Episode #178 - Star Wars vs The Matrix? A Tale of Two Franchises

In this episode’s opening, Kirsty recommends the following:

- You Must Remember This, a podcast by Karina Longworth

- The Batman, dir. Matt Reeves

- Russian Doll, season 2

And Rachael has these picks:

- The Drop Out

- The Most Beautiful Wife, dir. Damiano Damiani

- Deep Water, dir. Adrian Lyne

- Prayers for the Stolen, dir. Tatiana Huezo

- Love of Seven Dolls by Paul Gallico

We then move on to discuss the latest Star Wars news, covering the following topics:

- Donald Glover talks his Lando series

- Star Wars Celebration schedule announcements begin

- Star Wars Visions season 2 rumours begin to swirl

- Natalie Holt announced as the composer for ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’

We then move on to our spotlight discussion, which is focused on comparing and contrasting the two major sci-fi franchises of 1999 - The Matrix and Star Wars. We begin our discussion in that year, considering what makes the two properties similar and different, and exploring how both franchises were compared at the time.

We discuss all four Matrix films and the Star Wars prequels and sequels in chronological order, considering questions of authorship and artistic control. We hope you enjoy the discussion as much as we enjoyed putting it together!

Many thanks to Christy Carew for the Scavenger's Hoard theme, and Nemling for our artwork.