Special Episode 13: Star Wars: The Lowering of Expectations

 
 
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One chilly day between Christmas and New Year’s Eve—and 10 whole days after the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker—Elizabeth aggressively bullied Flourish into ripping off the bandaid and going to see the final installation of “the Skywalker saga.” What did Flourish (a lifelong but now extremely jaded Star Wars fan) and Elizabeth (a person who enjoys the films well enough but just wants a decent narrative arc) think of this cultural touchstone? Warning: if you loved this thing and don’t want to hear a word of critique...we suggest you skip it. But if not….

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Show Notes

[00:00:00] As always, our intro music is “Awel” by stefsax, used under a CC-BY 3.0 license. This time, we used it for the outro music too.

[00:00:47] We recommend you listen to Episode 116, “The Year in Fandom 2019.”

[00:16:50] 80,000+ notes for cutting Rey out of the hug…

Poe hugs Finn.
You can see a teeny bit of Rey, but mostly: Finnpoe
Poe hugs Finn. Again.
Closeup on weepy Finn, hugging Poe.

[00:20:00] Oscar Isaac told IGN that he “would try to push it a bit in that direction [of Finnpoe], but the Disney overlords were not ready to do that.”

[00:26:40] If you really want to know more about Callista Ming, well, the Star Wars wiki can tell you about it. Apparently she was written out because people loved Mara Jade too much. 

[00:35:38] This Verge article, by Bijan Stephen and Adi Robertson, does a good job of explaining the Last Jedi Russian bot study (and its flaws).

[00:48:21] Flourish means “Dunkirk,” not “The Battle of Britain.” What can we say?

[00:53:33] Elizabeth’s one and only meta is “Impossible Girls.”