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Our penultimate Jedi Business episode for the Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi series looks at the ratings for Chapter 5 ("Frame Within a Frame"), reconsiders the usability of them, and looks ahead to more ratings info sources. Punch it!

Here's the Screen Rant article mentioned in the episode: https://screenrant.com/streaming-movies-shows-netflix-viewership-break-records-data/

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What they did well, and where they could have improved - that's what we'll be considering on this final "final review" podcast for the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, which also includes praise and appreciation for Vivian Lyra Blair and Grant Feely. Punch it!

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The Kenobi series starts differently for you depending on whether you're only experience with Obi-Wan is in the movies, or includes other storytelling media. But either way, Old Ben goes through a straight-up Hero's Journey in the series. Punch it!

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When I started prepping this episode, the plan was to talk about Anakin and Vader. And I do ... but I also spend a lot of time talking about Hayden Christensen as well. Today, our final review series for Obi-Wan Kenobi continues. Punch it!

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The Obi-Wan Kenobi series is as much Reva Sevander's story as it is Ben's. And Reva is the very first character we see, BTW. Today, we start a series of final looks at the Kenobi show, and express our gratitude that her character survived her arc, for multiple reasons. Punch it!

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On this Spinner Sunday episode, we'll take a look at the second of five dives into Obi-Wan's backstory, with links to A New Hope, the prequels, and Star Wars Rebels. Punch it!

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It's been a minute since we checked in on the Disney+ YouTube channel to see what new Star-Wars-related content they've posted recently. So today we're covering the five videos they've posted since our last look earlier this year... Punch it!

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The numbers still look great for the Obi-Wan Kenobi series! Nielsen ratings for the week that included Chapter 4 ("Staring Contest") were lower than the previous week, but still higher than Boba Fett numbers. And from there, we explain why it's hard to go any deeper into the weeds about this ratings business. Punch it!

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Rumor has it Taika Waititi's Star Wars movie could be starting up in "early 2023." So let's talk about what we already know, and revisit The Force Awakens production timeline to get a better sense of what we're really talking about. Punch it!

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The 2022 Emmy nominations were announced yesterday! Star Wars got five nods, and we'll talk about those today, as well as one series that was surprisingly absent. Punch it!

The nominations are:

Star Wars: Visions - "The Duel" for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program

Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett for: Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes for Chapter 1: Stranger In A Strange Land Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour) for Chapter 6: From The Desert Comes A Stranger

Congratulations and best of luck to the nominees!

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