THE LAST JEDI - KEVIN SMITH'S REVIEW
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Anakin said “I saw your laser sword” when he was asking QuiGon if he was a Jedi in Phantom Menace.
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women say this to me literally every damned day. i cant take the subway without some random lady asking if she can hold it
So Luke has the intelligence of a kid now?..great...
I mean Luke really has never been that intelligent. But also he was being sarcastic in this circumstance.
George Lucas originally called them laser swords but changed it to light sabers. Both lines are a reference to that.
The best part of this is knowing Jay and Silent Bob still go see Star Wars together.
Blessed be with you.
Ahhh you are mighty indeed! Gives me a warm feeling,nootch
THAT, and the fact that Mark's appearance in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (ahem, Cock Knocker) is SW canon, haha. Can't get enough of Kevin's unfiltered love of all things Star Wars.
And he sits to his left which looks like his right but whatever lol
The adventure, the excitement, any Jedi seeks not these things.
This review is longer than “Clerks”.
Sloe Bone . I think you are right you know. He is also stoned and drank too many coffees
Just a bunch of rambling.
Like Clerks a viewing also benefits from a little weed.
Was that's supposed to be an insult?
@d d hey superior intellect guy, this video (review) is one hour and 30 minutes. Clerks, the first one is one hour and 45 minutes. Both are over the hour you referenced earlier. Smart ass.
When he says Luke calls it a laser sword, Anakin calls it that in episode one when he talks to Qui Gon
As a child yes, Luke is the most powerful Jedi in the galaxy hahaha I highly doubt he’d call it that if the film was done right
Luke winks at C-3PO because 3PO can read life forms and knows something is off about Luke...
Holy crap, man. You just blew my mind. Something I haven't read before. :O I thought that was a cool scene!
I totally had this thought when I saw it the second time, super cool little thing.
Thought that same thing when 3PO asked “Master Luke?”
And they say this movie is horribly written,
I did not think of that -- good catch
Goddammit, Kevin. Leave your hat alone, it's not going anywhere!
BlasterMaster grab yer Annie's
It will only get worse as he gets older
"This shit gave me a heart attack"
"See you around kid" is also what Han would say to Luke in the original trilogy
DRITTO Official Good call.
Don't worry dude. You're far from the only one that cried with the "help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope" in this movie.
Most of the people on this thread, Michael :-)
That scene did resonate with me too man. Although a lot of the movie pissed me off. I give it 2 out of 5 stars.
Brett Hickmann I left the theater very "meh." I didn't hate it, some parts I liked. I have to watch a movie like this several times, but I could've done without the whole "Poe is just a hothead and if we would've told him the plan we could've cut out half the movie and focused on the interesting parts." There was zero reason why everyone wasn't just told the plan from the beginning. Should've been more Rey training instead of she's just a super badass after Luke gave her like 1.5 lessons.
Leia: "I'm Mary Poppins y'all!"
That makes more sense then this so called review
It seems to me like there are a lot of fans that do not understand how she was able to get back aboard the ship. Force Pushing herself towards the door is a valid option, also Force Pulling the ship was another option. In Rebels season 2 the Seventh Sister was able to use Force Pull to hold the Phantom1 in place by herself while it was maintaining full thrusters, and only lost the tug of war because she got greedy and tried to close the bay doors at the same time. Considering this was a moment of desperation to live her not knowing what she was doing enough to pull or push herself to the hatch is not as insane as most of you fans think it is.
LMAO FUCK YEAH! I was talking about the Force Awakens with my uncle (super star wars fan) and he was like after the 6th watching I started to like it....This series has quickly gone down the shitter.
Mr Mammuthus there is a new My Little Pony movie coming to DVD soon I am sure you can enjoy that and stop talking bad about what actual fans enjoyed.
you can be an "actual fan" and not enjoy something lol, its like saying i enjoy burgers but if your favorite fast food joint gets bought out by a big corporation and they change the recipe to their brand of shit doesn't mean you aren't a burger fan anymore if you dont like the way they make it??? i paid the money and watched it, and i'll watch the next one, whether i enjoy it or not doesnt matter - the fact i watch them makes me a fan, but im just saying the prequels were more favorable to me than this
If Kevin smith filmed this in 3D he’d have gouged my eyes out 75 times in the last hour
Phantom Menace, young Anakin says Laser Sword. Though im sure someone has said it on here...but Just in case..
The laser sword thing is a reference to the discount lightsaber toys each time although I will say I doubt rian knew the reference and mark likely threw that in.
Rey has the books. Yoda knows it and told Luke in a way where he didn’t quite get it. Shows the books at the end on the falcon.
Kyle H oh crap! I forgot about that! Thank you for reminding me!
She clearly doesn't need the books. She's known about the force for at least a week. Look at how she beat Jedi Master Luke with a stick! No training required! I didn't really agree with the Mary Sue tag Rey got in ep7, but I do now lol.
Eh, she beat Luke who hasn't been trying to use the force or been in any combat for like 5-10 years. How long ago did Ben turn? assuming he found Auktu, he probably already cut himself off from the force, and was just there to live out the last of his days.
I think in The Phantom Menace Anakin told Qui-Gon that he “saw his lazer sword. Only a Jedi carry them”
Also, Lucas himself would always refer to them as laser swords in his interviews.
George Lucas repeatedly called them "laser swords" in various interviews and behind the scenes videos in the past. It was a nod to him, as well as the Anakin line. I don't people should get so bent out of shape over that
you had me gasping beyond laughter at, "my purchase order number is..."
I watched again the movie after several years and saw your review : I really think that “laser sword” was a slur, written on purpose to point out Luke’s rejection on what he thinks is a stupid plan.
(Btw: loved how much you appreciate to show us your high - skill chewie impression)
Just think about this: Luke Skywalker turned the tide of the entire war without firing a single shot, or harming a single soul. Now that was fucking epic. “Wars don’t make one great.”
Nunya Bidness exactly. He could of came back earlier saved alot more people and turned the tide long ago.
Nunya Bidness o you don’t get it, you are looking for hard numbers and if thens... he has a good reason to be distraught and by keeping those leaders alive he stopped the resistance from being sniffed out.
YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THE MOVIE
Maybe the war wouldn't have happened in the first place if he hadn't gone off in a sulk, leaving Snoke and Kylo Ren to blow up 5 planets with billions on them. Let alone his best friend died, and the Empire Mark 2 (how the hell did they get so big anyway?!) manage to wipe out the Resistance except for about 20 people?! Yeah, great job, thanks Luke. Don't let the door hit you on the way put. You didn't even try to fight and take down Kylo Ren. Fabulous. Good job.
Nunya Bidness he did change the Todd of the war by keeping everyone alive, YOU FUCKING MORON.
Once again, all I can say is you don’t understand words. I never said you used the word distraught, I was describing Luke, and defending him having a reason plot wise to feel that way.
The thing is he didn't though. He just stalled the enemies and then died. He didn't turn the tide of anything what are you going on about?
"R2 is kinda Luke's heart" ugh, I lost it there.
Being a fanboy like you for 26 years, I too was bawling with you during that R2 part.
This 90min video was such a perfect overview. Thank you for posting!
renison47 That got me here, as well as in the theater. I shed tears both times. Such an awesome scene, and there’s no one better to describe it than Kevin.
I think you mean 'bawling' - balling is something different all together.
RighteousBrother But still something Kevin would likely be doing in a movie theater.
Yeah the look on Luke's face when he see the projection. He is like "Damn it man, right in the feels."
So you’re telling me Luke Skywalker died on ponder rock?
I love that when Kevin mentions what he would have done differently, he immediately acknowledges that it wasn't his movie to make.
I'm never going to watch it since I heard Picard gets killed in the first 30-45mins. Fuck that, there is no Star Wars without Picard.
Edit: Oh and Spoilers
Not bad. I wish I was that ignorant of Star Wars. What a bloated and stupid franchise.
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They ruined the film when they rammed the Borg ship with the Enterprise at warp 9.
Somehow I'm not surprised, for some reason they have to either destroy or completely render the Enterprise powerless in every single movie they make while, if I remember right, it never happens in the shows and if it has then it's rare. I guess it's safe to assume that's how Picard dies in the movie, he probably stayed behind and evacuated his crew when separating the Saucer section and led a lone kamikaze attack in an attempt to save his crew or to buy them enough time to make it back to Federation space. What a brave, selfless man but from what I've heard is that they portrayed Picard as a coward so I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't separate the two sections and just decided, for absolutely no reason, to sacrifice his entire crew along with himself.
for being one of the 'prized' ships it sure does get broken a lot.
Take a shot every time Kevin touches his hat.
Take a shot every time Kevin says fuck, fucking or fucked. Not enough alcohol in the galaxy x)
John Caputo in support for and of sexual her-ass-meat awareness month... let's go with 1 full stroke of the worm stick instead.
hmmm maybe you should stop watching movies when high.........it seems to affect your mind and common sense.
Hardly. He raised a lot of really good points.
Yeah, when he finally got to them.
I agree he kisses more ass in this then he ever has.
Really?? Its almost like... he works in the industry... loves the franchise and would sell you into slavery if he could work on the next one!
he is number one fan boy. I agree with him
I think even Lucas called lightsabers "laserswords" once.. an even Anakin says it in TPM. But I like to think that Luke said lasersword because he distanced himself from the Jedi way and that lightsaber is manly a more mystical word for their weapon. It's like saying Soul Calibur is an old sword.
It makes sense because all of Return of the Jedi and the OT trilogy as a whole, ended with Luke Skywalker throwing a sword; just like The Last Jedi started (that's how he redeems the sins of the father). So yeah, Luke hates the weapon, even if he kept it, it is totally implied it was a lifelong inner conflict where Luke kept throwing it away and picking it up, back and forth. Until he threw it for good.
And yeah, JJ Abrams' Rise of Skywalker, the single most stupid character betraying moment is where Luke picks up the saber, that moments he picks the sins of tge father all over again, Rey is damned to repeat them. Abrams doesn't undetstand Star Wars, nor Luke.
A "retired" Lando Calrissian running the casino to fund the resistance would have been DOPE... and Darth Snoke Plagueis.
Ramon Rodgers I was waiting for lando to appear in this whole scene, it was teasing us and then we get conned with a nobody in the casino
Right. Star Wars has this wonderful roster of characters that people already care about and are already invested in, and this movie had the opportunity to delve into these characters develop them a bit more, and it just didn't. For example, Instead of having Admiral "It's a Trap" Ackbar who we know from the original trilogy and played a significant role in the Rebellion take over in Leia's absence (which would have made narrative as well as fan service sense), they brought in a new unheard of character, the pink haired vice admiral. Likewise, Lando Calrissian should still be alive and kickin', but he's nowhere to be seen. The new trilogy so far feels more like a soft reboot than a continuation of the story.
Did you notice that Ackbar was sucked out into space and killed (when Leia used the force to "fly" back)? All the top leadership died at that moment and left the Resistance in a real hole.
Everyone keeps complaining about Ackbar but the guy who played the character died so I just thought it was a nice little nod
Yes, but that's my point. You have these supporting characters from the originals, but you don't do anything with them.
Luke fishes with an 8 story spear for a 25 lb fish. This sums up the film.
Joseph Butler So you thought the film was badass as well!
Exactly. Dumb ass addition to the line of SW movies. Sad just sad
Holy crap! You’re right. That makes absolutely no sense.
Could've jus force lifted the fish out of the water....and while you're at it, get your fucking X wing!!..smh ...they destroyed luke in this film
I like being surprised. Like when I'm surprised that a restaurant used brown sugar instead of cracked pepper on my steak. I am not surprised when I order steak and get pickled duck fetus, I'm pissed. Fuck Rian and his post modernist, deconstructionist bullshit.
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Your Liar Liar reference made me pause, giggle, and smile with memories of a great movie I haven't thought of in a while.
Luke said he came to the island to die and he was never gonna leave. But he shows he's the Legendary Luke by his actions at THAT moment not the sarcastic version he's ashamed of. Thats the way i saw it. Alot of for shadowing in this movie.
makes me wonder why he left a map of where he went.
ashley284 It was a map to the first Jedi Temple, not to Luke. Remember when Han said that people knew him best thought that's where he went?
thanks for that. i wonder if they will get back to that in 9.
Anakin (Jake Lloyd) from the Phantom Menace said "Laser Sword"!
and it's how George Lucas refers to them a lot in interviews too haha
I could have sworn there was an off Han (get it?) comment in the original trilogy mentioning laser swords.
I'm pretty sure they were referred to as laser swords during production of the originals, they probably only said lightsaber maybe three times in the three movies. Lightsaber really took off through the post-movie marketing than in the films. I wonder what they said in the scripts.
@Sangtrone Pretty much Sith and Jedi use the terms "lightsaber" and sometimes "swords"(Which is confusing because in the Expanded Universe and this film we see people both Force-sensitive and non-Force sensitive using traditional medieval swords as well and after all what is "Star Wars" if not medieval times in space?) ,people in the Galaxy who have yet to have Jedi training say "laser swords".It`s pretty straightforward.
Lee E. So did Gorge L.
got 5 minutes into this, paused it and decided to watch the whole movie, came back and unpaused. thanks for the feels kevin you have a great vision for stories
I cried too bro! You and I have a lot in common based on listening to your recount of this movie 😎👍🏽
Anyone else think that the "Tracker" looked a lot like a flux capacitor?
Marc E that's all I could think about whenever I saw it
i was like..flux capacitor
IDK i was thinking it looked something even more scientific sounding and pop culture
I was thinking of Star Trek. What's a flux capacitator?
its what makes time travel possible
It's sad that Mark had more action as Cock Knocker than Luke.
Cock Knocker was a silliest role KS could've thought of giving Mark Hamill, just to fulfill a fantasy of directing a light saber fight. The waste of talent was too embarrassing. MH was just too kind to take on the role. And do remind me of how much action did the elder jedi -Obi Wan- get in the first trilogy.
New Trilogy isnt about Luke. Let it go
Lol 😈👍
Mr. Flufftron3000 Correct, the new movie is about feminism.
Wars not make one great
I want to watch Kevin smith speak in sign language. He uses his hands a lot when he speaks so idk why but it would be super entertaining to see him learn ASL 😂
Luke through the ages: "We got to save the princess"...."I got to save my friends on Bespin"...."I have to confront Vader, I can save him"....."Who the hell are you? GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!"
Appropriately succinct. Well put.
You forgot the part right before where Luke tried his hardest to kill Vader and only tried to turn him because he ran out of other options.
@@RayOfTruth He beat Vader. Then threw down his weapon and accepted death instead of going to the dark side. "I'm a jedi, like my father before me." He lashed out in anger at the threat to his sister. Once he realized the path it was going to take him down, he stopped.
@Funk O'Matic Exactly, thirty years happened, shouldn't he be wiser? Didn't he ever prepared for a situation of an aprentice going to the dark side considering It already happened? Didn't yoda tell him the future is always in movement? If something changed him show It in the movie. Luke in this fucking movie is fucking stupid
“Laser sword” said previously by Anakin in Episode I
Also, George Lucas has a tendency to use the term laser sword.
i thought it wasn't quite right when luke said "laser sword" i was thinking to myself like why didn't he say light saber??? lol😃
Lucas called them laser swords in his early drafts of Ep IV.
It was actually cool that they made a reference to Ep 1-3. Even though they aren't great, they still canon
My PTSD blocked out that movie
the laser sword comment was a reference to what Lucas was originally calling them till the movie production started.
Joseph Watson ...and later threw into The Phantom Menace as an Anakin line. "I saw your laser sword. Only Jedis have that kind of weapon." Poor kid didn't even know the plural of Jedi is Jedi.
You know what, I'm 28 and I've just given Into actually watching star wars from original trilogy onwards (I'll get to the prequels at some point) and I didn't like last Jedi, it had its cool moments yes was it a mess? Yes but I'm actually glad Kevin still enjoyed it. I like fast and the furious and I can admit there's a whole lot going wrong in those movies but they don't stop me from enjoying them.
Chewbacca telling Luke about Han dying and Luke reacting would have been great
All the hate is from the years of speculation of how Luke would be used and how powerful he would be. It ended up feeling like finding an old Porsche spider in mint condition in some old dudes garage and just driving it in 1st gear around the cul de sac and then immediately parking it forever.
Great metaphor. I actually liked what they did w/ Luke in this movie, but good writing.
Fucking acurate
Luke was never a powerful Jedi. He kinda sucked it up in the original trilogy the whole time. Him failing as a Jedi master was the realistic progression of his character. And his impressive use of the force and understanding of true power in the final scene is the testament of his final maturity.
Luke was never powerful. no need to read anything u say after that LOL lmao wow
No, that is where a certain section of hate is coming from. It is the only part people who were totally ok with Disney turning SW into a children's film made to sell cute animal toys at every turn want to focus on.
This movie has so many issues; bombs falling in space, popsicle Leia, two terrible characters on a pointless journey to find another terrible character, bad dialogue turning a once promising character in Poe into a complete moron who has to over explain thing to terrible character number 1, ridiculous amounts of misplaced humor that breaks from any sort of actual immersion into the plight of the resistance forces, unimaginative "lets just make things bigger" bad guys and weapons, and to top it all off did I mention the shameless money grab over children's toy style animals all over the place?
I thought that the general plot and outcome of the movie was a perfectly acceptable place for the story to move. Luke never was some super Jedi, he was always flawed. Rey is still an awesome character and I thought Kylo Ren became a better character instead of the whiny Vader wannabe that he was in TFA. However, with all of the other issues here it was very hard to focus on the actual good parts of the film because they were overshadowed by all of the crap that was put in.
It is a bad movie and that is unfortunate because it had moments where you could see that the bones of a decent/good movie were there.
Loved your comments at 22 minutes on Luke, R2, and seeing that message from Princess Leia. This gets right to the emotion I felt having seen A New Hope in 1977 and taking my kids to see The Last Jedi this past weekend. Well said, Kevin!
I quite liked that bit, it's tasteful nostalgia that actually served a function in the story and elicited the same emotions in you as it did Luke's character, rather than just being there purely for the sake of it. There was a bit too much of that in TFA I think.
I kinda loved how he called it the 'laser sword'. That basically meant to imply how the whole galaxy saw the Jedi as these all-powerful beings, almost as myths and legends, so they would not know the true nature of the weapon these warriors carried. The majority of the galaxy probably never came up close to a Jedi so only saw those swords from a distance, and were ignorant about it- they merely saw that they carried 'swords of laser' that sliced through anything. They would not know the hyper-specific and accurate term of 'lightsaber'.
Luke was mocking how the galaxy deified the Jedi and how he hated their perception of him.
Your great! Thanks for all your involvement in our growing lives.
I got the impression that Luke wanted to help, but also wanted to die on the island. He helped them escape, and then joined the force in peace. As you said, I think we'll see him again.
Luke couldn’t actually be on Crait because he had to deny Kylo Ren victory. Luke denied him that darkside catharsis while simultaneously protecting Ben Solo from the burden of killing yet another family member which would only have cemented his fall to the dark side.
That’s how I interpreted it.
This video provides the basis for an excellent drinking game.
Every time Kev says “man”, take a shot.
Every time he says “...and shit like that” take two.
and all the times Kev says, "F***ing this or "F***ing that". .. .(using the F Bomb over and over removes it's power and is no longer seen as edgy.)
Also i remember reading in one of those starwarsRPG source books or encyclopedia in the 80's a section on jedi force powers. And one was definitely create a force bubble in the vacume of space and use a lightsaber to board an enemy vessel.
Cool I never knew that
#kevinsmith Question won't the xwing be damaged after spending so many years under water?
Answer: it's a space magic film for children. Relax.
There IS a good reason why Luke didn't go to Crait in a physical form.
If you remember, Luke says, "Nobody is ever really gone". While most people will (agreeably) see this as a reference to Han, or even himself as he will surely not survive what he knows he has to do. He is talking about Kylo Ren. He knows has to right the wrong he feels he caused and help turn Kylo back to the light. And the best way he can achieve that goal is to show him the power of the light side of the force. And to do so effectively without actually killing Kylo. Because that is what started (for better or for worse) the whole Kylo/Luke dichotomy. Luke knows that Rey is right about Kylo not being a lost cause.
Greg Johnson that's pretty interesting, I hadn't thought about it like that. I was disappointed with the movie but that's actually pretty cool, thanks.
Exactly
For me, it's like Luke Skywalker's original story was for absolutely nothing. He wanted to be a hero, to fight the empire and make the galaxy a better place. He failed. Completely. The empire? Still around by a new name. An evil Jedi/Darth Vader to enforce their will? Yep. Coruscant is destroyed, along with a few other planets, thanks to their super weapon. None of the "mystery boxes" Abrams loves panned out, as usual (LOST).
Han Solo is dead. He and Leia didn't last. Luke failed completely. Leia is now gone. All to set up Mary Sue (i.e. Rey, who is perfect at everything).
Rey is now both Luke Skywalker AND Han Solo. She's an awesome pilot of the Falcon with a Wookie sidekick AND the newest, bestest Jedi EVER. Is it ever explained how she somehow understands Wookie speak? No. Mary Sue.
Luke learning the force, becoming a Jedi, was all for naught. The rebellion is now at it's nadir. The New Order has all but destroyed a handful of them. But that's ok. That was intended so that Rey can build them up again. Luke's story and reason for the entire trilogy was wasted so they can start all over again with Mary Sue. She will essentially have to train herself, because she only appeared to have a few days training under Luke. But that's ok, because there appears to be literally NOTHING this girl can't do better than anyone else. She has less training than Luke and she's standing toe to toe with Kylo and nearly winning.
If only she could sing really well, she'd be textbook Mary Sue.
Edited to add: Finn's story was WORTHLESS. Waste of time.
Basically your whole argument is "The battle between good and evil was pointless because 40 years later the evil came back and the fight continues." It makes no sense. Luke didnt fail at all he won HIS battles during HIS TIME. His time is over and some of the whiny petulant fans cant deal with it. If Rey was a guy NO ONE would be calling him a "gary stu." And FINNs story is awesome. I could have done without all the scenes with the space horses, but other than that the movie was fantastic.
"His time is over"
You don't have to ruin a character just to make a new one look good. Why have Luke in this movie if he's gonna act the opposite way we knew him as, barely do any training for Rey, and just cower in fear and shame. All while Rey is gradually getting stronger and more powerful.
Rey literally stands over Luke who is fallen to the ground with mud and rain all over him, and has a Lightsaber held at him.
It's fan service that fails at fan servicing.
And no, people aren't hating Rey because she's woman. If the SW fans were a bunch of woman-haters, then why is Ahsoka Tano considered one of the best SW characters outside of movies? Because she's a well written character, Rey isn't.
Shes unnecessarily overpowered (wipes the floor with the main bad guy in the FIRST FUCKING MOVIE)
Her entire adventure relies on convenience.
She contradicts herself alot. (Giving Finn a hard time for not being willing to help, then a few minutes later runs away saying "I want no part in this!"
She gets more and more powerful with the force despite barely any training.
She has beaten literally EVERYONE that's tried to fight her.
Justa Person Reys story isnt the boiler plate "heroes journey" she paid her dues on Jakku where she had to fight know how to build things etc. We never saw Indiana Jones take boxing lessons in a training montage with "eye of der tiger" and slowly learn how to beat up Nazis either but nobody called him a Gary Stu.
Lukes force projection battle at the end was awesome they didn't "ruin his character" at all they developed it just like Obi Wan and Yoda toward their ends.
I'd love to see an adventure with younger Luke but this wasn't it and wasn't meant to be it. Hes older than Obi Wan was in episode IV --which if made today would have people whining they "ruined him cause he just stood there and lost a lame light sabre fight."
Sinistar99 you sir are an idiot.
sinistar99 so we should forget mary sue because she is a girl.i don't understand your resoning.does she gets a clean pass because she is a girl?
Excellent review. I had the exact same thought as you, when Luke said 'laser sword'. That's not right. And Chewie didn't even get to give Luke a hug. Luke really wasn't written as the Luke I remember here.The Yoda scenes almost made me cry from nostaliga, though. I teared up when Yoda laughed and shook hist feet at the tree, after he called down lightning . =)
This is my first time watching a review with Kevin Smith. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to a director/fan view of this movie. I did not agree with everything (I actually liked the force projection and preferred that over Luke being at the planet himself) but I enjoyed listening to an actual director talking like a fan AND provide some insight. I also enjoyed what he thought he would have changed. Worth the 1.5 hours!!!
Josue Rodriguez agreed. It would have been so anti Jedi for him to go all Goku and take on all the entire fleet. The way it turned out was clever and dignified. The kind of thing a sage would do. It was poignant as fuck. Sometimes fanboys don’t have a clue
George Lucas always referred to "laser swords." Alec Guinness thought "lightsaber" sounded better :)
Alec Guinness thought 2½ gross sounded better :)
Real or apocryphal?
Alec Guinness was right
Never thought about it till you said it, but yeah even the moment of silence after the light speed kamikaze would've been a fitting thing if it was Leia who piloted it.
i thought the same, especially since they have to write out Leia anyways. Had two opportunities to do it in TLJ, i guess we will see what they decide to do.
They had already finished filming the scenes before Carrie died. It would have been disrespectful of her memory if they wrote her out because of her death.
Kevin! You’re awesome! Love your analysis. Finally got around to watching it. :) Meant to for awhile.
Anakin called it a laser sword in The Phantom Menace. Also after seeing the episodes of the flash you directed I would love to see your take on a star wars fan film.
Did anyone else notice at the end of the movie when they were flying away on the Falcon that the Jedi text was in a drawer?
OMG Kevin, i love how emotional you got about the R2-Luke reunion. I adored that moment too. I felt a little sorry for R2 in this film and that he was kind of left out of it a bit. I know its supposed to be moving on from the originals but that cheeky little guy (as you so rightly say) was the heart of the saga
Gotta fucken make room for that gdamn darth bb8
P374Wilma It pissed me off that neither Luke or Artoo was happy to see Threepio again.
This movie was about Disney getting rid of the old cast and getting ready to sell toys.
Left out a bit? He's barely in the movie!!!
Darko Ale alas no he isn’t but like I say, this is Star Wars for the next generation
"Can't believe Luke would even think about killing Kylo"
*same breath*
"Can't believe Luke didn't even show up to kill Kylo and all his minions"
Killing a sleeping Ben Solo when he was just Luke's teenage nephew for no justifiable reason, is different to fighting him years later when he's become a psychopathic Darth Vader clone.
Bill Murray from The Man Who Knew Too Little but... he refused to fight and kill his father Darth Vader too...
@@spenser9908 'no justifiable reason' he saw the future you say he should kill him in
@@pogotheclown6088 I never even said he should kill Kylo. Where are you getting that from? It wouldn't have been in Luke's character either.
@@ryanscottadkins He did fight Vader. Does that need to be said to you? Honestly?
He refused to kill Vader, yet you think it's reasonable he'd consider killing his sleeping nephew just for having bad thoughts?
Who are you and what have you done with Kevin Smith ?
He started talking? Look, just because he plays Silent Bob, doesn't mean he's also mute in his personal life.
MrManowar6 i think you misunderstood his point
MrManowar6 indeed you did.
Yeah, the original poster is such an arrogant prick that he cant fathom why someone liked this film. He cant wrap his head around it because he didnt like it and cant understand that other people have different opinions. I loathe people like this, being so arrogant that because you dislike something that means everyone must also dislike it because of course his opinion is the correct opinion, anyone who disagrees with his opinion is, to him, objectively wrong. He is saying this cant be the real kevin smith because the real kevin smith must surely have the same opinion as him, because he cant be wrong, its those who disagree with him that are wrong. Btw i love rogue 1 liked ep7 and did NOT like ep 8 i just hate pricks who think their opinion is objective truth and everyone who disagrees is wrong.
@@corvus2512 No dipshit, Kevin is known for being SAVAGE over Star Wars, he's even ripped on the originals for things he didn't care for. You're the arrogant prick and you clearly don't understand the source material the OP and the rest of us seem to understand.
Everytime we get a new Star Wars, a subsection of the viewers come away saying "Never again. This ruined Star Wars." ....but they always come back...and they hang around for years trying to make everyone else hate it because they hated it.
So come on guys. If you didn't like it, you didn't like it. Thats fine. But you need to accept that other people DID like it.
Trying to drag their enjoyment down because you didn't enjoy the film makes you petty as fuck. Just be content with your own opinions and let other people like what they like.
TheLoreSeeker I know right
TheLoreSeeker
Follow your own advice drone!
Well said
TheLoreSeeker - not only that - but things that seem strange on first viewing eventually become accepted.
Here is the biggest flaw in the last jedi
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This guy hasn't changed his shirt in 30 years
Ronnie Darko good point, do you think he might have enough money to own 12-15 of the same type of shirt...?
He prolly has like two.
Ronnie Darko He has a line of them on his website. He even sells the shirts he wears. So yeah, I'm pretty sure he wears a new one every day, pretty much.
So true
Such a clever hilarious comment.
And at the end of the Wookie monologue you could tie Luke’s and Vader’s story lines together and have Luke go “NOOOOOOOOOOOO” hahaha
i didn't understand how the bombs dropped at the beginning when there is no gravity in space
Also, ships can't fly in space the same way airplanes do in the Earth's atmosphere. Also, you can't simply blow up the first Death Star without having some debris fall on Yavin 4 and possibly devastate the Rebel base. ALSO, you obviously can't be a great galactic empire when all that you command are bumbling idiots who's fame would grow from never being able to hit a single target. I just realized, Star Wars is freaking stupid . . . . . . .
They were magnetically charged.
jakehands There space bomber ships, get this... designed to drop bombs... in zero gravity... crazy I know.
I certainly appreciate your passion, I have the same passion for the original trilogy. Too bad I really didn't care for TLJ. Not bashing it or anybody who liked it. It just didn't work for me.
al91176 yea I felt the same way, it just didn’t do anything for me
YEah, im so torn...Some things were great but JJ has the last script done so i hope he fixes it!!
al91176 awful
Agree. I love the passion, I went through anger, sadness, now I'm just disappointed. But I found the silver lining. The prequels become alot better, almost nostalgic, after viewing TLJ. Not mad at those who like it, the series just moved on without me. The heroes of my youth are dead, and they went out with wimpers not roars.
and thats cool if ppl like the film i personally like the originals myself this one looks pretty bad i am not giving disney a dime to go see this lol ppl should stay home let it bomb horribly
I'm really happy the kylo Luke scene really cemented Luke Skywalker Master Jedi as a legend. The kids reenacting the fight was amazing
How did the kids even hear about what Luke did?
Man I just realize why the Last Jedi was made the way it was he was ending an old Legacy to start his own new Legacy I think it's a pretty disrespectful thing for a director to do but understand why unfortunately don't think he's going to build quite the Legacy that he just ended sad
HE ended? I thought George Lucas ended his legacy when fans pressured him to sell it to Disney, how is that Rian Johnson's fault?
Alright, so I've had problems with this movie, particularly the changes to the underlying physics. Like, either you need fuel for hyperjumps or you don't. It never came up before - why? Can X-wings and smaller craft jump on their own or can't they? Do they really need a carrier ship? What has changed?
Can the hyperdrive jump be used to obliterate an entire fleet of ships?
Why has no-one done this ever before? Why is there no defense against it? How does it work, and how does the hyperdrive work?
These questions were not even raised by previous Star Wars movies. "Lightsaber" Star Wars was fundamentally a science fantasy, right? This feels like "Lasersword" Star Wars - like the entire franchise is edging closer to those Star Trek movies because they have no idea where to take the existing universe. So they're moving it from science fantasy to science fiction.
Ooooor they're going to raise all these questions and then simply not answer them. That would be infuriating as hell.
Changes to the fundamental aspects of a universe require transition. They have an audience that has been "trained" in Star Wars lore and physics for 40 years - they can't simply make sudden changes?
You have to at least have one scene as a setup, to show how or why it is suddenly possible.
Or else you risk breaking with your audience - the rules they know suddenly don't apply any more - and you establish that you can do whatever the fuck you want to this universe. But in the latter case it will be very difficult to motivate people to go see the next movie.
Much love for Kevin but is this a retelling or a review lol.
This is criticism i can actually get behind lol 😂
lol
Anakin: You're a Jedi Knight, aren't you? Qui-Gon Jinn: What makes you think that? Anakin: I saw your laser sword. Only Jedi carry that kind of weapon. Qui-Gon Jinn: Perhaps I killed a Jedi and took it from him. Anakin: I don't think so. No one can kill a Jedi. Qui-Gon Jinn: I wish that were so.
MrNogatron (cut to Anakin killing ALL Jedi) ;)
well said!
Vader voiced by child anakin
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I haven't watched the whole video yet, so you might mention it later, but are we not going to talk about bombs dropping downwards in space as if assisted by gravity?
Hey Kevin, what did you think of the scene at the end of the movie, where Rey reveals that she took the Jedi Texts and they are in a drawer on the Falcon?! Thanks for the great review and talking about the movie.
I’m a 47 year old man and I totally get the nostalgia and emotional stuff. Mark Hamill was excellent.
You would eat anything Disney shovels down your throat with a Star Wars title on it..Use your fucking brain and THINK about what you're seeing..Christ some of you 'fans' are so fucking dumb...
+Jeff Nelson haha yeah...talking about how corse sand is, standing in bantha shit and midicholorians is totally a Disney thing...back to 90's for you where apparently the REAL fans reside clutching your fan fiction or some shit
i got emotional during the leia hologram too
ya my grand=dad got a boner during that part.
Tj6903 Same. The emotion I felt was anger and disgust. They killed her off so nicely, and then fucking brought her back in the second most overused Hollywood trope, with the first being the heavily manipulated relationships attempted to be developed between Ren/Rey/Finn Rey/Finn/Rose in order to set up some sort of love conflict. They even tried this in Prince Caspian, between Peter, Caspian and Susan, despite the fact Peter and Susan were siblings there still had to be tension FFS!
Andrew Fishman Oh no they fight evil that's in like every movie they shoot stuff what an over used trope they talk and say words just like every other movie how unoriginal...,
sinistar Wow, insightful! Leia's "death" scene is unnecessary and does nothing to drive the movie. She could end up in a coma a dozen other ways that make more sense and add to the story.
th-cam.com/video/pWdd6_ZxX8c/w-d-xo.html I enjoyed the hell out of that scene and why didn't it "further the plot?" It showed she had a strong handle on the force and that she couldn't be killed by being sucked out into space. It just didn't further the plot in a way you liked.
Best description of Leia's space adventure: "She pulls a mutha fucking space Jesus"
4th listen. I fucking love listening to you describe this movie. You’re so GOOD at it. Plus the crying. When I need to cry I watch this.❤️
Crocodile tears ..
Snoke's near-final dialogue has an alternate interpretation: he wanted Kylo to strike him down. The conniving Supreme Leader was taunting Kylo.
Kylo Ren: “I know what I have to do.”
Snoke: “You think you can turn him. Pathetic Child. I cannot be betrayed. I cannot be beaten. I see his mind. I see his every intent. Yes. I see him turning the lightsaber to strike true. And now, foolish child, he ignites it and kills his true enemy.”
To complete his training and fulfill his destiny, Kylo Ren had to kill his master (adoptive father figure/the past).
Has Kylo Ren achieved a new level of strength and power? Was this a component of Snoke's master-plan? Luke is now one with the force. Is Snoke (Plageius?) also one with the force? Has Snoke achieved immortality? Is the game over? Is the quest for balance in the force one that must go on forever?
There's more depth to this film than many Star Wars fans are accustomed to.
Sincerely,
a Trekkie
Possibly. He may have jumped bodies into Kylo or Rey, but hasn't taken full control yet. Or perhaps there will (also?) be a final balancing in the force realm involving Luke, Snoke/Plageius?/The Prime Jedi?. If the next film is the end of a 9-film arc, there needs to be a conclusion to the over-arching story and themes. Something knocked the force out of balance and it must be restored. The force has been violently oscillating between dark and light. An equilibrium must be achieved. To bring things full circle, the resolution should reflect the mythology established in the prequel trilogy. It should also deal with the flaws of the Jedi Order and what drove their downfall...
Original code:
Emotion, yet peace.
Ignorance, yet knowledge.
Passion, yet serenity.
Chaos, yet harmony.
Death, yet the Force.
Later version:
There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force.
Interesting. A jedi is killed and they can come back to influence other Jedi. If a Sith lord dies, can they come back to influence other sith? Does each generation get more powerful due to the influence. Remember, Darth Vader was able to block laser blasts (from HS in ESB) with his hands.
You are quite literally the John Gruden of movie analysis, lol. There’s not one football player he doesn’t love, there’s not one movie you don’t love to emotional movement. You two are kindred spirits!
C. Alan man just because he liked he movie doesn’t mean he doesn’t hate anything. It’s actually refreshing to see a guy who can criticize a movie and it’s flaws while still appreciating a good movie despite that. This is exactly that.
Andrew Gibbons Yes...just like John Gruden and football players...like I said in my first post...
Spider 2 Y Banana
correct
As a Tampa bay fan this is the funniest comment I’ve read in a while
btw, Kevin Smith, *in the unlikely event you read this ) the reason why Luke didn't appear on Krait wasn't only because Luke's X-Wing was submerged, he also partially disassembled it. The door of his hut was the wing to his X-Wing. If you watch back you can see there was faded and weathered paint on the door that matches the pattern of the markings on his X-Wing. He literally took his fighter apart because he was done fighting and went to Achto to die. He had no intention of ever leaving so he deserted himself there. Luke dying fucked me up, but I think Rian Johnson did a better job than people will admit to. Young farm boy luke stared off into binary suns conflicted, confused, and not really sure what he was doing with his life; Old Jedi Master Luke stared off into binary suns stared off into binary suns at peace after doing what he knew he had to do and had a renewed sense of purpose. The man who shut himself off to the force became part of it.
Enjoyed you on JRE so much I'm watching your TH-cam channel. I'm so glad you had the same reaction to this movie, I enjoyed the shit out of it, also cried, my version would've been different naturally, but suspending what I wanted to happen- I enjoyed what did happen.
Lasersword is probably a reference to the Phantom Menace when Anakin comments to Qui Gon about his lightsaber.
Lasersword is what George Lucas has been calling Lightsabers for years... I think he might hate Star Wars more than anybody.
It's a reference to A New Hope. Han, and Luke both call it a Lasersword.
Mephilis 78
I don't recall Han or Luke saying laser sword in a new hope
It's a reference to the technical name he and the set designers and art designers used before shooting began, when still in the conceptual stage of making ANH/Ep 4.
it's a reference to the first draft of star wars when it was called laser swords
fuck star wars fans that don't get the references and try to outgeeky others
lol Kevin just paraphrased the entire movie in and it only took the time it would take to watch half of the movie
So the books don't matter the force is in you ? Sounds like space balls you don't need the ring the Swartz is in you.
i don't really care for the franchise but it always puts a smile on my face to see Kev talk about something he's passionate about.
Good Lord, this movie has people so divided, hell even the comment section is divided
Bruce Deliso Unfortunately, Star Wars does that to people.
Kevin Smith narrates the Last Jedi XD
True. Not really a review. This was a very detailed recap of the entire movie.
I believe that Luke, having said he came to the island to die, was trying to learn to join with the force ( like qui gon, obi wan, and yoda ). and, at the end, he had the moment of clarity and succeeded.
I had to explain the OG dark-side-tree thing to a mate of mine who had never caught on to the fact that the Dark Side is showing Luke his own face in the Darth Vader helmet. He completely missed out on the headtrip that puts on Luke and why he ran away scared.
40 years old. I cried like a bitch when that hologram played.
I felt sad just seeing Carrie throughout .. RIP :(
Best moment of the film bar none
AuspexAO me too!
Putting in a Chewie monologue is such a Kevin Smith thing to do!!!!!!!!! Bwahahahahahaha!!!! 😅😅😅😅😅😅
not a huge stretch from R2's beep beep boop monologue. (Watch your language, R2!)
I saw Empire when I was 4 years old in a 2 screener called the Bonnie Kate in Elizabethton TN, built in 1929.
One thing that really struck me about Last Jedi was after the Dreadnaught is destroyed and everyone's cheering Leia has an relief reaction followed by an immediate lamentation of the tremendous loss of life. Typically you don't see that in a victory. The humor also lent a human aspect to the film that is rarely present. Thor Ragnarok had something similar and I really liked it.
LMAO The Weasley brother.
lmao he played the oldest Weasley brother and is the son of the actor that plays Mad Eye.
Really like the Wookiee monologue idea
Nailed it like always.
Whatever happened to the force parasites? The tiny viruses which gives telekinesis to its host?
superitgel - They're called midiclorians and everyone has them. They're all infected. Pretty soon there will be a zombie outbreak movie in the saga. And you can see it in how Obi Wan and Yoda keep coming back from the grave.
PS: I love the Weasley brother aka Hugs.
The term laser sword was what George Lucas always called them in interviews so I think that was a little wink and a nod to him.
dakeman77 plus anakin called it that in epi I
You saw this movie in DURANGO? The heck were you doing there? I've been by that theater you went to, but I was there for the trains (it's all geek, just different geek, as I love sci fi and trains too)
FWIW also on the topic of Porgs: They were used in post to hide birds which are native to the island they shot the Ahch-To scenes on. They weren't just shoved in for marketing, and yet they were still very well executed.
Anikin called Quigon Jins saber when he first saw it a Laser sword.
Braxton Brown isn't that..... Isn't that a accurate description visually
Yes, you beat me to it. Yes, young Anakin refers to Qui Gon's lightsaber as a "laser sword"... second time in the Star Wars films.
Just because George Lucas writes shitty dialogue doesnt mean Rian Johnson had to also
Lucas was wrong for using laser sword too. It sounds stupid.
Hey, I'm not defending the use of "laser sword"... but Kevin said he thought that the phrase had never been used before in the saga, which is untrue. It's straight out of the prequels.
YOU ARE YOUNG KEVIN.
STAY SOLID AND THEY WILL LET YOU LIVE YOUR DREAM AND DIRECT A STARWARS MOVIE
If Kevin is afraid of doing an Episode, he should totally ask for a Jar Jar solo flick
I think that the laser sword thing was intentionally used by Luke referring to the legend status he earned, meaning that even a commoner who didn't even know they're called lightsabers would hope Luke does the badass force stuff and saves the day.
I love 2 things about this movie. Starting with Rogue One they made these war movies. They put weight behind the rebellion, a cost to war. And they introduced the concept of Grey Jedi.
And they introduced a character that required no on screen training in either lightsaber duelling or force abilities to be able to beat seasoned veterans