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A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away. On today’s podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark discuss the 1977 George Lucas classic: STAR WARS! On this week’s show:
- Growing up Catholic as a Star Wars fan
- More Alamo Drafthouse discussions
- Christopher Nolan’s distaste for CGI
- What’s the perfect date movie of 2017?
- The Star Wars/San Diego Comic-Con connection
- All the trailers coming out of Comic-Con 2017
- Disney hunting down trailer leaks
- Jeff Goldblum makes everything better
- A tribute to Martin Landau, George Romero and John Heard
- Star Wars’ 40th Anniversary
- The many titles George Lucas went through before settling on “Star Wars”
- Why is A New Hope so good? Was it a fluke?
- George Lucas was not tested in a big budget environment
- George Lucas, the world’s biggest independent filmmaker
- Star Wars changed the movie licensing game
- The complex ownership between 20th Century Fox and Disney
- When did we first experience Star Wars?
- The Special Edition releases in 1997
- Star Wars action figures!
- Fast Food Star Wars tie-ins
- The multiple VHS releases
- Star Wars as a holiday film
- Why did Adolfo get in trouble when he saw Star Wars in theaters in 1997?
- Who won that damn Star Wars Hummer?
- When did “Star Wars” become “Episode IV: A New Hope”?
- How the naming convention was inspired by the old chapter movies of the 30s and 40s
- Serials were not meant to be watched all at once
- How the film was plagued with multiple production problems
- Hammer Horror icons Peter Cushing and his on-screen rival Christopher Lee both appeared as Star Wars villains
- The use of CGI to bring back younger versions of older actors (or dead actors)
- Empire of Dreams: the best documentary on Star Wars
- How Star Wars changed the sci-fi game in the 70s
- How the crew completely disrespected George Lucas
- George Lucas: Control Freak
- The New Hollywood directors
- The director has final say on a film
- What Brian De Palma and Steven Spielberg thought of the film when they saw the rough cut
- “It rhymes.”
- Why Jabba the Hutt isn’t needed in Star Wars Special Edition
- Marcia Lucas is the real MVP
- Star Wars: a space fairy tale
- Did Lucas rip-off The Dam Busters?
- David Prowse was not pleased he was dubbed over
- The movie was really made in post-production
- Ben Burtt: Sound genius
- Inventing new technology just make the film
- The birth of Industrial Light & Magic
- How the Death Star trench run was filmed
- The Prequels and their loyal defenders
- The joint casting sessions for Star Wars and Carrie
- Who was Mark Hammill’s competition for Luke Skywalker
- The wacky names considered for Han Solo
- Harrison Ford and Alec Guinness grew to resent the films
- “I Was Going to Toshi Station to Pick Up Some Power Converters”
- Is Princess Leia English?
- Are you Luke Skywalker or Han Solo?
- The great chemistry between Fisher, Ford and Hammil
- Anthony Daniels does not have a career outside of C-3PO
- The inspiration for C-3PO and R2D2
- The second act problems of Return of the Jedi
- Boba Fett: a great looking character without substance
- What is the proper viewing order of the saga?
- What Adolfo considers to be the WORST Star Wars movie
- The most recognizable movie theme of all time
- Star Wars launched a merchandising empire
- Adolfo’s vintage Burger King Star Wars glasses
- The “Empty Box” campaign
- The Star Wars Holiday Special
- Prequels, sequels, spin-offs and sequels
- “When will then be now?” “Soon”
- George Lucas can’t leave well enough alone
- How can you watch the original theatrical versions (legally). Hint, it involves going on eBay and some outdated technology
- The “De-Specialized” Editions
- Han shoots first!
FILM REFERENCES IN THIS EPISODE:
- FLASH GORDON (1936)
- BATMAN (1943)
- CAPTAIN AMERICA (1944)
- BATMAN AND ROBIN (1949)
- THE DAM BUSTERS (1955)
- THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (1958)
- NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
- NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
- PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
- THX 1138 (1971)
- A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
- AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
- THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
- JAWS (1975)
- LOGAN’S RUN (1976)
- CARRIE (1976)
- DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
- SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (1978)
- THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL (1978)
- MAD MAX (1979)
- STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (1979)
- THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)
- RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
- THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO (TV Series, 1981-1983)
- BLADE RUNNER (1982)
- RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)
- THE A-TEAM (TV Series, 1983-1987)
- SCARFACE (1983)
- A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)
- MUPPET BABIES (TV Series, 1984-1991)
- BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)
- DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)
- STAR WARS: DROIDS (TV Series, 1985-1986)
- BIG (1988)
- SPACEBALLS (1988)
- CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (1989)
- HOME ALONE (1990)
- JURASSIC PARK (1993)
- ED WOOD (1994)
- PULP FICTION (1994)
- BATMAN FOREVER (1995)
- THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO (1996)
- BATMAN & ROBIN (1997)
- THE IRON GIANT (1999)
- THE SOPRANOS (TV Series, 1999-2007)
- STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999)
- HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE (2001)
- STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002)
- PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (2003)
- EMPIRE OF DREAMS: THE STORY OF THE STAR WARS TRILOGY (2004)
- STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005)
- STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED (Video Game, 2008)
- THE WALKING DEAD (TV Series, 2010-Present)
- THOR (2011)
- THOR: THE DARK WORLD (2014)
- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2014)
- STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015)
- ANT-MAN (2015)
- ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (2016)
- CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (2016)
- DUNKIRK (2017)
- WAR OF THE PLANET FOR THE APES (2017)
- SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (2017)
- THE BIG SICK (2017)
- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 (2017)
- READY PLAYER ONE (2018)
- AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (2018)
- JUSTICE LEAGUE (2018)
- THOR: RAGNAROK (2018)
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