Six Degrees of Star Wars
Even before it became the property of a monstrously big corporation that started putting it everywhere, Star Wars was everywhere. Join us on a journey as we take the hyperspace lanes out of a galaxy far, far away and into other movies, finding all the ways George Lucas' flagship franchise surrounds us, binds us, and penetrates us.
Six Degrees of Star Wars
Latest Episodes
Episode 72 is Episode 2-point-Something (The Clone Wars)
Gillian and Bradley are subjected to the experience of trying to make Sam and River shut up about the 2008 animated film STAR WARS: The Clone Wars, wandering through the foibles of Dave Filoni, the introduction of Rotta the Hutt aka Stinky (soo...
Episode 71: May the Force Be Willow (1988)
Two years after covering the sequel series, we're talking about the original Willow, the star-making turn by Warwick Davis in the title role, the pure chaos of Val Kilmer as Madmartigan, and the world's BEST baby, Elora Danan.Pluggables:...
Ep. 70: Let's Have a Conclave (2024)
Six Degrees of Star Wars finds religion with the 2024 Oscar-winning movie, CONCLAVE, featuring tangents about statues of Pope John Paul II, dramatic readings of the screenplay directions, and bemoaning the lack of people willing to destroy thei...
Ep. 69: Jupiter Ascending, Credibility Plummeting
Ah, Jupiter Ascending, the Wachowskis' movie about an ordinary person suddenly being awakened into the reality of an urban fantasy and learning that they are the most specialest person in said reality, except this time the protagonist is a woma...
Ep. 68: The Marvels of Studio Sabotage
6 Degrees of Star Wars dips its toe into the MCU with a look at what should have been a fun project for Nia DaCosta, Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, and Iman Vellani, but instead got mired up in studio interference, misogyny, racism, Hollywood gui...
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