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- Spielberg is the unanimous direct answer.
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Picking Nits
Coincidence, military competence, continuity, grief, Obi-Wan’s sacrifice, and the Death Star strategy drive a long nitpick section.
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- The escape pod carrying both droids lands improbably close to Luke, possibly through the Force.
- The Empire declines to destroy an empty pod despite detecting it, allowing the plans to escape.
- The possibility that R2-D2 is Force-sensitive is raised to explain repeated favorable outcomes.
- Stormtroopers fail to inspect the Falcon effectively and repeatedly miss exposed targets at close range.
- The mechanics of mapping and navigating a vast galaxy are questioned and answered only with hyperspace and existing maps.
- The princess's white outfit stays too clean after the garbage dump and fighting.
- The mentor's claim that he never had any droids conflicts with later-created prequel continuity.
- The panel debates whether later continuity may be used to judge a 1977 movie whose mythology was not fully fixed.
- Leia, Luke, and the others recover almost instantly from planetary destruction, burned relatives, and the mentor’s death.
- The mentor’s decision to accept death remains unclear because the Falcon crew might have escaped anyway.
- Luke trusts a spiritual force learned days earlier enough to switch off targeting equipment during the galaxy’s decisive shot.
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- Tarkin continues the mission after learning the enemy knows a catastrophic design weakness.
- His choice is compared with a 28–3 halftime collapse and called a nightmare.
The Vincent Chase Award: Are We Sure This Character Is Actually Good at Their Job?
The Empire’s reliance on the Death Star
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- The Death Star is challenged as an expensive and energy-intensive way to govern.
- Grand Admiral Thrawn’s alternative plan for advanced fighters is presented as a better use of imperial resources.
Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake
An all-Black Star Wars film; existing sequels, prequels, and prestige television
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- An all-Black Jedi story is proposed both as an appealing film and as a challenge to racist online backlash.
- The format is described as the franchise’s remaining frontier after sequels, prequels, and prestige television.
Is This Movie Better With…?
Bill Simmons podcasting about Luke’s growth
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- A mock Sunday-night podcast celebrates nineteen-year-old Luke’s untapped levels after his mentor falls.
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- The panel considers picture, Lucas, Williams, and sound before choosing sound.
Probably Unanswerable Questions
The section asks about the gold protocol droid’s design, the Wookie’s body, and Halloween uniformity.
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- The gold protocol droid’s shape is asked to resemble an Oscar, though the Metropolis robot is cited as the closer model.
- The panel asks whether the Wookie has genitalia and how he goes to the bathroom.
- Halloween 1978 is proposed as a peak for many people wearing the same costume.
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- A lightsaber is the immediate consensus memorabilia choice.
- Vader’s red saber and Anakin’s saber carried by Luke are the main specific preferences.
- Han’s blaster, Luke’s landspeeder, and Vader’s mask are strong non-saber alternatives.
The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson
Trust the Force and raise your own children
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- Trust the Force is applied as a general lesson and joking reassurance about future television.
- Raise your own children is the second lesson because an abandoned child may later overthrow the parent’s empire.
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- Rogue One is the first franchise-internal pairing.
- A Denis Villeneuve sand-planet movie is offered.
- American Graffiti is proposed as a full-Lucas pairing.
- Raiders is another Lucas adventure alternative.
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- Harrison Ford is nominated for keeping the movie attached to human cool and charisma amid robots and an uncertain young hero.
- George Lucas is chosen for creating Hollywood’s most indelible franchise and retaining enormous financial upside.
- The final consensus says no one in the industry may have won one movie as completely as Lucas won Star Wars.
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