Not long ago, in various places around my house and on my commute to work, I began listening to Star Wars Minute.  The conversational podcast dissects each Star Wars Movie by the minute, producing some of the most interesting and entertaining content in the podcasting galaxy.  The fun that co-hosts Comic Book Alex and Pete the Retailer have with their guests shines through in each installment of the show, and directly inspired not only the style of my program, but the creation of it in the first place.  Star Wars Minute is directly responsible for The EPS Podcast.
 
I could not and cannot be any more grateful to Alex for agreeing to be a guest on my show to dissect the original Star Wars movie from 1977 as a document of its time period.  I hope you enjoy this anniversary episode of the EPS Podcast, where everything is a primary source.

Star Wars was a direct product of the desperate times in which it was made, and the message and spirit that the movie instilled in the public may have saved aspects of society and culture from the brink of collapse.  That’s quite a bit of credit to give to a movie, but considering the circumstances, it is deserved.  Star Wars biggest audience, children, had spent much of their youths receiving mixed messages from pop culture and media regarding good and bad, and right and wrong.  Star Wars tore through the clouds of doubt and delivered a moralistic story of heroes and villains at just the right time.  It marks the time period, in many ways, but one of which is by being the antithesis of everything else in media in the late 70s.