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Brief comparison with Star Trek regarding how both franchises incorrectly depict space physics and space combat
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“you watch Star Wars or Star Trek either one of them they think they're boats in a lake where they just like turn off the gas”
Sequel trilogy discussed with critique of casting, acting, fight choreography, and Chinese poster editing
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“when they hire pretty girls instead of athletic girls for athletic parts don't hire her”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“when you see Ray and these clips, just baseball swinging that lightsaber around and stuff”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative · news/off-topic, not scored
“It's not even about like representation. It's about the almighty dollar with you.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“You go back to that fight from episode one, or I think it's episode one, where Obi-Wan Kenobi dies to Darth Vader. It's awful. It's an embarrassing fight.”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · news/off-topic, not scored
“I didn't mind the new luke skywalker her name was ray being a girl i was fine with that”
Discussion of Hayden Christensen's performance as Anakin Skywalker and his return for the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. His voice acting in the Vader suit.
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“Hayden Christensen, is awful in everything. He played Anakin Skywalker. You underestimate my power. It's like, are you farting?”
Woody · unverified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“He's coming back for the uh the obi-wan kenobi series i think he's playing darth vader interesting i did not know that”
Critical discussion of the original trilogy's aging and quality
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I don't like any of them they're all fucking stupid. They're all bad. There's only like three actors in the entire series that are any good at all.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“Star Wars doesn't hold up to me. Episodes four or five. Empire Strikes Back is good, I guess. But man, the original Star Wars pacing kind of sucks.”
Discussion of original Star Wars trilogy, comparing favorability to Star Trek, debating whether films hold up on rewatch
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“it was just i don't know it's it's fucking bad i like star trek i can watch endlessly though”
Unknown · unverified◆ mixed
“They're really terrible. They're really terrible. As a kid, I loved them because you have no expectations”
Discussion of Carrie Fisher in Star Wars, specifically her role as Princess Leia and her cocaine addiction indicated by a coke nail.
Kyle · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“she was hot in that bikini, like modern day hot. I watched it not too long ago”
Discussion of the recent Star Wars films and how disliked they are by audiences
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“Yeah, they're awful.”
Woody · likely▼ negative
“Yeah, they're awful. They love to hate them somehow.”
Original 1977 film; discussion of characters, pacing, and comparison to newer films.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“That was a good movie. That was before uh sam jackson did pulp fiction he wasn't quite the star that he became afterwards.”
Discussion about the quality of Star Wars films and comparison to other franchises
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“the acting is is awful just that the story is dreadful i don't care”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I hate Star Wars I hate almost all of them There one or two decent movies and the rest of them are legitimately bad movies”
Woody · unverified◆ mixed
“I see them as different. I see a lot of those Star Wars movies as Bs, but people were hoping for A-pluses, and they just missed expectations.”
Discussion of original trilogy, prequels, and recent films; debate over quality and fan service
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I don't think Star Wars. That is not true. I like Star Wars. What do you like, Star Wars? I don't like Star Wars. I don't think it's very good. I don't think any of them are good at all.”
Harley · unverified▲ positive
“Rogue one and fury all the main characters died and i didn't know all the main characters were going to die they get you wrapped people become heroes and typically the heroes in movies don't die but they did in rogue one”
Kyle · unverified▼ negative
“The first three are so boring that I can't even sit through them. They're such poor movies. They're poorly acted.”
Kyle's extensive criticism of Star Wars movies, new films, prequels, and social justice elements
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“There's never been a good Star Wars movie. Just being clear. They're all bad. They're all terrible hammy acting. They're all bad special effects by modern standards. The plot lines don't make any sense.”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“Star Wars is fucking lame as shit. Star Wars is fucking stupid, man. I hate Star Wars so much.”
Discussion of Harrison Ford's role and character in the original Star Wars films
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“I like him in the original Star Wars he's the best part of those movies to me is Harrison Ford being Yahoo and riding around having a good time”
Hosts discuss Star Wars vs Star Trek, Disney's approach to Star Wars, and specific scenes like Darth Vader in Rogue One.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“When Darth Vader shows up in Rogue One in that like tunnel hallway, and they're trying to get the Death Star plans, like they're handing it and passing it through doors that won't quite open and close right, and he's jus”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“I think if you compare the the best of Star Trek with against the best of Star Wars, Star Trek wins.”
Drifter · unverified▼ negative
“There's a corner of the galaxy for everybody. And I think their opinion is correct. When you make it for everybody, it's ultimately for nobody.”
Extended critique of the Star Wars film franchise spanning original trilogy through sequels
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“There are no good Star Wars movies. I don't care. They were they were amazing back in the day but it's 50 [ __ ] years later and that's some slow ass boring terrible looking CGI.”
Kyle · unverified▼ negative
“No, I'll I'll never watch another Star Wars movie.”
Discussion of the Darth Vader reveal and expanded universe comics
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I remember like seeing that in Star Wars for the first time being like, Oh, sick.”
Negative discussion of new Star Wars films, including criticism of casting, writing, and perceived messaging about social issues.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I could do five hours on just how much I hate Star Wars the people who make it the people who act in it I I can't stand it I can't stand it”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative · news/off-topic, not scored
“there's a of black lesbians who hate men and like are talking about about modern racial grievance politics in American flags it's the Han Solo it's true all of it”
Discussion of Star Wars franchise including original trilogy, Obi-Wan miniseries, and criticism of Disney's direction
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed · passing mention, not scored
“I as much as I despise that Star Wars Universe I've I've I know a lot about it”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative · passing mention, not scored
“I haven't been able to get into a what in your blood that makes you with Jedi”
Taylor and Kyle debate Star Wars versus Star Trek quality
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I don't like Star Wars like like I don't like any of the movies really”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“Star Trek is so good and it's so much better than Star Wars”
Discussion of sci-fi vs fantasy preferences and Taylor's lack of interest in Star Wars.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative · passing mention, not scored
“I I believe that like it's not that something I believe it's just true there's two coins to this this is fun um um um they're sci-fi and there's fantasy they're two sides of the same coin right and you seem to not give a”
Discussion of the original trilogy as comparison to middle eastern conflict narratives
Taylor · unverified◆ mixed · passing mention, not scored
“i see it as like the nazis like versus the nazis sort of thing because like the world trade center is the death star”
General Star Wars discussion about characters, storylines, and character preferences
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“i think obi-wan kenobi is the best character in all of star wars i think he's got the coolest story um everybody else is a [ __ ] like their story is either like i don't know that it's poorly written”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“anakin's story is even lamer yoda was around for thousands of years maybe yoda's a [ __ ] quitter”
Extended discussion of Han Solo shooting Greedo first and character development, plus discussion of George Lucas's original vision
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“han solo shooting first or not we're meant to learn that this guy has flexible morality”
Extensive discussion of original trilogy pacing issues, comparing perception then versus now
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“that's what i think about star wars honestly in the beginning i agree watch the original star wars like in my head these were like action movies but if we re-watch them there is a lot of slowness in those films”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“no i can't get into them i think they're pretty [ __ ] lame um rogue one was is uh very good the mandalorian is incredible”
Sci-fi franchise mentioned as example of culturally impactful movie, contrasted with Avatar's lack of cultural impact
Kyle · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“like star wars i've said this before uh jaws there are a lot of like movies that impacted that are part of american culture”
Taylor discusses how Star Wars felt different rewatching it as an adult, with focus on bureaucracy rather than action, contrasting with childhood memories.
Taylor · unverified◆ mixed · passing mention, not scored
“Star Wars was the movie I came up with as a child I remember Star Wars being about space cowboys an action movie was sword fighting and starship battles and the the womp rats or whatever that they shot it was trading a s”