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a good number of the star wars fanbase don’t seem to understand star wars is a kids’ franchise
i think people who grew up with it, expect star wars to adapt its maturity level and they (arrogantly) get upset when it doesn’t.
its a similar perplexing phenomenon when adults review kids animated movies and get upset that it doesn’t cater to adults as well. they don’t have to, the main goal is to entertain kids. there are tons of movies i loved as a kid that i couldn’t watch today – its not that they’re bad now, its just i’m no longer the target audience
I truly love hearing this ‘no fucks given’ version of George.
[00:10] “Gar Gar”
What a load of hogwash. I loved C-3PO, Yoda and the Ewoks. I don’t know ANYONE who hated those characters.
Jar Jar Binks was absolutely ridiculous.
The theory that jar jar was planned to be the most evil manipulative sith lord in the universe but they scraped it because studios didn’t want to risk it is so dope though.
Goes to show how out of touch and clueless George Lucas was about his own creation. I hated Jar Jar not because he spoke ebonics, but for how incompetent he was and the actions he did that caused problems.
this was somehow unexpectedly wholesome
I really like how Robin comes across in this. He takes over a little, but that’s to be expected.
Personally I also hated C3PO. He was annoying, and some of his mistakes put his friends in danger. The fact that Lucas cites him as a defense for Jar-Jar hurts my head. The fact that the original Star Wars series was popular and profitable doesn’t mean it was perfect.
He (and the superfans of the first trilogy) can’t admit any imperfection, instead trying to blame the fans. I love the original trilogy, but perfect it is not.
I didn’t inherently hate Ewoks; they were kind of cool. What I had a problem with was Ewoks killing tons of “a full legion” of the Emperor’s best troops. It just wasn’t believable and it took me out of suspension of disbelief. If 3 foot tall humanoids with sticks and rocks could slaughter stormtroopers, how were these guys still holding the galaxy in an iron fist?
Lucas’ original idea of it as wookiees and some sort of slave revolt would have been cool. And if he wanted to add in some Ewoks that knew the area or something, that could’ve worked too. Just not the like child-bows with stone headed arrows that even plastic armor would stop.
Robin Williams was an OG nerd. Like a Patton Oswalt, Kevin Smith level nerd.
Hearing George Lucas say Ewan McGregor sounds like fat bastard is the funniest shit I’ve ever heard
Robin William’s accents were awesome!
I could listen to Lucas and Williams riff on the whole thing. Would love to hear them rip on the sequels.
A Robin Williams podcast where he would interview serious people would have been Gold.
Calling Jar Jar a “comic” anything while speaking to Robin Williams is just wrong.
Poop and fart jokes are barely comedy. George was as good at writing comedy as he was writing dialogue.
I upvoted *even though* the post title says “Starwars” instead of “Star Wars”! Thanks for sharing.
he doesnt know what the audience liked and disliked. JAR-JAR is trash, the rest ended up being gold. Hes trying to justify jar-jar being hated by saying other original characters were hated…. naw bro. Jar-Jar just fucking sucks.
MCVader is the funniest shit Ive heard in a longtime.
Could it be Jar Jar sucks? No, it’s the fans who are wrong.
I love George Lucas referencing Fat Bastard casually