Why Star Wars Can’t Move Forward

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Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://nebula.tv/lsoo Watch my exclusive breakdown of Star Wars: The Last Jedi: https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-star-wars-the-last-jedi-8-years-later The Jedi are standing at a crossroads. Plagued by multiple conflicting visions of who they are supposed to be, their place in the modern Star Wars universe has become a paradoxical one. How did this come to be? And what hope is there to move forward? 0:00 Introducing the Jedi Identity Crisis 3:36 An Issue of Storytelling 5:21 A Note on the Prequels 7:30 2 Directors, 2 Visions 8:45 A Dead-End Direction 12:48 Failure to Commit 15:34 Solution 1: See it Through 18:48 Solution 2: A Course Correction 20:54 The Problem of a Story in Stasis 21:58 The Last Last Jedi Hot Takes Sources: Pop Culture Detective - The Case Against the Jedi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUPD1w78D5I --- SUPPORT MY WORK --- Nebula: https://nebula.tv/lsoo Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden --- FOLLOW ME --- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tomvanderlinden.bsky.social --- CONTACT --- Business inquiries: [email protected] Say hi: [email protected] Music licensed through Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252