OV144 - Star Wars Saga: Part 1 - The Dark Side

In preparation for The Force Awakens this week, we set out to discuss the entire Star Wars saga. What we ended up with was a 2.5 hour discussion about the saga and why I (Matt) can’t seem to connect with it. This is Part 1 of that recording. Support The Obsessive Viewer on Patreon for as low as $1 per month. Timestamps Show Start - 00:58  Introducing Star Wars - 01:40 Our History with Star Wars - 03:58 Matt’s Position on Star Wars - 19:11 JJ Abrams Lost Tangent - 49:12 Discussing The Movies, Somewhat - 55:32 Han vs Greedo - 1:07:56 The Internet and The Force Awakens - 1:14:40 Stinger: Derailing the Episode - 1:27:15 Pre-Recorded Outro - 1:28:03 Show Notes OV64 - OV B-Roll - Lone Survivor, Star Wars, Prisoners, Bates Motel, The Zero Theorem OV117 - Into the Vault III - The Shawshank Redemption, Star Wars, and 28 Days Later Matt’s Letterboxd Profile Tiny’s Letterboxd Profile Obsessive Viewer - Check out plenty of reviews of movies, TV shows and industry commentary at the blog that started it all. Obsessive Book Nerd - Our “sister site” where you can find book reviews and commentary on the evolving world of reading. r/ObsessiveViewer - The official Obsessive Viewer subreddit! Obsessive Viewer Presents: Anthology - Matt’s solo podcast exploring science fiction anthology storytelling in television’s golden age starting with The Twilight Zone. The Secular Perspective - Check out Tiny’s side project podcast that explores the concepts of faith, religion and existence from the perspective of secular hosts. Mike’s Band: As Good As It Gets - Check out Mike’s band and download the “Something New E.P.” for free! Loudlike Facebook Page - Like the band that gave us our theme song on Facebook! Loudlike “Mistakes We Must Make” EP on iTunes - Our theme song is “An Eclipse of Events.” Grab Loudlike’s EP and hear the full version of our theme. TurboRooDesigns.com - My brother has a business where he and his fiancee sell carts to disabled dogs. Let us know what you think! Like us on Facebook: The Obsessive Viewer Tweet us: @ObsessiveViewer, @ObsessiveTiny, @IAmMikeWhite Email us: Matt, Tiny or Mike at ObsessiveViewer.com Check out the blog: http://ObsessiveViewer.com Find past episodes of the podcast: http://OVPodcast.com RSS Feed: http://obsessiveviewer.libsyn.com/rss The official OV Subreddit: r/ObsessiveViewer Subscribe to us on iTunes and leave us a review.