I changed the oil 3 weeks ago, first time doing this too in my FJ, I didn't have any issues with the canister getting stuck, however, what a freaking mess to change the oil in this vehicle, I've never ever splashed so much oil in my life changing the oil in any vehicle, my god, what are you guys doing to avoid the mess ?
The oil drains from very high, and freaking oil shoots out everywhere once it touches my low clearance drain pan, at least I can poke the filter with the plastic tool that comes with it and drain that oil, I can only imagine taking the entire canister out without draining the oil would cause another oil mess.
I put 3 big, and I mean 3 big oil stains in my driveway, that took me about couple of hours and a trip to Lowes to clean, yes I should've put some sort of big plastic cover before hand, but oh well, i'm not going to cover the driveway in oil next time, that's for sure

Good thing "pull it out" exist at Lowes or Home Depot, lol.