Schaffrillas Productions

**Schafrillas Productions** is a YouTuber who reviews movies.

### Luke did it better than Thor

MauLer, Rags, Wolf, Shad, and newcomer Critical Drinker first encountered Schaffrillas in EFAP 40, where they watched his video "**How to Redeem a Broken Hero (Last Jedi/Endgame Analysis)**" claiming *The Last Jedi* handled Luke Skywalker better than *Avengers: Endgame* handled Thor.

thought that *The Last Jedi* handled a character failing and going trough a rut better with Luke than *Endgame* did with Thor

liked how Thor gets messed up when Thanos' name is mentioned, showing how bad it is with him

didn't think Thor was played as a joke in the movie that often

problem he founds that Thor doesn't have a payoff with his position, as he doesn't have heroic moment where he redeems himself, "he doesn't solidify himself as a true hero"

the last conformation between Thor and Thanos should have more weight and not feel like his fighting him just because he has to.

Thor's grief is solved with him talking to his dad

one of his favorite scenes was Ant-Man eating a taco

The gang generally agreed with the Thor section of Schaffrillas' video, but almost every sentence of the Luke portion launched a conversation about how poorly *The Last Jedi* handled his character. At one point, Drinker and the rest of the gang discussed whether a character can be portrayed as both a mentor and as someone who has to learn something, with Drinker saying no and the others saying yes, though Drinker eventually realized he agreed and was moreso objecting to the way *The Last Jedi* handled the concept specifically.

after thinking that he came to conclusion: "Thor is just less developed, shit version of Luke Skywalker." He wasn't happy with that either

they both are heroes that let to their world be set to ruin because they failed, retreat close to the sea and drink their problems away (so that means that the alien milk is alcohol), then go back to fight and become heroes again

thinks than unlike Thor, Luke is "mostly" treated with dignity and he had arc that "was focused on and followed on." Only good parts are between Luke, Rey and Kylo

thinks Rey helps Luke to come grips with his failures and it takes the whole movie, while thor is fine after one conversation

Luke only decides to rain Rey after "careful contemplation and talking to R2-D2", which "doesn't feel like cheap fanservice"

considers moment of Rey trying to convince Luke to join the fight "touching"

thinks that its heartbreaking when Luke want to die

Thor joins the fight because he is promises a beer and is treated like a joke, while luke joins when he is talked sense into by yoda, which was also a great scene

Luke couldn't go in the salt planet because his ship was underwater (which was under water because it was written to be that way) and because he is still sad about what he did to Kylo and whenever or not he is there physically, Luke is still confronting source of his grief, Kylo.

luke redeems his failure in emotional confrontation where he saves everyone, while endgame doesn't even end with fight with the present thanos

scene plays to the theme of failure being greatest teacher beautifully

Luke's death scene was beautiful and it wasn't pointless, as saying that means that obi-wans death was pointless. "watch the movie for its themes and subtleties for once instead of taking everything face value, stop complaining that old cap makes no sense, its beautiful"

In his opinion Thor should have had the end of his arc in the movie, his own endgame like Tony and Steve

thinks that Thanos is just "minor slip-up in Thor's story" and he will be back to being the fun-loving comical guy, while Luke's story is complete and his story has sense of finality (like if he had just died in the toilet, it would have had finality)

Thor was only "kind of redeemed," his story felt juvenile, while Luke's felt mature and poetic.

hates the last Jedi but want to give it credit for making Luke's arc well, while Thor's fell a little short.

Six and a half hours in, the gang took an intermission and picked up where they left off with EFAP 41, where they finished off Schaffrillas' video, and Drinker stepped out after commenting that they'd been streaming for so long that it had gone from daylight to night and back to daylight for him.

## The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - Arc

EFAP#136 "**The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - Is It Good or Nah?**"