My consciousness turned on when I was about 3 years old watching this movie for the first time in the movie theater. That Jedi Battle on Geonosis is the first thing I remember in my life.
In the Imperial period, the Romans executed lots of people by letting them get gored and killed by wild animals in the Colosseum. Sometimes the shows would be designed to replicate mythological stories, sometimes not. A lot of early Christian martyrs were killed this way, like Perpetua, who was gored and trampled by a mad cow.
@@krzychuka Not necessarily. Plus if they regularly had these sort of executions for less important people then the quality of creatures involved could vary.
@@bobson3014 and like, what if it just _happened to be_ execution Sunday-the first Sunday of the month when they round up all the prisoners from the prior month-and our protagonists just _happened to_ arrive at the worst possible time? _“With an order of 2 dominoes medium pizza’s you can win 2 tickets for you and a termite alien friend to see April’s jail termite executions the first Sunday of May!_ _*(executions will take place 3 at a time. Please get your food and beverage during the intermission.)”_
I always loved that bit right at the start where Padme’s decoy gets blown up and her dying words are “I’m sorry m'lady, I failed you”. No, you pretty much just fulfilled the job description to a T
Bro she is dying and is shell shocked, she doesn't know what she is saying or what is going on. I swear you prequal haters love grasping at straws, just think about it for 2 seconds and you'll find an explanation. Everything in the films is made that way for a reason and almost all of it is explained at one point or another, just pay attention.
@@BoleDaPole Dude, you are projecting. You’ve got to be grasping at straws to defend such a bad script. It’s ok to like stuff that isn’t good. There are things to like about these films, but the dialogue is not one of them.
“If you were a changerling what would you change into?” “Anything else, I simply would not stay exactly the same” Words of wisdom I wish George Lucas was as smart as you two
How would Boba Fett know that Obi-Wan was hiding in an asteroid? From his POV, Kenobi just mysteriously appears on Geonosis with no explanation to how he faked his death. Han Solo didn’t fake the Falcon’s demise in ESB; from the Empire’s POV, the Falcon most likely jumped to hyperspace.
God i can't wait for Revenge of the Sith COG, which hopefully will consist of 40 minutes of James & Mason repeating "You won't get away this time... Dookuuuu"
34:30 I've always thought it would be cool if the only time we see yoda use a lightsaber is when he beheads like 3 clone troopers at once and instantly puts it back on his belt in ep 3. If you have 3 movies of "this is an old old and very wise fella" interrupted by one 5 second sequence where you're like "holy shit he can do that?"
Dude , Dooku literally says to Yoda, ( and I'm paraphrasing here) " we cannot settle this by use of the Force, so we must use Light Sabers" So Yoda could've either; Accepted the duel Run away
@@BoleDaPole lets be real: Lucas wrote that JUST to justify having Yoda partake in a lightsaber duel. Its always made zero sense that Force practitioners as powerful as Palpatine and Yoda would ever need to use lightsabers, which is why they dont have them in the OT Spectacle for the sake of spectacle. But i will concede that the OPs idea of Yoda using a saber out of the blue on the clones wouldve been pure badass. Leaves you wondering just WHAT he's really capable of if he's pushed....as opposed to seeing him bounce around like a meth'd out muppet dueling a man 4 times his height
@@razorfett147 Yeah, I may not be completely opposed to Sidious and Yoda having lightsabers, but I think it would've made the universe cooler if they relied mostly or solely on the force, makes them seem that much more powerful and makes more sense given their stated abilities. I do like Sidious's fights in the Clone Wars though, but I think you can justify some of them as him just being sadistic, or playing with his opponents
Everyone praises Duel of the Fates as one of the best Star Wars music tracks but Across the Stars should be also be in the conversation. That shit whenever it plays makes the Anakin and Padmé romance feel like fucking Romeo and Juliet.
It definitely is in contention as one of the best, most beautiful compositions of Williams' work on Star Wars. However, unlike "Duel of Fates" which has the luxury of being set up to dazzling fight scenes & action, "Across the Stars" has the unfortunate luck of being juxtaposed with scenes between Anakin & Padme, who unfortunately don't have any romantic chemistry. While the music itself is beautiful, it sucks that it plays a role of having to remind you that we're supposed to be buying this romance, when honestly it just doesn't work. Maybe that was John Williams' intention though lol. He saw the footage of Hayden & Natalie, and was like "Okay, I gotta salvage this", and went hard with this amazing love theme.
It's Anakin's dark deeds for me. Some dude made a super cut of scenes throughout the Skywalker saga but replaced the music with Anakin's dark deeds. Incredibly, it fits in around 80% of the most memorable scenes in the franchise.
It is so beautiful. John Williams had no reason to make such a great track for such a boring romance, but he did it anyway because he can't half-a** anything if he tried.
most videos on youtube i can watch in the background while doing other things, but these vids i have to *watch*. you guys bring it every time! james and mason are also doing a good job
I saw a first-day showing in San Francisco. When Anakin told Padme he was in agony, someone in the crowded theater yelled, “So are we!” The place went wild. It was perfect.
Fun fact: According to Ewan McGregor, the cast had to ADR every single line in the film as a result of the new cameras they were using making loud noises during filming.
Fun fact: Christopher Lee was completely caught out for LYING about his service. He claimed to be this SAS captain Britain James Bond John wick avenger, but no, Google it, he just lied about it. There was no internet to disprove him. Just just said ‘that’s classified’ to everything and was proven to have lied about it lmao. He was a bad bloke.
@@johntonssen7231 I googled it. He lent into the mysticism but he fully served as both a pilot and a precursor to the SAS. You shouldn't spread misinformation about some, especially not if they're dead and especially not if you're recommending googling it and haven't
1 minute of wikipedia browsing has proven you wrong. If anything that interview with Peter Jackson is what lent some mystique to it. I dont think Lee ever made any crazy claims. And he saw combat so he probably did see dudes get stabbed. Its not such an outlandish thing.
The Jedi Council: “ok guys…we’ve gotta protect Senator Amidala from our old friend Christopher Lee who’s trying to do a Civil War. Anakin! You’re a hormonal teenager with an obvious crush who has trouble controlling his emotions….YOU take her! Go to this romantic lakeside villa and be sure to keep an eye on the Senator while we do nothing about this mysterious army that practically fell into our laps. Someone ordered it right around the time we found out the Sith were back but I’m sure that’s just a coincidence. We’ll meet you on geonosis right after Windu over there decapitates Jango Fett in front of his child/clone. “
After the DVD came out, the seismic charge sound was something I would play on repeat though through my 5.1 setup. The bass from my subwoofer would rattle the my windows and scare the HELL out of my mom and siblings. I would say I don't do such things anymore and chock it up to being a teenager at the time. But, as married 35 year old adult, I still do stuff like this. I'm not sorry.
@@HOTD108_ they are, in fact, a species of subterranean canine known for their deep, resonant bark. The rich sound this highly sought-after creature makes is also known as a "woof", which is why they are most commonly referred to as "subwoofers".
The part that annoyed me the most back then (and even until today) was when they introduced Count Dooku and the movie was acting as if you should know him. You haven't seen him until then. Haven't heard anything. Don't know nothing. But the movies asks of you to treat it like a big deal. Uhhhh, count Doku! And the worst part? They do the same with Grievous in the next movie!
@wespozo not really, most of them have establishing scenes where they actually do something. Dooku was just mentioned a few times without explaining who he is and then boom there he is
@wespozo lando, the emperor, are not the same level importance as a main antagonist. One of the biggest weaknesses of the prequel trilogy is a lack of a consistent antagonist. Someone that has a personal stake and connection with our heroes
In the cinematic release, a Clone trooper flying a ship said 'we're out of ordinance.' In the dvd release that line was altered to the more widely understandable 'we're out of rockets.'
In new canon, lightsabers turn red when you’re evil and commit evil deeds with them. But even 40 years later when Rey is using it, anakins lightsaber always stayed blue. This is disneys way of letting us know, The younglings deserved it.
Obi Wan is actually an incredible detective in this movie. He tracks Jango to the separatist planet meaning that Dooku must have known the clone army the entire time and allowed them to be created and therefore they can't trust the clones.....the only mistake he makes is that he forgets to tell anyone so the third movie can happen.
The Spice trade in Star Wars is like the poppy trade in real life: used for legal and medicinal purposes but also used in the black market as an illegal drug
During the discussion of "spice" in this video, we really should have seen some clips from Dune (new or classic), which of course is where George Lucas got the idea in the first place. The Star Wars must flow!
18:49 So that's 2 generations of Fetts then who died due to jetpack malfunction. Boba didn't need to take over from Jabba, he could've just sued the jetpack company and buy an even bigger palace.
I legitimately couldn't stop chuckling when Anakin and Obi-wan's death via power couplings was being chronicled. It's why Caravan of Garbage is the best in the business!
How dare you not mention Padme getting knocked off that aircraft, falling, being knocked unconscious by the fall, being woken up by a clone trooper, and immediately saying "We gotta get to that hangar!" Amazing writing.
@@harrambou9468 That George Lucas on many occasions demonstrates the "shitty is good enough" philosophy of filmmaking. He didn't bother coming up with a *reason* Padme would know where they went. He just knows Padme needs to show up there (oddly, she really didn't) so he puts it in the script despite the fact that it doesn't make any sense.
I was about to criticize the lack of discussion about the Clones and their role in this movie, but then I realized that you were simply being accurate to how the movies treated the Clones anyways.
Darth Maul, Count Dooku, and General Grievous are 3 villains that represent Vader. Maul is full dark side, driven by hatred Dooku is a fallen Jedi turned Sith, more calculated in combat Grievous was once a man of his own species, now turned cyborg Darth Vader is each of these villains combined
Which is ultimately a pointless thematic through line that doesn't really add anything to the movies except build up to the villain that everyone already loved instead of writing new villains for people to love, but mentioning that kind of makes the whole thing sound like a complete waste of time. Which it is. No story is ever told with this idea, the idea itself is all there is to it.
@@TheHowlingEye Exactly, not even any dramatic irony, maybe Anakin insulting Grievous for being a cybernetic freak show or just... anything besides nothing.
Count Dukuo subcontracts out princess padme's assassination to Jango fett who subcontracts the assassination to the changeling person, who subcontracts it out to a Droid, who subcontracts her death out to a couple of giant centipedes... efficient... what great point
I’ve always liked AotT more than TPM, I like the detective storyline with Obi-Wan and love the look and aesthetics of Kamino, and the fight with Jango. Christopher Lee elevates Count Dooku, IMO, just brings a certain gravitas to the role,and I think the general political narrative is more interesting, with the Galactic Senate breaking and leading to a civil war.
when I say Clones is my favorite prequel people usually look at me funny, so it's nice to hear there are others who like it for the same reasons I do. Gumshoe Obi-Wan is best Obi, love Temuera as Jango, Dooku is an interesting take on a Sith lord, a lot of the visuals and music is fantastic and the action scenes are all stellar.
Do you mean AotC? Otherwise I probably agree for the most part about it being better than TPM. I think Phantom Menace makes less missteps in telling it's story, but when JarJar is involved it's like saying you made the perfect ham and cheese sandwich except that you accidentally used wallpaper paste instead of butter. It's just one mistake but I don't want to eat it any more.
@@deathboyinc I remember as a kid I had this dvd and I would just skip to the Obi-Wan scenes, then just watch from the factory on. The dvd chapters lined up perfectly with this.
Love that you guys gave a shout-out to Bombastic, that guy has been my go to for star wars game news and rumours for the last couple years and his content is great
27:16 this recap is perfect, I've literally never thought about this scene that way and it makes it so much better. It genuinely rivals cosmonaut's recap of the assassination plot.
@@jokerknight1247 Hell yes. My favorite part though is when Anakin is talking to Padme and telling her how beautiful she is, then Cosmonaut puts deep breathing sounds over Anakin’s zoomed in face 🤣.
Something else I'll say is that AOTC probably has my favourite ending to any other SW film (bar ROTJ). The Clones being loaded up onto the ships while Palpatine watches his plans continue to unfold... a visual gesture from Bail Organa's fist to show his frustration at the sight before him... and the Imperial march rising in the background. And then it's immediately juxtaposed with the secret wedding of Anakin and Padme, with Across the Stars taking over as the new musical score. The scenery is gorgeous with the sun in the background. It's such an amazing contrast between the looming, evil war and the beautiful, organic marriage
@@drumrocka *natural Consider how the Clones are all artificial, both in terms of the fact that they are CG and are mass produced in labs. But the marriage is pure, practical, and is framed against a natural background.
14:40 the jedi order being a bunch of union busters is the type of content that elevates this channel above the rest, that and "all star wars character are 100m tall" theory.
I never got the hype behind Anakins lightsaber. It’s just a cool sword, it means only what you think it does. When Luke threw that thing away in TLJ and people exploded about it online I was really surprised.
Since Luke had read up on the fall of the Jedi since he last saw that saber, his first thought upon seeing it was actually probably along the lines of “This thing killed hundreds of children get it away from me”
Same. Luke not wanting that laser sword was the only thing that made sense. I mean, TFA had already established that Luke abandoned the Jedi and the rest of the galaxy so what were people expecting? That Luke would say "Oh THANK YOU! You saved me! I crashed here years ago with no way of getting off the planet or communicate with anyone. _That's_ why I've been gone for all this time. Now let's go kick some Sith butt!" ... ?
It's moreso that it holds signficance in the Original Trilogy, when Obi-Wan gives it such reverence when handing it over to Luke. And then in the Prequels they're just throwing them away to pick up the next one. Sort of makes it lose its mystique a bit for sure.
I was 13 when this movie came out. I was already a huge Star Wars fan and was pumped for this movie. While visually awesome at the time, it’s hasn’t aged the best. This movie isn’t going to win any Oscars, but I can still enjoy it. I remember the last fight, the music drops and Yoda walks in. From the marketing I knew he had a lightsaber, I was hyped.
I am the same. Of the prequel movies I have seen this one the most. Even though people like revenge of the sith. I might have seen it 5 times now, I still watch attack of the clones at least 50 times. It was the first movie I have watched with the different directors commentary.
I was 13 when it dropped too. It's not a great movie but it's still my favourite of the prequels. So much nostalgia watching that DVD over and over again
I was about that age too! I loved this movie at the time. Used to rewatch it constantly. The music, ah the music.... I didn't mind the supposedly bad acting/lines of Hayden. I mean he was a just a boy in the film. Anakin was, what, 18 years old? 18 year old humans do not speak in a contrived manner, not in this galaxy nor in any other but hey...
Christopher Lee was such a badass. Love the story of him correcting Peter Jackson about the sound a man makes when he's stabbed in the back and Jackson just quietly went along with it because of course that's the smart thing to do
He actually didn’t do anything he claimed. My comment keeps getting deleted. But Google it. He was caught out for completely fabricating all his war stories. He was not telling the truth.
@@criticalthinker3262 ‘According to some reports and obituaries in the days after his death, Lee served in the Special Air Service (SAS), Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) and Special Operations Executive (SOE). In reality he served in none. He was attached to the SAS and SOE as an RAF liaison officer at various times between 1943 and 1945, but he did not serve in them and never, as one paper stated, ‘moved behind enemy lines, destroying Luftwaffe aircraft and fields’.’ Man I actually feel so betrayed by this 😂
@@burner472 I’d take that article with a grain of salt, the writer has a history of fabrication and uses the daily mail as a source, a well known newspaper in the UK that is well known for it’s misleading and outright lies they publish.
The behind the scenes and model work and stuff is always one of my favorite parts to watch around Star Wars, just the super intricate painstaking work the general public does not care about but I absolutely love!
Although it was a joke, in all honesty The Temple of Doom had a lot more care for the screenplay and script writing than the first two prequels. Still one of my favorite movies of all time
They had lot of problems filming it too. Ford was injured while filming so they had to adjust it to salvage the movie and it's a testament to everyone's skill that the movie works. Honestly I think it has a much more coherent narrative than Raiders does, with a very clear character arc for Indy.
@@Lukkilikka a more coherent narrative? How. I mean all three films have mostly simple understandable narratives becuz they are adventure films. In the case of temple of doom there's all this weird stuff about voodoo, slave labour, sacrifices, all this background stuff about the people and these stones and their magic etc etc. All that Raiders is: Nazis want Ark which can unleash great power. We don't need to have all this random stuff explained to us, just that the ark is powerful, its mysterious and simple. Temple of Doom is overly complicated and spends most of the film just in one place. There is very little action except in the final 20-30 minutes where all of its condensed in one big overlong set piece. Raiders spaces out the action and actually provides adventure for the main character to go on.
The one thing I hate about Temple of Doom is there's a callback to Raiders where someone comes at Indy with a sword and he casually reaches for his gun - but he doesn't have his gun! Oh no! - which only works as a gag for the audience, because Temple is chronologically earlier. So by Raiders, he had learned to... always have his gun on him, I guess...? He doesn't check with his eyes at any point. Maybe he can tell by the weight.
I strongly dislike temple of doom. Huge missfire with annoying characters, cringe cultural elements, and an unpleasant tone throughout. Honestly it's only better than crystal skull because of the awesome opening scene.
“I killed them. I killed them all. They’re dead, every single one of them. And not just the men. But the women, and the children too. They’re like animals and I slaughtered them like animals. I HATE THEM” is an iconic Star Wars line
Such an amazing scene, Hayden Christianson is a fantastic actor. Crazy how the haters make fun of him for it now. They've been consumed by the dark side.
Padme "Don't look at me like that, you're making me uncomfortable." - that's the point where it becomes obvious he's subconsciously using Jedi Mind Trick on her to force her to love him.
Y’all ever think of how many limbs Obi-Wan has taken? 2 legs from Maul, 1 from the guy in the bar in this one, 3 of Anakin’s limbs, the guys arm in a New Hope, and probably some in the Clone Wars series.
Self defence, guy punches Luke, obi wan ‘disarms’ him. Or his friend.. Go watch that scene again, it’s full of plot holes. The arm he cuts off is wearing the wrong sleeve or is not the right alien haha.
Originally in the final duel, Count Dooku was supposed to use two lightsabers. You can see this in some of the trailers. Also talking about Yoda fighting with a stick, there was a character in the comics, Vodo Bass, who used the force to fight with a stick, even against lightsabers.
All I’m saying is Obi wans sub plot with the clones was by far this films best stuff, it’s actually shocking how a A plot that bad (the Anakin and padme story) intersects with a actually good B plot
I think it's the worst part. You have Obi-wan constantly telling Anakin to chill out and think things through, then you have Obi-wan jumping out through windows and going on a James Bond adventure where he suddenly becomes Mr. Tough Talk with Jango and then both of them basically kick each other's asses in an awkward, hard to follow fight in the rain and then he doesn't even have any resolution with Jango. It would be one thing if the movie ever acted like Obi-wan was just a bad teacher, but what should be his failings are all laid at Anakin's feet without any ounce of subtext or self-awareness.
I saw this at the age where I thought *all* movies had a "boring talking bit" before you got to the action. ("Why are Merry and Pippin still talking to Treebeard, get back to fighting orcs!"). So the B plot never bothered me as much.
That scene’s score is recycled in the Harry Potter film that came out the same year. I forget if it’s the first or second potter film, but it’s the scene where Harry is chasing the quidditch thing through the bleachers around the stadium. Same exact score.
@@itsd0nk it took a few a years but somewhere around Order of the Phoenix I realized I only liked the Harry Potter movies because William’s score felt so reminiscent of the OT and Home Alone
For one summer of my childhood, I watched this movie every day on VHS. I would get up in the morning, start rewinding it, and watch the entire thing. Every day. Honestly can’t say why other than because I wanted to and it might have been the only one I owned at the time. I don’t really like these movies anymore, but I still kind of enjoy them for some reason.
@@petrosinella sorry only just saw this, but I have very clear memories of having to hold the rewind button every day when I did that and the VHS case and stuff. Was one of those flimsy cardboard ones. I think it was still in the transition period when both would be made for films.
You know what's funny about Shmi's death and the effects it has on Anakin? There's literally no reason for him to believe that she was still a slave for all that time. He never blames himself for not freeing her, not on screen at any rate. He never blames the Jedi for not freeing her, or not letting him go and free her. He blames the Tuskens for killing her, and himself for not being able to save her. I can't think of any good reason, considering all that, why Anakin couldn't know that his mother was freed by Lars. We can make the Jedi look well-meaning but ineffectual by having them send somebody to pick up Shmi, only to find that she's already been freed, then shrug and go "Ah well, no point in hanging around here now" and report back. If Anakin mentions his nightmares to Obi-Wan, and Obi-Wan just tells him: "Your mother is safe, don't worry about it, remember to let go of attachment" then what really changes in Anakin's motivation? He can still make the choice to abandon his protection duties and jet off to Tatooine; he didn't go there to free Shmi, but because he was having prophetic nightmares about her. It's not like he was likely to go and visit her as a free woman, when he never managed to get time to visit her when he thought she was a slave, promise to free her be damned.
Admittedly this part is a big vague in the film but thankfully gets covered in the Episode II novelisation , but from what we can assume from the film is that Anakin didn't feel a need to free his mother as she worked for Watto doing basic domestic labor, and was later freed. We can also assume that he could feel she was happy or content, because he felt her pain later on which made him go find her. I'm sure he would've wanted to go back home but he was far too busy training to become a Jedi. It's almost like the film is trying to teach us about sacrifice , idk 🤷♂️
I don't think freeing slaves was the job the Jedi. It is clear in the first episode that not even Padme could free her, even though she had political power. Qui-gonn and Obi Wan see all the slaves in Tatooine but do nothing about it because in a way they exist to uphold the current political order. They are not just "guardians of the galaxy" in a trite sense where any wrondoing is punished by them. They are still an arm of the Republic and tatooine is run by mafia-like people that are very difficult to uproot, just like on planet Earth. In a way, part of the Jedi training was letting go of attachment regardless of whether the people you are attached to during childhood are safe or not. I mean, letting go of attachment is not only "I let go when I know they are safe" but also the opposite, "I let go even though I know they are in pain", which can instil fear and anger into a Jedi etc etc...
Whenever there's an emphatic BUT on this show and I don't get a garden gnome with his pants around his ankles, it's like I didn't get what I wanted for Christmas.
Anakin and Padmè's romance in this film is the worst cinematic romance I have ever seen. Anakin: "I killed them. I killed them all. They're dead. Every single on of them. And not just the men. But the women... and the children too. They're like animals so I slaughtered them like animals! I HATE THEM!" Padmè: "Yeah, whatever, wanna go save Obi-Wan and get married later?"
That Amidala falls in love with Anakin in spite of EVERYTHING is a testament to the power of SIth manipulation. Palpatine pulling the strings, and perhaps Anakin subconciously (or consciously ...) controlling her mind and emotions. Only explanation that works LOL
Something I've never actually admitted to anyone, despite seeing this film several times I still don't fully understand the plot or have any idea if Dooku was actually good or bad.
The plot is to make sure padame is away from the board meeting at the end so that the board meeting could agree in making the clones and the start of the clone wars. These movies are about Palpatine’s rise to power. This one begin the second step in his plan.
The plot is Anakin and Obi-Wan are visiting Padme to celebrate her birthday, but uh oh! Anakin forgot to bring a gift! Anakin asks Obi-Wan to sneak off and buy something while he stalls/distracts Padme. Hilarious antics ensue, as Obi-Wan attempts to purchase a bit of weed from some shady buyers; the deal goes bad and Obi-Wan ends up on a wild goose chase which ultimately gets him kidnapped. While waiting, Anakin becomes desperate for ways to stall Padme and eventually resorts to visiting family with Padme. The plan goes foul when Anakin realizes that he hadn't visited his family in so long that they'd all since died. Anakin eventually confesses the truth to Padme, who forgives him. They then try to find and rescue Obi-Wan, but those wacky characters end up getting kidnapped themselves. They're then forced to perform a desert-themed circus act. They're not prepared, but manage to pull it off through sheer willpower and confidence! They think they're out of the woods, until they're tasked with one more challenge; a dance-off with dance master Count Dooku. They try their best, but Dooku has the better hand. It looks like the end until suddenly, Yoda, the amazing tiny trapeze artist shows up and defeats Dooku. Anakin ultimately gives Padme the gift of an unplanned pregnancy, resulting in them getting married and living happily ever after!
Count Dooku is publicly leading the Separatists (an alliance of various leaders in the republic who wish to secede). Palpatine is leading the Republic, and wants to pass the military creation act to create a military for the republic. Secretly, Palpatine and Dooku are working together to start a large war between the separatists and the republic. Dooku has the Separatists making a droid army, while Palpatine is trying to pass the previously mentioned military creation act. Senator Padme leads a coalition in the senate that opposes the Military Creation Act, so Palpatine has to get rid of her. He tells Dooku to kill her, so Dooku hires Jango Fett who hires a shapeshifter who tries to kill Padme. Padme is not killed, but she is exiled to Naboo for the protection. At the same time, Obi-Wan finds out that Jedi Master Sifo Dyas had commissioned a clone army in secret, and that the Separatists are making a droid army. Obi-Wan tells this to the Republic Senate, but gets captured by Dooku. Dooku tells Obi-Wan in captivity that a Sith Lord (Palpatine) is controlling both sides. I do not know why he would tell Obi-Wan this, it is contrary to his entire plan. Because of the droid army and Obi-Wan's capture, the Republic Senate votes to give Palpatine emergency powers to activate the Clone Army as the republic's army. Without Padme's opposition, it passes, and the Republic declares war on the Separatists.
I think people don't give enough credit to some of the creativity in this film, especially on Geonosis with the battle at the end. You've got a desert world that feels different to Tatooine, flying bug people, each of the arena monsters feel very unique. Even Kamino, it's not just a water world of fish people that you see in countless sci fi stories, the people have long necks and the buildings are on stilts, with a harsh white interior. The ST had some cool ideas like the salt planet Crait and the junk planet Jakku, but a lot of the worlds just felt bland. The Obi-wan plot is good. It's really the Anakin/Padme Romance that really drags the movie down to most people. But when I first saw this as a kid, I was at that age where it seemed like *all* movies had a "boring talking bit" before you got to the good stuff.
That's a good point you made about Geonosis that I hadn't noticed, it's a dessert planet but not like any we've seen, but then the sequels just give us two more dessert planets that look identical to Tattooine
@@more-reasons6655 Well, I at least give Crait and Jakku credit for putting somewhat of a spin on it. (The red sand and salt for Crait, the crashed ships for Jakku). But yeah, they look so similar lots of people thought Jakku *was* Tatooine when the trailers first came out.
The fight in the rain always confused me. Jango Fett at the time was supposed to be the last of the Mandalorians. He was supposed to have all this gear specifically designed to even the odds against a force sensitive opponent. He’s so good at what he does that an entire army of his clones were made to be the supreme fighting force in the galaxy. He’s killed multiple Jedi, both light and dark, but just blindly flails about in this fight. Is it because Obi-Wan has plot armor? But like only enough of it to last 2 more movies, then it’s expiration date is up.
@@DeShawnMcDonald This. Tem Morrison said that he had a hard time seeing out of the helmet because he is an actor and it was a movie prop. In-universe it was a combat helmet hermetically sealed to Jango’s armor and had a plethora of sensors and HUD add-ons.
I remember seeing this in theaters (I was 7) and it was such a genuinely entertaining movie the whole time. I remember the entire theater laughing during the Dooku v Yoda fight. One of my favorite SW movies for nostalgia and imaginativeness alone :)
It’s called a cinema. Not a theatre. Theatres are where you watch stage productions like plays or pantomimes. You can theoretically watch a film in a theatre, but you can’t watch a play in a cinema. Cinema is the place you’re thinking of.
@@ventiss5727Good luck trying to change literal decades of interchangeable use between the two. People have called them movie theaters for a very, very long time, don't be pedantic, it makes you look and sound like an asshole.
Everyone is talking about how the skywalker lightsaber just killed kids. Everyone forgot about how the saber also beheaded count dooku, cut off mace windus hand and also slaughtered many politicians trapped in a room. Such a great legacy ☺️
i love the idea that anakin (being way more powerful than he realises) is accidentally making padme fall in love with him because she actively does not like him, and the more she is in proximity to him the more she falls for that absolute psycho manbaby
People are quick to throw out this explanation, when the most we ever see Jedi do with mind altering is trick "weak minded" into repeating everything they say in a monotone. That kind of subtle personality influence just isn't shown anywhere else. I'm don't know why people are so eager to use "Anakin is an unintentional date rapist" as an excuse when "it's bad relationship writing, just ignore that part" is a much less gross excuse.
Or we go with what Padme says in the film, that she does like Anakin but she is a lot more level headed to realise that people in their position and walks of life cant be together. She brought up whether or not Anakin was allowed to love, she brought up the story about a boy she liked to make him jealous and it's most likely the first time she's been without a pack of security since her time on Tattoine with Anakin so got to feel like a regular person rather than a queen/senator
@@starwarsnerd100 That's the most we see *intentionally* We know that untrained force users don't know they're using their abilities they just think they're lucky or charming
I loved the big crab monster but the Episode 2 guidebook detailed how those crabs are usually pretty docile and don't harm people. Meaning, that critter was probably captured, tortured and starved until it felt the need to attack Obi-wan. That takes away from that scene a bit...
Man I was already in my mid-teens and halfway through high school when this came out, saw it back-to-back with the first Spider-Man alongside my mom, kid bro and a couple of other students from a homeschooled collective (we were all being homeschooled in high school at that point, with a number of dual-enrollment courses included before college). And this was also the age when I was REALLY getting interested in movies and one year before I took a summer filmmaking course at NC-School of the Arts in Winston-Salem (with the filmmaking department being recently added to the others then, now it's part of the official UNC system.) Just over two decades ago, boy has time really flown by!
In the fight with Dooku, why does Yoda struggle with the giant rock instead of just pulling Obi wan and anakin out of the way with the force? And yes Yoda should never have used a light saber he should be so powerful he doesn't need it, nevermind all that jumping and spinning daftness.
If you want Yoda to use a lightsaber have him wield like 12 tiny ones with his mind and Yoda just stands there motionless while they spin and twirl around him in perfect unison
Sith shouldn’t have used lightsabers either. The emperor calls it a “Jedi weapon” as if sith are above that. My assumption was that Vader only used one because he was an ex Jedi. But now they all do and they’re red cos they’re the bad guys. So fucking lame.
@@Bloodynine606 I always thought the Sith should have more powerful and varied force powers than the Jedi, but they are just better at lightsaber fighting + have lightning. Also the fight in Palpatine's office is the worst example of this, where the guy who calls it a jedi weapon apparently has a custom one himself. The fight should have been Palpatine killing the Jedi without a saber, and then being forced to use one to fight Windu.
I watched this recently with my 4 year old son because he got into the originals (loves Darth Vader) so I thought Id do the prequels and he even thought it looked like a computer game because of the shocking full screen of cgii 😂
Your son is a smart kid, I would recommend you watch maybe the mandalorian or Solo or maybe even let him play some of the games like Force Unleashed (the first one NOT the second) and Jedi Fallen Order
So he didn't mind the 70s cgi of the originals but complained about the a film that literally pioneered CGI and digital film making techniques? I'm sure he was in no way influenced by his father's childish hatred of George Lucas and the prequal films 😅
The amount of head shaking I did during this video.......I mean what was Lucas thinking?? I love watching it now because it is a blast but man this movie made no sense in som many spots
you know, now that you bring it up, that lightsaber really wasn't with the skywalkers long. Anakin had it for like 3 years, the obi wan kept it in a box for 20, Luke used it for maybe a year, then it sat in someone else's box for another 20.
Regarding the Anakin legacy lightsaber, that's such a good point that the sequels get so wrong. Why is Anakin's lightsaber s important? Luke barely uses it and it disappears on his hand. Then, in The Rise Of Skywalker, when touching the dagger, Rey mentions it's seen terrible things, despite literally always using the Child-killer 5000!
What? Rey literally has a huge trippy nightmare that makes her run away and says "I’m never touching that again" when she picked it up. And that was BEFORE she had harnessed and understood her connection to the force.
@@siobibble9078 Rey's vision has almost no reference to Luke or Anakin using the lightsaber, if anything the vision is more of her own past and future. She is scared of the lightsaber but not because of what the lightsaber has done
My consciousness turned on when I was about 3 years old watching this movie for the first time in the movie theater. That Jedi Battle on Geonosis is the first thing I remember in my life.
My god
sincerest condolences
That’s a crazy and confusing start to life.
Has therapy helped you at all with this?
Going to rent the original star wars movie from a family video is one of my first memories
I always assumed the colosseum monsters would kill the prisoners and then fight each other, and that's what the crowd is there to watch
I like to think this execution was the football game halftime show.
I doubt that, those monsters would be very expensive.
In the Imperial period, the Romans executed lots of people by letting them get gored and killed by wild animals in the Colosseum. Sometimes the shows would be designed to replicate mythological stories, sometimes not. A lot of early Christian martyrs were killed this way, like Perpetua, who was gored and trampled by a mad cow.
@@krzychuka Not necessarily.
Plus if they regularly had these sort of executions for less important people then the quality of creatures involved could vary.
@@bobson3014 and like, what if it just _happened to be_ execution Sunday-the first Sunday of the month when they round up all the prisoners from the prior month-and our protagonists just _happened to_ arrive at the worst possible time?
_“With an order of 2 dominoes medium pizza’s you can win 2 tickets for you and a termite alien friend to see April’s jail termite executions the first Sunday of May!_
_*(executions will take place 3 at a time. Please get your food and beverage during the intermission.)”_
I always loved that bit right at the start where Padme’s decoy gets blown up and her dying words are “I’m sorry m'lady, I failed you”.
No, you pretty much just fulfilled the job description to a T
Bro she is dying and is shell shocked, she doesn't know what she is saying or what is going on.
I swear you prequal haters love grasping at straws, just think about it for 2 seconds and you'll find an explanation.
Everything in the films is made that way for a reason and almost all of it is explained at one point or another, just pay attention.
@@BoleDaPole Dude, you are projecting. You’ve got to be grasping at straws to defend such a bad script. It’s ok to like stuff that isn’t good. There are things to like about these films, but the dialogue is not one of them.
@@BoleDaPole I didn’t say that was bad, I said I loved it… because it’s funny.
@@BoleDaPole Full of hate, you have become. Misguided, your mission is.
Krak Head he never said he hated the prequels bro, calm down there
“If you were a changerling what would you change into?”
“Anything else, I simply would not stay exactly the same”
Words of wisdom
I wish George Lucas was as smart as you two
7:31 I want a scene of Jocasta learning the planet she INSISTED didn’t exist just became the most strategically important planet in the universe
whoever's idea it was to get a voice-over of Boba Fett learning the hiding in the asteroids trick you have made my day thank you very much.
That was Ben!
Ben did it!
More like Mr Senile Movies with these replies
@@allofthepoints9636 winner of the 2057 australian podcast award or whatever
How would Boba Fett know that Obi-Wan was hiding in an asteroid? From his POV, Kenobi just mysteriously appears on Geonosis with no explanation to how he faked his death. Han Solo didn’t fake the Falcon’s demise in ESB; from the Empire’s POV, the Falcon most likely jumped to hyperspace.
God i can't wait for Revenge of the Sith COG, which hopefully will consist of 40 minutes of James & Mason repeating "You won't get away this time... Dookuuuu"
"Fear leads to anger,
anger leads to hate.
Hate... pack it down."
- Jedi Master Yoda
Yoda was just a big idles fan
34:30 I've always thought it would be cool if the only time we see yoda use a lightsaber is when he beheads like 3 clone troopers at once and instantly puts it back on his belt in ep 3. If you have 3 movies of "this is an old old and very wise fella" interrupted by one 5 second sequence where you're like "holy shit he can do that?"
That would have been so cool!
Yep, or even better he never uses a lightsabre, but channels untold power through the Force, but only in moments to save or protect others.
Dude , Dooku literally says to Yoda,
( and I'm paraphrasing here)
" we cannot settle this by use of the Force, so we must use Light Sabers"
So Yoda could've either;
Accepted the duel
Run away
@@BoleDaPole lets be real: Lucas wrote that JUST to justify having Yoda partake in a lightsaber duel.
Its always made zero sense that Force practitioners as powerful as Palpatine and Yoda would ever need to use lightsabers, which is why they dont have them in the OT
Spectacle for the sake of spectacle.
But i will concede that the OPs idea of Yoda using a saber out of the blue on the clones wouldve been pure badass. Leaves you wondering just WHAT he's really capable of if he's pushed....as opposed to seeing him bounce around like a meth'd out muppet dueling a man 4 times his height
@@razorfett147 Yeah, I may not be completely opposed to Sidious and Yoda having lightsabers, but I think it would've made the universe cooler if they relied mostly or solely on the force, makes them seem that much more powerful and makes more sense given their stated abilities. I do like Sidious's fights in the Clone Wars though, but I think you can justify some of them as him just being sadistic, or playing with his opponents
The cynicism, the wit, the editing. Good work all around here everyone. Best CoG ever. RON HOWARD!!!
RON HOWARD
Rodneyyyyy!
Everyone praises Duel of the Fates as one of the best Star Wars music tracks but Across the Stars should be also be in the conversation. That shit whenever it plays makes the Anakin and Padmé romance feel like fucking Romeo and Juliet.
Agreed. Across the Stars is probably the greatest track to come out of the prequels. Maybe even the best thing to come out of the Prequels.
It definitely is in contention as one of the best, most beautiful compositions of Williams' work on Star Wars. However, unlike "Duel of Fates" which has the luxury of being set up to dazzling fight scenes & action, "Across the Stars" has the unfortunate luck of being juxtaposed with scenes between Anakin & Padme, who unfortunately don't have any romantic chemistry. While the music itself is beautiful, it sucks that it plays a role of having to remind you that we're supposed to be buying this romance, when honestly it just doesn't work. Maybe that was John Williams' intention though lol. He saw the footage of Hayden & Natalie, and was like "Okay, I gotta salvage this", and went hard with this amazing love theme.
It's Anakin's dark deeds for me. Some dude made a super cut of scenes throughout the Skywalker saga but replaced the music with Anakin's dark deeds. Incredibly, it fits in around 80% of the most memorable scenes in the franchise.
It is so beautiful. John Williams had no reason to make such a great track for such a boring romance, but he did it anyway because he can't half-a** anything if he tried.
it makes the romance work. the music is so beautiful.
most videos on youtube i can watch in the background while doing other things, but these vids i have to *watch*. you guys bring it every time!
james and mason are also doing a good job
The highest praise!
Same, had to watch the last one twice =)
Most entertaining coverage of the prequels imo
Don't forget the editor!
@@barryallen871 the comment is literally praise to the editor lol
@@fkaHAPPY But what's their name, mate?
I saw a first-day showing in San Francisco. When Anakin told Padme he was in agony, someone in the crowded theater yelled, “So are we!” The place went wild. It was perfect.
That's hilarious, bad movie, but a good community experience- 🤣
Typical San Francisco 🤡
I hope George was there for that one.
Fun fact: According to Ewan McGregor, the cast had to ADR every single line in the film as a result of the new cameras they were using making loud noises during filming.
Fun fact: Christopher Lee was completely caught out for LYING about his service. He claimed to be this SAS captain Britain James Bond John wick avenger, but no, Google it, he just lied about it. There was no internet to disprove him. Just just said ‘that’s classified’ to everything and was proven to have lied about it lmao. He was a bad bloke.
@@johntonssen7231 That doesn't prove he is a bad bloke necessarily, just a bit dodgy. I didn't know about that though, interesting fact.
@@johntonssen7231 I googled it. He lent into the mysticism but he fully served as both a pilot and a precursor to the SAS. You shouldn't spread misinformation about some, especially not if they're dead and especially not if you're recommending googling it and haven't
@@johntonssen7231 🤦♂️
1 minute of wikipedia browsing has proven you wrong.
If anything that interview with Peter Jackson is what lent some mystique to it. I dont think Lee ever made any crazy claims. And he saw combat so he probably did see dudes get stabbed. Its not such an outlandish thing.
Yoda just running in off screen without any warning would have been the funniest thing ever.
The Jedi Council: “ok guys…we’ve gotta protect Senator Amidala from our old friend Christopher Lee who’s trying to do a Civil War. Anakin! You’re a hormonal teenager with an obvious crush who has trouble controlling his emotions….YOU take her! Go to this romantic lakeside villa and be sure to keep an eye on the Senator while we do nothing about this mysterious army that practically fell into our laps. Someone ordered it right around the time we found out the Sith were back but I’m sure that’s just a coincidence. We’ll meet you on geonosis right after Windu over there decapitates Jango Fett in front of his child/clone. “
He's a political idealist.
@@escalatingbarbarism5096 not a murderer
The Jedi deciding to use the clone army after Obi Wan uncovered so much suspicious and corrupt entanglements might be the dumbest thing ever.
Checks out.
What about the droid attack on the Wookies?
The prequels are nice to talk about because no matter what you say someone will get mad
Isn't that true for all of Star Wars though?
@@brucesimmons5517 yeh
@@brucesimmons5517
These days yes
This comment angers me.
exception to the rule: john williams' score is the best part of these movies. Don't think there'd be a ton of argument there.
The John Travolta walking through Mos Eisley is hilarious
After the DVD came out, the seismic charge sound was something I would play on repeat though through my 5.1 setup. The bass from my subwoofer would rattle the my windows and scare the HELL out of my mom and siblings. I would say I don't do such things anymore and chock it up to being a teenager at the time. But, as married 35 year old adult, I still do stuff like this. I'm not sorry.
I always chuckle when I hear the word "subwoofer". It sounds like some kind of strange dog.
@@HOTD108_ they are, in fact, a species of subterranean canine known for their deep, resonant bark. The rich sound this highly sought-after creature makes is also known as a "woof", which is why they are most commonly referred to as "subwoofers".
I did too! "Blast! This is why I hate flying" helped me test dialogue
Rogue squadron 2 had them and I loved spinning and dropping 3 at a time
what...a...badass....
The part that annoyed me the most back then (and even until today) was when they introduced Count Dooku and the movie was acting as if you should know him. You haven't seen him until then. Haven't heard anything. Don't know nothing. But the movies asks of you to treat it like a big deal. Uhhhh, count Doku!
And the worst part? They do the same with Grievous in the next movie!
So true. I remember seeing Revenge of the Sith as a kid and thinking i somehow missed a movie because i didn't know who he was lol
At least with grevious he was in the 2D clone wars
@wespozo not really, most of them have establishing scenes where they actually do something. Dooku was just mentioned a few times without explaining who he is and then boom there he is
@wespozo lando, the emperor, are not the same level importance as a main antagonist. One of the biggest weaknesses of the prequel trilogy is a lack of a consistent antagonist. Someone that has a personal stake and connection with our heroes
Sure, that could’ve been done better.
They had a whole scene detailing Dooku’s connections to the Jedi but it was never finished
In the cinematic release, a Clone trooper flying a ship said 'we're out of ordinance.' In the dvd release that line was altered to the more widely understandable 'we're out of rockets.'
Yeah that always confused me as a kid. I was like you have more then rockets.
@@imjashingyou3461 I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembered that bit!
yes, that is the better line in theatrical release!
What does ordinance mean in that context
@@skibot9974 missiles, lasers, anything a weapon can fire. I can see why they replaced 'ordinance' with rockets...
“The most important thing that lightsaber has ever done is kill a bunch of kids” ...holy shit that’s true! I also spit my drink out for real
There a reason we call it the youngling slayer 9000
I mean it also slaughtered all the leaders of the separatist movement, including count dooku, which is probably more important.
Killing Mace Windu and saving the emperor was far more important but whatever 🙄
Thats why anakin should have been executed with no mercy and didnt deserve any redemption.
In new canon, lightsabers turn red when you’re evil and commit evil deeds with them. But even 40 years later when Rey is using it, anakins lightsaber always stayed blue.
This is disneys way of letting us know,
The younglings deserved it.
I will always love Pinball God Yoda.
Obi Wan is actually an incredible detective in this movie. He tracks Jango to the separatist planet meaning that Dooku must have known the clone army the entire time and allowed them to be created and therefore they can't trust the clones.....the only mistake he makes is that he forgets to tell anyone so the third movie can happen.
I never thought about that. 🤣🤣🤣
"That was recently retconned, not your grandparents, that was real" I would have spit my drink if I had one, that was absolute gold.
The Spice trade in Star Wars is like the poppy trade in real life: used for legal and medicinal purposes but also used in the black market as an illegal drug
During the discussion of "spice" in this video, we really should have seen some clips from Dune (new or classic), which of course is where George Lucas got the idea in the first place. The Star Wars must flow!
say what you will about the yoda fight, but the ENTIRE theater cheered when he whipped it out in front of dooku
Yeah, none of us could believe that this mystical, wise, old Jedi actually had this secret big cock.
And after he showed dooku his penis, he got out his light sabre.
Baddum tish.
phrasing my guy
@@bassterix7151 me or him?
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Is the extended version of this podcast gonna be called “Attack of the Clones (Extended) (Extended)”?
My thoughts also
gottem!
It'll be called Hawktalk
Special edition
Yes
18:49 So that's 2 generations of Fetts then who died due to jetpack malfunction. Boba didn't need to take over from Jabba, he could've just sued the jetpack company and buy an even bigger palace.
I’m loving maso’s “i simply wouldn’t” bit. Some believe it’s a bit but he’s simply built different
I legitimately couldn't stop chuckling when Anakin and Obi-wan's death via power couplings was being chronicled. It's why Caravan of Garbage is the best in the business!
How dare you not mention Padme getting knocked off that aircraft, falling, being knocked unconscious by the fall, being woken up by a clone trooper, and immediately saying "We gotta get to that hangar!" Amazing writing.
...what’s your point 🤨
@@harrambou9468 That George Lucas on many occasions demonstrates the "shitty is good enough" philosophy of filmmaking. He didn't bother coming up with a *reason* Padme would know where they went. He just knows Padme needs to show up there (oddly, she really didn't) so he puts it in the script despite the fact that it doesn't make any sense.
@@harrambou9468 His point is it’s fucking dumb🤣
The editing in this video is insanely good for such a long video, good job Ben!
The editing in all these videos is SO good. Huge round of applause to the whole Mr Sunday Movies editors.
I was about to criticize the lack of discussion about the Clones and their role in this movie, but then I realized that you were simply being accurate to how the movies treated the Clones anyways.
That Jango dismemberment scene would've been amazing.
Cool but unnecessary more than anything
Would've made Windu just look straight up evil.
@@jimmymeinhart4265e already cuts his head off my guy, what's a few limbs in addition to that?
Darth Maul, Count Dooku, and General Grievous are 3 villains that represent Vader.
Maul is full dark side, driven by hatred
Dooku is a fallen Jedi turned Sith, more calculated in combat
Grievous was once a man of his own species, now turned cyborg
Darth Vader is each of these villains combined
Which is ultimately a pointless thematic through line that doesn't really add anything to the movies except build up to the villain that everyone already loved instead of writing new villains for people to love, but mentioning that kind of makes the whole thing sound like a complete waste of time. Which it is. No story is ever told with this idea, the idea itself is all there is to it.
@@Tribrachidiumheraldicum at least if he even interacted with all of them, but he doesn't lmao
@@TheHowlingEye Exactly, not even any dramatic irony, maybe Anakin insulting Grievous for being a cybernetic freak show or just... anything besides nothing.
They’re more obi wans villains. Anakin barely interacts with maul and grievous. Atleast in the films.
And even anakin/Vader is obiwans villain.
What does Nute Gunray represent
I mean, it makes sense that Anakin vents to Padmé immediately. Hes spent 10 years just being told by yoda "hey chill"
He’s spent 10 years training having ONLY her and his mother to think about. ‘Never quite learned the game 😂
The "character gets electrocuted and you see their skeleton" is one of my favourite tropes.
Count Dukuo subcontracts out princess padme's assassination to Jango fett who subcontracts the assassination to the changeling person, who subcontracts it out to a Droid, who subcontracts her death out to a couple of giant centipedes... efficient... what great point
24:32 "Dial it back, dude" might be the most insightful thing ever said about prequel-Anakin EVER.
Ewan McGregor’s reaction to the AOTC title will never NOT be delightful.
I’ve always liked AotT more than TPM, I like the detective storyline with Obi-Wan and love the look and aesthetics of Kamino, and the fight with Jango. Christopher Lee elevates Count Dooku, IMO, just brings a certain gravitas to the role,and I think the general political narrative is more interesting, with the Galactic Senate breaking and leading to a civil war.
I agree. Plus, even though Anakin is a whiny teenager, at least he isn't a precocious little kid who can't wield a lightsabre.
Agreed. I've always said if you just skip the Padme / Anakin scenes , it's a great movie with lots of super entertaining scenes and concepts
when I say Clones is my favorite prequel people usually look at me funny, so it's nice to hear there are others who like it for the same reasons I do.
Gumshoe Obi-Wan is best Obi, love Temuera as Jango, Dooku is an interesting take on a Sith lord, a lot of the visuals and music is fantastic and the action scenes are all stellar.
Do you mean AotC?
Otherwise I probably agree for the most part about it being better than TPM.
I think Phantom Menace makes less missteps in telling it's story, but when JarJar is involved it's like saying you made the perfect ham and cheese sandwich except that you accidentally used wallpaper paste instead of butter. It's just one mistake but I don't want to eat it any more.
@@deathboyinc I remember as a kid I had this dvd and I would just skip to the Obi-Wan scenes, then just watch from the factory on. The dvd chapters lined up perfectly with this.
Love that you guys gave a shout-out to Bombastic, that guy has been my go to for star wars game news and rumours for the last couple years and his content is great
27:16 this recap is perfect, I've literally never thought about this scene that way and it makes it so much better. It genuinely rivals cosmonaut's recap of the assassination plot.
Ah a fellow man of culture you are
That Cosmonaut recap is one of the best moments in UA-cam history.
@@innatebubble121 it’s so funny and the mental breakdown at the end of reviewing AOTC was hilarious
@@jokerknight1247 Hell yes. My favorite part though is when Anakin is talking to Padme and telling her how beautiful she is, then Cosmonaut puts deep breathing sounds over Anakin’s zoomed in face 🤣.
@@innatebubble121 his whole review of the prequels are exactly how I feel about them, 3’s alright tho it actually tried
The picture of Hayden photo shopped angry sewing is gold 😅😂
Yoda having a force-imbued walking stick is the best idea I’ve never heard
29:03 "Maybe they only live for a couple of days" might be my favorite joke from any of your videos ever.
Something else I'll say is that AOTC probably has my favourite ending to any other SW film (bar ROTJ).
The Clones being loaded up onto the ships while Palpatine watches his plans continue to unfold... a visual gesture from Bail Organa's fist to show his frustration at the sight before him... and the Imperial march rising in the background.
And then it's immediately juxtaposed with the secret wedding of Anakin and Padme, with Across the Stars taking over as the new musical score. The scenery is gorgeous with the sun in the background.
It's such an amazing contrast between the looming, evil war and the beautiful, organic marriage
Well said. Enjoyed it for the same reasons
Organic marriage?
@@drumrocka *natural
Consider how the Clones are all artificial, both in terms of the fact that they are CG and are mass produced in labs. But the marriage is pure, practical, and is framed against a natural background.
I actually thought you were being sarcastic🤣
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 No, I assume you I wasn't
14:40 the jedi order being a bunch of union busters is the type of content that elevates this channel above the rest, that and "all star wars character are 100m tall" theory.
I never got the hype behind Anakins lightsaber. It’s just a cool sword, it means only what you think it does.
When Luke threw that thing away in TLJ and people exploded about it online I was really surprised.
Since Luke had read up on the fall of the Jedi since he last saw that saber, his first thought upon seeing it was actually probably along the lines of “This thing killed hundreds of children get it away from me”
Same. Luke not wanting that laser sword was the only thing that made sense. I mean, TFA had already established that Luke abandoned the Jedi and the rest of the galaxy so what were people expecting? That Luke would say "Oh THANK YOU! You saved me! I crashed here years ago with no way of getting off the planet or communicate with anyone. _That's_ why I've been gone for all this time. Now let's go kick some Sith butt!" ... ?
TLJ seems to understand the franchise, Jedi, and characters more than many "fans" seem to.
It's moreso that it holds signficance in the Original Trilogy, when Obi-Wan gives it such reverence when handing it over to Luke.
And then in the Prequels they're just throwing them away to pick up the next one. Sort of makes it lose its mystique a bit for sure.
@@danielplainview2584 Rian Johnson is a bigger and better fan of Star Wars than most of the schmucks online who just want to see Yoda kickflip.
Anakin is very talented if he can chop max 5cm worms off a human body with a sword in one swing
I was 13 when this movie came out. I was already a huge Star Wars fan and was pumped for this movie. While visually awesome at the time, it’s hasn’t aged the best. This movie isn’t going to win any Oscars, but I can still enjoy it. I remember the last fight, the music drops and Yoda walks in. From the marketing I knew he had a lightsaber, I was hyped.
I am the same.
Of the prequel movies I have seen this one the most.
Even though people like revenge of the sith. I might have seen it 5 times now, I still watch attack of the clones at least 50 times. It was the first movie I have watched with the different directors commentary.
I was 13 when it dropped too. It's not a great movie but it's still my favourite of the prequels. So much nostalgia watching that DVD over and over again
I was about that age too! I loved this movie at the time. Used to rewatch it constantly. The music, ah the music.... I didn't mind the supposedly bad acting/lines of Hayden. I mean he was a just a boy in the film. Anakin was, what, 18 years old? 18 year old humans do not speak in a contrived manner, not in this galaxy nor in any other but hey...
Christopher Lee was such a badass. Love the story of him correcting Peter Jackson about the sound a man makes when he's stabbed in the back and Jackson just quietly went along with it because of course that's the smart thing to do
He actually didn’t do anything he claimed. My comment keeps getting deleted. But Google it. He was caught out for completely fabricating all his war stories. He was not telling the truth.
@@johntonssen7231 They're not getting deleted, you're just spamming it everywhere lmao
@@criticalthinker3262 I googled it and he’s not even wrong.. I feel maximum betrayal!
@@criticalthinker3262
‘According to some reports and obituaries in the days after his death, Lee served in the Special Air Service (SAS), Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) and Special Operations Executive (SOE). In reality he served in none. He was attached to the SAS and SOE as an RAF liaison officer at various times between 1943 and 1945, but he did not serve in them and never, as one paper stated, ‘moved behind enemy lines, destroying Luftwaffe aircraft and fields’.’
Man I actually feel so betrayed by this 😂
@@burner472 I’d take that article with a grain of salt, the writer has a history of fabrication and uses the daily mail as a source, a well known newspaper in the UK that is well known for it’s misleading and outright lies they publish.
Mason calling Boba a rotten little kid made me laugh until I was sick
The behind the scenes and model work and stuff is always one of my favorite parts to watch around Star Wars, just the super intricate painstaking work the general public does not care about but I absolutely love!
Although it was a joke, in all honesty The Temple of Doom had a lot more care for the screenplay and script writing than the first two prequels. Still one of my favorite movies of all time
They had lot of problems filming it too. Ford was injured while filming so they had to adjust it to salvage the movie and it's a testament to everyone's skill that the movie works. Honestly I think it has a much more coherent narrative than Raiders does, with a very clear character arc for Indy.
@@Lukkilikka a more coherent narrative? How. I mean all three films have mostly simple understandable narratives becuz they are adventure films. In the case of temple of doom there's all this weird stuff about voodoo, slave labour, sacrifices, all this background stuff about the people and these stones and their magic etc etc. All that Raiders is: Nazis want Ark which can unleash great power. We don't need to have all this random stuff explained to us, just that the ark is powerful, its mysterious and simple. Temple of Doom is overly complicated and spends most of the film just in one place. There is very little action except in the final 20-30 minutes where all of its condensed in one big overlong set piece. Raiders spaces out the action and actually provides adventure for the main character to go on.
The one thing I hate about Temple of Doom is there's a callback to Raiders where someone comes at Indy with a sword and he casually reaches for his gun - but he doesn't have his gun! Oh no! - which only works as a gag for the audience, because Temple is chronologically earlier. So by Raiders, he had learned to... always have his gun on him, I guess...? He doesn't check with his eyes at any point. Maybe he can tell by the weight.
@@AnnDVine who is the gag supposed to be for if not the audience? What the fuck.
I strongly dislike temple of doom. Huge missfire with annoying characters, cringe cultural elements, and an unpleasant tone throughout. Honestly it's only better than crystal skull because of the awesome opening scene.
This is the funniest UA-cam series of all time. You guys make me laugh so much I just wanna say thank you. Looking forward to this one.
“I killed them. I killed them all. They’re dead, every single one of them.
And not just the men. But the women, and the children too. They’re like animals and I slaughtered them like animals. I HATE THEM” is an iconic Star Wars line
Not quite for the right reasons though
Lmao
It’s not iconic just because a bunch of kids watched a shit line 30 times
"Ok lol. You'll get over it." - Padme
Such an amazing scene, Hayden Christianson is a fantastic actor.
Crazy how the haters make fun of him for it now. They've been consumed by the dark side.
Padme "Don't look at me like that, you're making me uncomfortable." - that's the point where it becomes obvious he's subconsciously using Jedi Mind Trick on her to force her to love him.
Y’all ever think of how many limbs Obi-Wan has taken? 2 legs from Maul, 1 from the guy in the bar in this one, 3 of Anakin’s limbs, the guys arm in a New Hope, and probably some in the Clone Wars series.
Makes sense when you've got a laser sword for a weapon
@@mrsuperwill1 but he's the negotiator and the supposedly defensive one
@@TheHowlingEye sure, but he's also a war General on the front lines
Self defence, guy punches Luke, obi wan ‘disarms’ him. Or his friend..
Go watch that scene again, it’s full of plot holes. The arm he cuts off is wearing the wrong sleeve or is not the right alien haha.
Originally in the final duel, Count Dooku was supposed to use two lightsabers. You can see this in some of the trailers. Also talking about Yoda fighting with a stick, there was a character in the comics, Vodo Bass, who used the force to fight with a stick, even against lightsabers.
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@@swisserty From what I can tell that is true.
All I’m saying is Obi wans sub plot with the clones was by far this films best stuff, it’s actually shocking how a A plot that bad (the Anakin and padme story) intersects with a actually good B plot
Ditto.
I always skip to the Obi wan plot when I rewatch attack of the clones though I do watch the tatooine scenes the Naboo scenes are painful
Eh the Obi Wan plot is also fairly meh
I think it's the worst part. You have Obi-wan constantly telling Anakin to chill out and think things through, then you have Obi-wan jumping out through windows and going on a James Bond adventure where he suddenly becomes Mr. Tough Talk with Jango and then both of them basically kick each other's asses in an awkward, hard to follow fight in the rain and then he doesn't even have any resolution with Jango. It would be one thing if the movie ever acted like Obi-wan was just a bad teacher, but what should be his failings are all laid at Anakin's feet without any ounce of subtext or self-awareness.
I saw this at the age where I thought *all* movies had a "boring talking bit" before you got to the action. ("Why are Merry and Pippin still talking to Treebeard, get back to fighting orcs!"). So the B plot never bothered me as much.
Christopher Lee is forever cemented as a villain and actor for the ages after his role as Dooku and Saurumon
The sound of the Geonosian cannons firing will forever live in my head rent free
The chase on Coruscant is awesome, the score absolutely slaps, but the sound of Zam’s speeder is so goofy
Agreed. That wail of electric guitar in the score is great. A futuristic sound for a more civilized age.
That scene’s score is recycled in the Harry Potter film that came out the same year. I forget if it’s the first or second potter film, but it’s the scene where Harry is chasing the quidditch thing through the bleachers around the stadium. Same exact score.
@@itsd0nk it took a few a years but somewhere around Order of the Phoenix I realized I only liked the Harry Potter movies because William’s score felt so reminiscent of the OT and Home Alone
For one summer of my childhood, I watched this movie every day on VHS. I would get up in the morning, start rewinding it, and watch the entire thing. Every day. Honestly can’t say why other than because I wanted to and it might have been the only one I owned at the time. I don’t really like these movies anymore, but I still kind of enjoy them for some reason.
Are you sure AOTC was released on VHS? I didn't think that was an option at the time. Correct me if I'm wrong.
@@petrosinella sorry only just saw this, but I have very clear memories of having to hold the rewind button every day when I did that and the VHS case and stuff. Was one of those flimsy cardboard ones. I think it was still in the transition period when both would be made for films.
@petrosinella, it was 2002 it was definitely released on vhs.
What, we’re some kinda…Attack of the Clones?
You lads are always infinitely entertaining, hats off to you, your editors, and wittiness.
You know what's funny about Shmi's death and the effects it has on Anakin?
There's literally no reason for him to believe that she was still a slave for all that time. He never blames himself for not freeing her, not on screen at any rate. He never blames the Jedi for not freeing her, or not letting him go and free her. He blames the Tuskens for killing her, and himself for not being able to save her.
I can't think of any good reason, considering all that, why Anakin couldn't know that his mother was freed by Lars. We can make the Jedi look well-meaning but ineffectual by having them send somebody to pick up Shmi, only to find that she's already been freed, then shrug and go "Ah well, no point in hanging around here now" and report back. If Anakin mentions his nightmares to Obi-Wan, and Obi-Wan just tells him: "Your mother is safe, don't worry about it, remember to let go of attachment" then what really changes in Anakin's motivation? He can still make the choice to abandon his protection duties and jet off to Tatooine; he didn't go there to free Shmi, but because he was having prophetic nightmares about her. It's not like he was likely to go and visit her as a free woman, when he never managed to get time to visit her when he thought she was a slave, promise to free her be damned.
Admittedly this part is a big vague in the film but thankfully gets covered in the Episode II novelisation ,
but from what we can assume from the film is that Anakin didn't feel a need to free his mother as she worked for Watto doing basic domestic labor, and was later freed.
We can also assume that he could feel she was happy or content, because he felt her pain later on which made him go find her.
I'm sure he would've wanted to go back home but he was far too busy training to become a Jedi.
It's almost like the film is trying to teach us about sacrifice , idk 🤷♂️
I don't think freeing slaves was the job the Jedi. It is clear in the first episode that not even Padme could free her, even though she had political power. Qui-gonn and Obi Wan see all the slaves in Tatooine but do nothing about it because in a way they exist to uphold the current political order. They are not just "guardians of the galaxy" in a trite sense where any wrondoing is punished by them. They are still an arm of the Republic and tatooine is run by mafia-like people that are very difficult to uproot, just like on planet Earth. In a way, part of the Jedi training was letting go of attachment regardless of whether the people you are attached to during childhood are safe or not. I mean, letting go of attachment is not only "I let go when I know they are safe" but also the opposite, "I let go even though I know they are in pain", which can instil fear and anger into a Jedi etc etc...
I like how Yoda drops his cane and starts flipping. Wonka style
Whenever there's an emphatic BUT on this show and I don't get a garden gnome with his pants around his ankles, it's like I didn't get what I wanted for Christmas.
Glad I'm not the only one.
“Here’s the thing” gives me the same feeling. Oh, how they have spoiled us!
@@danhays307 You see me.
Anakin and Padmè's romance in this film is the worst cinematic romance I have ever seen.
Anakin: "I killed them. I killed them all. They're dead. Every single on of them. And not just the men. But the women... and the children too. They're like animals so I slaughtered them like animals! I HATE THEM!"
Padmè: "Yeah, whatever, wanna go save Obi-Wan and get married later?"
That Amidala falls in love with Anakin in spite of EVERYTHING is a testament to the power of SIth manipulation. Palpatine pulling the strings, and perhaps Anakin subconciously (or consciously ...) controlling her mind and emotions. Only explanation that works LOL
28:10 "Your rescue was cringe". I laughed so hard.
Something I've never actually admitted to anyone, despite seeing this film several times I still don't fully understand the plot or have any idea if Dooku was actually good or bad.
The plot is to make sure padame is away from the board meeting at the end so that the board meeting could agree in making the clones and the start of the clone wars. These movies are about Palpatine’s rise to power. This one begin the second step in his plan.
he's supposed to be absolutely good or bad.
The plot is Anakin and Obi-Wan are visiting Padme to celebrate her birthday, but uh oh! Anakin forgot to bring a gift! Anakin asks Obi-Wan to sneak off and buy something while he stalls/distracts Padme. Hilarious antics ensue, as Obi-Wan attempts to purchase a bit of weed from some shady buyers; the deal goes bad and Obi-Wan ends up on a wild goose chase which ultimately gets him kidnapped. While waiting, Anakin becomes desperate for ways to stall Padme and eventually resorts to visiting family with Padme. The plan goes foul when Anakin realizes that he hadn't visited his family in so long that they'd all since died. Anakin eventually confesses the truth to Padme, who forgives him. They then try to find and rescue Obi-Wan, but those wacky characters end up getting kidnapped themselves. They're then forced to perform a desert-themed circus act. They're not prepared, but manage to pull it off through sheer willpower and confidence! They think they're out of the woods, until they're tasked with one more challenge; a dance-off with dance master Count Dooku. They try their best, but Dooku has the better hand. It looks like the end until suddenly, Yoda, the amazing tiny trapeze artist shows up and defeats Dooku. Anakin ultimately gives Padme the gift of an unplanned pregnancy, resulting in them getting married and living happily ever after!
Neither did George Lucas.
Count Dooku is publicly leading the Separatists (an alliance of various leaders in the republic who wish to secede). Palpatine is leading the Republic, and wants to pass the military creation act to create a military for the republic. Secretly, Palpatine and Dooku are working together to start a large war between the separatists and the republic. Dooku has the Separatists making a droid army, while Palpatine is trying to pass the previously mentioned military creation act.
Senator Padme leads a coalition in the senate that opposes the Military Creation Act, so Palpatine has to get rid of her. He tells Dooku to kill her, so Dooku hires Jango Fett who hires a shapeshifter who tries to kill Padme. Padme is not killed, but she is exiled to Naboo for the protection.
At the same time, Obi-Wan finds out that Jedi Master Sifo Dyas had commissioned a clone army in secret, and that the Separatists are making a droid army. Obi-Wan tells this to the Republic Senate, but gets captured by Dooku. Dooku tells Obi-Wan in captivity that a Sith Lord (Palpatine) is controlling both sides. I do not know why he would tell Obi-Wan this, it is contrary to his entire plan.
Because of the droid army and Obi-Wan's capture, the Republic Senate votes to give Palpatine emergency powers to activate the Clone Army as the republic's army. Without Padme's opposition, it passes, and the Republic declares war on the Separatists.
I believe spice can be mined and made into medicine legally. Well obviously it can't because it's not real but whatever
AH! Thank you!
I think people don't give enough credit to some of the creativity in this film, especially on Geonosis with the battle at the end. You've got a desert world that feels different to Tatooine, flying bug people, each of the arena monsters feel very unique. Even Kamino, it's not just a water world of fish people that you see in countless sci fi stories, the people have long necks and the buildings are on stilts, with a harsh white interior. The ST had some cool ideas like the salt planet Crait and the junk planet Jakku, but a lot of the worlds just felt bland.
The Obi-wan plot is good. It's really the Anakin/Padme Romance that really drags the movie down to most people. But when I first saw this as a kid, I was at that age where it seemed like *all* movies had a "boring talking bit" before you got to the good stuff.
That's a good point you made about Geonosis that I hadn't noticed, it's a dessert planet but not like any we've seen, but then the sequels just give us two more dessert planets that look identical to Tattooine
@@more-reasons6655 Well, I at least give Crait and Jakku credit for putting somewhat of a spin on it. (The red sand and salt for Crait, the crashed ships for Jakku). But yeah, they look so similar lots of people thought Jakku *was* Tatooine when the trailers first came out.
can you guys make videos that are this long more often? this just blew by and I loved every second
Whoa the thumbnail changed presumably to increase the views
I actually did it to decrease views BUT IT'S NOT WORKING
@@mrsundaymovies DAMN
The fight in the rain always confused me. Jango Fett at the time was supposed to be the last of the Mandalorians. He was supposed to have all this gear specifically designed to even the odds against a force sensitive opponent. He’s so good at what he does that an entire army of his clones were made to be the supreme fighting force in the galaxy. He’s killed multiple Jedi, both light and dark, but just blindly flails about in this fight. Is it because Obi-Wan has plot armor? But like only enough of it to last 2 more movies, then it’s expiration date is up.
Your assuming they had any idea of what a mandalorian was at the time this movie was made and the lore wasn't just made up as they went along.
yeah but imagine trying to see through that helmet while its raining and at night. must have been a nightmare
You said it yourself, it's a fight "in the rain". They even show his boots slipping on the surface.
@@ElsieBee466 you mean the helmet with like a full heads up display and probably all kinds of sensors and shit
@@DeShawnMcDonald This. Tem Morrison said that he had a hard time seeing out of the helmet because he is an actor and it was a movie prop. In-universe it was a combat helmet hermetically sealed to Jango’s armor and had a plethora of sensors and HUD add-ons.
I remember seeing this in theaters (I was 7) and it was such a genuinely entertaining movie the whole time.
I remember the entire theater laughing during the Dooku v Yoda fight. One of my favorite SW movies for nostalgia and imaginativeness alone :)
It’s called a cinema. Not a theatre. Theatres are where you watch stage productions like plays or pantomimes. You can theoretically watch a film in a theatre, but you can’t watch a play in a cinema.
Cinema is the place you’re thinking of.
@@ventiss5727 Where I'm from they are synonyms. You might be right on definitions, but movie theaters are a thing that just exists.
@@ventiss5727Good luck trying to change literal decades of interchangeable use between the two. People have called them movie theaters for a very, very long time, don't be pedantic, it makes you look and sound like an asshole.
I’ve always found Anakin cutting fruit with the force super satisfying. That is all.
I would do that if I had the Force, since I recently cut my thumb slicing fruit and had to get stitches.
"What a rotten little kid.."
"Well it's Boba Fett !"
"I know.."
25:34 but let’s be real here: would you rather open a tent with a Swiss Army Knife or with an honest-to-goodness lightsaber?
Everyone is talking about how the skywalker lightsaber just killed kids. Everyone forgot about how the saber also beheaded count dooku, cut off mace windus hand and also slaughtered many politicians trapped in a room. Such a great legacy ☺️
i love the idea that anakin (being way more powerful than he realises) is accidentally making padme fall in love with him because she actively does not like him, and the more she is in proximity to him the more she falls for that absolute psycho manbaby
People are quick to throw out this explanation, when the most we ever see Jedi do with mind altering is trick "weak minded" into repeating everything they say in a monotone. That kind of subtle personality influence just isn't shown anywhere else. I'm don't know why people are so eager to use "Anakin is an unintentional date rapist" as an excuse when "it's bad relationship writing, just ignore that part" is a much less gross excuse.
Or we go with what Padme says in the film, that she does like Anakin but she is a lot more level headed to realise that people in their position and walks of life cant be together. She brought up whether or not Anakin was allowed to love, she brought up the story about a boy she liked to make him jealous and it's most likely the first time she's been without a pack of security since her time on Tattoine with Anakin so got to feel like a regular person rather than a queen/senator
@@starwarsnerd100 That's the most we see *intentionally*
We know that untrained force users don't know they're using their abilities they just think they're lucky or charming
@@Don-pn2mf The Force can do literally anything
@@mitchellhorton9382 nowadays I think Harrison Ford was right. “Hoakey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side”
The longer length of these videos is awesome. You two are so entertaining, keep up the awesome work!
Padme: eh, he's just going through a rough time.
Anakin: Anyway, the amount of murdering I did...
"Euerrr It seems our force powers matched- duh puh.. we should- fuuu Lets do a lightsaber fight"
-Count Dooku
That flash of Yoda at 33:53 truly frightened me
I love this channel it's rough an coarse and it gets everywhere
I loved the big crab monster but the Episode 2 guidebook detailed how those crabs are usually pretty docile and don't harm people. Meaning, that critter was probably captured, tortured and starved until it felt the need to attack Obi-wan. That takes away from that scene a bit...
As a kid, Yoda's lightsaber battle with Dooku was the coolest thing ever.
Man I was already in my mid-teens and halfway through high school when this came out, saw it back-to-back with the first Spider-Man alongside my mom, kid bro and a couple of other students from a homeschooled collective (we were all being homeschooled in high school at that point, with a number of dual-enrollment courses included before college). And this was also the age when I was REALLY getting interested in movies and one year before I took a summer filmmaking course at NC-School of the Arts in Winston-Salem (with the filmmaking department being recently added to the others then, now it's part of the official UNC system.) Just over two decades ago, boy has time really flown by!
In the fight with Dooku, why does Yoda struggle with the giant rock instead of just pulling Obi wan and anakin out of the way with the force? And yes Yoda should never have used a light saber he should be so powerful he doesn't need it, nevermind all that jumping and spinning daftness.
If you want Yoda to use a lightsaber have him wield like 12 tiny ones with his mind and Yoda just stands there motionless while they spin and twirl around him in perfect unison
@@mitchellhorton9382 this is unironically the best idea for Yoda I've ever heard
Sith shouldn’t have used lightsabers either. The emperor calls it a “Jedi weapon” as if sith are above that. My assumption was that Vader only used one because he was an ex Jedi. But now they all do and they’re red cos they’re the bad guys. So fucking lame.
@@Bloodynine606 fuck, that's such a good point. now i'm even more mad at star wars post 1983 than i already was
@@Bloodynine606 I always thought the Sith should have more powerful and varied force powers than the Jedi, but they are just better at lightsaber fighting + have lightning. Also the fight in Palpatine's office is the worst example of this, where the guy who calls it a jedi weapon apparently has a custom one himself. The fight should have been Palpatine killing the Jedi without a saber, and then being forced to use one to fight Windu.
I watched this recently with my 4 year old son because he got into the originals (loves Darth Vader) so I thought Id do the prequels and he even thought it looked like a computer game because of the shocking full screen of cgii 😂
Your son is a smart kid, I would recommend you watch maybe the mandalorian or Solo or maybe even let him play some of the games like Force Unleashed (the first one NOT the second) and Jedi Fallen Order
Honestly, goes to show how good computer games are these days.
@@lyndsaybrown8471 especially since they’re better than the entire prequel trilogy
So he didn't mind the 70s cgi of the originals but complained about the a film that literally pioneered CGI and digital film making techniques?
I'm sure he was in no way influenced by his father's childish hatred of George Lucas and the prequal films 😅
@@BoleDaPole it’s not hard to see why the dad hated the prequels so much, overly expensive movies with bad effects and worse writing
The amount of head shaking I did during this video.......I mean what was Lucas thinking?? I love watching it now because it is a blast but man this movie made no sense in som many spots
you know, now that you bring it up, that lightsaber really wasn't with the skywalkers long. Anakin had it for like 3 years, the obi wan kept it in a box for 20, Luke used it for maybe a year, then it sat in someone else's box for another 20.
That bit about Obi-Wan flashing back and being like “this fuckin kid…I fought a giant crab monster” is so hilarious to me.
Regarding the Anakin legacy lightsaber, that's such a good point that the sequels get so wrong. Why is Anakin's lightsaber s important? Luke barely uses it and it disappears on his hand. Then, in The Rise Of Skywalker, when touching the dagger, Rey mentions it's seen terrible things, despite literally always using the Child-killer 5000!
What?
Rey literally has a huge trippy nightmare that makes her run away and says "I’m never touching that again" when she picked it up. And that was BEFORE she had harnessed and understood her connection to the force.
@@Don-pn2mf Carved up a million shitty droids but also a lot of small children idk man that’s still tainted beyond belief
A good question... for another time
@@siobibble9078 Rey's vision has almost no reference to Luke or Anakin using the lightsaber, if anything the vision is more of her own past and future. She is scared of the lightsaber but not because of what the lightsaber has done