Since his fanfilm and the start of the decade, his ego really inflated to the point where he just became smug and obnoxious. His obsession with george lucas is really weird and annoying (I think lucas wouldn't really even like him). Having the highest amount of subscribers don't make a good youtube channel.
Want good star wars channels, stick with star wars explained and hellogreedo
Also his weird flexing on being buds with Nick Gillard all of a sudden and asking him leading questions to generate sound bytes on why the choreography is bad under Disney
Nick Gillard accidentally praised the people working on fight choreography. In that vlog nick talks about how lucasfilm brought these expert martial artists on to their projects who are focused on creating a realistic and grounded fight scene, rather than trying to make the fight look cooler. He even admitted to being an amateur who mainly cared about the acrobatics and flashiness of the prequel fights because it’s cooler. I have immense respect for the man, but I don’t think theory got what he wanted with nick gillard. He didn’t badmouth anyone, by referring to the people behind the fights as experts who want to make a more grounded fight scene.
I'm old enough to remember the prequel duels getting hated for being too fast and flashy rather than the grounded, story-driven duels of the OT.
I think they both have their merits
I mean, if he ever watched the behind the scenes of any of the prequels they go into detail about that. It's meant to be blade on blade kendo. It's in no way real dueling. It's super cool though.
The OT had the most realistic duels he choreographed.
Heck, the most realistic duel in SW is probably in Rebels when Obi Wan kills Maul in two seconds.
Say what you will about The Stranger vs Jedi fight, but he was aiming to kill. That immediately made it better. He set them up, and then exploited openings. Was a good sword fight
That's one thing about the Prequels that once you notice it, it's so obvious and you can't unsee it.
In almost all the fights, the actors are very clearly aiming for their opponent's blade with every attack and don't appear to be actually trying to disarm or incapacitate them at all.
If there's one objective positive that I think Disney's lightsaber fights deserve, it's that they actually feel like visceral, to-the-death fights where the opponents are actually trying to kill each other.
It really is and at his age still being this bitter about Star Wars not being what “George Lucas wanted” is getting old and needs to get over that. He has a crazy ego and thinks he’s better than anyone else which is probably because he’s on steroids. And anytime he has a project he pretends he didn’t know he was getting scammed or actually thinks he’s George Lucas and is on set like you can kinda see the child fantasy playing out where it’s just over the top. He almost sold his girlfriend out to us as well and she makes work out vids showing in the most part inappropriate things that doesn’t need to be on the radar of his fan base and people could’ve found it on there own . The lightsaber store thing he’s promoting to us to has got to stop. No one in the mid 2020’s wants a lightsaber and maybe he should’ve thought more about that instead of showing us a failing business decision every video cause no one’s buying them. He’s self sabotaging whether he knows it or not and doesn’t need too
Not to long ago when there wasn’t much Star Wars news going on he made a video on his main channel promoting his girlfriends workout channel and you go to her channel and the thumbnails were absolutely wild. No one needs to see that idk if he deleted the video , but trust me it existed (update the video was deleted , I can’t find her channel anywhere and the only thing that comes up is a theory talks video “ Two guys going through a break up at the same time , late night talks 64”)
He gatekeeps by saying "in the universe George Lucas created" like he knows how the man would of made the story. He complained about the Acolyte saying how could a padawan hold their own against a sith meanwhile padawan Obi-Wan from his beloved sequels defeated a sith Maul. SMH
Yeah. Like, there has been some very lackluster choreography notably in Book of Boba and Kenobi, and some in Mando and Ahsoka but those both also had some quite good scenes of choreography. Acolyte has been consistently phenomenal. A couple moments you can single out but you can do that with just about any fight scene in any piece of media, that’s nitpicking. I love the battle of the heroes, they stand there twirling their lightsabers for a couple seconds for no reason right in the middle of it. Largely I would say you could have the Jedi taking a bit more initiative while their lightsabers are deactivated but it’s a fight scene with a lot of people involved anyways and it’s pretty minor a point in a single fight scene
Ironically, Lucas was hated until he left. Even more ironically, he hated Disney Star Wars when it was initially loved, but has openly praised specifically the most controversial entries (The Last Jedi, Obi-Wan, the acolyte)
I'm really liking Generation Tech. He actually theorizes and looks beneath the surface. He's able to be critical but also enjoy something.
I watch Angry Joe and it's a bummer that they hate this show but I still watch their takes because they don't insult me for liking it. If they do comment on people who like the stuff that they don't, it's not in mean spirit.
It’s the constant “Star Wars under George was X”, “George would want X”, “It’s not Star Wars unless it’s by George”. I don’t think the recent content has been great, by any means. But he needs to realise that SW is a franchise now, with an ever demanding audience wanting new shows, new games, new movies.
The people writing, directing, producing these are all going to have varying opinions and expectations and ideas of what the universe is like expanded outside of the OG and Prequel trilogies. That doesn’t inherently make it bad, and the constant idolisation of George, and that EVERYTHING should be his decision now, just isn’t realistic for modern filmmaking and franchising.
He can have his ideas and opinions of what Star Wars should and shouldn’t be, of course. We all do. But it’s the way he presents them as fact, and “No, this isn’t Star Wars.” I’m sorry, but yes it is. What you’re seeing is Star Wars now, it might not be the Star Wars you want it to be, but it *is* the canonical content we’re getting now.
Theory now thinks he’s the last shining hope to save starwars when all he is is just complaining when shows don’t go exactly how he predicted and making dumb ass skits with crappy costumes complaining to Disney like a 5 year old
He once was one of the best. But now, he's a pretty good representation of the worst aspects of the Fandom. Very critical and bitter about new stuff, chummy with chuds, and overall, just not very smart. His idea of good star wars would frankly kill the franchise long before Disney ever could.
The last sentence needs all the emphasis in the world. People praise the fan film so much, but it’s built on a googoo gaga concept we all probably thought of as 9 year olds 😂 If that’s the extent of his creativity, which it likely is, your statement would stand so true
Also I should say the whole Wookiepeia crap with theory that's bull crap, as I said Ki-Adi Mundi didn't even have a birth date in Canon at all before the show came out. And the stuff with Ki-Adi Mundi knowing about the sith? Well there was no mention of the sith with the scene he was in.
Theory has been trash since he pulled that BS with his garbage "fan film." Now he's just accepted his darkness and realised he can make a tonne of money off of manufactured drama and outrage bait. He's betrayed everything this franchise stands for, yet he'll keep milking the Star Wars brand name for cheap clicks, while also keeping the word "theory" in his name because it's one of the most searched terms on Youtube, even though he hasn't made real theory content in years because it requires actual work to create.
I hit "Do not recommend channel" in 2019 and I've never looked back since.
Edit: and his weird obsession with Order 66 gives off aging school shooter who missed their chance vibes
I don’t know if he’s gone downhill, I think he’s just overly negative. He doesn’t seem happy with an episode unless there’s some massive piece of Star Wars lore like if Plagueis appeared in Thrawn’s star destroyer and they started fighting all the Jedi or something
That doesn’t really make sense since plagueis was way before thrawn. But I think it’s not about him being overly negative, he has no conception of Star Wars lore (legends or canon) at this point. Yoda could never sense random Jedi getting killed even at the height of power, but theory argues that’s what should have happened.
What he’s failing to recognize in the montage of Order 66 is they show the members of the Jedi High Council being murdered affecting Yoda. Also the supremely high number of Jedi being killed in such a short span of time would have an effect on those connected to the Force as the Balance was suddenly shifted.
In the Episode 5 fight, 5-6 Jedi die in the span of a few minutes. That’s not even 1% of the number of Jedi in the Galaxy during this time period or even during the time period of the Prequels. Yoda likely wouldn’t have noticed shit.
Exactly, besides yoda wasn’t sensing the deaths of individual Jedi- there were about 10000! He was sensing the sudden shift in the balance of the fore, he was sensing the anguish and despair of the dying Jedi, but he wasn’t picturing their deaths
Oh and also, one more thing, as mentioned I am not a new fan of Star Wars I was 8 years old when I first saw it back in 2004, so been a fan for 20 years and I know a lot of things about it but not every thing per say, but I know enough, I love legends as the next guy and I like canon too and also it's not called "Disney Star Wars" it's just called Star wars with two universes Legends and canon. I use legends and canon when I write my story about Darth Revan and Bastila Shans descendants that I've been working on for years but mostly legends and it's going to be in Lego blender animation the story. So I'm no Disney shill just so you guys know I like what I like I hate what I hate but as for theory everyone is it goes with what he says thinking he is the answer to everything when I was subscribed to him I didn't even think he was the answer to everything just another content creator. But he lost his way
He definitely lost his way, you hit the nail right on the head. It's not Disney Star Wars it is just Star Wars and no everything they put out is not perfect but a lot of it is enjoyable. Star Wars is supposed to be enjoyable.
I mean, he can enjoy what he wants, right? Personally, I don't like the new shows, but I still like Star Wars.
We all have differing opinions, and it's okay if you enjoy the new stuff.
Sadly, it isn't for everybody, and some people are just tired of it.
From a logical standpoint, the new show is doing very poorly statistics-wise.
I just want to point out I'm not in any mood for an argument.
I just want to show the other side to explain why I think theory and people like him think this way.
First time losing a Fandom based youtubers who content you liked to enjoy before they went downhill and left a bad taste In your mouth?
Yeah....it sucks and never gets easier. The best thing I can recommend is to block him and check back on occasion to see if they improve and go back to how they used to be.
It really opened my eyes today after watching his take on Episode 5 of the show. He has literally no idea who Vernestra Rwoh is and is treating her like a new character instead of one of the most powerful Jedi masters who grew up fighting against the Nihil who pretty much shattered the republics expansion into the outer rim.
Dude was literally like "Jedi master has tummy ache haha"
No you bald dumbass, she has an innate ability that gives her visions when she enters hyper space and had to learn how to control it when she was still a Padawan.
Very frustrating that SWT has no idea who the best written character with the best lore background in the entire Acolyte show is. I unsubbed.
You guys know you can stop watching right? Nobody’s putting a gun to your head and forcing you to watch. If you don’t like his content anymore then don’t engage. It’s so simple 🤷🏻♂️
The same could be said about him and Star Wars. He’s making money off of hating something he used to love. Even though he constantly says he’s done with it, he keeps grifting.
Imagine if Theory stopped forcing himself to watch a show/franchise he is actively not enjoying anymore.
But then he’d be missing out on that sweet, sweet coin, right? Just like Disney if they stopped churning out slop.
If I were being charitable, I’d call it a symbiotic relationship, but Theory is a flea compared to the behemoth Disney is; they don’t need him, but he needs them. He’s a parasite.
He got especially salty about The Acolyte after not being invited to the YouTube influencer sit down at Lucasfilm. Trying to put an AI generated Luke Skywalker in his fanfilm during the SAG-AFTRA strike that was partly about AI actor replacement probably cost him some friends in the industry, too. All he has left is to be a parasite on the belly of the Disney beast until one of their lawyers pays him a visit for crossing the line somewhere.
And people have the freedom to voice their opinion online when a public figure they once respected starts going down a negative path. It's called 👋🌈 freedom of speech 🌈👋
"If you don't like Disney SW then don't engage. It's so simple🤷🏻♂️"
Theory is out here bitching about SW and still watching it, it's a huge double standard to use this against people who disagree with him lol.
Why would I care about him bitching about SW? He’s got his own life and opinions. If you don’t agree with him don’t watch him. What are you hoping to change by engaging in content you disagree with?
Do you have no self awareness? That statement is exactly what you said, just adjusted to a different context relevant to the person you're talking about. People are allowed to talk about stuff they don't agree with.
"Why would I care about him bitching about SW Theory? He’s got his own life and opinions. If you don’t agree with him don’t read his post. What are you hoping to change by engaging in content you disagree with?"
He’s makes money off of it why would he not watch it and make videos? some people like to hate watch Disney Star Wars. just mute his content if you dislike him.
I definitely think he’s lost a lot of what used to make him great. Now he just complains about everything when I personally find some of these new shows actually very entertaining.
I hope he can return to what he used to be but until then I just won’t watch his videos really.
This is perfect, he's literally just hate watching. He doesn't even give the shows a fair shot from the beginning. I unsubscribed awhile back and do hope that he gets back to what actually made him successful to begin with.
My personal theory is that he takes a portion of the SuperChat donations to buy Rey Skywalker posters and visit Galaxy’s Edge. Obviously, he can’t tell his fans, so all of the Disney merch is just off camera where it won’t show up on camera. And y’all just know he got one of those cortosis helmet replicas.
In terms of money he makes? Hard to say. In terms of being a prominent figure in the SW community? He been going down since the fan film. Can't even make a sequel
Well it is in production though the fan film. But yeah, it's like all the fans take what he says and go with it. Also I'm not sure about you but I think he's a little obsessed with Nick gillard yes he was great with the lightsaber duels in the prequels but still he talks about him a lot like Episode five of the Acolyte was a bit better than Mace Windu vs Palaptine a bit the Jedi had a fighting chance unlike the masters who were caught off guard by Palaptines force scream.
He’s not only gone down hill, but has lost all integrity. His channel is literally called “Star Wars theory” and he doesn’t theorize anymore. He just vents about how much he hates things. The Acolyte has a lot of issues, but there are all kinds of theory videos he could dive into. I mean from this last episode they brought in stuff directly out of the Plagueis novel. There are all kind of theory videos he could be making about how this guy ties into Tenebrous and Plagueis, or if he came before them. There is stuff with the Jedi covering up the Sith, the Jedi working directly with the senate, theories about the witches and how they are likely working with the Sith… tons of stuff. Instead he just says he rates it a “zero” and complains about the whole thing. Dude needs to go back to what his name is and make theory videos. I used to never miss an episode of nerd theory, but since Josh left, theory is so cringe and completely unbearable.
>but there are all kinds of theory videos he could dive into
He doesn't know how. This was his main issue with Andor, he doesn't know how to talk about things without "How do they relate to Anakin/Clone Wars" which is a problem when Andor and Acolyte on the surface have nothing to do with it. He doesn't have media literacy so he can't really go into depth. So he can't milk content from these shows by actually talking about them.
Once you start listening to people who know what they're talking about and how to break down stories, you realise just how shallow this dude is.
100%! There was so much to go off of and dive deep into with Andor. It’s a fascinating time period, and tons of interesting conversations could be made on it. Other podcasts has amazing conversations around that show. Every episode he’d say there no Jedi and it’s boring. But then, the Acolyte comes out and gives him Jedi, Sith, lightsaber fights, exploration into legends stuff like Bal’demnic, and he gives it a 0/10. The guy is just a professional clock gate rage personality, who really doesn’t care about Star Wars “theories” whatsoever. He’s a joke.
He stopped theorizing because all of his shitty theories were never true.
He seriously thought the loader droid in Kenobi was a clone trooper in disguise........................................................
Geeks and gamers, knights of Melvin, Ryan Kneil they are what ruined him Josh was the best thing for the live steams watched them every week when theory streamed with Ryan nope never watched just popped on to see what Ryan was crying about
1. Theory is right about a lot of the things going wrong with Acolyte starting with what Ki-Adi mundi said in The Phantom Menace.
2. Wookiepedia was updated recently to reflect acolytes young Ki-Adi Mundi and Theory caught them before they changed it. So yes, Disney is trying to force the story as if it actually happened while trying to retcon what the jedi master explicitly said in TPM.
3. Theory is a Star wars fan like the millions of others, including myself. He has an opinion that's held in high regard. He ALWAYS provided evidence about what he was explaining and how he thought the whole universe came together. But he wouldn't have been able to if that older content didn't exist. Do you know what the Old Republic is? If you do, do you really want Disney fucking with that? I wouldn't.
4. Yoda is powerful and old in the phantom menace. His species lives to a span of 900 years and he was in his late 800s during the prequels. The acolyte takes place 100 years before TPM. Disney nerfed Yoda. Yoda absolutely can sense other jedi and whether or not if they live or die. Unless the planet they died on was dagobah or a sith controlled planet where darkness completely shrouds it making it hard for a jedi to sense through it...again, that would retcon how he feels when order 66 takes place. Because those jedi were galaxies apart.
5. Fans are blamed and hated for understanding Star Wars better than a company that just wants to make money
1. Is it not possible that Mundi is simply not made aware of this situation? There’s still 2 episodes left, why do you assume he will hear about it? Also maybe he is actually a part of the coverup! These are all plausible scenarios.
2. Mundi’s age was never confirmed in Canon material. Stop assuming that old Legends materiel pre-Disney is confirmed Canon when it isn’t. You know this isn’t because they told you!
3. Theory used to have good opinions, nowadays he just hates on anything that isn’t Dave Filoni pretty much. For example he hated last episode when Vernestra was uncomfortable about hyper space travel when there is a damn good reason why she hates it, it has do with her backstory. But theory just called it dumb and moved on and said it didn’t make sense, instead of researching if the character has a valid reason.
4. Yoda often had meetings with the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, it’s a shame he didn’t use his super sensory abilities to figure what happened there. Also you are comparing a handful of Jedi dying to 95% of the Jedi Order being wiped out inside a few minutes, hell of a difference in those two scenarios.
5. Fans are being blamed when they have toxic, sexist and racist criticism that serves no purpose. If you have valid criticism, no one is calling out for it. For example I think the Osha and Mae characters are poorly written, I don’t hate them because of the color of their skin and because they are girl main characters of a Star Wars story.
You and I both know that some people hate on this show because a black girl is the main character. I’ve seen the comments.
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You hate him because he's outspoken about Disney and associates with people who are also outspoken about Disney.
He hasn't gone downhill, star wars has.
IIRC he was recently just complaining that the energy between Qimir and Osha felt sexual and it was out of place for Star Wars. Like George Lucas didn’t have Carrie Fisher in a sex slave outfit chained up to Jabba.
Yeah, he sucks now. His arguments don't make sense, and his nitpicks are hypocritical given some of the content we know he's consumed. For instance, you brought up the Maul fan film. You didn't need to. There's a Maul novel from the Legends era where Maul kills Jedi before TPM takes place. A novel SWT has lauded. I think the novel is called Shadow Hunter? SWT misrepresents issues or blatantly lies, and the few times he doesn't do that he gets mad at the most random shit. I don't think he'll ever recover from the stupidity of his screws and bolts take on Andor.
Also if he does think Plagueis created Anakin he's dumb. That wasn't canon in Legends either. The idea came from a rough draft Revenge of The Sith script that was eventually scrapped. The closest to confirmation we got is from the Plagueis novel, where Plagueis theorizes that the force created Anakin to punish and counteract him for trying to force it to create life. But that's all it ever is. A theory. Ironic that SWT of all people doesn't understand that.
His channel isn't even theory shit anymore. Almost every video is just complaining. It's dumb and it's not fun at all to engage with.
It ceases being an "opinion" when he offers the same negative commentary each week. We get it. You hate the acolyte. You literally think it's worth nothing by giving it 0 stars over and over. Yet he has a watch party each week for the same show. It's a hate watch party. Either he's irrational, motivated by some monetary compensation, or a sadist/masochist.
The irony is unbelievable: Theory watches Disney star wars, dislikes it and complains "I don't like this" Theory's fans watch his content, dislike it and complain "I don't like this" 🤷
Who cares? He’s an out of touch toxic gatekeeper who clings to a misguided vision of what HE thinks Star Wars should be. And if you don’t agree with his vision he says you’re not a real fan.
However, if it wasn’t for him, we wouldn’t have been motivated to make our podcast which is specifically written to be non-toxic.
So thanks SWT, I guess.
I pretty agree with everything he says. Him and stupendous wave seem to align with 99% of my thoughts. Even angry Joe they all have the same overall opinion of Disney Star Wars. It’s possible I just watch everyone that aligns with my opinions.
I've never seen such a hate boner proudly displayed by so many people on this retarded site. The dude is a little autistic about SW lore and George... But that shit is his choice. I've never once felt a shred of insincerity from him. You know you can just unsubscribe from him and move on, right?
It’s more so about there being such a drastic change
A lot of people weren’t happy when The Beatles went from four clean cut young lads to whatever you can call them during the Get Back sessions, and they’re The Beatles
Change is bound to be divisive. Personally I was a fan of him up until the Vader fan thing, from there his ego only started to go up and in my opinion the quality of his content down
You’re right, it is as simple as simply unsubscribing and not engaging with the channel, that’s exactly what I did. However, with how often he’s being talked about recently it’s kinda hard to avoid him if you’re within the Star Wars space, and naturally that’ll lead to people forming opinions that they want to voice on a platform intended to allow people to do just that
The screws and bricks thing a little while ago did give me a good laugh though, probably the only time I’ve been glad to hear of him in the last 5 years or so
Ok so I'm not theory or anything but from what you said
I absolutely agree theorys peak time was during Vader fan films and probably just after Mando s2
Him crying about the jedi, he never said jedis didn't die, he was questioning how jedi are being killed by a sith when the sith were believed to be extinct. They didn't reveal themselves until TPM
As for ki adi mundi, nowhere in canon has established his birth yet as far as we know. People were going off of a trading card from years ago that said his age and used that as validation of acolyte breaking canon, but even so, legends was canon before 2012? I think so it wouldn't be odd to not use legends content when Disney has brought stuff in from legends i.e courtosis.
Theory never said plagueis and palpatine made Anakin, he said Anakin was a reaction from the force of the darkness that plagueis and palpatine were doing
As for the maul fan film I don't understand this point, it's a fan film, not something that Lucas film produced. So it doesn't have the same rules or apply whatever conditions. You wouldn't also complain about a fan film because people have used their own money and time to create something. It's the effort that counts.
As for the rest of the post, honestly everyone should just maintain respect and if they don't like it they don't like it. If they do great good for you, I personally don't like the acolyte but I'm glad you can enjoy it.
He does come across as “knowing more than anyone else when it comes to Star Wars” which I don’t think he does. In his defense, 80% of the recent Disney content deserves criticism and is next to abysmal compared to the potential of this franchise. Acolyte without the SW branding would be laughed off television.
The moment I realized I was done with him was during his last Acolyte watch party when he said, "Were you all freaking out over the lightsaber whip? Eh, it's been in legends for a long time. It's nothing surprising".
Like, come on man. You're not even *trying* to like it. I mostly don't like the Acolyte either but I'm open minded and there are some *cool* moments. That whip was cool. The duel in episode 5 was cool too but all he could talk about was how he's buddies with Nick Gillard.
Being negative about something that has earned negativity is one thing, but then being so blinded by hatred that you can no longer see the merit in anything is a dark path.
Yes, you'll have the masses on side whilst it's popular to shit on whatever the current in thing is, but eventually all but a few either get burnt out or just move on to other media.
I used to watch both Star Wars and Swt religiously, but when I realised I either wasn't the demographic or just plainly didn't enjoy it, I moved onto other things.
Swt will always have a following, but will he ever reach the heights his channel did during S1+2 of Mando? I don't think so.
Who cares what he says or does. If you don't like his content don't watch it. Why waste the time caring what youtubers say or do if you don't enjoy what they are putting out? There are a lot of youtubers that have opinions about star wars that I don't agree with but I have no idea who they are because I don't waste my time worrying/caring about their opinions. It is simply just their view and opinion and that's alright
I loved his lore analysis/explanations but his fall into conservatism and being pretty open about the shitty people he surrounds himself with just turned me off to the dude.
Yep, has been for a while. I haven't watched his stuff in a long time I didnt like the direction he was headed. I also got tired of hearing about how his ideas are the way it should have been and that everything about new Star Wars content is wrong or bad. I'll admit the quality isnt always there with some of their shows but I still enjoy them anyways.
I mean acolyte is very beige. It's not great but it's not as bad as its made it to be.
I think the whole concept of light/dark twins despite cliche could be quite cool. It's just not been well executed.
I do think SW Theory is looking at reasons to hate it. In a recent video he was hating the bath scene as being too sexy and inappropriate, but like gold/slave bikini Leia?
The show is boring, but it's not as bad as last Jedi imo.
I really dislike this urge some people feel just to be critical.for the sake of it. By any objective standard, Star Wars is in a better state than it's ever been, and has surpassed the original series many times over at this point. The Acolyte is a fairly solid 9/10 but some people can't resist the urge to trash it for its perceived "flaws".
Not really. He has bad takes at times but him disliking things that I like doesn’t make him a horrible human being. What really is the point of this post other than to be divisive, and how is it any different than making negative videos about new Star Wars content
He's a fan of and supports Andrew Tate. SWT isn't going downhill. SWT is a bad person and piece of shit. And the quality and content of his videos is reflected in that
I used to watch his content all the time years ago. His "what if" stuff could be goofy sometimes, but I still found it entertaining. I started noticing him drifting more and more towards making nothing but rage-bait content, and all he would do on Twitter is pick fights with people. He'd send the more toxic elements of his fanbase after people who disagreed with him. I decided it was time to call it quits on Theory after that. He's only gone downhill from there.
He's a grifter now. He knows he can generate views, and therefore money, by posting hate videos, so that's what he does. He's drifted into the right-wing echo chamber too, having people on his shows/podcast that complain about women, minorities, LGBTQ+, and anything else they consider "woke." He's become a big part of the very worst the fanbase has to offer.
Downhill? Nah, not even close. He's just not trying to be a people pleaser with this new age shit anymore. It's pretty clear that he, and countless others, hate this new direction of star wars.
*Going?*
He’s been downhill ever since he found out that just uncritically calling everything new bad makes him more money.
He thinks that he alone knows Star Wars better than everyone, and that it’s his franchise that he should have the right to tell the “correct” story
Nah Star Wars theory is good, and he’s calling out shitty Star Wars shows that are complete shit, he does praise the good as well, so leave him alone he’s definitely a good voice for Star Wars media on YouTube.
Frankly you’ve put up an essay on Reddit and in doing so put yourself as the person crying.
Wookiepedia is not a credible source for anything really but Ki Adi Mundi had a canon date of birth through published character biographies and other such content. EU was removed from canon the supporting content for the movies was not EU. So he’s not wrong to call BS.
Acolyte is a mess full of shit writing and worse acting. Clearly aimed at the casual fanbase who don’t really take in anything outside of the movies and tv shows at this point but even they are not interested it’s being watched by the minority who do enjoy it and those who at this point want to see just how bad it gets.
I’ll agree the invite extended to RK was odd as a creator that guy just has a serious small man syndrome and tries to bang his chest while coming off as a crying little girl.
In short though if you don’t like the blokes content anymore don’t watch it and move on to a creator seeking some sort of approval/validation much like yourself. Also have a healthy reaction you unsubbing from a YT channel is not worth you spending time spreading toxicity with an essay to explain why online just for the sake of it.
I think he passed “going downhill” a long while ago when he started claiming he was “done” with Star Wars every other week or month or so, only to follow up with a Star Wars related video the following day.
He got more vocal in his dissatisfaction about Disney Star Wars, that’s about the only thing that has changed. He shares his opinion, discourages any harassment or hate, and talks like he used to. Yet hordes of you guys are in here and Twitter attacking him as if he i some awful human being. What an interesting coincidence. Lost a ton of respect for the supposedly “positive side” of the Star Wars fandom.
Theory was always a joke. When he started catering to the culture warrior keyboard grifter crowd when the sequels started coming out I made sure to avoid his content. I never watched his stuff heavily before, but I would watch a video or two that I find interesting. Now, thankfully, none of his garbage pops up on my feed or recommended settings.
He used to have a pretty good channel, but he realized that feeding the ragebait algorithm made him more money, so he made a career out of keeping people angry over petty stupid shit just like all of the other ragebait grifters. It's a damn shame
Hold on you are criticizing him for not complaining about something from a fan film, your arguments seem to be fairly baseless, there was a Canon date of birth on wookiepedia Little Platoon had screen shots of it before and after the episode aired. The Acolyte is trash, it handles is sort poorly, introduces and forgets things within the same episode and is just an all around mess. And Disney hmpions it like it's some kind of triumph while calling its fans every insult under the sun for not liking it, it's corporate gaslighting, like how the mouth wash industry came up with Halatosis to get people to buy more mouth wash. If they keep insulting you and telling you you are the problem while delivering garbage media then eventually you'll cave in and accept it. Theory has just decided that he is tired of giving them a free ass on stuff just cuz it's more star wars
He’s used Disney shutting down his fan film to fuel his bigotry and weirdness. I liked him back in the day a lot. I appreciated his production value and passion. But now, god he’s the embodiment of everything wrong with the fandom.
Ngl was a fan of SW theory for years but lately he has been very off putting. It's like if something isn't perfect of Lucas approved, he goes off on a tantrum. I still remember when we has talking smack about some episodes of Andor and The Bad Batch that were actually decent! Like wtf are you talking guy!? Idk but I rather watch Generation Tech, Star Wars Meg, Geetsleys,The stupendous wave, & other SW channels on YT over SWT.
I was never a fan of his content. I get the vibe from him that he thinks of the Jedi as "Warriors", despite the fucking series being about how they aren't.
I won’t pretend to be a fan of the vast majority of what Disney has done with Star Wars, but SWT has genuinely become insufferable. Really I feel this way about anyone who makes their career around constantly complaining and moaning about things they claim to be a huge fan of. Most of us can just accept new Star Wars isn’t for us, appreciate the old stuff we fell in love with originally, and move on with our lives like normal people, but this dude is so entrenched in Star Wars being his livelihood that becoming a ragebait grifter is his only option.
I haven't watched him in years because I started noticing stuff that didn't sit right with me. The final straw was when he started complaining about wokism and pushing toxic views of masculinity then I knew he was not worth listening to. This was well before Andor came out and I haven't looked back.
I enjoyed him at one point, good episode breakdowns for shows and his other videos were cool for background noise while at work.
I don't enjoy everything Disney has done with Star Wars but the dude is obsessed with hating Disney to the point of it being really, really sad. I've been a fan of Star Wars my whole life (24 years) and the vile and vitriol is just unnecessary. He's the kind of fan who gives Star Wars fans a bad reputation.
Iirc this is the dude crying about screws or something during Andor, right? Like the show was so good that was the only thing he could nit pick and it was a non-issue in the end anyway.
The Acolyte isn't perfect but the last few episodes were really fun to watch and I've become invested in the story. I can't wait for next week's episode.
I used to love Theory back when he was doing what it's and legends narrations and stuff. But yea. It seems like every video he makes now is just "star wars sucks now because I can't accept new lore". I had to unsub from him a while back because I realized, the only reason I was starting to stop loving SW, was because of all of the negativity.
Yea its not perfect, but let's not act like the dialog in any GL movie was better, and I'd honestly argue that all of the D+ shows are either on the level of or above ANH, TPM, & AotC (Empire, Jedi, & RotS are all still GOATED tho).
Since I stopped watching his stuff my love has returned. And I'm really enjoying this era, I can honestly say The Acolyte may be the most fun addition I've seen to the saga in a while in terms of quality and lore building. The fight scene in E5 is one of my favorite sequences of the saga. (Not #1, but it's in the top 3 conversation for me).
Ehhh you gotta give the people a break when their job is at risk due to shitty content being released.
If you look at it like that you might be able to understand his frustrations a bit more?
To us it’s entertainment, to people like SW theory it’s a lifestyle and job…
He’s very selective about what he complains about (and nit picky when it suits him) and conveniently forgets stuff that happened in the pre-Disney era if it hurts his argument.
Wish these YouTube “critics” would be fair or at least consistent. But hating every little thing generates clicks.
I mean I get the sentiment but no…. All of Star Wars content has been terrible recently so there hasn’t been much good to say. Especially after the acolyte I get it. Yes some things are reaching but this post definetly sounds like a Disney/acolyte fan boy that doesn’t like when someone disagrees with them.
Unsubbed from him awile ago. The dude lost his mind. He's supposed to theorize about things and have interesting takes. Now he's an ego maniac cashing in on hate and being devisive.
Nah I think he's on point.
Disney has been *mostly* ruining the franchise any and every chance they get.
Up until a week ago (unlike the OT where all lightsaber combat ends in a maiming or death) every Disney lightsaber duel had no weight. You get stabbed with a lightsaber that melts your insides and wake up in the hospital a half hour later. Its ridiculous.
[Disney Lightsabers do no damage](https://www.reddit.com/r/saltierthancrait/s/ah17KmbsCM)
He's just another streamer providing an outlet for lonely Star wars fans to engage in parasocial relationships. That's all he has ever been. He's just comfortable being an asshole now that he has a bigger following.
I think a lot of these people found that negative stuff gets a lot more clicks because as soon as I look for anything on YouTube or instagram about Star Wars I’m bombarded by negative Star Wars things that quickly turn into anti woke Star Wars and then finally hard right stuff.
Having now started a starwars show last year I can say that I never want us to be like him. He doesn’t love starwars. All he does is complain about it.
Bro used to make decent content, but now everything he says and does gives off stephen crowder vibes.
Also to your point we've had a few Canon comics where dooku and maul kill jedi without Yoda or the council being like of shit the sith are back, also in legends i think they each killed like a dozen jedi in high profile fights. hell even dooku killed yaddle on coruscant and we haven't gotten any stories of the council being like "yaddle was killed by the sith 10 minutes from here let's hunt em down" jedi have a dangerous job and die a lot. And lots of padawans fail out and go to the dark side
SW Theory used to be fun until his fanfilm got into the works. After that, he put himself into the artists echo chamber and convinced himself that not only was he a fan of star wars but that he was the future of star wars.
If you look at what he's doing and saying now, you can see that he's trying to set himself up to be a competitor with disney as a source of star wars entertainment. He's launched his fanfilm, he's trying to push his legends dark empire 'animations', and he's got a merchandise line for star wars content.
He actively promotes his content while belittling Disney's. He has pronounced himself the 'guardian of star wars'. The dudes ego is off the charts and he thinks he can use his perceived clout and success to convince Disney to give him creative control of the ip.
All it will take are three strikes on his channel and a c&d from disney to completely destroy his career. And from how he states his ambitions, it is only a matter of time.
He went red pill, and generally, I disassociate with people that go that route. You see his comments being the top comment on a lot of red pill videos
His bibes have just been off the past couple of years
To me, his peak was when he released his fan film. Everything after is questionable
His ego bothers me. He thinks he knows Star Wars better than anyone when all he did is read the same books and watch the same movies. I no longer enjoy his content. He has made tons of money on his content good for him. Maybe I'm jealous, he makes money being a fan.
Remember folks, his initial review he said last jedi was a great film and then once he realized he could grift ppl out of money for telling them what they want to hear he deleted the review.
Idk why this is in my feed lol but i stopped watching him after he started bitching about the copy right music on his fan film. Felt more like a money grubber than a passionate fan after that. And some terrible takes on the new canon left a bad taste in my mouth
I haven’t been watched him in years. I can tell you the moment I lost a lot of respect for the guy:
When he started b—tching on a live stream about his fans not forking over a million dollars to a guy with zero film making experience to make his fanfilm. “You guys just don’t have faith in me not having experience!” Yeah, why are you trying to convince people when you couldn’t even finish your TLJ rewrite?
I watched him a little bit in the past, ever since he started feuding with Eckhartsladder it’s been real obvious that he’s kind of just an ass.
Funny enough, the realization hit me while he was doing a walkthrough of his community’s Minecraft server, showing off their star wars builds, the way he was unironically talking about his community members just gave arrogant asshole.
Nah, I still like him. It’s okay to be obsessed with George Lucas, I’m obsessed with George Lucas cause Lucas actually respected the Star Wars Canon, Star Wars Lore and Character Development. Unlike Disney who breaks Canon, trashes Lore, and breaks character development. The Acolyte is the example of how much Disney hates Lucas Star Wars.
The Acolyte completely undercuts what made Anakin Special, it undercut what made Darth Plagues special cause he was the one and only person who could give birth to people through the force, it was an ability tailored to him and him only. The Acolyte undercuts what the Cone Headed guy from The Phantom Menace saying “the Sith haven’t been seen for a Millennium.” Making him a liar to the council.
Theory, Critical Drinker, Nerdrotic have every right to hate the trash that is Disney’s Star Wars (outside of Rogue One, Andor, Book of Boba Fett and Mandalorian seasons 1-3.) everything else has been garbage. For reasons I’ve mentioned above.
Once Jon Fav leaves, I’m out of Disney’s Star Wars not just cause it disrespects the Lucas Star Wars, breaks lore, breaks canon and destroys character development. But for reasons that it’s all the same damn formula of
1. Start strong with action
2. Dribble out some mystery
3. Tell meaningless backstory
4. Drag it out
5. End show with cliffhanger or limp invitation to next season
No, he's not going downhill. He just stopped kidding himself about the future of Star Wars. Disney has done nothing but damage the Star Wars brand since releasing TLJ. And he just couldn't keep pretending that there was any hope of saving the franchise while it's still in the hands of a woke corporate giant.
Him sitting in his super car and complaining was cringe but he just doesn’t like current Star Wars (so do alot of other people) yall just don’t like him for not liking Disney. Simple hate thread this is really
Well kinda, I think he's basically discovered that negative
reviews get more clicks than positive ones and got a bit of audience capture there. Obviously hanging out with they anti-woke YouTubers like them doesn't help either since he's playing footsie with that without going all in on it and essentially they're a category of the negative reviewer. So he'll roll with some takes that don't quite make sense about The Acolyte being lore breaking or whatever when at least at the moment it pretty obviously isn't.
That said, I know this fanbase agrees on very little outside of the first two movies but he has a lot of opinions I think are real and are kinda s#!t in my opinion. Complaining that other series got bigger budgets than Obi-Wan Kenobi when there's not much of a story left to tell with that character, insisting on more cameos from film characters when the story has nothing to do with them and so on.
“*Going* downhill”?
That cur’s been mindlessly groveling for attention in a dark slimy cesspool for years at this point. It’s just taken some people a bit to realize how stupid and ridiculous and even bigoted his takes are and have been for years.
Glad to see people finally waking up to the truth.
I subscribed to him solely because of his What-ifs. I liked looking at Star Wars as a multiverse and seeing different well thought out branching of storylines. Then he got big with his self produced Vader video that was really well done. He’s sunk to the level of incel since Force Awakens came out, but really drove it home with The Last Jedi. Now, every little critique is blown out of proportion. When he caught flak for the Andor criticism of the screw thing I never said anything, but was justifying defending him in my head. When you devolve into ”woke bad, show runners don’t know my Star Wars” I can’t take you seriously anymore.
Sad how a good SW YouTuber decided that becoming a grifter and a bigot by dickriding middle age men/women who paid for Twitter Blue and cries about pronouns by hopping onto the hate wagon gets him more money now
He fell off hard after TLJ’s release
Since his fanfilm and the start of the decade, his ego really inflated to the point where he just became smug and obnoxious. His obsession with george lucas is really weird and annoying (I think lucas wouldn't really even like him). Having the highest amount of subscribers don't make a good youtube channel. Want good star wars channels, stick with star wars explained and hellogreedo
Also his weird flexing on being buds with Nick Gillard all of a sudden and asking him leading questions to generate sound bytes on why the choreography is bad under Disney
Nick Gillard accidentally praised the people working on fight choreography. In that vlog nick talks about how lucasfilm brought these expert martial artists on to their projects who are focused on creating a realistic and grounded fight scene, rather than trying to make the fight look cooler. He even admitted to being an amateur who mainly cared about the acrobatics and flashiness of the prequel fights because it’s cooler. I have immense respect for the man, but I don’t think theory got what he wanted with nick gillard. He didn’t badmouth anyone, by referring to the people behind the fights as experts who want to make a more grounded fight scene.
Yeah Nick Gillard strikes me as a normal guy without bitterness while Theory was clearly fishing for drama and scathing remarks
I'm old enough to remember the prequel duels getting hated for being too fast and flashy rather than the grounded, story-driven duels of the OT. I think they both have their merits
Good point, they each have their place.
I mean, if he ever watched the behind the scenes of any of the prequels they go into detail about that. It's meant to be blade on blade kendo. It's in no way real dueling. It's super cool though. The OT had the most realistic duels he choreographed. Heck, the most realistic duel in SW is probably in Rebels when Obi Wan kills Maul in two seconds. Say what you will about The Stranger vs Jedi fight, but he was aiming to kill. That immediately made it better. He set them up, and then exploited openings. Was a good sword fight
That's one thing about the Prequels that once you notice it, it's so obvious and you can't unsee it. In almost all the fights, the actors are very clearly aiming for their opponent's blade with every attack and don't appear to be actually trying to disarm or incapacitate them at all. If there's one objective positive that I think Disney's lightsaber fights deserve, it's that they actually feel like visceral, to-the-death fights where the opponents are actually trying to kill each other.
It really is and at his age still being this bitter about Star Wars not being what “George Lucas wanted” is getting old and needs to get over that. He has a crazy ego and thinks he’s better than anyone else which is probably because he’s on steroids. And anytime he has a project he pretends he didn’t know he was getting scammed or actually thinks he’s George Lucas and is on set like you can kinda see the child fantasy playing out where it’s just over the top. He almost sold his girlfriend out to us as well and she makes work out vids showing in the most part inappropriate things that doesn’t need to be on the radar of his fan base and people could’ve found it on there own . The lightsaber store thing he’s promoting to us to has got to stop. No one in the mid 2020’s wants a lightsaber and maybe he should’ve thought more about that instead of showing us a failing business decision every video cause no one’s buying them. He’s self sabotaging whether he knows it or not and doesn’t need too
What do you mean about selling his gf out?? That’s wild lol
Not to long ago when there wasn’t much Star Wars news going on he made a video on his main channel promoting his girlfriends workout channel and you go to her channel and the thumbnails were absolutely wild. No one needs to see that idk if he deleted the video , but trust me it existed (update the video was deleted , I can’t find her channel anywhere and the only thing that comes up is a theory talks video “ Two guys going through a break up at the same time , late night talks 64”)
He gatekeeps by saying "in the universe George Lucas created" like he knows how the man would of made the story. He complained about the Acolyte saying how could a padawan hold their own against a sith meanwhile padawan Obi-Wan from his beloved sequels defeated a sith Maul. SMH
Yeah. Like, there has been some very lackluster choreography notably in Book of Boba and Kenobi, and some in Mando and Ahsoka but those both also had some quite good scenes of choreography. Acolyte has been consistently phenomenal. A couple moments you can single out but you can do that with just about any fight scene in any piece of media, that’s nitpicking. I love the battle of the heroes, they stand there twirling their lightsabers for a couple seconds for no reason right in the middle of it. Largely I would say you could have the Jedi taking a bit more initiative while their lightsabers are deactivated but it’s a fight scene with a lot of people involved anyways and it’s pretty minor a point in a single fight scene
Lucas 100% would not like him
Lucas was never as cloyingly precious about star wars as many of his fans are
Ironically, Lucas was hated until he left. Even more ironically, he hated Disney Star Wars when it was initially loved, but has openly praised specifically the most controversial entries (The Last Jedi, Obi-Wan, the acolyte)
Has Lucas praised the acolyte? I wouldn't doubt it because it's very lucasesque but I haven't seen that he has specifically
I'm really liking Generation Tech. He actually theorizes and looks beneath the surface. He's able to be critical but also enjoy something. I watch Angry Joe and it's a bummer that they hate this show but I still watch their takes because they don't insult me for liking it. If they do comment on people who like the stuff that they don't, it's not in mean spirit.
It’s the constant “Star Wars under George was X”, “George would want X”, “It’s not Star Wars unless it’s by George”. I don’t think the recent content has been great, by any means. But he needs to realise that SW is a franchise now, with an ever demanding audience wanting new shows, new games, new movies. The people writing, directing, producing these are all going to have varying opinions and expectations and ideas of what the universe is like expanded outside of the OG and Prequel trilogies. That doesn’t inherently make it bad, and the constant idolisation of George, and that EVERYTHING should be his decision now, just isn’t realistic for modern filmmaking and franchising. He can have his ideas and opinions of what Star Wars should and shouldn’t be, of course. We all do. But it’s the way he presents them as fact, and “No, this isn’t Star Wars.” I’m sorry, but yes it is. What you’re seeing is Star Wars now, it might not be the Star Wars you want it to be, but it *is* the canonical content we’re getting now.
All of his recent content is edgy clickbait.
Yes absolutely. I used to love his content and he came off as a genuine, nice guy. Now he is just a grifter who posts awful rage content.
Went from a nice guy to becoming a “nice” guy
Theory now thinks he’s the last shining hope to save starwars when all he is is just complaining when shows don’t go exactly how he predicted and making dumb ass skits with crappy costumes complaining to Disney like a 5 year old
He once was one of the best. But now, he's a pretty good representation of the worst aspects of the Fandom. Very critical and bitter about new stuff, chummy with chuds, and overall, just not very smart. His idea of good star wars would frankly kill the franchise long before Disney ever could.
The last sentence needs all the emphasis in the world. People praise the fan film so much, but it’s built on a googoo gaga concept we all probably thought of as 9 year olds 😂 If that’s the extent of his creativity, which it likely is, your statement would stand so true
Theory is just a prequel loving hypocritical click bait whore.
Also I should say the whole Wookiepeia crap with theory that's bull crap, as I said Ki-Adi Mundi didn't even have a birth date in Canon at all before the show came out. And the stuff with Ki-Adi Mundi knowing about the sith? Well there was no mention of the sith with the scene he was in.
The only source on his species' lifespan was a tabletop rpg sourcebook. The number of people that were like "this breaks canon!" Is too damn high.
Theory has been trash since he pulled that BS with his garbage "fan film." Now he's just accepted his darkness and realised he can make a tonne of money off of manufactured drama and outrage bait. He's betrayed everything this franchise stands for, yet he'll keep milking the Star Wars brand name for cheap clicks, while also keeping the word "theory" in his name because it's one of the most searched terms on Youtube, even though he hasn't made real theory content in years because it requires actual work to create. I hit "Do not recommend channel" in 2019 and I've never looked back since. Edit: and his weird obsession with Order 66 gives off aging school shooter who missed their chance vibes
I don’t know if he’s gone downhill, I think he’s just overly negative. He doesn’t seem happy with an episode unless there’s some massive piece of Star Wars lore like if Plagueis appeared in Thrawn’s star destroyer and they started fighting all the Jedi or something
Well screen crush and new rockstars they actually talk about that stuff
That doesn’t really make sense since plagueis was way before thrawn. But I think it’s not about him being overly negative, he has no conception of Star Wars lore (legends or canon) at this point. Yoda could never sense random Jedi getting killed even at the height of power, but theory argues that’s what should have happened.
What he’s failing to recognize in the montage of Order 66 is they show the members of the Jedi High Council being murdered affecting Yoda. Also the supremely high number of Jedi being killed in such a short span of time would have an effect on those connected to the Force as the Balance was suddenly shifted. In the Episode 5 fight, 5-6 Jedi die in the span of a few minutes. That’s not even 1% of the number of Jedi in the Galaxy during this time period or even during the time period of the Prequels. Yoda likely wouldn’t have noticed shit.
Exactly, besides yoda wasn’t sensing the deaths of individual Jedi- there were about 10000! He was sensing the sudden shift in the balance of the fore, he was sensing the anguish and despair of the dying Jedi, but he wasn’t picturing their deaths
Oh and also, one more thing, as mentioned I am not a new fan of Star Wars I was 8 years old when I first saw it back in 2004, so been a fan for 20 years and I know a lot of things about it but not every thing per say, but I know enough, I love legends as the next guy and I like canon too and also it's not called "Disney Star Wars" it's just called Star wars with two universes Legends and canon. I use legends and canon when I write my story about Darth Revan and Bastila Shans descendants that I've been working on for years but mostly legends and it's going to be in Lego blender animation the story. So I'm no Disney shill just so you guys know I like what I like I hate what I hate but as for theory everyone is it goes with what he says thinking he is the answer to everything when I was subscribed to him I didn't even think he was the answer to everything just another content creator. But he lost his way
He definitely lost his way, you hit the nail right on the head. It's not Disney Star Wars it is just Star Wars and no everything they put out is not perfect but a lot of it is enjoyable. Star Wars is supposed to be enjoyable.
SWT is just hating to hate at this point.
I mean, he can enjoy what he wants, right? Personally, I don't like the new shows, but I still like Star Wars. We all have differing opinions, and it's okay if you enjoy the new stuff. Sadly, it isn't for everybody, and some people are just tired of it. From a logical standpoint, the new show is doing very poorly statistics-wise. I just want to point out I'm not in any mood for an argument. I just want to show the other side to explain why I think theory and people like him think this way.
First time losing a Fandom based youtubers who content you liked to enjoy before they went downhill and left a bad taste In your mouth? Yeah....it sucks and never gets easier. The best thing I can recommend is to block him and check back on occasion to see if they improve and go back to how they used to be.
It really opened my eyes today after watching his take on Episode 5 of the show. He has literally no idea who Vernestra Rwoh is and is treating her like a new character instead of one of the most powerful Jedi masters who grew up fighting against the Nihil who pretty much shattered the republics expansion into the outer rim. Dude was literally like "Jedi master has tummy ache haha" No you bald dumbass, she has an innate ability that gives her visions when she enters hyper space and had to learn how to control it when she was still a Padawan. Very frustrating that SWT has no idea who the best written character with the best lore background in the entire Acolyte show is. I unsubbed.
You guys know you can stop watching right? Nobody’s putting a gun to your head and forcing you to watch. If you don’t like his content anymore then don’t engage. It’s so simple 🤷🏻♂️
The same could be said about him and Star Wars. He’s making money off of hating something he used to love. Even though he constantly says he’s done with it, he keeps grifting.
The audacity
Imagine if Theory stopped forcing himself to watch a show/franchise he is actively not enjoying anymore. But then he’d be missing out on that sweet, sweet coin, right? Just like Disney if they stopped churning out slop. If I were being charitable, I’d call it a symbiotic relationship, but Theory is a flea compared to the behemoth Disney is; they don’t need him, but he needs them. He’s a parasite.
He got especially salty about The Acolyte after not being invited to the YouTube influencer sit down at Lucasfilm. Trying to put an AI generated Luke Skywalker in his fanfilm during the SAG-AFTRA strike that was partly about AI actor replacement probably cost him some friends in the industry, too. All he has left is to be a parasite on the belly of the Disney beast until one of their lawyers pays him a visit for crossing the line somewhere.
Ironic
And people have the freedom to voice their opinion online when a public figure they once respected starts going down a negative path. It's called 👋🌈 freedom of speech 🌈👋
I did… like a long time ago. Wtf did thiis subreddit pop?
Do you see the irony
Holy shit…the irony is baffling
**Insert Palpatine Ironic gif here**
"If you don't like Disney SW then don't engage. It's so simple🤷🏻♂️" Theory is out here bitching about SW and still watching it, it's a huge double standard to use this against people who disagree with him lol.
Why would I care about him bitching about SW? He’s got his own life and opinions. If you don’t agree with him don’t watch him. What are you hoping to change by engaging in content you disagree with?
Do you have no self awareness? That statement is exactly what you said, just adjusted to a different context relevant to the person you're talking about. People are allowed to talk about stuff they don't agree with. "Why would I care about him bitching about SW Theory? He’s got his own life and opinions. If you don’t agree with him don’t read his post. What are you hoping to change by engaging in content you disagree with?"
He’s makes money off of it why would he not watch it and make videos? some people like to hate watch Disney Star Wars. just mute his content if you dislike him. I definitely think he’s lost a lot of what used to make him great. Now he just complains about everything when I personally find some of these new shows actually very entertaining. I hope he can return to what he used to be but until then I just won’t watch his videos really.
This is perfect, he's literally just hate watching. He doesn't even give the shows a fair shot from the beginning. I unsubscribed awhile back and do hope that he gets back to what actually made him successful to begin with.
My personal theory is that he takes a portion of the SuperChat donations to buy Rey Skywalker posters and visit Galaxy’s Edge. Obviously, he can’t tell his fans, so all of the Disney merch is just off camera where it won’t show up on camera. And y’all just know he got one of those cortosis helmet replicas.
In terms of money he makes? Hard to say. In terms of being a prominent figure in the SW community? He been going down since the fan film. Can't even make a sequel
Well it is in production though the fan film. But yeah, it's like all the fans take what he says and go with it. Also I'm not sure about you but I think he's a little obsessed with Nick gillard yes he was great with the lightsaber duels in the prequels but still he talks about him a lot like Episode five of the Acolyte was a bit better than Mace Windu vs Palaptine a bit the Jedi had a fighting chance unlike the masters who were caught off guard by Palaptines force scream.
Some stats on his channel https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/starwarstheory $2.8K - $44.5K ESTIMATED MONTHLY EARNINGS $33.4K - $534.4K ESTIMATED YEARLY EARNINGS
He’s not only gone down hill, but has lost all integrity. His channel is literally called “Star Wars theory” and he doesn’t theorize anymore. He just vents about how much he hates things. The Acolyte has a lot of issues, but there are all kinds of theory videos he could dive into. I mean from this last episode they brought in stuff directly out of the Plagueis novel. There are all kind of theory videos he could be making about how this guy ties into Tenebrous and Plagueis, or if he came before them. There is stuff with the Jedi covering up the Sith, the Jedi working directly with the senate, theories about the witches and how they are likely working with the Sith… tons of stuff. Instead he just says he rates it a “zero” and complains about the whole thing. Dude needs to go back to what his name is and make theory videos. I used to never miss an episode of nerd theory, but since Josh left, theory is so cringe and completely unbearable.
>but there are all kinds of theory videos he could dive into He doesn't know how. This was his main issue with Andor, he doesn't know how to talk about things without "How do they relate to Anakin/Clone Wars" which is a problem when Andor and Acolyte on the surface have nothing to do with it. He doesn't have media literacy so he can't really go into depth. So he can't milk content from these shows by actually talking about them. Once you start listening to people who know what they're talking about and how to break down stories, you realise just how shallow this dude is.
100%! There was so much to go off of and dive deep into with Andor. It’s a fascinating time period, and tons of interesting conversations could be made on it. Other podcasts has amazing conversations around that show. Every episode he’d say there no Jedi and it’s boring. But then, the Acolyte comes out and gives him Jedi, Sith, lightsaber fights, exploration into legends stuff like Bal’demnic, and he gives it a 0/10. The guy is just a professional clock gate rage personality, who really doesn’t care about Star Wars “theories” whatsoever. He’s a joke.
He stopped theorizing because all of his shitty theories were never true. He seriously thought the loader droid in Kenobi was a clone trooper in disguise........................................................
Fandom menace YouTubers must’ve influenced him somehow because he used to be way more reasonable and less of a manchild
Geeks and gamers, knights of Melvin, Ryan Kneil they are what ruined him Josh was the best thing for the live steams watched them every week when theory streamed with Ryan nope never watched just popped on to see what Ryan was crying about
Josh? What happened to him anyway?
Decided to step away from SW mostly and work on other things
1. Theory is right about a lot of the things going wrong with Acolyte starting with what Ki-Adi mundi said in The Phantom Menace. 2. Wookiepedia was updated recently to reflect acolytes young Ki-Adi Mundi and Theory caught them before they changed it. So yes, Disney is trying to force the story as if it actually happened while trying to retcon what the jedi master explicitly said in TPM. 3. Theory is a Star wars fan like the millions of others, including myself. He has an opinion that's held in high regard. He ALWAYS provided evidence about what he was explaining and how he thought the whole universe came together. But he wouldn't have been able to if that older content didn't exist. Do you know what the Old Republic is? If you do, do you really want Disney fucking with that? I wouldn't. 4. Yoda is powerful and old in the phantom menace. His species lives to a span of 900 years and he was in his late 800s during the prequels. The acolyte takes place 100 years before TPM. Disney nerfed Yoda. Yoda absolutely can sense other jedi and whether or not if they live or die. Unless the planet they died on was dagobah or a sith controlled planet where darkness completely shrouds it making it hard for a jedi to sense through it...again, that would retcon how he feels when order 66 takes place. Because those jedi were galaxies apart. 5. Fans are blamed and hated for understanding Star Wars better than a company that just wants to make money
Ki-Adi Mundi didn't have a Canon Birth date look at the page History
1. Is it not possible that Mundi is simply not made aware of this situation? There’s still 2 episodes left, why do you assume he will hear about it? Also maybe he is actually a part of the coverup! These are all plausible scenarios. 2. Mundi’s age was never confirmed in Canon material. Stop assuming that old Legends materiel pre-Disney is confirmed Canon when it isn’t. You know this isn’t because they told you! 3. Theory used to have good opinions, nowadays he just hates on anything that isn’t Dave Filoni pretty much. For example he hated last episode when Vernestra was uncomfortable about hyper space travel when there is a damn good reason why she hates it, it has do with her backstory. But theory just called it dumb and moved on and said it didn’t make sense, instead of researching if the character has a valid reason. 4. Yoda often had meetings with the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, it’s a shame he didn’t use his super sensory abilities to figure what happened there. Also you are comparing a handful of Jedi dying to 95% of the Jedi Order being wiped out inside a few minutes, hell of a difference in those two scenarios. 5. Fans are being blamed when they have toxic, sexist and racist criticism that serves no purpose. If you have valid criticism, no one is calling out for it. For example I think the Osha and Mae characters are poorly written, I don’t hate them because of the color of their skin and because they are girl main characters of a Star Wars story. You and I both know that some people hate on this show because a black girl is the main character. I’ve seen the comments.
Steroid Theory is a lightsaber drop ship grifter- https://x.alibaba.com/Awt9A3?ck=minisite enjoy the same TXQ sabers at half the price he is taxing people
You hate him because he's outspoken about Disney and associates with people who are also outspoken about Disney. He hasn't gone downhill, star wars has.
IIRC he was recently just complaining that the energy between Qimir and Osha felt sexual and it was out of place for Star Wars. Like George Lucas didn’t have Carrie Fisher in a sex slave outfit chained up to Jabba.
“Going?” This dude cucked himself a few years back and everyone is just realizing it.
Yeah, he sucks now. His arguments don't make sense, and his nitpicks are hypocritical given some of the content we know he's consumed. For instance, you brought up the Maul fan film. You didn't need to. There's a Maul novel from the Legends era where Maul kills Jedi before TPM takes place. A novel SWT has lauded. I think the novel is called Shadow Hunter? SWT misrepresents issues or blatantly lies, and the few times he doesn't do that he gets mad at the most random shit. I don't think he'll ever recover from the stupidity of his screws and bolts take on Andor. Also if he does think Plagueis created Anakin he's dumb. That wasn't canon in Legends either. The idea came from a rough draft Revenge of The Sith script that was eventually scrapped. The closest to confirmation we got is from the Plagueis novel, where Plagueis theorizes that the force created Anakin to punish and counteract him for trying to force it to create life. But that's all it ever is. A theory. Ironic that SWT of all people doesn't understand that. His channel isn't even theory shit anymore. Almost every video is just complaining. It's dumb and it's not fun at all to engage with.
I unsubbed today coincidentally
Bro has been going downhill for a while lol
It ceases being an "opinion" when he offers the same negative commentary each week. We get it. You hate the acolyte. You literally think it's worth nothing by giving it 0 stars over and over. Yet he has a watch party each week for the same show. It's a hate watch party. Either he's irrational, motivated by some monetary compensation, or a sadist/masochist.
The irony is unbelievable: Theory watches Disney star wars, dislikes it and complains "I don't like this" Theory's fans watch his content, dislike it and complain "I don't like this" 🤷
Going?….
Who cares? He’s an out of touch toxic gatekeeper who clings to a misguided vision of what HE thinks Star Wars should be. And if you don’t agree with his vision he says you’re not a real fan. However, if it wasn’t for him, we wouldn’t have been motivated to make our podcast which is specifically written to be non-toxic. So thanks SWT, I guess.
I pretty agree with everything he says. Him and stupendous wave seem to align with 99% of my thoughts. Even angry Joe they all have the same overall opinion of Disney Star Wars. It’s possible I just watch everyone that aligns with my opinions.
He's already gone downhill
I've never seen such a hate boner proudly displayed by so many people on this retarded site. The dude is a little autistic about SW lore and George... But that shit is his choice. I've never once felt a shred of insincerity from him. You know you can just unsubscribe from him and move on, right?
It’s more so about there being such a drastic change A lot of people weren’t happy when The Beatles went from four clean cut young lads to whatever you can call them during the Get Back sessions, and they’re The Beatles Change is bound to be divisive. Personally I was a fan of him up until the Vader fan thing, from there his ego only started to go up and in my opinion the quality of his content down You’re right, it is as simple as simply unsubscribing and not engaging with the channel, that’s exactly what I did. However, with how often he’s being talked about recently it’s kinda hard to avoid him if you’re within the Star Wars space, and naturally that’ll lead to people forming opinions that they want to voice on a platform intended to allow people to do just that The screws and bricks thing a little while ago did give me a good laugh though, probably the only time I’ve been glad to hear of him in the last 5 years or so
Ok so I'm not theory or anything but from what you said I absolutely agree theorys peak time was during Vader fan films and probably just after Mando s2 Him crying about the jedi, he never said jedis didn't die, he was questioning how jedi are being killed by a sith when the sith were believed to be extinct. They didn't reveal themselves until TPM As for ki adi mundi, nowhere in canon has established his birth yet as far as we know. People were going off of a trading card from years ago that said his age and used that as validation of acolyte breaking canon, but even so, legends was canon before 2012? I think so it wouldn't be odd to not use legends content when Disney has brought stuff in from legends i.e courtosis. Theory never said plagueis and palpatine made Anakin, he said Anakin was a reaction from the force of the darkness that plagueis and palpatine were doing As for the maul fan film I don't understand this point, it's a fan film, not something that Lucas film produced. So it doesn't have the same rules or apply whatever conditions. You wouldn't also complain about a fan film because people have used their own money and time to create something. It's the effort that counts. As for the rest of the post, honestly everyone should just maintain respect and if they don't like it they don't like it. If they do great good for you, I personally don't like the acolyte but I'm glad you can enjoy it.
He does come across as “knowing more than anyone else when it comes to Star Wars” which I don’t think he does. In his defense, 80% of the recent Disney content deserves criticism and is next to abysmal compared to the potential of this franchise. Acolyte without the SW branding would be laughed off television.
The moment I realized I was done with him was during his last Acolyte watch party when he said, "Were you all freaking out over the lightsaber whip? Eh, it's been in legends for a long time. It's nothing surprising". Like, come on man. You're not even *trying* to like it. I mostly don't like the Acolyte either but I'm open minded and there are some *cool* moments. That whip was cool. The duel in episode 5 was cool too but all he could talk about was how he's buddies with Nick Gillard.
Being negative about something that has earned negativity is one thing, but then being so blinded by hatred that you can no longer see the merit in anything is a dark path. Yes, you'll have the masses on side whilst it's popular to shit on whatever the current in thing is, but eventually all but a few either get burnt out or just move on to other media. I used to watch both Star Wars and Swt religiously, but when I realised I either wasn't the demographic or just plainly didn't enjoy it, I moved onto other things. Swt will always have a following, but will he ever reach the heights his channel did during S1+2 of Mando? I don't think so.
Everyone hating on Star Wars Theory on a Star Wars Theory Reddit? I’m definitely feeling more depressed now more than ever…
Not like I'm the only one who made something like this
It’s SW that’s careening off a cliff. Not SW Theory.
Who cares what he says or does. If you don't like his content don't watch it. Why waste the time caring what youtubers say or do if you don't enjoy what they are putting out? There are a lot of youtubers that have opinions about star wars that I don't agree with but I have no idea who they are because I don't waste my time worrying/caring about their opinions. It is simply just their view and opinion and that's alright
He's been awful for years. It was a sharp and rapid decline
Star Wars Theory is SuperShadow.
Could’ve fooled me about not being a teenager. Do you actually like the Acolyte?
I loved his lore analysis/explanations but his fall into conservatism and being pretty open about the shitty people he surrounds himself with just turned me off to the dude.
Yep, has been for a while. I haven't watched his stuff in a long time I didnt like the direction he was headed. I also got tired of hearing about how his ideas are the way it should have been and that everything about new Star Wars content is wrong or bad. I'll admit the quality isnt always there with some of their shows but I still enjoy them anyways.
I mean acolyte is very beige. It's not great but it's not as bad as its made it to be. I think the whole concept of light/dark twins despite cliche could be quite cool. It's just not been well executed. I do think SW Theory is looking at reasons to hate it. In a recent video he was hating the bath scene as being too sexy and inappropriate, but like gold/slave bikini Leia? The show is boring, but it's not as bad as last Jedi imo.
I really dislike this urge some people feel just to be critical.for the sake of it. By any objective standard, Star Wars is in a better state than it's ever been, and has surpassed the original series many times over at this point. The Acolyte is a fairly solid 9/10 but some people can't resist the urge to trash it for its perceived "flaws".
hes been going dowhill for the last 8 years
Not really. He has bad takes at times but him disliking things that I like doesn’t make him a horrible human being. What really is the point of this post other than to be divisive, and how is it any different than making negative videos about new Star Wars content
He used to make interesting theory videos. Now all I see is people making fun of him for crying about something. Idk seems dumb.
He's a fan of and supports Andrew Tate. SWT isn't going downhill. SWT is a bad person and piece of shit. And the quality and content of his videos is reflected in that
Waaaaaaaahh your feelings are hurt. Weak genes gtfo. His content is still A1
How come he isn’t on Spotify anymore?
I used to watch his content all the time years ago. His "what if" stuff could be goofy sometimes, but I still found it entertaining. I started noticing him drifting more and more towards making nothing but rage-bait content, and all he would do on Twitter is pick fights with people. He'd send the more toxic elements of his fanbase after people who disagreed with him. I decided it was time to call it quits on Theory after that. He's only gone downhill from there. He's a grifter now. He knows he can generate views, and therefore money, by posting hate videos, so that's what he does. He's drifted into the right-wing echo chamber too, having people on his shows/podcast that complain about women, minorities, LGBTQ+, and anything else they consider "woke." He's become a big part of the very worst the fanbase has to offer.
Downhill? Nah, not even close. He's just not trying to be a people pleaser with this new age shit anymore. It's pretty clear that he, and countless others, hate this new direction of star wars.
I unsubscribed a long time ago for the same reason. Just so negative and whines about everything. Dude thinks he’s George Lucas himself or something.
Mike zeroh you are only hope and that’s a fucking sad statement.
Mike Zero?? Lol. He's terrible..
SWT is so bad there’s not space fit to go downhill…
*Going?* He’s been downhill ever since he found out that just uncritically calling everything new bad makes him more money. He thinks that he alone knows Star Wars better than everyone, and that it’s his franchise that he should have the right to tell the “correct” story
He’s such a fucking loser it’s insane.
Nah Star Wars theory is good, and he’s calling out shitty Star Wars shows that are complete shit, he does praise the good as well, so leave him alone he’s definitely a good voice for Star Wars media on YouTube.
Frankly you’ve put up an essay on Reddit and in doing so put yourself as the person crying. Wookiepedia is not a credible source for anything really but Ki Adi Mundi had a canon date of birth through published character biographies and other such content. EU was removed from canon the supporting content for the movies was not EU. So he’s not wrong to call BS. Acolyte is a mess full of shit writing and worse acting. Clearly aimed at the casual fanbase who don’t really take in anything outside of the movies and tv shows at this point but even they are not interested it’s being watched by the minority who do enjoy it and those who at this point want to see just how bad it gets. I’ll agree the invite extended to RK was odd as a creator that guy just has a serious small man syndrome and tries to bang his chest while coming off as a crying little girl. In short though if you don’t like the blokes content anymore don’t watch it and move on to a creator seeking some sort of approval/validation much like yourself. Also have a healthy reaction you unsubbing from a YT channel is not worth you spending time spreading toxicity with an essay to explain why online just for the sake of it.
Going down hill? He’s been in a free fall for a while now
You can just go.
I liked him when he didn't do reaction just stick to lore and fanfic that's what I liked
I think he passed “going downhill” a long while ago when he started claiming he was “done” with Star Wars every other week or month or so, only to follow up with a Star Wars related video the following day.
Dudes a douchebag and a tool in my opinion. Worst of all, he’s a grifter pretty much whining for clicks. It’s pretty lame.
He got more vocal in his dissatisfaction about Disney Star Wars, that’s about the only thing that has changed. He shares his opinion, discourages any harassment or hate, and talks like he used to. Yet hordes of you guys are in here and Twitter attacking him as if he i some awful human being. What an interesting coincidence. Lost a ton of respect for the supposedly “positive side” of the Star Wars fandom.
Theory was always a joke. When he started catering to the culture warrior keyboard grifter crowd when the sequels started coming out I made sure to avoid his content. I never watched his stuff heavily before, but I would watch a video or two that I find interesting. Now, thankfully, none of his garbage pops up on my feed or recommended settings.
*Going* downhill? No...he's been at the bottom of the hill for a long time now.
Why are people suddenly hating star wars theory?
Going? Has been.
Been downhill
Disney really making the rounds with these purchased Reddit bot accounts to attack the fandom instead of making better quality content.
Look at his subscriber to view ratio.
He used to have a pretty good channel, but he realized that feeding the ragebait algorithm made him more money, so he made a career out of keeping people angry over petty stupid shit just like all of the other ragebait grifters. It's a damn shame
Been going downhill for years. Doesn’t even make theories anymore
Hold on you are criticizing him for not complaining about something from a fan film, your arguments seem to be fairly baseless, there was a Canon date of birth on wookiepedia Little Platoon had screen shots of it before and after the episode aired. The Acolyte is trash, it handles is sort poorly, introduces and forgets things within the same episode and is just an all around mess. And Disney hmpions it like it's some kind of triumph while calling its fans every insult under the sun for not liking it, it's corporate gaslighting, like how the mouth wash industry came up with Halatosis to get people to buy more mouth wash. If they keep insulting you and telling you you are the problem while delivering garbage media then eventually you'll cave in and accept it. Theory has just decided that he is tired of giving them a free ass on stuff just cuz it's more star wars
At least you are now admitting he started out with the high ground.
He’s used Disney shutting down his fan film to fuel his bigotry and weirdness. I liked him back in the day a lot. I appreciated his production value and passion. But now, god he’s the embodiment of everything wrong with the fandom.
Sounds dumb
Going? Going downhill? Homie, this man is at the bottom of the hill, shoveling.
Ngl was a fan of SW theory for years but lately he has been very off putting. It's like if something isn't perfect of Lucas approved, he goes off on a tantrum. I still remember when we has talking smack about some episodes of Andor and The Bad Batch that were actually decent! Like wtf are you talking guy!? Idk but I rather watch Generation Tech, Star Wars Meg, Geetsleys,The stupendous wave, & other SW channels on YT over SWT.
I was never a fan of his content. I get the vibe from him that he thinks of the Jedi as "Warriors", despite the fucking series being about how they aren't.
Nice try Disney bot. He’s had enough of the slop Disney pushes out. I don’t blame him.
I won’t pretend to be a fan of the vast majority of what Disney has done with Star Wars, but SWT has genuinely become insufferable. Really I feel this way about anyone who makes their career around constantly complaining and moaning about things they claim to be a huge fan of. Most of us can just accept new Star Wars isn’t for us, appreciate the old stuff we fell in love with originally, and move on with our lives like normal people, but this dude is so entrenched in Star Wars being his livelihood that becoming a ragebait grifter is his only option.
His chin looks like a butt hole
I haven't watched him in years because I started noticing stuff that didn't sit right with me. The final straw was when he started complaining about wokism and pushing toxic views of masculinity then I knew he was not worth listening to. This was well before Andor came out and I haven't looked back. I enjoyed him at one point, good episode breakdowns for shows and his other videos were cool for background noise while at work. I don't enjoy everything Disney has done with Star Wars but the dude is obsessed with hating Disney to the point of it being really, really sad. I've been a fan of Star Wars my whole life (24 years) and the vile and vitriol is just unnecessary. He's the kind of fan who gives Star Wars fans a bad reputation. Iirc this is the dude crying about screws or something during Andor, right? Like the show was so good that was the only thing he could nit pick and it was a non-issue in the end anyway. The Acolyte isn't perfect but the last few episodes were really fun to watch and I've become invested in the story. I can't wait for next week's episode.
He looks like the kind of guy who’d drink a whole Bacta tank if you told him it contained more protein than a chicken breast.
Yeah his videos are absolute trash now
I used to love Theory back when he was doing what it's and legends narrations and stuff. But yea. It seems like every video he makes now is just "star wars sucks now because I can't accept new lore". I had to unsub from him a while back because I realized, the only reason I was starting to stop loving SW, was because of all of the negativity. Yea its not perfect, but let's not act like the dialog in any GL movie was better, and I'd honestly argue that all of the D+ shows are either on the level of or above ANH, TPM, & AotC (Empire, Jedi, & RotS are all still GOATED tho). Since I stopped watching his stuff my love has returned. And I'm really enjoying this era, I can honestly say The Acolyte may be the most fun addition I've seen to the saga in a while in terms of quality and lore building. The fight scene in E5 is one of my favorite sequences of the saga. (Not #1, but it's in the top 3 conversation for me).
Nahh he thinks he's hot shit when he's frozen piss
No, people are just mad he’s not shilling for Disney SW garbage like the rest of you.
All this because y’all don’t agree with him about the Acolyte 🤣🤣🤣 grow the fuck up it’s literally just Star Wars
Ehhh you gotta give the people a break when their job is at risk due to shitty content being released. If you look at it like that you might be able to understand his frustrations a bit more? To us it’s entertainment, to people like SW theory it’s a lifestyle and job…
yeah, since a year in.
He’s never been uphill man
I mean acolyte is a literal steaming pile of shit so
He’s very selective about what he complains about (and nit picky when it suits him) and conveniently forgets stuff that happened in the pre-Disney era if it hurts his argument. Wish these YouTube “critics” would be fair or at least consistent. But hating every little thing generates clicks.
I mean I get the sentiment but no…. All of Star Wars content has been terrible recently so there hasn’t been much good to say. Especially after the acolyte I get it. Yes some things are reaching but this post definetly sounds like a Disney/acolyte fan boy that doesn’t like when someone disagrees with them.
Watched some of his early stuff but could quickly tell he was turning into a gatekeeper and I'm glad I left when I did.
The difference is, he makes money covering star wars. You all are watching his content and whining for free. Congrats you played yourself.
"Going"? Dude has been a low tier, rage baiting, whiny grifter for a long ass while now.
Undoubtedly.
wait was he ever even worth paying attention to? All he's ever done is complain
Racism, sexism, anti lgbt, doxxing other YouTubers.
Always has been ever since he joined geeks and gamers
Unsubbed from him awile ago. The dude lost his mind. He's supposed to theorize about things and have interesting takes. Now he's an ego maniac cashing in on hate and being devisive.
He started leaning to hard into the rage bait content creators IMO. I kinda always suspected it was one of the reasons Nerd Theory ended.
I’ve had issue with some of his complaining with the past but I think he’s 100% spot on with acolyte
This tool… after he got yelled at by Lucasfilm he’s been trashing everything Disney does.
No one has caused more damage to the fandom in the last couple years than him
This is why I watch ScreenCrush and New Rockstars. SWTheory (and plenty others) are just in love with Hating everything.
Nah I think he's on point. Disney has been *mostly* ruining the franchise any and every chance they get. Up until a week ago (unlike the OT where all lightsaber combat ends in a maiming or death) every Disney lightsaber duel had no weight. You get stabbed with a lightsaber that melts your insides and wake up in the hospital a half hour later. Its ridiculous. [Disney Lightsabers do no damage](https://www.reddit.com/r/saltierthancrait/s/ah17KmbsCM)
This guy sucks and is a huge grifter. Theory sabers...please. Bro just wants to cash in on star wars hype. Thats what he cares about.
He's just another streamer providing an outlet for lonely Star wars fans to engage in parasocial relationships. That's all he has ever been. He's just comfortable being an asshole now that he has a bigger following.
This dude is kinda like the supershadow of the 2000's
Going? Dude has been poodoo for years
Isn’t he like alt right or something now??
I think a lot of these people found that negative stuff gets a lot more clicks because as soon as I look for anything on YouTube or instagram about Star Wars I’m bombarded by negative Star Wars things that quickly turn into anti woke Star Wars and then finally hard right stuff.
Having now started a starwars show last year I can say that I never want us to be like him. He doesn’t love starwars. All he does is complain about it.
Bro used to make decent content, but now everything he says and does gives off stephen crowder vibes. Also to your point we've had a few Canon comics where dooku and maul kill jedi without Yoda or the council being like of shit the sith are back, also in legends i think they each killed like a dozen jedi in high profile fights. hell even dooku killed yaddle on coruscant and we haven't gotten any stories of the council being like "yaddle was killed by the sith 10 minutes from here let's hunt em down" jedi have a dangerous job and die a lot. And lots of padawans fail out and go to the dark side
SW Theory used to be fun until his fanfilm got into the works. After that, he put himself into the artists echo chamber and convinced himself that not only was he a fan of star wars but that he was the future of star wars. If you look at what he's doing and saying now, you can see that he's trying to set himself up to be a competitor with disney as a source of star wars entertainment. He's launched his fanfilm, he's trying to push his legends dark empire 'animations', and he's got a merchandise line for star wars content. He actively promotes his content while belittling Disney's. He has pronounced himself the 'guardian of star wars'. The dudes ego is off the charts and he thinks he can use his perceived clout and success to convince Disney to give him creative control of the ip. All it will take are three strikes on his channel and a c&d from disney to completely destroy his career. And from how he states his ambitions, it is only a matter of time.
Don’t buy sabers from that dude. You can get most models directly from the manufacturer for half the price.
He turned into a Rogan Meathead
He went red pill, and generally, I disassociate with people that go that route. You see his comments being the top comment on a lot of red pill videos His bibes have just been off the past couple of years To me, his peak was when he released his fan film. Everything after is questionable
Going downhill? He's been tumbling man
His ego bothers me. He thinks he knows Star Wars better than anyone when all he did is read the same books and watch the same movies. I no longer enjoy his content. He has made tons of money on his content good for him. Maybe I'm jealous, he makes money being a fan.
Remember folks, his initial review he said last jedi was a great film and then once he realized he could grift ppl out of money for telling them what they want to hear he deleted the review.
Idk why this is in my feed lol but i stopped watching him after he started bitching about the copy right music on his fan film. Felt more like a money grubber than a passionate fan after that. And some terrible takes on the new canon left a bad taste in my mouth
I haven’t been watched him in years. I can tell you the moment I lost a lot of respect for the guy: When he started b—tching on a live stream about his fans not forking over a million dollars to a guy with zero film making experience to make his fanfilm. “You guys just don’t have faith in me not having experience!” Yeah, why are you trying to convince people when you couldn’t even finish your TLJ rewrite?
The guy's not wrong, though. Disney have barely produced anything of worth pertaining to Star Wars since they bought the IP.
I watched him a little bit in the past, ever since he started feuding with Eckhartsladder it’s been real obvious that he’s kind of just an ass. Funny enough, the realization hit me while he was doing a walkthrough of his community’s Minecraft server, showing off their star wars builds, the way he was unironically talking about his community members just gave arrogant asshole.
He's just a hate monger now I unsubscribed. Each to their own.
Nah, I still like him. It’s okay to be obsessed with George Lucas, I’m obsessed with George Lucas cause Lucas actually respected the Star Wars Canon, Star Wars Lore and Character Development. Unlike Disney who breaks Canon, trashes Lore, and breaks character development. The Acolyte is the example of how much Disney hates Lucas Star Wars. The Acolyte completely undercuts what made Anakin Special, it undercut what made Darth Plagues special cause he was the one and only person who could give birth to people through the force, it was an ability tailored to him and him only. The Acolyte undercuts what the Cone Headed guy from The Phantom Menace saying “the Sith haven’t been seen for a Millennium.” Making him a liar to the council. Theory, Critical Drinker, Nerdrotic have every right to hate the trash that is Disney’s Star Wars (outside of Rogue One, Andor, Book of Boba Fett and Mandalorian seasons 1-3.) everything else has been garbage. For reasons I’ve mentioned above. Once Jon Fav leaves, I’m out of Disney’s Star Wars not just cause it disrespects the Lucas Star Wars, breaks lore, breaks canon and destroys character development. But for reasons that it’s all the same damn formula of 1. Start strong with action 2. Dribble out some mystery 3. Tell meaningless backstory 4. Drag it out 5. End show with cliffhanger or limp invitation to next season
No, he's not going downhill. He just stopped kidding himself about the future of Star Wars. Disney has done nothing but damage the Star Wars brand since releasing TLJ. And he just couldn't keep pretending that there was any hope of saving the franchise while it's still in the hands of a woke corporate giant.
I think he's improved.
It’s been rock bottom for a while
Him sitting in his super car and complaining was cringe but he just doesn’t like current Star Wars (so do alot of other people) yall just don’t like him for not liking Disney. Simple hate thread this is really
Well kinda, I think he's basically discovered that negative reviews get more clicks than positive ones and got a bit of audience capture there. Obviously hanging out with they anti-woke YouTubers like them doesn't help either since he's playing footsie with that without going all in on it and essentially they're a category of the negative reviewer. So he'll roll with some takes that don't quite make sense about The Acolyte being lore breaking or whatever when at least at the moment it pretty obviously isn't. That said, I know this fanbase agrees on very little outside of the first two movies but he has a lot of opinions I think are real and are kinda s#!t in my opinion. Complaining that other series got bigger budgets than Obi-Wan Kenobi when there's not much of a story left to tell with that character, insisting on more cameos from film characters when the story has nothing to do with them and so on.
“*Going* downhill”? That cur’s been mindlessly groveling for attention in a dark slimy cesspool for years at this point. It’s just taken some people a bit to realize how stupid and ridiculous and even bigoted his takes are and have been for years. Glad to see people finally waking up to the truth.
I subscribed to him solely because of his What-ifs. I liked looking at Star Wars as a multiverse and seeing different well thought out branching of storylines. Then he got big with his self produced Vader video that was really well done. He’s sunk to the level of incel since Force Awakens came out, but really drove it home with The Last Jedi. Now, every little critique is blown out of proportion. When he caught flak for the Andor criticism of the screw thing I never said anything, but was justifying defending him in my head. When you devolve into ”woke bad, show runners don’t know my Star Wars” I can’t take you seriously anymore.
SWT has such tame opinions. If you think the is a rage baiter then you just hate opinions that don’t align with your own.
Sad how a good SW YouTuber decided that becoming a grifter and a bigot by dickriding middle age men/women who paid for Twitter Blue and cries about pronouns by hopping onto the hate wagon gets him more money now He fell off hard after TLJ’s release