Nice podcast. I have this kind of guide book for serval fandoms. SW has always done best imo. (I have star trek, Babylon 5, lotr, wheel of time, and likely a few others in boxes.) But Star Wars can be hard because of the EU/Canon divide. I would take a little umbrage with the title, everything there is to know about Star Wars, as there are still a lot of things you didn’t cover. Not that I blame you as there are like 5 hours videos on YouTube about one specific battle in the clone wars lol. Looking to similar topics, fandom has a lot of resources that are amazing too. Fan culture is so cool. One example: https://archiveofourown.org/series/2757535
And one more thing, it stands in relation to art as Donald Trump stands in relation to Alexander Hamilton in political philosophy. It represents in miniature the collapse and degradation of our entire civilization. It is the replacement of Aristotle by Sean Hannity. Its only excellence is that the experience of sitting through the entire original film is slightly less deleterious to cognition, taste, and judgment than any and all of the subsequent followup sequels mining pelf from an audience so corrupted by the last 5 decades of the previous century that they are happy to imbibe drafts of mucus under the illusion that it's Chafteau du Neuf du Pap.
Everything that needs to be said of Star Wars is that it was released the same year as 2001 and it is as stupid as 2001 was brilliant. Star Wars stands in relation to both Science Fiction and Fantasy as Lawrence Welk stands in relation to Duke Ellington.
Thanks! I was having a hard time picking out a gift for my Daughter in law, ordered
Another great episode.
Nice podcast. I have this kind of guide book for serval fandoms. SW has always done best imo. (I have star trek, Babylon 5, lotr, wheel of time, and likely a few others in boxes.) But Star Wars can be hard because of the EU/Canon divide. I would take a little umbrage with the title, everything there is to know about Star Wars, as there are still a lot of things you didn’t cover. Not that I blame you as there are like 5 hours videos on YouTube about one specific battle in the clone wars lol. Looking to similar topics, fandom has a lot of resources that are amazing too. Fan culture is so cool. One example: https://archiveofourown.org/series/2757535
Good topic though and I appreciate the content.
And one more thing, it stands in relation to art as Donald Trump stands in relation to Alexander Hamilton in political philosophy. It represents in miniature the collapse and degradation of our entire civilization. It is the replacement of Aristotle by Sean Hannity. Its only excellence is that the experience of sitting through the entire original film is slightly less deleterious to cognition, taste, and judgment than any and all of the subsequent followup sequels mining pelf from an audience so corrupted by the last 5 decades of the previous century that they are happy to imbibe drafts of mucus under the illusion that it's Chafteau du Neuf du Pap.
So you're saying that the first film is really the only one worth watching?
I agree.
So you’re a fan is what you’re saying.
Everything that needs to be said of Star Wars is that it was released the same year as 2001 and it is as stupid as 2001 was brilliant. Star Wars stands in relation to both Science Fiction and Fantasy as Lawrence Welk stands in relation to Duke Ellington.