Podcasts by Story and Star Wars
This fall, story expert Alastair Stephens will look at each of the six core Star Wars movies in release order, and analyse what works and why. We’re going to talk about heroic motivations, serial structure, the power of the five-man band, the interaction of intent and execution, mythic archetypes, the urge to explain, and stories which grow in the telling — and perhaps, we’ll understand a little better why Star Wars is the most important pop culture phenomenon of the modern era.
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Story And Star Wars 15: Force, Finn, Family from 2018-06-09T19:40:53
In this session, some further thoughts and listener feedback on The Last Jedi!
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Story And Star Wars 14: First Response To Solo from 2018-05-26T01:28:48
This week, we have a brief, spoiler-filled but surprisingly timely overview of Solo: A Star Wars Story!
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Story And Star Wars 13: The Last Jedi from 2018-05-12T00:36:16
It's been a long time -- a long time -- but Story And Star Wars is back with a whole new season of discussion. This week, The Last Jedi!
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Story And Star Wars 12: The Force Awakens Live Commentary from 2017-12-14T15:34:36
In anticipation of The Last Jedi, we rewatch The Force Awakens with this live Story and Star Wars commentary!
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Story And Star Wars 11: Rogue One from 2017-04-14T02:32:36
In the return of Story And Star Wars, Alastair Stephens discusses the structure, plot and themes and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
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Story And Star Wars 10: Q&A From The Cantina from 2016-08-19T19:39:29
How do we parse the critical response to The Force Awakens? What's right with Finn, wrong with Kylo Ren, and paradoxical about Darth Jar Jar?
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Story And Star Wars 9: The Force Awakens from 2015-12-29T12:52:33
It's been a long time coming, but it's finally here, and it's spoiler-filled: Star Wars: The Force Awakens!
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Story And Star Wars 8: The Prequel Trilogy from 2015-11-24T22:40:39
At last, we come to the end of the Story and Star Wars series, and discuss the prequel trilogy, the saga as a whole, and what we've learned along the way.
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Story And Star Wars 7: Revenge Of The Sith from 2015-11-14T16:04:07
This week, we close out the prequel trilogy and bring our story full-circle with Revenge Of The Sith, the last Star Wars movie -- for now!
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Story And Star Wars 6: Attack Of The Clones from 2015-11-08T18:28:27
Anakin is all grown-up and it's time to begin the Clone War with Attack Of The Clones, a change of direction for the Star Wars series.
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Story And Star Wars 5: The Phantom Menace from 2015-10-30T13:22:19
We turn our attention to the prequel trilogy this week, with some thoughts on The Phantom Menace, and the ways in which it shifts our understanding of what Star Wars is.
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Story And Star Wars 4: The Original Trilogy from 2015-10-23T11:38:21
A little later than originally planned, it's time for our live discussion of the original trilogy of Star Wars!
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Story And Star Wars 3: Return Of The Jedi from 2015-10-09T13:55:29
In our third Star Wars lecture, we close out the original trilogy with some thoughts on Ewoks, fairy tales and the zig-zagging story of Return Of The Jedi.
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Story And Star Wars 2: The Empire Strikes Back from 2015-10-02T12:12:45
In our second Star Wars lecture, we look at the dark middle chapter of the original trilogy, The Empire Strikes Back.
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Story And Star Wars 1: A New Hope from 2015-09-25T12:01:57
In our first Star Wars lecture, we discuss what Star Wars is and isn't, and try to answer a deceptively difficult question: what is the story of A New Hope?
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Story And Star Wars: Introduction from 2015-09-18T12:00:56
This fall, we're journeying to a galaxy far, far away to study one of the most important pop culture phenomena in history -- Star Wars!
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