EPISODE · Mar 31, 2026 · 2H 38M
102. The Force Awakens 10th Anniversary Retrospective
from For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation · host Andrew, Donovan, and Conor
Welcome to our 10-year anniversary retrospective of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew (@StarlightAndrew), Donovan (@DonovanMeade) & Conor (@DepaBanana) as they look back on a decade of the 1st Star Wars film of the Disney era, with very special guest (and noted Rey expert) Mads (@lite_thespark)! We look back on a decade-plus of the beginning of the sequel trilogy, including our memories of the lead-up and hype surrounding the film, from the Disney purchase announcement, to those monumental first trailers, to our own opening night experiences watching the 1st Star Wars movie in a decade! We discuss what we still love about the film, the new cast of characters, what has stuck out about it in the 10 years since its release, it's effectiveness as a legacy sequel, what perhaps doesn't work as well as we once thought it did, and combat some critiques in the age of "Sequel discourse". Since Lucasfilm didn't do much for this movie's 10-year anniversary, we for sure will! Let's turn our clocks back to 2015 and have some fun! Listen to our new Star Wars ranked series FORGING THE PATH-https://open.spotify.com/episode/4TxLfdRdjOZheaQoFyreMd?si=LeGJDWmoRqGCmf7w1l_uZQSupport The Trevor Project-https://www.thetrevorproject.org"WHAT CHOICE?": Star Wars Fans for Abortion Access-https://www.gofundme.com/f/what-choiceSupport the Amidala Initiative-https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-amidala-initiative-for-equality-texasSubscribe to our YouTube channel!-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1_Aywl930XitqQYXrOr2BgFollow the podcast on Bluesky-@fortherepublicpod.bsky.social, Twitter-@ForTheRepubPod, Instagram-@fortherepublicpod, & TikTok-@fortherepublicpod for further updates on the podcast.
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Welcome to our 10-year anniversary retrospective of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew (@StarlightAndrew), Donovan (@DonovanMeade) & Conor (@DepaBanana) as they look back on a decade of the 1st Star Wars film of the Disney era, with very special guest (and noted Rey expert) Mads (@lite_thespark)! We look back on a decade-plus of the beginning of the sequel trilogy, including our memories of the lead-up and hype surrounding the film, from the Disney purchase announcement, to those monumental first trailers, to our own opening night experiences watching the 1st Star Wars movie in a decade! We discuss what we still love about the film, the new cast of characters, what has stuck out about it in the 10 years since its release, it's effectiveness as a legacy sequel, what perhaps doesn't work as well as we once thought it did, and combat some critiques in the age of "Sequel discourse". Since Lucasfilm didn't do much for this movie's 10-year anniversary, we for sure will! Let's turn our clocks back to 2015 and have some fun! Listen to our new Star Wars ranked series FORGING THE PATH-https://open.spotify.com/episode/4TxLfdRdjOZheaQoFyreMd?si=LeGJDWmoRqGCmf7w1l_uZQSupport The Trevor Project-https://www.thetrevorproject.org"WHAT CHOICE?": Star Wars Fans for Abortion Access-https://www.gofundme.com/f/what-choiceSupport the Amidala Initiative-https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-amidala-initiative-for-equality-texasSubscribe to our YouTube channel!-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1_Aywl930XitqQYXrOr2BgFollow the podcast on Bluesky-@fortherepublicpod.bsky.social, Twitter-@ForTheRepubPod, Instagram-@fortherepublicpod, & TikTok-@fortherepublicpod for further updates on the podcast.
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