Six Degrees of Star Wars

Hey, kids, want to see what kind of movie gets made when the entire cast and crew has access to a lot of schedule II narcotics, some of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, and a script that was originally the size of the yellow pages? You're in luck, because this puppy (slaps the Bluesmobile) has it al!

The subject of this episode is a movie from the 1980s that is rated R for depictions of sex, violence, profanity, smoking, and drug use, much of which also went into the process of making the movie. Please proceed according to your needs and comfort.

Pluggables:

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

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

MUTUAL AID SPOTLIGHT: Donations to the family of Trey Reed, his sister Keaa (Cash App:$KeReed23, Paypal:@DemarkeleonnaReed) and his grandmother, Sharon “Candy” (Cash App:$CandyL1, PayPal:@Candy19982)

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.

Whodunnit? Was it the 80s comedy icon? The maid? The other 80s comedy icon? The singer trying to act? The OTHER 80s comedy icon? The cook? The all around icon? One of three more 80s comedy icons? I haven't got a Clue (1985)!

The subject of this episode is a movie from the 1980s depicting the 1950s and includes comedic material surrounding sexuality and non-white cultures typical of both those time periods.

PLUGGABLES:

Gillian: @cutiepuppyfire on the socials

Charlotte Driftwood's Update Discord: https://discord.gg/Wc75RQ8Yrz

Kyle: https://www.youtube.com/@KyleKallgrenBHH

Mutual Aid Spotlight: Mutual Aid Sudan Coalition (https://www.mutualaidsudan.org/)

And an additional mutual aid request is being added for South Sudan’s LGBTQ Support network!

 https://linktr.ee/SouthSudanLGBTQSupportNetwork

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 finish out OOPS ALL TV Month by looking at the Phineas and Ferb Star Wars episode that features such delightful moments as Perry the Rebel-pus making a birthday cake for a Tusken Raider, Isabella Garcia-Shapiro beefing with Han Solo, and Candace Flynn singing imperial propaganda that's way too much of a bop for its own good.

PLUGGABLES:

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

Nick: https://linktr.ee/reallynick

Gillian: @cutiepuppyfire on the socials

MUTUAL AID SPOTLIGHT: Ward 4 Mutual Aid (https://ward4mutualaid.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.

We start off our "Oops! All TV" episodes with a look at that time George Lucas made a prequel to one of his beloved franchises with a child actor yelling things like "yippee" and a lot of really racist stereotypes that were bad even in the 90s. No, not Phantom Menace, we already did that one! This is Young Indiana Jones.

The subject of this episode contains depictions of racist caricatures of Middle Eastern and African people, child abduction and enslavement,  the use of brown face, and general islamaphobia, orientalism, and british imperialism, and our discussion of the subject will touch on these themes. 

Charlotte Driftwood's Update Discord: https://discord.gg/Wc75RQ8Yrz

DnD: https://www.youtube.com/@Dreammakerstudios-rw5pf/videos

Jen: Ava's Chalk releasing soon from EverImagine Books (https://everimaginebooks.com/); Jen's blog (https://upontheshelfreviews.wordpress.com/)

Mutual Aid Spotlight: Muslims for Just Futures https://www.muslimsforjustfutures.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.

Let's take a look at an Oscar winning movie that involves a famous instance of an actor being dubbed when they weren't expecting to be... only let's make it extra ironic because we're doing an entire movie about language and speech. It's the romantic (against the wishes of George Bernard Shaw) comedy classic, MY FAIR LADY!

Pluggables:

MUTUAL AID SPOTLIGHT Poor People's Human Economic Rights Campaign https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-poor-peoples-army

WORLDS ELSEWHERE'S PYGMALION: https://www.youtube.com/live/JTjWdIC4p3Q

Callie: https://linktr.ee/calliecastle10

Grady: @snakebitcat on the socials

The Texas coalition also reiterates the need to help Texans: https://www.gofundme.com/f/flood-relief-fund-2025

Violet: TTRPG supplemental material available @violet-flohr.itch.io

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 return to your regularly scheduled program with American Pyscho. Before this bloody satire of the ideal man of the 1980s gets its inevitable remake, let's remember our roots... (puts on a raincoat and grabs an axe) and that it is hip to be square.

American Psycho is rated R for graphic depictions of Language, Sex, and Violence, and this episode will cover such depictions. please proceed according to your needs and comfort. Also, we’re gonna get political and existential, so… you’ve been warned.

Pluggables:

Mutual Aid Spotlight: Central Texas Flash Flood Relief: https://www.gofundme.com/f/flood-relief-fund-2025

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

Grady: @snakebitcat on the socials, recommending Apple TV's MURDERBOT

Gillian: @cutiepuppyfire on the socials

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.

In honor of the 50th episode of 6 Degrees of Star Wars, we cracked open William Shakespeare's Star Wars and bring you selection from all nine installments of the Skywalker Saga.

Our players are Jasmine Garcia (In Each Retelling), Kyle Kallgren (Brows Held High), River Lane (The Straights Aren't Alright), Ellie McConnaughy (The Biggest Night in Podcasting), Jacob Brode (Let's Be Superheroes & Database Ranger's Power Reviews), Mike Fatum (Ace of Geeks), Billie Roddie (OK Zoomer), Shamila Karunakaran, Jordan Sickrey, Justin Frankly, Callie Castle, Addie Greenberg-Sud, Grady W Smithey III (Snakebitcat) , Émile Lewis, RhapsodyBlueVA, Luke Herr (DohMance Dawn), Simon Evans, Jen Seggio, B Daaé, and yours truly.

Scenes:

The Phantom of Menace: Prologue, Act 1.2, Act 4.5
The Clone Army Attacketh: Prologue, Act 1.3, Act 4.1
Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge: Prologue, Act 2.4, Act 4.7

Verily, A New Hope: Prologue, Act 1.2
The Empire Striketh Back: Prologue, Act 3.1, Act 5.3
 The Jedi Doth Return: Prologue, Act 2.2

The Force Doth Awaken: Prologue, Act 1.3, Act 3.1
Jedi the Last: Prologue, Act 5.1 (abridged)
The Merry Rise of Skywalker: Prologue, Act 5.1

Thanks for sticking with us. Stay safe, stay strong, stay beautiful.

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 very timely, but it's also badly aged.  It's been adapted for the film and for the stage. And now we're looking at this tentpole of queer cinema, La Cage Aux Folles!

Happy Pride.

Pluggables:

Émile: Stay tuned for the Not Even Podcast and for Malaika at Hear Me Out Productions (https://www.hearmeoutproductions.com/)

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

Mutual Aid Spotlights:

Gender Justice LA (https://gjla.nationbuilder.com/)

Where to donate, volunteer and get support during L.A. ICE raids protests (https://boyleheightsbeat.com/support-donate-volunteer-los-angeles-immigration-raid-protests/)

Stay safe, know your rights (https://immigrantjustice.org/for-immigrants/know-your-rights/ice-encounter/)

Search No Kings on GoFundMe for individual funds

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.

From Academy Award winner Domee Shi comes Turning Red a beautifully personal and messy coming of age story that will bring you to tears. Or at least send some grown neurodivergent queer adults into an impromptu therapy session.

PLUGGABLES

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

Jordan: Requesting good vibes for a masters' thesis.

Shami: @theonlinemuse on Tumblr, recommending " Turning Red's Black Problem by Harriyanna Hook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcRSi7-R86s"

Xiran Jay Zhao's Turning Red Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYzW1OSH714&pp=ygUaeGlyYW4gamF5IHpoYW8gdHVybmluZyByZWQ%3D

Mutual Aid Spotlight: The Hua Foundation (huafoundation.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.

Truth can be stranger than fiction as we dive into the Lucasfilm co-production directed by Paul Schrader (yes, Martin Scorsese's Paul Schrader) covering a uniquely important figure in Japanese history, Yukio Mishima.

CONTENT WARNING FOR DEPICTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS OF SUICIDE.

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

Grady: @snakebitcat on the socials, recommending that you see this movie

Shami: @theonlinemuse on Tumblr, recommending "11/25 The Day Mishima Chose His Own Fate"

Mutual Aid Spotlight: The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (https://www.nqapia.org/), working to support the fastest growing community within LGBTQ+ America

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.