Returning to the show this week for our very first video episode are Sebass Maroun and Kevin Wingertzahn from The Skeeter Stevenson Variety Hour to discuss one of the most over-discussed film series of all time- that's right, we're talking Star Wars! After a midnight screening of Revenge of the Sith at the IFC Center, we sat down for an exhaustive conversation about Star Wars, how our relationships to it have changed over time, and what place it has and will continue to have in the culture at large. Topics include:

 

• Did George Lucas actually want to make this movie?
• Can any new Star Wars project avoid being too reactive to the reception of the last one?
• Were Yoda and Chewbacca always intended to be friends, and is Chewie's Ewok fetish problematic?

 

All this, and more!

 

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Episode artwork by Lily Steinberg