And here you thought no more Star Wars nonsense from BingeMedia.net. HA! In what I hope to become the future avenue of (Working On A Title) Wednesday, I get together with long time listener Pete MC and we discuss some Star Wars. We get into our theater experiences, our spoiler filled feelings about the film, and even our thoughts on where it is going to go. We even get into the craziness that is it’s current box office domination. Well what are you waiting for, you know you want more Star Wars, so here it is.
We saved one of the biggest and best shows for the last of the year. Who doesn’t want over four hours of Ammon, Moreno, and Law getting in the Christmas spirit by drinking until they no talk good any more.
Google Voice kicks things off with some of our favorite listeners yelling at us, making amends with us, and accidentally butt-dialing us while talking to their kids.
TV Round-Up is eventful, to say the least, when Law raves about The Affair and Ammon and Moreno continue to be The Leftovers Buddies. They also break down the season finale of Fargo and compare it as a whole to the first season and try to guess what’s ahead for the third season. Also – Jessica Jones.
Movie Homework has the boys watching SCROOGED and discovering that Carol Kane is one of the most annoying actresses in the history of cinema, that everybody should watch John Murray in MOVING VIOLATIONS, and that Mary Lou Retton is the most 80s thing ever.
What Did You Watch is STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS as Law gives his lightly tread upon thoughts of the film without spoilers of any sort. Stay tuned for an after-the-credits segment where Law goes full spoiler mode with Moreno (The Spoiler Absorber) and gives his in-depth review of the film. Moreno checks out ANT MAN and, along with Ammon, gives an aggressive accent review of AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON. Law also reviews ROOM.
Everybody have a great Holiday and sloppy New Year! Be safe!
0:02:45-Last show of the year, folks. Don’t cry, you cocksucker. Law and Moreno fife over the X-Mas intro sounder from Pete MC. For good reason! Update: Sampson is still gay. STAR WARS! It’s a thing.
0:36:20-GOOGLE VOICE. Leave voicemails, not emails. Thanks dickhead.
1:14:05-TV ROUND UP. Transition from Google Voice leads into talk about The Affair. Law continues making love to Ash vs. Evil Dead. Fargo’s season finale gets dissected. Moreno and Ammon are butt….no…wait…Leftover buddies. Jessica Jones is good shit, make no(se) bones about it. Tangent about Law going to a comedy club. Nobody cares.
2:12:05-MOVIE HOMEWORK. Talk about the Netflix Fuller House series trailer. Because Full House is a goddamn masterpiece. Yes, really. No. Maybe not. OH HELL I DON’T KNOW, JIM LAW. Anyway, homework was Scrooged. Niagra falls, Frankie Angel.
2:37:00-WHAT DID YOU WATCH? Law kicks things off with discussion of some flick called The Force Awakens. He then continues with his viewing of Room.
3:02:43-ACCENT REVIEWS. Moreno and Ammo review Ahvehnjurs: Ahge of Uhltrhohn (translated-Avengers: Age of Ultron). Moreno continues on the Marvel movie route with Ant-Man. Ammon revisited Love Actually, Star Trek Into Darkness, and he shits all over the Buddy the Elf musical or something.
3:29:00 Live sounder to lead into to SPOILER ALERT. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS.
Merry Christmas you filthy cocksuckers. And a Happy Fucking New Year.
Being a fan of something is a weird relationship. Despite the fact that you’re nothing more than a nagging little kid at a franchise’s knee, you simply cannot resist getting into something. Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, Marvel…these are all world-renowned franchises that have devoted followings. This month it’s been all Star Wars around these parts, and now that the day is upon us we can finally go to our local theater and watch the film. I, personally, have not seen it yet, as I pre-ordered tickets for a Saturday night showing, and I’m completely fine with that. I’m a working adult and I’d rather take my time and enjoy the film amongst friends, hence the Saturday choice. What really annoys me, however, is the propensity of the dark side of fandom in relation to The Force Awakens. No matter how normal and “in” movie fans are, there are always groups of fans that will try and ruin the experience for everyone else. TFA is a film predicated upon the mystery of what it is, so that has caused a weird minority of fans to spoil the movie on all forms of social media. I, unfortunately, have been spoiled, which I wouldn’t care about all that much if I was asking for it, but it’s the way in which I was spoiled that’s really upsetting.
To understand where I’m coming from you have to go back to December 17th, 2015 (yesterday, as I write this). Part of my job is keeping an eye on social media, specifically Facebook, to correspond with clients as they comment on photos and status updates. Because of this, I get updates directly to my phone when someone comments on various Facebook business pages that I’m connected to. One such update happened yesterday, prompting me to log in and check the message. When I did that, the worst thing imaginable happened. It seemed as though someone spammed the page with a huge spoiler for The Force Awakens. I have not yet seen the film, so I don’t know if the spoiler is true, but if I were a betting man I’d go all in on it being legitimate.
You see, I was doing my job avoiding what I could. I stayed away from Reddit, I kept an eye on sources that were reporting potential spoiler locations on sites like ESPN but I wasn’t trying to be a dick about it. If I saw something, I saw something and that’s that. As Morpheus says, “There’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path”. I’ve seen The Shawshank Redemption at least ten times in my life but I keep watching it, not because I know what’s going to happen but because the journey is always satisfying. That same sentiment is something I believe in a lot of movies, but with Star Wars there was such a focus on keeping everything a mystery that made it part of the fun. I’ve been robbed of that in a really weird and specific way. But honestly, what kind of dickless son of a bitch does that?
Is there a certain kind of satisfaction in knowing that you ruined a communal experience for someone else? Do you need the attention? Did your parents abuse you or something and forever alter your definition of social norms? A sincere fuck you to anyone posting spoilers for the biggest movie of this generation. There’s no good reason for it, you’re not gaining anything and you’re just being a social media terrorist. No one likes you and you smell.
Maybe the thing that I saw won’t come true and someone out there is an absolute Photoshop maestro. Again, I have yet to see the film and this entire article could be a reaction to something that isn’t even relevant, but to those of you out there who aren’t cool about these things, get a fucking life. Seriously, crawl back into the crevice you were birthed out of and die, forever. Seriously. Nothing you do or say is worth anything anymore you heartless, no good, STD-infested, shark-skinned two-faced bald-dicked maggot fucker.
Welcome back to the Comic Binge ladies and gentlemen! The week of Awakening of the Force is finally upon us, and I have been doing some prep work throughout the week and even the last few months for this moment. I’ve never been a super fan by any means, but like almost any other person in the world, the Wars have held a special place in my heart because it truly is that awesome. Being that I’m a reader, I’ve always had an interest in picking up the Star Wars books to read, but I never knew where to start. What is now the Legends or Extended Universe stories, were so expansive and bountiful, that it was hard to find a place to jump in. Now with the Mouse’s actions to make all of that irrelevant, I have been working my tail off to try to read the newly canonized materials published in the last year or so. I got through some of the books but not all, and so I’ve tabled a few for post-movie hangovers of Star Wars cravings. However, I have accumulated all of the volumes that have been published so far of Star Wars comics that are officially considered canon. I’m a bit more optimistic with the comics than I am the actual tales of fiction in 300 pages of words, because I’ve only enjoyed one of those that I’ve read so far, which was Dark Disciple. I have also read Tarkin and New Dawn, neither of which really stood out to me as great stories, but they were decent enough to have read. I had to table the rest to do these comics, and I hope to pick them back up after I see the movie. Lords of the Sith will likely be next, so let me know what you think about the new Star Wars canon below, if you’ve had a chance to read any of the books yet! But without any further ado, here is my breakdown of the first half of the comics I’ve read in preparations for Episode VII this weekend!
First Star Wars comic that I got my hands on to check out was one that came out pre-canonization of the Mouse, and that is Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir. I obviously had reasons other than canon to read this book and Darth Maul is my favorite character in the entire Star Wars Universe. It’s really unfortunate that he was so quickly disposed of in the movies, but he lives on here and in the Clone Wars show, and for good reason. He’s a badass character and he really has a great story too. Son of Dathomir was actually a Clone Wars script that never made it to the show, as of its writing, and was produced into this great one-shot story of a comic. Darth Maul’s past is explored a bit and we see his mother for the first time, at least to my knowledge. Darth Maul is taken prisoner but escapes, and then it’s time for him to start wreaking havoc again. He is accompanied by two heroes/villains that look sort of like Boba, but not really. The overall book was a pretty decent read and I enjoyed the art. Anything that fleshes out the awesome character of Darth Maul is always a plus, so this is definitely a must-read for his fans. Otherwise, it’s still a great Star Wars book, definitely check it out. I do wonder if it was made canon because of its Clone Wars affiliation, or if my hope of his return with his metal lower half will eventually show up in the live action films again. That would be the day… If Kylo and Maul teamed up for an Episode IX, I would be in fucking heaven and a half.
Next up was Kanan: The Last Padawan, which spins off of another one of the canonized Star Wars shows in Star Wars: Rebels. Kanan is the jedi who accompanies Ezra and the crew throughout the show on all of their missions. This book gives a sort of history on how he became to be the “responsible” adult in the crew that he now belongs in in Rebels. Kanan has a very interesting backstory, and it was really interesting to read how his life spiraled out of Order 66 from Palpatine at the end of Episode II. Kanan is his chosen name, and he has been through so much that he has chosen to use his Jedi-half only when necessary. Instructed as a youngling, he quickly learned how to survive in a post-Palpatine world. I think this story had a lot of great drama, and introduced us to some great characters. I’m really bad at learning new worlds and people in stories, but I was totally invested in this book. The drama was top-notch and you really feel for this Jedi padawan that is left to his own devices after his people are destroyed and taken over by the new Empire. I would highly recommend it to those who are looking to expand their Star Wars horizons, and especially those who are a fan of the Rebels show. The art was pretty great in this book too, and it really made the book a good read. I am looking forward to more canon Kanan. Also this book had excellent covers, but really all of the books I’m reviewing here today had some pretty ballin’ covers, so I think it’s just the artistic value of Star Wars being put on display in many of the covers and their variants.
Last and pretty much the least in my Star Wars comic adventuring this week was the Princess Leia title, named after the character of course. I’m not sure if the two previous books spoiled me by the time I got to this one, but I was pretty unimpressed with the book in its entirety. There is no clear villain in the story. There doesn’t seem to be any clear plot or conflict that I picked up on, or at least anything that drew the reader in. It was pretty much a book for book’s sake, and that’s when you get comics like these. Fortunately, I think it’s a one-shot story like the Darth Maul book, so hopefully there won’t be more of this to suffer through. I’ll admit that this was the one book I was worried about when looking at the new titles coming out from Marvel Comics, but there are truly so many others that could go wrong like Chewbacca or Lando that I figured there must be good stories to tell. Mark Waid was behind this one, who is a proven writer at this point, but there just was nothing here to go off of. I was pretty bummed about the lack of story and awesomeness in this book, and there are not really any good surrounding characters to make up for it. To pile on to the book too, the art was pretty atrocious. It serves well for a cutesy type of look, but even if it was supposed to fit with Leia, it just gave the book no additional power at all. So overall, I was pretty disappointed with this book and there’s not much to highlight other than failures. I hope the other standalone character comics live up to hype of their names, because I don’t think I can take another one like this one.
For all the shit that Kupka talked on draft night, his plan of riding the final HUNGER GAMES film to the top of the standings has all but failed so far. It will surely be knocked from the top spot this weekend and continue to trail off after that. However, for some of the more fortunate – STAR WARS POINTS ARE HERE! Let’s see what, if any, movement is caused by the Force awakening. Click on the link below for the entire spreadsheet.
As you may have noticed, it’s been Star Wars central around BingeMedia.net. Garrett has been going through each Star Wars installment in his Binge Aftertaste retrospectives and also revisiting each one in written form. But the biggest undertaking has been recording a commentary for each episode. When we initially flirted with the commentary idea, it seemed like a huge task but almost everyone in the BingeMedia offices wanted to participate in at least one, making the scheduling and execution of it that much easier.
And that’s the power of love.
Sorry wrong movie.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the commentaries, that listened to each one and shared it like crazy. And of course Sneak Juan Carlos for all of the sweet ass poster. We love you all. Here are links to each commentary.
Starring: Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, John Boyega, and Mark Hamill.
Let me go on record and say I realize this will probably be the least read review I have ever written, which is saying a lot. Rest assured, I am going full on spoiler free with this review, as you will not see one plot point given. Except for this one. Despite my highest of hopes that it would happen, there is absolutely, positively NO appearance of Jar Jar Binks. Damn.
So what am I going to say in this review? I am going to give my thoughts on what is undoubtedly the most anticipated film of our generation. In 2012, Disney put all their eggs in this basket, paying over $4 billion for Lucasfilm, while simultaneously hoping to resurrect the Star Wars cash cow that enjoyed the highest of financial success in each of the four previous decades. I want to reiterate that the pressure on everyone to make The Force Awakens as good as can be, especially given peoples’ at times unwarranted hatred toward the prequels, is incoherently high. Press releases that promised no midichlorians, as well as a more practical approach to the film’s effects, seemed to calm people down, and all hopes were risen even higher that this would be THE definitive Star Wars film.
Have no fear, Star Wars fans. Director and co-writer JJ Abrams has brought a sensibility and aura to his Star Wars entry that will undoubtedly please those coming in looking for more of an original trilogy feel than the last. Sometimes too much so, as even story beats from that trilogy are rehashed. On top of that, some nice nods and sly winks are given, and Abrams takes extra care to give audiences a memorable ride through both nostalgia and modern keenness of each and every cinematic mind.
But what Abrams and co-writer Lawrence Kasdan -returning to the series for the first time since 1983’s Return of the Jedi– knew they needed in order to make The Force Awakens successful, was an emotional anchor. And latching onto the bottom of this impassioned and wavy ocean, is the relationship between Rey (Ridley) and Finn (Boyega), which in all honesty is very well outlined. The decision to make the ‘space opera’ portion of Star Wars lore not lose any steam and move up there with Return of the Jedi‘s -and I would argue Revenge of the Sith‘s- emotional core was a great one.
But this would have not been pulled off had it not been for the performances of both Ridley and Boyega. Ridley in particular has such good emotional beats that it rivals Fisher at her best in Empire. Abrams puts her through the ringer here, as there are times her character has to turn sympathies around on a dime, as a hard hitting action scene was literally right around the corner from her emotional drawback feelings of the previous frame. But her character of Rey is a huge highlight and will no doubt be one of the film’s most talked about aspects. Boyega has his moments, but some of his beats unfortunately fell surprisingly flat with me, and he seemed to be the one actor here who is playing his wide-eyed fanboy tendency as opposed to his supposedly layered character. Speaking of falling flat, don’t even get me started on Driver.
As for the overall film itself, I couldn’t help but feel more than slightly disappointed in Abrams’ inability to tone down his directing style and focus on one storyline at a time. His style is so bombastic and so fast paced that the propulsive nature of The Force Awakens more often than not works against it rather than for it. Star Wars is at its best when it lingers and allows us & its characters to take in what was just seen and heard. The few twists that are in the story (nothing I will divulge here) are done without having characters who feel them. It’s almost as if Abrams wants to move on and give away all his tricks at a more rapid fire clip than do what needs to be done with new characters, which is develop them.
I am not even going to talk about how each of the returning characters are used, because experiencing them in The Force Awakens is part of its fun. However out of all the returns to this franchise, it is Kasdan’s which is most satisfying. The film’s dialogue flows more freely than it has since the original trilogy, and the sharpness of its wit is both surprising and welcome. Plus, instead of getting to know characters while revolving the story around senate hearings, Abrams makes it all about the entertainment factor. Is that a bad thing? The cinematic Star Wars universe, despite its multiple book and videogame built worlds, has never been much more layered than what was on its initial surface. So the world Abrams and company is creating works, even given its very own complete absence of layers.
Make no mistake about it. The Force Awakens, almost fittingly, makes me feel young again. So much so I am going to use the oldest critical description in the book to describe what I think of it. I feel there are times it will make you laugh. There are even times it will make you cry non-manipulated tears. Will it make you think? No, not really. As it shouldn’t. The Force Awakens is a fun movie. It is an entertaining movie. But on grounds of it not leaving any lingering effect on my emotions afterward, it was an indifferent film going experience. Far from unpleasant, The Force Awakens will please those who hold those ‘evil’ prequels in such low regard. But even with a fun source of comedy named BB8, Abrams comes within an eyelash of making The Force Awakens much more than a mildly memorable film, as opposed to one that qualifies as a Star Wars experience.
As hard as it is to believe, 2005 may be more of a blur to me than the previous years the other prequels came out. Mostly because I had finally made the decision that if I were to make something of myself, I better get to college and do it. So I was taking A LOT of classes in junior college to gather up as many credits as I could before heading to a major college and finishing. I also was getting to be near the top of my professional game as well. My boss had decided to move me up the ladder, and instead of being on the loading lines of a warehouse like I had been four years and counting, it was decided to move me to dispatcher. I was not coming home as sweaty and tired every day from loading boxes, which helped me immensely with my school work, and I have never stopped thanking my boss for that move. Relationships were again coming and going. But I never really focused on those as much as bettering myself. A habit that I still practice to this day, much to the chagrin of the people around me.
Background: I guess what I’m getting at here is by 2005, I was finally starting to grow up to be the man I was supposed to be. Though, even in the heat of all this excitement, the only thing I had to keep me from going crazy was a listen to Howard Stern each and every morning. On one particular episode, he said that one of his favorite shows at the time, The O.C., was going to premiere the trailer to the, get this, brand new Star Wars movie. At this point, I was not keeping track of its making or cared even a little bit about it. But I decided that one night to tune in and check the trailer out. And ohh boy, did I get sucked in. The trailer started with Palpatine promising Anakin -looking more Jim Morrison-ish now than the INSYNC-like make-up he had last film- would need to learn about certain dark side powers if he were to save Padme from certain death. Guess what? I was already there. Sign me up. I was making plans to, on May 19th, the supposed very last day we would ever have a brand new Star Wars film in theaters, to go all out and dress up. Yes, I was that excited.
George Lucas, once again behind the camera, was making promises that Revenge of the Sith was going to be this trilogy’s The Empire Strikes Back. Meaning, get ready for the darkness to hit the fan this time, because he was going to bring it all from his psyche this time around. But here was the problem that I thought about even then. From where was he going to pull this darkness from? Back in the mid 80s, during his divorce from Marcia, he had that darkness and dread welled inside, and they came out in the forms of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and certain scenes of Return of the Jedi (I still maintain that the Sarlaac Pit is an evil vagina incarnate). But in 2005, he was a rich and wealthy man who was just trying to finish his story. Yes, the effects artists at his disposal would bring the hellish depths of Mustafar to life, and it was going to be interesting to see how he was going to portray a burning death in a PG-13 rated film, for kids. But the depths from which he was going to pull this off were really on my mind this time going in. He was not a hungry filmmaker anymore. Now, he was a storyteller with anything he wants at his disposal. Just how dark could he get? I would get my answer when Anakin discreetly enters the Jedi children training facility with lightsaber in hand. Still, it was going to take a certain balancing act to maintain the story he had already let get out of control in the last film, and his best directorial skills were going to be put to test. A huge test considering most people don’t find Lucas to be that good a director to begin with.
I would also like to point out that Kevin Smith was -surprise, surprise- running his mouth about how good a film Sith was compared to the others weeks before the thing even came out. He basically started giving away points such as the inclusion of the Corellian Corvette and how great it felt being a Star Wars fan walking out of that screening. Well Mr Smith, I’m happy you are so much better than us, but how about keeping your mouth shut until the day us normal people can see it.
When opening night happened, I thought I was ready. But we got to the theater much later than expected. Which of course meant we were seated about two rows from the screen. Never a good sign. Though the great sign here was, unlike the previous two prequels, there was not a film already released or being released in sight which had any potential of taking my excitement at there being another Star Wars film away from me. Not even the return of Batman. But we’ll get to that at another time.
What I Thought Then: That 2005 experience was something I will never forget. I am one who always has something bad to say about ‘audience/screen interaction.’ I think it’s ridiculous, unless you are too young to know any better, to clap at certain happenings onscreen due to the fact the audience is the only set of people who can hear you. You’re not getting a bow at the end of the film. But there is something about a Star Wars film which makes me into a ball of mush in the filmmaker’s hands. I know I am going to do it at The Force Awakens. And here was no different. When steam came bellowing out of Vader’s newly formed mask and I heard him breath for the first time, I got chills all up and down my spine. Even sitting that close, I was in it, and the tragedy of Anakin’s turn was something that would not leave my mind and heart for years. The operatic sounds of John Williams’s score, echoing each character’s theme as they are merely either mentioned or verbosely affecting the film’s outcome, reverberated in my ears. One particular scene of Anakin looking out into the lava as he contemplates what he had just done always gets me. In that theater, I thought I had finally seen Star Wars at its best in this era. Tragic when it needed to be, fun in only small spurts, with a great performance by Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi thrown in for good measure.
I could not stop praising the film, and have even gone on record as saying that George Lucas had done it and made the definitive Star Wars film. Ok Kevin Smith. You were right for once. Go write another ‘fantastically hilarious’ Jay and Silent Bob‘ movie. On a side note, I love how the only film of yours you put down as being bad, Jersey Girl, is actually your best.
What I Think Now: Unlike the other prequel films of the same era, I do not feel Revenge of the Sith has gotten better with age. Its flaws stick out even worse due to all it had to accomplish. In watching it again with my fellow Bingers for the audio commentary we recorded a few weeks ago, I noticed how much what Moreno had said was right on the nose. The turn Anakin makes from good to bad is just too quick. Which is something there is literally no excuse for. Three films in, and Lucas did not accomplish his goal of wrapping everything up with a bow. Oh yes, the semblance of a great film is there. The tragedy still sticks out. But more verbiage or acting out of Anakin’s complete distrust of the Jedi Order would have been nice. Then again, I think it has been established that with Lucas’s use of dialogue, the less spoken word the better. Instead, Anakin’s turn is made to be more emotionally based, and the way he is formed into the Jedi killer he is, does not make complete sense.
Still, the slaughtering of each Jedi is nicely done. I will not fault the ease in which they are killed as much as how putting it all into a sort of montage is kind of lazy. I think the Lucas’s big decision to render this part of the film the most flowing section is a bad one. We need to feel the pain in which these Jedi are killed, and Williams’s emotionally manipulative score can only do so much.
I do still get a kick out of Yoda throwing the Royal Guards against the wall, and his fight with Palpatine is good fun. Of note is how Palpatine is both literally and figuratively destroying the Republic by throwing those Senate pods at Yoda. I also liked the ‘bubble circus show,’ and most of how we get from Anakin and Obi Wan being friends to fighting it out on the planet of Mustafar. Though how Yoda and Obi Wan got a highlight reel of Anakin’s actions still bugs me to this day.
Going back to when Vader is first formed, I would be remissed if I did not mention what happens when the ‘more machine than man’ Darth Vader walks and talks in his new suit for the first time. That moment of Vader breathing is STILL to this day the best moment out of the entire prequel trilogy. I firmly believe to this day, that if Lucas had cut the film off at this point, Revenge of the Sith would be as fondly remembered as at least Return of the Jedi. But his decision to play up the tragedy that has befallen Padme with Vader’s NNOOOOO reaction makes the moment go from uniformly tragic to unintentionally funny. Of all things I can defend, I have absolutely nothing for this moment. The Shakespearean tragedy Lucas tried for was ruined with Vader dispatching of a few droids, looking to the heavens, and screaming no. Frankenstein is what the scene started as. What it ended up as falls somewhere between Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and the ‘I don’t like sand’ speech from Attack of the Clones. Not a good place to be. Again, it goes back to editing. The absence of what he had in ’77, and no that is not a hungry killer instinct, but an editor and production staff not afraid to tell him no, is what ultimately makes this prequel trilogy the back and forth conundrum it is in so many peoples’ eyes.
In Conclusion: George Lucas’s Star Wars prequels accomplished one thing: they proved how a hungry filmmaker with aspirations to tell his stories is able to accomplish everything he wants and more. But I think the biggest problem I have with this trilogy of films is that they did not tell us anything we did not already know. At least, not without hints of fan wish fulfillment. It’s fine to change anything around due to you not knowing who or what is going to connect with an audience. But the way the Fetts, the Wookies, the droids…..I think you get my point.
With all these revisits of the past Star Wars films done (no, there will NOT be columns dedicated to the Ewok and Clone Wars films, at least not yet), there is only one thing to do. That is look forward to the brand new world JJ Abrams and the Mouse House brings us. Can we expect Kashyyk to show up? Will there be another Jar Jar to hate? Will the lens flares get to be too much? All I know is I sure hope I can do one of these columns ten years down the line and say, ‘you know, I still really like that movie.’ Because a recurrence with this one could be devestating to Star Wars in the long run. After all, we still have all those single character based films to look forward to. Ahhhh, Disney.
Here’s our final commentary for Return of the Jedi! This time Law and I invite one half of the Sounder Twins, PeteMC, to tackle the fun and gloriousness of Episode VI. Listen as our disappointment increases at what a sissy Han Solo becomes; laugh with us as R2D2 forgets that he can fly; marvel at the fact that Pete might’ve drank his own piss.