Posts tagged Carrie Fisher
Roundtable: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) Part 1

The Brothers offer first impressions on The Rise of Skywalker and discuss its furious pace, Expanded Universe vibe, and controversial narrative twists.

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Rian Johnson’s idiosyncratic middle chapter subverts our narrative expectations in order to explore the core of what he thinks Star Wars is all about.

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

The Force Awakens manages to deliver a great deal of the thrills and emotional resonances of Star Wars, but mining the past to build the future always comes with a cost.

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Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)

Return of the Jedi is both a technological marvel and one of cinema’s most powerful redemption narratives.

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Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

A rare sequel that goes in a different direction, darker and deeper, The Empire Strikes Back permanently transformed what the Star Wars saga would be.

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Roundtable: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) - Episode III

The Brothers close out their discussion of The Last Jedi, focusing on the film's politics, visual invention, continuity with The Force Awakens and the Prequel Trilogy.

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Roundtable: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) - Episode II

The Brothers continue their discussion of The Last Jedi, focusing on its premise, what it does with the Force, the new characters, and the big death.

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Roundtable: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) - Episode I

The Brothers begin their discussion of the divisive new film in the Star Wars series, The Last Jedi, focusing on shattered expectations, connections to the Original and Prequel Trilogies, and the film's controversial choices.

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Roundtable: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Part 2

The 3 Brothers discuss the film as a reboot or remake, fandom, Han Solo, and the ending.

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