Join Ben from SCOPE and Cali from The Melanin Muses Podcast as they discuss the Star Wars Original Trilogy. In this episode we start with Star Wars Episode 4 A New Hope, and more importantly why it was nearly a total disaster. They discuss film history, strange inconsistencys throughout the franchises continuity, and Marcia's Lukas the editor who largely saved the first film, on this episode of The Return of the Movie Podcast.  

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Chapters:

Intro 00:00

Personal Introduction to Star Wars 01:33

Star Wars is for Kids? 03:30

Themes & World Building of a New Hope 04:23

A Theory about C3P0 05:22

Future Implications 07:02|

Droids are People 08:44

Pacing 11:14

Luke's Character Arc 15:46

Act 2 Pacing 18:45

Han Shot First 20:13

Han Solo's Neck 21:39

Leia Subverts Expectations 22:13 

The Death Star Chase 23:32

How Marcia Lucas Saved Star Wars 25:40

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