My take on the Han Solo confrontation with Kylo Ren was that Kylo was deeply conflicted. He was struggling against what he earlier referred to as "the pull to the light". It could have gone either way, but in the crucial moment, his desire to be the new Vader, to earn his grandfather's mantle, tipped the scales. He thought by killing his father, that dark act would at last cement him within the dark side, it would wash away his doubts and give him the resolve and surety he was craving. And in the moment after he committed to that path, when his father looked in his eyes, touched his cheek for the last time, he was faced with the terrifying reality that it didn't work. He killed his father, and he felt more lost than ever.
😊Pop that was a beautiful take on the conflict Kylo Ren was going through. It made me sad not only to lose Han, but also to see Kylo Ren fall deeper into interpersonal conflict. The actor who played Kylo-Ren did a great job of portraying all of that emotion on screen, I thought his performance was quite powerful. I look forward to seeing Kylo-Ren's, Rey's, and Finn's journey, they are cool characters that I am starting to emotionally invest in🥺Thank you for watching Pop!🥰
@@LoveLaurenn Don't feel TOO bad about Han's death. Harrison Ford wanted Han to die in Return of the Jedi, but Lucas wouldn't allow it. I have a feeling that Han died in this movie because it A) Fit the conflict of the story, and B) Ford wouldn't have come back if it wasn't written into the script somewhere. The main issue with the Sequel Trilogy is that it lacked a defined story arc from beginning to end. Episode VII was written, and a lot of plot points were laid out, even though it bore a striking resemblance to Episode IV. Episode VIII was written afterward, and while I won't give spoilers here, it divided the fanbase in the worst way. You'll see what I mean when you watch it. I won't say it's a "bad" movie, as the effects are astounding. But the story left a lot to be desired. That said, I never tell anyone not to watch the ST. I think everyone should watch them and decide for themselves. But I will say that I was disappointed. Episode IX was much better than VIII, but actually should have been longer so it could be paced better, plus explain a few things. The Original Trilogy and parts of the Prequels were written out in the early 1970s. The original Star Wars (later subtitled A New Hope) was done as a "self-contained movie", just in case it ended up being a flop. Since it was a hit (understatement), Lucas was able to rework the rest of the OT to fit the story he had first written. It took 15 years before technology caught up to his vision for the Prequels, and they were finally able to be made. Plus, he could go back and tinker with the OT and add some things that technology and money limitations prevented him from doing. Overall, and I'll reiterate that I was a 10 year old when the original movie was in theaters, I don't "hate" the Sequel Trilogy, but I was disappointed by its lack of a coherent story. I do hope that you'll also watch both Solo (a fun, if unnecessary movie) and Rogue One (simply AMAZING!). The latter of which will have you wanting to watch Episode IV again right after. One last thing: Don't dismiss the animated shows as just "kids shows". The Clone Wars series actually defines the relationship between Obi-Wan and Anakin, plus introduces some new characters you'll really come to like. Rebels, while only 4 seasons, shows a lot more of how the Rebellion came to be, which sets up Rogue One and the Original Trilogy. The Mandalorian and the Book of Boba Fett are very well done as well, especially for live action. I've watched the first two episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi, and HOLY SHIT am I impressed! Lucasfilm did NOT skimp on the spending on these shows.
@@IggyStardust1967 I'll say it; Episode VIII sucked rocks. It's terrible. JJ Abrams had to spend half of Episode IX fixing all the stuff Rian Johnson mucked up in Episode VIII. ... And all the talk about the 9 parts, etc; that's all BS. Lucas had a script for _one_ movie, and he cribbed the plot from Kurosawa's Forbidden Fortress. He expected Star Wars to flop so bad he went to Hawaii. The Mandalorian is da bomb; they should put Favreau & Filoni in charge of all the Star Wars productions. A lot of people didn't seem to like Boba Fett, but I think it was very well done.
I agree to some degree, but I disagree that it didn't work. Kylo Ren had BIG boots to fill. How do you measure up to a character consistently rated as the greatest villain of all time? They needed him to do something the audience would perceive as villainous. Not the CHARACTERS, they would react however they're written, but he'd need to do something the AUDIENCE would react to in order to be credible. The most villainous thing he could do is kill Han Solo. Killing Luke, even Leia would have limited impact, because they could return through the Force, and Chewbacca is harder to relate to as an alien, non-human. Han Solo, however, is just a man. Once he's gone, he's GONE. This act made Kylo Ren a credible villain... but they immediately undermined him, by having Rey beat him up. They needed that fight to go exactly the other way, where SHE was in trouble before the chasm separated them... and they needed to keep him in that frame of mind in the next film, instead of going back to being unsure about killing Leia. They sacrificed Han Solo to make Kylo Ren a credible villain, and then immediately ruined it, and wasted Han Solo's loss.
That epic Star Wars opening with the music and the words crawling up the screen got George Lucas fined by the directors guild for not having opening credits. When the movie turned into the huge success it became, Lucas gave the Guild the finger by doing the same for each subsequent movie.
His internal conflict was his conscience realizing he was fighting for the wrong team it just so happens that it was the force guiding Finn & Poe to meet
Fun Fact: The valley & lake the Falcon flies over is a real place. It’s Derwent Water & Borrowdale in the Lake District here in England. Also, the name Starkiller was the original surname for Luke prior to it being changed to Skywalker.
I had SO much fun watching this. Earlier I stumbled on a playlist where someone watch all 9 films and they got increasingly more negative and snarky until it was just all heckling, and it just bummed me out. This video turned my night around so thank you! So much fun to see it through your eyes, and so many great insights. You found a new subscriber tonight! Thank you for sharing your positivity!
SEE?! Lauren watched this movie the "right way!" She enjoyed it for what it was! There's changes, holes, etc. But if you just ENJOY it, it's enjoyABLE! Excellent review Lauren! Thank you! 🤟👍🤙
Can you imagine...what Chewie was going through. It's very telling he doesn't kill Kylo, which he easily could have. That's his good friend's son. Who killed his good friend. Of 40+ years. I like that Chewie found some way to be honorable in that moment but I honestly wanted to see him go a little more crazy. Anyway, cool to see a reaction by someone seeing it fresh and unspoiled, that's not an easy thing to pull off these days. It was definitely a shocker and a strong start to the sequel trilogy for us older fans. Curious to see what you think of the next one(s).
Chewie being over 200 means that Han is basically a very loyal, trouble-making dog to him. If my dog's puppy killed my dog, I'd be pretty conflicted about how to respond too.
I love Rey's intro in this film. Excellent showing vs telling. Plus Rey's Theme has quickly become one of my favorite Star Wars leitmotifs. I was so sold on her after the first half hour. By the end of the show I wasn't so sure, but trusted they'd flesh her out in the sequels.
BB-8 is one of the best designed droids in the star wars saga. The design team and character developers knew they had to bring their A-game. When you have to bring any rival to R2-D2 in the Star Wars universe. I know you love episdoe 1 but Jar Jar Bigs makes me feel such hate toward a character. Since then Star Wars knows it has to make the side companions to the main character great.
U Disney Star Wars fans can have the sequel trilogies. Because they are not. George Lucas's sequels, it's something that Disney made up on their own. While us real Star Wars fans will enjoy George Lucas's first 6 movies. You guys helped kill Star Wars by liking all this Disney Star Wars crap, they've been putting out. Thanks a lot for help killing Star Wars. But on a good note, Disney is going to be crashing hard. And they're gonna need a lot of money to buy the last portion of Hulu, That's money they don't have. so they might have to sell Lucas films. If Disney sells Lucas films, I hope whoever buys it will get rid of the sequel trilogies and also solo and any other crap that is going to be put out.
This is going to be one busy and polarized comment zone. ;) The two most disappointing things about this one: 1. It's basically a remake of Episode IV (with the new characters being slightly rewritten versions of the original characters and 2: It throws away a lot of the lore about the force. Rey is, without training or experience, a superstrong force user that can use a light saber from day one. And they way the filmmakers treated Luke as a character was shocking to many of us. Even Mark Hamill who play Luke hate how they treated his character. We know a lot about why things went wrong; Disney being too busy to capitalise on their purchase of LucasArts, ignoring George Lucas completely and throwing his treatment of the new trilogy into the trashbin, a complete lack of careful planning and mapping of the trilogy before assigning this one to J.J Abrams who wrote it according to his own ideas without bothering with anything that George Lucas offered. Besides, Luke's original blue light saber shouldn't be there since it was lost/destroyed in Episode V: The Empire Strikes back when Vader cut off Luke's hand in cloud city hovering above the gas giant Bespin. Luke designed a new one with a Green blade between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi which Vader remarked on in Return of the Jedi. For those of us that have "lived" in the Star Wars universe for many years there are many issues with this movie. I still enjoyed it though even though it wasn't what I expected or had hoped for. I can't say the same for the last two movies in this sequel trilogy. The irony is that this sequel trilogy made me appreciate the sequel trilogy a lot more. It seems "new" Star Wars fans that haven't gotten deep into Star Wars lore found in all the games (esp. the Knights of the Old Republic games), books, animated series etc. ddin't mind or noticed the issues and discrepancies that kind of ruined the sequel trilogy for the more die-hard Star Wars fans. I just wish they hadn't thrown Luke on the trash heap like they did, trying to get rid of the most important characters from the previous 6 movies (well, they succeeded with Han Solo) or simply turn them into side characters. Sure, since Disney (with Kathleen Kennedy and J.J Abrams) wanted to distance themselves from the first two trilogies as far as they could in order to create their own version of the Star Wars universe it's understandable why they did it. It wasn't right as far as I'm concerned but for their purposes they did what they did. Most of us expected something completely different with Luke having a much bigger part (one of the main characters) in the trilogy as a kind of Obi-Wan-like character, a wise and very powerful Jedi Grand Master fighting a new and even bigger dark force threat against the entire galaxy while introducing new main characters as well as reintroducing old ones. We didn't expect a rinse and repeat of the Emperor/Anakin story. We also didn't expect a weak remnant (First Order) of the Empire to be the main threat to the galaxy. In the end it doesn't matter; you either like the new sequel trilogy or you don't. If you like it/them that's great. You had a better time than those that didn't like them. It all comes down to subjective opinions anyway. :)
That skeleton in front of the crashed Star Destroyer is supposed to be Jar Jar Binks. Someone suggested it and JJ Abrams thought it was funny, so they put it in.
I would still think, that if Luke removed himself for failing Kylo, and unleashing a dark side agent on the galaxy, he would try to help the galaxy than leave it to the rising danger. I figured he went to the first Jedi temple to learn something that would be helpful. Fun fact: Mark Hamill said JJ was going to add rocks floating around him at the end, but Rian wanted to take it a different way so they didn't. Mark didn't realize it until he say TFA the opening night. He ask JJ what happened to the rocks and JJ told him they had figured something else out.
Hey Lauren, you do know the formula for writing the Star WArs characters. Geroge Lucas copied the format from the Japanese classic film, "The Hidden Fortress". The film has a pair of bugling bickering commers tasked with a mission and along the way they meet a hero/general that helps save us all. Well since C3PO and R2-D2 were the bungling bickering pair from the original movie (and the most popular pair). Each movie always tries to re-create that pairing to engage viewers with lovable side characters.
Original six? There's the original 3 and then a bunch of later additions, and if anything these sequels are much truer to the originals than the prequels were. It's got warts but most fans I know view the first part of this movie (with Rey scavenging) as the first Star Wars movie content that really felt true to the series since 1983. Mandalorian is also really true to the feel of the original: Favreau wasn't just a Star Wars fanboy, but also a fan of the westerns and Kurosawa films that influenced Star Wars, which showed in the end product.
Despite the controversy that surrounds this "Sequel Trilogy" now, seeing the trailer for the first time, years after the "Prequel Trilogy" and decades after the "Original Trilogy", fans had high hopes. Seeing this for the first time in theaters was far more impactful than you can imagine. The big reveals and traumatic plot twists pertaining to the classic characters was absolutely mind-blowing if not devastating. Being a fan of the Expanded Universe novels I was a bit confused about Kylo Ren / Ben Solo since I was expecting Jaina Solo, Jacen Solo and Anakin Solo who were Han & Leia's children in the novels, as well as Ben Skywalker, the son of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade. (If you are a reader, check out the novels from the 1990s and early 2000s.) Disney's choice to de-canonize the E.U. was at the core of the controversy for many long-time fans. Regardless, I have grown to enjoy this movie despite the lack of follow-through and disjointed character arcs of Episodes 8 & 9.
@@Toribot For me, the difference with the prequel trilogy is that Lucas had a single story arc and character growth-arcs across the three movies. There was a consistency there. I have heard bits and pieces of what Lucas intended for the sequels and I did notice inconsistencies with the novels. Disappointing. I understand that Disney and Lucas both had "ownership" of the franchise at the time they were making the changes, so they certainly had the "right" whether fans liked it or not. But the sequel trilogy seemed fragmented from movie to movie due to separate teams working on each. (i.e. Rion Johnson doing his own thing with The Last Jedi, then J.J. coming in at the last minute to replace Colin Trevorro and to retcon their blunders in The Rise of Skywalker.)
@@tofersiefken this is why there never should have been a sequel trilogy. The Expanded Universe was too well established but that was sort of a mistake that Lucas made in the 1990s. He did not know just how big it would become or how much he would want to explore on his own. Only a few characters and storylines were off-limits like Obi-Wan's background and the Clone Wars.
the TRUE Sequel Trilogy, "Star Wars: Heir to the Empire Trilogy"by Timothy Zahn. Also known as "Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy". This is now under the Legends brand. This was a far superior sequel to the 1st 6 movies. The original characters are well respected but new and interesting characters are also introduced. Leia and Han are indeed happily married. Worth a read. the Mandalorain is actually working on their own trilogy, using these books and others as inspiration, to give fan a true sequel trilogy in it's own right. Are you ready? :)
So glad you saw this! J.J. Abrams really hit it out of the park with this one and yes there were some plot similarities to A New Hope but he hit the right balance of nostalgia and keeping the story going with new characters
I never saw a problem with the similarities or references to A New Hope. If anything, they tried to bring in a mixture of old fans who saw the original movies when they first came out and also new fans. It’s a great movie to set up the trilogy, unfortunately the other two movies aren’t as good but still enjoyable in some ways
I'm glad some people enjoy this movie but in my opinion it's an unoriginal and lazily written film with a cliff hanger ending that leaves people thinking that it was much better than it actually is. I mean, he didn't even bother to put the original cast together in a single scene. He really squandered that opportunity
It's good that you are seeing ALL of these films as an adult. I saw episode IV when it was released in 1977 as a college student and thus it doesn't have the nostalgic pull on me as I didn't play with the toys and make up my own adventures growing up. The people that did hated the prequels because they couldn't watch them on the film's terms and watch them for what they were. The same thing happened with the kids that grew up with the prequels. They hate the sequels. I've seen the whole series as an adult and enjoy all nine of the Skywalker saga. Yes some are way better than others but that's the nature of pop art. A lot of people complain that there are plot holes and there kind of are. I like to think of the series as Artoo's story and he is telling it long long in the future and in a Galaxy far far away. Perhaps in the Milky Way in the twentieth century. Like C3PO says in one of the films "You know how Artoo's memory gets faulty". So ignore the haters and form your own opinion. You're a grown up lady, enjoy them on your terms. I've never understood people who want to force their hate on others just because something didn't live up to their childhood nostalgia.
I didn't play with star wars toys either and still didn't like the prequels. Isn't that a possibility? Nor did I like the sequels for that matter. Hate has nothing to do with it. It's just bad filmmaking.
@@cosmicwonders21 100%. that's the crux: bad storytelling No budget and a good story gets you Clerks. Low budget and a good story gets you Firefly. Big budget and a good story gets you Terminator 2. They should have hired a master storyteller for these: Spielberg, James Cameron, etc...
I super highly recommend you check out the two SNL skits starring Adam Driver where they parody Undercover Boss featuring Kylo Ren. It's freakin. Hilarious. And Driver does SO good in them.
Tid bit of trivia. The stormtrooper that Rey encounters...(You will removed these restraints...) his model number is JB-007 played by Daniel Craig, the current James Bond.
Awesome reactions, Laurenn. In my opinion, this is the only modern Star Wars movie that successfully re-captured the feel of the first three movies, but for obvious reasons, I was still upset by what happens! :)
Laurenn: "Oh, my God. Oh, my God! Wow, I really thought that was going to go differently." Hey, Laurenn! Your reaction to Han Solo's death echoed the sentiments of many! No one believed it would happen. In fact, there was an actual outcry in my theater! Lol. The background you need going in is that these films were not planned out by George Lucas like the other trilogies. Whatever issues the others had were ameliorated by a cohesive vision. However, Lucas sold the Star Wars IP to Disney. These films are Disney babies. The thinking was to give each chapter to talented up-and-comers with each one taking the baton from his predecessor and seeing what fruit that bore. With a property this beloved and hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, this strategy by Kathleen Kennedy -- the new head of Lucasfilm -- was very risky and proved disastrous. "The Force Awakens" was actually the least offensive of the Sequel trilogy and really just rehashed the plot of Episode IV. There are entertaining and beautiful sequences throughout and the nostalgia factor bolsters all the films but there is no unifying vision among the three movies and a general lack of coherence. What angered fans is that there was a tremendous amount of excellent sequel material to be mined in the Expanded Universe of books, comics and video games that had come out over the past 40 years which was arbitrarily made non-canon when Lucas sold the rights to Disney. I recommend trying to savor what actually does work in terms of performances and effects. Daisy Ridley was quite a discovery and makes a strong, likable impression as Rey despite a paper-thin character. In a franchise that celebrates rebel princesses and queens, Kennedy needlessly shoe-horned a pro-female, woke agenda into the franchise and Rey's innate talents were seen as part of that agenda; she's keenly Force-sensitive, knows how to wield a lightsaber, can pilot a starship, speaks multiple languages, can mentally manipulate, and exhibits psychometry and telekinesis! However, these and other abilities she later displays are all tied into the mystery of her character and, for better or worse, are explained. The actress had nothing to do with all that drama and was excellent! Adam Driver, already known as a versatile character actor, delivers a similarly powerful impression as Kylo Ren/Ben Solo. The deepening relationship between him and Rey is the trilogy's greatest strength! The other thing Kathleen Kennedy and director J.J. Abrams did right was returning to PRACTICAL effects after the inordinate use of CGI in the prequels. Of course, the returning CLASSIC CAST is another major asset to this trilogy. The most underserved character in this trilogy is Finn, the defecting stormtrooper played by John Boyega. Stormtroopers were originally clones loyal to the Jedi. After Order 66, they were loyal to the Emperor. After they aged out, they were replaced by willing human recruits and probably conscripts from conquered worlds. We learn that the First Order takes young children to indoctrinate them in the same way the Janissary Corps acquired recruits and molded their minds to be loyal to the Ottoman Sultan. The concept of Finn being an individualized storm trooper who resists his conditioning is an intriguing plot element that, unfortunately, doesn't get explored all that much. Oscar Isaac's Poe Dameron is supposed to be some sort of brash Han Solo-lite but he's equally pointless and underdeveloped. Isaac is an accomplished actor and it is through sheer charisma that he makes any impression at all. Those were wrecked Imperial Star Destroyers Rey was scavenging on Jakku! The New Republic's war with the Empire continued for a year after the destruction of the second Death Star. Imperial forces made a last stand in orbit over Jakku and were finally decimated with many damaged ships crashing to the planet's surface. You recognized the 'Millennium Falcon'! Good for you, Laurenn! Not every reactor does. When it's suddenly revealed on Jakku that the garbage heap Rey is referring to is actually the 'Falcon', it always got an instant reaction out of the audience! The moment brought THE ENTIRE CROWD together! Some reactors wonder why Kylo kept pounding his lower left abdomen during his duel with Rey. It's because that's where Chewie shot him! When you have a throbbing injury, sometimes it provides momentary relief when you apply pressure. Alternatively, aggravating the pain might have stoked his rage giving himself an edge. Chewbacca is 234 years old at the time of "The Force Awakens". Wookiees are long-lived. The junkboss Unkar Plutt on Jakku who exchanges food for scrap is played by Simon Pegg in a prosthetic suit! One of the gangsters demanding payment from Solo is Iko Uwais, the Indonesian silat master and action star of "The Raid", "Beyond Skyline", "Mile 22" and "Stuber". The guard Rey tricks into releasing her from the interrogation room is none other than James Bond's Daniel Craig! Captain Phasma is none other than Brienne of Tarth from "Game of Thrones", Gwendoline Christie! The old Alderaanian Poe met with in the beginning who was slain by Kylo Ren is legendary Swedish actor and frequent Ingmar Bergman collaborator, Max von Sydow!
Disney Star Wars is dying. As Real Star Wars fans George Lucas supporters are not supporting the stuff that Disney is putting out the sequel trilogy is not. George Lucas is versus it's Disney's own versions. Disney ruined the Star Wars franchise. Just like Disney ruined the Indiana Jones franchise. Disney is in a Bind come January 2024. Disney has to purchase the remaining portion of Hulu from Comcast. With Money they don't have so Disney might have to sell Lucas films and if they do that. I Hope whoever buy zit gets rid of the sequel trilogy's and the all other new stuff that Disney is putting out for Star Wars. George Lucas said himself that the first 6 movies are his. And sequel trilogies are not. So the people who are supporting the Disney sequel trilogies are not George Lucas fans or supporters. And the people who are supporting the 6 original movies are George Lucas fans and supporters.
'these films were not planned out by George Lucas like the other trilogies.' Bruh. Lucas wrote Star Wars as a standalone movie. Lucas didn't intent for Leia to be Luke's sister until he was writing Return of the Jedi. Yoda saying 'there is another'? That wasn't referring to Leia. It wasn't even referring to anyone in particular, because Lucas hadn't decided who the 'other' would be. If anything, that line was more to remove Luke's plot armour. By saying 'he isn't the last hope' that meant he didn't need to survive for the plot to continue.
I can't believe you're saying "woke agenda" without a shred of irony. It's true that Star Wars underrepresented female characters. Out of hundreds of named characters in the original trilogy, only three of them were female: Aunt Beru, Mon Mothma and Princess Leia. Only one of them had any sort of significant role.
Hey Lauren, I don't know if you've watched the Harry Potter movies or not, but if you had, the actor who played General Hux is the same actor who played Bill Weasley
This became one of my favorite Star Wars movies when it was released. All of the new main characters were likable, and I was excited by the possibilities of what could happen in the next 2 episodes... Unfortunately, The Last Jedi kind of knocked The Force Awakens down a few notches for me, but it is still a fun watch if you can block what comes next out of your mind lol Your reaction to the Han and Kylo scene was spot on. I thought Han was going to make out of that scene, but I was wrong as well. It was shocking and tough to watch.
I really liked this film, thought they did an incredible job with it from the costumes and effects to character and story development. I am really liking all the new characters that are being introduced and am excited to see their journey. I had hopes that MAYBE kylo would come around, but was sad to just see him kill Han and fall deeper into interpersonal conflict🥺I found myself starting to invest emotionally in the new characters so it will be interesting to see where the story goes from here. Thank you so much for everything Awake, I appreciate the hell out of you🥰
My dad absolutely loved TFA when it came out back in 2015. He saw the original Star Wars when it was re released in theaters. Let’s just say he’s seen TFA over 25 times
HEy Lauren, Force-sensitive creatures always find their way to being great pilots with very little training. THis is due to the fact the force gives one great ability of anticipation since the force helps you see into the future. The more you train in your force abilities the more to can harness this ability of foresight, such as Yoda and Palpatine. Anikin was a great pilot even in his early days as a pod racer. Luke is an excellent pilot, and now Rye and Kyleo Ren join the bunch.
Good point K2! I didn't even think about how the force played into piloting. Looking back I feel like damn near all of the Jedi and Sith are good pilots lol😅makes sense though! Thanks for watching K2!
Fun fact. The Storm Trooper that Rey mind tricks into letting her go was played by Daniel Craig AKA James Bond 007. He's a big Star Wars fan and asked JJ Abrams if he could play an anonymous Storm Trooper.
I'm almost afraid to look at the comments now... :D ... Regardless, I thoroughly enjoyed your reaction. You essentially recreated how I felt in the theater beat for beat!
Don't know if someone else got to this first, but the Stormtrooper that Rey mind-tricked into letting her go? That was Daniel Craig, the most recent James Bond. Because of course it was.
22:39 Maz : No more training do you require. Already know you, that which you need. Finn : Then I am a Jedi. Maz: Who the f*ck knows? This is _Disney!_ Anything's possible ... somehow.
"I feel like....has happened before" is kind of the operative phrase for these films. I liked this film initially. But in so many ways it's just a remake of Episode IV. They don't even give us new designs like the Prequels. Just warmed over old designs.
I was thinking “death star 3? Really? Is that all you can come up with?” As I was watching this movie at the theater. After that I didn’t even bother with episode 8 or 9. I haven’t seen either one, and not going to.
I would argue that Starkiller Base is definitely more original than the second Death Star. And I think that keeping the old designs makes perfectly sense. Why would the Resistance use new ships when they still got their X-Wings? Why would the First Order, which is practically the revived empire, invest in new designs when they can still use their older ones and upgrade them to be better. The newer ships have better weapons and better shields. Some smaller changes in the design, like the colours or the amount of engines. Plus we also got some new ships, like the Supremacy in episode 8, the Resistance Bomber, Kylo's TIE Silencer, the First Order Troop Transport, the Resistance Troop Transport or also the Ski-Speeders. Look at it like this: Cars today of course look different to cars from 30 years ago. But the concept is still the same. 4 wheels with some metal on the top and some seats. Today the colours maybe look a bit different, the engines are better, we now have more functions but it's not completely new. It's not like the change from the carriage to the car. Or from the horse to the bike. And the film also has themes that are new and not recycled from the originals. The overall story is very similar but still with enough changes in the character motivations to make it interesting again.
@@RamielDerLinke George Lucas himself said he was disappointed in the lack of new designs in TFA. He said providing new vehicles with each film was something they always tried to do. Even when they did have something new, the designs were unimaginative. Usually a box or a box with ridiculously large wings. The Rebels/New Republic should have been in control for the last 30 years. They would have had access to all of the resources of the Empire. Including shipyards. The fact that they seemed to have been spinning their wheels for thirty years and are pretty much in the same position they were in at the end of ROTJ makes them look incompetent. Actually, they seem to be in worse shape. They seem to have less resources than they did in the OT. Their sorry state in the ST lessens their victory in ROTJ. All of this is because JJ didn't want progress. He wanted the exact same situation as the OT because that's all he knew.
@@richardb6260 Because we didn't follow the New Republic in that film. We followed the Resistance, which is an organization that is supported by some members of the New Republic but it's not the same. The Resistance is much smaller than the Rebel Alliance in the Original Trilogy. It was seen as unnecessary by a majority of the New Republic because they already had their military and didn't see the reason why there needs to be another military that they should support. They didn't see the First Order as a threat. The New Republic had a lot of ships but... Well... They got destroyed because all the planets of the New Republic were blown up by Starkiller Base. That was the plan of the First Order, because the New Republic was a huge threat to the First Order. But with Starkiller Base they were able to destroy them with one blast. The purpose of the Death Star wasn't to destroy an specific planet. They just wanted to have a planet killer that could be used as a threat. So no system would dare to go against them. The Resistance in the sequels isn't even comparable to the Rebel Alliance in the originals. It's comparable to the first rebel groups that formed in the first 10-15 years after episode 3. So like the ones we see in Star Wars Rebels. They also only had a few ships. The Rebel Alliance on the other hand had thousand of soldiers and hundreds of ships. They even had many politicians supporting them. The Resistance on the other hand was founded by Leia and all they have are some X-Wings, a few A-Wings, a few shitty bombers, 2-3 small corvettes and one Mon Calamari Cruiser. That's it. Compare that to the Rebel Alliance. It's completely different. And when we come to episode 8, the Resistance is practically nonexistent at the end of that film. And even in episode 9 the Resistance isn't as big as the Rebel Alliance. Not even as big as they were in episode 7 or at the start of episode 8. They're still tiny and that's why they pretty much lose at the end. They were only able to win because Lando helped them out with thousands of ships from hundreds of systems. And I don't really care if George Lucas is disappointed in the lack of "new designs". All in all the Venator was also just a changed Star Destroyer, the Phase 2 Clone Troopers looked very similar to the Stormtroopers and many other things were similar. Anakin's story is in many ways very similar to the ones of Luke. "It's like poetry. It rhymes." Or why do the buildings on Camino look so similar to cloud city. Both appear in the second film of the trilogy and both are special places that need to be found. Why does Jango Fett just look like Boba Fett but now he's blue and not green. Or why is there another chase in an asteroid field in the second film of the trilogy? Why do both first films of the trilogies end with a Skywalker boy blowing up a space station so save the day? I could do this all day. The similarities are also there but people seem to not care.
@@RamielDerLinke if they were actually using old X-Wings and A-Wings, that excuse might have merit. But they were using new models that pretty much looked the same. I expect a T-70 X Wing to look noticably different from a T-65. Particularly with 30 years between them. But Abrams only wanted to do something that looked like the OT instead of something that made sense. Besides even the slight changes to the X Wing weren't new. They were based on early X Wing designs for A New Hope. It all smacks of a lack of imagination or just plain laziness. Oh, and Boba looks like Jango because he's wearing his father's armor.He just repainted it.
This movie is so fun to watch. Regardless of my feelings of the trilogy or how things fit together, I can do easily turn my brain off and thoroughly enjoy this film. That's something I hardly can ever do. Of course, there's something to be said that the best way to enjoy this film is by turning your brain off. If you have to suspend any criticism to enjoy a film, there are some issues.
I saw this twice in the theaters when it first came out the part where Kylo kills Han always gets to me cause Han has always been my favorite character from Star Wars and honestly I get teary eyed watching that scene every time
How does Rey know how to force pull a lightsaber? Luke had Obi-wan introduce him to the force, training, him core ideas ("reach out with your feelings.") He barely got his saber from the snow and only by the end of the movie, after personal training from Yoda, could he pull it to him on Cloud City. Luke had Yoda teach him to unlearn things he learned in the desert. Rey, grew up poor, alone, and untrained somehow KNOWS you can call things with her mind? Who even told her that? It's been 40 years since most of the galaxy has even SEEN a Jedi. What was the point of her spelunking and climbing an old Star Destroyer for junk, when she knows you can just pull things out with her mind? How does she best Kylo with NO training? Kylo has been personally trained by LUKE SKYWALKER. Rey has NO training. She ought to just be swinging it around like a club, not dodging and parrying. How does she know to mind control? Even Obi-wan had to show Luke that it can be done at all. What was the point of her trading junk for food when she knew she could just mind control the fat guy? Couldnt she just mind control him into giving an extra "quarter portion?"
I don't like the movie but Rey did not Force-pull the lightsaber on purpose. She willed it to fly to her hand without realizing that was what she was doing.
It was a fun movie though,aint gonna dis it. The picture quality is the one thing i miss the most, like on the original S.W. pre '97 edition,prequels diferent but awesome too. Really dig yer channel,cheers!
Daisy Ridley is such a phenomenal actress in this trilogy as Rey. Fun fact about her, she once auditioned to play as Lara Croft in the 2018 Tomb Raider remake based on the 2013 reboot game. Unfortunately, she got shorted out by Alicia Vikander who landed the role
I think the chemistry between Finn and Poe worked better in ten minutes than between Anakin and Obi Wan in the whole of Episode 2 and 3. Just executed better.
There are many, many issues with the sequel series, but I have to point out the way they did our original heroes dirty. Luke, Leia and Han are all shown to have basically peaked in Return of the Jedi and gone downhill ever since. It's like saying "George Lucas created these characters, let's destroy them so we can show off our new, better heroes." Also, Force Awakens is almost a complete ripoff of New Hope's story.
This movie is very much a remake of Episode IV. It has almost all of the major plot points. Not a bad thing, but I do not recall anyone mentioning that.
I'm glad you like it I'm not a nitpicker like everyone else in this world I take movies for what they give me and like I said before and comment before I love all nine movies I just love anything Star wars from Star wars New Hope to the Mandalorian I love it all
Yours was the first video I got to see after returning from Star Wars Celebration 2022. ^ _ ^ What a treat to come home to. "Force Awakens" was so much fun to watch in theaters when it first released, but even afterwards rewatching it with family and friends I still find myself enjoying the ride again and again each time. That for me will always be the trademark of the best Star Wars experiences.
R2 definitely takes the cake for being the cutest, R2 has a special place in my heart wehhh🥺 BB8 is cute too but R2 forever takes the top spot in my heart of all the droids🥰
They asked Harrison Ford to play han solo again but he said I will but 2 conditions,one they make a new Indiana Jones movie and they kill off han solo. Harrison Ford said in interviews he hated playing solo but really enjoyed Indiana Jones
Finn as a character was the most intriguing thing for me. I loved him. Granted, going back I saw his character didn't fit his background, but I thought having a perspective of a stormtrooper was great. I wished they used it more in this film and the whole trilogy. He was probably my favorite character.
You Disney Star Wars fans? Go ahead and enjoy your movies and stay with those. While us real Star Wars fans George Lucas supporters will enjoy the first 6. Star Wars is dead because Disney and you, Disney Star Wars fans helped kill it, thanks a lot.
@@louiedavis4909 WOW. Not sure how you got that from my comments. I have been extremely unhappy with much of what has been done since Lucasfilm was purchased, but that doesn't mean I can't find the good in the current Star Wars and recognize the bad in the previous Lucas era films.
George Lucas said himself that the original trilogies and the prequel trilogies are his. And the sequel trilogies are not his. If Disney would have just done George Lucas's versions of the sequel trilogies, then Disney wouldn't be in this mess. There is or was a rumor that Disney might sell. Lucas films because Disney needs money to buy the last portion of Hulu from Comcast on January 2024. But Disney doesn't have the money currently to buy it. But regardless, whether they have the money or not, they are forced to buy the Last portion of Hulu on an arrangement that was made in 2019 between Disney and Comcast. So I Hope Disney sells Lucas films and whoever buys it. I hope they get rid of the sequel trilogies and the new Star Wars stuff that Disney is going to be putting out. There are 2 factions, one faction is the George Lucas fan base, which is the right side of the force, and The Other faction is Disney Star Wars fan base which is the dark side of the force.
@@louiedavis4909 oh man, this is the most ridiculous argument I've seen. Are you even debating me? It seems like you're fighting an imaginary Disney Star Wars fan. Because I said there were good things in the mess of the sequel trilogy, you're going off on a thread like I'm some hard core Disney Star Wars fan that needs to be told off? I agree with many of the things you said. I don't like much if not most of what Disney (or more correctly Kathleen Kennedy) has done to Star Wars. But it kind of feels like you're less interested in what I say or think and are more interested in having an argument with an imaginary avatar of Disney Star Wars. So, I'll let you go on and continue your debate with whoever it is you think you're arguing with and I won't interrupt anymore. 0_o
It's perfectly acceptable to kill off an iconic character like Han Solo, but the unceremonious and nonchalant way in which they did was terrible. And they made Rey an overpowered Mary Sue. And Leia consoles Rey, but not Chewie??
Oh the force awakens pretty interesting I've seen every Star Wars movie in the theater since the 70s all of them even the anime Clone Wars movie I saw in the theater
My band and I produced a Star Wars punk-rock song in Chicago that is a spin on "The Empire Strikes Back". Please click on our sleeping tiger icon to possibly give it a listen. It is called "Lightsaber Language".
This is one of my favorites of Star Wars. Finn, Rey and Poe are amazing characters and it could have been the best trilogy. However, Disney panicked after nerd rage on social media and by the end they tried to please everyone but did the opposite. Nice reactions as always!
The only real Star Wars trilogy are the original trilogies and the prequal trilogies. Those are George Lucas's movies The sequel trilogies that Disney put out is not George Lucas's versions. It's Disney's own versions, and that's why Lucas films is flopping. Disney ruined Lucas films and you fans who are supporting the new crap is also helping ruining Lucas films. I Am hoping that Disney has to sell Lucas films. Because they need Money to buy the Last remaining portion of Hulu. And that's Money Disney doesn't have. And Disney has to buy Hulu on January 2024. Whoever buys Lucas films. I hope they will get rid of the sequel trilogies and the new crap that Disney is gonna be putting out for Star Wars.
My take on the Han Solo confrontation with Kylo Ren was that Kylo was deeply conflicted. He was struggling against what he earlier referred to as "the pull to the light". It could have gone either way, but in the crucial moment, his desire to be the new Vader, to earn his grandfather's mantle, tipped the scales. He thought by killing his father, that dark act would at last cement him within the dark side, it would wash away his doubts and give him the resolve and surety he was craving. And in the moment after he committed to that path, when his father looked in his eyes, touched his cheek for the last time, he was faced with the terrifying reality that it didn't work. He killed his father, and he felt more lost than ever.
😊Pop that was a beautiful take on the conflict Kylo Ren was going through. It made me sad not only to lose Han, but also to see Kylo Ren fall deeper into interpersonal conflict. The actor who played Kylo-Ren did a great job of portraying all of that emotion on screen, I thought his performance was quite powerful. I look forward to seeing Kylo-Ren's, Rey's, and Finn's journey, they are cool characters that I am starting to emotionally invest in🥺Thank you for watching Pop!🥰
@@LoveLaurenn Don't feel TOO bad about Han's death. Harrison Ford wanted Han to die in Return of the Jedi, but Lucas wouldn't allow it. I have a feeling that Han died in this movie because it A) Fit the conflict of the story, and B) Ford wouldn't have come back if it wasn't written into the script somewhere.
The main issue with the Sequel Trilogy is that it lacked a defined story arc from beginning to end. Episode VII was written, and a lot of plot points were laid out, even though it bore a striking resemblance to Episode IV. Episode VIII was written afterward, and while I won't give spoilers here, it divided the fanbase in the worst way. You'll see what I mean when you watch it. I won't say it's a "bad" movie, as the effects are astounding. But the story left a lot to be desired. That said, I never tell anyone not to watch the ST. I think everyone should watch them and decide for themselves. But I will say that I was disappointed. Episode IX was much better than VIII, but actually should have been longer so it could be paced better, plus explain a few things.
The Original Trilogy and parts of the Prequels were written out in the early 1970s. The original Star Wars (later subtitled A New Hope) was done as a "self-contained movie", just in case it ended up being a flop. Since it was a hit (understatement), Lucas was able to rework the rest of the OT to fit the story he had first written. It took 15 years before technology caught up to his vision for the Prequels, and they were finally able to be made. Plus, he could go back and tinker with the OT and add some things that technology and money limitations prevented him from doing.
Overall, and I'll reiterate that I was a 10 year old when the original movie was in theaters, I don't "hate" the Sequel Trilogy, but I was disappointed by its lack of a coherent story. I do hope that you'll also watch both Solo (a fun, if unnecessary movie) and Rogue One (simply AMAZING!). The latter of which will have you wanting to watch Episode IV again right after.
One last thing: Don't dismiss the animated shows as just "kids shows". The Clone Wars series actually defines the relationship between Obi-Wan and Anakin, plus introduces some new characters you'll really come to like. Rebels, while only 4 seasons, shows a lot more of how the Rebellion came to be, which sets up Rogue One and the Original Trilogy. The Mandalorian and the Book of Boba Fett are very well done as well, especially for live action. I've watched the first two episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi, and HOLY SHIT am I impressed! Lucasfilm did NOT skimp on the spending on these shows.
@@IggyStardust1967 I'll say it; Episode VIII sucked rocks. It's terrible. JJ Abrams had to spend half of Episode IX fixing all the stuff Rian Johnson mucked up in Episode VIII.
... And all the talk about the 9 parts, etc; that's all BS. Lucas had a script for _one_ movie, and he cribbed the plot from Kurosawa's Forbidden Fortress. He expected Star Wars to flop so bad he went to Hawaii.
The Mandalorian is da bomb; they should put Favreau & Filoni in charge of all the Star Wars productions. A lot of people didn't seem to like Boba Fett, but I think it was very well done.
I agree to some degree, but I disagree that it didn't work.
Kylo Ren had BIG boots to fill. How do you measure up to a character consistently rated as the greatest villain of all time? They needed him to do something the audience would perceive as villainous. Not the CHARACTERS, they would react however they're written, but he'd need to do something the AUDIENCE would react to in order to be credible. The most villainous thing he could do is kill Han Solo. Killing Luke, even Leia would have limited impact, because they could return through the Force, and Chewbacca is harder to relate to as an alien, non-human. Han Solo, however, is just a man. Once he's gone, he's GONE.
This act made Kylo Ren a credible villain... but they immediately undermined him, by having Rey beat him up. They needed that fight to go exactly the other way, where SHE was in trouble before the chasm separated them... and they needed to keep him in that frame of mind in the next film, instead of going back to being unsure about killing Leia.
They sacrificed Han Solo to make Kylo Ren a credible villain, and then immediately ruined it, and wasted Han Solo's loss.
And the visual representation of his conflict is so good with blue light and red light on each side of his face 🙌🏼 love it
That epic Star Wars opening with the music and the words crawling up the screen got George Lucas fined by the directors guild for not having opening credits. When the movie turned into the huge success it became, Lucas gave the Guild the finger by doing the same for each subsequent movie.
Can't wait till you watch Rogue One.
32:37 No-one could survive a fall like that, right?
Qui-Gon: I wish that were so.
His internal conflict was his conscience realizing he was fighting for the wrong team it just so happens that it was the force guiding Finn & Poe to meet
Fun Fact: The valley & lake the Falcon flies over is a real place. It’s Derwent Water & Borrowdale in the Lake District here in England.
Also, the name Starkiller was the original surname for Luke prior to it being changed to Skywalker.
I love seeing your natural reaction to the film befoe haters spoil the fun. Loved Rey and Finn and this one.
Thank you Will! I really loved Rey and Finn too, I thought they were incredible🤩I can't wait to see more of their journey!
I agree they deserves each other
27:27 The Storm Trooper Rey is using the mind trick on is played by Daniel Craig (AKA 007)
The stormtroopers are like “Nope we’re out of here screw this” 😂 28:26
I had SO much fun watching this. Earlier I stumbled on a playlist where someone watch all 9 films and they got increasingly more negative and snarky until it was just all heckling, and it just bummed me out. This video turned my night around so thank you! So much fun to see it through your eyes, and so many great insights. You found a new subscriber tonight! Thank you for sharing your positivity!
SEE?! Lauren watched this movie the "right way!" She enjoyed it for what it was! There's changes, holes, etc. But if you just ENJOY it, it's enjoyABLE! Excellent review Lauren! Thank you! 🤟👍🤙
Yeah but to enjoy something it has to qualify as enjoyable first. Not the other way around.
Enjoy the holes? :D
Still a steaming pile of mindless crap.
Can you imagine...what Chewie was going through. It's very telling he doesn't kill Kylo, which he easily could have. That's his good friend's son. Who killed his good friend. Of 40+ years. I like that Chewie found some way to be honorable in that moment but I honestly wanted to see him go a little more crazy.
Anyway, cool to see a reaction by someone seeing it fresh and unspoiled, that's not an easy thing to pull off these days. It was definitely a shocker and a strong start to the sequel trilogy for us older fans. Curious to see what you think of the next one(s).
Chewie being over 200 means that Han is basically a very loyal, trouble-making dog to him. If my dog's puppy killed my dog, I'd be pretty conflicted about how to respond too.
I love Rey's intro in this film. Excellent showing vs telling. Plus Rey's Theme has quickly become one of my favorite Star Wars leitmotifs. I was so sold on her after the first half hour. By the end of the show I wasn't so sure, but trusted they'd flesh her out in the sequels.
The storm trooper that Rey mind controlled and dropped his gun was played by Daniel Craig.
28:23 Hands down my two most FAVORITE stormtroopers ever!
BB-8 is one of the best designed droids in the star wars saga. The design team and character developers knew they had to bring their A-game. When you have to bring any rival to R2-D2 in the Star Wars universe. I know you love episdoe 1 but Jar Jar Bigs makes me feel such hate toward a character. Since then Star Wars knows it has to make the side companions to the main character great.
U Disney Star Wars fans can have the sequel trilogies. Because they are not. George Lucas's sequels, it's something that Disney made up on their own. While us real Star Wars fans will enjoy George Lucas's first 6 movies. You guys helped kill Star Wars by liking all this Disney Star Wars crap, they've been putting out. Thanks a lot for help killing Star Wars. But on a good note, Disney is going to be crashing hard. And they're gonna need a lot of money to buy the last portion of Hulu, That's money they don't have. so they might have to sell Lucas films. If Disney sells Lucas films, I hope whoever buys it will get rid of the sequel trilogies and also solo and any other crap that is going to be put out.
Just in case you were wondering... the chrome "super" storm trooper: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brienne_of_Tarth
This is going to be one busy and polarized comment zone. ;)
The two most disappointing things about this one: 1. It's basically a remake of Episode IV (with the new characters being slightly rewritten versions of the original characters and 2: It throws away a lot of the lore about the force. Rey is, without training or experience, a superstrong force user that can use a light saber from day one. And they way the filmmakers treated Luke as a character was shocking to many of us. Even Mark Hamill who play Luke hate how they treated his character. We know a lot about why things went wrong; Disney being too busy to capitalise on their purchase of LucasArts, ignoring George Lucas completely and throwing his treatment of the new trilogy into the trashbin, a complete lack of careful planning and mapping of the trilogy before assigning this one to J.J Abrams who wrote it according to his own ideas without bothering with anything that George Lucas offered.
Besides, Luke's original blue light saber shouldn't be there since it was lost/destroyed in Episode V: The Empire Strikes back when Vader cut off Luke's hand in cloud city hovering above the gas giant Bespin. Luke designed a new one with a Green blade between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi which Vader remarked on in Return of the Jedi. For those of us that have "lived" in the Star Wars universe for many years there are many issues with this movie. I still enjoyed it though even though it wasn't what I expected or had hoped for. I can't say the same for the last two movies in this sequel trilogy. The irony is that this sequel trilogy made me appreciate the sequel trilogy a lot more.
It seems "new" Star Wars fans that haven't gotten deep into Star Wars lore found in all the games (esp. the Knights of the Old Republic games), books, animated series etc. ddin't mind or noticed the issues and discrepancies that kind of ruined the sequel trilogy for the more die-hard Star Wars fans. I just wish they hadn't thrown Luke on the trash heap like they did, trying to get rid of the most important characters from the previous 6 movies (well, they succeeded with Han Solo) or simply turn them into side characters. Sure, since Disney (with Kathleen Kennedy and J.J Abrams) wanted to distance themselves from the first two trilogies as far as they could in order to create their own version of the Star Wars universe it's understandable why they did it. It wasn't right as far as I'm concerned but for their purposes they did what they did.
Most of us expected something completely different with Luke having a much bigger part (one of the main characters) in the trilogy as a kind of Obi-Wan-like character, a wise and very powerful Jedi Grand Master fighting a new and even bigger dark force threat against the entire galaxy while introducing new main characters as well as reintroducing old ones. We didn't expect a rinse and repeat of the Emperor/Anakin story. We also didn't expect a weak remnant (First Order) of the Empire to be the main threat to the galaxy.
In the end it doesn't matter; you either like the new sequel trilogy or you don't. If you like it/them that's great. You had a better time than those that didn't like them. It all comes down to subjective opinions anyway. :)
Battle of jakku. I don't know when but also all that debris was probably booby-trapped just for scavangers. Happened in the clone wars too....
Fun fact : BB8 is a real robot theyve made that really works. Its not CG.
That skeleton in front of the crashed Star Destroyer is supposed to be Jar Jar Binks. Someone suggested it and JJ Abrams thought it was funny, so they put it in.
The female protagonist is Rey(Daisy Ridley). The small droid is "BB-8". R2-D2 and BB-8 are in the "same family".
36:30 Leia walks right past Chewie to console Rey, who has known Han for about 5 minutes. 🙄
I would still think, that if Luke removed himself for failing Kylo, and unleashing a dark side agent on the galaxy, he would try to help the galaxy than leave it to the rising danger. I figured he went to the first Jedi temple to learn something that would be helpful.
Fun fact: Mark Hamill said JJ was going to add rocks floating around him at the end, but Rian wanted to take it a different way so they didn't. Mark didn't realize it until he say TFA the opening night. He ask JJ what happened to the rocks and JJ told him they had figured something else out.
Hey Lauren, you do know the formula for writing the Star WArs characters. Geroge Lucas copied the format from the Japanese classic film, "The Hidden Fortress". The film has a pair of bugling bickering commers tasked with a mission and along the way they meet a hero/general that helps save us all. Well since C3PO and R2-D2 were the bungling bickering pair from the original movie (and the most popular pair). Each movie always tries to re-create that pairing to engage viewers with lovable side characters.
16:55 it looks amazing
Couple of interesting eastereggs:
The dude handing out rations to Rey was Simon Pegg.
The trooper Rey mind controlled was 007 Daniel Craig.
C-3PO is still got it😂 24:50
These were the only ones I got to see in theatres. The original six have my heart but I think some of the criticisms of these movies got out of hand
Original six? There's the original 3 and then a bunch of later additions, and if anything these sequels are much truer to the originals than the prequels were.
It's got warts but most fans I know view the first part of this movie (with Rey scavenging) as the first Star Wars movie content that really felt true to the series since 1983.
Mandalorian is also really true to the feel of the original: Favreau wasn't just a Star Wars fanboy, but also a fan of the westerns and Kurosawa films that influenced Star Wars, which showed in the end product.
Despite the controversy that surrounds this "Sequel Trilogy" now, seeing the trailer for the first time, years after the "Prequel Trilogy" and decades after the "Original Trilogy", fans had high hopes. Seeing this for the first time in theaters was far more impactful than you can imagine. The big reveals and traumatic plot twists pertaining to the classic characters was absolutely mind-blowing if not devastating. Being a fan of the Expanded Universe novels I was a bit confused about Kylo Ren / Ben Solo since I was expecting Jaina Solo, Jacen Solo and Anakin Solo who were Han & Leia's children in the novels, as well as Ben Skywalker, the son of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade. (If you are a reader, check out the novels from the 1990s and early 2000s.) Disney's choice to de-canonize the E.U. was at the core of the controversy for many long-time fans. Regardless, I have grown to enjoy this movie despite the lack of follow-through and disjointed character arcs of Episodes 8 & 9.
Do you realise that Lucas was going to do the EXACT same thing when he was planning to make the sequels himself (de-canonise the EU)?
@@Toribot For me, the difference with the prequel trilogy is that Lucas had a single story arc and character growth-arcs across the three movies. There was a consistency there. I have heard bits and pieces of what Lucas intended for the sequels and I did notice inconsistencies with the novels. Disappointing. I understand that Disney and Lucas both had "ownership" of the franchise at the time they were making the changes, so they certainly had the "right" whether fans liked it or not. But the sequel trilogy seemed fragmented from movie to movie due to separate teams working on each. (i.e. Rion Johnson doing his own thing with The Last Jedi, then J.J. coming in at the last minute to replace Colin Trevorro and to retcon their blunders in The Rise of Skywalker.)
@@tofersiefken this is why there never should have been a sequel trilogy. The Expanded Universe was too well established but that was sort of a mistake that Lucas made in the 1990s. He did not know just how big it would become or how much he would want to explore on his own. Only a few characters and storylines were off-limits like Obi-Wan's background and the Clone Wars.
the TRUE Sequel Trilogy, "Star Wars: Heir to the Empire Trilogy"by Timothy Zahn. Also known as "Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy". This is now under the Legends brand.
This was a far superior sequel to the 1st 6 movies. The original characters are well respected but new and interesting characters are also introduced. Leia and Han are indeed happily married.
Worth a read. the Mandalorain is actually working on their own trilogy, using these books and others as inspiration, to give fan a true sequel trilogy in it's own right. Are you ready? :)
On the helmet that she is wearing it says Rey so the person that died that used to have that helmet that she found is where she got her name
"That brings me back to A New Hope."
That's the exact plan of Bob Iger when making this film.
So glad you saw this! J.J. Abrams really hit it out of the park with this one and yes there were some plot similarities to A New Hope but he hit the right balance of nostalgia and keeping the story going with new characters
I never saw a problem with the similarities or references to A New Hope. If anything, they tried to bring in a mixture of old fans who saw the original movies when they first came out and also new fans. It’s a great movie to set up the trilogy, unfortunately the other two movies aren’t as good but still enjoyable in some ways
@@DDDiego I agree! I actually enjoyed The Last Jedi despite it’s flaws but I understand why it’s so polarizing
I'm glad some people enjoy this movie but in my opinion it's an unoriginal and lazily written film with a cliff hanger ending that leaves people thinking that it was much better than it actually is. I mean, he didn't even bother to put the original cast together in a single scene. He really squandered that opportunity
I thought it was awful. Still to each his own.
It's good that you are seeing ALL of these films as an adult. I saw episode IV when it was released in 1977 as a college student and thus it doesn't have the nostalgic pull on me as I didn't play with the toys and make up my own adventures growing up. The people that did hated the prequels because they couldn't watch them on the film's terms and watch them for what they were. The same thing happened with the kids that grew up with the prequels. They hate the sequels. I've seen the whole series as an adult and enjoy all nine of the Skywalker saga. Yes some are way better than others but that's the nature of pop art.
A lot of people complain that there are plot holes and there kind of are. I like to think of the series as Artoo's story and he is telling it long long in the future and in a Galaxy far far away. Perhaps in the Milky Way in the twentieth century. Like C3PO says in one of the films "You know how Artoo's memory gets faulty".
So ignore the haters and form your own opinion. You're a grown up lady, enjoy them on your terms.
I've never understood people who want to force their hate on others just because something didn't live up to their childhood nostalgia.
I didn't play with star wars toys either and still didn't like the prequels. Isn't that a possibility?
Nor did I like the sequels for that matter. Hate has nothing to do with it.
It's just bad filmmaking.
@@cosmicwonders21 100%. that's the crux: bad storytelling
No budget and a good story gets you Clerks.
Low budget and a good story gets you Firefly.
Big budget and a good story gets you Terminator 2.
They should have hired a master storyteller for these: Spielberg, James Cameron, etc...
adorable BB8 robot 🤖 2:10
Hey Lauren, Fun Fact:
The Stormtrooper that Rey did the Jedi Mind Trick on was played by Daniel Craig, the most recent actor to play James Bond 007
If I could go back and rework the whole 9 film saga to work together more smoothly, BB8 would be the design choice for most droids. It's so versatile.
I super highly recommend you check out the two SNL skits starring Adam Driver where they parody Undercover Boss featuring Kylo Ren. It's freakin. Hilarious. And Driver does SO good in them.
Totally worth $ 3 dvd at Pawn Shop the Star Wars Force Awakens
Tid bit of trivia. The stormtrooper that Rey encounters...(You will removed these restraints...) his model number is JB-007 played by Daniel Craig, the current James Bond.
In the theater we cheered for the millennium falcon and then when we saw Han Solo at that moment we cried and cheered it was so awesome
Awesome reactions, Laurenn.
In my opinion, this is the only modern Star Wars movie that successfully re-captured the feel of the first three movies, but for obvious reasons, I was still upset by what happens! :)
Thank you kieron! This movie went above my expectations, I really enjoyed it despite losing Han 🥺Thank you for watching🙏
Laurenn: "Oh, my God. Oh, my God! Wow, I really thought that was going to go differently."
Hey, Laurenn! Your reaction to Han Solo's death echoed the sentiments of many! No one believed it would happen. In fact, there was an actual outcry in my theater! Lol.
The background you need going in is that these films were not planned out by George Lucas like the other trilogies. Whatever issues the others had were ameliorated by a cohesive vision. However, Lucas sold the Star Wars IP to Disney. These films are Disney babies. The thinking was to give each chapter to talented up-and-comers with each one taking the baton from his predecessor and seeing what fruit that bore. With a property this beloved and hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, this strategy by Kathleen Kennedy -- the new head of Lucasfilm -- was very risky and proved disastrous.
"The Force Awakens" was actually the least offensive of the Sequel trilogy and really just rehashed the plot of Episode IV. There are entertaining and beautiful sequences throughout and the nostalgia factor bolsters all the films but there is no unifying vision among the three movies and a general lack of coherence. What angered fans is that there was a tremendous amount of excellent sequel material to be mined in the Expanded Universe of books, comics and video games that had come out over the past 40 years which was arbitrarily made non-canon when Lucas sold the rights to Disney. I recommend trying to savor what actually does work in terms of performances and effects.
Daisy Ridley was quite a discovery and makes a strong, likable impression as Rey despite a paper-thin character. In a franchise that celebrates rebel princesses and queens, Kennedy needlessly shoe-horned a pro-female, woke agenda into the franchise and Rey's innate talents were seen as part of that agenda; she's keenly Force-sensitive, knows how to wield a lightsaber, can pilot a starship, speaks multiple languages, can mentally manipulate, and exhibits psychometry and telekinesis! However, these and other abilities she later displays are all tied into the mystery of her character and, for better or worse, are explained. The actress had nothing to do with all that drama and was excellent!
Adam Driver, already known as a versatile character actor, delivers a similarly powerful impression as Kylo Ren/Ben Solo. The deepening relationship between him and Rey is the trilogy's greatest strength!
The other thing Kathleen Kennedy and director J.J. Abrams did right was returning to PRACTICAL effects after the inordinate use of CGI in the prequels.
Of course, the returning CLASSIC CAST is another major asset to this trilogy.
The most underserved character in this trilogy is Finn, the defecting stormtrooper played by John Boyega. Stormtroopers were originally clones loyal to the Jedi. After Order 66, they were loyal to the Emperor. After they aged out, they were replaced by willing human recruits and probably conscripts from conquered worlds. We learn that the First Order takes young children to indoctrinate them in the same way the Janissary Corps acquired recruits and molded their minds to be loyal to the Ottoman Sultan. The concept of Finn being an individualized storm trooper who resists his conditioning is an intriguing plot element that, unfortunately, doesn't get explored all that much.
Oscar Isaac's Poe Dameron is supposed to be some sort of brash Han Solo-lite but he's equally pointless and underdeveloped. Isaac is an accomplished actor and it is through sheer charisma that he makes any impression at all.
Those were wrecked Imperial Star Destroyers Rey was scavenging on Jakku! The New Republic's war with the Empire continued for a year after the destruction of the second Death Star. Imperial forces made a last stand in orbit over Jakku and were finally decimated with many damaged ships crashing to the planet's surface.
You recognized the 'Millennium Falcon'! Good for you, Laurenn! Not every reactor does. When it's suddenly revealed on Jakku that the garbage heap Rey is referring to is actually the 'Falcon', it always got an instant reaction out of the audience! The moment brought THE ENTIRE CROWD together!
Some reactors wonder why Kylo kept pounding his lower left abdomen during his duel with Rey. It's because that's where Chewie shot him! When you have a throbbing injury, sometimes it provides momentary relief when you apply pressure. Alternatively, aggravating the pain might have stoked his rage giving himself an edge.
Chewbacca is 234 years old at the time of "The Force Awakens". Wookiees are long-lived.
The junkboss Unkar Plutt on Jakku who exchanges food for scrap is played by Simon Pegg in a prosthetic suit!
One of the gangsters demanding payment from Solo is Iko Uwais, the Indonesian silat master and action star of "The Raid", "Beyond Skyline", "Mile 22" and "Stuber".
The guard Rey tricks into releasing her from the interrogation room is none other than James Bond's Daniel Craig!
Captain Phasma is none other than Brienne of Tarth from "Game of Thrones", Gwendoline Christie!
The old Alderaanian Poe met with in the beginning who was slain by Kylo Ren is legendary Swedish actor and frequent Ingmar Bergman collaborator, Max von Sydow!
Disney Star Wars is dying. As Real Star Wars fans George Lucas supporters are not supporting the stuff that Disney is putting out the sequel trilogy is not. George Lucas is versus it's Disney's own versions. Disney ruined the Star Wars franchise. Just like Disney ruined the Indiana Jones franchise. Disney is in a Bind come January 2024. Disney has to purchase the remaining portion of Hulu from Comcast. With Money they don't have so Disney might have to sell Lucas films and if they do that. I Hope whoever buy zit gets rid of the sequel trilogy's and the all other new stuff that Disney is putting out for Star Wars. George Lucas said himself that the first 6 movies are his. And sequel trilogies are not. So the people who are supporting the Disney sequel trilogies are not George Lucas fans or supporters. And the people who are supporting the 6 original movies are George Lucas fans and supporters.
@@louiedavis4909 Oh just shut up.
'these films were not planned out by George Lucas like the other trilogies.'
Bruh.
Lucas wrote Star Wars as a standalone movie.
Lucas didn't intent for Leia to be Luke's sister until he was writing Return of the Jedi. Yoda saying 'there is another'? That wasn't referring to Leia. It wasn't even referring to anyone in particular, because Lucas hadn't decided who the 'other' would be. If anything, that line was more to remove Luke's plot armour. By saying 'he isn't the last hope' that meant he didn't need to survive for the plot to continue.
I can't believe you're saying "woke agenda" without a shred of irony. It's true that Star Wars underrepresented female characters. Out of hundreds of named characters in the original trilogy, only three of them were female: Aunt Beru, Mon Mothma and Princess Leia. Only one of them had any sort of significant role.
Hey Lauren, I don't know if you've watched the Harry Potter movies or not, but if you had, the actor who played General Hux is the same actor who played Bill Weasley
27:27 Fun Fact - that stormtrooper is Daniel Craig aka James Bond.
This became one of my favorite Star Wars movies when it was released. All of the new main characters were likable, and I was excited by the possibilities of what could happen in the next 2 episodes... Unfortunately, The Last Jedi kind of knocked The Force Awakens down a few notches for me, but it is still a fun watch if you can block what comes next out of your mind lol
Your reaction to the Han and Kylo scene was spot on. I thought Han was going to make out of that scene, but I was wrong as well. It was shocking and tough to watch.
I liked it was a good JJ movie.... Last jedi ruined everything
I really liked this film, thought they did an incredible job with it from the costumes and effects to character and story development. I am really liking all the new characters that are being introduced and am excited to see their journey. I had hopes that MAYBE kylo would come around, but was sad to just see him kill Han and fall deeper into interpersonal conflict🥺I found myself starting to invest emotionally in the new characters so it will be interesting to see where the story goes from here. Thank you so much for everything Awake, I appreciate the hell out of you🥰
My dad absolutely loved TFA when it came out back in 2015. He saw the original Star Wars when it was re released in theaters. Let’s just say he’s seen TFA over 25 times
HEy Lauren, Force-sensitive creatures always find their way to being great pilots with very little training. THis is due to the fact the force gives one great ability of anticipation since the force helps you see into the future. The more you train in your force abilities the more to can harness this ability of foresight, such as Yoda and Palpatine. Anikin was a great pilot even in his early days as a pod racer. Luke is an excellent pilot, and now Rye and Kyleo Ren join the bunch.
Good point K2! I didn't even think about how the force played into piloting. Looking back I feel like damn near all of the Jedi and Sith are good pilots lol😅makes sense though! Thanks for watching K2!
20:18 That's what _she_ said!
22:26 Oh shit! I went ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN! And then you just * chef's kiss *
Fun fact. The Storm Trooper that Rey mind tricks into letting her go was played by Daniel Craig AKA James Bond 007. He's a big Star Wars fan and asked JJ Abrams if he could play an anonymous Storm Trooper.
Kylo Ren was by far my favorite character of this trilogy.
I'm almost afraid to look at the comments now... :D ... Regardless, I thoroughly enjoyed your reaction. You essentially recreated how I felt in the theater beat for beat!
yes, good, let the sequel hate flow in this comment section. give in to your anger.
😂😂
The sequels for me are a "watch them once and never again" kind of film
Oh yes Han Solo in the house y,all I mean space ship 14:35
Don't know if someone else got to this first, but the Stormtrooper that Rey mind-tricked into letting her go? That was Daniel Craig, the most recent James Bond. Because of course it was.
22:39 Maz : No more training do you require. Already know you, that which you need.
Finn : Then I am a Jedi.
Maz: Who the f*ck knows? This is _Disney!_ Anything's possible ... somehow.
"I feel like....has happened before" is kind of the operative phrase for these films. I liked this film initially. But in so many ways it's just a remake of Episode IV. They don't even give us new designs like the Prequels. Just warmed over old designs.
I was thinking “death star 3? Really? Is that all you can come up with?” As I was watching this movie at the theater. After that I didn’t even bother with episode 8 or 9. I haven’t seen either one, and not going to.
I would argue that Starkiller Base is definitely more original than the second Death Star. And I think that keeping the old designs makes perfectly sense. Why would the Resistance use new ships when they still got their X-Wings? Why would the First Order, which is practically the revived empire, invest in new designs when they can still use their older ones and upgrade them to be better. The newer ships have better weapons and better shields. Some smaller changes in the design, like the colours or the amount of engines. Plus we also got some new ships, like the Supremacy in episode 8, the Resistance Bomber, Kylo's TIE Silencer, the First Order Troop Transport, the Resistance Troop Transport or also the Ski-Speeders. Look at it like this:
Cars today of course look different to cars from 30 years ago. But the concept is still the same. 4 wheels with some metal on the top and some seats. Today the colours maybe look a bit different, the engines are better, we now have more functions but it's not completely new. It's not like the change from the carriage to the car. Or from the horse to the bike.
And the film also has themes that are new and not recycled from the originals. The overall story is very similar but still with enough changes in the character motivations to make it interesting again.
@@RamielDerLinke George Lucas himself said he was disappointed in the lack of new designs in TFA. He said providing new vehicles with each film was something they always tried to do. Even when they did have something new, the designs were unimaginative. Usually a box or a box with ridiculously large wings.
The Rebels/New Republic should have been in control for the last 30 years. They would have had access to all of the resources of the Empire. Including shipyards. The fact that they seemed to have been spinning their wheels for thirty years and are pretty much in the same position they were in at the end of ROTJ makes them look incompetent. Actually, they seem to be in worse shape. They seem to have less resources than they did in the OT. Their sorry state in the ST lessens their victory in ROTJ. All of this is because JJ didn't want progress. He wanted the exact same situation as the OT because that's all he knew.
@@richardb6260 Because we didn't follow the New Republic in that film. We followed the Resistance, which is an organization that is supported by some members of the New Republic but it's not the same. The Resistance is much smaller than the Rebel Alliance in the Original Trilogy. It was seen as unnecessary by a majority of the New Republic because they already had their military and didn't see the reason why there needs to be another military that they should support. They didn't see the First Order as a threat. The New Republic had a lot of ships but... Well... They got destroyed because all the planets of the New Republic were blown up by Starkiller Base. That was the plan of the First Order, because the New Republic was a huge threat to the First Order. But with Starkiller Base they were able to destroy them with one blast. The purpose of the Death Star wasn't to destroy an specific planet. They just wanted to have a planet killer that could be used as a threat. So no system would dare to go against them.
The Resistance in the sequels isn't even comparable to the Rebel Alliance in the originals. It's comparable to the first rebel groups that formed in the first 10-15 years after episode 3. So like the ones we see in Star Wars Rebels. They also only had a few ships. The Rebel Alliance on the other hand had thousand of soldiers and hundreds of ships. They even had many politicians supporting them. The Resistance on the other hand was founded by Leia and all they have are some X-Wings, a few A-Wings, a few shitty bombers, 2-3 small corvettes and one Mon Calamari Cruiser. That's it. Compare that to the Rebel Alliance. It's completely different. And when we come to episode 8, the Resistance is practically nonexistent at the end of that film. And even in episode 9 the Resistance isn't as big as the Rebel Alliance. Not even as big as they were in episode 7 or at the start of episode 8. They're still tiny and that's why they pretty much lose at the end. They were only able to win because Lando helped them out with thousands of ships from hundreds of systems.
And I don't really care if George Lucas is disappointed in the lack of "new designs". All in all the Venator was also just a changed Star Destroyer, the Phase 2 Clone Troopers looked very similar to the Stormtroopers and many other things were similar. Anakin's story is in many ways very similar to the ones of Luke. "It's like poetry. It rhymes." Or why do the buildings on Camino look so similar to cloud city. Both appear in the second film of the trilogy and both are special places that need to be found. Why does Jango Fett just look like Boba Fett but now he's blue and not green. Or why is there another chase in an asteroid field in the second film of the trilogy? Why do both first films of the trilogies end with a Skywalker boy blowing up a space station so save the day? I could do this all day. The similarities are also there but people seem to not care.
@@RamielDerLinke if they were actually using old X-Wings and A-Wings, that excuse might have merit. But they were using new models that pretty much looked the same. I expect a T-70 X Wing to look noticably different from a T-65. Particularly with 30 years between them. But Abrams only wanted to do something that looked like the OT instead of something that made sense. Besides even the slight changes to the X Wing weren't new. They were based on early X Wing designs for A New Hope. It all smacks of a lack of imagination or just plain laziness.
Oh, and Boba looks like Jango because he's wearing his father's armor.He just repainted it.
This is still dark then I Remember 3:30
6:16 she’s on Jakku, it’s on the boarder of the outa rim.
I was, also, shaken by Han,'s death, but I found out Harrison Ford thought Han should have died in Return of the Jedi.
22:29 Nice touch with the Bizkit.
Great reaction, Lauren!
Ray is carrying the youngling slayer 3000
When Han died, my sister wept.
And I got chills seeing Luke after so many years!
That one trooper that fought Finn(with the baton)was named TR-8R.....get it?
This movie is so fun to watch. Regardless of my feelings of the trilogy or how things fit together, I can do easily turn my brain off and thoroughly enjoy this film. That's something I hardly can ever do.
Of course, there's something to be said that the best way to enjoy this film is by turning your brain off. If you have to suspend any criticism to enjoy a film, there are some issues.
26:43 You mean the Darth Vader that returned to the light side and killed the Emperor in the previous episode? Ok ...
37:38 They'll pass quickly! 🤣
December 18th 2015 I saw it at opening night it was awesome and I saw the trailer the day before 12 years old I was saw it 9.9/10
I saw this twice in the theaters when it first came out the part where Kylo kills Han always gets to me cause Han has always been my favorite character from Star Wars and honestly I get teary eyed watching that scene every time
Oh and your reaction was great and 100% valid and fun. I think I saw this one a couple times in the theater.
How does Rey know how to force pull a lightsaber?
Luke had Obi-wan introduce him to the force, training, him core ideas ("reach out with your feelings.") He barely got his saber from the snow and only by the end of the movie, after personal training from Yoda, could he pull it to him on Cloud City.
Luke had Yoda teach him to unlearn things he learned in the desert.
Rey, grew up poor, alone, and untrained somehow KNOWS you can call things with her mind? Who even told her that? It's been 40 years since most of the galaxy has even SEEN a Jedi. What was the point of her spelunking and climbing an old Star Destroyer for junk, when she knows you can just pull things out with her mind?
How does she best Kylo with NO training?
Kylo has been personally trained by LUKE SKYWALKER.
Rey has NO training. She ought to just be swinging it around like a club, not dodging and parrying.
How does she know to mind control?
Even Obi-wan had to show Luke that it can be done at all.
What was the point of her trading junk for food when she knew she could just mind control the fat guy? Couldnt she just mind control him into giving an extra "quarter portion?"
I don't like the movie but Rey did not Force-pull the lightsaber on purpose. She willed it to fly to her hand without realizing that was what she was doing.
It was a fun movie though,aint gonna dis it.
The picture quality is the one thing i miss the most, like on the original S.W. pre '97 edition,prequels diferent but awesome too.
Really dig yer channel,cheers!
Daisy Ridley is such a phenomenal actress in this trilogy as Rey.
Fun fact about her, she once auditioned to play as Lara Croft in the 2018 Tomb Raider remake based on the 2013 reboot game. Unfortunately, she got shorted out by Alicia Vikander who landed the role
The stormtrooper who lets Rey go from capture is Daniel Craig!!
Lauren little bit of trivia for you. The stormtrooper Rey mind controls and gets to drop his gun. Is played by James Bond himself… Daniel Craig. :)
I think the chemistry between Finn and Poe worked better in ten minutes than between Anakin and Obi Wan in the whole of Episode 2 and 3. Just executed better.
'Women always figure out the truth. Always.' followed by the (evil?) laugh...
There are many, many issues with the sequel series, but I have to point out the way they did our original heroes dirty. Luke, Leia and Han are all shown to have basically peaked in Return of the Jedi and gone downhill ever since. It's like saying "George Lucas created these characters, let's destroy them so we can show off our new, better heroes." Also, Force Awakens is almost a complete ripoff of New Hope's story.
This movie is very much a remake of Episode IV. It has almost all of the major plot points. Not a bad thing, but I do not recall anyone mentioning that.
I'm glad you like it I'm not a nitpicker like everyone else in this world I take movies for what they give me and like I said before and comment before I love all nine movies I just love anything Star wars from Star wars New Hope to the Mandalorian I love it all
Yours was the first video I got to see after returning from Star Wars Celebration 2022. ^ _ ^ What a treat to come home to. "Force Awakens" was so much fun to watch in theaters when it first released, but even afterwards rewatching it with family and friends I still find myself enjoying the ride again and again each time. That for me will always be the trademark of the best Star Wars experiences.
22:50 Wookie crossbow was my most favourite weapon in games Jedi academy. 😀
First time watching one of you're reactions and you are FANTASTIC. I think if you told me for no reason at all to give you money, I would
I never really got into Star Wars, might watch one of the movies this summer.
I hope you do soon, these are amazing movies
28:22 guard!!!!!!
Well you think about it everyone in Star wars should know how to pilot a starship just like nowadays everyone should know how to drive a car
Yeah BB-8 is my niece's favorite. I'm still partial to R2
R2 definitely takes the cake for being the cutest, R2 has a special place in my heart wehhh🥺 BB8 is cute too but R2 forever takes the top spot in my heart of all the droids🥰
@@LoveLaurenn because you are such a prequels fan, did you ever have the lifesize 3D puzzle of R2?
They asked Harrison Ford to play han solo again but he said I will but 2 conditions,one they make a new Indiana Jones movie and they kill off han solo. Harrison Ford said in interviews he hated playing solo but really enjoyed Indiana Jones
Finn as a character was the most intriguing thing for me. I loved him. Granted, going back I saw his character didn't fit his background, but I thought having a perspective of a stormtrooper was great. I wished they used it more in this film and the whole trilogy. He was probably my favorite character.
You Disney Star Wars fans? Go ahead and enjoy your movies and stay with those. While us real Star Wars fans George Lucas supporters will enjoy the first 6. Star Wars is dead because Disney and you, Disney Star Wars fans helped kill it, thanks a lot.
@@louiedavis4909 WOW. Not sure how you got that from my comments. I have been extremely unhappy with much of what has been done since Lucasfilm was purchased, but that doesn't mean I can't find the good in the current Star Wars and recognize the bad in the previous Lucas era films.
George Lucas said himself that the original trilogies and the prequel trilogies are his. And the sequel trilogies are not his. If Disney would have just done George Lucas's versions of the sequel trilogies, then Disney wouldn't be in this mess. There is or was a rumor that Disney might sell. Lucas films because Disney needs money to buy the last portion of Hulu from Comcast on January 2024. But Disney doesn't have the money currently to buy it. But regardless, whether they have the money or not, they are forced to buy the Last portion of Hulu on an arrangement that was made in 2019 between Disney and Comcast. So I Hope Disney sells Lucas films and whoever buys it. I hope they get rid of the sequel trilogies and the new Star Wars stuff that Disney is going to be putting out. There are 2 factions, one faction is the George Lucas fan base, which is the right side of the force, and The Other faction is Disney Star Wars fan base which is the dark side of the force.
@@louiedavis4909 oh man, this is the most ridiculous argument I've seen. Are you even debating me? It seems like you're fighting an imaginary Disney Star Wars fan. Because I said there were good things in the mess of the sequel trilogy, you're going off on a thread like I'm some hard core Disney Star Wars fan that needs to be told off?
I agree with many of the things you said. I don't like much if not most of what Disney (or more correctly Kathleen Kennedy) has done to Star Wars. But it kind of feels like you're less interested in what I say or think and are more interested in having an argument with an imaginary avatar of Disney Star Wars.
So, I'll let you go on and continue your debate with whoever it is you think you're arguing with and I won't interrupt anymore.
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@@28starwarsfan Sorry, my apologies. And not trying to debate.
The next words out of Luke's mouth should be "There was a hand with it. Did you bring the hand?"
Heh, yeah. That was a weird retcon that made no sense.
It's perfectly acceptable to kill off an iconic character like Han Solo, but the unceremonious and nonchalant way in which they did was terrible.
And they made Rey an overpowered Mary Sue.
And Leia consoles Rey, but not Chewie??
Rey's not a Mary sue
Oh the force awakens pretty interesting I've seen every Star Wars movie in the theater since the 70s all of them even the anime Clone Wars movie I saw in the theater
Yes. It is.
I love how casually they reveal that Han is Kylo's father lol
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This is one of my favorites of Star Wars. Finn, Rey and Poe are amazing characters and it could have been the best trilogy. However, Disney panicked after nerd rage on social media and by the end they tried to please everyone but did the opposite. Nice reactions as always!
Nah this movie was ass
@@aiden7115 Hope that comment brought you joy.
@@Octavianus08 I’m just playin for the most part, i have a lot of resentment for this movie personally, but I am glad you enjoyed it.
@@aiden7115 ok cool
Interesting to see your take on this trilogy unencumbered by years of Fandom.
The only real Star Wars trilogy are the original trilogies and the prequal trilogies. Those are George Lucas's movies The sequel trilogies that Disney put out is not George Lucas's versions. It's Disney's own versions, and that's why Lucas films is flopping. Disney ruined Lucas films and you fans who are supporting the new crap is also helping ruining Lucas films. I Am hoping that Disney has to sell Lucas films. Because they need Money to buy the Last remaining portion of Hulu. And that's Money Disney doesn't have. And Disney has to buy Hulu on January 2024. Whoever buys Lucas films. I hope they will get rid of the sequel trilogies and the new crap that Disney is gonna be putting out for Star Wars.
I like the sequels I don’t love them but force awakens is one of my favorite Star Wars films