Talking Star Wars

Connor and Alex
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Talking Star Wars

Alex and Connor, two 30-somethings with strong feelings about Star Wars, discuss a variety of topics in everyone's favorite science fiction universe, including; weird Force powers, character explorations, lore discussions, and deep dives into expanded universe content. Updates weekly each Monday. See our new subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TalkingStarWars/

  1. NOV 4

    Episode 083 - Lightsaber Colors: Sources and Symbolism

    This episode delves into another aspect of the most iconic weapon in Star Wars by exploring the history, variety, and symbolism of this hallmark of the Jedi and Sith alike. We explore the various color of canonical lightsabers, from traditional blue, green, and red to the more exotic black, white, orange, purple, and yellow. Along the way, we discuss the first depiction of each lightsaber color and what the hue may mean from a symbolic context for the individual wielding that saber.This episo...

    31 min

  2. OCT 28

    Episode 082 - Media Review: Star Wars Audio Dramas

    In this episode the hosts take us through the currently-recently audio dramas in the Star Wars canon: Dooku: Jedi Lost, Tempest Runner, and The Battle of Jedha. Alex and Connor explore the difference between an audio book and audio drama and provide an overview of each audio piece currently released. From the meandering decades-long and nested tale of Dooku, to the more recent High Republic stories delving into the lives of characters and examining key events, this episode provides an overvie...

    30 min

  3. OCT 21

    Episode 081 - Character Spotlight on Leia Organa: General, Princess, Mother, and Hero

    This episode spotlights the character of Leia Organa from both the original and sequel trilogies as well as all media set around and in between those eras. The hosts examine Leia both in-universe as a capable, driven woman with unquestioned leadership ability and ironclad drive (while also being a princess, a sister, and eventually a wife and mother) while also acknowledging that she is the only female character with a significant speaking role in the first two Star Wars movies. We examine mo...

    36 min

  4. SEP 30

    Episode 080 - Giant Space Monsters

    This episode surveys a unique part of the Star Wars setting - giant monsters and creatures that exclusively live in the black void of space itself. Connor and Alex talk about the majestic Purgill (space whales), the enigmatic and enormous exogorth (space worm) and the apex predator of the space lanes, the suma-verminoth. The hosts explore the depiction of each of these enormous creatures and how they mix the appeal of the unknown with the dangerous and sublime, with a size that is barely comp...

    26 min

  5. SEP 24

    Episode 079 - Digital Likenesses, AI, and Recasting in Star Wars

    In this episode, Connor and Alex discuss the varied ways the Star Wars has handled the depiction of characters in visual media when the original actor who played them has aged out of the role - from recasting, in the case of Han Solo, to digital de-aging, to wholesale CGI replacement of an actor’s face with a recreation of another actor’s.In general, our hosts are more in favor of letting a new actor portray the same character rather than using technology to recreate another person’s likeness...

    37 min

  6. SEP 16

    Episode 078 - In Memoriam for James Earl Jones: The Iconic Voice of Darth Vader

    This slightly more somber episode of Talking Star Wars is in honor of the late James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader. The hosts explore both the reasons Darth Vader himself has become and remained one of the most recognizable villains and characters in all of popular culture, and how Mr. Jones’ depiction contributed to this legacy. The hosts also each opine on the most powerful spoken lines in the voice of Darth Vader from visual media.This episode mentions content from and contains pote...

    38 min

  7. SEP 9

    Episode 077 - Fanediting in Star Wars

    In this episode, Connor takes the lead and explores the subject of fanediting in Star Wars - the process of taking the raw footage of media and rearranging, editing, altering, and adjusting scenes, audio, and more. We explore both the subject of George Lucas as the very first ‘faneditor’ and review the continual updates the original trilogy in particular have received via CGI since the 90s as well as those prominent fan projects that have iterated on those changes (often to roll them back or ...

    21 min

  8. SEP 2

    Episode 076 - Culture, History, and Context for the Skywalker Saga

    In this episode, the hosts take a step back from an in-universe perspective and analyze what was happening in the world during the release of each of the trilogies of movies that comprise the Skywalker Saga. They explore the influence of 70s cinema and the post-Vietnam era on the production of the original trilogy, which was released in the divided world of the Cold War period; the turn-of-the-millennium release of the prequel trilogy right around the birth of the Internet and the rise of glo...

    35 min
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About

Alex and Connor, two 30-somethings with strong feelings about Star Wars, discuss a variety of topics in everyone's favorite science fiction universe, including; weird Force powers, character explorations, lore discussions, and deep dives into expanded universe content. Updates weekly each Monday. See our new subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TalkingStarWars/

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  • Creator
    Connor and Alex
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    96
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Talking Star Wars
  • Show Website
    Talking Star Wars

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