I've liked all the reviews so far... but the light saber argument kinda sux. If this guy actually knew the parallels he would be singing a different tune. Jedi were modeled more after samurai than knights, ALL samurai carried their weapons at all times and used them frequently, like the jedi. Also, yoda wasan ataru master, dooku was a makashi master. They are different styles. Asking why dooku wasnt jumping is like asking why a boxer doesnt kick! Just Sayin...
If Yoda really needed to be in any form of combat, he should have just disarmed Dooku with the Force. That's the kind of thing you'd expect from the little guy in Episode V, after all.
1. While I watched this, a commercial of some shitty Clone Wars show for Cartoon Network started playing and I wanted to shoot myself.
2. I always thought why the fuck the kids had the light sabers too. It irked me. I guess 'cause you need to learn how to properly wield the sword so you don't fuck up and die by your own hand, but teaching babies in a tight space killed me.
I think that George kinda just died and he had some fucked up clone 'cause he thought he was like Walt Disney or some shi
I wonder why Lucas keeps mispronouncing the names of the things that he made up.
He calls Gungans "Goongas." If he wanted them called "Goongas," why didn't he just call them that instead of mispronouncing it all the time? He also calls Lando Calrissian "Lando Clarissian" and lightsaber "laser sword." I've never heard any other film creator pronounce the things s/he made up differently than how they are in the films.
Maybe. He's always saying, "They're my movies," but of all the 28 people who won 31 Oscars for their work on the Original Trilogy films, Lucas was not one of them. And the prequels won no Oscars at all.
Doesn't excuse sloppy pronunciation, though. Maybe he's just sick of Star Wars and couldn't care less if he names things correctly. Well no, because he's still doing the special editions--ah, f--- it.
@Hatake0217 Why? Simply because it looks cool? I'm not personally attacking you, I genuinely want to know why you think it works in the film other than being flashy eye-candy.
I have been trying to figure that out for, like, a year. If you happen to find out, please inform me as well. I know that it's an instrumental to some rap song. If you're willing to flip through rap instrumentals to find it, go ahead. I know a lot of his background musics are rap instrumentals by artists like Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog etc.
Okay, I can understand Yoda not being able to defeat the Emperor, but he should have at least been able to defeat Count Dooku! This fact just emphasizes the notion that the prequels go against everything taught in the originals. "Size matters not" - unless you're fighting Count Dooku or the Emperor or a Clone Trooper or anyone else.
@Altelier Not only that, but "laser" is an acronym. They explain how the phrase "sitting ducks" makes sense in the Star Wars universe by showing ducks in a pond (or river or whatever) in TPM. But why does Anakin use the term "laser sword?" We can understand use of words like "ion" or "photon" because they're not acronyms. By the way, there actually is such a thing as an ion engine. Sometimes life really does imitate art.
Shortly before count Dooku manages to escape he tries to kill Obi-Wan and Anakin with a massive metal column, which Yoda stops using the force. I wondered even the first time I watched it - why didn't he just pull their bodies out of danger or - you know - push the column on his own a little, so it falls several steps behind them.
But the line that killed it all was count Dooku's: "It is obvious that this contest cannot be decided by our knowledge with the Force, but by our skills with the lightsaber."
Wha..? I always thought the saber skills depended on one's understanding of the Force?!
@TimThomason Also, the only reason he was on Tatooine in the first place was to look after Luke and eventually *train him as a Jedi*. It makes sense that he might have brought some tools along for that.
The only thing i disagree with is the yoda fighting scene .Yes he is smaller,yes he jumps a lot and yes it must be tiring but he is a master jedi even if he is tired he uses the force ,ok! HE IS A MASTER JEDI !!!Anyway great review.:)
Completely agreed on the analysis of Yoda and what makes him special.
However, there is one thing not factored in. The rule of cool. The idea the most badass Jedi around finally whipping out his lightsaber and showing what he can do is pure, raw AWESOME. Despite the way he acted like a hyper-active jedi monkey in the fight - watching him walk into the battle against Dooku is still one of the highest points of excited anticipation I've felt in movies. The fight's style is the flaw.
@Stairc I'll admit it was exciting for me too, when I was like 10. But Yoda wasn't a "badass" character because he could fight.... he wasn't like chuck norris or indiana jones. He was badass like Mr. Miyagi. Yoda had a greater understanding of life and he made it a major part of Luke's training that the Force was not about physical strength. So whether it was exciting or not (which is was) Plinkett is saying that ultimately it ruined Yoda's character entirely and everything he stood for.
@michaelandjennyshow I disagree that it ruins Yoda's character, what damages the character is his lack of insight or wisdom - especially in the third movie. If you recall, even in the Empire Strikes Back - Yoda was built up as a great warrior.
It's also possible that Yoda was different in his youth - and gained greater wisdom after the fall of the republic.
The fight itself was poorly choreographed, Yoda should NOT seem hyperactive, and Dooku asn't a worthy foe - but Yoda fighting si fine.
@Stairc Alright, you changed my mind. Now that I think about it, even Mr. Miyagi had to fight once. But Yoda didn't have any real reason to fight Doku. Doku is just some lame faceless villian. And maybe Yoda didn't need a lightsaber cuz like Plinkett said it's really inconvient for a short dude. He should've fought in a slow & tense scene with purpose and I would've like to have seen him more reserved and above it all. I'd respect that warrior more than jumping bumblebee man.
@michaelandjennyshow Agreed. Dooku was not a worthy opponent for Yoda, the fact that he could match Yoda in the force is almost an insult. If you HAVE to have Dooku fight Yoda, and can't give him a significant villain, then Dooku should have tried to overwhelm Yoda with the force and been easily nullified. Then, in desperation, charge in with his lightsaber and have yoda hardly have to move to defend himself as Dooku moves around like crazy. Then have Yoda begin attacking and Dooku flees.
@Stairc his youth? his species lives for like 900 years. and the prequels and the originals are only separated by like 20 years. he is already very old even in episode 1. if he gets to be 800 and something years old and still isn't very wise, why would suddenly gain a bunch of wisdom in the last 20 years of his life? that would be like a human being really dumb most of their life, and then when they are 92, they suddenly get really smart and then die a couple years later
@zikten I meant when he was younger, not his youth, but the character count is brutal. ;)
And if Yoda learned from a tragic experience like, say... The collapse, destruction and domination of everything he worked so hard to protect and the thousands of Jedi he trained and befriended - shifting to him spending 20 years in exile in a swamp planet rather than the height of civilization... I can see that changing a person.
I disagree about Yoda fighting. The fact that he can stand up to a foe 3 times his size physically as well as mentally only makes him more badass than he already was, and serves to illustrate the point that size actually doesn't matter.
Isn't handing lightsabers to a bunch of kids kind of dangerous? What if one of them suddenly throws a hissyfit and starts cutting stuff up? They can cut through anything remember! My point is that you probably shouldn't hand out lightsabers to anyone... Especially little kids and maniacs!
Well...I hate that I know this but in a Star Wars encyclopedia I used to have it said that "training" lightsabers are what the kids are using. They apparently don't work like real lightsabers, but can do minor damage.
@WelcomeGhostsIV Actually, no. It's not dangerous. THOSE lightsabers are training sabers. They have their power toned down to a level that they can only leave welts on people. You may still have an argument, though, because supposedly there is an override that all jedi know that can turn them into full-powered Lightsabers, in case they are ever caught in a combat situation with only a training saber. If any of the children figure this override out...
One thing you forgot to mention is that Obi Wan already had the coordinates to Kamino. He for some reason had to look it up in the Archive, even though he already had the coordinates and could have left at any given time. That clue was so poorly thought out and pointless that the fat asshole of CGI shit at the cafe may as well have not have had it. That wasn't explained either.
exagering? all his arguments were valid and had nothing to do with the time frame of the films, Lucas has proved time and time again that he is a moron that blames other people for his failures, just look at Red Tails, he made a terrible movie and blamed it not being distrobuted on the actors being black
@TheStarDeth first spelling helps and can ruin arguments second some of his points are valid and some his gives leeway too and 3rd if he wasn't "exaggerating" the he wouldn't be committed to his own character design and be able to put that woman into the refrigerator.
@Haggersword Firstly, if you're going to correct people's spelling you might as well use some decent grammar. Secondly, you used the words "first", "second" and "3rd" -- do you not see how stupid this makes you look? Thirdly, the guy said "very exagering" which would indicate to any individual with half a brain that English is not his first language... People like you shouldn't be correcting ANYONE.
It sure would've been nice if Lucas included a scene in the prequel movies were Jedi are building their own lightsabers or taking sparring lessons or even practicing basic healing techniques, just for some added depth to the Jedi ways. I noticed apparently none of them eat at the temple either.
"[The lightsaber] is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or as random as a blaster. An elegant weapon... for a more civilized age."
They are trained as children, with training lightsabers, to use them. So Kit would not just clumsily lop off a tentacle. He's a Jedi master. As for Yoda, he could probably be overpowered if he just stood still... but alas, he did not. He wasn't jumping around to dodge the attacks. He was a great warrior.
he makes the point of what if dexter was a jedi with light sabers, well in that clone wars show, there is now a jedi of his race........ with 4 double sided light sabers, damnit
It was really stupid to give Yoda a lightsaber. It's the same reason why you don't see Gandalf or Dumbledore jumping in the middle on a battlefield killing hundreds of enemies. They're spiritual leaders and teachers, not Rambo. It's the power of their will what makes them so special, not their fighting skills.
Honestly? i think the original's storyline, however dodgy, was a thousand times more interesting than the prequels, and it had original ideas, not just rehashed bullshit
I am a 12 year old child, and I totally agree with your statements about the kids in this movie and the lightsaber's overuse. There is no excuse for how fucking bad this movie was, but I appreciate you taking the time to articulate all the stupid and pointless things that happen in this movie. I salute you, sir!
Fuck. Why is Yoda teaching toddlers? Especially Toddlers in the art of laser-deflection? They should be learning to do that when they're teenagers, or fully-fledged padawans.
Sometimes, at work, I find myself reaching for stuff and as I take it to the fridge, I say "time to go in the refrigerator!" in Plinkett's voice. And then people go ಠ_ಠ
"By the time he began writing Episode VI in 1981 (then titled Revenge of the Jedi), much had changed. Making Empire Strikes Back was stressful and costly, and Lucas' personal life was disintegrating. Burned out and not wanting to make any more Star Wars films, he vowed that he was done with the series in a May 1983 interview with Time magazine." The only reason he made these movies was to keep milking the cash cow.
Was this scene even necessary? Why does Obiwan even need Yoda? What's the first thing you do if Googlemaps and it can't find an address? YOU CHECK ANOTHER MAP. Someone couldn't have gone through all the maps in the entire galaxy and erased an entire planet that probably relies A LOT on intergalactic trade considering their advanced equipment and its surface is ENTIRELY COVERED WITH WATER. Wouldn't the Kaminos have noticed this too? "Wait a min? why is our tourism rate dropping by 95% overnight?"
Even though I see the point, I can say personally I like Yoda having a Lightsaber. Obi-Wan did say this it's the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Again, just my opinion.
The other day one of my friends said he likes the prequels better than the originals, because "special effects are the only good part of a movie". I almost punched him in the face.
You should have directed the prequels, this is hands down the best argument of why these movies fucking sucked a DICK. Your right about Lucas not understanding ESB, he's fucking lost!
Speaking of light sabers, one idea they haven't tried yet is having a jedi spin the light saber above their head rapidly and end up flying. You know, like a helicopter. Unfortunately now that I mentioned this idea, George Lucas might want to steal it for his next movie. Please Mr. Redlightmedia, don't spend your hard earned money to hire a hit man to come get me. Please, please, please...
Notice how Christopher Lee is not mentioned in any of this. Probably cause he is by far the best and most experienced actor in the movie. Way to go Chris Lee, and good job as Saruman.
A friend of mine was giving this long and absurd monolouge about how he was emtionally connected to when Anakin confessed he killed all those Sand People to Padme. He also said he didnt like the originals. I was soooo close to kicking him out my car and leaving him in the dark;
Brilliant reviews, man. You really provide some intelligent opinion on the magical filming that was the original trilogy and how it has been tragically tarnished. Well done.
Stop following the George Lucas path, and continuing your disregard and contempt for your audience.
I speak for most, when I say: Get back to Plinkett reviews, and shut down this bullshit, annoying "Half In the Bag" shit.
We understand that you wish to give your 'friends' some screen time. Well, you're giving them way too much screen time. They are not funny or entertaining. They are fucking dead weight and unnecessary distractions.
George lucas had obviously become very deluded. What I don't understand is how Steven Speilberg could see these prequels and STILL let lucas anywhere near the Indiana Jones trilogy??
@rumbler227 Umm, the Indiana Jones trilogy came long before the prequels. And it was George Lucas' creation, and he went to Spielberg to direct them. You know, back when he was great story teller, instead of bad story teller that hates his fanbase. And don't say I'm some Lucas zealot, I'm just naming the facts.
@Allekto1323: Exactly what I thought too. If you need to write books to explain a movie, the movie is fundamentally flawed. And that pillar thing really bugged me, but I guess Yoda just got suddenly tired 'cause the screenwriter didn't know how to get Count Dooku out otherwise.
Yeah that lightsaber crap is like how all freaking Superman movies/TV shows need to have kryptonite everywhere. In the Superman comics Kryptonite almost never appears.
Wow WTF... that seen in empire strikes back, Obi said to Yoda was I any different when you taught me.... But I thought he was taught by Qui Gon Jin. It never shows in the prequels ever that Obi was taught by Yoda.
To be fair. The overuse of light sabers makes sense in the prequal's context. In the originals Luke was more or less one of the last Jedi and had to stay under cover a lot so Vader couldn't easily find him. Even after that he wasn't all that great with a light saber in the first place. But in the prequals Jedi's light sabers are made early on and they practically grow up with the thing. But yeah it's still overused.
One more thing: why did Yoda struggle to stop that stupid pillar thing Dooku threw at Anakin and Obi-Wan if he is able to get a fuckin spaceship out of the swamp? He could've easily saved those two pathetic jokes of jedi AND went after Dooku.
@Allekto1323 The obvious answer is that the Force has its limits or that its users do, which is supported by the EU books: There are many different levels to the Force; the strength one may derive from it depends on the level they have reached. Luke for instance has graduated to the Living Force and on to the Unifying Force. Yoda never reached either level, I don't think. Compared to what Luke (as well as the Solo children) can do, Yoda is a wimp, as is Vader and Palpatine, believe it or not.
@richcapo Sorry, but I don't give a flaming fart about the stupid books. The movies are Star Wars. If they don't explain something in the films, then it isn't explained. And this still doesn't explain to me why Yoda is struggling to lift that pillar when he told Luke that "size matters not" and that everything could be lifted just like a rock, no matter how big is it. I just wanted to point out how George Lucas screwed up this movie even more.
Did you notice at 00:59, the first line of Jedi were charging TOWARDS a barage of laseres fired by robots, light sabers UP above their heads, leaving their chests wide open, and not one jedi fell. I'm sorry, but Jedi or not, I would think that a lazer shot to the chest would drop you in a fucking second. Just something else I noticed and had to pick at. I guess this movie is so horrible you can't get everything.
@Silverhyenaart i just close my eyes during fight scenes. the amount of shit clutteringt he screen threatens to give me a seizure. plus i don't even know what's going on and i certainly don't care for the characters - if i can even recognize them.
I think the prevalence of lightsabers in the prequels could have been deliberate, since it is the age of the jedi before the fall. The impression that I got was that in the originals, the jedi are a dying breed and Luke is the only hope, so it's only fitting that BEFORE these events, the jedi and their lightsabers are everywhere, to show the distinction. The sparseness of their use in the originals is what makes it awesome when the jedi take them out, because it's like "before the magic died".
I've liked all the reviews so far... but the light saber argument kinda sux. If this guy actually knew the parallels he would be singing a different tune. Jedi were modeled more after samurai than knights, ALL samurai carried their weapons at all times and used them frequently, like the jedi. Also, yoda wasan ataru master, dooku was a makashi master. They are different styles. Asking why dooku wasnt jumping is like asking why a boxer doesnt kick! Just Sayin...
eyeofodin01 1 day ago
@eyeofodin01 I amend my former statement, I forgot he said forget the books. that case, he's absolutely right. Sorry, geek mode went into overdrive.
eyeofodin01 1 day ago
Use of something excessively makes it boring.
toxboxic 1 day ago
Master Yoda, what does this button do?
Activate the lightsaber it does.
(presses button)
OWCH HURT IT DOES!!! HOLD IT THAT CLOSE TO ME, YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE!!!
Wait a minute. Yoga never spoke like Yoda... FUCKING LUCAS!!!!
bul13ts 2 days ago
00:42 Sounds like an old man snorting cocaine.
Mynameis708 2 days ago
If there was another Star Wars movie, we would have to use less lightsabers.
Mynameis708 2 days ago
So we need to have less lightsabers in Star Wars movies because they were used too much in the prequels.
Mynameis708 2 days ago
How did this movie get a PG rating? 10:01-10:19
Mynameis708 2 days ago
Time to go in the refrigerator!
internziko 3 days ago
"Be careful."..HAHAHAHAAHAHAH
xRemRooodx 3 days ago
This movie should not be rated PG because of the reasons he said near the end of the part of the review.
Mynameis708 4 days ago
10:01-10:19 How did this movie PG then?
Mynameis708 4 days ago
@Mynameis708 because our current society thinks showing a bare chest is more scaring to children then murder
despite the fact that they spend the first year of their lives sucking milk from boobs
go figure
LobsterPotsticker 4 days ago
@Mynameis708 How did this movie get a PG rating then?
Mynameis708 4 days ago
@Mynameis708
LOL! Hey Mynameis708, are you talking to Mynameis708?
June28July 4 days ago
Anyone know the name of the music playing at 10:05?
alienisuntverus 5 days ago
"But, by seeing Yoda fight with a lightsaber ruins all that because it takes that concept and those rules and throws it in the dumpster."
"Right next to Bambi."
I spit milk out of my nose, and I was drinking soda
Jumbif 5 days ago 2
That is exactly what I was thinking when I watched that kids scene. It shat on the original trilogy, and made no sense.
Mr0011011 6 days ago 3
If Yoda really needed to be in any form of combat, he should have just disarmed Dooku with the Force. That's the kind of thing you'd expect from the little guy in Episode V, after all.
3imperium3 1 week ago 2
1. While I watched this, a commercial of some shitty Clone Wars show for Cartoon Network started playing and I wanted to shoot myself.
2. I always thought why the fuck the kids had the light sabers too. It irked me. I guess 'cause you need to learn how to properly wield the sword so you don't fuck up and die by your own hand, but teaching babies in a tight space killed me.
I think that George kinda just died and he had some fucked up clone 'cause he thought he was like Walt Disney or some shi
CelesteContradiction 1 week ago
@CelesteContradiction
Could've been harmless ones.
twooffour 5 days ago
I wonder why Lucas keeps mispronouncing the names of the things that he made up.
He calls Gungans "Goongas." If he wanted them called "Goongas," why didn't he just call them that instead of mispronouncing it all the time? He also calls Lando Calrissian "Lando Clarissian" and lightsaber "laser sword." I've never heard any other film creator pronounce the things s/he made up differently than how they are in the films.
Anyone have any input on this?
AvatarYoda 1 week ago
@AvatarYoda I'd bet real money that that's because he wasn't really the one behind those ideas, just like he wanted C3PO to be a used car salesman.
marcosfenrir 1 week ago 3
@AvatarYoda -- Because he's a fraud. Pretty simple. He got credit for the first one and just kind of ran with it.
ALLNEWSUNNY 6 days ago 3
@ALLNEWSUNNY
Maybe. He's always saying, "They're my movies," but of all the 28 people who won 31 Oscars for their work on the Original Trilogy films, Lucas was not one of them. And the prequels won no Oscars at all.
Doesn't excuse sloppy pronunciation, though. Maybe he's just sick of Star Wars and couldn't care less if he names things correctly. Well no, because he's still doing the special editions--ah, f--- it.
AvatarYoda 5 days ago
@ALLNEWSUNNY Very good summary. I like the simplicity of it.
theblanetrain 5 days ago
@AvatarYoda
Nerdy nitpicking, here it comes.
twooffour 5 days ago
fuck i hate episode 2. George you fucked up big time with the prequels. Chris Nolan should remake them!
hereticcs24 1 week ago
You think the scene with Yoda ruined lightsabers?
What about the kids who LEARNED TO USE A LIGHTSABER BEFORE THE FORCE???
swimteamizzle1114 1 week ago
I cracked up at the picture of Qui-Gon on the brochure
Resurrected2011 1 week ago
I hate Kids too
darthjarp666 1 week ago
The meditation class idea was fucking brilliant. I wish you had made the trilogy instead of Lucas. T.T
Salamando 1 week ago
the forca transcends AND includes the physical. there's nothing wrong with yoda fighting. i agree with the rest of the review though
ivanmorenoroldan 1 week ago
I completely disagree with the whole lightsaber/yoda part
Hatake0217 1 week ago
@Hatake0217 Why? Simply because it looks cool? I'm not personally attacking you, I genuinely want to know why you think it works in the film other than being flashy eye-candy.
NeecHMonkeY 1 week ago
I love the little kids who can't even properly hold a lightsaber.
Fredcheesburger 1 week ago
Does anyone know the name of the song that starts at 7:12 and lasts for a couple minutes? Thank you!
NavajoMX 1 week ago
@NavajoMX
I have been trying to figure that out for, like, a year. If you happen to find out, please inform me as well. I know that it's an instrumental to some rap song. If you're willing to flip through rap instrumentals to find it, go ahead. I know a lot of his background musics are rap instrumentals by artists like Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog etc.
Fredcheesburger 1 week ago
@NavajoMX
its the EAS Song a song about getting out the Marine Corps... end of active service
modoczane 1 week ago
Now I'm beginning to seriously consider that joke about that George Lucas died and was replaced by a double (his decoy) :(
cmsahe 2 weeks ago
10:03
Thumbs up if Plinkett should have done this from TPM and ROTS and the original trilogy
tmMcHugh 2 weeks ago
The ending made me laugh more than I ever have in my life.
TIME TO GO IN THE REFRIGERATOR
GoldenCenturion 2 weeks ago
Okay, I can understand Yoda not being able to defeat the Emperor, but he should have at least been able to defeat Count Dooku! This fact just emphasizes the notion that the prequels go against everything taught in the originals. "Size matters not" - unless you're fighting Count Dooku or the Emperor or a Clone Trooper or anyone else.
MattBeckstrom 2 weeks ago
5:28
"This'll be the first time we actually see him pull out that little laser sword of his and go to town"
That's what SHEEE SAAAAIIIIIDDDD!!!
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I remember the Yoda-Dooku Duel; everyone in the theater was laughing their ass off.
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EatonBeeverUG 2 weeks ago
Did GEORGE LUCAS just call a Lightsaber a fucking LAZER SWORD?!
Altelier 2 weeks ago
@Altelier Not only that, but "laser" is an acronym. They explain how the phrase "sitting ducks" makes sense in the Star Wars universe by showing ducks in a pond (or river or whatever) in TPM. But why does Anakin use the term "laser sword?" We can understand use of words like "ion" or "photon" because they're not acronyms. By the way, there actually is such a thing as an ion engine. Sometimes life really does imitate art.
IggyHazard 2 weeks ago
Shortly before count Dooku manages to escape he tries to kill Obi-Wan and Anakin with a massive metal column, which Yoda stops using the force. I wondered even the first time I watched it - why didn't he just pull their bodies out of danger or - you know - push the column on his own a little, so it falls several steps behind them.
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But the line that killed it all was count Dooku's: "It is obvious that this contest cannot be decided by our knowledge with the Force, but by our skills with the lightsaber."
Wha..? I always thought the saber skills depended on one's understanding of the Force?!
Otherwise any space thug could've got one!
krufdx 2 weeks ago
This was definitely the best one...damn! So much lightsaber-ness in this fucking movie...It really makes me appreciate the original trilogy
Shaolinjake08 2 weeks ago
TIME TO GO IN THE REFRIGERATOR
cfg133 2 weeks ago 48
Somehow, in my world, these awesome reviews exist for movies that were never, ever made.
kaywest207 2 weeks ago
Fuck! I hate it when people point and touch my computer screen. If Lucas even considered it with my screen I would stick dog shit down his throat.
ThR33DiDgEtZ 2 weeks ago 2
I like how deep you went into this analsis
MrJeromeDwt 2 weeks ago
I think Obi-Wan keeping a training ball made some sense. He was a hermit for twenty years, he probably used it himself to hone his skills.
TimThomason 2 weeks ago
@TimThomason Also, the only reason he was on Tatooine in the first place was to look after Luke and eventually *train him as a Jedi*. It makes sense that he might have brought some tools along for that.
DTaurelion 2 weeks ago
The only thing i disagree with is the yoda fighting scene .Yes he is smaller,yes he jumps a lot and yes it must be tiring but he is a master jedi even if he is tired he uses the force ,ok! HE IS A MASTER JEDI !!!Anyway great review.:)
naqdensjam 3 weeks ago
this person is a freak
who speaks about the trilgy he's a retard
MrJzs1970 3 weeks ago
T'WERP
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It's true, in the entire OT there are only about ten instances where a lightsaber is used or even activated.
squamish4244 3 weeks ago
Completely agreed on the analysis of Yoda and what makes him special.
However, there is one thing not factored in. The rule of cool. The idea the most badass Jedi around finally whipping out his lightsaber and showing what he can do is pure, raw AWESOME. Despite the way he acted like a hyper-active jedi monkey in the fight - watching him walk into the battle against Dooku is still one of the highest points of excited anticipation I've felt in movies. The fight's style is the flaw.
Stairc 3 weeks ago
@Stairc I'll admit it was exciting for me too, when I was like 10. But Yoda wasn't a "badass" character because he could fight.... he wasn't like chuck norris or indiana jones. He was badass like Mr. Miyagi. Yoda had a greater understanding of life and he made it a major part of Luke's training that the Force was not about physical strength. So whether it was exciting or not (which is was) Plinkett is saying that ultimately it ruined Yoda's character entirely and everything he stood for.
michaelandjennyshow 3 weeks ago
@michaelandjennyshow I disagree that it ruins Yoda's character, what damages the character is his lack of insight or wisdom - especially in the third movie. If you recall, even in the Empire Strikes Back - Yoda was built up as a great warrior.
It's also possible that Yoda was different in his youth - and gained greater wisdom after the fall of the republic.
The fight itself was poorly choreographed, Yoda should NOT seem hyperactive, and Dooku asn't a worthy foe - but Yoda fighting si fine.
Stairc 3 weeks ago
@Stairc Alright, you changed my mind. Now that I think about it, even Mr. Miyagi had to fight once. But Yoda didn't have any real reason to fight Doku. Doku is just some lame faceless villian. And maybe Yoda didn't need a lightsaber cuz like Plinkett said it's really inconvient for a short dude. He should've fought in a slow & tense scene with purpose and I would've like to have seen him more reserved and above it all. I'd respect that warrior more than jumping bumblebee man.
michaelandjennyshow 3 weeks ago
@michaelandjennyshow Agreed. Dooku was not a worthy opponent for Yoda, the fact that he could match Yoda in the force is almost an insult. If you HAVE to have Dooku fight Yoda, and can't give him a significant villain, then Dooku should have tried to overwhelm Yoda with the force and been easily nullified. Then, in desperation, charge in with his lightsaber and have yoda hardly have to move to defend himself as Dooku moves around like crazy. Then have Yoda begin attacking and Dooku flees.
Stairc 3 weeks ago
@Stairc his youth? his species lives for like 900 years. and the prequels and the originals are only separated by like 20 years. he is already very old even in episode 1. if he gets to be 800 and something years old and still isn't very wise, why would suddenly gain a bunch of wisdom in the last 20 years of his life? that would be like a human being really dumb most of their life, and then when they are 92, they suddenly get really smart and then die a couple years later
zikten 2 weeks ago
@zikten I meant when he was younger, not his youth, but the character count is brutal. ;)
And if Yoda learned from a tragic experience like, say... The collapse, destruction and domination of everything he worked so hard to protect and the thousands of Jedi he trained and befriended - shifting to him spending 20 years in exile in a swamp planet rather than the height of civilization... I can see that changing a person.
Stairc 2 weeks ago
I disagree about Yoda fighting. The fact that he can stand up to a foe 3 times his size physically as well as mentally only makes him more badass than he already was, and serves to illustrate the point that size actually doesn't matter.
blackcat19 3 weeks ago
TIME TO GO IN THE REFIGORATOR!!!! :D
cmbdragon666 3 weeks ago
"ENOUGH WITH THE FUCKING LIGHTSABERS"
Mbop28 3 weeks ago
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Zeanu 3 weeks ago
they should have piled the jedi kids in a bathtub with meat cleavers
ladawg81 3 weeks ago
a 19 foot tall gorgon with a lightsaber would be kinda cool to be honest...
EclipseHedgehog 3 weeks ago
Isn't handing lightsabers to a bunch of kids kind of dangerous? What if one of them suddenly throws a hissyfit and starts cutting stuff up? They can cut through anything remember! My point is that you probably shouldn't hand out lightsabers to anyone... Especially little kids and maniacs!
WelcomeGhostsIV 3 weeks ago
@WelcomeGhostsIV
Well...I hate that I know this but in a Star Wars encyclopedia I used to have it said that "training" lightsabers are what the kids are using. They apparently don't work like real lightsabers, but can do minor damage.
Damn this is all stupid.
loner1878 3 weeks ago
@WelcomeGhostsIV Actually, no. It's not dangerous. THOSE lightsabers are training sabers. They have their power toned down to a level that they can only leave welts on people. You may still have an argument, though, because supposedly there is an override that all jedi know that can turn them into full-powered Lightsabers, in case they are ever caught in a combat situation with only a training saber. If any of the children figure this override out...
DragonLordG 3 weeks ago
^that t'werp
ladawg81 3 weeks ago
One thing you forgot to mention is that Obi Wan already had the coordinates to Kamino. He for some reason had to look it up in the Archive, even though he already had the coordinates and could have left at any given time. That clue was so poorly thought out and pointless that the fat asshole of CGI shit at the cafe may as well have not have had it. That wasn't explained either.
pat5168 3 weeks ago
Lol. Time to go in the refrigerator
antjz0 4 weeks ago
You forgot that the prequel is in a other history time from the first trilogy.
Its all different.
Some of your arguments are right sometimes their not.
Your very exagering !!!
TheStarDeth 1 month ago
@TheStarDeth
exagering? all his arguments were valid and had nothing to do with the time frame of the films, Lucas has proved time and time again that he is a moron that blames other people for his failures, just look at Red Tails, he made a terrible movie and blamed it not being distrobuted on the actors being black
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@TheStarDeth first spelling helps and can ruin arguments second some of his points are valid and some his gives leeway too and 3rd if he wasn't "exaggerating" the he wouldn't be committed to his own character design and be able to put that woman into the refrigerator.
Haggersword 4 weeks ago
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darkchicken50 3 weeks ago
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@Haggersword Firstly, if you're going to correct people's spelling you might as well use some decent grammar. Secondly, you used the words "first", "second" and "3rd" -- do you not see how stupid this makes you look? Thirdly, the guy said "very exagering" which would indicate to any individual with half a brain that English is not his first language... People like you shouldn't be correcting ANYONE.
Die in a hole.
darkchicken50 3 weeks ago
@TheStarDeth lol exagering
08Cheeseits 3 weeks ago
I've seen this movie. Or maybe I haven't because I can't remember almost anything from its forgettoble and uninteresting crap
Galentw 1 month ago
How does a crazy man find so much depth?
mangafweak 1 month ago
If there is a bunch of flammable gas, does bringing out your lightsaber blow up the whole room?
blapgatify 1 month ago
Liked initially for the description.
BlackAtticEnt 1 month ago
It sure would've been nice if Lucas included a scene in the prequel movies were Jedi are building their own lightsabers or taking sparring lessons or even practicing basic healing techniques, just for some added depth to the Jedi ways. I noticed apparently none of them eat at the temple either.
micfranklin 1 month ago
"[The lightsaber] is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or as random as a blaster. An elegant weapon... for a more civilized age."
They are trained as children, with training lightsabers, to use them. So Kit would not just clumsily lop off a tentacle. He's a Jedi master. As for Yoda, he could probably be overpowered if he just stood still... but alas, he did not. He wasn't jumping around to dodge the attacks. He was a great warrior.
artesque 1 month ago
@Rogue1469 who the fuck would want to visit kamino lol
InsaneMetallica 1 month ago
1:34
Almost missed the cat milk!
One of the previous top-commenters from a previous video helped Plinkett milk his cat!
June28July 1 month ago
MORE...DUMB...KIDS!
Galentw 1 month ago
he makes the point of what if dexter was a jedi with light sabers, well in that clone wars show, there is now a jedi of his race........ with 4 double sided light sabers, damnit
natesdevices 1 month ago
Love the Eminem quote at the top!
mindstormsabrewin 2 months ago
It was really stupid to give Yoda a lightsaber. It's the same reason why you don't see Gandalf or Dumbledore jumping in the middle on a battlefield killing hundreds of enemies. They're spiritual leaders and teachers, not Rambo. It's the power of their will what makes them so special, not their fighting skills.
matman000000 2 months ago
why does this guy talk so funny??
ilovealexjones1 2 months ago
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More advanced things first like throw rocks at each other. LMAO!!
dhudgin09 2 months ago
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dhudgin09 2 months ago
what do you tink about Star Wars The Old Republic?
Despite its a game. it also has a complete new story.
drmedborn 2 months ago
@drmedborn SWTOR isn't really Star Wars. The Old Republic is hardly Star Wars, it just has lightsabers and Jedi.
Araclain 2 months ago
@Araclain you're right.... ppl haven't caught on to that yet though
solgoode1 1 month ago
@drmedborn
Honestly? i think the original's storyline, however dodgy, was a thousand times more interesting than the prequels, and it had original ideas, not just rehashed bullshit
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Ghor'b'on Zhuma...Is the South African President in this movie?
29darkriver 2 months ago
"However, like anything that's cool, if it's used too much it becomes boring...except for cocaine" LMAO
williams411 2 months ago 37
0:5:20 What's that paper lying next to George? Is that the script?
Galentw 2 months ago
Mr. Plinket,
I am a 12 year old child, and I totally agree with your statements about the kids in this movie and the lightsaber's overuse. There is no excuse for how fucking bad this movie was, but I appreciate you taking the time to articulate all the stupid and pointless things that happen in this movie. I salute you, sir!
commodoreQuinn 2 months ago
That's your ex-wife? No wonder you sound so depressed.
TheJoseph4774 2 months ago
lol George is a money making genius
MrHEC381991 2 months ago
Fuck. Why is Yoda teaching toddlers? Especially Toddlers in the art of laser-deflection? They should be learning to do that when they're teenagers, or fully-fledged padawans.
FreeRoamRatchet 2 months ago 4
Im liking these related pony videos.
darkkotor 2 months ago
Sometimes, at work, I find myself reaching for stuff and as I take it to the fridge, I say "time to go in the refrigerator!" in Plinkett's voice. And then people go ಠ_ಠ
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Whatever species Dexter Jettster is, they have a creature of the same species as a Jedi in Star wars: The Clone Wars...that's FUNNY, but NOT. -_-"
aCOLLABORATIONfilm 2 months ago
"By the time he began writing Episode VI in 1981 (then titled Revenge of the Jedi), much had changed. Making Empire Strikes Back was stressful and costly, and Lucas' personal life was disintegrating. Burned out and not wanting to make any more Star Wars films, he vowed that he was done with the series in a May 1983 interview with Time magazine." The only reason he made these movies was to keep milking the cash cow.
SoftwareTheft 2 months ago
Child actors = catastrophe
bbhaver 2 months ago
Was this scene even necessary? Why does Obiwan even need Yoda? What's the first thing you do if Googlemaps and it can't find an address? YOU CHECK ANOTHER MAP. Someone couldn't have gone through all the maps in the entire galaxy and erased an entire planet that probably relies A LOT on intergalactic trade considering their advanced equipment and its surface is ENTIRELY COVERED WITH WATER. Wouldn't the Kaminos have noticed this too? "Wait a min? why is our tourism rate dropping by 95% overnight?"
Rogue1469 2 months ago
Hilarious, but my god you're a nerd.
Smearwasher 2 months ago
I'm suddenly curious how many people attempt to E-mail these reviews to Lucas.
Molandria 2 months ago
Your entire review is a work of art - and this part is so good I watched it twice.
ninjatrixx 2 months ago 60
I litterally laughed my ass off after hearing the lightsaber part
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TIME TO GO IN THE REFRIGERATOR......LOLOLOL
boxbreaker2011 2 months ago 3
a lot of what he says is way to analytical and goes way overboard
franklywright 2 months ago
@franklywright No, it isn't.
theshire2001 3 weeks ago
Even though I see the point, I can say personally I like Yoda having a Lightsaber. Obi-Wan did say this it's the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Again, just my opinion.
TheHeroofShadows000 3 months ago
The other day one of my friends said he likes the prequels better than the originals, because "special effects are the only good part of a movie". I almost punched him in the face.
lovelovelove25100 3 months ago
3:11 lol
thealienking0007mgs 3 months ago
TIME TO GO IN THE REFRIGERATOR!
topperheartramada 3 months ago
You should have directed the prequels, this is hands down the best argument of why these movies fucking sucked a DICK. Your right about Lucas not understanding ESB, he's fucking lost!
mattier3030 3 months ago
10:10 that thing about hookers was true, not like everything else wasn't
Galentw 3 months ago
Speaking of light sabers, one idea they haven't tried yet is having a jedi spin the light saber above their head rapidly and end up flying. You know, like a helicopter. Unfortunately now that I mentioned this idea, George Lucas might want to steal it for his next movie. Please Mr. Redlightmedia, don't spend your hard earned money to hire a hit man to come get me. Please, please, please...
elzoog 3 months ago
Notice how Christopher Lee is not mentioned in any of this. Probably cause he is by far the best and most experienced actor in the movie. Way to go Chris Lee, and good job as Saruman.
sradley89 3 months ago
A friend of mine was giving this long and absurd monolouge about how he was emtionally connected to when Anakin confessed he killed all those Sand People to Padme. He also said he didnt like the originals. I was soooo close to kicking him out my car and leaving him in the dark;
superhuman295 3 months ago
@superhuman295 wtf your friend obviously takes it the jaw.
mattier3030 3 months ago
@mattier3030 LOL
superhuman295 3 months ago
Brilliant reviews, man. You really provide some intelligent opinion on the magical filming that was the original trilogy and how it has been tragically tarnished. Well done.
BekLoln95 3 months ago
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@RedLetterMedia
Stop following the George Lucas path, and continuing your disregard and contempt for your audience.
I speak for most, when I say: Get back to Plinkett reviews, and shut down this bullshit, annoying "Half In the Bag" shit.
We understand that you wish to give your 'friends' some screen time. Well, you're giving them way too much screen time. They are not funny or entertaining. They are fucking dead weight and unnecessary distractions.
BRING THE REAL PLINKETT BACK!
Horoquin 3 months ago
the archive mammary
NietzschePan 3 months ago
George lucas had obviously become very deluded. What I don't understand is how Steven Speilberg could see these prequels and STILL let lucas anywhere near the Indiana Jones trilogy??
rumbler227 3 months ago
@rumbler227 Umm, the Indiana Jones trilogy came long before the prequels. And it was George Lucas' creation, and he went to Spielberg to direct them. You know, back when he was great story teller, instead of bad story teller that hates his fanbase. And don't say I'm some Lucas zealot, I'm just naming the facts.
ledawg1138 3 months ago
@ledawg1138 guess i should have been clearer. I meant let lucas come BACK to the indy trilogy with the piece of shit that was crystal skull.
rumbler227 3 months ago
"I know what I'd swing at if I were fighting him" lol
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@Allekto1323: Exactly what I thought too. If you need to write books to explain a movie, the movie is fundamentally flawed. And that pillar thing really bugged me, but I guess Yoda just got suddenly tired 'cause the screenwriter didn't know how to get Count Dooku out otherwise.
NyxSeiren 3 months ago
Yeah that lightsaber crap is like how all freaking Superman movies/TV shows need to have kryptonite everywhere. In the Superman comics Kryptonite almost never appears.
LifeFirst 3 months ago
"Becuz someone erased it from da archive memry!"
What a bunch of retardation.
Shirishama1 3 months ago
TIME TO GO IN THE REFRIGERATOR.
TheeMysteryHour 3 months ago
Wow WTF... that seen in empire strikes back, Obi said to Yoda was I any different when you taught me.... But I thought he was taught by Qui Gon Jin. It never shows in the prequels ever that Obi was taught by Yoda.
timeforfunnification 3 months ago
man this would be awesome if george lucas would see this...I think his lightsaber would go down and he would need a viagara.
41gagavision 3 months ago
hey George, time to go into the refrigerator...
bulldog666999 3 months ago
And what about this clumsy fat asshole?
intsoccersuperstar1 3 months ago
To be fair. The overuse of light sabers makes sense in the prequal's context. In the originals Luke was more or less one of the last Jedi and had to stay under cover a lot so Vader couldn't easily find him. Even after that he wasn't all that great with a light saber in the first place. But in the prequals Jedi's light sabers are made early on and they practically grow up with the thing. But yeah it's still overused.
SyrJirk 3 months ago
Holy shit. I love the argument presented in this video. Not that I didn't like his other arguments, but I think this one's the best.
gerardz101 4 months ago 54
One more thing: why did Yoda struggle to stop that stupid pillar thing Dooku threw at Anakin and Obi-Wan if he is able to get a fuckin spaceship out of the swamp? He could've easily saved those two pathetic jokes of jedi AND went after Dooku.
Allekto1323 4 months ago
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richcapo 4 months ago
@Allekto1323 The obvious answer is that the Force has its limits or that its users do, which is supported by the EU books: There are many different levels to the Force; the strength one may derive from it depends on the level they have reached. Luke for instance has graduated to the Living Force and on to the Unifying Force. Yoda never reached either level, I don't think. Compared to what Luke (as well as the Solo children) can do, Yoda is a wimp, as is Vader and Palpatine, believe it or not.
richcapo 4 months ago
@richcapo Sorry, but I don't give a flaming fart about the stupid books. The movies are Star Wars. If they don't explain something in the films, then it isn't explained. And this still doesn't explain to me why Yoda is struggling to lift that pillar when he told Luke that "size matters not" and that everything could be lifted just like a rock, no matter how big is it. I just wanted to point out how George Lucas screwed up this movie even more.
Allekto1323 4 months ago
@Allekto1323 I agree.
richcapo 4 months ago
thank god george lucas didn't do predator prequels... could you imagine a room full of kid predators ripping spines and such.
KenFan4life 4 months ago
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I would agree about the Lightsabers, except for two lines from the original films.
Obi-Wan:"This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster..."
AND.
The Emperor: "Take your Jedi Weapon. Strike me down."
However, like Yoda, you wouldn't think that Masters of the Force would need a sword.
Guess not.
Then again, if you just didn't use them nearly as often in the films, then perhaps it would have still kept its awesomeness
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tonystark106422 4 months ago
Did you notice at 00:59, the first line of Jedi were charging TOWARDS a barage of laseres fired by robots, light sabers UP above their heads, leaving their chests wide open, and not one jedi fell. I'm sorry, but Jedi or not, I would think that a lazer shot to the chest would drop you in a fucking second. Just something else I noticed and had to pick at. I guess this movie is so horrible you can't get everything.
Silverhyenaart 4 months ago 47
@Silverhyenaart i just close my eyes during fight scenes. the amount of shit clutteringt he screen threatens to give me a seizure. plus i don't even know what's going on and i certainly don't care for the characters - if i can even recognize them.
topperheartramada 3 months ago
@Silverhyenaart MR. PLINKETT, I didn't know you had another youtube account!
3jdpa 2 months ago
@3jdpa Nah, I'm not Mr. Plinkett, just a really big fan... and one of the girls that escaped from the basement. O_o
Silverhyenaart 2 months ago
@Silverhyenaart Jedi have grade A plot armor. They only die if it advances the plot/they're not important.
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"forced amputations" now that was hilarious.
Kamcsatka1 4 months ago
I think the prevalence of lightsabers in the prequels could have been deliberate, since it is the age of the jedi before the fall. The impression that I got was that in the originals, the jedi are a dying breed and Luke is the only hope, so it's only fitting that BEFORE these events, the jedi and their lightsabers are everywhere, to show the distinction. The sparseness of their use in the originals is what makes it awesome when the jedi take them out, because it's like "before the magic died".
Tenozuma 4 months ago