Show Notes:  

• Ben and Josh talk about Star Wars, Christmas shopping, and the Italian job 
• Disney and Star Wars–too much too fast? (0:00-53:26) 
  • Disney+ ‘s killer app: The Mandalorian 
  • Nintendo Launch Titles 
  • Disney’s Star Wars cinema sins (Josh’s review): 
    • Force Awakens – 2015 – Great – 8/10 (-2 for unnecessary fan service, looking at you random han solo monster scene) 
    • Rogue One – 2016 – 3/10 (storytelling at its worst, +3 for visuals and making storm troopers feel menacing) 
      • Just watch this one scene instead! 
    • Last Jedi – 2017 – Ugh – 1/10 (ruined the rest of the franchise for me, missed opportunity with a Kylo and Rey swap) 
      • Mark Hamill speaking for the fans 
    • Solo – 2018 – 7/10 as a random sci-fi heist movie, 1/10 as star wars canon, utterly forgettable 
  • Turned a beloved franchise into a soulless cash-grab 
  • The Rise of Skywalker – 2019  
  • The Mandalorian – turning things around? 
  • Baby Yoda Memes! 
• Bad at English (53:26-58:43) 
  • pitch up—phrasal verb 
  UK informal 
  to arrive in a place: I was late getting home from work and needed to get my son to dance practice, but didn’t want to pitch up in uniform so I went inside to change. 
• Christmas Shopping (58:43-1:21:35) 
  • The cutting board Josh made for Ben 
  • Alicia’s piecework nativity 
  • The 5 Love Languages — what’s yours?? 
    • receiving gifts, 
    • quality time, 
    • words of affirmation, 
    • acts of service, 
    • and physical touch 
  From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Love_Languages>  
  • The Christmas gift giving rule of 4 story 
    1. Something you want, 
    2. Something you need, 
    3. Something to wear, and 
    4. Something to read. 
• Ben tells the story of the Italian Job (1:21:35-2:28:35) 
  • Ben’s Unit in Italy 
  • Air Force Instruction 34-511 – Disposition of Personal Property and Effects 
  • Bo’s home movies 
• Thanks to our listeners! (2:28:35-Fin) 
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