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The Last Jedi — Forcing Change
The Last Jedi — Forcing Change
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12:11 · May 31, 2018
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hi I'm Michael this is lessons from the screenplay
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this is going to be a weird episode
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occasionally I make a video as a way of forcing myself to figure out
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how I feel about a film or technique this
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is exactly such a case I've
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mentioned before that I am a huge Star Wars fan going
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into the theater to see the last Jedi I was eager to find out
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what the next chapter held for the heroes I had come to love and
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the force awakens I walked
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out of the theater partially
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elated it had been a very long time since a big-budget tentpole
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film had genuinely surprised
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me but I also felt
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unenthused the force awakens left me excited
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for more Star Wars I had
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to force myself to see the last Jedi a second time so
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today I want to dissect two
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of the character arcs and the film one
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of which drags the film down with its design and the
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other which builds to one of my favorite moments in any Star Wars film
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and finally try to collect my thoughts about the merits of letting
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the past die let's
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take a look at the last gen
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following the pattern established
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in the force awakens
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there are many parallels
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between the last Jedi and the Empire Strikes Back the hero
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travels alone to a remote location to
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be trained in the ways of the force by
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a Jedi Master who
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was not exactly what they were expecting
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because the protagonist is off and Jedi world the
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other characters have to help keep the plot moving going on their own adventures
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exploring unseen parts of the galaxy and
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meeting new people but
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while Han and Leia's journey is exciting and dramatic finn
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and roses leave something to be desired part
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of the reason is the lack of conflict
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between them han and leia have personalities
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that constantly clash yet
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they are also developing
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feelings for each other Finn
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and Rose have differences when they meet but
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afterward pretty much get along great but the
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deeper reason the storyline
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is flawed has to do with Finn's character
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arc by the end of the last Jedi Finn
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is willing to sacrifice his
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life to save the resistance
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but part of what makes the end of a character's arc of change compelling
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is how it contrasts
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with where they began
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and it's not very clear where Finn begins I really
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loved the notion that you know he's left the first order but
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he hasn't really joined the resistance everything
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he does in the force awakens even
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like taking them to the Starkiller base it's
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not to help their resistance it's to help pray he always acts out of
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personal and not ideological
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motivations I'm just here to get right while
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true the fact that Finn hasn't already joined the resistance is
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not clearly reestablished in the last Jedi
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at least not in the final cut in a deleted scene however Finn
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does explain that I believe
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in what you guys are doing here but I didn't join this army I
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don't want you to think I'm something I'm not and it's
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fine you alright you here with us where
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you belong without this scene the film is relying on the audience to remember
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Finn's hesitancy to join the resistance from
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the previous film and if
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joining the resistance is the decision he's supposed to be struggling
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with it's odd that early in the story he decides to risk his life
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for the resistance to
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return to one of my favorite quotes from Robert McKee's story true
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character is revealed and
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a choices a human being makes under pressure the
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greater the pressure the deeper the revelation
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the truer the choice to the characters
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essential nature Finn does try to run at first but
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in the next scene he's pitching a dangerous plan to save the resistance
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to Poe besides this first escape attempt
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Finn never makes another choice that demonstrates
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his ambivalence towards staying with the resistance
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instead his doubt is expressed by listening
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to people share their thoughts he
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gets a monologue from Rose there's
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only one business in the galaxy that'll get you this rich war
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selling weapons to the
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first order and a monologue from DJ good
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guys black guys made
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of words his over a
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live free don't join and
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neither significantly affects the actions he takes throughout the majority of the story so
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in DJ betrays them they
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blow you up today you know
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them up tomorrow it's
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just business and fin
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de Clare is that he's made up his mind on
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good guys and bad guys you're
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wrong it's not that powerful he
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just spent the whole movie helping the resistance and
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now he's choosing to
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continue helping the resistance
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the events of the plot have not compelled him in a believable way to
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go from running away to save ray to
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being willing to die for the resistance
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all of this is unfortunate
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because I like Finn and I think he could be a really interesting character
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and part of what is so confusing about
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the last Jedi is that this flawed arc happens alongside another arc
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that has none of these problems
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and builds to one of the best moments
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in the film the
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character who transforms the most in the last Jedi
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is kylo Ren unlike
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with Finn's arc we get to see kylo make decisions
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that externalize his inner struggle
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the starting point of kylo ren's arc is established very
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clearly in his first scene
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we witness Snoke emotionally
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manipulate him feeding off kylos desire to become a new Darth Vader and the
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emotional turmoil of having killed his father you
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have too much of your father's
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heart in you young
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soul I killed muscles
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and look at you the
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spread of spirit to the bone kylo
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is wrestling with the conflict
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inside him lost somewhere between the light and the dark
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and this is demonstrated because
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the plot constantly puts him in situations
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where he must choose between these two paths follow
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my lead for example when he has a chance to kill Leia his mother
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and leader of the resistance
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but can't bring himself to do so we
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also get to witness his emotional journey through the force connection
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between him and mechanically
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this is an excellent way to force the protagonist and
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antagonist to interact in a way that can't simply resort to violence
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at first kylo tries to show rey that he is the dark SIF that
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he's trying to be
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monster yes I know but then
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he tries to make her understand
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him sharing the story of Luke's betrayal
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and finally their emotional bond growing stronger he's
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faced with yet another choice
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it isn't too late Rey
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calls him to the light and he chooses to reach out and touch her
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time after time kylo
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Ren is given the opportunity
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to embrace the darkness but
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always hesitates all of this builds to my favorite moment of the film
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after they touch hands Rey glimpses the conflict
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within him just now when
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we touch hands I saw
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his future if I go to him Ben
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solo will turn so
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she goes to kylo
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and he brings her before Snoke this
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begins an exciting cascade of character
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failures that is the result of clever story construction
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first we learned that Rey wasn't the only one who saw the future casting
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doubt on what will happen I saw
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something too because of what I saw I know when the moment comes he
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would be the one to turn then
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Snoke reveals he was the one that connected them hoping
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Rey would bring herself to him Rey
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has fallen into a trap
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surae becomes desperate but
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she's clearly no match for snow and here
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at the depths of our characters failure and the apex tension
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kylo Ren must choose his path once
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and for all complete
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your training destiny and with
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the flick of his fingers
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we gain a deeper understanding of
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his true nature and
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two characters who began the story as enemies become
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allies Kyle Ozark demonstrates
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the emotional power choices
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can have when the plot continually
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pushes characters to confront their emotional struggle and having
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witnessed his potential for good it is that much more heartbreaking when
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he finally chooses to become the
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villain of the story
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the arcs of kylo Ren and Finn expressed
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my conflicted feelings about
8:27
the last jetta let's
8:28
troll chrome-dome some of the things it does are amazing
8:32
frustratingly disappointing on one
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hand I love how brave the film is as Mark
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Hamill said last gen I was incredibly
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daring if as I would say like you
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know but we really have to think of what the audience
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expects and what they want and
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he says no no we
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have to do the opposite we have to give
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them something they don't expect that we want this
8:53
is a great approach for creating a genuinely
8:56
new experience for an audience it's
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why the finale of the last Jedi was surprising
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while the finale of the force awakens was familiar the
9:04
heroes faced the antagonist
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with no meaningful consequence
9:07
as the good guys and bad guys had their usual race to see who
9:10
could blow up the other first Death
9:12
Star trench run and all the
9:14
finale of the last Jedi took risks and wasn't afraid to dish out repercussions
9:18
an entire films worth of plot leads to a dead end as Finn and
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Poe as plan fails almost
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bringing about the end of the resistance
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this was frustrating but was also what made the third act surprising
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the force awakens ended
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as a tease leaving
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every question unanswered and
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building excitement more with the promise of substance
9:37
rather than substance itself
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the last Jedi directly
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answered all the questions
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thought were worth answering and dismissed the rest all
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while giving each character a complete
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if not always compelling journey
9:51
honestly I'm left with as many questions as when I started this video let
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the past die kill
9:57
it if you have to I see
10:00
only way to become what you were meant to be is
10:02
this what we need to do to
10:05
let go of the franchise's
10:06
history not let the new films be defined and restrained by what has come
10:10
before will we remember the last Jedi as the movie that freed Star Wars
10:14
to become something unique among tentpole
10:16
blockbusters or as an attempt at ripping off the band-aid that
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was both painful and failed
10:22
to finish the job and can
10:24
episode nine redeem the franchise in the eyes that have forsaken it while
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also living up to the standards set by the last Jedi's willingness to let
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the past die for
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now it seems we'll
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just have to wait and see
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