A Critique of Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Part 3

US: "Why is Han poorly handled?" MauLer: "A good question... for another four hour video."

Me: It's my day off but I don't know what to do for the next 4 hours MauLer: "Hello there"

“If you’re a famous smuggler, you’re not doing it right.” That was one hell of a dagger

In Legends Han was a hero, good husband, and a good father. These sequels were so disrespectful.

Beating a dead horse has never been so entertaining before.

>says it'll be released in August >released in July "A surprised to be sure, but a welcomed one." -Senator Bilbeev Palpaggins.

This is not a roast, this is a slow cook barbecue. Love it.

I love the "not a scratch" scene in eoisode 6. I didnt catch it as a kid, but his words imply he's only worried about his belived spaceship being damaged, but his expressions and his little salute at the end make it clear that hes concerned about lando. Hes basically saying "dont you dare die on me". And you can see how lando understanda that and with his "good luck" line he implies "dont you worry about me, just make sure you get back home safe too" Great writing, great acting. So many things said both in text and subtext.

Me: TFA Part 3 is so late TFA Part 3: A space wizard for children is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.

This pleases me greatly.

MauLer’s ‘tangent’ on Rey’s character and character construction in general, showed me again, how well spoken MauLer is and how well thought out his positions are. Writing articulate scripts this long are one thing, but writing them with provable positions, intelligent conclusions, and relevant sources is a whole other thing. I don’t know if MauLer has any professional or university education, but it doesn’t matter. He clearly loves the craft, understands it, and studies it; all to a far greater extent then many others and even ‘professional’ critics. I love when I find someone skilled in a creative art or ‘non-creative’ skill that (presumably), the person doesn’t have big time professional education on. They have passion, discipline and a will to learn. Excellent job MauLer. This series is genuinely incredible.

Still one of the best things MauLer has ever done is the in-depth look at throwaway lines. Poignant, informative, and funny

Jar Jar Abrams technique: Take something that exists, misunderstand it completely, play off emotions over substance, lay a minefield's worth of mystery boxes, have an answer for none of them, profit despite incompetence, leave town before anyone discovers you're a fraud.

Mauler: For 1,000s of Year i lay dormant, who has disturbed my- J.J: Hey best buddy. Mauler: Oh it's you idiot

You can't just start a mutiny with a handful of people, you need a strong majority of the crew behind you, if not the entire crew, else you end up with loyalists defending their captain from mutineers. So the fact that Poe was able to successfully mutiny and take command without any sort of fire fight, shows right there that nobody but the people around Holdo (like, more than likely literally the people standing around her when Poe relieves her of command) believed in her having a plan at all.

Oh my gosh, I had never seen that cut part when Carrie says “I know my son’s gone”. It actually brought tears to my eyes! Why oh why would they choose the version we got in the movie over this?! Yet another absolutely baffling decision

Whenever I hear the term “Mary Sue,” I can’t help but hear E;R’s “Maray SuuUUuuUUUuuuUUUUUUEE!” in my head, so I almost thought I was having an auditory hallucination at 1:09:54

Commoner: "MauLer, stop, it's already dead!" Toxic Brood: "DEW IT"

Something I think could have made a big difference in the "bypassing the compressor" scene, would be if Han was yelling instructions about how to fix the ship while avoiding enemy fighters, they don't jump straight to hyper speed in this version. No one knows the ship better than Han. So he yells out something, and is impressed when Rey understands what he needs under pressure. This facilitates the job offer bit, a little better, I think, and it doesn't require undercutting Han, while still allowing Rey to be very impressive. I mean how many people can fix their own car, much less a spaceship, flying in combat conditions.

JJ Abams is a master at completely misunderstanding the IP and the characters he's working with, normalizing everything into flashy, normie blockbuster. Squishing what made it unique and amplifying its boring trope. The perfect man for Hollywood, dare I say!