
“Don’t make me jump.” Next scene: “YOOOO”
Dathomir witch covens and Kamino clone factories were both attacked immediately after the fall of Jedi and Rise of the Empire, to prevent a great power from rising and contesting the Palp. With Kamino's facilities destroyed and the Fett's dead, there was no source DNA to continue clone production at this point of the timeline. And all clone war era clones are engineered to age so quickly they'd all be too old to fight and/or dead by this point. All troops in every army of the new trilogy are real people volunteering, raised in military, or forced to serve... depending on which army we are talking about lol.
It was because of Han saving Chewbacca’s life from slavery and calling all favors he had to liberate Kyshyyyk from the Empire, that Chewie went nuts and felt his death the most besides Leila.
LMAO "WHAT CHANGED SHE LEARNED THE WORD FORCE?"
kylo is the best part of the reboot
Star Destroyer (big ship) is over 1 kilometer long
Did you forget Han Solo used the lightsaber in Empire Strikes Back to cut open the tauntaun?
I can't wait to see how u react to the Sequel Trilogy.
These films were definitely hotly talked about......
This movie breaks my damn heart. It was a decent foray, a new era of film with a story that originally (the novel's good) was going to bring a lot to the plate, reinvigorate the entire concepts of the Light and Dark Sides of the Force.
And then the fuster cluck behind the scenes that ravaged the narrative and it just... yeah like I said, breaks my damn heart. It wasn't earth-shatteringly good, this movie, but it was at least some new Star Wars on the big screen that wasn't bad.
Using a lightsaber efficiently can be difficult and dangerous for non-Force users. Very easy to maim and injure yourself when using it. Since The Force grants its users a certain level of foresight and more instinctive reflexes, Force users are much better at wielding lightsabers. Finn admirably stood his ground and even managed to get a lucky hit against Kylo Ren, but he was at a major disadvantage.
I’ve enjoyed your Star Wars journey so far mate. I was seriously hyped for this film when it released, having grown up with the prequels myself, however for me personally, these sequels took an unfortunate turn. You may think differently and I’m glad if you end up thoroughly enjoying this trilogy, however for me, Disney absolutely ran this into the ground and single-handedly screwed Star Wars
“She learnt the word force??” 😂😂yeah pretty much
I love this movie. sequels are overhated/unnderrated
Agreed
This movie alone is amazing, everything about it and the potential story that could’ve played out I thought it was brilliant. Was so much in this that was done well, the duels with Finn and Kylo not so much regardless of his injury, other than that I loved it. It was ruined after this movie tho
You better watch out for the star wars community bro 💀💀💀
They're mid
This one is fine, the other two are pretty bad
Love seeing you get hyped up on fights and characters! Pls don't let commenters take that away from you just bcs they didn't enjoy it as much as you clearly did
When Rey touched the lightsaber, she began seeing the history of it. The lightsaber was present in every scene that she saw.
The sabers do have a switch but it’s on the inside so yah it’s technically turned on via the force. If I remember that correctly lol
Clones are only viable for like 3 "generations". After that, they start having rampant birth defects (i.e. physical deformities, developmental issues, or mental disorders), so they were all phased out shortly after the formation of the galactic empire. If you go through the animated shows, you'll eventually get to "the bad batch", which explores this eventually, along with the Darth Vader comics that came out a few years ago. If you don't feel like reading it, there's a UA-cam video of a dude who narrates the whole thing with a scroll of pages.
Stormtroopers are NOT clones. The clones are a completely separate army that was also commanded by the Emperor.
Clones grow too fast and cost a lot of money.
Stormtroopers that appear in Star Wars 4-6 are civilian volunteer soldiers.
Fun fact: the storm trooper that Rey managed to use the mind trick on is non other than Daniel Craig
You should definitely do a play thru on Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
The guy who said I be back is the same moon night.
Maz was being facetious. Chewie has a wookiee wife and son. It is, though, possible that JJ Abrams didn't know that.
The main issue I see with these sequel movies is that they try to hit story beats too quickly.
The other movies took their time to develop characters and gave reasons for their actions.
These movies take the cheap way out and do a lot of “hey you remember that thing from the other movies you liked? Well here it is, without any of the set up”.
Yeah, there is no patience anywhere in the storytelling. My interpretation is that each director was simply there to make their mark. Like a dog taking a piss and marking his territory. Because their careers are more important than the movies they create. Well, that comes down to bite you sooner or later. Especially if you enter such a beloved franchise and try your own thing with it.
Tbh I think the force awakens was fine it was last Jedi and mainly rise of skywalker that was like that
@@turtleboi1547yea I agree too, I enjoyed this movie when I saw it in theaters. It was when I rewatched the sequel trilogy that I started to pick it apart lol
Still think Fin should've been the main character tbh. His drives, motivation, and backstory make him way less of a mary sue and he feels more like a person.
The reason that the Stormtroopers are humans now is because the Clone Factory on Kamino was blown up by The Bad Batch. And when the Clones started dying of old age The Empire started recruiting humans instead.
45:59 oh that's so clean,the very clean, the cleanest ever, the cleanest I've ever seen
clone troopers and stormtroopers are not the same thing. stormtroopers are just regular people that were used for the empire and clone troopers are clones of jango fett that were created for the republic. (which was secretly commissioned and controlled by palpatine). They explain the transition between clone troopers to stormtroopers in season 1 of bad batch.
Some clones were stormtrooper tho. At least in the empires early days
Ah yes, 2 people who just picked up lightsabers can almost best someone whos been training in the sith for years, and can also fly expertly and knows more about the ship mechanics than the original pilot
Yeah, people who would defend any of those things are just cringe. If anything, killing Han would have made Kylo even stronger. And he even hit his wound, from Chewie's bowcaster, to tap even further into the dark side of the Force. Ridiculous that he lost, no matter who Rey is. Even the Chosen One needed years of training before he became adept.
1. Kylo bullied Finn
2. Rey and Ben have force dyad which makes them equal. Everything Ben knows it went to rey. Ben was also conflicted because he just murdered his father, and he was heavily weakened by the blaster shot. In tlj it confirms that snoke order Ben to hold back against rey.
@@Castiel335 they only made rey op cause the writer doesn’t know how to write good stories, and this movie suffers from “my woman character is better than any man character)
@@squishyazalea9970lol what? He just told you why she won
@@turtleboi1547 so you think rey is a well written character? even mark hamil said the sequels are garbage
Because the clones are created by the kaminoans and not the empire itself, they began to get rid of clones so that the kaminoans can't use them against the empire like what happened to the jedi (i think)
14:04 the way the Droid rolled away that's clean
Episode 7 is still great, for me it's better than Episode 1.
Unfortunately, the next one "The Last Jedi" is the worst, it had the most amount of unecessary moments and broke the important rules of this universe for the plot like 4 times, which is the most amount from all 9 main Star Wars movies.
I think new fans may think that Episode 9 is the worst then, but in my opinion it's better than Episode 8 and worse than Episode 7.
Watch Solo, I think you're gonna like it.
Yeah this movie did have potential and raise the fans hopes...
Bruh, this movie gives me headaches. So much potential man, so much potential.
I am glad you have fallen in love with the franchise and have given these movies a good faith chance by watching the movie and consuming the story - versus indulging in the hatred and the bad faith takes out there.
29:26 This is the one that was used by Anakin Skywalker when he first rebelled, killing younglings nd such 😅
For YEARS in the 80's when the OG Trilogy was still hot, there was a TON of plans to bring the gang back together, that just never happened. Star Wars turned the main cast into superstars, commanding HUGE salaries, and in high demand. Everyone except Harrison Ford left that door open. If the project was right, the director was right, the schedule is right etc. Harrison never liked Star Wars. During that time, he had one single condition for returning as Han Solo; that his character would be killed off. So I knew that Han would die in some way, shape or form in this movie. Alec Guiness (the OG Obi-Wan) famously was contemptuous of Star Wars. He was Old Hollywood royalty. Alec was one of the headliner names in 1977. Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Train) was paid by the line in the final cut of the movie, so the more he's onscreen, the more he get's paid.
You don't have to train hard to wield the force, if you just let it flow through you and use your instincts tu use it as your ally then you will be unstoppable. That's what Yoda always said.
And thats a 🧢. You do need training. Thats why there a different ranks in the jedi order. It is not easy to wield the force.
Yoda never said just trust in the force and you will be a master. Even Luke after training with Obi-wan some and learning on his own for 5 years could barely summon his lightsaber.
Yeah sounds like some zoomer that "likes" star wars and loves to CONSOOM disney slop.
I’m personally not a big fan of this trilogy but I still love this movie, it’s just the other two I don’t like
I don't really enjoy this one either, didn't really make anything new and it made way too much happen off screen with no answers. Everyone just regressed back before episode 4 for character development
ah, then allow me to personally thank you for being part of the problem.
those who hated on 8 caused 9 🙏
@@originalSiiiN I was like 11 when 8 came out, I didn’t like it but I wasn’t causing the problem
27:15 - I love that u immediately point out this giant Plothole ...
The stormtroopers are normal people who were recruited and trained to replace the clones.
Don’t know if you’d see this comment but you asked about “Real life Star Wars games” you should play, and I figured I’d recommend some.
1: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Without spoiling story, here is the concept. Sith Assassin. Sith dude that Hunts people and kiIIs people. Not saying more than that. There are multiple versions tho that all have a bit of uniqueness to each of them. The main 2 that people play and remember is the Wii/PS2 version (which is on the Nintendo Switch if you have it) and the Xbox 360/PS3 version (which is on PC as well). Same overall plot and all I believe, but also some differences like extra levels or different levels in general between the 2. And the Wii version (also on switch as stated) has a multiplayer dual mode, while the other versions do not.
2: Star Ware: The Force Unleashed 2. Honestly I don’t think I ever beat this one as a kid, and don’t remember much of the plot other than it being a direct continuation of the first game. However, I did hear many good things on it and I do remember having fun on it. This does not have multiple versions I think. It’s also on PC.
3: Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. This is like a Star Wars game that takes very loose inspiration from the souls games (like Dark Souls or Elden Ring) however it is significantly easier and even has difficulty options. I enjoyed the story a lot and just running around and exploring and fighting stuff. I think you’d enjoy. Available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4/PS5, and PC.
4: Star Wars: Jedi Survivor. Now I have yet to play this game but it is a sequel to Jedi Fallen Order. And I enjoyed that game and think I’d enjoy this one. Plus I’ve heard good things about it. Didn’t do well at launch tho due to optimization issues.
5: Star Wars: Republic Commando. Oldy, but a goody. Star Wars first person shooter where you and a group of clones are fighting through many battles that took place during the Clone Wars. You and your group are “commandos”, the best of the best. Essentially the special forces for the Republic. You can command your squad to do actions like breaching a door or focus fire on an enemy or move them from position to position or even to revive other teammates, or even yourself. Available on Xbox (backwards compatible on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S) and an HD version is on PS4/PS5 and Nintendo Switch.
Don’t know if you will see this, but if you do (and I hope you do), these are my personal recommendations for you. Apologies for the long comment.
45:31 it is not a switch that makes the lightsaber come to someone it is the force . Rey in this scene used the force for the first time to pull the lightsaber to her and be able to fight Kyle Ren .
The clones got phased out in the time of the empire, if you watch the shows they give you a bigger perspective on everything
"Star Wars Knights of the old Republic" is "Baldur's Gate" but set in star wars you should check it out if you can look past how dated it is now.
18:17 dude him hitting that computer was so clean
Phasma is played by Brianne of Tarth from GoT.
Stormtroopers aren’t clones for the most part, most clones were decommissioned, most are volunteers or people brought up in imperial institutions
Bro the next "series" you should react to is pirates of the Caribbean bro... amazing❤💪
Star destroyers are Approximately a mile long
46:20 Rey just realised that she don't need Kylos help to learn the force. for Rey is a strong independent woman who just needs to believe in her self, then she can do anything...
I recommend doing the clone wars series rather than the movie. Even though it is super long it is way more in depth and high quality than the movie and it will answer all of your questions about the prequels whilst also making you love them
when I was seeing how much credits are there and i saw the bad robot thing and thought it was a post credit scene then after whatching it i realized it was not a post credit scene
“BBQ? BB-8?” Too funny
i've always felt like the force awakens was decent, like it definitely wasn't great or arguably good but it felt like more star wars than almost anything coming afterwards
You would absolutely love the games like Jedi Survivor and then Jedi Fallen Order which is the second game
I love watching you bro
Where your new two the Lord; but they use blasters and bullets don’t shoot out of them.
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