WEBVTT 00:00:15.470 --> 00:00:20.329 You have reached Fandom Shmandom. The ultimate 00:00:20.329 --> 00:00:23.809 podcast for everything that one could be a fan 00:00:23.809 --> 00:00:29.370 of. Well, not yet. Not yet? It's our first flippin' 00:00:29.370 --> 00:00:32.770 recording. We've done like an episode. But it 00:00:32.770 --> 00:00:38.369 will be. It will be. To learn more about fandoms 00:00:38.369 --> 00:00:41.609 of all sorts, shapes, and sousophones, stay tuned. 00:00:42.049 --> 00:00:47.490 Today, we begin our part one deep dive on Star 00:00:47.490 --> 00:00:52.270 Wars with a shallow dive into our favorites. 00:00:52.590 --> 00:00:55.429 We are going to see what our current favorites 00:00:55.429 --> 00:00:58.810 are and what we objectively think is the best 00:00:58.810 --> 00:01:02.200 in the same categories. Then... Over the course 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:04.500 of more research, watching, re -watching, reading, 00:01:04.700 --> 00:01:06.700 playing, and replaying everything we can get 00:01:06.700 --> 00:01:08.739 our mitts onto for the research of this podcast 00:01:08.739 --> 00:01:11.659 series, we will see if our favorites remain the 00:01:11.659 --> 00:01:14.599 same and stand the test of time, or if they will 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:21.370 be replaced by new favorites. Fantastic. Yes, 00:01:21.370 --> 00:01:24.390 yes, yes. So this is the first actual recording 00:01:24.390 --> 00:01:27.170 that Sierra and I are putting together. We're 00:01:27.170 --> 00:01:28.829 doing this before we've recorded or done any 00:01:28.829 --> 00:01:31.310 research on anything else so that we're standing 00:01:31.310 --> 00:01:34.590 sort of right where we are as a fan before this 00:01:34.590 --> 00:01:38.549 podcast starts. Yes. So that's pretty exciting. 00:01:38.890 --> 00:01:43.730 Yes, it is very exciting. And I will make a small 00:01:43.730 --> 00:01:49.819 disclaimer on all of my answers. a fan of star 00:01:49.819 --> 00:01:54.599 wars however i have not seen everything i haven't 00:01:54.599 --> 00:01:57.859 seen some of the shows i haven't played some 00:01:57.859 --> 00:02:00.640 of the games i've obviously seen all the movies 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:04.120 guys don't you know hold on to put the pitch 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:09.979 forks away it's gonna be okay this actually gives 00:02:09.979 --> 00:02:13.810 a pretty good opportunity for some fresh which 00:02:13.810 --> 00:02:17.169 I'm very excited about. And I've wanted to watch 00:02:17.169 --> 00:02:18.930 all the things. I just haven't gotten around 00:02:18.930 --> 00:02:22.650 to it, guys. I have a busy life. I don't. I stay 00:02:22.650 --> 00:02:24.770 in my house all day long, but I have a busy life. 00:02:25.750 --> 00:02:29.430 And it's really just taken up by all the other 00:02:29.430 --> 00:02:31.550 fandoms that I'm a part of, which is kind of 00:02:31.550 --> 00:02:35.229 why we're doing this. So some of my answers are 00:02:35.229 --> 00:02:42.729 going to be based on popular opinion. But you'll 00:02:42.729 --> 00:02:48.669 see. Yes. Conversely, I am a huge Star Wars fan. 00:02:48.810 --> 00:02:52.810 I read a ton of the original Expanded EU before 00:02:52.810 --> 00:02:55.710 Disney took over before. Kind of dropped that 00:02:55.710 --> 00:02:57.490 off for a while because I was upset that Disney 00:02:57.490 --> 00:03:00.590 took that all away. I've now pretty much read 00:03:00.590 --> 00:03:04.030 all of the prequel books. I've watched all the 00:03:04.030 --> 00:03:07.120 things. I've read a ton of comics. So I'm a little 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:08.699 bit more informed than Sierra at this point, 00:03:08.740 --> 00:03:11.520 but by the end we will both be very, very well 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:13.039 researched before everything else. But we wanted 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:15.819 to get a snapshot of who we are as fans before 00:03:15.819 --> 00:03:18.879 jumping into all of this. And so here we go. 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:22.780 To start, our first category is going to be the 00:03:22.780 --> 00:03:25.539 prequel movie. We'll state our favorite prequel 00:03:25.539 --> 00:03:28.500 movie first, and then we will go over what objectively... 00:03:28.969 --> 00:03:31.550 We think is the best. So those are two different 00:03:31.550 --> 00:03:34.150 lists for us at time. Sometimes they sync up. 00:03:34.229 --> 00:03:36.310 Sometimes they don't. Sometimes I'm like, yeah, 00:03:36.370 --> 00:03:39.330 my favorite fruit is a blueberry. But objectively, 00:03:39.550 --> 00:03:42.469 a perfectly ripe mango is clearly the best fruit. 00:03:42.650 --> 00:03:45.550 So those are the two sort of different wavelengths 00:03:45.550 --> 00:03:49.129 that we're going to be on. First up is prequel 00:03:49.129 --> 00:03:53.889 movie. And mine is. Revenge of the Sith, which 00:03:53.889 --> 00:03:56.110 I kind of think is the only right answer for 00:03:56.110 --> 00:03:59.110 the prequel movies. It's got kind of everything 00:03:59.110 --> 00:04:02.409 that you want. It's got a really great storyline. 00:04:02.669 --> 00:04:05.569 You get great character arcs. There are clearly 00:04:05.569 --> 00:04:08.930 flaws with every movie in Star Wars, and we'll 00:04:08.930 --> 00:04:11.750 deep dive into those as we go. But I think given 00:04:11.750 --> 00:04:15.370 mainly the problems of sort of the first two 00:04:15.370 --> 00:04:19.269 movies, Revenge of the Sith stands out among 00:04:19.269 --> 00:04:21.490 them. Although I will give an honorable mention 00:04:21.490 --> 00:04:25.850 to Phantom Menace, which is closer to being the 00:04:25.850 --> 00:04:30.170 best, my favorite prequel movie than I think 00:04:30.170 --> 00:04:32.990 some would put it down. But it's going to end 00:04:32.990 --> 00:04:34.389 up being Revenge of the Sith. What about you, 00:04:34.449 --> 00:04:39.740 Sierra? Mine is also Revenge of the Sith. kind 00:04:39.740 --> 00:04:43.120 of the same little caveat as well of phantom 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:45.180 being maybe a little bit closer than one might 00:04:45.180 --> 00:04:47.819 think. Uh, because if the whole movie was the 00:04:47.819 --> 00:04:50.060 duel of the fates, it would be the best thing 00:04:50.060 --> 00:04:54.720 in on the planet. Um, I also just have a bunch 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:58.439 of nostalgia for the whole pod racing. My brother 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:03.899 and I were really into all that. Yeah. My brother 00:05:03.899 --> 00:05:06.180 and I were like really into it with like fake 00:05:06.180 --> 00:05:08.639 pod race and stuff around the house and whatnot. 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:11.160 So I just have a little bit of a nostalgia on 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:15.420 that movie. But overall, when it really comes 00:05:15.420 --> 00:05:19.120 down to like what I enjoy watching and what I 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:24.240 would watch repeatedly, I think it would go Revenge 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:26.839 of the Sith for sure. Yeah, I think so. You know, 00:05:26.860 --> 00:05:29.879 it's funny. I quote. phantom menace more than 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:32.120 i think any other star wars movie other than 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:34.379 i am not a committee that's probably the line 00:05:34.379 --> 00:05:38.040 that i i quote the most from star wars but i 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:41.680 i say now this is pod racing anytime something 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:45.079 exciting starts to occur that's fast pace uh 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:48.579 in life or uh when i'm finally getting somewhere 00:05:48.579 --> 00:05:50.360 with like you know building a computer or putting 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:53.100 electronics together or building uh like a fence 00:05:53.100 --> 00:05:55.279 or anything like that where it's finally starting 00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:58.620 to come together i'll be like it's working it's 00:05:58.620 --> 00:06:04.500 working i love i love that movie and like phantom 00:06:04.500 --> 00:06:05.879 menace is one of those things where it's like 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:11.860 yeah it has to me the best moment of the the 00:06:11.860 --> 00:06:16.339 trilogy even over obi and anakin's duel mainly 00:06:16.339 --> 00:06:19.579 because of the the music behind dual of fates 00:06:19.579 --> 00:06:22.899 um which is just amazing it's just like the rest 00:06:22.899 --> 00:06:25.040 of the movie especially jar jar binks is like 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:29.069 oh okay Okay. All right. All right. When can 00:06:29.069 --> 00:06:32.110 we go back to Obi and Maul and Qui -Gon? Can 00:06:32.110 --> 00:06:35.449 we do that now? You say that, but I also, part 00:06:35.449 --> 00:06:38.050 of my nostalgia is my dad, for whatever reason, 00:06:38.089 --> 00:06:40.050 just thought Jar Jar Binks was the most hilarious 00:06:40.050 --> 00:06:43.029 thing at the time. Him and everyone that worked 00:06:43.029 --> 00:06:46.569 on Phantom Menace. Well, because he's objectively 00:06:46.569 --> 00:06:49.389 hilarious. Like, I mean, he might be annoying, 00:06:49.529 --> 00:06:53.649 but like, he's really funny. And especially like, 00:06:53.810 --> 00:06:56.139 you know. we were younger at the time that it 00:06:56.139 --> 00:07:00.579 came out. And my dad knew that if he quoted Jar 00:07:00.579 --> 00:07:02.899 Jar Binks, we'd all crack up. So like, I have 00:07:02.899 --> 00:07:07.579 a bunch of memories of just all, all talking 00:07:07.579 --> 00:07:13.339 with the Jar Jar Binks lingo. And so that's just, 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:16.060 you know, I got banned from talking about quotable. 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:21.959 That's funny. Okay. So objectively we're, we're 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:25.420 aligned. We both have revenge. And I think we've 00:07:25.420 --> 00:07:28.980 talked pretty clearly. Without deep diving into 00:07:28.980 --> 00:07:33.019 the movie, I think it's objectively got the best 00:07:33.019 --> 00:07:37.199 scene -to -scene moments and movement and arc 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:41.519 and satisfaction level. Where by the end of the 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:44.019 movie, there's not a huge thing to point out 00:07:44.019 --> 00:07:45.660 and be like, wow. Unlike Attack of the Clones, 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:49.360 those Padme Anakin scenes sometimes are a little 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:52.360 rough. Although if you remove a lot of those 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:55.980 scenes, that movie's pretty good. I honestly 00:07:55.980 --> 00:07:58.620 have watched it and fast forwarded all of their 00:07:58.620 --> 00:08:01.459 scenes before. And it did make the movie better. 00:08:01.699 --> 00:08:04.160 I did find, I found like, I think it was on YouTube 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:07.100 or something. Like someone had posted the movie 00:08:07.100 --> 00:08:10.779 without those scenes. And I was like, oh, okay. 00:08:10.860 --> 00:08:12.779 Oh, this movie's pretty good. I don't know where 00:08:12.779 --> 00:08:15.319 these people came from at the very end. Who's 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:20.420 Anakin? Who's Padme? But I call that doing the 00:08:20.420 --> 00:08:23.019 eldest. Did you ever read the Eragon series growing 00:08:23.019 --> 00:08:29.079 up? Um, hate me. Um, I read the first one and 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:31.279 loved it and then I just couldn't make it through 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:33.539 the second one. So, so this is precisely what 00:08:33.539 --> 00:08:36.960 I'm talking about, Sierra. Um, I call it eldest, 00:08:37.019 --> 00:08:41.000 like the eldest maneuver because when I was reading 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:43.159 that one and I made it for the, through the first 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:46.379 three, I've never read the fourth one. Um, I 00:08:46.379 --> 00:08:49.639 aged out of it by the time he released the fourth 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:51.960 one, but I call it the eldest maneuver because. 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:55.679 I was reading that book and, you know, it goes 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:58.960 back and forth between Aragon's perspective and 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:04.100 his brother's perspective. And I did not like 00:09:04.100 --> 00:09:08.080 the Aragon scenes. halfway through the book and 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:10.379 so i just started skipping that part to just 00:09:10.379 --> 00:09:12.799 read his brother's portion so by the time it 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:15.000 gets to the end and it's like they meet up i 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:16.440 was like i have no idea what happened with this 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:20.860 guy but but his brother i'm super stoked about 00:09:20.860 --> 00:09:24.059 so from here on out it should be called the eldest 00:09:24.059 --> 00:09:28.000 maneuver um okay so just to sum up we both have 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:30.740 revenge as our fave although duel of fates and 00:09:30.740 --> 00:09:34.629 phantom can hit hard And hit right and hit in 00:09:34.629 --> 00:09:37.750 that sweet spot just where it needs to. But we 00:09:37.750 --> 00:09:41.149 also have Revenge as the objective best of that. 00:09:41.549 --> 00:09:46.570 Yeah. All right. Our next category is something 00:09:46.570 --> 00:09:49.649 I think everybody can figure out. Our favorite 00:09:49.649 --> 00:09:55.909 OG trilogy movie. I'm just going to, if you'll 00:09:55.909 --> 00:09:58.710 allow me. I will. I'm going to just spoil this 00:09:58.710 --> 00:10:01.970 whole category here. There's only one answer 00:10:01.970 --> 00:10:07.009 for both of us, for both our favorite and objectively 00:10:07.009 --> 00:10:10.710 the best. It's Empire. Yes. Empire Strikes Back. 00:10:11.950 --> 00:10:16.830 I don't honestly know too many people who would 00:10:16.830 --> 00:10:22.289 argue too fiercely against that answer. I know 00:10:22.289 --> 00:10:27.309 that for a lot of people, you know, original, 00:10:27.549 --> 00:10:30.629 New Hope. holds kind of that nostalgia quality 00:10:30.629 --> 00:10:33.450 that we were talking about um you know it's the 00:10:33.450 --> 00:10:36.490 one that started it all and it's the only nominated 00:10:36.490 --> 00:10:40.370 for an oscar for best picture yeah so you know 00:10:40.370 --> 00:10:42.710 there's there's there are some things to be said 00:10:42.710 --> 00:10:46.389 for the other ones but i i'm going to go out 00:10:46.389 --> 00:10:50.309 on a limb here and just say i think overwhelmingly 00:10:50.309 --> 00:10:56.259 empire Kind of has that seat. It takes that throne 00:10:56.259 --> 00:10:59.799 for the OG trilogy and for a lot of people overall. 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:04.299 Now, interestingly enough, two recurring guests 00:11:04.299 --> 00:11:07.259 on our other podcast, The Three Broomsticks, 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:10.080 Garrett Fielding and Christian Richardson, both 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:12.919 have their favorite as Return of the Jedi. So 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:15.320 maybe we can get one or both of them on to sort 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:17.980 of defend that at some point, just to give some 00:11:17.980 --> 00:11:21.149 controversy. Yes, for sure. But also I'm going 00:11:21.149 --> 00:11:23.049 to give you because we have not much to say about 00:11:23.049 --> 00:11:24.769 the original trilogy and we're going to deep 00:11:24.769 --> 00:11:26.889 dive on all of this. I'll give you a very funny 00:11:26.889 --> 00:11:31.330 anecdote about my family's history around Empire 00:11:31.330 --> 00:11:36.230 Strikes Back. My parents got married that summer 00:11:36.230 --> 00:11:39.409 that Empire Strikes Back was playing. And, you 00:11:39.409 --> 00:11:41.830 know, this was before VHS had come out. So the 00:11:41.830 --> 00:11:43.830 only way to like rewatch a movie was to be in 00:11:43.830 --> 00:11:46.409 the theater. So Star Wars movies ran for a long, 00:11:46.470 --> 00:11:49.870 long time. A New Hope, I think, in some theaters 00:11:49.870 --> 00:11:54.289 ran for over a year. And Empire Strikes Back 00:11:54.289 --> 00:11:56.169 came, and I forget what the actual release date 00:11:56.169 --> 00:12:00.789 was on it, but in the summer of 1980, my parents 00:12:00.789 --> 00:12:03.289 get married, and they go and they watch Empire 00:12:03.289 --> 00:12:05.029 Strikes Back. They both love the first movie, 00:12:05.210 --> 00:12:07.309 etc., etc. I mean, there's a reason why I got 00:12:07.309 --> 00:12:09.509 indoctrinated at three years old. Star Wars was 00:12:09.509 --> 00:12:13.090 my first movie. My parents call my dad's folks 00:12:13.090 --> 00:12:15.110 and, you know, explaining what they're doing 00:12:15.110 --> 00:12:16.470 on their honeymoon, et cetera, et cetera. And 00:12:16.470 --> 00:12:17.769 one of the things that they said is we watched 00:12:17.769 --> 00:12:22.809 Empire Strikes Back. And my grandfather has been 00:12:22.809 --> 00:12:24.809 hard of hearing all his life. He was in a military 00:12:24.809 --> 00:12:27.090 accident in the 50s. But he has hearing aids 00:12:27.090 --> 00:12:29.750 and he can hear, just, you know, not super well. 00:12:30.049 --> 00:12:36.190 And he's a huge baseball fan. Huge baseball fan. 00:12:36.809 --> 00:12:41.870 And what he heard was Empire Strikes Back. And 00:12:41.870 --> 00:12:45.629 so he took my grandma to the movie after church 00:12:45.629 --> 00:12:50.129 one Sunday and is a real I will not waste my 00:12:50.129 --> 00:12:52.850 money guy. So he sat down for Empire Strikes 00:12:52.850 --> 00:12:56.929 Back. Oh, no. And watched the whole movie utterly 00:12:56.929 --> 00:13:02.529 confused. And so because that's the only Star 00:13:02.529 --> 00:13:04.269 Wars movie that my grandfather's ever seen, it's 00:13:04.269 --> 00:13:07.690 obviously my favorite. Now I'm teasing. But yeah, 00:13:07.789 --> 00:13:10.450 so that's it for the OG. Not much to say. It's 00:13:10.450 --> 00:13:12.269 Empire. It's always going to be Empire. I think 00:13:12.269 --> 00:13:15.049 that's objectively the right answer and is both 00:13:15.049 --> 00:13:17.929 of our faves. So that's good for us. Yes. Moving 00:13:17.929 --> 00:13:21.990 into a bit more discourse, we've got our fave 00:13:21.990 --> 00:13:25.629 sequel movies where I have landed on The Last 00:13:25.629 --> 00:13:28.980 Jedi, which. May have lost us half of the podcast 00:13:28.980 --> 00:13:30.820 listeners who are even willing to try this out. 00:13:31.580 --> 00:13:34.759 Because that is such a controversial movie. And 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:36.500 when we get to the actual deep dive on it, I 00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:41.200 will really jump in and build the case why I 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:44.220 think that's the best of these. As my fave and 00:13:44.220 --> 00:13:46.940 also as my objective, not to spoil that, but 00:13:46.940 --> 00:13:50.799 it is my objective as well. It's the relationship 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:53.620 between Kylo and Rey is extremely interesting 00:13:53.620 --> 00:13:56.740 in that movie. I love the choices that they made 00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:59.659 with Luke's character in that moment. Again, 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:01.940 we'll talk way more about that when we get to 00:14:01.940 --> 00:14:06.799 it. I love Leia's story. I love Poe's learning 00:14:06.799 --> 00:14:10.440 to be humble and listen and to hope. I love the 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:13.200 ending of that movie with that. awesome image 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:17.159 of Rey lifting the rocks up and tapping into 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:19.460 her Force powers in a real significant way where 00:14:19.460 --> 00:14:21.960 she has control. And I love where that movie 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:25.399 leaves off. It's super satisfying. So that's 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:28.500 why I have Last Jedi as my favorite. My favorite 00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:33.679 is Force Awakens. Boo! Boo! A new whole ripoff! 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:40.980 Boo! I'm just teasing. So I have kind of a pessimistic 00:14:42.800 --> 00:14:46.759 Which maybe will spoil a little bit. And again, 00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:49.379 this is all like where we're coming in right 00:14:49.379 --> 00:14:52.639 now. So, of course, over the over the time that 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:56.779 we're going to deep dive on Star Wars, opinions 00:14:56.779 --> 00:15:02.820 may change. But I went into Force Awakens very 00:15:02.820 --> 00:15:08.299 excited. Yeah. Slightly apprehensive. Yeah. I 00:15:08.299 --> 00:15:13.480 so behind the scenes. My friends and I went to 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:18.379 a casting call for Force Awakens. Wow. And so 00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:21.039 we went to a casting call for Force Awakens. 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:23.980 I got kind of pulled to the side at one point 00:15:23.980 --> 00:15:28.500 and asked if my hair color was real. Neat. Which 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:33.220 led us to speculate as to what kind of people 00:15:33.220 --> 00:15:36.519 they were looking for for these roles. And it 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:39.580 ended up being. kind of the opposite um because 00:15:39.580 --> 00:15:41.860 the people that they were pulling aside from 00:15:41.860 --> 00:15:46.840 at least our casting call and were more like 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:51.860 people of color or girls with like red hair for 00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:57.259 ray but then for finn they were looking for like 00:15:57.789 --> 00:16:00.309 A Luke, basically. Yeah, a white blonde man. 00:16:00.389 --> 00:16:03.549 A tall, white blonde. And his name was Sam originally. 00:16:04.210 --> 00:16:07.830 In the first, not to toot my own horn with my 00:16:07.830 --> 00:16:11.610 great name here, but yeah, he was a Luke Skywalker. 00:16:11.710 --> 00:16:13.990 He was tall, white, blonde, and his name was 00:16:13.990 --> 00:16:16.250 going to be Sam instead of Finn. So yeah, so 00:16:16.250 --> 00:16:19.470 it was, we kind of got every, we went in with 00:16:19.470 --> 00:16:22.049 like these ideas, you know, and obviously the 00:16:22.049 --> 00:16:23.970 casting came out and we were like, oh, they ended 00:16:23.970 --> 00:16:26.639 up kind of flipping everything. Yeah. But one 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:29.240 of the girls that we actually went to college 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:32.440 with, she got like she went to the next round 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:34.320 and like actually got to read some of the script 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:36.379 and like had to sign an NDA and all sorts of 00:16:36.379 --> 00:16:39.399 stuff. So like I went into Force Awakens pretty 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:41.580 excited because I'd had this kind of like little 00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:46.519 backstory like. you know hint at what it was 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:49.620 like to cast the the movie and everything and 00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:52.179 was really looking forward to it and came out 00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:54.679 of that movie honestly pretty excited about it 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:58.220 and was like wow okay this was really great and 00:16:58.220 --> 00:17:02.679 then the next two movies happened yeah and i 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:06.400 just felt like everything that i had been excited 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:10.359 about ended up getting cut or like turned around 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:14.519 or didn't end up happening and things like that. 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:16.920 And that's kind of like, it'll be a theme for 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:22.220 me. Like I so desperately wanted Finn to be a 00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:24.740 Jedi. Yeah. And I think a lot of people feel 00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:28.319 that way, but that was something that I honestly 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:30.759 like have a really hard time even now, like letting 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:35.019 go of. I mean, so. Yeah, what they do with this 00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:39.000 character in Rise of Skywalker kind of maybe 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:42.480 supports what you're saying, but... So anyway, 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:45.119 so that's why Force Awakens is my favorite, is 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:48.839 because it was kind of like pre -letdown. Yeah. 00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:55.539 And so, like, objectively, I do think I agree 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:59.859 that Last Jedi objectively is better, but I have 00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:03.109 a really hard time working... Through my bias. 00:18:03.789 --> 00:18:08.650 Yeah. I, you know, to me, Force Awakens was something 00:18:08.650 --> 00:18:12.069 that I came into really excited for. Super, like, 00:18:12.130 --> 00:18:14.410 I must have watched the trailer 10 ,000 times. 00:18:15.450 --> 00:18:19.069 There are two big fandoms in my life. Harry Potter, 00:18:19.190 --> 00:18:20.670 which obviously we cover at Three Broomsticks, 00:18:20.730 --> 00:18:23.150 and I was on Alohomora before that. And then 00:18:23.150 --> 00:18:27.220 Star Wars. You know, 2015 when the movie came 00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:29.259 out is this weird place where it's like Fantastic 00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:31.299 Beasts is coming out. Cursed Child is coming 00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:33.940 out. Force Awakens is coming out. And it's like, 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:36.480 wait, wait. Oh, yay. All this stuff's happening. 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:38.220 And so I went into Force Awakens super excited. 00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:41.319 And then I came out going, okay, cool. I'm really 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:43.440 stoked for this. But I'm a little let down by 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:48.619 what seems such a copycat of A New Hope. Yeah. 00:18:48.859 --> 00:18:52.839 In basic plot points. I think how it should have 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:55.180 ended that famous YouTube. series that makes 00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:58.420 fun of plot holes in movies they animated it 00:18:58.420 --> 00:19:00.400 where they were like okay here's star killer 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:03.079 based the big one and here's the original death 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:05.339 star and here's the old death star and then they 00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:07.519 put it over where it turns into the mickey ears 00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:09.859 where the death stars are the mickey ears and 00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:12.240 it was like oh yeah okay okay and it just felt 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:14.000 like the whole star wars team together was a 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:17.599 little too nervous to deviate too much from what 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:20.019 had already been established. And I know that 00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:22.539 was a Lucas complaint about Force Awakens as 00:19:22.539 --> 00:19:25.140 well. And so I came out being like, I love the 00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:27.160 new characters. I'm really excited about the 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:29.619 future of this. Feels like Poe wasn't in it nearly 00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:31.759 as much, but that's okay. We've got lots of time. 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:34.720 They spent a lot of time with Han. I love what 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:37.140 happened with the movie. I'm really excited about 00:19:37.140 --> 00:19:41.539 Kylo. But also at the same time, I kind of wish 00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:43.859 the movie was a bit more different from A New 00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:47.160 Hope. Yeah, for sure. And I was willing to take 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:50.940 the ride with Last Jedi. It very much deviated 00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:54.140 from sort of expectations and setup. And we'll 00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:55.779 talk about all the different things that kind 00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:59.240 of get in the way of them having a clear through 00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:01.259 line when we deep dive into these movies more. 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:04.880 But I was willing to take the ride and not just 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:07.599 follow exactly what... I felt like the movie 00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:09.519 was setting up before, which is why I love The 00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:11.759 Last Jedi so much. I think when we talk about 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:14.299 Rise of Skywalker, we'll talk about Rise of Skywalker. 00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:21.099 So that's it. Fave sequel done. Over with. Nice. 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:26.819 Our next category is our favorite series. Our 00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:30.759 favorite TV series. Yes. I'm very excited about 00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:35.339 this. My favorite TV series is the animated Clone 00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:39.220 Wars series, partially because I haven't seen 00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:44.500 a lot of TV shows, but also because Clone Wars 00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:50.940 animated series is amazing. Yes. If it just I 00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:54.839 we again, we will deep dive. Yes, we will. We 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:57.220 will deep, deep, deep, deep, deep, deep dive. 00:20:57.579 --> 00:21:03.869 But it is amazing. If you haven't seen it, definitely 00:21:03.869 --> 00:21:05.869 give it a shot. There are two different ways 00:21:05.869 --> 00:21:09.849 to watch it. You can watch it in the order that 00:21:09.849 --> 00:21:13.170 it is released, or there is a chronological order 00:21:13.170 --> 00:21:16.630 because it is technically an anthology type series, 00:21:16.829 --> 00:21:19.670 which I did not know the first time that I went 00:21:19.670 --> 00:21:22.509 and watched it. And so there was a slight bit 00:21:22.509 --> 00:21:25.329 of confusion on my part when I was going through 00:21:25.329 --> 00:21:29.369 and going, wait a second, I thought that already 00:21:29.369 --> 00:21:34.609 happened. Just know that going in. But you can 00:21:34.609 --> 00:21:38.650 watch it in either way. I, after having watched 00:21:38.650 --> 00:21:43.130 all of the films so many times and really liking, 00:21:43.150 --> 00:21:47.569 especially Anakin's character in Revenge of the 00:21:47.569 --> 00:21:52.710 Sith, but not so much. I was like, well, but 00:21:52.710 --> 00:21:55.170 how, you know, they're talking about how amazing 00:21:55.170 --> 00:21:57.670 he is and how good he is at what he does and 00:21:57.670 --> 00:21:59.930 how great of a Jedi he is. And I don't understand 00:21:59.930 --> 00:22:02.750 how he gets there. This is how he gets there. 00:22:03.390 --> 00:22:08.710 And it blows my mind, like how much character 00:22:08.710 --> 00:22:12.549 development is in that show, is hidden essentially 00:22:12.549 --> 00:22:15.670 in that show. Because obviously Clone Wars came 00:22:15.670 --> 00:22:19.589 out before. Everybody was like, oh, yeah, TV 00:22:19.589 --> 00:22:23.190 shows bridge gaps in movies. This is how it goes. 00:22:23.210 --> 00:22:26.029 And, you know, the Marvel -esque stuff and the 00:22:26.029 --> 00:22:28.390 Star Wars TV shows and everything like this was 00:22:28.390 --> 00:22:32.950 pre all of that. And so it got missed and it 00:22:32.950 --> 00:22:38.509 should not be missed. Yeah. If Clone Wars was 00:22:38.509 --> 00:22:41.230 just seasons five, six and seven, I'd be right 00:22:41.230 --> 00:22:44.339 there with you. I have a tough time with seasons 00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:46.880 one and two when it's really the Disney show 00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:51.099 pre Disney takeover when it's not technically 00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:53.859 canon and they're just kind of making a show 00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:56.480 to fill time. And I mean, there's great stuff 00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:58.779 with it. And, and I think they were really, I 00:22:58.779 --> 00:23:00.460 think everyone on that project is trying their 00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:02.079 best. I'm not trying to shoot down the people 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:03.819 who worked on it. It's just like, it's made for 00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:07.779 a very specific demographic. And. So that's kind 00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:11.660 of why that show, I love, I love the show Clone 00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:15.200 Wars. It's really fun. And it does, I think Hayden 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:18.119 Christensen said he had to watch it for preparation 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:20.579 for when he's on Ahsoka to see what, you know, 00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:22.900 they'd done. And he came and he thanked the writers 00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:24.759 because he was like, what you guys have done 00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:27.720 for Anakin's character is remarkable. It's amazing. 00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:30.160 So it's a really good show. Everybody should 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:34.950 watch it. Also, Ahsoka. Ahsoka. We'll talk about 00:23:34.950 --> 00:23:36.809 Ahsoka. We will. We'll talk about Ahsoka. We'll 00:23:36.809 --> 00:23:37.769 get there. We'll get there. We'll get there. 00:23:38.190 --> 00:23:41.710 Yes. But I think it's just a really excellent 00:23:41.710 --> 00:23:44.289 show. And we'll put out on social media the couple 00:23:44.289 --> 00:23:46.009 ways that you can watch. Obviously, as you were 00:23:46.009 --> 00:23:48.289 saying, the sequence. Just watch one all the 00:23:48.289 --> 00:23:50.569 way through. Thank you. Yeah. And then there's 00:23:50.569 --> 00:23:52.210 the chronological, which we'll put out on social 00:23:52.210 --> 00:23:56.089 media so you guys can see that too. Now, my favorite 00:23:56.089 --> 00:23:59.730 series. I will shout out an honorable mention 00:23:59.730 --> 00:24:03.940 to the OG animated Clone Wars, which. is in this 00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:07.420 2D, almost Samurai Jack from Cartoon Network 00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:11.980 animation style, where Mace Windu takes out a 00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:14.900 thousand robots with one force move. It's amazing. 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:18.019 That's where General Grievous gets introduced, 00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:21.240 and it leads all the way right up to Revenge 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:24.000 of the Sith. That was the first time that I'd 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:26.200 experienced a TV show sort of bridging a gap. 00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:29.420 It doesn't go on for seven seasons. It's like 00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:32.980 two. And so there's not as much... time to deal 00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:35.440 with all these characters. So I just give that 00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:37.779 a nice little shout out. I'll also give a shout 00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:40.779 out to see parts of Mandalorian, which I really, 00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:43.579 really love. And the new Ahsoka show, which I 00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:46.779 thought was really amazing. And sort of on the 00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:49.200 flip side of my actual pick, Ahsoka is like, 00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:52.980 I think the best version for TV shows of exploring 00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:55.980 the force. So I might say Rebels to me, it's 00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:58.940 Ahsoka. And there's just a little bit of... It 00:24:58.940 --> 00:25:00.740 just hits a little different when it's live action 00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:02.539 and matches up a little bit more with the movies 00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:04.539 to me. And so Ahsoka, I think, does the best 00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:07.160 of Exploring the Forest. My pick is Andor, which 00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:09.279 is not a controversial pick right now, as we 00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:14.380 record this in May of 2025. And Andor's final 00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:18.059 three episodes just dropped. And it's all the 00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:21.720 rage in a lot of critically acclaimed as well 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:24.240 as fans loving it. It's not a controversial pick, 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:27.539 but sometimes the pick is the pick. Sometimes 00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:31.279 LeBron James is MVP. Sometimes the Warriors win. 00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:35.319 Sometimes it's just like the people that are 00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:39.900 the best are going to win. And Andor, to me, 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:46.779 is timely. and it explores the world, the political 00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:49.940 world of the Empire, and shows us why Luke's 00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:52.140 justified in blowing up the Death Star. Not that 00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:55.640 we needed much justification, but it really shows 00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:57.859 us what the Empire's doing from a day -to -day 00:25:57.859 --> 00:26:00.319 basis of politics and gives a great commentary 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:02.920 on how things go wrong in the real world, too. 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:07.920 So I'm going to go with Andor. Nice. Yeah, which 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:11.529 kind of leads into, objectively, At this point 00:26:11.529 --> 00:26:15.309 is a review based on the reviews of others. I'm 00:26:15.309 --> 00:26:19.069 going to go with Andor. Just everything that 00:26:19.069 --> 00:26:22.750 I've been seeing recently. Spoiler alert. I have 00:26:22.750 --> 00:26:27.450 not seen it. So no spoilers here. Not yet. Okay. 00:26:27.829 --> 00:26:32.470 Mine is also Andor. And that is hands down, no 00:26:32.470 --> 00:26:34.789 doubt. And it could be overtaken by other shows. 00:26:34.869 --> 00:26:36.609 There's a lot to come out, right? We'll see. 00:26:36.930 --> 00:26:39.960 We'll see. We'll see. That moves us into our 00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:43.819 favorite video game of Star Wars. And I'm coming 00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:48.039 out swinging with an oldie but a goodie. I'm 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:51.380 going out with Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:55.039 from the mid -aughts, which I played on a PC. 00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:59.440 It was my first PC game. I hacked into it with 00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:01.200 some cheat codes like you would with The Sims 00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:04.480 during those days and turned up the speed a thousand 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:06.750 percent because... Goodness gracious, it takes 00:27:06.750 --> 00:27:09.029 forever to walk around the desert of Tatooine 00:27:09.029 --> 00:27:13.869 with your main character. Listener Sierra has 00:27:13.869 --> 00:27:17.690 not yet played this game. Nope. So I can't really 00:27:17.690 --> 00:27:21.769 mention anything because there's so much potential 00:27:21.769 --> 00:27:25.250 for spoiler just by briefly diving into things. 00:27:25.410 --> 00:27:29.250 That game is Bioware, which, lo and behold, is 00:27:29.250 --> 00:27:31.740 actually my... favorite video game company out 00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:34.160 there i know sierra and i both love dragon age 00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:37.339 i think is our favorite video game uh maker and 00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:39.660 we'll definitely be doing some dragon age podcasts 00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:43.119 on here and bioware is like you know there's 00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:45.700 the system of like you can have dialogue choices 00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:48.859 that was a first for me you can uh choose light 00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:50.700 side or dark side and your character changes 00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:53.779 based off of what you do and you can unlock different 00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:56.160 things depending on if you're neutral light or 00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:58.970 dark that was all new for me You could dual wield 00:27:58.970 --> 00:28:01.329 lightsabers. That was new for me. There was just 00:28:01.329 --> 00:28:05.089 a ton of stuff that I thought was great about 00:28:05.089 --> 00:28:07.970 that game. But mainly it came down to story and 00:28:07.970 --> 00:28:11.069 just like this awesome cast of characters and 00:28:11.069 --> 00:28:12.970 you're flying around in your ship, the Ebon Hawk, 00:28:13.150 --> 00:28:14.930 and you're going to all these worlds to solve 00:28:14.930 --> 00:28:18.130 a mystery. And to me, it is the best Star Wars 00:28:18.130 --> 00:28:21.289 video game supposedly being made into a remake 00:28:21.289 --> 00:28:24.400 like they did with Final Fantasy VII. Like with 00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:26.940 most new Star Wars projects, I doubt it's ever 00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:29.019 going to come out at the moment until I actually 00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:32.000 see it, a trailer, more of a trailer for it. 00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:34.359 So that's where I'm landing and I won't say anymore. 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:40.779 Nice. Well, my favorite is Jedi Survivor. Great 00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:44.680 game. Which narrowly beat Jedi Fallen Order, 00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:50.180 the first one for me. I just think. While you 00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:54.039 don't have necessarily the choices, I just think 00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:56.880 that the gameplay is excellent. I think that 00:28:56.880 --> 00:29:00.019 the characters are very interesting. It feels 00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:03.900 like you're playing a movie, which I kind of 00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:07.960 love. And then in Jedi Survivor, slightly more, 00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:12.980 well, a lot more open world, being able to just 00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:17.299 run around and explore, run into different. Creatures 00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:22.380 and enemies and whatnot. And I, yeah, I found 00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:25.900 myself sinking a whole lot of time just walking 00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:30.319 around. Yeah. And getting frustrated by not being 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:37.119 able to jump to certain places. So I, yeah, I 00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:40.839 will, I'll talk a little bit more about it later, 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:44.619 but I just really love, yeah, I just really love 00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:49.819 it. Yeah. I think it was also kind of what re 00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:53.460 -sparked my interest. Love of Star Wars? Yeah, 00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:55.819 exactly. My interest in my love of Star Wars 00:29:55.819 --> 00:30:01.420 was playing these games. So, yeah, I just, I 00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:05.960 want another one. Same. Or I want to replay them 00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:09.920 again and again. I'm really excited, Sierra, 00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:14.049 for you to play. uh star wars the force unleashed 00:30:14.049 --> 00:30:17.710 one and two yes um because yes you'll see how 00:30:17.710 --> 00:30:20.029 especially the first one fallen order kind of 00:30:20.029 --> 00:30:24.250 is the disney's next step into a i think a better 00:30:24.250 --> 00:30:27.549 game genuinely i love the force unleashed games 00:30:27.549 --> 00:30:29.410 um but i think the fallen order games are a little 00:30:29.410 --> 00:30:31.230 bit better especially better than force unleashed 00:30:31.230 --> 00:30:33.309 2 which anybody who's played that knows is criminally 00:30:33.309 --> 00:30:36.869 short but uh you'll see how the mechanics for 00:30:37.450 --> 00:30:40.410 That kind of feed right into Fallen Order, and 00:30:40.410 --> 00:30:42.450 I'm excited to hear your takes on all of that. 00:30:42.690 --> 00:30:44.849 Yeah. They've been sitting on my shelf for a 00:30:44.849 --> 00:30:48.609 while, so I'm excited. Good. Excellent. Objectively, 00:30:48.690 --> 00:30:52.430 we're aligned. You, because of rumor mongering, 00:30:52.529 --> 00:30:55.750 and mainly Garrett and I talking your head off 00:30:55.750 --> 00:30:59.230 of KOTOR for Patreon content for Three Broomsticks. 00:30:59.349 --> 00:31:04.210 But we both have KOTOR as the objective. Yes. 00:31:04.549 --> 00:31:08.309 Which we will say no more about. Indeed. Moving 00:31:08.309 --> 00:31:13.130 on from general content to characters, I think 00:31:13.130 --> 00:31:18.529 our favorite prequel character, my favorite is 00:31:18.529 --> 00:31:21.789 Obi -Wan Kenobi. I think he's amazing. I think 00:31:21.789 --> 00:31:26.690 he's great. I think he has a very interesting 00:31:26.690 --> 00:31:30.970 character development. Sometimes I think maybe 00:31:30.970 --> 00:31:34.289 he... comes across a little more one -dimensional 00:31:34.289 --> 00:31:39.150 in comparison with Anakin's fall and whatnot. 00:31:39.309 --> 00:31:45.569 But seeing him go from Padawan to Master... Master 00:31:45.569 --> 00:31:51.750 on the Council. Yeah, exactly. Yes, granted a 00:31:51.750 --> 00:31:55.630 membership on the Council as well as the rank 00:31:55.630 --> 00:32:00.160 of Master. I think that he is... Just very interesting. 00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:04.180 I've always liked his character. The fact that 00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:10.160 it's Ewan McGregor, just cherry on top. But yeah, 00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:14.640 so Obi for me. Obi's great. Really, really an 00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:17.440 excellent pick. Very close to mine as well. I 00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:19.779 love Ewan McGregor in that role. You're right. 00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:23.329 At points, because... Obi's character development 00:32:23.329 --> 00:32:26.089 feels a little bit more subtle, which is not 00:32:26.089 --> 00:32:29.509 hard as compared to Anakin's childlike wonder 00:32:29.509 --> 00:32:33.849 into killing children. He can feel a bit flat 00:32:33.849 --> 00:32:36.190 and lost in the movie. Just the character, not 00:32:36.190 --> 00:32:38.609 Ewan McGregor's acting. But overall, he still 00:32:38.609 --> 00:32:41.230 has much character growth. And we get so much 00:32:41.230 --> 00:32:44.349 more of it, too, with the Obi -Wan show. That 00:32:44.349 --> 00:32:47.569 being said, he's not my pick. My pick is Qui 00:32:47.569 --> 00:32:49.869 -Gon Jinn, Jedi Master Qui -Gon Jinn, played 00:32:49.869 --> 00:32:54.819 by Liam Neeson. And, like, my father figure for 00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:58.920 all of 1999. I'm kidding. My dad is a great dad 00:32:58.920 --> 00:33:00.900 and was awesome and absolutely my father figure. 00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:04.059 But Qui -Gon Jinn just captured my imagination 00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:08.000 and gave a seriousness and a religiousness to 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:10.200 the Force that I don't feel like we'd really 00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:12.940 seen before. You know, Luke and Mark Hamill has 00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:16.279 those moments of, like, deep sort of cognitive... 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:19.880 feeling where he's like mentally in control. 00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:22.519 But Qui -Gon and Liam Neeson brings this almost 00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:25.059 prayerful sense. I mean, and it was also like 00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:27.980 they make Qui -Gon look, and I think this is 00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:30.559 purposeful, a little bit more of like the sort 00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:32.700 of European depiction of what Jesus looks like 00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:35.079 as well. So that's not hurting in that regard. 00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:40.019 But his seriousness, his wisdom, his willingness 00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:42.779 to push against authority for the sense of what's 00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:46.819 right, and his tragic demise. really affected 00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:48.920 me. I remember two characters that have affected 00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:50.859 me that much in the moment of being like, wait, 00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:52.140 no, no, no, no, no, no. They're going to save 00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:54.240 him. He's going to come back somehow. We'll see 00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:56.839 him as a force ghost in just a second. Was Qui 00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:59.180 -Gon Jinn and Sirius Black. Sirius Black, same 00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:01.299 thing. Oh my gosh, he's going to be a ghost. 00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:04.680 Like, he's going to come back. Like, just in 00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:07.960 my bones felt that. And it was the same for Qui 00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:11.780 -Gon. And he's just an absolute peach of a character. 00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:16.599 And then ironically, We moved to the objectively 00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:20.579 best prequel character, and it's neither of our 00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:25.420 favorites. But objectively, we both thought Anakin. 00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:29.880 There's just not really another option here, 00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:33.960 I feel like. Anakin going from the childlike 00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:38.400 wonder to child murdering, as you stated. And 00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:42.099 just everything that he has to go through. All 00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:46.699 the time and the learning and his fall and et 00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:51.340 cetera, et cetera. There really is no better 00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:57.900 character in terms of realism. And I have said 00:34:57.900 --> 00:35:00.760 this on other things before. I don't know if 00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:03.460 it's been in a recording thing, but I harp on 00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:06.449 this all the time. The reason why Anakin is annoying 00:35:06.449 --> 00:35:10.010 at times is because he's real. Everybody knows 00:35:10.010 --> 00:35:12.590 a person who was that annoying as a teenager. 00:35:12.849 --> 00:35:15.969 When they're 19. If you don't think that you 00:35:15.969 --> 00:35:22.269 know someone that annoying, it was you. It was 00:35:22.269 --> 00:35:28.309 you. Yeah. Sorry. But, like, it's so real, and 00:35:28.309 --> 00:35:31.969 that's why it's so uncomfortable. Yeah. And I 00:35:31.969 --> 00:35:34.710 think that it's perfect. Like, the director was 00:35:34.710 --> 00:35:39.030 like, Hayden, be a 19 -year -old boy in love. 00:35:39.269 --> 00:35:41.710 And he was like, got it. You got it. Nailed it. 00:35:41.889 --> 00:35:45.449 In one. And everybody was like, oh, it's so cringy. 00:35:45.469 --> 00:35:47.349 And it's like, well, yeah. That's the point. 00:35:47.630 --> 00:35:50.889 It's a 19 -year -old boy in love. What did you 00:35:50.889 --> 00:35:53.389 think it was going to be? You know, and I think, 00:35:53.489 --> 00:35:57.119 so, Anakin's character arc is... Really well 00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:59.380 done. And that's the whole point of the prequels, 00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:01.920 is to show two different things. Sort of the 00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:04.699 politics of how dictatorships gets created from 00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:07.760 a broad stroke and how the Jedi fell, mixed in 00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:11.300 with how Anakin was created to become Vader. 00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:13.599 And I think George Lucas gave an interview at 00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:16.079 some point where he's like, Vader's misunderstood 00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:18.360 and people don't know where he came from. And 00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:22.219 where he's not wrong because he knew Vader's 00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:24.019 backstory. It was also kind of like, yeah, but 00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:26.099 he's misunderstood because... Because we don't 00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:29.079 have any information. Right. Like, nobody knows. 00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:34.119 We don't have context. And so they did. He told 00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:38.619 us. And that arc that he takes from the boy who 00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:41.500 wants to help as much as he can and can't believe 00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:45.679 that Jedis can ever be killed goes to being a 00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:49.460 young man who's overprotective and can't let 00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:54.250 go. And so he needed his grandson in his ear 00:36:54.250 --> 00:37:00.050 going, you gotta let go! But he doesn't. And 00:37:00.050 --> 00:37:04.230 so that arc is just unbeatable to me. Yeah. And 00:37:04.230 --> 00:37:05.929 so he ends up being the best character, even 00:37:05.929 --> 00:37:07.969 if you don't like the writing in Attack of the 00:37:07.969 --> 00:37:10.150 Clones, right? Even if you don't love the monologue 00:37:10.150 --> 00:37:13.449 about sand, that still tells us a lot about Anakin's 00:37:13.449 --> 00:37:15.889 character. It tells us a lot. The sand that he's, 00:37:15.889 --> 00:37:18.329 you know, they're in Lake Como when they fill 00:37:18.329 --> 00:37:22.010 that scene. The sand there is soft. It is warm. 00:37:22.150 --> 00:37:24.969 It is glorious. There's probably a nice little 00:37:24.969 --> 00:37:28.710 breeze. It's not. The sand of Tunisia, where 00:37:28.710 --> 00:37:30.969 it's coarse and it gets everywhere. And yet he 00:37:30.969 --> 00:37:32.650 still hates it no matter where it goes, right? 00:37:32.889 --> 00:37:35.710 And that little line ends up giving us, whether 00:37:35.710 --> 00:37:38.010 you like this or not, it gives us reason as to 00:37:38.010 --> 00:37:40.869 why Vader never goes to Tatooine to look for 00:37:40.869 --> 00:37:45.309 his stepbrother and stepsister -in -law. Because 00:37:45.309 --> 00:37:48.690 he hates that planet so much that he will never 00:37:48.690 --> 00:37:50.630 step foot in there. Therefore, that is why Luke 00:37:50.630 --> 00:37:54.269 is safe with his family. That's why Obi -Wan 00:37:54.269 --> 00:37:58.079 is safe, you know? There's just such rich detail 00:37:58.079 --> 00:38:01.000 for his character provided in all three movies 00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:05.079 that it's nigh impossible to beat. And for us, 00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:09.280 makes him the best objective character. Jumping 00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:12.099 into when he's Vader, we're talking now about 00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:16.179 our fave OG trilogy characters, in which I have 00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:20.820 made a very firm decision, very conclusive decision, 00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:27.690 that it's Han Luke Leia. One entity. When you 00:38:27.690 --> 00:38:30.670 put this doc together and I'm looking through 00:38:30.670 --> 00:38:32.630 the notes and I'm trying to figure out who this 00:38:32.630 --> 00:38:36.150 favorite is, I cannot separate these three. And 00:38:36.150 --> 00:38:37.590 maybe that's just because I've done too much 00:38:37.590 --> 00:38:41.090 reading about all of them together and read Carrie 00:38:41.090 --> 00:38:44.230 Fisher's books and read books detailing the history 00:38:44.230 --> 00:38:46.469 of how this got made. But, you know, it almost 00:38:46.469 --> 00:38:48.869 wasn't Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford and Carrie 00:38:48.869 --> 00:38:50.809 Fisher. There was that trio up against another 00:38:50.809 --> 00:38:54.780 trio. And they decide to go with Harrison and 00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:58.480 Mark and Carrie. And from that point forward, 00:38:58.619 --> 00:39:02.320 those movies are built on the relationships of 00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:05.519 the trio. Something that we don't get as much 00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:08.559 in the prequels. Although we do get some, right? 00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:12.619 We get Obi and Padme and Anakin. But not to the 00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:14.440 same extent that you get Han, Luke, and Leia. 00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:16.860 And we certainly don't get it nearly as much 00:39:16.860 --> 00:39:20.190 in the sequels. No. Poe doesn't even meet Rey 00:39:20.190 --> 00:39:24.730 until the very end of Last Jedi. So those three 00:39:24.730 --> 00:39:27.769 together, their synergy as actors and therefore 00:39:27.769 --> 00:39:31.829 on screen kind of is Star Wars to me, which is 00:39:31.829 --> 00:39:34.889 why I can't really make a decision. You know, 00:39:34.929 --> 00:39:38.030 I go back and forward. Leia's my favorite character 00:39:38.030 --> 00:39:41.230 in the first movie, in A New Hope. Luke is my 00:39:41.230 --> 00:39:43.309 favorite character in Empire Strikes Back. And 00:39:43.309 --> 00:39:45.730 Han is my favorite character in Return of the 00:39:45.730 --> 00:39:52.099 Jedi. I don't know. Chewie, I guess. He's also 00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:55.480 great. R2 -D2, fantastic character. But to me, 00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:58.179 it's those three, and maybe I'll make a better 00:39:58.179 --> 00:40:02.079 decision at the end of this whole journey. Maybe. 00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:05.820 Well, I've made a decision, and it's Han. Well 00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:12.000 done. Han's a favorite. I love a rogue, an outsider 00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:18.590 to the Force. I love his disbelief in it. Even 00:40:18.590 --> 00:40:24.250 when confronted right in his face. It just I 00:40:24.250 --> 00:40:29.710 love the humor that he brings and the overconfidence 00:40:29.710 --> 00:40:33.050 that type of a character has always appealed 00:40:33.050 --> 00:40:37.389 to me. Give me a sassy character who will just 00:40:37.389 --> 00:40:41.449 speak his mind any day. Yeah, I just appreciate 00:40:41.449 --> 00:40:44.150 that type of a character, especially in a world. 00:40:44.809 --> 00:40:47.030 where things are so crazy all the time, I just 00:40:47.030 --> 00:40:49.389 feel like it brings a sense of, like, reality 00:40:49.389 --> 00:40:52.010 and kind of bringing people back down to Earth. 00:40:52.469 --> 00:40:59.429 Yes, ironically, since we're in space. So I just... 00:40:59.429 --> 00:41:05.269 That's my thing. My special shout -out is to 00:41:05.269 --> 00:41:09.409 11 -year -old Warwick Davis as Wicked the Ewok. 00:41:09.710 --> 00:41:12.320 I feel like no matter what... If Warwick Davis 00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:14.440 is in the movie, you're going to figure out a 00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:17.539 way to mention him. I will figure out a way to 00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:21.440 mention him. I will, because he's amazing. I 00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:25.519 just recently read a thing about how he was talking 00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:29.360 about Harry Fisher and how she was, like, offering 00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:31.940 him snacks and stuff all the time. And basically, 00:41:31.980 --> 00:41:35.519 like, the best possible person that an 11 -year 00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:38.420 -old Ewok could want around. He had a little 00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:42.550 crush on her. Yeah, so cute. So, yeah, I just 00:41:42.550 --> 00:41:45.489 think that that's really sweet. But anyway, yes, 00:41:45.710 --> 00:41:50.710 Han Solo for the win. We both have the same Han 00:41:50.710 --> 00:41:55.469 shot first. As our expert Garrett Fielding will 00:41:55.469 --> 00:41:58.670 tell you, no, Han didn't shoot first. Han shot, 00:41:58.929 --> 00:42:03.889 period. Shot, period, yes, exactly. Okay, so 00:42:03.889 --> 00:42:07.460 our objective is the same. It's Vader. It was 00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:09.300 funny because when we put together this document, 00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:13.179 we put it down. We both had Luke as our objective 00:42:13.179 --> 00:42:15.960 best character for this spot. And then we both 00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:19.340 went back and we're like, no, no, it's Vader. 00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:22.300 And there's literally at the exact same time. 00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:26.019 Precisely. We were way far down. And without 00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:28.739 talking about it, we'd both went up and we both 00:42:28.739 --> 00:42:33.239 saw each other edit Luke to Vader. Vader. It 00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:37.010 was awesome. There's great. So the honorable 00:42:37.010 --> 00:42:38.989 mention of Luke Skywalker, incredible arc during 00:42:38.989 --> 00:42:41.269 the series. You know, those moments of like, 00:42:41.329 --> 00:42:43.030 will he, won't he to the dark side are really 00:42:43.030 --> 00:42:45.929 great. But like, but, but, but Vader is like 00:42:45.929 --> 00:42:48.369 probably one of the most iconic people in film 00:42:48.369 --> 00:42:53.170 ever. Period. Yeah. And the most important part 00:42:53.170 --> 00:42:56.320 of Star Wars period. The thing that got people 00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:59.679 to the theater, period. The biggest mystery in 00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:02.579 cinematic history, period, from a mass production 00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:06.000 standpoint. Like, there's really not much more 00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:08.340 to say. He's an incredible character. Obviously, 00:43:08.340 --> 00:43:11.179 it's a continuation of Anakin, but it's so different. 00:43:11.760 --> 00:43:15.619 Yes. It's very, very different. It provides the 00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:18.400 emotional tones that you need for this series 00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:21.380 in a way that people just didn't expect and is 00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:23.780 one of the reasons. To me, it's the reason why 00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:26.820 people like Star Wars is initially Vader and 00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:31.079 James Earl Jones' amazing voice. Exactly. So 00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:35.940 that's that on that. Not much else to say. Bet 00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:38.559 nobody can guess what's coming up next. It's 00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:43.900 our favorite sequel character. I have a little 00:43:43.900 --> 00:43:48.780 bit of a longer answer just in terms of a little 00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:51.659 bit of joking. So my real answer is Kylo Ren. 00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:54.920 I'm just going to spoil it here. He's my favorite, 00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:57.320 but I think he's also objectively the best. And 00:43:57.320 --> 00:44:00.019 I think there's a variety of reasons. And what 00:44:00.019 --> 00:44:03.679 it really comes down to is he's the most intriguing 00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:08.380 in terms of where he directly comes from, but 00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:12.409 then where he also draws his. kind of his like 00:44:12.409 --> 00:44:19.130 self lore and i think that he has the most dramatic 00:44:19.130 --> 00:44:24.909 choices to make um the most interesting abilities 00:44:24.909 --> 00:44:29.409 the i won't necessarily say most interesting 00:44:29.409 --> 00:44:33.789 character development but i will say that just 00:44:33.789 --> 00:44:36.170 i think it really just goes back to his choices 00:44:36.170 --> 00:44:42.800 like in every kind of section of every film he 00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:47.500 has a choice um and he's kind of all over the 00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:50.039 place on where he goes and i think that that 00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:52.699 makes him fascinating and those choices though 00:44:52.699 --> 00:44:55.960 feel earned that's the thing is that each time 00:44:55.960 --> 00:44:59.280 you kind of understand a little bit why why he's 00:44:59.280 --> 00:45:01.500 making that choice and it makes you feel there's 00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:06.860 such a there's such a oh yes oh no with him Exactly. 00:45:06.900 --> 00:45:09.579 Yeah. You're like, Oh, okay. So he chose, he 00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:12.300 chose in this direction. So like, clearly the 00:45:12.300 --> 00:45:14.440 next time he has a choice to make like this, 00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:16.920 he'll make the right one. And then he doesn't. 00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:25.699 And you're like, Oh no. Oh no. Oh, so yeah, that's 00:45:25.699 --> 00:45:29.340 my, that's my answer on that. My, um, my, my 00:45:29.340 --> 00:45:32.599 runner up is little BB eight Q lighter thumbs 00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:39.739 up. I just I think droids in general over the 00:45:39.739 --> 00:45:43.900 course of the entire Star Wars universe are just 00:45:43.900 --> 00:45:47.119 amazing and fascinating and all the different 00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:51.230 types that there are and I just he's You can't 00:45:51.230 --> 00:45:54.929 not love him. Like, he's so cute. And literally 00:45:54.929 --> 00:45:57.789 every time he does the lighter thumbs up, every 00:45:57.789 --> 00:45:59.750 time I watch that movie and he does the lighter 00:45:59.750 --> 00:46:04.010 thumbs up, I crack up. Like, I like die laughing 00:46:04.010 --> 00:46:06.929 every time because it's the perfect comedic timing. 00:46:07.170 --> 00:46:10.190 And then my other honorable mention goes to, 00:46:10.309 --> 00:46:14.070 oh, what could have been? What could have been 00:46:14.070 --> 00:46:17.230 indeed? What could have been? Oh, that would 00:46:17.230 --> 00:46:19.849 have been so good. I also have Kylo for my favorite 00:46:19.849 --> 00:46:23.190 character, I think. And I was really close to 00:46:23.190 --> 00:46:26.070 putting Rey. But ultimately, I found a little 00:46:26.070 --> 00:46:29.670 bit more... Like, the torture within him is really 00:46:29.670 --> 00:46:33.690 interesting to me. And I am a sucker for characters 00:46:33.690 --> 00:46:36.610 going through that sort of emotional upheaval 00:46:36.610 --> 00:46:38.570 up and down and up and down and back and forth. 00:46:39.289 --> 00:46:43.289 And I think his character, fairly or unfairly, 00:46:43.289 --> 00:46:46.449 gets the most nuance. His character gets a lot 00:46:46.449 --> 00:46:51.429 of attention, sometimes at the detriment to Finn 00:46:51.429 --> 00:46:54.170 and to Poe. His relationship with Rey is really 00:46:54.170 --> 00:46:56.650 interesting. His struggles with Snoke are really 00:46:56.650 --> 00:47:00.690 interesting. His hatred of Luke is fascinating, 00:47:01.050 --> 00:47:04.889 although a little unexplored in the third film 00:47:04.889 --> 00:47:09.469 for me. So I have Kylo there as well. Yeah. For 00:47:09.469 --> 00:47:11.449 my objective two, it's Kylo, although I do have 00:47:11.449 --> 00:47:13.829 honorable mentions to BB -8, who I think is... 00:47:14.159 --> 00:47:15.980 Kind of, if I start to think about it too hard, 00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:18.320 I start to talk myself into BB -8 is the best 00:47:18.320 --> 00:47:20.619 character in that movie franchise. Because he's 00:47:20.619 --> 00:47:23.420 amazing. She's awesome. She's fantastic. She's 00:47:23.420 --> 00:47:25.980 so good. You'll hear me refer to BB -8 as she. 00:47:26.099 --> 00:47:29.139 I think canonically in the movie, it's he. Although 00:47:29.139 --> 00:47:30.840 it's a droid, so it doesn't really matter. But 00:47:30.840 --> 00:47:33.880 the original creators and designers of BB -8 00:47:33.880 --> 00:47:38.679 designed her to be with... her being called she 00:47:38.679 --> 00:47:41.059 and the movie just decided to go away from that 00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:42.579 and but for whatever reason that's stuck on my 00:47:42.579 --> 00:47:44.679 head so you'll you'll hear me say bb -8's called 00:47:44.679 --> 00:47:46.579 she doesn't doesn't actually matter it's a droid 00:47:46.579 --> 00:47:48.739 yeah that's why you keep people hear me say that 00:47:48.739 --> 00:47:52.099 for the rest of this entire series i also part 00:47:52.099 --> 00:47:55.019 of me is also like bubble freak from rise of 00:47:55.019 --> 00:47:57.360 skywalker is a pretty dang good character for 00:47:57.360 --> 00:47:59.940 being such a minuscule part and pun unintended 00:48:00.760 --> 00:48:02.760 And so I'm like, again, if I start to think of 00:48:02.760 --> 00:48:04.860 it too hard, I start to like high school debate 00:48:04.860 --> 00:48:07.179 myself into being like, no, it's definitely Babu 00:48:07.179 --> 00:48:08.519 Freak because blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. 00:48:09.500 --> 00:48:12.920 So it's Kylo for sure. But don't let me think 00:48:12.920 --> 00:48:15.840 too hard because it'll be either Babu Freak or 00:48:15.840 --> 00:48:18.719 BB -8 after too long. If I start thinking too 00:48:18.719 --> 00:48:25.099 much, it'll be Maz. Maz. Nice. Okay, moving into 00:48:25.099 --> 00:48:29.500 our fave TV series character. I have Ahsoka. 00:48:30.090 --> 00:48:34.030 Who we've spent the most time with in all the 00:48:34.030 --> 00:48:37.250 series. And Clone Wars Season 7 really comes 00:48:37.250 --> 00:48:40.349 in pinch -hitting in here for the win. I could 00:48:40.349 --> 00:48:42.650 have put a lot of different people for this. 00:48:42.690 --> 00:48:47.210 I love Grogu. I love the Mandalorian. I really 00:48:47.210 --> 00:48:51.909 like Savine Wren. I really, really love Thrawn. 00:48:52.719 --> 00:48:55.440 In a way that almost made me put Thrawn for this, 00:48:55.559 --> 00:49:00.699 but that has to do with books and like old non 00:49:00.699 --> 00:49:03.880 -canonical EU stuff too. So I went with Ahsoka. 00:49:03.940 --> 00:49:06.719 Ahsoka's character arc and character development 00:49:06.719 --> 00:49:08.940 is really fascinating, both from live action 00:49:08.940 --> 00:49:12.800 and from animation. So I just end up with Ahsoka 00:49:12.800 --> 00:49:17.000 there, even though I, as like a... teenager when 00:49:17.000 --> 00:49:19.960 Ahsoka was like, oh, Anakin had a Padawan between 00:49:19.960 --> 00:49:22.039 episodes two and three. And I was like, what? 00:49:22.559 --> 00:49:25.619 And we didn't hear about that in Revenge of the 00:49:25.619 --> 00:49:28.719 Sith? What are you talking about? That's impossible. 00:49:29.380 --> 00:49:33.300 And started crying like Luke in Empire. So, anyways. 00:49:35.199 --> 00:49:41.860 Ahsoka is my pick. My pick is tied between Anakin 00:49:41.860 --> 00:49:47.119 and Darth Maul. Both of which, because of Clone 00:49:47.119 --> 00:49:52.360 Wars series, spoiler alert, Maul is dope. And 00:49:52.360 --> 00:49:57.159 not bad. He's a little too Kenobi for the first 00:49:57.159 --> 00:50:01.340 season for me. Yeah, but I feel like the rest 00:50:01.340 --> 00:50:04.260 of it kind of makes up for it. His monologue 00:50:04.260 --> 00:50:07.380 in season seven is amazing. Yes, especially with 00:50:07.380 --> 00:50:10.780 my honorable mention of Savage. Which I'm floored 00:50:10.780 --> 00:50:14.179 he made it anywhere near a fave character. seriously 00:50:14.179 --> 00:50:17.739 i just as soon as i like had him as soon as i 00:50:17.739 --> 00:50:21.519 saw him i was like okay he's fascinating he's 00:50:21.519 --> 00:50:24.900 really cool and just the play between him and 00:50:24.900 --> 00:50:27.139 maul that play is great yeah you're right there 00:50:27.139 --> 00:50:29.920 is like compelling that's why i think he's like 00:50:29.920 --> 00:50:32.639 honorable mention is really just like that relationship 00:50:32.639 --> 00:50:37.000 yeah yeah totally but i just i feel like There's 00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:39.619 so many interesting things that happen with Anakin. 00:50:39.780 --> 00:50:41.280 There's so many interesting things that happen 00:50:41.280 --> 00:50:43.179 with Maul. And we kind of bounce back and forth 00:50:43.179 --> 00:50:47.119 and we see their developments and then their 00:50:47.119 --> 00:50:50.699 interactions with the same people, but in different 00:50:50.699 --> 00:50:53.960 ways. And it's just, yeah, I mean, I just think 00:50:53.960 --> 00:50:58.300 that the Clone Wars series does so much to really 00:50:58.300 --> 00:51:01.139 dive into their characters and mine them for 00:51:01.139 --> 00:51:04.000 all they're worth. And I think it's... Worth 00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:06.900 it. I'm so excited for you to watch any of the 00:51:06.900 --> 00:51:08.880 other shows that you haven't seen as well. I 00:51:08.880 --> 00:51:11.719 know. Just talking about this makes me so excited. 00:51:12.199 --> 00:51:16.199 Yes. Objectively. Objectively. You have who? 00:51:17.400 --> 00:51:20.760 Objectively, from what I have heard, again, from 00:51:20.760 --> 00:51:22.920 what I have heard, it's Cassian Andor. Yeah. 00:51:23.360 --> 00:51:27.460 That just, he seems to be in the hearts of the 00:51:27.460 --> 00:51:30.860 people. Especially right now. Especially right 00:51:30.860 --> 00:51:32.199 now. He's in the zeitgeist for sure. Especially 00:51:32.199 --> 00:51:34.579 right now. So that's what I've got. Obviously, 00:51:34.579 --> 00:51:37.800 that's probably going to change. Or at least 00:51:37.800 --> 00:51:41.480 I will have a dedicated answer by the time we 00:51:41.480 --> 00:51:44.539 revisit this. By the time we revisit. After 70 00:51:44.539 --> 00:51:49.679 ,000 hours of Star Wars content. I have... This 00:51:49.679 --> 00:51:51.920 took me a long time to come up with. Objectively, 00:51:51.980 --> 00:51:54.260 as of right now. And again, I haven't seen the 00:51:54.260 --> 00:51:56.159 end of Andor. Maybe it is Cassian. I do have 00:51:56.159 --> 00:51:58.150 a character from that show, but it's... And I 00:51:58.150 --> 00:52:01.010 won't tell you what part of the show that she's 00:52:01.010 --> 00:52:05.349 in, but Marva Karasi Andor is Andor's mother. 00:52:06.130 --> 00:52:09.030 And she, to me, she's played by Fiona Shaw, who 00:52:09.030 --> 00:52:11.170 was Aunt Petunia in the Harry Potter movies. 00:52:11.449 --> 00:52:14.349 And she's phenomenal. And I think that character 00:52:14.349 --> 00:52:16.250 arc is really interesting and great. And it's 00:52:16.250 --> 00:52:17.789 a little bit like Qui -Gon to me, where it's 00:52:17.789 --> 00:52:22.090 like, wow, really perfect, but also not the entire 00:52:22.090 --> 00:52:26.659 time. Interesting. She's there. Qui -Gon's not 00:52:26.659 --> 00:52:27.920 there the whole time. She's not there the whole 00:52:27.920 --> 00:52:32.380 time. Yeah. So I know this spoils maybe a tiny 00:52:32.380 --> 00:52:35.179 bit, but I have her right now as my objective. 00:52:35.239 --> 00:52:38.460 But this is the answer that I think most convincingly 00:52:38.460 --> 00:52:41.119 will change and will continue to update the more 00:52:41.119 --> 00:52:44.639 Star Wars makes things. Yeah. True. True, true, 00:52:44.659 --> 00:52:48.460 true. We are moving into our last favorite character, 00:52:48.679 --> 00:52:53.179 and that is of video games. So obviously with 00:52:53.179 --> 00:52:57.480 my more limited network of video game playing, 00:52:57.659 --> 00:53:01.480 I went with, I could not decide between Cal, 00:53:01.800 --> 00:53:07.579 BD -1, and Bodakuna. Super hard. So Cal Kestis, 00:53:07.699 --> 00:53:13.579 Bodakuna, BD -1, all from the Jedi series, Survivor 00:53:13.579 --> 00:53:18.039 and Fallen Order. And I will have zero spoilers 00:53:18.039 --> 00:53:21.420 on this for anybody who has not played. But I 00:53:21.420 --> 00:53:26.380 think that the character developments, the heart 00:53:26.380 --> 00:53:33.019 -wrenching points in their storylines, the interactions 00:53:33.019 --> 00:53:36.340 they have with each other as well, all just amazing. 00:53:36.500 --> 00:53:40.440 The voice acting is phenomenal. and acting acting 00:53:40.440 --> 00:53:43.000 because they do a lot of acting acting exactly 00:53:43.000 --> 00:53:46.500 yeah and acting acting um for sure because that 00:53:46.500 --> 00:53:51.000 was all very much mo -capped um and then i i 00:53:51.000 --> 00:53:55.280 would frequently just like go places and like 00:53:55.280 --> 00:53:58.760 sit down just to watch bd1 sit down and like 00:53:58.760 --> 00:54:01.579 wag his little legs together and i just have 00:54:01.579 --> 00:54:03.699 a lego of him it's prominently in our living 00:54:03.699 --> 00:54:08.239 room i have i have the um Like the Black Series 00:54:08.239 --> 00:54:12.079 figure of Cal that has the beady one. Nice. Yeah, 00:54:12.119 --> 00:54:14.980 it's just, it's so cute. So anyway, that's my 00:54:14.980 --> 00:54:19.679 favorite. My favorite character is the main character 00:54:19.679 --> 00:54:22.699 of KOTOR, the playable character. And that's 00:54:22.699 --> 00:54:27.619 literally all I can say because there's, you 00:54:27.619 --> 00:54:30.460 know, there's big stuff in KOTOR. So you'll just 00:54:30.460 --> 00:54:31.659 have to play it, Sierra, and then we can actually 00:54:31.659 --> 00:54:34.039 have a proper conversation. Okay, that's fine. 00:54:34.510 --> 00:54:39.289 objectively i have heard that your favorite is 00:54:39.289 --> 00:54:43.750 the best but i also wonder how much of that is 00:54:43.750 --> 00:54:48.429 because you can pick some stuff yeah decide things 00:54:48.429 --> 00:54:53.190 and so i i i wrote that but as i'm saying it 00:54:53.190 --> 00:54:57.030 i kind of also objectively feel like maybe not 00:54:57.030 --> 00:55:01.579 and i i kind of want to throw Cal back in the 00:55:01.579 --> 00:55:06.019 mix. Cal's a great point. Objectively the best, 00:55:06.199 --> 00:55:09.219 but I'm going to leave this one pretty open for 00:55:09.219 --> 00:55:12.980 future decisions. Yeah, I mean, again, I could 00:55:12.980 --> 00:55:15.219 high school debate myself into BD1 being the 00:55:15.219 --> 00:55:16.880 best video game character because it just really 00:55:16.880 --> 00:55:21.119 sinks you hard into that first game, which can 00:55:21.119 --> 00:55:22.980 be a little clunky at the beginning before you've 00:55:22.980 --> 00:55:25.960 upgraded a bunch of powers, so BD1 kept me playing. 00:55:26.519 --> 00:55:31.409 Right. Okay, so... This starts to get into game 00:55:31.409 --> 00:55:33.510 theory, which is not what this podcast is about. 00:55:34.170 --> 00:55:37.130 The reason why I don't have the playable character 00:55:37.130 --> 00:55:41.110 from KOTOR as the objective best is because there's 00:55:41.110 --> 00:55:43.789 so much variation there. I think the type of 00:55:43.789 --> 00:55:45.389 character that I played, which was all good, 00:55:45.570 --> 00:55:50.510 that's the best character there. But it's malleable, 00:55:50.610 --> 00:55:54.989 so I didn't put it. From a gaming perspective... 00:55:55.289 --> 00:55:58.650 Playing the Ewok in Ewok Hunt in Battlefront 00:55:58.650 --> 00:56:02.210 2, the EA version, is a phenomenal experience. 00:56:03.230 --> 00:56:06.190 Just to explain a little bit of that level, Ewok 00:56:06.190 --> 00:56:10.170 Hunt is massive online player. So you're all 00:56:10.170 --> 00:56:12.409 together. It's like 20 of you, I think. And 17 00:56:12.409 --> 00:56:14.190 of you are stormtroopers running around in the 00:56:14.190 --> 00:56:16.289 dark. And you can turn your flashlight on or 00:56:16.289 --> 00:56:19.630 off. And three of you, if I'm getting this right, 00:56:19.710 --> 00:56:22.670 are Ewoks running around in the dark with night 00:56:22.670 --> 00:56:27.980 vision. able to see and to take out the stormtroopers. 00:56:28.139 --> 00:56:30.699 And it's really hard to spot the Ewoks, but you're 00:56:30.699 --> 00:56:34.179 trying to do like a make it to the escape ship 00:56:34.179 --> 00:56:37.619 before. And it's just like that playing as the 00:56:37.619 --> 00:56:40.920 Ewok is a phenomenal experience. And also it's 00:56:40.920 --> 00:56:43.139 an Ewok, so it's super cute. If we're taking 00:56:43.139 --> 00:56:44.960 it out until we're talking about actual character 00:56:44.960 --> 00:56:48.099 characters, I have either Karthor Nassi or Bastila 00:56:48.099 --> 00:56:52.219 Shan from KOTOR. They're your sort of two counterparts. 00:56:52.880 --> 00:56:55.280 So in a Dragon Age version, it would kind of 00:56:55.280 --> 00:56:58.639 be like Varric would be Carthel Nancy and Bastila 00:56:58.639 --> 00:57:02.539 would be Isabella from Dragon Age 2. Although 00:57:02.539 --> 00:57:04.880 Bastila has a much more important role than Isabella 00:57:04.880 --> 00:57:08.260 does in Dragon Age 2. So I actually have one 00:57:08.260 --> 00:57:10.320 of those two. Both phenomenally acted. Great 00:57:10.320 --> 00:57:12.440 character arcs. Really fun. Really cool stuff. 00:57:13.460 --> 00:57:17.010 Nice. Moving on to our last. Category before 00:57:17.010 --> 00:57:19.190 a couple of bonuses, we've got our fave overall 00:57:19.190 --> 00:57:22.809 movie and then our fave overall characters. And 00:57:22.809 --> 00:57:26.070 none of this should really come as a surprise 00:57:26.070 --> 00:57:29.349 for fave overall movie show. I've got Empire 00:57:29.349 --> 00:57:34.070 for my fave. And you, Sierra, have? I have Empire 00:57:34.070 --> 00:57:39.829 and Clone Wars tied with, as I was thinking about 00:57:39.829 --> 00:57:42.170 it, honorable mention going to Revenge of the 00:57:42.170 --> 00:57:47.329 Sith, which surprised me. As I was writing it, 00:57:47.349 --> 00:57:49.510 I have a question, question, exclamation mark. 00:57:51.829 --> 00:57:56.510 Yeah, but that's my feelings at the moment. Honorable 00:57:56.510 --> 00:57:59.210 mentions would include Last Jedi, A New Hope, 00:57:59.389 --> 00:58:02.429 and Rogue One before we even got near sniffing 00:58:02.429 --> 00:58:04.869 revenge. But sure, this is why it's good for 00:58:04.869 --> 00:58:06.349 the pod. We have different opinions. Oh, see, 00:58:06.349 --> 00:58:10.340 you know, and I didn't even... throw Rogue One 00:58:10.340 --> 00:58:13.179 or Solo into my brain when I was thinking of 00:58:13.179 --> 00:58:14.900 this because we didn't have them in the categories 00:58:14.900 --> 00:58:21.420 above. Yeah. I know. Rogue One is really good. 00:58:21.639 --> 00:58:26.079 Gotta tell ya. Anyways, for objective, we both 00:58:26.079 --> 00:58:28.860 have the same. It's Empire. We've talked about 00:58:28.860 --> 00:58:31.119 it enough. Moving on to Fave overall character. 00:58:31.710 --> 00:58:34.309 My favorite overall character, not really going 00:58:34.309 --> 00:58:37.570 to come as a shock, Han Solo, Obi -Wan Kenobi. 00:58:37.909 --> 00:58:43.110 If I had to pick between the two, I think I would 00:58:43.110 --> 00:58:46.889 still lean Obi -Wan over Han. And as I'm saying 00:58:46.889 --> 00:58:49.510 it, I'm like hemming and hawing about it. But 00:58:49.510 --> 00:58:52.710 I do think that I would give a slight edge to 00:58:52.710 --> 00:58:57.489 Obi -Wan. Yeah, that's my gut feelings on this 00:58:57.489 --> 00:59:00.559 decision. That's a tough gut decision. I, you 00:59:00.559 --> 00:59:02.780 know, if I had to choose one of my life depended 00:59:02.780 --> 00:59:07.460 on it, I don't know that I'd survive. There's 00:59:07.460 --> 00:59:10.679 just, you know, like, okay, maybe Vader, maybe 00:59:10.679 --> 00:59:14.119 Han, maybe Luke, maybe Leia, maybe Qui -Gon, 00:59:14.280 --> 00:59:17.460 maybe Karan Horn, who you don't even know. Okay, 00:59:17.460 --> 00:59:20.559 well, we don't need you spontaneously combusting 00:59:20.559 --> 00:59:24.139 about this one. I think Han, if I really, really 00:59:24.139 --> 00:59:26.539 have to push, and a lot of that has to do with 00:59:26.539 --> 00:59:29.900 Harrison Ford's just... Like he makes a whole 00:59:29.900 --> 00:59:35.619 career out of this movie. So I think, but who 00:59:35.619 --> 00:59:40.059 knows? But for objective. Objectively, we both 00:59:40.059 --> 00:59:42.639 said Bader. Yeah. We talked about it. He's yeah. 00:59:42.760 --> 00:59:47.480 He is Star Wars. Yep. Exactly. Too iconic. Bonus. 00:59:47.960 --> 00:59:50.480 Faith Droid, which when you put this in here. 00:59:50.909 --> 00:59:53.829 I swore at you because I don't like picking this 00:59:53.829 --> 00:59:56.309 because I love all the droids, like, so much. 00:59:56.369 --> 00:59:58.010 They're so good. When you watch the Obi -Wan 00:59:58.010 --> 01:00:00.690 show, Leia's droid will melt your heart. I'm 01:00:00.690 --> 01:00:03.389 just going to tell you. Oh, gosh. Okay, so I, 01:00:03.570 --> 01:00:06.250 maybe controversially, this is, I think, the 01:00:06.250 --> 01:00:08.110 first time that I would rank a sequel thing over 01:00:08.110 --> 01:00:10.670 anything else. I have Deebo. No, I'm kidding. 01:00:10.750 --> 01:00:15.829 I have BB -8 for my fave droid. Honorable mentions, 01:00:15.909 --> 01:00:20.239 of course, to R2 -D2. If we're picking an MVP, 01:00:20.780 --> 01:00:25.059 it's R2 -D2. But when in Last Jedi... I mean, 01:00:25.059 --> 01:00:27.980 the entire series is R2 -D2's account. I mean, 01:00:27.980 --> 01:00:29.539 it's supposed to be, and then they kind of mess 01:00:29.539 --> 01:00:33.980 that up with Force Awakens. So, honorable mentions 01:00:33.980 --> 01:00:37.099 to R2 -D2, pick an MVP. But with BB -8, when 01:00:37.099 --> 01:00:40.260 Poe says to Finn, don't wait for me, and BB -8 01:00:40.260 --> 01:00:43.639 takes off to go prep the X -Wing while Kylo's 01:00:43.639 --> 01:00:45.219 attacking the ship at the beginning of Last Jedi. 01:00:45.869 --> 01:00:47.889 And then the ship blows up and BB -8 goes flying. 01:00:47.969 --> 01:00:50.690 I, like, gasp and was, like, legitimately concerned 01:00:50.690 --> 01:00:54.769 for this little hunk of junk's well -being. Another 01:00:54.769 --> 01:00:57.250 honorable mention goes to Chopper. Have you watched 01:00:57.250 --> 01:01:00.349 Rebels, Sierra? I forget. No, I have not yet. 01:01:00.349 --> 01:01:04.010 Okay. I've seen a few episodes, but I have not 01:01:04.010 --> 01:01:05.989 committed to the whole show yet. When you see 01:01:05.989 --> 01:01:09.369 it, you'll know why Chopper's in this list. Honorable 01:01:09.369 --> 01:01:11.090 mention to Chopper for very different reasons 01:01:11.090 --> 01:01:15.309 than BB -8. Very excited. My list, in order. 01:01:15.840 --> 01:01:20.300 I will go 4 -3 -2 -1. So, fourth place, R2 -D2. 01:01:20.559 --> 01:01:22.900 Crazy. We've talked enough about him. He's amazing. 01:01:23.460 --> 01:01:26.960 Third place, K2SO. Great pick. Second place, 01:01:27.179 --> 01:01:30.920 BB -8. Awesome. And first place, BD -1. Also, 01:01:31.059 --> 01:01:32.860 like, I can't really argue with it. I mean, it's 01:01:32.860 --> 01:01:35.179 not my list, but it's a great list. It's a great 01:01:35.179 --> 01:01:37.760 list. This is one of the most difficult things. 01:01:38.300 --> 01:01:42.239 Yeah. I put it on myself, and I hated myself 01:01:42.239 --> 01:01:46.880 for it. Yeah. Objectively, we both have the same 01:01:46.880 --> 01:01:50.460 droid. He's almost going to be R2. It's almost 01:01:50.460 --> 01:01:53.079 what Vader is to Star Wars. R2 is also to Star 01:01:53.079 --> 01:01:55.900 Wars. Exactly. Yeah. Like normally you would 01:01:55.900 --> 01:01:58.739 say what Legolas is to Lord of the Rings. Luke 01:01:58.739 --> 01:02:00.539 is to Star Wars. But it's just like what Vader 01:02:00.539 --> 01:02:04.380 is to Star Wars. R2 is also to Star Wars. Yeah. 01:02:04.780 --> 01:02:08.679 No. He's too iconic. He's too perfect. Yeah. 01:02:08.920 --> 01:02:13.739 And then our bonus bonus. Our favorite duel. 01:02:13.980 --> 01:02:17.059 Yeah. Okay, we're not touching objective here. 01:02:17.119 --> 01:02:18.920 There's no way to do it. There's way too many. 01:02:18.940 --> 01:02:21.199 There's no way. Neither of us know sword theory. 01:02:22.760 --> 01:02:25.119 I know some. Oh yeah, that's right. You're a 01:02:25.119 --> 01:02:29.880 black belt. Yeah, I know a fair amount. But we're 01:02:29.880 --> 01:02:31.340 still not going to get into it. I don't know 01:02:31.340 --> 01:02:34.460 anything about sword theory. No. Also, there's 01:02:34.460 --> 01:02:37.559 too many styles that different characters go 01:02:37.559 --> 01:02:41.250 with, so it would be a lot. But anyway. My head 01:02:41.250 --> 01:02:43.869 exploded. I, again, brought this on myself. And 01:02:43.869 --> 01:02:46.670 then my head exploded. Because I was like, obviously, 01:02:46.769 --> 01:02:51.389 it's going to be Maul v Qui -Gon and Obi. And 01:02:51.389 --> 01:02:53.670 then I was like, no, but obviously, it's going 01:02:53.670 --> 01:02:57.250 to be Anakin versus Obi -Wan. And then I was 01:02:57.250 --> 01:03:01.389 like, but Luke and Vader is so iconic. And then 01:03:01.389 --> 01:03:04.769 I was like, you know what? The Finn -Kylo fight 01:03:04.769 --> 01:03:09.730 before Rey jumps in? That's pretty intense. And 01:03:09.730 --> 01:03:11.210 then I was like, you know what? But there's something 01:03:11.210 --> 01:03:14.469 like just so great about that first moment that 01:03:14.469 --> 01:03:17.010 you see Yoda reach out and the lightsabers in 01:03:17.010 --> 01:03:19.989 his hand and he's doodling Dooku. And then and 01:03:19.989 --> 01:03:24.010 then you've got all the Clone Wars series has 01:03:24.010 --> 01:03:26.849 just so many. You've got Ventress versus Anakin. 01:03:27.070 --> 01:03:29.730 You've got Obi and Ventress versus Maul and Savage. 01:03:30.110 --> 01:03:33.010 You've got Maul versus Ahsoka. Sidious versus 01:03:33.010 --> 01:03:36.079 Maul and Savage, which like. Oh, my gosh. This 01:03:36.079 --> 01:03:38.099 is starting to sound like binary, where you just 01:03:38.099 --> 01:03:40.659 see zeros and ones in front of your face. Oh, 01:03:40.659 --> 01:03:43.420 my gosh. And then you've got Anakin versus Dooku 01:03:43.420 --> 01:03:47.800 in the series. There is a theme. Two of them. 01:03:47.840 --> 01:03:50.380 One of them, Clone Wars, is awesome when it comes 01:03:50.380 --> 01:03:53.960 to duels. Also, Maul just makes for a really 01:03:53.960 --> 01:03:57.159 cool duel. I'm making a split -second decision 01:03:57.159 --> 01:03:59.940 right this minute, based on gut and gut alone. 01:04:00.400 --> 01:04:06.369 And I am going... Anakin Obi -Wan on Mustafar. 01:04:06.670 --> 01:04:10.550 Yeah. Okay. So, I have a couple of honorable 01:04:10.550 --> 01:04:13.409 mentions, but you and I have the same pick. And 01:04:13.409 --> 01:04:16.250 I think it's because of the emotional stakes 01:04:16.250 --> 01:04:20.769 in that. And the way it ends. Exactly. Even though 01:04:20.769 --> 01:04:24.409 I'm not a huge fan of, like, the I hate you line. 01:04:25.190 --> 01:04:27.190 Like, everything about sort of... You love my 01:04:27.190 --> 01:04:32.900 brother? I love those lines. Yes. I... yeah, 01:04:32.900 --> 01:04:35.119 that's, that's my favorite duel. The, the amount 01:04:35.119 --> 01:04:36.639 of choreography, the behind the scenes of that 01:04:36.639 --> 01:04:40.139 is really intense. How much, uh, Obi -Wan and, 01:04:40.159 --> 01:04:42.480 and, and, or Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen 01:04:42.480 --> 01:04:45.179 are, are having fun for a second, then boom, 01:04:45.260 --> 01:04:48.880 back into it. Yeah. It's really cool. It's, it's 01:04:48.880 --> 01:04:50.639 great emotional stakes. It's incredible graphics, 01:04:50.860 --> 01:04:53.480 especially at the time. They just do all of these 01:04:53.480 --> 01:04:57.480 really neat things there. Amazing. So cool. So 01:04:57.480 --> 01:05:00.820 I would say that one, but honorable mentions 01:05:00.820 --> 01:05:07.280 to, Duel of Fates. That's Maul, Obi, and Qui 01:05:07.280 --> 01:05:11.239 -Gon. And honorable mention to Ahsoka Maul in 01:05:11.239 --> 01:05:14.380 Clone Wars Season 7, which might be one of my 01:05:14.380 --> 01:05:18.480 favorite animated things ever. And an honorable 01:05:18.480 --> 01:05:25.380 mention to Acolyte, Episode 5, the Sith Kimir, 01:05:25.519 --> 01:05:30.250 going up against several Jedis. Stay tuned for 01:05:30.250 --> 01:05:33.269 that. Stay tuned for that, Sierra. Honorable 01:05:33.269 --> 01:05:35.750 mention to that because I really like that fight 01:05:35.750 --> 01:05:39.510 sequence. Stoked. There it is. So stoked. And 01:05:39.510 --> 01:05:41.650 that's it for us. So we're going to sign off 01:05:41.650 --> 01:05:45.250 here. Thank you guys so much for listening. Please 01:05:45.250 --> 01:05:48.710 stay tuned for... So much more Star Wars content. 01:05:48.809 --> 01:05:51.409 So much more fandom content. No, this is not 01:05:51.409 --> 01:05:54.130 just a Star Wars podcast. We promise. 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So you can follow 01:07:17.969 --> 01:07:21.030 us on all of our social medias and we really 01:07:21.030 --> 01:07:24.119 need you guys to. Help bring us into the galaxy. 01:07:24.940 --> 01:07:26.820 This has been a great recording. Thank you guys 01:07:26.820 --> 01:07:30.380 so much for listening. And fare thee well. Tip 01:07:30.380 --> 01:07:34.860 your waiters. Fandom Shmandom was created by 01:07:34.860 --> 01:07:37.400 Sam Williams and Sierra Obermark. The show is 01:07:37.400 --> 01:07:40.019 produced by Aurelia Lieb. The editor is Brittany 01:07:40.019 --> 01:08:02.000 Fisher. The music is by Jeremiah Alves. So listeners, 01:08:02.059 --> 01:08:05.960 this is Sierra Obermark watching out of context, 01:08:06.019 --> 01:08:10.739 just the Acolyte episode five fight scene where 01:08:10.739 --> 01:08:16.680 the Sith Kimir fights a bunch of Jedi. Oh, there's 01:08:16.680 --> 01:08:19.000 like others. Oh, that's no, I don't like that. 01:08:21.920 --> 01:08:25.640 Which thing didn't you like? The giant pill bugs. 01:08:26.000 --> 01:08:36.520 Oh yes. That is terrifying. Oh, man. Sorry about 01:08:36.520 --> 01:08:43.680 the pill bugs. Oh, hey, I know him. Yes, he's 01:08:43.680 --> 01:08:47.100 from Squid Games. Yeah. It keeps like cutting 01:08:47.100 --> 01:08:50.279 to unrelated things. I know. I don't know why 01:08:50.279 --> 01:08:53.439 this scene is put together like this. Yeah, it 01:08:53.439 --> 01:08:56.479 seems very spliced, obviously. That's not how 01:08:56.479 --> 01:08:58.359 the show's edited. It's just the fight sequence. 01:08:58.939 --> 01:09:00.760 Oh, that's so weird. Yeah, I don't know why it 01:09:00.760 --> 01:09:03.359 keeps going over to the pill bug stuff. Mm -hmm. 01:09:03.819 --> 01:09:09.359 Ooh, ouch. A young Padawan. It's like, yeah, 01:09:09.399 --> 01:09:12.000 the same person is in both scenes, and it just 01:09:12.000 --> 01:09:13.560 keeps going back and forth, and I'm like, wait, 01:09:13.640 --> 01:09:18.819 wait, wait, wait, wait. Split that pill bug down 01:09:18.819 --> 01:09:22.369 the middle. Yeah. God, his helmet is so cool, 01:09:22.430 --> 01:09:28.010 though. I know. Dun -dun -dun! Okay, the beginning 01:09:28.010 --> 01:09:32.750 of that is the coolest part. Yeah. Like, partway 01:09:32.750 --> 01:09:35.090 through the trees, and you just see, like, the... 01:09:35.090 --> 01:09:39.850 Ugh. That's very cool. Right? I'm excited. I'm 01:09:39.850 --> 01:09:41.810 very excited. Oh my gosh. It's such a great sequence. 01:09:41.829 --> 01:09:43.970 Isn't that a great fight sequence, too? It's 01:09:43.970 --> 01:09:47.270 such a good fight sequence, for sure. It's great. 01:09:47.789 --> 01:09:53.090 Yeah, I understand why that is in your... why 01:09:53.090 --> 01:09:55.569 that is definitely up there in your uh honorable 01:09:55.569 --> 01:09:56.729 mentions yeah absolutely