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People misinterpreted as what Johnson or lucasfilm are saying but it's actually the villain who's saying it. But it's interesting in that it parallels what Luke was saying about how the Jedi are over and done with. It speaks to where kylo is at this point in his story arc. It's like a kid who is super into Star Wars but then got made fun of for it and so turns a 180 and gives other people a hard time for liking star wars. | People misinterpreted as what Johnson or lucasfilm are saying but it's actually the villain who's saying it. But it's interesting in that it parallels what Luke was saying about how the Jedi are over and done with. It speaks to where kylo is at this point in his story arc. It's like a kid who is super into Star Wars but then got made fun of for it and so turns a 180 and gives other people a hard time for liking star wars. | ||
It's So Meta because now there's a girl in the Star Wars and so kylo Ren the scornd Fanboy has to gatekeep or exact a toll or make fun of her for being into Star Wars. Is saying to let the past die A variation on the Jedi concept of no attachments it seems like Yoda would agree he did destroy the Jedi Temple. | It's So Meta because now there's a girl in the Star Wars and so kylo Ren the scornd Fanboy has to gatekeep or exact a toll or make fun of her for being into Star Wars. Is saying to let the past die A variation on the Jedi concept of no attachments it seems like Yoda would agree he did destroy the Jedi Temple. | ||
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**The red [5] herring of seeing the X-Wing parked underwater. | **The red [5] herring of seeing the X-Wing parked underwater. | ||
*Off the cuff, Pete comes up with the "Finn in the medical bubble" dream theory ''(cf, the "Han Solo in Carbonite" dream theory")''. <!--I strongly suspect that when they cover rise of Skywalker they will not keep the bubble hallucination in mind but check back on this.--> | *Off the cuff, Pete comes up with the "Finn in the medical bubble" dream theory ''(cf, the "Han Solo in Carbonite" dream theory")''. <!--I strongly suspect that when they cover rise of Skywalker they will not keep the bubble hallucination in mind but check back on this.--> | ||
*The difference between "best" as in quality and most favorite. | |||
**Unfortunately, the emotions are so high surrounding this film (out-of-universe) that Steele finds himself spending too much time defending it and not enough time enjoying it. | |||
**The problem with doing a season of the show a year roughly is that we're catching up to the present day, meaning we haven't had time to sit with these movies as long as we have the Original Trilogy or even the Prequels. We lack the perspective of hindsight because we're still within the zeitgeist. | |||
*Before this movie, you could just gush about Star Wars and it was okay; you didn't have to worry about people having an unexpected extreme reaction, but now if someone asks you your feelings on ''The Last Jedi'', you have to be kind of guarded and gauge how much of your true feelings you should be sharing. | |||
**Shout-out to [[Andy Robinson|Alex's brother]]. He's a casual Star Wars fan and comes out of every Star Wars movie thinking it was great but when he asks Alex what he thought of it, it's almost like they saw a completely different movies. | |||
***Since it's sort of his job to think intensely about Star Wars movies as supposed to just watching them, Alex has to be guarded about what he shares with Andy because he doesn't want to ruin it for him. | |||
*Kylo's line that opens this minute is one of the most quoted lines from this movie, both by fans and detractors. | |||
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Date
May 13th, 2021
Summary
Guest commentator Steele Saunders from Steele Wars joins Rey as she takes the plunge into the magic wet swamp hole!
Guests
Notes
Film
- Starts with Kylo Ren saying "...kill it, if you have to. Ends with Rey going for a swim.
Podcast
- When the Falcon takes off from Ahch-To, Steele was taken back because he didn't know how Luke could possibly show up again later in the movie (but he assumed that he would have to).
- The red [5] herring of seeing the X-Wing parked underwater.
- Off the cuff, Pete comes up with the "Finn in the medical bubble" dream theory (cf, the "Han Solo in Carbonite" dream theory").
- The difference between "best" as in quality and most favorite.
- Unfortunately, the emotions are so high surrounding this film (out-of-universe) that Steele finds himself spending too much time defending it and not enough time enjoying it.
- The problem with doing a season of the show a year roughly is that we're catching up to the present day, meaning we haven't had time to sit with these movies as long as we have the Original Trilogy or even the Prequels. We lack the perspective of hindsight because we're still within the zeitgeist.
- Before this movie, you could just gush about Star Wars and it was okay; you didn't have to worry about people having an unexpected extreme reaction, but now if someone asks you your feelings on The Last Jedi, you have to be kind of guarded and gauge how much of your true feelings you should be sharing.
- Shout-out to Alex's brother. He's a casual Star Wars fan and comes out of every Star Wars movie thinking it was great but when he asks Alex what he thought of it, it's almost like they saw a completely different movies.
- Since it's sort of his job to think intensely about Star Wars movies as supposed to just watching them, Alex has to be guarded about what he shares with Andy because he doesn't want to ruin it for him.
- Shout-out to Alex's brother. He's a casual Star Wars fan and comes out of every Star Wars movie thinking it was great but when he asks Alex what he thought of it, it's almost like they saw a completely different movies.
- Kylo's line that opens this minute is one of the most quoted lines from this movie, both by fans and detractors.
Meta Minute
- 26:33 podcast episode length.
Quotes
- Steele: I was going to say "Boy are your expectations going to be subverted, [Luke]'s all up in this piece later."
- Steele You're becoming very well suited for YouTube.
- Steele: "Remember to ruin an episode next season."