Episode 120 - Return of the Jedi

The force is strong in our podcast. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew as finish off George Lucas' original Space Western Trilogy by settling some love triangles in really disturbing ways in Return of the Jedi.  We're substituting Ewoks for Wookies in our 120th episode as we discuss:

• What John Williams' son is famous for
• Just how many people played Darth Vader in this film
• Carrie Fisher's request for the costuming in this film
• George Lucas' reaction to Boba Fett's cult following
• How one group of the film's characters protested
• Ethan tries to apologise for so many things
• Ian brings up a long overdue bet
• We discuss just how much foresight George Lucas had for this trilogy
• Which character this film wastes throughout
• Which Friend of the Podcast has an evil twin
• Ian shares his newest guilty pleasure phone game
• Whether or not Return of the Jedi is the Best Film Ever.

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Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

 

Timestamps for this episode:

• 0:00 - Opening Banter
  8:00 - Reflections & Corrections
  14:45 - Shoutouts
  23:30 - Deep Dive
  2:31:10 - Endgame