With the stupid amount of money that disney spent on 5 terrible movies and 4 live action shows. Not to mention animation. They could have easily assembled a dream team to create a sequel trilogy that would have revitalized the franchise for the next few decades. They could have made tons of money in merchandise
@@koobmoonCreativity dies at Disney, no dream team would survive there. Sam Raimi is a creative, inventive director and look how Dr. Strange 2 turned out.
Lando Calrissian was played to perfection by Billy Dee Williams. He was sly, charming, charismatic, smart, but also complex. He did stuff to try and warn Han off, tried to work with the Imperials to get his friends out of a bad situation (and himself) because at heart, he is a gambler. He sees the odds, checks his assets, and will gamble to try and find a way to win. That is why we love him. Him banging a robot Karen accomplishes exactly one thing: It makes him look stupid and lame. And Donald Glover is NO Billy Dee Williams. There is no angle "Solo" does not fail at or infuriate.
Star Wars Lando: a Chad who runs a city, tries to seduce a princess, and gets revenge on Darth Vader for altering the deal by blowing up his second Death Star. Disney Lando: a pansexual incel who gets friendzoned by fleabag, his feminist astrodroid...
@@nerychristian Dude said Danny Glover in his original comment. I think he edited it and now I've got the hot potato 😂 I'll leave my comment up though.
L3-37 getting shot and destroyed was definitely the only time I cheered during a Disney Star Wars movie. I wish they'd done something similar in the new Indiana Jones... Good job writers, I absolutely despise one of your "protagonists".
I find it interesting that it plays like slapstick but the intention was, I think, to see it as a sorrowful moment that one of the main cast was shot dead
PW-B has a genius for playing characters in such a way that any sane member of the audience is driven to the temporary madness of wanting that character to die, horribly for choice, but at least to die and never come back (despite the recent tendency of characters to return from the dead).
The worst part of the flick is that none of Han's charisma or wit is captured. "I was born here, you know?" -"You're gonna die here, you know? Convenient"
@@marbellaotaiza801yeah but don't think it was because of Lucas. I'll give him credit because he actually listened to the feedback from the actors, but left to his own devices he makes terrible decisions himself.
Lucas was a genius. He made his billions and sold Star wars to the one company that was always going to burn it to the ground. Now George will be able to die happy knowing that his Star wars will forever be considered the only real Star Wars. Genius play.
@@dannyknightblade4592 I don't know. If he didn't, everyone would still think the prequels were the worst thing that ever happened. But now that Disney made the sequel trilogy that was utter horse shit, everyone now thinks the prequels were good. Which is exactly what the point of my original comment was by the way.
@battleborn4436 yeah, you might actually be right about that. Normal people didn't seem to have many issues with the prequels as much ad the terminally online crowd had.
Kathleen Kennedy seems to think that since she was surrounded by legendary creative genius film makers during her early career as a secretary that she is somehow now filled with creativity herself and capable of creating new Star Wars content. Getting coffee for Lucas and Spielberg , making appointments , writing notes , and rubbing Speilberg's feet does not qualify her as a creative film maker or a talented script writer. 🤔
Don't forget that Phoebe Waller-Bridge destroyed a third franchise - James Bond. Her additions to _No Time to Die_ stand out like a turd in a punchbowl (although she at least wasn't responsible for the ending - that predated her).
Not only is Plebeian Wastrel Brain (Waller Bridge) there to ruin this, Emilia Clark shows up, and has been present during the deaths of the MCU, Terminator and Dismay Stonk Wants (Disney Star Wars).
The worst is that Lando's character could have been more selfish, etc, and still be done well Since it's a prequel and he's younger, him being less of a leader or less moral makes a lot of sense, but only in a "He didn't develop these quality yet" And for it to work, there needs to be a spark of it already But that's not what they tried to do at all, in fact, they try to retcon Ep V and VI Lando.
Disney writers have stated before that they hate canon. Hell, its why I think Filoni and Favreau tend to ignore or change lore that they themselves wrote. When you writers admit to hating consistency, is it any wonder the entire franchise is in flames?
@@NoobTamer The worst part is that nowadays the only canon that the fans can follow without dying of cringe is the classic I-VI movies and some games like KOTOR. The Disney movies only served to prove that the younger fans were right about the prequels (I-III), not being actually bad (It's been quite some time that i feel like George Lucas deserves a public apology).
That's pretty much what I was going to say. It might be just a shitty attempt to sure than as younger and less mature and experienced, the lessons that brought them to where they ended up later in life, etc. But they did a shit job of that anyway.
I would love to see Lord and Miller's version of Solo. I have a feeling I know why they were sacked, they were taking the mickey out of everything KK promotes, including feminists and KK couldn't have that. The reason so much of it was filmed before they were sacked tells me, someone brought to KK's attention that this didn't exactly make the woman look amazing and men look useless. I have no basis for any of this, I just like to think that was what went on.
That is a most plausible theory. The heavy hand of KK is the most prominent feature of this eminently forgettable film. It was also the first Star Wars film I did not see, along with everything related to the franchise that followed.
One of the few specific details that have come out is that they weren't happy with Alden Ehrenreich's performance, even going so far as to hire him an acting coach. Ehrenreich is a talented actor who'd already given several great performances before _Solo,_ so if that story is true, it suggests Lord and Miller aren't the easiest directors to work with. Ron Howard is famous for being easygoing and not having any big ideas of his own, so it's a mystery why Disney didn't hire him to begin with.
This was HEAVILY advertised in Korea (my home for most of my adult life) but it failed so miserably that I didn't get to see it in theaters because I always watched movies on Fridays and it didn't survive even one week. It was removed from screens even as the life size cardboard promos were still lingering. They literally replaced it with "Truth or Dare" which is a bargain bin, low budget horror movie.
Bizarrely, I actually saw Solo in Korea. I was curious to see the train wreck, but of course nowadays I wouldn't bother with any Lucasfilm products (will probably never watch Indy 5).
@@THEremiXFACTOR Indy 5 is just them bringing out Harrison Ford for one last time, so they can immediately throw him to the way side. Bring out whatever that chicks name is and parade here as the new hero we're all gonna love. (Spoiler Warning, your not going to like her.)
Let’s face it, Star Wars at this point is being intentionally dismantled. They are systematically going through each character in the story point and coming up with the most ridiculous and disrespectful conclusions they come up with. It’s so obvious
hollywood hates george lucas. Kathleen K REALLY hates george lucas. I never understood why he sold his baby to the very people he created star wars to circumvent.
That's the one. It's the Marxist way. Suck the life and strength out of the culture. Syphon the wealth into the pockets of the leaders. They become rich and powerful. The people become weak, impoverished and demoralised. They become unchallenged rulers. People say they have failed. Kennedy and Disney Executive are rich and powerful and have fulfilled their goals as you described. I'd say they are winning and the rest of us are losing.... badly
They gave Leia the boss bitch treatment. Yes, it ruined the character in the eyes of most fans. But let's not pretend this was intentional. She has a vagina, so she's allowed to be heroic and competent. The male heroes, though, they are intentionally humiliating. And I don't see this changing any time soon. Disney seems willing to destroy their own reputation and lose hundreds of millions of dollars to spread their political agenda. They'll happily desecrate as many beloved IP's as needed to accomplish this goal.
Watched all the Disney Star Wars movies for the first time recently, as I only ever saw The Force Awakens in theatre and it's crazy how meaninglessly they killed off old characters. They don't even die a hero's death or an epic or tragic death. In The Rise of Skywalker when it shows that Wedge is in the cannon of the Falcon and Lando is piloting it, I was 100% expecting them to just blow up but surprisingly the didn't
Dude the “how can you not be pansexual in space, theres so many things to have sex with” is an absolutely bonkers statement…reminds me of in sodom when the angels went to Lot and the men of the city were yelling for Lot to send the “beautiful men” out to them to have sex with. People are insane.
Very true, people these days base their entire existence around their sexuality as well as having sex, its become the most dominant part of our culture and its being pushed onto children more and more.
Lando was a cool, strong, charming, masculine guy and became a war hero who was loyal to his friends in a terrific redemption arc. Therefore, they had to give him the Jake Skywalker treatment and subvert our expectations about him.
Novel concept: Anyone who is so obsessed with sexuality that they have to shoehorn it into stories that should have nothing to do with it, should be institutionalized for sex addiction. And probably also have their hard drives searched, because...you know. There's a _bit_ of a correlation between sex addicts and "child connoisseurs".
That's just an extreme. You are literally endorsing violating people's privacy over injecting sexuality into something. What's even worse is how completely blind and misled this is. The billion dollar movie industry isn't pushing sexuality into everything because it's horny. It's ideological/political, yet you completely missed this. It's propaganda, nothing more nothing less.
You've quickly become one of my favourite TH-camrs, ever since I stumbled across your videos on The Woman King and Bros. Your wit, analysis and editing are honestly hilarious and I can't wait to see this channel grow even more!
The thing is Miller and Lord gave us an amazing depiction of Lando Calrissian in the LEGO Movie(played by Billy Dee Williams, no less). I would have loved to see their take on Solo.
Ehh idk I thought they were talented then they shat all over the clone high reboot. It is drastically worse compared to the original, sad cause it’s what originally got lord and miller on everyone’s radar
One of the earliest signs that Disney was going to doom Star Wars, though frankly the pointless revelation that Lando was now having sex with a robot was a big ass red flag. I mean Seriously WHO ASKED FOR THAT. Only thing that's good is the movie bombed so at least they couldn't drag Darth Maul's name further through the mud.
@@finkamain1621 fans that uncritically swallow every piece of crap that Disney throws at them are to blame for the quality dive that the franchise took.
If you see it from their perspective of wanting to assassinate the character, it actually makes sense that they cast a sarlacc pit of charisma instead of Elgort or Ingruber. Heck, I'm amazed that they didn't give the part of Solo to Donald Glover instead...
Wouldn't it have been hilarious if Lando had simply turned L3 off and dragged it back to the Falcon whenever it went into the "rage" about the droids being exploited/enslaved? Then just be like, "Sorry, L3 goes a little nuts sometimes. I've been meaning to get that fixed."
This film should have served as a huge red flag for everything that would come after it. Really it started with the Force Awakens, but the good will had not yet been squandered, and the expectations had not yet been subverted.
There were hints after the Force awakens but the last Jedi a year prior to this movie had already started the backlash from subverting expectations and all that stuff
@@NDTexanI thought Solo came out before the last Jedi? Oh well, I guess that's a testament to how abnormally bad Disney Star Wars is. You question if it was even real to begin with. Like something out of a nightmare of existential dread. Have I uncovered a new Mandela Effect? Is it Barenstain Bears, or Barenstein Bears? Didn't Nelson Mandela die in prison? Have I crossed over into some weird alternate timeline or something? Is there a glitch in the Matrix? Have my expectations been subverted?
@@Peak_Aussieman Yeah, a lot of people (myself included) didn't see Solo because of Last Jedi. Probably not the only reason it failed to make a profit, but it was definitely a big part imo.
I wasn't fooled. Saw The Force Awakens in theaters during premiere week. I hated every second of it. It was beyond bad expectations for me. They rewrote fundamental laws about the SW universe just to make their story make sense. None of it sat right with me at all. I went on a 4 hour rant about everything that was wrong with it to my brother, who paid for my ticket. I didn't want to see it, but he insisted and regretted it.
@@gamervet4760 I went with my brother and with every scene where it was a copy-paste from the OG trilogy we just looked at each other at the exact same time, every time. In the other movies they even just copy the throne room scene, Lando in the Falcon in the big space battle scene, and somehow Palpatine returned
I had to seriously consider if I wanted to watch this video, because Lando was always my favorite Star Wars character, and I never have and never will see "Solo." But i figured I probably knew the worst of it, and I wanted to hear The Despot's always interesting and insightful, and frequently hilarious, analysis.
I had the same thoughts. I skipped on all of Dismay (Disney) Stonk Wants (Star Wars). Called it early on the Farce Awakens, and Dismay couldn’t even be bothered to cast someone who looked more like Ford. But, I had similar feelings about Galadriel, and still watched the Despotic One’s analysis, which was very much worth the watch. I’ve spent more time on YT watching this get ripped apart, with great joy and amusement. The Despot is a master of Dun Möch, and is using it against the entire Dismay Empire
It's not hard to believe at all. Lawrence Kasdan has always been a hack. He couldn't even wrap his mind around the simple concept behind Yoda. George Lucas is just far too generous to his collaborators and has a habit of giving them more credit than they deserve. It came back to bite him in the most horrifying way possible when he made Cuntleen Kennedy President of his company.
@@DespotofAntrim Thanks, I guess. The woman is pure evil. Just look at how she lied to George Lucas' face, in public and on camera, when she said she would protect his characters.
The woman killed during the heist was the one good character in the film. She seemed likable and more than just "I'm a strong wahmenz". Of course we can't have anything good in Disney Star Wars.
See if he has a high body count of only women he’s a sex crazed pervert and probably a predator. If he’s pansexual he’s a stunning and brave representative of the alphabet people. The chang that actually makes me the most upset is that they made him a cheat. Because Han isn’t allowed to beat anyone on a level playing field and Lando can’t have confidence that comes from having his own intelligence and skill.
Lando was by far, one of the most underrated characters to ever be in Star Wars. I loved his character and how he was a ladies man. It is truly so pathetic to see them ruin this great man. Hes gone from being the greatest man, to becoming a robot-sex machine. What made Lando so awesome was the fact that he was so relatable and fun, now he isn't at all he is just....hes just something I cant even describe because has terribly ruined. By all means, the Lando movies gonna flop and I'm going to not feel anything wrong with that.
And, why is Hollyweird and Dismay (Disney) trying to make dumpy girl with a ginger Afro and Plebeian Wastrel Brain (Waller Bridge) a thing…? Ginger plank of wood was also in the Willow abomination
What do you mean, not sentient? R2-D2 always analyses the situation and saves the day, autonomously. C-3PO is constantly complaining of his countless injuries. The whole point of the periodic memory wipes, that are required by law, is to keep their AI clean and devoid of a personality bias, that would otherwise naturally form. But R2-D2 was never wiped.
@@philippeamon7271appearing to act sentient is not necessarily the same as sentient. And that was just whatever excuses people developed after the fact to explain why these supposed "droids" actually acted more like humans and you have things like wisecracking battle droids, which was just a dumb mistake in reality. If droids are actually sentient intelligent creatures, them they are fully right to object to their treatment as slaves and an underclass. That's as bad as treating clones as disposable cannon fodder just because they are genetic copies of another human, as if that made them subhumans and not subject to the same rights as the rest of us.
I'm glad you did this video because I feel Lando is an important character in TESB. Not to mention, adding Billy Dee Williams to the cast was as big of a deal at the time as having Samuel L. Jackson to the prequels. Bringing in a relevant actor with a built-in fan base and casting him in cinema changing epic, which would lend some credibility to the movie with an older crowd (at the time.) Do we really need to know who he sleeps with ? This is where Solo just dropped the ball with adding some of Lando's backstory.
So, how do you feel about the prequel trilogy adding in Jimmy Smits to play Bail Organa, when many of us had seen him on TV in LA Law, The Cisco Kid, NYPD Blue and Solomon & Sheba? I know it was not as big of a deal as casting in Samuel L. Jackson, but you still have the same idea abut an already relevant actor being a proven talent. Samuel L. Jackson played Mace Windu in all three parts of the prequel trilogy, but Jimmy Smits was a new guy who debuts in the middle entry of the prequel trilogy, following the same pattern as Billy Dee Williams and Frank Oz before him in The Empire Strikes Back. I am sure it was interesting for the people who watched Smits in the legal dramas LA Law and NYPD Blue, to see why he was a very good fit for playing Bail Organa.
George Lucas had a habit of hiring actors and actresses who may not have been very well known at the time but had talent. The man wasn't about simply looking for the biggest names, he also wanted to give newcomers a chance.
Remember when Han was a drug runner smuggling glitterstim spice, that would allow you to travel without moving? Remember when Kessel was the source of this drug, harvested from giant spiders in dark mines? Remember when the Kessel run was when Han was smuggling children and then decided to do a drug run for Jabba, dropped his drugs because he was going to be boarded and did the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs? Remember when Han returned to Corellia as a hero because everyone thought he was saving the kids, earning him the Corellian bloodstripe? Remember when Star Destroyers were produced at the orbital shipyards of Kuat, and not in the atmosphere of Corellia? Pepperidge Farms remembers.
I mean, harvesting psycho-active "spice" from giant bugs is just Dune. And this old EU idea sounds almost plagiarism. I prefer EU material to Disney, but Kessel should not be straight ripped out Arrakis.
@@matiasluukkanen7718 Yeah, basically Kessel was like a super-Arrakis. It was even more Mars-like, pockmarked with craters and with an atmosphere so feeble they needed production facilities to make the air breathable. The only locations of note were an Imperial prison and a technological research facility. My family would routinely watch the David Lynch film and i always liked the nod to Dune as a kid. Now that I am older...yeah, it is pretty blatant. Still like the old Kessel though.
If Donald Glover really said anything like you quoted in the beginning, I need the CIA, FBI, DHS, FBI, DEA and any other kind of federal alphabet boys to search his browser history and hard drives.
I would absolutely love to hear an open discussion with you and the writers to ask them what their rationale was! It just seems like whatever happens is because the plot needs it to happen. I'm a big OT fan, I haven't watched any new Star Wars since 2002, but I enjoyed your dissection of this movie. May I offer a slightly different point of view? I don't think they were trying to destroy Lando's character. Look at it from Disney's values' point of view: Lando is POC. That means he's a good guy or at least not a villain. The writer said they wanted to do "something LGBT" so they made Lando "pansexual." The writer and the actor seemed pretty enthusiastic and giggly about it. Unless they changed the definition since the movie came out, "pan": a person is attracted to male or female or gender-anything orientation-anything. It seems to refer specifically to humans. It does not mean attraction to droids, robots, Borg, cyborgs. That is called robo- or techno-sxual. They think any kind of not-hetero-monogamous"sx exploration" is cool and groundbreaking. Lando may even be a self insert. They can brag to all their friends that they created movie history. When some kind of chaos danger was happening, and Lando couldn't find L3 and was calling out for her, that was probably supposed to show that in a moment when his life was in danger, he cared more about her than his own life. They probably consider it romantic. I'm sure they think cheating at cards was clever. I don't know anything about cards, and neither do the writers. I would've checked with an expert before putting a scene like that in a movie, but they needed the story to unfold like that. I don't think it's a matter of disrespect actually. I think Disney just has no idea. They don't even realize how much they don't know. I also believe that, although KK almost certainly deliberately wanted to destroy Luke and Han, that they think they're improving on George Lucas's work. I just cannot imagine them deliberately writing a bad movie that they know is bad and that they want it to be bad. Same for ROP and She-Hulk etc. they really think they're creating masterpieces. Thanks very much for the video! (Edit: removed unfortunate strike out font placement)
@@DespotofAntrim yes! I completely agree with that. I actually just watched a video called “how bad movies are made featuring the Rise of Skywalker.” The channel is called “Empire Wreckers.” The narrator explains how 2 different story ideas could have become the movie, and why they didn’t. They both sounded like an improvement. I’m not sure where he gets all of his information from but at the end, he says he’s worked on many movies, but not Star Wars. He made references to a book or books about conceptual art for Disney Star Wars and apparently he has some of the scripts that ended up not being used because they are available publicly. ?? I don’t know, but I found the video very interesting. I found your video very interesting too! 🙏😎🙌
@@marbellaotaiza801 Maybe you did not see the Despot’s reply to my comment as he responded after you did. He wrote “they clearly had an agenda to remove the ‘toxic’ elements from Lando in order to update him for a modern audience.“ And I agree completely. As for spiting the fan base on purpose, I highly recommend a video I just saw called “how to make a bad movie, featuring the Rise of Skywalker“ by a channel called “empire wreckers.” Even if you only watch the intro, it explains a lot about the process of creating a story that has to include a certain number of elements and respect or at least not contradict the lore. That applies to all the Star Wars movies after “A New Hope” (1977).
Anyone else unable to actually load the video? Ive played a dozen other videos that work just fine, but this one specifically gives me an endless buffer wheel
Darth Maul is dead in rebels too. He got killed by Obi-Wan after he got too close to Luke. The best part is that the duel is about 3 moves long, Maul is truly nothing compared to this hardened, older Obi-Wan.
You made an amazing point about Lando when the Empire arrived at Cloud City. As a kid I always thought he just had a change of heart, but you're right; his first duty is to his people and THEN to his friends.
This deserves five-times as many views, Despot. You truly are a stand-up guy, and you veritably grasp the spirit of these wonderful beloved stories, and how that spirit has been corrupted and diminished by the unprincipled agenda of Disney's horrific reign. Thanks for always giving us great content, stranger. Keep it real.
Then they kept doing that kind of reveal over and over again. It was a worn out, boring and tired trope when they first did it, and then they did it in Black Widow I think. They seem to think its this monumental , impactful and awesome moment but everyone else is like YAWN this sh*t again?
The worst part about Solo is that someone saw this and said "Let's do this again with another Harrison Ford character in a few years. Let's bring Fleabag along as well."
Disney basically being kicked out of and banned from filming in Ireland because they desecrated Skellig Michael is still the funniest and best thing I’ve ever heard
At this point, SW (Disney) is pretty much dead for me, and that hurts coming from a huge fan (read all EU books, love the OT and prequels, have loads of merch, games, etc.) but Disney completely killed the franchise. Until someone with balls comes and retcons what KK did, I am done with SW for good.
Same here dude, and yes SW is for kids but you don't have to instult the intelligence of said children and the parents that are obviously watching it with them either.
The story that was around when I was a kid in the eighties, was that Han and Chewie met when Han rescues the Wookie from an Imperial slave ship. How did Chewie get captured? Boba Fett. It writes itself.
THANK you. As much as I hate Disney's revisionism and choice to make Han's last name not his actual last name (they seriously just can't let _anything_ be, huh), what I heard they did to Lando in this film is why I haven't (and won't) watch it. It's not like anyone needs much explanation on it, either: I'm sure Disney made every concession possible to get Donald Glover, who could legitimately become of the last real movie stars given the right vehicle, in this movie. But interpreting Lando Calrissian, or really any character, but especially one beloved by families for at least two generations, through the lens of one's own personal sexuality is a BAD idea. They're not helping his cause here. I also don't need to see the Kessel Run, how Han met Chewie, how Han won the Falcon, how Han got his name, how Han met Lando all in one movie. Pick ONE. And I don't need to see how Han got his blaster or his fruggin' dice at all. It doesn't help that I look at Ehrenreich and see more of a young Dennis Quaid than Harrison Ford.
It would be quite easy to make Han's character to make sense. Have him be a child of a crook, flying around the galaxy with his single dad, leaning to be like him. A space adventure of a misfit father and a son growing up to be just like him 🤷♀
Love your vids, Despot. Lando running straight at the star destroyers is a real US Navy tactic from the Pacific theater. Small, outgunned PT boats and destroyers would get close abeam to large cruisers and battleships and light them up. The Japanese guns couldn’t depress their muzzles enough to engage. N. Vietnamese army also used tactic with their infantry to negate US close air support. They called it ‘grabbing the enemy by the belt’. Cheers!
Dude, as much as I appreciate your work here (the editing is outstanding!), this could easily have been 2 videos - a slam on Solo and an analysis of the Disney deconstruction of Lando. I'm still gonna give it a thumbs up. Cheers!
"It got an abysmal score on Good Reads and I thoroughly enjoyed it..." You INSTANTLY got my love and loyalty with such a simple, offhand statement because it perfectly explains how the Machine sh*ts on inspiration.
I can't believe how cute and likeable that kid from Indiana Jones was. Every time i see him he actually surpises me a little. I haven't watched that film since i was a kid myself, but they did a superb job casting that boy.
The virgin Disney Lando vs The Chad Star Wars Lando: In Disney: a pansexual virgin that gets friendzoned by fleabag, his feminist astrodroid. In Star Wars: a Chad that that runs a city, tries to seduce a princess, and takes revenge on Vader for altering the deal by blowing up his second death Star.
I heard a rumor that The Acolyte will RETCON the FORCE from existence and have it be replaced with a magic based system we saw in the Jedi videogames but have ONLY women wield this power. This will therefore complete KK's vision of "The Force Is Female".
I thought that the guy playing Solo looked more like he had studied Jack Nicholson to be honest. And you're right about their use of the slaves on Kessel as tools. In the later timeline of Star Wars the Spice mines of Kessel are a continuing threat.
I'm just fixated on how this idea of droids really recontextualizes the original movies. ie, Luke was just a plucky young plantation master out on an adventure with his two slaves. truly, the hero of a franchise.
A simple then vs now of each character's portrayal lays this trend bare. Luke, Obi, Solo, Lando, Leia. A bevy of sins, yet where each character ended up is quite different.
Although to be fair to this movie Landonald in universe has one a crazy redemption story. He goes from a super degenerate in Solo to the Gigachad from Empire Strikes Back. He got his act together after L3 Waller Bridge was destroyed. It’s like being in a relationship with a Feminist IRL. So long as she’s in your life she’ll hold you back from your true potential. When it’s removed from Landonald’s life he gets his shit together and becomes the Lando we remember
I was actually glad when L3-37 got shot and honestly laughed at out loud when Blando started blubbering over the "dying" droid. This was a crap film and the most boring Star Wars movie I got roped into seeing in the cinema until "The Rise of Skywalker". "Last Jedi" was horrific but somewhat fascinating, like watching a multi-car pile-up in slow motion.
Superb review once again, good sir! And you are especially correct about Lando in Return of the Jedi! That is one of my favorite battles in all of cinema! Jedi is a monumentally underrated film!
Hey, is anyone else having issues playing the video? (edit) took like 2 hours and 5 tries, being one of those schitzos i cant help but think Kathleen Kennedy is behind this.
I enjoyed your breakdown. There are so many holes in this one, and just a few changes you've suggested would've made it so much better whilst being consistent with the older version.
TH-cam wouldn't let me watch this on mobile. Wouldn't load, wifi or data. Now that I am here and can finally watch it I gotta say, welcome back, President Nixon. We missed you in the previous video.
24:00 - Don't go mild on him. He got the role mainly because he got to chit chat with Spielberg at a party and on the set needed a freaking acting coach...
Anyone here ever read the old starwars book 'Han Solo at Star's End'? I did as a kid, it was awesome. It would have made a fantastic film. It was short, punchy, full of memorable characters, had a simple story about busting people out of a prison. It was classic Han, he was gun-running, dodging the empire with his superior wits, getting reluctantly drawn into an altruistic endeavor despite himself (thus revealing the heart of gold under his cynical pirate's exterior), all classic high adventure, it was a PERFECT for screen adaptation and they made this bullshit instead. You will burn in hell Kathleen
L3 plan to do a droid revolution is exact the same plan of IG-88 (a bounty hunter droid who appeared in empire strikes back) who wanted a droid revolution which would destroy all the biological life of the galaxy by emitting an signal from the second Death Star that would warn and “free” all the droids in the galaxy to start the revolution. And remember that in the old EU (legends timeline, which is this story comes from) IG-88 was a cold blooded murder with sarcastic personality traces just like L3, but the difference between them is that IG-88 is fricking amazing and is very cool in design wise and abilities wise.
With all the Books and Extended Universe stuff, they could've easily made an excellent Han Solo Prequel story, all kinds of cool Space Western or Space Pirate stories....Oh right they threw all the Extended Universe stuff in the Garbage.
Until they realized all of THEIR ideas were garbage that no one wanted. Now they're digging through the trash trying to salvage the EU stuff to save their sinking ship.
They started throwing the EU away long before disney with the overrated trash that is TCW when it erased the original clone wars comics. Ventress in TCW is a watered down retarded version of what she is in the comics same goes with grevious (especially him that show did him so dirty because George couldn't stand the thought that grevious would be more popular than Vader I shit you not he actually thought this and that's why he's a cowardly bitch) the night sisters and so on so forth. Best part? outside of like one character who doesn't show up again until after ROTJ ventress, durge, barris offee (she was ruined to) aren't made so important to the over all plot and so intrinsically linked to the skywalkers that you question why they aren't in the OT like with ashoka.
You should do a video on how Waller-Bridge rose to "fame" and her movie history. It is worth the research for you, in my opinion, as it shows a perfect example of failing to the top. Frankly I am surprised none of you good content creators have gone down that road yet as it would undoubtedly be eye opening for your fans and bring a spotlight to what matters in modern Hollywood. Just a suggestion since I know you would do a great job making a video such as that (or something similar - perhaps about Kennedy).
It's just a useless story. Han isn't even passed his twenties in the original Star Wars. On top of the fact that not everything needs an origin story. It ruins the mystique
I remember when this came out, they blamed Alden Ehrenreich to no end for the faliure of the movie. Ive never seen an actor get bashed so much for an ok job. Nobody called the critics sexists this time though.
When she took off that helmet i lost all control of my internal dialogue and despite sat near a mother and her 2 young children i couldnt help but let out the loud expletive of "oh fuck right off" i am usually able to keep such things to myself but that was the crowning turd to see off the shit smear of a film it was. It was the last chance i gave Star Wars after TLJ i thought it might be salvageable, i was wrong
What an utterly wasted franchise.
EU is still canon to me
With the stupid amount of money that disney spent on 5 terrible movies and 4 live action shows. Not to mention animation. They could have easily assembled a dream team to create a sequel trilogy that would have revitalized the franchise for the next few decades. They could have made tons of money in merchandise
@@koobmoon They could've, but how else could they have pushed the "current thing"?
@@koobmoonCreativity dies at Disney, no dream team would survive there. Sam Raimi is a creative, inventive director and look how Dr. Strange 2 turned out.
@@kpsk8031 I was bored to death watching thor love and thunder as well as Dr. Strange 2
holy crap I never knew this movie was 70% reshoots. Basically Disney paid for 2 movies and didnt even get 1 in profit. That's a new level of bad.
Good riddance. It exemplified Cuntleen Kennedy's incompetence.
They buried this movie because Rise of Skywalker was complete GARBAGE
i barely even heard of this movie's release. This is the most forgettable disney's SW film
Lando Calrissian was played to perfection by Billy Dee Williams. He was sly, charming, charismatic, smart, but also complex. He did stuff to try and warn Han off, tried to work with the Imperials to get his friends out of a bad situation (and himself) because at heart, he is a gambler. He sees the odds, checks his assets, and will gamble to try and find a way to win. That is why we love him.
Him banging a robot Karen accomplishes exactly one thing: It makes him look stupid and lame. And Donald Glover is NO Billy Dee Williams. There is no angle "Solo" does not fail at or infuriate.
Star Wars Lando: a Chad who runs a city, tries to seduce a princess, and gets revenge on Darth Vader for altering the deal by blowing up his second Death Star.
Disney Lando: a pansexual incel who gets friendzoned by fleabag, his feminist astrodroid...
Lmao Danny Glover was too old for this shit in the 80s. I don't know how he'd feel if they cast him for it now...
Danny Glover?
@@nerychristian Dude said Danny Glover in his original comment. I think he edited it and now I've got the hot potato 😂 I'll leave my comment up though.
@@nerychristian Donald Glover. Auto correct is a bitch.
L3-37 getting shot and destroyed was definitely the only time I cheered during a Disney Star Wars movie. I wish they'd done something similar in the new Indiana Jones... Good job writers, I absolutely despise one of your "protagonists".
I find it interesting that it plays like slapstick but the intention was, I think, to see it as a sorrowful moment that one of the main cast was shot dead
She should be swiss cheese due to a Nazi machine gun, or the infamous woodchipper
Me too LOL I was literally celebrating when l3 died
The audience clapped and laughed when L3-37 got destroyed. I don't think that's the reaction the movie was going for though.
PW-B has a genius for playing characters in such a way that any sane member of the audience is driven to the temporary madness of wanting that character to die, horribly for choice, but at least to die and never come back (despite the recent tendency of characters to return from the dead).
The worst part of the flick is that none of Han's charisma or wit is captured.
"I was born here, you know?"
-"You're gonna die here, you know? Convenient"
That was funny when he said it in ROTJ over the sarlacc pit, and an indictment of how utterly creativeless they are now...
alden ehrenreich doesnt look like han , and he couldnt act his way out of a wet paper bag.
@@marbellaotaiza801yeah but don't think it was because of Lucas. I'll give him credit because he actually listened to the feedback from the actors, but left to his own devices he makes terrible decisions himself.
"I used to live here" - luke knew he wasnt born there
Lucas was a genius. He made his billions and sold Star wars to the one company that was always going to burn it to the ground. Now George will be able to die happy knowing that his Star wars will forever be considered the only real Star Wars. Genius play.
Yeah, what better way to make the prequels look good than to have someone else make something far worse?
George should have never sold Star Wars to Disney.
@@dannyknightblade4592 I don't know. If he didn't, everyone would still think the prequels were the worst thing that ever happened. But now that Disney made the sequel trilogy that was utter horse shit, everyone now thinks the prequels were good. Which is exactly what the point of my original comment was by the way.
@battleborn4436 yes, but the majority were. The general trend was that they were bad, except for the second half of return of the sith.
@battleborn4436 yeah, you might actually be right about that. Normal people didn't seem to have many issues with the prequels as much ad the terminally online crowd had.
Kathleen Kennedy seems to think that since she was surrounded by legendary creative genius film makers during her early career as a secretary that she is somehow now filled with creativity herself and capable of creating new Star Wars content. Getting coffee for Lucas and Spielberg , making appointments , writing notes , and rubbing Speilberg's feet does not qualify her as a creative film maker or a talented script writer. 🤔
She decided to identify as a creative genius.
@@w2classher pronouns are gee! and wow!
@@jeremytitus9519and fade out
That X360 Kinect Star Wars Dance game is better than any of Disney Star Wars.
That's just embarrassing, Kathy.
Now that's a sick burn right there. Absolute 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The Despot cut Emilia Clarke some slack by calling her acting skills "mediocre". He is clearly a gentle, soft-spoken soul.
"mediocre" she's not that good.
Her eyebrows really do all the heavy lifting.
No he isn't, he panders as much to the anti-woke crowd as pink capitalism to the woke
She's bubbly and adorable, so it works. I liked her GoT and that movie she did where she was a caretaker for a paraplegic
Emilia is good in certain roles or role types. This was not the kind of movie she would do well in.
Don't forget that Phoebe Waller-Bridge destroyed a third franchise - James Bond. Her additions to _No Time to Die_ stand out like a turd in a punchbowl (although she at least wasn't responsible for the ending - that predated her).
Not only is Plebeian Wastrel Brain (Waller Bridge) there to ruin this, Emilia Clark shows up, and has been present during the deaths of the MCU, Terminator and Dismay Stonk Wants (Disney Star Wars).
@@brockdavidFree advice: if you have to explain your... Word plays... They probably aren't as clever as you think.
She wasn’t in that movie at all. I agree that she sucks but what are you talking about?
@sullivandmitry1416 she came in as a writer last minute
@@sullivandmitry1416She was brought in to “punch up the script”. Apparently she’s a “brilliant” screenwriter. 😂
The worst is that Lando's character could have been more selfish, etc, and still be done well
Since it's a prequel and he's younger, him being less of a leader or less moral makes a lot of sense, but only in a "He didn't develop these quality yet" And for it to work, there needs to be a spark of it already
But that's not what they tried to do at all, in fact, they try to retcon Ep V and VI Lando.
Disney writers have stated before that they hate canon. Hell, its why I think Filoni and Favreau tend to ignore or change lore that they themselves wrote. When you writers admit to hating consistency, is it any wonder the entire franchise is in flames?
@@NoobTamer The worst part is that nowadays the only canon that the fans can follow without dying of cringe is the classic I-VI movies and some games like KOTOR. The Disney movies only served to prove that the younger fans were right about the prequels (I-III), not being actually bad (It's been quite some time that i feel like George Lucas deserves a public apology).
@@NoobTamerbecause it didn't fit in their woke narrative
@@Another_HibikiThe Prequels are classic masterpieces compared to the Sequels
That's pretty much what I was going to say. It might be just a shitty attempt to sure than as younger and less mature and experienced, the lessons that brought them to where they ended up later in life, etc. But they did a shit job of that anyway.
I would love to see Lord and Miller's version of Solo.
I have a feeling I know why they were sacked, they were taking the mickey out of everything KK promotes, including feminists and KK couldn't have that. The reason so much of it was filmed before they were sacked tells me, someone brought to KK's attention that this didn't exactly make the woman look amazing and men look useless.
I have no basis for any of this, I just like to think that was what went on.
"That's hollywood baby"
- Sno White Zegler, probably.
That is a most plausible theory. The heavy hand of KK is the most prominent feature of this eminently forgettable film. It was also the first Star Wars film I did not see, along with everything related to the franchise that followed.
I think there might be some evidence to support that. I think t was on red letter media at some point
yep, same @@phillkilgore6154
One of the few specific details that have come out is that they weren't happy with Alden Ehrenreich's performance, even going so far as to hire him an acting coach. Ehrenreich is a talented actor who'd already given several great performances before _Solo,_ so if that story is true, it suggests Lord and Miller aren't the easiest directors to work with. Ron Howard is famous for being easygoing and not having any big ideas of his own, so it's a mystery why Disney didn't hire him to begin with.
This was HEAVILY advertised in Korea (my home for most of my adult life) but it failed so miserably that I didn't get to see it in theaters because I always watched movies on Fridays and it didn't survive even one week. It was removed from screens even as the life size cardboard promos were still lingering. They literally replaced it with "Truth or Dare" which is a bargain bin, low budget horror movie.
Truth or Dare is far superior to this movie
That's actually pretty funny.
I do love Korea, based and don't care LoL.
Bizarrely, I actually saw Solo in Korea. I was curious to see the train wreck, but of course nowadays I wouldn't bother with any Lucasfilm products (will probably never watch Indy 5).
@@THEremiXFACTOR Indy 5 is just them bringing out Harrison Ford for one last time, so they can immediately throw him to the way side. Bring out whatever that chicks name is and parade here as the new hero we're all gonna love.
(Spoiler Warning, your not going to like her.)
Let’s face it, Star Wars at this point is being intentionally dismantled. They are systematically going through each character in the story point and coming up with the most ridiculous and disrespectful conclusions they come up with. It’s so obvious
hollywood hates george lucas. Kathleen K REALLY hates george lucas. I never understood why he sold his baby to the very people he created star wars to circumvent.
That's the one.
It's the Marxist way. Suck the life and strength out of the culture. Syphon the wealth into the pockets of the leaders. They become rich and powerful. The people become weak, impoverished and demoralised. They become unchallenged rulers.
People say they have failed. Kennedy and Disney Executive are rich and powerful and have fulfilled their goals as you described. I'd say they are winning and the rest of us are losing.... badly
They gave Leia the boss bitch treatment. Yes, it ruined the character in the eyes of most fans. But let's not pretend this was intentional. She has a vagina, so she's allowed to be heroic and competent.
The male heroes, though, they are intentionally humiliating. And I don't see this changing any time soon.
Disney seems willing to destroy their own reputation and lose hundreds of millions of dollars to spread their political agenda.
They'll happily desecrate as many beloved IP's as needed to accomplish this goal.
Yes, the way they did Luke & the original close was to be honest, crazy.
Watched all the Disney Star Wars movies for the first time recently, as I only ever saw The Force Awakens in theatre and it's crazy how meaninglessly they killed off old characters. They don't even die a hero's death or an epic or tragic death. In The Rise of Skywalker when it shows that Wedge is in the cannon of the Falcon and Lando is piloting it, I was 100% expecting them to just blow up but surprisingly the didn't
Dude the “how can you not be pansexual in space, theres so many things to have sex with” is an absolutely bonkers statement…reminds me of in sodom when the angels went to Lot and the men of the city were yelling for Lot to send the “beautiful men” out to them to have sex with. People are insane.
Very true, people these days base their entire existence around their sexuality as well as having sex, its become the most dominant part of our culture and its being pushed onto children more and more.
I thought this was Star Wars, not Star Whores
There's lots of things on Earth to get your rocks off by. But ya sure as shit shouldnt. Just shows ya how degenerate hollyweird is.
Satanic degenerates run Hollywood
4 replies, all hidden from top comments. Modern TH-cam is really fantastic isn't it,,, they help protect us from all these violent,,, errr,,, words.
"A secure and strong men is to Disney the same than a Jedi is to a Sith "
Well said mate, great video and keep it up.
Lando was a cool, strong, charming, masculine guy and became a war hero who was loyal to his friends in a terrific redemption arc. Therefore, they had to give him the Jake Skywalker treatment and subvert our expectations about him.
Fuck, at least they let let Lando actually STAY in the rebellion he did so much for instead of what they did to Han and Luke...
Novel concept: Anyone who is so obsessed with sexuality that they have to shoehorn it into stories that should have nothing to do with it, should be institutionalized for sex addiction. And probably also have their hard drives searched, because...you know. There's a _bit_ of a correlation between sex addicts and "child connoisseurs".
Some people are just boring. I wouldn't be so quick to assume what is on their computers or even suggest having them institutionalized over it.
Futurama has the robot being an alcoholic
That basically describes modern Disney to a tee just look at how many Disney staff are regularly getting arrested for kiddy fiddling
Its the agenda. Of course they have to.
That's just an extreme. You are literally endorsing violating people's privacy over injecting sexuality into something. What's even worse is how completely blind and misled this is. The billion dollar movie industry isn't pushing sexuality into everything because it's horny. It's ideological/political, yet you completely missed this. It's propaganda, nothing more nothing less.
You've quickly become one of my favourite TH-camrs, ever since I stumbled across your videos on The Woman King and Bros. Your wit, analysis and editing are honestly hilarious and I can't wait to see this channel grow even more!
Excellent comment! I agree completely!
Indeed! I am proud to call myself one of the Despot’s loyal retainers!
The Pyre of The Despot Shall never diminish!
Also, it frightens me to think what will happen to John normie this time...
@@marbellaotaiza801 Only Hell awaits that poor man ...
heart seeker
The thing is Miller and Lord gave us an amazing depiction of Lando Calrissian in the LEGO Movie(played by Billy Dee Williams, no less).
I would have loved to see their take on Solo.
When your rival at Warner does a better job than you do
The implication is that that is at least part of the reason Kennedy had problems with them.
@@boobah5643 Well, yeah. Kennedy seems to be allergic to making good content lol
@@boobah5643oh right. They weren't falling in line with the feminist agenda
Ehh idk I thought they were talented then they shat all over the clone high reboot. It is drastically worse compared to the original, sad cause it’s what originally got lord and miller on everyone’s radar
One of the earliest signs that Disney was going to doom Star Wars, though frankly the pointless revelation that Lando was now having sex with a robot was a big ass red flag. I mean Seriously WHO ASKED FOR THAT. Only thing that's good is the movie bombed so at least they couldn't drag Darth Maul's name further through the mud.
Was he really though? Fleabag seemed to have him firmly in the friendzone...
Oh my god, that Maul teaser at the end was tragic. The whole thing was more like one of their awful Disney plus shows.
And anyway, Solo happened _way_ after The Phantom Menace, so Darth Maul has been *dead* cut in half for a while. That was a recording...
@@marbellaotaiza801 No. Maul was older and they even hired the original actor. He also has robotic legs now lmao
@@finkamain1621 fans that uncritically swallow every piece of crap that Disney throws at them are to blame for the quality dive that the franchise took.
Everytime the falcon's warp drive malfunctioned, it wasn't the compressor. It was L-3 WallerBridge attempting to kill the crew and doom the galaxy.
They couldn’t even bother casting someone who looked like actual Han Solo.
They should've cast Ansel Elgort, who not only looks like Ford but actually auditioned for this very role of a younger Han Solo too.
Anthony Ingruber has actually played young Harrison Ford in a movie and does a pretty good impersonation yet they didn't cast him.
If you see it from their perspective of wanting to assassinate the character, it actually makes sense that they cast a sarlacc pit of charisma instead of Elgort or Ingruber.
Heck, I'm amazed that they didn't give the part of Solo to Donald Glover instead...
They couldn't even bother casting someone whose hair is on the same level as Han Solo.
Han Solo has some great hair, is what I'm saying.
I always thought Chris Pratt would have been a good fit for a young Han Solo.
Oh my. Luke telling Obi Wan "I'm Gay" had JUST the right amount of pathos to make me giggle, and then cry
The best part of that movie when Darth Vader said "It's Darthin time." and started Darthing everywhere.
It was stunning and brave! Big up to our girl Darth Galadriel!!!
So gents here's a fun game, which Harrison Ford iconic role did Disney Ruin worse, Han Solo or Indiana Jones?
Tough one. I have to say Han because they did him dirty in 2 films.
That's like comparing Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Yes.
@@PunksterOSdang you beat me to it.
Greedy Ford and his lust for huge paychecks ruined his characters. He could have easliy vetoed the scripts.
Wouldn't it have been hilarious if Lando had simply turned L3 off and dragged it back to the Falcon whenever it went into the "rage" about the droids being exploited/enslaved? Then just be like, "Sorry, L3 goes a little nuts sometimes. I've been meaning to get that fixed."
This film should have served as a huge red flag for everything that would come after it. Really it started with the Force Awakens, but the good will had not yet been squandered, and the expectations had not yet been subverted.
There were hints after the Force awakens but the last Jedi a year prior to this movie had already started the backlash from subverting expectations and all that stuff
@@NDTexanI thought Solo came out before the last Jedi? Oh well, I guess that's a testament to how abnormally bad Disney Star Wars is. You question if it was even real to begin with. Like something out of a nightmare of existential dread. Have I uncovered a new Mandela Effect? Is it Barenstain Bears, or Barenstein Bears? Didn't Nelson Mandela die in prison? Have I crossed over into some weird alternate timeline or something? Is there a glitch in the Matrix? Have my expectations been subverted?
@@Peak_Aussieman Yeah, a lot of people (myself included) didn't see Solo because of Last Jedi. Probably not the only reason it failed to make a profit, but it was definitely a big part imo.
I wasn't fooled. Saw The Force Awakens in theaters during premiere week. I hated every second of it. It was beyond bad expectations for me. They rewrote fundamental laws about the SW universe just to make their story make sense. None of it sat right with me at all. I went on a 4 hour rant about everything that was wrong with it to my brother, who paid for my ticket. I didn't want to see it, but he insisted and regretted it.
@@gamervet4760 I went with my brother and with every scene where it was a copy-paste from the OG trilogy we just looked at each other at the exact same time, every time. In the other movies they even just copy the throne room scene, Lando in the Falcon in the big space battle scene, and somehow Palpatine returned
I had to seriously consider if I wanted to watch this video, because Lando was always my favorite Star Wars character, and I never have and never will see "Solo." But i figured I probably knew the worst of it, and I wanted to hear The Despot's always interesting and insightful, and frequently hilarious, analysis.
I had the same thoughts. I skipped on all of Dismay (Disney) Stonk Wants (Star Wars). Called it early on the Farce Awakens, and Dismay couldn’t even be bothered to cast someone who looked more like Ford. But, I had similar feelings about Galadriel, and still watched the Despotic One’s analysis, which was very much worth the watch. I’ve spent more time on YT watching this get ripped apart, with great joy and amusement. The Despot is a master of Dun Möch, and is using it against the entire Dismay Empire
Lando, Luke, Han, Leia.. all victims of a serial killer called Disney. :(
Hard to believe that Lawrence Kasdan co-wrote The Empire Strikes Back and Solo: two films that couldn't be further apart in terms of quality.
It's not hard to believe at all. Lawrence Kasdan has always been a hack. He couldn't even wrap his mind around the simple concept behind Yoda. George Lucas is just far too generous to his collaborators and has a habit of giving them more credit than they deserve. It came back to bite him in the most horrifying way possible when he made Cuntleen Kennedy President of his company.
'Cuntleen Kennedy'. I LOLed, I did lol.
@@DespotofAntrim Thanks, I guess. The woman is pure evil. Just look at how she lied to George Lucas' face, in public and on camera, when she said she would protect his characters.
@@tomnorton4277His boy Steve Spielberg should have warned him
Regarding L3-waller-bridge, I thought she was an "excellent" parody of the far-left mindset. She was insufferable but that's absolutely 100% accurate.
Sure, but they weren't viewing her as a parody. They actually think like her and admire her attitude. They were serious, not making fun.
@@dbf1dwareexactly, very obviously didn't mean that to be a parody. It can be a parody to others but that was not the intent
I love how Disney is finally getting in touch with the people that matter the most and release these trailers through this regal channel
Now Waller-Bridge has contributed to ruining 2 franchises for Disney.
The woman killed during the heist was the one good character in the film. She seemed likable and more than just "I'm a strong wahmenz". Of course we can't have anything good in Disney Star Wars.
See if he has a high body count of only women he’s a sex crazed pervert and probably a predator. If he’s pansexual he’s a stunning and brave representative of the alphabet people.
The chang that actually makes me the most upset is that they made him a cheat. Because Han isn’t allowed to beat anyone on a level playing field and Lando can’t have confidence that comes from having his own intelligence and skill.
"Lando? Can we trust him?"
"Well, no."
Right...Go figure
Most underappreciated channel on youtube by a landslide.
Lando was by far, one of the most underrated characters to ever be in Star Wars. I loved his character and how he was a ladies man. It is truly so pathetic to see them ruin this great man. Hes gone from being the greatest man, to becoming a robot-sex machine. What made Lando so awesome was the fact that he was so relatable and fun, now he isn't at all he is just....hes just something I cant even describe because has terribly ruined.
By all means, the Lando movies gonna flop and I'm going to not feel anything wrong with that.
Every one of your Despot rewrites of modern travesties are absolute fire 🔥 I love your content!
And, why is Hollyweird and Dismay (Disney) trying to make dumpy girl with a ginger Afro and Plebeian Wastrel Brain (Waller Bridge) a thing…? Ginger plank of wood was also in the Willow abomination
Must be Disney's Golden Girl
I think she was Falcon and the Winter Soldier too.
Robots aren’t sentient in Star Wars, so are we to assume that she is programmed to be an obnoxious activist?
What do you mean, not sentient? R2-D2 always analyses the situation and saves the day, autonomously. C-3PO is constantly complaining of his countless injuries.
The whole point of the periodic memory wipes, that are required by law, is to keep their AI clean and devoid of a personality bias, that would otherwise naturally form.
But R2-D2 was never wiped.
Prefer 3P0 over her any day
They certainly go out of their way to present them as sentient though. That was always an awkward question.
@@philippeamon7271appearing to act sentient is not necessarily the same as sentient. And that was just whatever excuses people developed after the fact to explain why these supposed "droids" actually acted more like humans and you have things like wisecracking battle droids, which was just a dumb mistake in reality. If droids are actually sentient intelligent creatures, them they are fully right to object to their treatment as slaves and an underclass. That's as bad as treating clones as disposable cannon fodder just because they are genetic copies of another human, as if that made them subhumans and not subject to the same rights as the rest of us.
I'm glad you did this video because I feel Lando is an important character in TESB.
Not to mention, adding Billy Dee Williams to the cast was as big of a deal at the time as having Samuel L. Jackson to the prequels. Bringing in a relevant actor with a built-in fan base and casting him in cinema changing epic, which would lend some credibility to the movie with an older crowd (at the time.)
Do we really need to know who he sleeps with ? This is where Solo just dropped the ball with adding some of Lando's backstory.
So, how do you feel about the prequel trilogy adding in Jimmy Smits to play Bail Organa, when many of us had seen him on TV in LA Law, The Cisco Kid, NYPD Blue and Solomon & Sheba? I know it was not as big of a deal as casting in Samuel L. Jackson, but you still have the same idea abut an already relevant actor being a proven talent. Samuel L. Jackson played Mace Windu in all three parts of the prequel trilogy, but Jimmy Smits was a new guy who debuts in the middle entry of the prequel trilogy, following the same pattern as Billy Dee Williams and Frank Oz before him in The Empire Strikes Back. I am sure it was interesting for the people who watched Smits in the legal dramas LA Law and NYPD Blue, to see why he was a very good fit for playing Bail Organa.
George Lucas had a habit of hiring actors and actresses who may not have been very well known at the time but had talent. The man wasn't about simply looking for the biggest names, he also wanted to give newcomers a chance.
You mean RoTJ right? Dude took out the fucking 2nd Death Star lol
@@tomnorton4277I heard Lucas originally plan to have Han Solo as a black man.
I think the L3 thing is even worse because apparently he didn't even get to use it as a sex doll.
Lando became so lame he couldn't land a droid.
He seemed like what a teenager in the early 2010s might conjure up if you said "Space Pimp" Edit: or "Space Gigolo".
Remember when Han was a drug runner smuggling glitterstim spice, that would allow you to travel without moving? Remember when Kessel was the source of this drug, harvested from giant spiders in dark mines? Remember when the Kessel run was when Han was smuggling children and then decided to do a drug run for Jabba, dropped his drugs because he was going to be boarded and did the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs? Remember when Han returned to Corellia as a hero because everyone thought he was saving the kids, earning him the Corellian bloodstripe? Remember when Star Destroyers were produced at the orbital shipyards of Kuat, and not in the atmosphere of Corellia? Pepperidge Farms remembers.
I mean, harvesting psycho-active "spice" from giant bugs is just Dune. And this old EU idea sounds almost plagiarism.
I prefer EU material to Disney, but Kessel should not be straight ripped out Arrakis.
@@matiasluukkanen7718 Yeah, basically Kessel was like a super-Arrakis. It was even more Mars-like, pockmarked with craters and with an atmosphere so feeble they needed production facilities to make the air breathable. The only locations of note were an Imperial prison and a technological research facility. My family would routinely watch the David Lynch film and i always liked the nod to Dune as a kid. Now that I am older...yeah, it is pretty blatant. Still like the old Kessel though.
"Solo" is a bad movie. IF it's gaining acceptance, it's just because everything since has been even worse.
If Donald Glover really said anything like you quoted in the beginning, I need the CIA, FBI, DHS, FBI, DEA and any other kind of federal alphabet boys to search his browser history and hard drives.
They would probably enjoy what they found, and keep it on the down low. Just like with certain laptop...
Just because he likes tentacle hentai?
His name is Dong Lover.
Oh boy. This tragedy receives attention, perhaps for the first time ever!
Only took 5 years
That intro is one of the best I've ever heard. It captures in one minute and eighteen seconds two decades worth of pain and anguish. Well done.
"We're allies." I actually gurgled and clutched my chest. By all that's holy and sacred.
I would absolutely love to hear an open discussion with you and the writers to ask them what their rationale was!
It just seems like whatever happens is because the plot needs it to happen.
I'm a big OT fan, I haven't watched any new Star Wars since 2002, but I enjoyed your dissection of this movie.
May I offer a slightly different point of view?
I don't think they were trying to destroy Lando's character. Look at it from Disney's values' point of view:
Lando is POC. That means he's a good guy or at least not a villain.
The writer said they wanted to do "something LGBT" so they made Lando "pansexual." The writer and the actor seemed pretty enthusiastic and giggly about it. Unless they changed the definition since the movie came out, "pan": a person is attracted to male or female or gender-anything orientation-anything. It seems to refer specifically to humans. It does not mean attraction to droids, robots, Borg, cyborgs. That is called robo- or techno-sxual.
They think any kind of not-hetero-monogamous"sx exploration" is cool and groundbreaking.
Lando may even be a self insert. They can brag to all their friends that they created movie history.
When some kind of chaos danger was happening, and Lando couldn't find L3 and was calling out for her, that was probably supposed to show that in a moment when his life was in danger, he cared more about her than his own life. They probably consider it romantic.
I'm sure they think cheating at cards was clever. I don't know anything about cards, and neither do the writers. I would've checked with an expert before putting a scene like that in a movie, but they needed the story to unfold like that.
I don't think it's a matter of disrespect actually. I think Disney just has no idea. They don't even realize how much they don't know.
I also believe that, although KK almost certainly deliberately wanted to destroy Luke and Han, that they think they're improving on George Lucas's work.
I just cannot imagine them deliberately writing a bad movie that they know is bad and that they want it to be bad. Same for ROP and She-Hulk etc. they really think they're creating masterpieces.
Thanks very much for the video!
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They're doing it to spite the fanbase. Of course it's on purpose.
Well... Stupid people do not know they are stupid.
They clearly had an agenda to remove the 'toxic' elements from Lando in order to update him for a modern audience.
@@DespotofAntrim yes! I completely agree with that. I actually just watched a video called “how bad movies are made featuring the Rise of Skywalker.” The channel is called “Empire Wreckers.”
The narrator explains how 2 different story ideas could have become the movie, and why they didn’t. They both sounded like an improvement.
I’m not sure where he gets all of his information from but at the end, he says he’s worked on many movies, but not Star Wars. He made references to a book or books about conceptual art for Disney Star Wars and apparently he has some of the scripts that ended up not being used because they are available publicly. ?? I don’t know, but I found the video very interesting.
I found your video very interesting too! 🙏😎🙌
@@marbellaotaiza801 Maybe you did not see the Despot’s reply to my comment as he responded after you did. He wrote “they clearly had an agenda to remove the ‘toxic’ elements from Lando in order to update him for a modern audience.“ And I agree completely.
As for spiting the fan base on purpose, I highly recommend a video I just saw called “how to make a bad movie, featuring the Rise of Skywalker“ by a channel called “empire wreckers.” Even if you only watch the intro, it explains a lot about the process of creating a story that has to include a certain number of elements and respect or at least not contradict the lore. That applies to all the Star Wars movies after “A New Hope” (1977).
Anyone else unable to actually load the video? Ive played a dozen other videos that work just fine, but this one specifically gives me an endless buffer wheel
It played all the way through for me. Hope you can see it, he has done a great job as usual.
Yeah, you're not the only one. I also have like a time penalty where I can't start writing the comment right away...
Darth Maul is dead in rebels too. He got killed by Obi-Wan after he got too close to Luke. The best part is that the duel is about 3 moves long, Maul is truly nothing compared to this hardened, older Obi-Wan.
Its because obi wan baited maul to use the same moves he used to kill qui gon
You made an amazing point about Lando when the Empire arrived at Cloud City. As a kid I always thought he just had a change of heart, but you're right; his first duty is to his people and THEN to his friends.
This deserves five-times as many views, Despot. You truly are a stand-up guy, and you veritably grasp the spirit of these wonderful beloved stories, and how that spirit has been corrupted and diminished by the unprincipled agenda of Disney's horrific reign.
Thanks for always giving us great content, stranger. Keep it real.
Saying that because you're in space you can sleep with anything is like saying: "You're on a farm, who cares, have sex with a sheep."
man was i underwhelmed when that girl took that helmet off. I'll never forget how disappointed i was.
Then they kept doing that kind of reveal over and over again. It was a worn out, boring and tired trope when they first did it, and then they did it in Black Widow I think. They seem to think its this monumental , impactful and awesome moment but everyone else is like YAWN this sh*t again?
@@laurarules3642she was also in falcon and winter solider I think?
@@thegamingprozone1941and Willow.
The worst part about Solo is that someone saw this and said "Let's do this again with another Harrison Ford character in a few years. Let's bring Fleabag along as well."
Disney basically being kicked out of and banned from filming in Ireland because they desecrated Skellig Michael is still the funniest and best thing I’ve ever heard
It’s more than what Modern Disney deserves, tbh
At this point, SW (Disney) is pretty much dead for me, and that hurts coming from a huge fan (read all EU books, love the OT and prequels, have loads of merch, games, etc.) but Disney completely killed the franchise. Until someone with balls comes and retcons what KK did, I am done with SW for good.
Same here dude, and yes SW is for kids but you don't have to instult the intelligence of said children and the parents that are obviously watching it with them either.
You guys should really read "Don't Give Money To People Who HATE You"
The story that was around when I was a kid in the eighties, was that Han and Chewie met when Han rescues the Wookie from an Imperial slave ship. How did Chewie get captured? Boba Fett. It writes itself.
Your wit and analysis cracks me up every time. Love your stuff man!
THANK you. As much as I hate Disney's revisionism and choice to make Han's last name not his actual last name (they seriously just can't let _anything_ be, huh), what I heard they did to Lando in this film is why I haven't (and won't) watch it. It's not like anyone needs much explanation on it, either: I'm sure Disney made every concession possible to get Donald Glover, who could legitimately become of the last real movie stars given the right vehicle, in this movie. But interpreting Lando Calrissian, or really any character, but especially one beloved by families for at least two generations, through the lens of one's own personal sexuality is a BAD idea. They're not helping his cause here.
I also don't need to see the Kessel Run, how Han met Chewie, how Han won the Falcon, how Han got his name, how Han met Lando all in one movie. Pick ONE. And I don't need to see how Han got his blaster or his fruggin' dice at all. It doesn't help that I look at Ehrenreich and see more of a young Dennis Quaid than Harrison Ford.
It would be quite easy to make Han's character to make sense. Have him be a child of a crook, flying around the galaxy with his single dad, leaning to be like him.
A space adventure of a misfit father and a son growing up to be just like him 🤷♀
They did that in guardians of the galaxy in a sense & it worked. Definitely would’ve been better than anything they did.
Boba Fett?
I don't know why, but my Internet seems to refuse to load this video.
Edit: ok, now it works
Love your vids, Despot. Lando running straight at the star destroyers is a real US Navy tactic from the Pacific theater. Small, outgunned PT boats and destroyers would get close abeam to large cruisers and battleships and light them up. The Japanese guns couldn’t depress their muzzles enough to engage. N. Vietnamese army also used tactic with their infantry to negate US close air support. They called it ‘grabbing the enemy by the belt’. Cheers!
Dude, as much as I appreciate your work here (the editing is outstanding!), this could easily have been 2 videos - a slam on Solo and an analysis of the Disney deconstruction of Lando. I'm still gonna give it a thumbs up. Cheers!
Absolutely love your videos, keep up the good work man!
"It got an abysmal score on Good Reads and I thoroughly enjoyed it..." You INSTANTLY got my love and loyalty with such a simple, offhand statement because it perfectly explains how the Machine sh*ts on inspiration.
I can't believe how cute and likeable that kid from Indiana Jones was. Every time i see him he actually surpises me a little. I haven't watched that film since i was a kid myself, but they did a superb job casting that boy.
The virgin Disney Lando vs The Chad Star Wars Lando:
In Disney: a pansexual virgin that gets friendzoned by fleabag, his feminist astrodroid.
In Star Wars: a Chad that that runs a city, tries to seduce a princess, and takes revenge on Vader for altering the deal by blowing up his second death Star.
And Vader himself.
I heard a rumor that The Acolyte will RETCON the FORCE from existence and have it be replaced with a magic based system we saw in the Jedi videogames but have ONLY women wield this power. This will therefore complete KK's vision of "The Force Is Female".
It's that show seriously still happening?
The Force is Pansexual.
I thought the Acolyte got canned?
Thats just Sirens from Borderlands.
@@DespotofAntrim the force is retarded.
You're dropping one masterpiece after the other!
I thought that the guy playing Solo looked more like he had studied Jack Nicholson to be honest.
And you're right about their use of the slaves on Kessel as tools. In the later timeline of Star Wars the Spice mines of Kessel are a continuing threat.
I asked my fridge if *it* "needed anything"... It just responded with a screeching "I DESERVE THIIIS!!!!" ....
Phoebe Waller~Bridge is the kiss of death for movie franchises
I'm just fixated on how this idea of droids really recontextualizes the original movies. ie, Luke was just a plucky young plantation master out on an adventure with his two slaves.
truly, the hero of a franchise.
Why do they keep trying to make Fleabag a thing? She's terrible.
A simple then vs now of each character's portrayal lays this trend bare. Luke, Obi, Solo, Lando, Leia. A bevy of sins, yet where each character ended up is quite different.
Ah, what a treat! Day instantaneously became better when I saw Despot uploaded a new video!
Although to be fair to this movie Landonald in universe has one a crazy redemption story. He goes from a super degenerate in Solo to the Gigachad from Empire Strikes Back. He got his act together after L3 Waller Bridge was destroyed. It’s like being in a relationship with a Feminist IRL. So long as she’s in your life she’ll hold you back from your true potential. When it’s removed from Landonald’s life he gets his shit together and becomes the Lando we remember
How can you not be hyped after such a glorious, exclusive trailer 😉 Can't wait for more, Your Majesty of Antrim.
I was actually glad when L3-37 got shot and honestly laughed at out loud when Blando started blubbering over the "dying" droid. This was a crap film and the most boring Star Wars movie I got roped into seeing in the cinema until "The Rise of Skywalker". "Last Jedi" was horrific but somewhat fascinating, like watching a multi-car pile-up in slow motion.
Superb review once again, good sir! And you are especially correct about Lando in Return of the Jedi! That is one of my favorite battles in all of cinema! Jedi is a monumentally underrated film!
I absolutely loved that battle as a kid.
Yeah the Ewoks killed the vibe. Originally they were supposed to be Wookies but Lucas wanted to sell
more toys.
@Supreme36074 agree ROTJ was more kiddie based
Darth Maul ignites his lightsaber only to let the audience know...LOOK THIS IS THE DOUBLE BLADED LIGHTSABER GUY!
Hey, is anyone else having issues playing the video?
(edit) took like 2 hours and 5 tries, being one of those schitzos i cant help but think Kathleen Kennedy is behind this.
This was due to a bug in the upload process. Thanks for coming back to the video!
Always love it when the Despot posts a new video! 👍
I enjoyed your breakdown. There are so many holes in this one, and just a few changes you've suggested would've made it so much better whilst being consistent with the older version.
When Chewbacca has the most meaningful dialogue, you know you've done bad.
Rawr
"I'm han solo Han solo solo solo".....man I remember when THAT was the worst star wars had to offer.....man how far we've come
TH-cam wouldn't let me watch this on mobile. Wouldn't load, wifi or data. Now that I am here and can finally watch it I gotta say, welcome back, President Nixon. We missed you in the previous video.
I had the same problem for a bit
24:00 - Don't go mild on him. He got the role mainly because he got to chit chat with Spielberg at a party and on the set needed a freaking acting coach...
When I watched l3 get shot I said out loud: Finally.
Her design is alright but everything else insufferable.
Anyone here ever read the old starwars book 'Han Solo at Star's End'? I did as a kid, it was awesome. It would have made a fantastic film. It was short, punchy, full of memorable characters, had a simple story about busting people out of a prison. It was classic Han, he was gun-running, dodging the empire with his superior wits, getting reluctantly drawn into an altruistic endeavor despite himself (thus revealing the heart of gold under his cynical pirate's exterior), all classic high adventure, it was a PERFECT for screen adaptation and they made this bullshit instead. You will burn in hell Kathleen
L3 plan to do a droid revolution is exact the same plan of IG-88 (a bounty hunter droid who appeared in empire strikes back) who wanted a droid revolution which would destroy all the biological life of the galaxy by emitting an signal from the second Death Star that would warn and “free” all the droids in the galaxy to start the revolution. And remember that in the old EU (legends timeline, which is this story comes from) IG-88 was a cold blooded murder with sarcastic personality traces just like L3, but the difference between them is that IG-88 is fricking amazing and is very cool in design wise and abilities wise.
With all the Books and Extended Universe stuff, they could've easily made an excellent Han Solo Prequel story, all kinds of cool Space Western or Space Pirate stories....Oh right they threw all the Extended Universe stuff in the Garbage.
Until they realized all of THEIR ideas were garbage that no one wanted. Now they're digging through the trash trying to salvage the EU stuff to save their sinking ship.
And yet Disney enjoys plundering the EUs grave for ideas like Thrawn.
They started throwing the EU away long before disney with the overrated trash that is TCW when it erased the original clone wars comics.
Ventress in TCW is a watered down retarded version of what she is in the comics same goes with grevious (especially him that show did him so dirty because George couldn't stand the thought that grevious would be more popular than Vader I shit you not he actually thought this and that's why he's a cowardly bitch) the night sisters and so on so forth.
Best part? outside of like one character who doesn't show up again until after ROTJ ventress, durge, barris offee (she was ruined to) aren't made so important to the over all plot and so intrinsically linked to the skywalkers that you question why they aren't in the OT like with ashoka.
"They don't even serve our kind here."
What do you serve droids? Car batteries? A troubleshoot? W50 engine oil? Fancy coffee ☕?
WD-40. I think a recent Mando episode had a droid bar as well--Disney doesn't even understand how fucking robots work.
@@BWMagusoh yeah, "droid juice" lol 😂
You should do a video on how Waller-Bridge rose to "fame" and her movie history. It is worth the research for you, in my opinion, as it shows a perfect example of failing to the top. Frankly I am surprised none of you good content creators have gone down that road yet as it would undoubtedly be eye opening for your fans and bring a spotlight to what matters in modern Hollywood. Just a suggestion since I know you would do a great job making a video such as that (or something similar - perhaps about Kennedy).
I covered that a bit in my Barbie video.
It's just a useless story. Han isn't even passed his twenties in the original Star Wars. On top of the fact that not everything needs an origin story. It ruins the mystique
I remember when this came out, they blamed Alden Ehrenreich to no end for the faliure of the movie. Ive never seen an actor get bashed so much for an ok job. Nobody called the critics sexists this time though.
When she took off that helmet i lost all control of my internal dialogue and despite sat near a mother and her 2 young children i couldnt help but let out the loud expletive of "oh fuck right off" i am usually able to keep such things to myself but that was the crowning turd to see off the shit smear of a film it was. It was the last chance i gave Star Wars after TLJ i thought it might be salvageable, i was wrong
That's was a given