The Brothers finish their Star Wars Retrospective by offering their individual rankings of the films in the series.
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The Brothers discuss the merits, weaknesses, and themes of the Disney Trilogy, the two Star Wars Story movies, and The Mandalorian.
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In Part 2 the Brothers discuss The Rise of Skywalker’s links to the past, its world building, and how it concludes the Disney Trilogy.
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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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Like an Expanded Universe novel, Solo opens up the Star Wars world in imaginative, if inessential, ways.
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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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The Star Wars anthology film Rogue One brings a focus to sacrifice, heroism, and the cost of war, with a rousing and entertaining exploration of the backstory to A New Hope.
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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: The Clone Wars explores the development of Anakin Skywalker while laying the groundwork for the popular television series.
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The Brothers discuss the much-maligned prequels, focusing on the politics, acting, and action.
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With his final film in the Star Wars saga, George Lucas creates a shocking, beautiful tragedy.
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A full appreciation of Attack of the Clones requires the upheaval of some established viewpoints on the film.
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Twenty years after it launched the Prequel Trilogy, The Phantom Menace remains a pivotal film in both the Star Wars saga and the transformation of global film culture.
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The second Ewoks spin-off film, The Battle for Endor, learns from the mistakes of its predecessor while relying heavily on fantasy conventions and parallels to the Original Trilogy.
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Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure shows that not all Lucasfilm Star Wars productions can capture the same magic as the Original Trilogy, though it isn’t without some interest.
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The Brother dig into the Star Wars Original Trilogy and focus on the expansion of the story world, Michael Kaminski’s The Secret History of Star Wars, nostalgia, and the Special Editions.
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Return of the Jedi is both a technological marvel and one of cinema’s most powerful redemption narratives.
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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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The simplicity and iconicity of Star Wars obscures its remarkable formal achievement.
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In the wake of the new trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the Brothers point out pertinent issues with the Disney Trilogy that need addressing.
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