Why Star Wars Can’t Move Forward

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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:    • The Case Against The Jedi Order  

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