Who Shot First? A Star Wars Controversy Podcast

Lets try this again.

This is Part 1 of a 4 part series I will be doing on the Controversies of George Lucas.

On today's episode I talk about who 'owns' Star Wars once it has been put out into the public? Does the director get to say what happens to the old film even though the public remembers it? Is George his own worst critic? You be the judge and let me know what you think.

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I am back with a new episode and will be starting my summer series about George Lucas. This will be a 4 part series.

Part 1: Ownership

Part 2: The Plan

Part 3: Marcia Lucas

Part 4: Representation

As always Sources:

https://www.today.com/popculture/lucas-talks-star-wars-trilogy-returns-wbna6011380

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/george-lucas-star-wars-a-new-hope-1977-theatrical-4k-restoration

https://www.thedigitalfix.com/star-wars/george-lucas-right

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/george-lucas-star-wars-interview-288523/

https://www.forcematerial.com/home/2016/10/5/george-lucas-passionate-argument-against-altering-films

https://www.vox.com/2015/1/30/7952859/despecialized-edition-download

https://padawanoutpost.com/en-us/blogs/outpost-archive/how-star-wars-changed-the-film-industry

https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1625074_1625073_1625057,00.htm

https://filmustage.com/blog/how-star-wars-changed-the-cinematography/

May The Fourth Be With You! Happy Star Wars Day! Enjoy this new episode about the 2008 introduction of an new padawan Snips.

Here are all of the sources I used.

https://www.empireonline.com/tv/features/how-ahsoka-became-star-wars-greatest-heroes/

https://nerdist.com/article/ahsoka-tano-best-star-wars-character/

https://forum.rebelscum.com/threads/the-problem-with-ahsoka.1142808/

https://thedirect.com/article/ahsoka-backlash-debut

https://www.thecinemaspot.com/2022/05/04/why-ahsoka-tano-is-the-greatest-star-wars-character-of-all/

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/how-ahsoka-became-one-of-the-best-star-wars-characters-ever/

I am back, Just in time for a new #savetheacolyte campaign! Today I will talk about the criticisms and attributes to The Acolyte, which was canceled after just one season. Want to see as season 2? find out why some want it to come back and others wish it to stay gone.

https://www.avclub.com/the-acolyte-review-tv-disney-plus-star-wars-show-1851516930

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinereid/2024/09/26/disney-reveals-star-wars-show-the-acolyte-was-over-budget-at-230-million/

https://fandomwire.com/cant-take-review-scores-seriously-anymore-the-acolyte-getting-review-bombed-gets-exposed-as-2008-movie-gets-caught-in-hate-misfire/

https://bennettrcoles.com/star-wars-acolyte-an-honest-review/

https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/07/review-the-acolyte-season-1/

https://inreviewcritics.com/2024/06/22/that-was-pretty-bad-star-wars-the-acolyte-episode-4-review/

https://keithlovesmovies.com/2024/07/23/the-acolyte-season-one-review/

https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2024/09/review-the-acolyte/

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-the-acolyte-didnt-break-canon/

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-the-acolyte-wookipedia-canon-breaks/

I am back with both sides of the argument on if Leia's Bikini in Return of the Jedi was empowering or exploitative. And unsurpisingly, Carrie Fisher comes down on both sides. How does that work? Find out in the episode!

https://allmylinks.com/whoshotfirstswpod

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/05/slave-leia-controversy-star-wars-objectification

https://fangirlblog.com/2011/07/slave-leia-empower-women/

https://movieweb.com/star-wars-bloodlines-princess-leia-slave-huttslayer/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/carrie-fisher-slave-leia-costume-959475/

I am back! Happy Star Wars Podcast Day 2026! I am so excited to be back with you all again. I am finishing the story of Finn's representation in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy. To remind you who I am, I am a Star Wars controversy podcast. I look at the biggest controversies in Star Wars and attempt to portray both sides and let you, the audience, choose which one you prefer. I will be here once a month trying to consolidate all the Star Wars controversies into one place.

Be sure to check out my sources below and find me on the internet.

https://allmylinks.com/whoshotfirstswpod

Sources:

Bad Representation

https://www.indiewire.com/2019/12/john-boyega-star-wars-flaws-disagreed-last-jedi-choices-1202195985/

https://fanfare.pub/the-last-jedi-and-the-death-of-a-story-8344a3d83e43

Good Representation

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-last-jedi-finn-best-movie-story/

https://www.theroot.com/in-star-wars-the-last-jedi-john-boyega-people-of-col-1821323399

Happy Orthodox Life day! Here is a bonus episode to prep you for the return of the Podcast on February 7th Star Wars Podcast Day! Check out some of my previous topics and why I am choosing to do this who shebang.

We're baaack! Or at least Alex is! New season on and new episodes start back up February 7th, 2026 Star Wars Podcasting Day! Alex Will be deep diving all the new controversies that have happened in the past 3 years. First episode will be about Finn's representation in The Last Jedi. Give us a follow or send us an email at [email protected]

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Happy Star Wars Podcast Day! We are back with another topical episode about the representation of the Tusken Tribesmen on Tatooine in The Book of Boba Fett. Ethan And Alex talk about how the Tuskens get humanized from their earlier interpretations, how they are obviously representative of Native Americans and how they are discarded when they no longer served the plot. Is this acceptable? Is being better but not great good enough? All these questions and more on this weeks episode. 

We are celebrating Star Wars Podcast Day 2022! In honor of the first Star Wars Podcast released on this day, Jedi Talks, we are joining a legion of other Star Wars podcasters to celebrate Podcasting about Star Wars. Follow the Hashtag #StarWarsPodcastDay or #SWPD2022 to find all the podcasts involved.

Here are the links to the articles we used in this months episode.

https://gizmodo.com/how-the-book-of-boba-fett-evolved-star-wars-view-of-the-1848361263

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/book-of-boba-fest-tusken-raider-deaths-originally-much-worse-temuera-morrison.html/

https://www.escapistmagazine.com/the-book-of-boba-fett-episode-2-review-the-tribes-of-tatooine/

We Stand with the LGTBQ+ Star Wars fandom. On today's episode Ethan and Alex talk about the first High Republic era game to be made is given to a studio with a plethora of issues. We talk about the accusations of Bigotry, Racism and Sexism. We then talk about how Disney continues to fail it's most marginalized fans as they refuse to take stands about important issues.

Here are the links to the articles that we used in the episode.

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-eclipse-quantic-dream-david-cage-bad/

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-01-14-david-cage-and-quantic-dream-shocked-by-allegations-of-unhealthy-studio-culture