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STAR WARS SPECIAL – Episode One: A Phantom Jedi Awakening Menace
The Phantom Menace > Return of the Jedi
The Fighting In The War Room podcast family acknowledges that Star Wars Mania is here to stay now that Disney-purchased Lucasfilm plans to spin the saga and anthology movies out into the foreseeable future. It's time to fight in the galactic war room. In the first of our Star Wars specials, Joanna Robinson from Vanity Fair's Hollywood (and the Thought Bubble and Storm of Spoilers podcasts) takes a quiz to recall The Phantom Menace followed by spoiler-phobe Matt Patches' quiz to recall Return of the Jedi. Then, the two lock horns like two sons of Dathomir to debate Patches' theory that The Phantom Menace is a better movie than Return of the Jedi. Finally, Katey stops by to kick Patches out and finally talk freely about The Force Awakens for the first time on a FITWR podcast.
A Note on SPOILERS: On a scale from Mister Patches (knowing nothing) to Storm of Spoilers (spoiling everything), this episode's final segment is in the middle. There will be a GONG SOUND 22 minutes in to warn you when that the speculation is about to happen. The rest of the podcast is spoiler free!
Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Da7e (@da7e) Patches (@misterpatches), Joanna (@jowrotethis) and Katey (@kateyrich) .
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FORMAT
00:00 – It's A Star Wars Special!
01:25 – Intro
03:01 – RETENTION QUIZ – The Phantom Menace Vs. Joanna
14:00 – RETENTION QUIZ – Return of the Jedi Vs. Patches
28:36 – The Phantom Menace > Return of the Jedi
22:11 – SPOILER GONG! Living in a Force Awakens world w/o having seen The Force Awakens
1:21:36 – Outro
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72 – Disaster Movies Kill Our Future
And we round up Cannes so you don’t have to
This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David want to take Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland bait and wonder if liking disaster cinema is feeding into a gross human part of all of us that is cynical and dying. Granted, that’s not what all four hosts believe…let’s just say someone should be ready for the zombie apocalypse. Also: Patches says that The Phantom Menace is a better movie than Return of the Jedi and in certain circles, dem’s fightin’ words. Finally: Katey, Da7e and Patches each mention one Cannes film they’re interested in and David talks about a good half dozen.
Follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich) Patches (@misterpatches), Da7e (@da7e) and David (@davidehrlich or @CriterionCorner).
Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear!
FORMAT
00:00 – Lightning Round: Comedy Music Cues
01:29 – Intro: Welcome To Episode 72! REVIEW!
04:01 – Tidbit: The Phantom Menace is better than Return of the Jedi
18:29 – Mini Segment: Can Cannes!
27:22 – Segment 3: Disaster Movies are killing our future
52:49 – Outro
Music Breaks
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