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Why The Sequel Trilogy Is My Favorite Era – Ben Travis

The Disney Sequel Star Wars trilogy has divided the fan base and told the never ending story of a brown haired Mary Sue. The Sequel Trilogy lead to the creation of the Fandom Menace, in particular when the Last Jedi came out. Many fans are divided in whether J. J. Abrams and Rian Johnson made the best Disney Star Wars movies. There are very few who like them all. Enter Ben Travis.

Channel Dad Bryon Lape reads the article by Ben Travis on Empire Online. Ben did not see the Original Trilogy in the theaters and has some like for the Prequel Trilogy. Ben Travis enjoyed the Sequel Trilogy theater experience and not knowing what was going to happen next. The Disney Star Wars Sequel Trilogy was Ben Travis’ favorite era. Yeah, his favorite of all the trilogies. Can you believe it? Do you agree?

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Jeremy of Geeks + Gamers loves to rant, usually about Star Wars and Lucasfilm. Channel Dad Bryon Lape is a founding member of The Fandom Menace, so why doesn’t he rant more? He personally knows Jeff of World Class Bullshitters and has recorded videos with him. Bryon Lape also knows the other members of the World Class Bullshitters and brought the fans together to create the podcast called The Fan Caste. He is older than Uncle Ethan as well. So why not rant more?

Ranting is negative energy and all it brings is more negativity. Jeremy may grow the Geeks and Gamers channel with his style and that is good for him. Jeff takes a more middle of the road approach with the World Class Bullshitters, but it is his factual toy videos, in particular the Star Wars toys, that has made his channel grow quite well. Channel Dad Bryon Lape takes a more positive approach to his channel and covers items that interest him. This does include Star Wars, the MCU, and other Pop Culture items, but it is not limited to that realm. Bryon Lape is also interested in Fitness, Health, Photography, Computer Generated Images (check out his DAZ Studio attempts….and yes, he is learning Blender), and Beer (craft beer and making beer). That is why his channel is varied.

But why the name “Channel Dad”? Why does Bryon Lape use that so much that he renamed his channel to reflect it? That is a most excellent question. When he decided to create a Blue Ocean Strategy for his channel, Bryon Lape decided to connect people and ideas. Though he does interviews from time to time, it is not a main thrust of his channel. Finding people with different ideas and connecting them with others is what he does best. The connecting is a talent Bryon Lape has had for years. When Jeff Hicks of the World Class Bullshitters gave him the title of “Channel Dad,” it was due to him driving the group to various events and connecting them with others.

The Blue Ocean Strategy that Bryon Lape creates gives a more balanced approach to various pop culture events, even as Jeremy of Geeks + Gamers rants. Jeremy’s energy is balanced by Channel Dad’s moderated approach, giving members of the Fandom Menace a scale upon which to measure their own impressions. This is obvious from his Star Wars, DCEU, and MCU videos, but what about all the other stuff??

The Beer reviews are popular with World Class Bullshitters fans, in particular the ones in which Jeff Hicks appears. The two more watched reviews have Jeff and Kendo Slice joins in one of them. Want to see the various members of the World Class Bullshitters in more videos like this? If so, asking Jeff will not get it done as that is not the type of content he creates for his channel. Such content can only be recorded by Channel Dad Bryon Lape and released on his channel. It is only on the Bryon Lape channel that such desperate content can be created.

Very well, but what of Jeremy of Geeks and Gamers? Though he likes fitness, Channel Dad Bryon Lape is not really into watching sports, so perhaps the two of them can make Yoohoo! reviews. On the other hand, it may make since for Channel Dad and Geeks + Gamers to debate the further implications of the downfall of Pop Culture.

Dear viewer, it is all in your hands. Leave comments of other videos for them to make content with Channel Dad Bryon Lape of the Fandom Menace. Others have various positions with the incredible and diverse group that is the Fandom Menace. But through it all, there is only one Channel Dad Bryon Lape of the Fandom Menace.

Entertainment, Star Wars

First Looks Of Baby Yoda In Mandalorian Season 2

On Disney+, the show the Mandalorian is a hit and the Star Wars fans love it. Among the characters, the most popular is Baby Yoda. Yeah, that’s not his real name, but that’s what all the Star Wars fans call him.

Robert Rodriguez is the director for season two of the Mandalorian and he has released a single photo of himself and the Baby Yoda muppet for season two. The fans have freaked!

Channel Dad Bryon Lape reads and shows an article from Digital Spy written by Rianne Houghton with what few details we know. Want to read the source article? Here it is:
https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a32374330/the-mandalorian-season-2-baby-yoda-robert-rodriguez/

Does anyone know if Anna That Star Wars Girl has covered the new Baby Yoda yet? Surely she has the toys and has a Baby Yoda video out every day.

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Jeremy of Geeks + Gamers loves to rant, usually about Star Wars and Lucasfilm. Channel Dad Bryon Lape is a founding member of The Fandom Menace, so why doesn’t he rant more? He personally knows Jeff of World Class Bullshitters and has recorded videos with him. Bryon Lape also knows the other members of the World Class Bullshitters and brought the fans together to create the podcast called The Fan Caste. He is older than Uncle Ethan as well. So why not rant more?

Ranting is negative energy and all it brings is more negativity. Jeremy may grow the Geeks and Gamers channel with his style and that is good for him. Jeff takes a more middle of the road approach with the World Class Bullshitters, but it is his factual toy videos, in particular the Star Wars toys, that has made his channel grow quite well. Channel Dad Bryon Lape takes a more positive approach to his channel and covers items that interest him. This does include Star Wars, the MCU, and other Pop Culture items, but it is not limited to that realm. Bryon Lape is also interested in Fitness, Health, Photography, and Computer Generated Images (check out his DAZ Studio attempts….and yes, he is learning Blender). That is why his channel is varied.

But why the name “Channel Dad”? Why does Bryon Lape use that so much that he renamed his channel to reflect it? That is a most excellent question. When he decided to create a Blue Ocean Strategy for his channel, Bryon Lape decided to connect people and ideas. Though he does interviews from time to time, it is not a main thrust of his channel. Finding people with different ideas and connecting them with others is what he does best. The connecting is a talent Bryon Lape has had for years. When Jeff Hicks of the World Class Bullshitters gave him the title of “Channel Dad,” it was due to him driving the group to various events and connecting them with others.

The Blue Ocean Strategy that Bryon Lape creates gives a more balanced approach to various pop culture events, even as Jeremy of Geeks + Gamers rants. Jeremy’s energy is balanced by Channel Dad’s moderated approach, giving members of the Fandom Menace a scale upon which to measure their own impressions. This is obvious from his Star Wars, DCEU, and MCU videos, but what about all the other stuff??

The Beer reviews are popular with World Class Bullshitters fans, in particular the ones in which Jeff Hicks appears. The two more watched reviews have Jeff and Kendo Slice joins in one of them. Want to see the various members of the World Class Bullshitters in more videos like this? If so, asking Jeff will not get it done as that is not the type of content he creates for his channel. Such content can only be recorded by Channel Dad Bryon Lape and released on his channel. It is only on the Bryon Lape channel that such desperate content can be created.

Very well, but what of Jeremy of Geeks and Gamers? Though he likes fitness, Channel Dad Bryon Lape is not really into watching sports, so perhaps the two of them can make Yoohoo! reviews. On the other hand, it may make since for Channel Dad and Geeks + Gamers to debate the further implications of the downfall of Pop Culture.

Dear viewer, it is all in your hands. Leave comments of other videos for them to make content with Channel Dad Bryon Lape of the Fandom Menace. Others may be the leaders. Others may be the Historians. Ethan Van Sciver is the Uncle Ethan of the Fandom Menace. Jeff Hicks of World Class Bullshitters is clearly the André the Giant of the Fandom Menace. Others have various positions with the incredible and diverse group that is the Fandom Menace. But through it all, there is only one Channel Dad Bryon Lape of the Fandom Menace.

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Josh Trank To Lucasfilm – I Quit!

Before the Force Awakens hit theaters, Josh Trank had been hired by Lucasfilm to make a Boba Fett movie. It seemed things were going along well and then it was announced Josh Trank was no longer on the project. Many assumed Kathleen Kennedy had fired Josh Trank over creative differences, but now it has been announced that Josh Trank quite the Boba Fett movie before Lucasfilm could fire him.

Channel Dad Bryon Lape reads an article by Ana Dumaraog on the ScreenRant website. Their source is Polygon.

J.J. Abrams and Rian Johnson seem to be the only directors Kathleen Kennedy has not fired from their projects. There is a long line of directors that have not made the first cut and it grows longer. Kathleen seems to have “creative differences” with nearly everyone. The results are the huge The Force Awakens, the fan base divider known as The Last Jedi, and the mediocre and fan displeasing The Rise of Skywalker. So divided where fans after The Last Jedi help Solo to be the only Star Wars movie to lose money.

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Who is the leader of the Fandom Menace? It is Geeks and Gamers or is there no leader?

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Daisy Ridley Wonders Where The Love For Star Wars Went

The era of Disney Star Wars started hot out of the gate with The Force Awakens. The J. J. Abrams directed movie not only reached $1 Billion quicker than any movie in history, it was the first to cross $2. There was a small minority of fans who did not like it, but most loved it and the stain of the prequels was scrubbed from their minds.

Rogue One was released a year later and it did well, being outside the regular numbered anthology and bridging part of the gap between episodes III (The Revenge of the Sith) and IV (A New Hope). Even a few of the detractors of The Force Awakens liked it and there was high belief that Disney Star Wars would be good.

Then came The Last Jedi. The Rian Johnson penned and directed episode VIII divided the fan base like no other film. The shine on Disney Star Wars was forever tarnished and for many fans, the ride was completely over. The love affair that had started with good will and high hopes from J. J. Abrams and The Force Awakens was gone in a single movie. The cast felt it was well.

Channel Dad Bryon Lape reads an article about Daisy Ridley and her observance as the fans of Disney Star Wars started with Love and then vanished. Daisy Ridley astutely asks, “Where did the Love for Star Wars go?” By the time The Rise of Skywalker was released to theaters, the vast majority of fans were gone.

The last installment of the Skywalker saga costs far more than any of the other episodes and brought in less money than any of the other Disney Star Wars saga movies. It took a long time to get over $1 billion, but dropped 30% from the gross of The Last Jedi.

What was your ride with Disney Star Wars? Are you one of the few who enjoyed all of the movies (The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker)? Did you feel for Daisy Ridley and believe the ones who dislike Star Wars the most are the fans? Is there no way to get past A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of The Jedi? Where is the love for Star Wars?

The fans are not the only ones who dislike Disney Star Wars. Recently John Boyega has also thrown shade at Disney Star Wars. It is not fully certain if he is echoing some fans or trying to save his career, but there are many who agree that Disney did not use Finn as they should. Finn had the potential to be an incredible character in the Disney Star Wars Saga, but they chose to make him the butt of jokes. The Force should have awoken in Finn and be why his First Order training to did hold. His struggle for self-identity could have been a powerful journey, but J.J. Abrams chose not to do that and Rian Johnson made Finn a worse character. So much potential lost.

Perhaps George Lucas should have stopped after making the first Star Wars movie and not make more. Perhaps the Return of the Jedi in 1983 should have been the last Star Wars movie. It is hard to say, but now there are more Star Wars movies that are disliked than those that are loved.

So fans,

Where is the Love for Star Wars??

StarWars #DaisyRidley #Love

Star Wars

The Man In The Woods

The teaser trailer for the new Star Wars movie has been out for a bit and there is much speculation for each scene. The name of the movie is no known: The Force Awakens. Disney’s love of stupid and silly robots is in full swing with the soccer ball robot. And the Empire is still around.

Set 30 years after the end of Return of the Jedi, the new movie is put to continue the story. Some, but not all, of the old favorites are in it. No Lando, that sucks. From the trailer, we see not only is the Empire still around, they use the same uniforms and craft for all this time. Even the Rebels are still using X-Wing fighters and the Millennium Falcon is flying around, though it looks to be at the hands of someone who cannot fly it well.

At the end of the trailer, there is a dark figure seen walking through the woods brandishing a red light saber. Most believe it is a Sith. Here’s my guess, it is Luke.

In The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda tells look that the dark side is a shorter way to power and that once one starts down that path, it will forever control one’s destiny. Luke doesn’t listen. Yoda tells look not to take his weapons into the cave that is strong with the Dark Side of the Force, Luke doesn’t listen. When Luke has a vision of his friends being tortured, Yoda tells him to stay and complete his training, Luke doesn’t listen.

During his encounter with Vader on Bespin, Luke stays calm and tries his best to resist. In the beginning, his is full of energy and does well. As time goes on, Vader becomes quite annoyed that fighting Luke is not so simple and starts to turn up the wick. It is not long before he has pushed Luke out to the end of his rope, cut of his hand, and told him who his real father was. Luke cannot believe it and will not accept it. He also cannot surrenders and chooses to fall to what he believes will be his death. Instead, he gets sucked into a ventilation shaft and ends up hanging from a weather vane.

After his rescue by Lando and Chewbacca, he is tended to by Leia and starts to mumble amongst himself. Here he begins to question everything both Ben and Yoda have told him. He realizes what he believes and knows have been based on lies. This line of disbelief continues in Return of the Jedi when be confronts Yoda and talks to Ben’s ghost. His trip down the dark path is also seen at several moments early in the film.

As Luke enters Yabba’s lair, he is dressed in black and uses a force choke on the guards. When he later surrenders to the Empire and talks to Vader, he again uses dark side techniques trying to persuade Vader to leave the Emperor and go with Luke. Vader feels the powers being used against him and states he cannot disobey his Master.

The fight with Darth Vader on the new Death Star shows Luke using more powers from the Dark Side. The Emperor pushes Luke to anger to get Luke to pick up his Light Saber. Once started, Luke fights Vader with the speed of anger. The only thing that saves Luke is his desire to see his father saved and will not fight him. Luke hides and Vader plays a bit of cat and mouse with him.

In The Phantom Menace, Ben Kenobi has a similar cat and mouse with Darth Maul. Instead of going into a rage to defeat Maul, Kenobi meditates while hanging by only his hands, uses the calm to power himself out of the hole, and cuts down Maul rather quickly. Contrast that against Luke’s scream from under the steps and his lunge of fury at Vader. Once he cuts Vader’s hand off and sees the wires, he realizes where he is headed and tells the Emperor he has failed. Luke is not correct. At the end of the movie when he sees the ghost of his father, he is reserved and quiet. He does not celebrate with everyone else as he fully knows the true cost. Luke knows he will become a Sith eventually. He can feel it.