That a YouTuber with 2.39 mil subscribers, literally called "Star Wars Theory," was shocked listening to basic character arc analysis in a SW movie tells a fascinating story about how mega-fans cannot be trusted to grasp the basic thematic ideas of the films they're fans of.
This is a person who is literally making their living off of "theorizing" about and "explaining" STAR WARS to people.

This person did not understand the basic, central emotional/thematic arc of EPISODE I.

This is where we're at now. This is what we're dealing with.
Fan Theory culture is a plague that ignores character, theme and emotion in favor of useless trivia and conspiratorial nonsense.

They literally lack the framework to engage with the movies they watch in any meaningful way.

These are the people Hollywood is pandering to now.
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