Six Degrees of Star Wars

It's the movie that could never be made today... I hate that cliché!

Pluggables:

Leif: @leifbradshawsings on instagram, @leifbradshawmusic on Facebook, linktr.ee/disneyoutlands

Jas: @FaeRiviera on all socials, host of In Each Retelling

Grady: @snakebitcat on the socials

The Marsha P Johnson Institute's PAY IT campaign: https://givebutter.com/MPJI-pride

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

We close out AAPI month by taking a look at the modern classic class-satire brought to you by Director Bong Joon-Ho - PARASITE. I'm deadly serious.

PLUGGABLES:

Ellie: @elessar42 on Bluesky, Letterboxd, and Medium; @football-in-tuxedos on Tumblr, Podcasting's Biggest Night available wherever Pods are Cast.

Leif: @leifbradshawsings on instagram, @leifbradshawmusic on Facebook, linktr.ee/disneyoutlands

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: Reach out to your congressional representative to express your support for the NO FAKES Act! Fight the clankers! https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/support-the-no-fakes-act

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

We are joined by special guest Agatha Vile for an oceanic adventure of super proportions, taking us back to 2018, when we had no idea how much worse superhero fatigue could get and we were just happy to have a DCEU movie that was willing to have fun and be bright and colorful.

Pluggables: 

Seducing Scylla: https://www.lexloganauthor.com/products/seducing-scylla

Jas: @FaeRiviera on all socials, host of In Each Retelling

ALL THE CHARITIES

The Purple Leash Project (https://redrover.org/the-purple-leash-project/) for helping victims of domestic violence keep their pets.

The Lilith Fund (https://www.lilithfund.org/) for reproductive justice in Texas.

Waterkeeper Alliance (https://waterkeeper.org/) for clean and accessible water for all.

SECORE International (https://www.secore.org/en/about-us) for building back our coral reefs.

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

Gillian and Bradley are subjected to the experience of trying to make Sam and River shut up about the 2008 animated film STAR WARS: The Clone Wars, wandering through the foibles of Dave Filoni, the introduction of Rotta the Hutt aka Stinky (soon to appear in the Mandalorian and Grogu), and lies about how we are NOT talking about the tv series this is technically a pilot for.

Pluggables:

Gillian: @cutiepuppyfire on the socials

River: @dreamsrebel on BlueSky, @punk_skeleton on Letterboxd, blog.filmlion.online, and host of The Straights Aren't Alright

MUTUAL AID SPOTLIGHT: Lāhui Foundation is running supply drives and collecting donations for victims of historically bad flooding across the islands of Hawai'i - visit their website here:  https://www.lahuifoundation.org/flood-relief

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

Two years after covering the sequel series, we're talking about the original Willow, the star-making turn by Warwick Davis in the title role, the pure chaos of Val Kilmer as Madmartigan, and the world's BEST baby, Elora Danan.

Pluggables:

Conor: @youngmrduffy on the socials, TTRPGs at third-country-press.itch.io, and https://bff.fm/shows/third-country-radio

Jen: Jen: @TheITinFIT on YouTube, @jenseggio on instagram, Ava's Chalk releasing soon from EverImagine Press (https://everimaginebooks.com/); upontheshelfreviews.wordpress.com; Beast City @MadKitsuneProductions on Youtube

Mutual Aid Spotlight: A Luta Sigue's (https://www.alutasigue.org/) fundraiser to support Mothers Fighting Family Separation: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-mothers-fighting-family-seperation

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

Six Degrees of Star Wars finds religion with the 2024 Oscar-winning movie, CONCLAVE, featuring tangents about statues of Pope John Paul II, dramatic readings of the screenplay directions, and bemoaning the lack of people willing to destroy their own careers for the sake of their morals.

Pluggables:

Gillian: @cutiepuppyfire on the socials

Meredith: @merthenerd on Letterboxd

Brie: https://linktr.ee/briecheddar

Mutual Aid Spotlights: Support Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Non Conforming folx through FolxHealth's List of Funds (https://www.folxhealth.com/library/mutual-aid-funds) and TTRPGs for Trans Rights—Idaho (https://itch.io/b/3525/ttrpgs-for-trans-rightsidaho)

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

Ah, Jupiter Ascending, the Wachowskis' movie about an ordinary person suddenly being awakened into the reality of an urban fantasy and learning that they are the most specialest person in said reality, except this time the protagonist is a woman and also bees can detect royalty and the love interest is a wolf-hybrid cyborg... okay, do you think if we remind Paramount this movie exists, they'll stop trying to buy Warner Bros?

Pluggables: 

Jas: @FaeRiviera on all socials, host of In Each Retelling

Mikey: LeagueOfSwords.Com and twitch.tv/VengeanceGod

B: THE SUN EATER series by Christopher Ruocchio, available at highmatterbooks.com

Mutual Aid Spotlight: Support Kansas Trans License & Transport Aid with Sarah Wood: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-kansas-trans-license-transport-aid

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

6 Degrees of Star Wars dips its toe into the MCU with a look at what should have been a fun project for Nia DaCosta, Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, and Iman Vellani, but instead got mired up in studio interference, misogyny, racism, Hollywood guild strikes, and overall exhaustion. 

Woo.

Pluggables:

River: @dreamsrebel on BlueSky, @punk_skeleton on Letterboxd, blog.filmlion.online, and host of The Straights Aren't Alright

Mer: @merthenerd on Letterboxd

Community Aid spotlight: Freedom House (freedomhouse.org), the non-profit that tracks how countries around the world are doing with the whole freedom of speech/free and fair elections/censorship/authoritarianism deal.

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

It's a southern Gothic-vampire-horror-musical. It's a box office smash that grew from word of mouth. It's the most Oscar-nominated film of all time. It's Ryan Coogler's masterpiece. It's SINNERS. What else needs to be said?

Producer's note: this episode aired before the 98th Academy Awards on March 15, 2026, so we had to record with no idea of whether or not anyone from this movie actually won (BUT THEY ALL DESERVE TO).

Pluggables:

Jen: @TheITinFIT on YouTube, @jenseggio on instagram, Ava's Chalk releasing soon from EverImagine Press (https://everimaginebooks.com/); upontheshelfreviews.wordpress.com

Leif: @leifbradshawsings on instagram, @leifbradshawmusic on Facebook, linktr.ee/disneyoutlands

B: THE SUN EATER series by Christopher Ruocchio, available at highmatterbooks.com

Community Spotlight: The Blackout Report (https://blackoutreport.org/) presented by Onyx Impact (https://onyximpact.org/)

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.

Get in the Valentine's Day spirit with a movie that will raise your standards for romance, starring a post-first-Oscar Denzel Washington and the film debut of Sarita Choudhury, in a beautifully crafted story directed by Mira Nair.

Six Degrees of Star Wars is not responsible for any relationships that end as a result of someone watching this movie and realizing that they deserve better than their current partner. 

Pluggables:

Jas: @FaeRiviera on all socials, host of In Each Retelling

Gillian: @cutiepuppyfire on the socials

Shami: @theonlinemuse on Tumblr

Mutual Aid Spotlight: Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance (¡MIRA!), currently fighting bills in the state House of Representatives that would advance anti-immigrant and anti-union laws (https://yourmira.org/)

Support the show

Sam: @DemiSemme on YouTube, Tumblr, BlueSky, and most other social media platforms (NOT eX-Twitter).
Visit our Tumblrs at sixdegreesofstarwars.tumblr.com and ier-6d.tumblr.com
Theme Music provided by Refractory Period: @RefractoryPeriodTheBand on Instagram, linktr.ee/RefractoryPeriod

Forever Mutual Aid Links
E-Sims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Click to Help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/
Anti-Imperialism support for people across the world, organized by Kandakat_alhaqq:  https://linktr.ee/kandakat_alhaqq
Campus Bail Funds: https://campusbailfunds.com/

6DOSW is a Pro-Union podcast. Please support artists by contributing to the Entertainment Community Fund if you can: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent.