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Every Jedi & Sith From Star Wars Explained By Kevin Smith | WIRED

Clerks III director Kevin Smith knows a lot about a lot of things, but he really knows a lot about Star Wars. So, who better to have tell us everything we need to know about the Jedi and Sith that appear in the Star Wars movies? Watch as Kevin talks in detail about Luke Skywalker,…

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Clerks III director Kevin Smith knows a lot about a lot of things, but he really knows a lot about Star Wars. So, who better to have tell us everything we need to know about the Jedi and Sith that appear in the Star Wars movies? Watch as Kevin talks in detail about Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Ahsoka Tano, Jar Jar Binks and much more!

CLERKS III will be released exclusively in theaters on September 13th-18th by Lionsgate in partnership with Fathom Events. Kevin will also continue on his “Convenience Tour” roadshow though November with more information about tickets here –

Director: Alexandra Coccia
Director of Photography: Matt Krueger
Editor: Patrick Biesemans
Talent: Kevin Smith

Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producers: Melissa Cho, Samantha Velez
Production Managers: Peter Brunette, Andressa Pelachi
Production Coordinator: Carol Wachockier

Audio: Kara Johnson
Cam Op/Gaffer: Shay Eberle-Gunst
Production Assistant: Ariel Labasan

Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Paul Tael

Clerks III is out in theaters on September 13, for two nights only.

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124 Comments

  1. Joseph SchianodiCola

    September 9, 2022 at 9:58 pm

    Kevin, I love you dude, but how you gonna talk about Ahsoka in the animated Clone Wars, and NOT Maul in the animated Clone Wars??? the dude SURVIVED getting cut in half, by surviving off of HATE itself!!!!

  2. Brendan Hoffmann

    September 9, 2022 at 10:09 pm

    lol, Darth Sidious coming back in the rise of skywalker was just bad story telling… that movie should never have been made!

  3. JD Glenn

    September 9, 2022 at 10:10 pm

    It’s good for a mainstream look. Leia and Mara Jade really don’t belong on a list like this, do they? I mean, Mara Jade I get because she’s not mainstream, but Leia using the force to escape the ship blowing up at the end of Last Jedi?

    Come on bud, I think that deserves honorable mention…

  4. Carson Mickelson

    September 9, 2022 at 10:11 pm

    I’m sorry, but this is just horrible

  5. Howard Simcox

    September 9, 2022 at 10:11 pm

    Dude looks like he got cancer or summat

  6. MonkeyspankO

    September 9, 2022 at 10:17 pm

    I’m still waiting for Darth Jar Jar

  7. Sebastian Thor

    September 9, 2022 at 10:19 pm

    Pfft. You write up Cal but not Starkiller? Also Plagueis?! You call yourself an expert?

  8. Benefactr

    September 9, 2022 at 10:29 pm

    hope this is getting ratioed!!

  9. Kaden Overstreet

    September 9, 2022 at 10:32 pm

    The part with Jar Jar is what I’ve been saying for over ten plus years.

  10. humanfilth666ify

    September 9, 2022 at 10:34 pm

    The Yuzan Vong are coming. Prepare.

  11. Haunter777

    September 9, 2022 at 10:39 pm

    I don’t need Kevin Smith telling me star wars lore. Thanks anyway

    • Matt Hacker

      September 9, 2022 at 10:52 pm

      ? bro

  12. Kaden Overstreet

    September 9, 2022 at 10:39 pm

    If he went into more this video would be 24 to 48 hours long.

  13. Blade9e7

    September 9, 2022 at 10:44 pm

    Qui-Gon Jinn was an amazing new list but he was getting old that’s why he lost

  14. AcydDrop

    September 9, 2022 at 10:59 pm

    Satele Shan was a badass Jedi

  15. Luis Fernando Parizi

    September 9, 2022 at 11:00 pm

    Ahsoka tano is not a Jedi!

  16. Haley Kofford

    September 9, 2022 at 11:00 pm

    What does Kevin Smith have to do with Star Wars?!? What the?!?

  17. Ana 🔥 I WANT SЕХ 💋 F Uc_k me

    September 9, 2022 at 11:12 pm

    Okay I’m ready for the extended hour long version with all the other Jedi, please Mr Smith

  18. Justa Youtuber

    September 10, 2022 at 12:14 am

    I stopped at 7:30. Because the new Star Wars is lame.

  19. Daniel Renehan

    September 10, 2022 at 12:17 am

    I wish Kevin went further into maul. because maul comes back.

  20. KK and sims 4

    September 10, 2022 at 12:27 am

    Why tho do they have Asian sounding names when one is clearly Irish space Jesus’s and the other is Scottish Robin .

  21. Doug McCool

    September 10, 2022 at 12:38 am

    Not touching the EU? Amateur! 🙂

  22. SteVeL

    September 10, 2022 at 12:44 am

    Obviously there was no way EVERY Jedi could be covered in 13min, especially with Smith’s proclivity to go into the most smallest nerdy details.

    13 videos, maybe. Get on it Wired.

  23. Raining Complete

    September 10, 2022 at 1:00 am

    I find it extremely weird they picked Darth Vader for the thumbnail. What makes me wanna watch videos like this are seeing characters I’ve never seen before or atleast know little about so I can learn about them. Ah yes, the obscure sith Darth Vader. Sold.

  24. Rohan Sampat

    September 10, 2022 at 1:16 am

    Lol note, snoke and kylo were NOT sith. Even though they acted like sith, dressed like sith, and basically were sith.

  25. Rohan Sampat

    September 10, 2022 at 1:17 am

    DID YOU ACTUALLY just call maul the “best lightsaber fighter” when you have pepole like qui gon jinn , anakin skywallker, and mace windu and yoda? BAD

  26. Rapter

    September 10, 2022 at 6:00 am

    Tarre Vizsla

  27. Achedelk

    September 10, 2022 at 6:04 am

    technically speaking Kylo is not a sith. Its complicated.

    • Mike Allen

      September 10, 2022 at 7:38 pm

      No it’s not, he is just a darkside force user, done.

  28. Endermin

    September 10, 2022 at 6:05 am

    I just like hearing Kevin Smith talk

  29. Dr.D's☮️PopTartPool™

    September 10, 2022 at 6:14 am

    Oh my GOD, Thanks Master Smith! May the Force be with you and Master Mewes always! Thanks for the major respect!

  30. WibZit

    September 10, 2022 at 6:31 am

    the comment bots are out in force shillin’ for this grifter

  31. Amorphis Bob

    September 10, 2022 at 6:35 am

    I feel a disturbance in the force… as if the scumbag who destroyed He-Man has been hired to kick Star Wars while it’s down.

  32. Gaming In Progress

    September 10, 2022 at 6:44 am

    Every Jedi & Sith except: Ezra Bridger, Caleb Dume/ Kanan Jarus, Plo-Koon, Barris Offee, Luminara Unduli, Asaj Ventress, Cal Kestis, The Grand Inquisitor, The other Inquisitors, Savaage Opress, Pong Krell, Jaro Tapal, and countless more.

  33. Bertie Black

    September 10, 2022 at 7:32 am

    Man, I LOVE Kevin Smith’s passion for this.

    Scratch that. I just love Kevin Smith :’)

  34. Matthew Brown

    September 10, 2022 at 10:19 am

    F U for thinking my problem with Reva is her skin color 🖕

  35. ConradJupiter77

    September 10, 2022 at 11:36 am

    How can you talk about the evil sith without including Santa Claus or Klaus Schwab????

  36. Reaperherpderp

    September 10, 2022 at 11:43 am

    My problem with Reva wasnt her being black or a female or her acting really (although it was a little over the top sometimes) it was with her story and how it was cut and interlaced with the overall story. The fan edit of the series made it much better, even though the writing of her and her scenes left much to be desired.
    1. how does she survive a lightsaber stab to the cut and being left COMPLETELY ALONE on a planet
    2. the horrible cut aways to her chasing a child in the middle of the night, during the finale when darth and obi wan are fighting

  37. Levi Hobbs

    September 10, 2022 at 1:15 pm

    nobody gonna talk about the ridiculously baggy suit? no? ok cool

  38. Lost Opportunity

    September 10, 2022 at 1:55 pm

    Who is this skeksis pretending to be Kevin Smith?

  39. Lost Opportunity

    September 10, 2022 at 2:13 pm

    So when does he talk about grievus or the Jedi dude on the council that the order allowed him to marry or that twilek Jedi that got killed during order 66 or the sith Lord that ate planets or the Darth Malek, or Darth revan?

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  40. Lord Ralph Folkert Albert Stuivenwold

    September 10, 2022 at 3:10 pm

    Rey Palpatine, I’m you meant to say.

    • Lord Ralph Folkert Albert Stuivenwold

      September 10, 2022 at 3:13 pm

      And ah, yes: Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren –> If he HAD been a Sith Lord: Darth Emo.

  41. Christopher Morgan

    September 10, 2022 at 3:13 pm

    $5 he does not cry at the end of this video. Football season is back and I’m into gambling. Kevin has a 6 out of 10 cry ratio in videos..

    • Christopher Morgan

      September 10, 2022 at 3:19 pm

      Damn…I lost lol

    • Puckered

      September 10, 2022 at 10:00 pm

      ​@Christopher Morgan LMFAO

  42. AstroBugle

    September 10, 2022 at 3:23 pm

    If the Obi Wan series had actually ret-conned Anakin murdering children it would be extremely cowardly and deflating for the arc of the story and anakin’s character. Its shocking that you would even mention it. I know you aren’t dumb, Kevin, but that is a dumb thing to say.

  43. DroDreams

    September 10, 2022 at 3:35 pm

    Hello everyone, I’m trying to get more involved in the Star Wars community!! Also Im doing a giveaway on my channel🔥🔥 so come subscribe and check it out!! May the force be with you✨✨

  44. Florian Calmer

    September 10, 2022 at 5:52 pm

    You call yourself an expert?! What about blank blank blank?!

  45. She Hulk Golding

    September 10, 2022 at 6:25 pm

    What kind of order is this in?

  46. Andinga Tacho

    September 10, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    Should have brought George Lucas

  47. Aaron Massey

    September 10, 2022 at 7:04 pm

    What about Leah!

  48. vrojak

    September 10, 2022 at 7:11 pm

    No Darth Nihilus, Sion or Traya? Not even Revan? >:(

  49. Ladco77

    September 10, 2022 at 10:24 pm

    I heard some people complain that Obi-Wan’s fight with Vader in Kenobi was just a rehash of the Ahsoka fight with him and yes it’s pretty much the same thing, but I think there’s a symmetry to those fights. Both Vader’s master and his padawan bested him in the same way and each tried to connect with what remained of Anakin in that moment, and both failed to reach him.

    • Dan

      September 11, 2022 at 7:18 am

      Both Ahsoka and Obi Wan each remove part of mask on opposing sides (incomplete reveal) and then its Luke who manages to unmask entirely at end of Return, the completion of Anakins redemption, but following those partial reveals and attempts at his humanity.

  50. Jay Rod

    September 10, 2022 at 11:06 pm

    ✝️
    *For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”*
    John 3:16‭-‬21

  51. 400person

    September 11, 2022 at 2:56 am

    Wow. That video tells a new viewer basically nothing about these characters.

  52. Merle Patterson

    September 11, 2022 at 3:22 am

    There is no; “I was once a Jedi knight like your father”, just like the Marines, once a Marine, always a Marine.

  53. jim hughes

    September 11, 2022 at 3:24 am

    Kevin, bro….I love ya man, we love ya, we know you lost a load of weight coz of that health thing but dude – why you still buying clothes in fat guy size? That jacket’s gotta be, like 4 sizes too big, did no-one tell you clothes come in other sizes? Even yr hat looks too big but surely you didn’t lose weight round ya heed?
    Peace n love

  54. Kevin Maryles

    September 11, 2022 at 4:44 am

    I still don’t get what he sees in the prequels other than nostalgia.

  55. King Ghidorah

    September 11, 2022 at 5:19 am

    Palpatine was also briefly in Rebels at the end of Season 4.

  56. Theodora Wimsey

    September 11, 2022 at 5:28 am

    How could you omit Leia?!?!?

  57. Antony

    September 11, 2022 at 7:41 am

    Yes, 2 hour podcast on this now please. Gimme the link.

  58. GrimJerr

    September 11, 2022 at 7:42 am

    Kevin that was so F’n bad, I watched it twice 😆Because I’m bad you know it, you know it, cause I’m bad

  59. Antony

    September 11, 2022 at 7:43 am

    Me thinks Kev looking to direct a Mando episode. Good luck buddy.

  60. Duy Ninh

    September 11, 2022 at 8:38 am

    Who is Kevin Smith ???

  61. Clinton Dieckmann

    September 11, 2022 at 9:03 am

    Kevin Smith that was brilliant

  62. Dan Topash

    September 11, 2022 at 4:55 pm

    Kevin Smith loses all that weight… keeps buying the same size clothes.

  63. MuriKakari

    September 11, 2022 at 5:20 pm

    It’s been 18 years and I still giggle every time I hear Kevin Smith talk

  64. Mark Lorant

    September 11, 2022 at 5:41 pm

    Wait, he can talk?!

  65. Dimitar Georgiev

    September 11, 2022 at 6:48 pm

    yeah, they killed it long ago.. nobody cares anymore

    • Theresa May

      September 11, 2022 at 9:01 pm

      The fact that over 2 million people watched Kenobi says otherwise.

      I’m not going to dispute that the franchise has gone down hill but to suggest its not popular anymore is laughable.

  66. esvamapp

    September 11, 2022 at 8:29 pm

    we need a part 2

  67. Todd Hensley

    September 12, 2022 at 12:48 am

    More Kevin Smith please.

  68. Ian Cohen

    September 12, 2022 at 1:01 am

    Even after the list he missed like 1200 we know of………

    I expected this to be a 3 hr video with the Big Kev detail on every one ever created.

  69. David Atkinson

    September 12, 2022 at 1:17 am

    I loved every minute of this!! MORE PLEASE!! 🙂

  70. TheScareglow

    September 12, 2022 at 2:45 am

    Thank you Kevin. You are a scholar and a gentleman.

  71. Jonatan

    September 12, 2022 at 10:05 am

    Sorry to say this, but Kylo Ren is not a Sith.

  72. Kate

    September 12, 2022 at 1:31 pm

    ‘Tell me in the comments…’ Love you man.

  73. Paul J. Wells

    September 12, 2022 at 6:23 pm

    This was great. Please do the expand as well.
    “Star Wars Forgotten Realms”

    Great Channel. Thanks

  74. diana ys

    September 12, 2022 at 7:30 pm

    MAGNIFICENT

  75. Clay Gross

    September 12, 2022 at 8:46 pm

    You did great, Kev!

  76. AshMCM - Gaming & More

    September 12, 2022 at 8:57 pm

    this was a day before my birthday

  77. Stank Nugget

    September 12, 2022 at 10:14 pm

    Thank god Kevin Smith started smoking weed. None of this would’ve been possible.

  78. GARBAGE FIRE

    September 12, 2022 at 10:24 pm

    I’ll still never forgive him for ruining HE-MAN.

  79. Vlad Mihai Varga

    September 12, 2022 at 10:37 pm

    you did very well 🙂 may the force be with you!

  80. Clyde

    September 12, 2022 at 11:10 pm

    Ok ok… I need to watch the animated series, obi wan, and finish the mandorian.
    If I wanted to start at the beginning of the canon what would I watch? Any suggestions?

  81. Redroom trainer Played

    September 13, 2022 at 2:41 am

    He didn’t count the clone wars 😢
    Most unfortunate

  82. Jordan Walker

    September 13, 2022 at 2:16 pm

    I can only chuckle at the fact Kevin Smith, Silent Bob himself, respects a non-verbal character like Grogu. I feel like he’s showing solidarity for another non-talker.

  83. Joseph Whitefoot

    September 13, 2022 at 2:35 pm

    you call yourself an expert you forgot blank, blank, and blank.

  84. Joseph Whitefoot

    September 13, 2022 at 2:44 pm

    I rate you 17/21,647. lol

  85. Dark Side Poet

    September 13, 2022 at 4:58 pm

    For the record, Maul hated using that move on Qui-Gon; he underestimated him and that’s why he resorted to it.

  86. Logan L

    September 13, 2022 at 7:14 pm

    I sense a disturbance, er… Disney in the force. I bet he’s got a few gripes they weren’t about to put on YouTube.

  87. Alex G. Blanco

    September 13, 2022 at 8:16 pm

    I love that, about Rey, he says she’s “gonna keep that name going” THANK YOU. It’s not like she’s appropriating it selflessly, she’s carrying it out of love for her mentors

  88. Ezra Cold

    September 14, 2022 at 10:17 am

    How are you not going to mention Space Mom and how more Jedi than Jedi she was?

  89. Shhhhh

    September 14, 2022 at 11:54 am

    This guy has jumped the shark

  90. yup

    September 14, 2022 at 11:54 am

    This guy has jumped the shark

  91. reality check

    September 14, 2022 at 11:54 am

    This guy has jumped the shark

  92. MovieJunkie ForLife

    September 14, 2022 at 12:09 pm

    “They really should’ve just named the character Samuel L Jackson” 😂😂

  93. MovieJunkie ForLife

    September 14, 2022 at 12:17 pm

    An entire plotline about redemption and by the end you choose to go by another name (I’m talking about Rey Skywalker) I would’ve forgiven that entire movie if she had just nut up and called herself Rey Palpatine. What a kick in the nuts it could’ve been to take everything the Emperor stood for and turn it around by standing for good instead of evil. Just another wasted opportunity in the new trilogy IMHO.

    • Anthony Martensen

      September 16, 2022 at 1:02 am

      In my opinion it would’ve been an awkward way to end the franchise if she embraced that name rather than the name she ended up adopting.

  94. Oliver Lewis

    September 14, 2022 at 10:18 pm

    You were wrong about something… you said anakin was almost a father figure to ahsoka when in reality he was more like a brother to her and she says so in the clone wars. Otherwise great video

  95. Charger Dave

    September 15, 2022 at 12:08 am

    Done with hyper speed!!!

  96. Jordannadroj20

    September 15, 2022 at 2:31 am

    Insufferable.

  97. The Zoo Boy

    September 15, 2022 at 3:29 am

    The disrespect to the greatest Jedi of them all, my main man Kanan Jarrus.

  98. C M

    September 15, 2022 at 10:28 am

    This guy is pathetic.
    R.I.P. STAR WARS (1977-2012)

  99. Daisy Lawrence

    September 15, 2022 at 3:06 pm

    Awesome

  100. Kris Swiftt

    September 16, 2022 at 1:45 am

    Pretty good, but you could tell that The Mouse held a metaphorical gun to his head with the sequel characters. (Edit: Well, except maybe Kylo)

  101. C Mel

    September 16, 2022 at 11:13 am

    For anyone like me that avoided the animated shows cuz…reasons. WATCH THEM, they are amazing. Rebels storytelling is some of the best in all of Star Wars. I am working my way through Clone Wars now and it’s also very good but Rebels takes you on a ride

  102. Elma mariyam

    September 16, 2022 at 1:48 pm

    Why u guys Don’t invite anne marie

  103. Jax Bivens

    September 16, 2022 at 3:17 pm

    5:40 correction, Kevin: Obi-Wan killed Maul in ‘Rebels’.

  104. Twin Geeks

    September 16, 2022 at 4:46 pm

    I don’t think he talked about Adam Driver’s fighting and hair and body and being topless enough. Or at all.

  105. Corban Anderson

    September 16, 2022 at 6:58 pm

    Forgot to talk about how much of a badass Darth Sidious is with a lightsaber. Four Jedi masters show up and he straight up slays three of them in about as many moves and then holds his own against Mace Windu

  106. Plagueborne

    September 17, 2022 at 9:41 am

    Trilla is definitely my favorite out of everyone. Complete and utter dominator. Beautiful design and story.

  107. Panama Red

    September 18, 2022 at 4:54 am

    I’m enjoying this low key press push for Clerks 3.

  108. erlend steine

    September 18, 2022 at 10:36 am

    True MASTER jedi is John Williams. Survived 45years of Star Wars.

  109. DrLA8

    September 18, 2022 at 12:02 pm

    When do you know that snoke is cloned?

  110. BC4467

    September 18, 2022 at 3:08 pm

    I am glad Kevin Smith is still a relatively popular dude. Always been a solid guy and his movies are great.

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