How Disney RUINS Classic Star Wars Characters

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In this video, I talk about how Disney ruined a lot of great Star Wars characters such as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, and Boba Fett.

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Credit to The Critical Drinker for the Jar Jar joke. Thatā€™s his thing.

This video is very similar to videos made by Star Wars Theory, The Critical Drinker, and EckhartsLadder.

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37 thoughts on “How Disney RUINS Classic Star Wars Characters”

  2. Yeah, good video, please do a vid on Reva's flawed 'character'. In this vid, all really valid points tho I'll agree to disagree on two smalls things:
    (1) Yes, Vader pulling the ship out of the sky certainly looked cool, but it creates problems in terms of power levels between other characters, and could raise questions about things he didn't handle in other scenes (why let the Falcon escape from Hoff if he can just pluck ships out of the sky?).
    (2) The fight between Vader and Reva: yes very cool that he was just toying with her, that's what I wanted to see (because it would make sense given what we understand of Vader's greater power vs her lesser power with the Force). But….some of Vader's movements were more like something out of a Yip Man film…they didn't look right for this Sith Lord. It was….weird.

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  7. To be fair Boba didn't really have any character to begin with. I for one never really took him seriously because of how he was almost taken out by a blind Han. And thirty years after the clone wars he's a completely different person now. While the show has it's problems what he's doing makes sense. He's tired of working for people that will probably get him killed and wants to move up in the galaxy. It makes perfect sense that he wants to move on from the life of a bounty hunter after what he was forced to endure. Plus living with the Tuskens really did change him. Frankly it's interesting to see how one experience can change someone. He wants to be different from the cruelty of the Huts.

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  8. If a sequel (or prequel or reboot) somehow "ruins" the original for you, I feel sorry for you. It's pretty easy for a grown adult with critical thinking skills to distinguish between them. I'll never understand why so many people are seemingly incapable of cherry-picking their own canon, especially in a franchise with so many goofy novels, comic books, video games, etc. šŸ˜„It's all just glorified fan fiction.

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  11. It's infuriating that they would not put their absolute best on Obi-wan. They already screwed Boba Fett up yet Obi-wan was in a different league and they knew it. He's a main character to the story, it's not Boba Fett or a character like Mando, it's Obi-wan Kenobi. That alone should merit legendary work. It should have been the best Star Wars media to date and it was meh at best. Don't get me wrong, as expected Ewan, Hayden, Jimmy Smits, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, and Vivien Blair all did amazing work. That was expected as we've seen some of them before in the prequels. The problem with the movies and shows Disney puts out is the writing and direction. In most of their work the writing and direction are the things that go wrong. They get stellar actors and actresses, amazing music composers, great vfx teams then screw it up when it comes to writing and direction. Disney needs to get their head out of their butts (and that's putting it nicely) and seriously hire people who ACTUALLY know Star Wars to write the Star Wars scripts. The guy who took the original Obi-wan script from the original writer to write the Kenobi show hadn't even seen Revenge of the Sith when he started writing for the show. It's obvious they don't care when it comes to the lore, they only care about fulfilling their woke political agendas and viewership not continuing the story as it should be. Obi-wan wasn't horrible don't get me wrong but it could have been vastly better. It's getting to the point where if they don't actually start really caring about the lore and making good stories to continue star wars that I won't continue watching their star wars media and that sucks. I know I'm not the only one.

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  16. So far you don't seem to understand how any of the characters work. I think a lot of understanding comes with age for these types of things.

    For Bobba firstly. He's old. To the point where his plans for book fo boba are literally retirement plans. So ruling purely through violence and aggression will not gain him any real followers and no loyalty. Again looking to be a respected leader. Accepting flawed plans from his subordinates was to build trust. And in general people people become less brash and aggressive as they age. They tend to become more analytical and think things further ahead which is exactly how he behaves in the show. Willing to rely on others and take more of a back seat because it was simply logical. Bounty hunting is a youg man's game. Politics not so much.

    2. Obi-Wans whole season 1 development is him recovering from his PTSD. Like other Jedi in the past he cut himself off from the force due to his failure. He literally blames himself for the fate of the entire universe. He's about as broken as they come. He was no longer a leader or a master. He was at a point where anything and everything he did would make things worse. And thats canon years before Disney took over. Also obi-wan could never kill Vader (Anakin) it's impossible. No matter how messed up he is he can't kill his brother. That's been apparent since episode 2 and even all of the clone wars show. He walked on glass around anakin and let him get away with pretty much everything.

    3. Vader in obi-wan. Timeline wise we are officially at prime Vader who has lived uncontested for many years now and is so full of pride and arrogance. He saw the state of obi-wan and pittied him for being so broken. And by time he regained is spirit and focus it was to late for Vader. The fire scene was Vaders arrogance letting obi-wan leave because why not? He's no threat to his power!! For as great a tactician as Vader is he never truly grows up. Until the moment he sacrifices himself he still thinks he will rule in the end. I mean he tries to kill Palpatine like 3 or 4 times during his adult life purely out of arrogance because he deserves to rule. And you can't compare ob-wan Vader to OG Vader. Over a decade passes between the 2 time lines and with that wisdom is gained.

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  18. You have pretty much told just about everything that's on my mind about Di$ney's Star Wars effort! Frankly, it is … oh, what was that word again? Oh yeah; SHITE! As for a video about Reva … honesty mate, I really don't think there's anybody that could possibly care less about such a terribly-written insignificant character. But hey, don't pay no mind to me; knock y'self out, I'm sure somebody will watch it – and I've no doubt he'll leave a comment too; šŸ˜†!

    Perhaps a more interesting video could be exploring why Leia at ten years old is just as sassy and headstrong as she is at twenty in STAR WARS (as I often still call it – I was there right from the beginning). As we all know, our character traits develop through time and life experience. As a ten-year-old, I was nothing like I was at twenty; and as a twenty-year-old, I was nothing like am now at fifty eight. In the Young Lei- oops – Kenobi show šŸ™„they portrayed little Leia (or attempted to) as we saw her in Star Wars. No ten-year-old is that fearless in such situations. And I'm not pissing on Vivian; she was only working with the poor script she was given and she did her job well.

    Anyway, I enjoyed your video; cheers! šŸ˜€

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  25. I absolutely love every single character from the real Star Wars episode 1 through 6 that includes Mr Jar Jar Binks to the Ewoks. Episodes 1 through 6 is Star Wars as well as the Clone Wars if it comes from Lucas it's Star Wars everything else is just fanfic. And when it comes to Disney as far as I'm concerned it doesn't exist then nothing more than a bunch of woke feminist racist minions of Kennedy that all they care about is representation and diversity they have no idea what story and character development is about every original thing they ever put out has been absolutely freaking horrible! And with each new announcement it gets worse and worse. I don't watch Disney plus anymore I have multiple copies of episodes 1 through 6 and the Clone Wars on VHS DVD Blu-ray and 4K I don't need Disney Plus I even have the final season of The Clone Wars on DVD and Blu-ray I consider the final season George Lucas's swan song his last opus to the Star Wars universe. And I have to think Dave fioni for that because Dave stayed as true as possible to what he and Lucas had planned out back in the day so as far as I'm concerned the final season of the Clone was is still Lucas's baby. But absolutely nothing else that Disney has created has anything to do with Star Wars. One character that seems to be overlooked all the time whose story got destroyed is the one and only Chosen One Anakin Skywalker Anakin Skywalker fulfilled his destiny fulfill the prophecy he destroyed the ultimate evil in the galaxy the Sith meaning himself and Darth Sidious the bringing balance back to the Galaxy and the Force. But no that wasn't good enough for Kennedy a man cannot defeat the ultimate evil in the galaxy and bring balance back to the force, especially a straight white man, no it has to be a female that fulfills the prophecy and destroys Darth Sidious once and for all even though he died on the second death star. It's a bunch of bullshit!!!! I absolutely hate Disney and Kennedy with a passion they make my blood boil to the point where I would like to do violent things to them for the way that they have destroyed Star Wars and completely screwed over George Lucas and George Lucas's vision and characters. Oh yeah by the way Obi-Wan Kenobi is not bisexual. He had a woman a real biological woman that he loved that he would have left the Jedi order for had she said the word.

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  29. This dude wrong on a couple things cannon wiseā€¦ one being palps wanted vader to move on. Not dwell on kenobi. Secondly. I think vader put the flame out, to slowly torcher obi wanā€¦. I do think disney ruined the movie.. rip star wars

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  31. Well in defense of the sparings/failures to finish, I think there are definitely easy explanations.
    Kenobi didn't kill Vader because he's never had the heart to from the start. He literally said to Yoda "I will not kill Anakin. He is like my brother, I cannot do it." If he really was about it, he would have walked down the river bank on Mustafar and beheaded Anakin right there.
    Vader didn't kill Reva because he is so much more powerful than her he has nothing to fear from her. And the Grand Inquisitor basically acknowledges that she will live. "We will leave you where we found you…in the gutter…"
    And as far as Vader's impulsiveness, it's the same trait that got him where he is. It's why he slaughtered the Tuskens, why he rushed Dooku, why he chopped off Windu's hand, and why he will throw all reason and sense to the wind to catch/torture Kenobi. He was definitely far from careful in his early years. He only becomes the smart, more tactical version we see later on because the Emperor reins him in in their last scene in this series. Vader essentially gets clowned by his boss for all the mistakes you criticize here.

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  34. I completely disagree on your points about Obi Wan and Vader (I agree with Boba though). Obi Wan is meant to be a regretful, angry, sad man after Episode 3. Thatā€™s by design. He thought Anakin was already dead on Mustafar. He didnā€™t know he survived. Obi Wan feels like a failure for what happened to Anakin. Character development is okay if a character regresses to then be at a point farther than before, or be at a point otherwise impossible unless they did regress. Obi Wan is like that. Taking responsibility for Anakin, Obi Wan is no longer a Jedi. He is afraid, angry, resentful, sad. He even says ā€œThe Jedi are gone.ā€ They are extinct. The reason why this is necessary is to get to the place he was in Episode 4. Obi Wan was calm, strong, and focused. He was ready to teach Luke. He was ready to revive the Jedi. After Episode 3 he couldnā€™t have been this strong. Not after Anakin. He didnā€™t let those people die, he just couldnā€™t do anything. He lost the fight against Vader because he was weak, not focused anymore, and out of practice. The reason why this works so well is because eventually he got back on his feet, was stronger than before at the end and into Episode 4, and was now ready to revive the Jedi, and put faith in Luke. Episode 3 Anakin would not be ready for this. He was too weak to train Luke, Anakin was ALIVE (which meant Luke would not learn under Obi Wan, which was needed to bring Anakin back from the Dark Side), and etc. Obi Wan eventually got back and got stronger. He only left Luke to save Leia, as Obi Wan took responsibility for what happened to Anakin, and therefore, his children. He left Vader alive because his motive was to get rid of Anakin once and for all, and face his past. Seeing Anakin was gone, and VADER remained, he had no incentive to kill him. That is why he said Vader killed Lukeā€™s father. His development was great. What was WRONG with the show was when it dealt with things OTHER than Obi Wan and Anakin.

    With Vader, let me ask youā€¦ do you even KNOW who Vader is? Vader is a conflicted man. Anakin was always a small part of him. He was always conflicted against Obi Wan as well (which is why he lost, confirmed by Palps. He hated Obi Wan ofc, but a part of him also loves him). He let Obi Wan go NOT because he as dumb, but because he wanted Obi Wan to suffer just like he did. He let him go to toy with him and really make Obi Wan suffer, which he did. Disney didnā€™t ruin Vader lol. If anything they just made him more ruthless. They actually added to him, not ruined him. You only look at things on the surface level, not really looking deep as to why characters are the way the are. Disney HAS ruined characters, but Obi Wan and Vader arenā€™t one of them,

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  37. its shown in the beginning how he connected with the tuskans he has developed as a character to be more reasonable but ur recap is bias as you prefer him to be more violent.

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