Cobra Kai is a brilliant reinvention of a beloved 80s franchise that exploits are nostalgia while also interrogating it. The show wants us to see that there is no value in nostalgia, that it is only a wound that festers. but the Star Wars sequel trilogy--especially the Rise of Skywalker--endlessly exploit nostalgia in lieu of actual world building and character growth. In this video we break down one scene in each franchise that shows why one works, and the other doesn't.

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Written and Hosted by Ryan Arey (  / ryanarey  )
Edited by Katherine Woloson with Harriet Lengel-Enright
R.E.B.A. voiced by Emily Mattheson (https://www.emilymattheson.com)

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