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Star Wars. Every Week. Forever.
Chris, J. and Ben aren‘t entirely sure why they‘re doing this. Is it out of love for Star Wars, or is it out of hate for Star Wars? Do they want to kill a sacred cow within their hearts? Or are they just incredibly dumb individuals with opinions™©®? They‘re not sure.
One thing is for certain. They‘re doing this. One mainline Star Wars movie a week until the galaxy collapses in on itself. What has begun cannot be undone. Watch them as they slowly go crazy, lose all logical points of view, fail to create a coherent format for a podcast, and, eventually, slowly wither and die. This is, after all, a podcast about mortality as much as it is about a dumb space movie.
Continuing the trend of writing Jar Jar into a major role in every Star Wars movie, join J, Chris and Ben as they dive back into talk Jar Jar's Clone Trooper fit, his questionable murders and political career, discuss the only possible outs to this forever podcast, pitch a Jar Jar movie, and return to Letterbox'd for a TOTALLY original bit!
Join the gang as they ride way, way, way too high both morally and momentum-wise off of the totally legit Water sponsorship, start up OnlyPants, and derail to a point where they argue about boxes and show off their most worn out books.
In an episode DEFINITELY happening the same week as the watch, join the gang as they talk how horrible the writing is in this movie (shocker), begin a journey to put Jar Jar in every single Star Wars movie, and posit a theory about the true origins of George Lucas' relationship with Steven Spielberg.
Join the FIRST SPONSORED [citation needed] episodes, as J, Chris and Ben as they talk the war flashbacks of out of context Star Wars sounds, Harrison's Ford new Disney project, and and the universal gift of buried Mr. Peanut figurines.
Missing the ghost of Roger Ebert still, the gang flocks to Letterbox'd to fill the void. Join J, Ben and Definitely Chris as they dive through the chaos of fan reviews once again.
Join J, Ben and DEFINITELY Chris as they try and survive an episode of Star Wars without the aid of the ghost of Roger Ebert.
Join J, Chris and Definitely Ben as they finish up the Roger Ebert reviews, talk Jabba's official genus, how much J has started to love the musical number, and wonderful book titles.
Join the gang as they are once again guided by the ghost of Roger Ebert through his review of Empire Strikes Back, and as they take a time machine back to Siskel & Ebert arguing with an awful man on the merits of Star Wars.
In an episode happening at the totally right time, guided by the ghost of Roger Ebert, headlined by our First Podcast Guest, and committed to a monogamous podcast relationship, join the gang as they go down the rabbit hole of A New Hope through the lenses of the ages.
Once again guided by the ghost of Robert Ebert's pen, join J, Chris and Ben as they talk even more about Columbo, how people don't seem to understand Palpatine's subtext, a short lived discontinued mobile game, copyright law and the stark difference between fanfiction and porn.
With the help of the ghost of Roger Ebert, join the gang as they fall down the rabbit hole of Roger Ebert's love of General Patton, flat imagery, theatre formats, Ben's podracing predictability, Obi-Wan's relationship and valid opinions on politicians, and Palpatine's creepy flirting game at intergalactic bars.
With the dawn of unlucky number 13, J had decided to put their experience into perspective. Going back to the time of release, they try to get the opinions of average, non-traumatized movie goers through the reviews of Roger Ebert for the first six movies of the rotation. Join them as they talk wonders of the time, bring up Jar Jar's dimples, fantasy, fantasy racism and Chris' frustrations with waiting on Patrick Rothfuss.
At the height of the rotation of many celebrations lethargy, the gang struggles with the idea of even approaching Star Wars at all. Join them as they suffer through a discussion about the eventual and assured Episodes X, XI and XII, Hamnet, constant massive genre-related movie releases, and how Seamen can fix the world.
As the twelfth rotation joins it's sunset, so too does the gangs attempts to stay on target. Join the gang as they talk Ben's deal with Major Merchandise, unethical merch for children, and Wookieepedia's very weird twitter.
The gang has officially hit the point where things that have no explanation as to why they might upset them, upsets them. Join the gang as they talk the audacity of an old man, J's horror at some of the things she births into the world, Whorm Loathsom, and (quite unfortunately) Reylo.
Despite the hundred-episode milestone blues, a glimmer of hope comes in the way of J and Ben once again being together for a Return Of The Jedi episode. Join the gang as they talk distractions, compare DC's New 52 to the ending of the EU, cry in abandonment, cyclical journeys with Weird Wookieepedia, and the disturbing name that describes a group of Hutts.
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It's our two year anniversary, but we don't feel much like celebrating. We've now done a hundred and five episodes, and boy that's a whole lot. Join J, Chris and Ben as they talk the mark on Han's head, how they seem to constantly switch opinions, what they miss about the EU, and Columbo solving murders on Dantooine.
Driven mad by the concept of watching Star Wars Every Single Week Forever, the SWEWF gang have decided to use Wookieepedia as a russian roulette-style resource in order to save their floundering souls on the tides of Star Wars' fifty years of lore, all at random with seemingly no rhyme or reason to article length or canonicity.
Rudderless and still weighing the fact that they've done more than a hundred episodes, J and Chris reach their breaking point at the repeatedly un-declared references to books Ben read EIGHT ROTATIONS AGO. Join the gang as they talk how the Kenobi Disney+ show affects A New Hope, google auto-completes, and George Lucas' will.
In the middle of a continued downward spiral following the release of over a hundred episodes, this monumental episode features Ben forgetting how the numbering of Star Wars works. Join him as he tries to defend this mistake for an hour, talk Palpatine's passive aggressive attempts to make Vader feel insecure about his job, really niche uses of CGI to fix changed lines, annoying parts of the movie that have no real reason to be annoying other than overwatching these movies, Kentucky Anakin and Ben not understanding what a bit is.
At exactly Episode 101, the existential dread takes over. In a strange moment of the highs of the end of Obi-Wan and the lows of being past a massive milestone, join the game as they stare into the void of repetition, watches blurring together, fantasizing about watching the movies in different languages, and stumble down the strange ditch of Naboo's strange grooming of future monarch's and entirely unhinged political landscape.
In this very special landmark episode of Star Wars Every Week Forever, get an inside look into the dark and stormy night that started it all. Join the gang as they talk irresponsible adults, metacritic reviews, weird television tropes, weirder alien language translations and the weirdest possible mustachioed villain.
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On the eve of a hundred episodes, join J, Chris and Ben as they talk not being able to not hate, possible future canon cameo of surviving and trained jedi, war criminal force ghosts, and try and internalize the realization that Leia gaslit her child for so long her final act happened after she had drawn her last breath.
In a moment of self-reflective regret, join J tell Chris and Ben as she regrets how much she drank during last rotation's audio commentary version of The Last Jedi. Listen in as they very belatedly and uselessly talk about Obi-Wan (a show that was not entirely out as of recording), Gilmore Girls, the podcast's unfortunate history of going on exactly seven minute comic book rants, what George Lucas is up to now, and and Chris losing all understanding of how linear time works.
In an episode that requires very much awakening, J, Chris and Ben spend an hour trying to awaken. Join them as they bemoan the unneeded trench run, Kenner's Star Wars figures and the weird merch and hype around them, Vader's Security & Bounty Hunting Service retirement plan, the future of Grogu, and get angry at all the adults in the series as they discover how Ben Solo found out his grandfather was Darth Vader.
In a one week break that includes Ben and J being in the same house, join them and Chris as they talk Vader being way too honest with Luke, get introspective and talk shoutouts, George Lucas giving very sarcastic acting directions, way too much off-topic talking about such things as comics (shocker) and Riverdale, talk more EU content and once again curse the name of Jagged Fel.
Join Ben, Chris and J as they sit down to talk about the recently released Obi-Wan series, from their own thoroughly broken perspectives.
In a return to form that can only be described as a slow ascent into mania, join J, Chris and Ben as they discuss Rebels accepting the mortality of heroism, have eureka lore moments from the deep recesses of their minds, wampa unions, Darth Watto, Obi-Wan's relationship with Vader if they'd both lived, and the start of the mysterious, omniscient galactic superpower union known as FORSHA.
Getting back into the swing of things, join the gang as they talk Chris watching Star Wars every week as a Dad, strange focuses of conversation in the hospital waiting room, becoming Maz Kanata/Dexter Jettster shippers, R2-D2's trauma, and a ton of letterbox'd Star Wars reviews.
In an episode covered in deep podcast lore, join Definitely Chris, Ben, and J as they talk old canon, Clone Wars canon, bad news articles, and childhood movies, a topic that inevitably leads back to Star Wars in a cyclical nightmare.
Still relearning how to do a podcast, J, Ben and definitely Chris reconvene and find themselves at the mercy of clones attacking. Join them as Ben triples down on his growing attraction toward Boss Nass, they sneak in several bits, talk about Star Trek more, look at ancient official posters for the Star Wars movies, and fall down a hole of Ao3 fanfics.
Hot off the exciting and exhausting live commentary rotation, the gang finds themselves trying to re-learn how to do a normal podcast without the movie being directly in front of them. Join them as they return to the game show bits, continue to lean on the character bits, and spend a ridiculous amount of time talking Star Trek on their Star Wars podcast. But it's justified! They're inserting characters into it!
The 10th Rotation comes to a close with not a scream, but a giggle. Grab some popcorn, sit back in your seats, flip on Episode IX and hit play when we count down to one, and join us one last time as we offer our warped perspective on The Rise Of Skywalker!
As the 10th Rotation continues, so to do our watch-alongs! So grab some popcorn, sit back in your seats, flip on Episode VIII and hit play when we count down to one, because we're all going to watch The Last Jedi together! Join us as we give our own, warped perspective commentary over the full film!
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As the 10th Rotation continues, so to do our watch-alongs! So grab some popcorn, sit back in your seats, flip on Episode VII and hit play when we count down to one, because we're all going to watch The Force Awakens together! Join us as we give our own, warped perspective commentary over the full film!
As the 10th Rotation continues, so to do our watch-alongs! So grab some popcorn, sit back in your seats, flip on Episode VI and hit play when we count down to one, because we're all going to watch Return of the Jedi together! Join us as we give our own, warped perspective commentary over the full film!
As the 10th Rotation continues, so to do our watch-alongs! So grab some popcorn, sit back in your seats, flip on Episode V and hit play when we count down to one, because we're all going to watch Empire Strikes Back together! Join us as we give our own, warped perspective commentary over the full film!
As the 10th Rotation continues, so to do our watch-alongs! So grab some popcorn, sit back in your seats, flip on Episode IV and hit play when we count down to one, because we're all going to watch A New Hope together! Join us as we give our own, warped perspective commentary over the full film!
As the 10th Rotation continues, so to do our watch-alongs! So grab some popcorn, sit back in your seats, flip on Episode III and hit play when we count down to one, because we're all going to watch Revenge Of The Sith together! Join us as we give our own, warped perspective commentary over the full film!
In the eighty-fifth agonizing week straight of watching Air Force One every single week forever, the gang has hit peak delirium and fallen back in love with this film truly and wholly. Join them as they talk little hoop earrings, Hollywood Gun tropes, the immense difference in technology between 1997 and 2022, Comrade Landlord and Gordon, President The Ford's life and death faith in patriotic color coding and the plane equivalent of throwing your body in front of a bullet to save a life.
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As the 10th Rotation continues, so to do our watch-alongs! So grab some popcorn, sit back in your seats, flip on Episode II and hit play when we count down to one, because we're all going to watch Attack Of The Clones together! Join us as we give our own, warped perspective commentary over the full film!
It's the dawning of Rotation 10, and with it comes a daring new way to listen! So grab some popcorn, sit back in your seats, flip on Episode I and hit play when we count down to one, because we're all going to watch The Phantom Menace together! Join us as we give our own, warped perspective commentary over the full Phantom Menace film!
Abandoned by tiredness at the last minute by Ben's roommate, join the gang as they sleepwalk through the last episode of this rotation, with bright, tired eyes toward the future 10th rotation live commentaries. Listen as they ask J what an episode of Book Of Boba Fett she hasn't watched was like, ill-advised reflections on how it could effect Obi-Wan, memories of EU Luke, address the elephant in the room, explore a very strange, very real tier list of Ben's, and J's Elementary School Star Wars Fanfiction.
Once again with Ben's roommate and their horror over Rose possibly dying, the gang settles into a difficult watch. Join them as they talk how broken they are, the Lucas Scale, try to figure out DJ, go in depth on the gang's Star Wars consumption versus J's aversion to consuming any unnecessary Star Wars content, Austin Powers, classic video games, comics, Daredevil (2003), and try to keep Ben on the call until he goes into a pure anguish-filled mental breakdown.
Once again joined in spirit by Ben's roommate (and also a very high Chris), the exhaustion the gang has continued to exude bleeds into this trilogy as the wish to do literally anything else. Join the gang as they inanely wonder the biology of a bird, flirt dangerously with praising George Lucas, JJism's and the surprising scene that has become a favorite of J and Chris', the return of the midi-chlorian list, J talking about a selfish thing Finn did so much she goes from chastising him to loving him more than any Star Wars character ever, and eventually lose ALL sense of plot and talk about very unrelated crossover books and comics.
Joined in spirit once again by Ben's roommate and reaching for low hanging fruit for contact, the gang trudges forward whilst shilling to Disney for a job. Hang with the gang as they begin to recognize the amount of content they've made thus far, talk Ben's ridiculous Star Wars collection, pitch ventriloquist Palpatine and weigh just how heavy of differences in upbringing Luke and Leia have.
Continuing the trend of Ben experiencing movies through other peoples' eyes and the secondary trend of J's absolute Star Wars exhaustion, join the gang as J compares these watches to the emotional entertainment of a plastic viewfinder and finding strange kinship with Yoda, and Ben brings back a long-awaited bit.
Exhausted and citing company and short run length as highlights of the watch, they trudge yet further on. Join the gang as they talk disney+ television on a horribly delayed timeline, pitch yet ANOTHER Cheers show as well as A Series Of Unfortunate Events starring Boba Fett, wonder how Ben still somehow gets emotional resonance out of Porkins, and then talk a strangely long amount of time about Magic Treehouse.
While J and Chris walk into the episode exhausted, Ben walks in having had one of the very few coffee's he's ever had in his life, and boy does it show. Join the gang as they examine the strange scenes they now laugh at, Yoda's rise from villain to comedian in J's eyes, the discovery of how little attention is played to the opening crawls, and lots and lots of Chris wishing for a chopper like General Grievous'.
In an attempt to have a serious discourse about if Attack of the Clones should've been divided into more movies, cynicism strikes Ben and J at every good point Chris attempts to make. Join them as they act insufferably out of exhaustion, mistake bits for legitimate scenes, light Jar Jar evil nepotism talk, dunk on Mighty Muggs, and prove their hypocrisy by talking about other Disney+ shows.
In this mess of an episode, join the gang as they start off the last rotation that has a corresponding episode by ill-fatedly pitching multiple Gungan-related television shows.
In this long-awaited episode, J and Chris explain the script of Colin Trevorrow's Duel Of The Fates to Ben.
After an episode where Chris expressed his absolute distaste for Episode VIII, both he and J walk into that actual episode with the new context of having read the Trevorrow Episode IX script. Join them as they talk about it without actually talking about it, pitch a new show, get lost down a podracing rabbit hole, and worry about Chris spending some very questionable money.
As they enter the grouchy part of their hangover rotation, the gang actually make valid points through the lens of tired indignance. talk about hard hats, other Han Solo vehicles, regular named Stormtroopers, George Lucas 40-year-old punk comparisons, and lots and lots of feelings on how Last Jedi and Rise Of Skywalker relate to this movie.
It's Christmas Day, and that means a new episode of the gang's yearly attempt to watch the tapeworm upon their souls, The Star Wars Holiday special! Join Chris in his best game show attire as he guides them down a rabbit hole of disturbing hypnotic erotica, wonder about Wookiee technology in canon, search through seemingly harmless bad Star Wars merch until discovering something terrible, and deep dive into what could have possibly happened to make this special occur.
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Barely holding together their cognitive ability under the height of the weight of the hangover rotation, the gang struggles forward. Join them as they talk Pizza Cutters, Cutlass Ciera's, Cacti, Burning Hammers and Baby Names.
At the absolute height of the hangover rotation, physical exhaustion on a Monday afternoon recording post-Ben moving combines itself with a quite frightening ghoulish haunting. Join the gang as they recast the original trilogy, get lost down an Always Sunny tunnel, and try to appease a ghost.
Continuing the trend of this rotation being the hangover of an overly active previous rotation, join the gang as they exhaustively discover Chris' insatiable bloodlust for Hoth wildlife, pitch multiple movies with Star Wars characters filling in in major roles, the canonicity of force ghosts, and mourn the EU once again thanks to Weird Wookieepedia.
After getting dangerously serious at the start of this second hangover rotation episode, the gang talks centaur Adam Driver fanfic, Dave Feloni's twitter, make a realization that George Lucas is a Pageant Mom, and once again grieve the EU in a new and interesting way.
At the start of what can only be described as a rotation where the gang tries to shake the hangover that is the result of Ben's journey last rotation, J, Ben and Chris' attention span is at an all time low. Join them as they talk about the Lorax's special request on behalf of the tree's, talk strange ships, get really meta, propose an alternate race in the Star Wars mythos, and recast the prequels ala Super Mario Brothers.
In this very normal and average episode, Ben finally hits the bedrock of the rabbit hole. Exhausted and out of breath, join J and CHRIS(!) as they slowly console him through the movie, discuss the journey that's lead them here and get lost in talk of peripheral things in a desperate attempt to not talk about Star Wars... even in the face of Ben desperately wanting to end his storytelling suffering.
As we near the end of the rotation, it has become more and more clear that Ben's brain is fried, and his memory of the newer movies are far worse than his admitted also weak memory of all the other movies. Join Chris and especially J as they attempt to dole out notes on his preposterously off vision of The Last Jedi.
Down, down, down we go. Into the movies that Ben barely knows. Join J and Chris as Ben brings them into the version of Force Awakens that only exists in his head.
The farther into the rabbit hole that is Ben's memory of the Star Wars franchise the gang goes, the more apparent it becomes that his memory cannot be trusted. Join the gang as Ben leads a tour of Return Of The Jedi, including a lot of things that have nothing to do with Return of the Jedi and discluding several things that happen within Return of the Jedi.
Farther down they go, Ben digging his rabbit tunnel through the Star Wars franchise and dragging the others with him. Join them as they continue to watch Ben's memory of the movies he watches every week spiral, dunk an injured Luke in a carnival tank, replace Darth Vader with Arnold Schwarzenegger's Mister Freeze, and watch Darth Vader gaslight his son.
Down the well we continue to fall, following Ben into his fugue-like state of describing the events of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.... but not very well. Join the gang as they continue the recasting of major roles and pitch alternative Star Wars televisions shows that are just popular shows but with Star Wars characters.
Trapped in the whirlwind of Ben's verbal reimagining of Revenge of the Sith, join the gang as they stumble down the center of the eye's storm and find expansions on Downtime Darth and Papa Palps, recognize the ridiculousness of Palpatine's throne room prison, expand on Obi-Wan Kenobi's more extreme characteristics, and start the trend of J slowly critiquing Ben's memory of the dialogue and series of events of these movies they watch every single week.
In a wild turn of events two episodes into the rotation, Ben takes control of the show to tell a story around the fire. That story? A version of Attack of the Clones that includes a lot of cursing, protocoless Jedi, slap boxing in the rain, a Sheriff Droideka, and multiple pitches for Star Wars content, including but not limited to: A remake of Episode II/III but as Romeo + Juliet, and an All Grown Up/X-Men: Evolution style High School AU Jedi Temple show. Strap in, because this episode (and the rest of the rotation) is a wild ride.
In a mere hint of the insanity that is to come this rotation, Ben walks into this episode with the holy duty of explaining the plot of Phantom Menace in his own words. Join the gang as they talk SWEWF extracurriculars, Qui-Gon Desert Cop, Anakin's anxiety, denial of canon, how Palpatine and Qui-Gon Jinn are the same character, and eventually, J and Ben coming to the realization of just how much of a nightmare it will be to explain this show to possible future partners.
As the TMBG's Rotation comes to an end, the cult officially begins. Join the gang as they battle technical issues, leaps in logic and scientific knowledge, dead children speaking to Rey, and envision future species finding this podcast.
Setting a dangerous precedent in the midst of this They Might Be Giants rotation, the gang has a mature conversation about The Last Jedi and how it has been worsened by Rise Of Skywalker, and then devolve into The Fast & The Forciest, Ben's poor financial decisions, and return to that gooey center that is nostalgia.
Somehow, someway, J, Chris and Ben have been doing this show for a full calender year. Join them this week as they delve through the year that was, and totally give the episode to the nurturing hands of the bits and skits they've built.
The They Might Be Giant's rotation is back on it's perfect sync's and in full swing. Join the gang as they talk about vagueness of the Force and the measure of it's power, Adam Driver, and Ben's excitement for a possible anime podracing.
In the midst of J's They Might Be Giant's watch through, Ben counts the gang down into a strange journey through his romantic dream of Mark Hamill. Join the gang as they discuss this, insert Hoogenz in new scenes, try a new bit and completely fall on their faces, but also bring it all back around in the end... somehow.
As the They Might Be Star Wars rotation rages on, so to does the strange hot takes and merchandise segments. Join the gang as they project Obi-Wan's want for death on Luke, Luke's reception to the Rogue One rebellion, anoint George Lucas as either a God or an Orc, talk a really long time about Harrison Ford's hoop earing and it's mysterious purpose, and finally, showerheads. So much about showerheads.
Guided only by the They Might Be Giants rotation, the gang quickly finds out the ship is actually rudderless. Join them as J gets physically uncomfortable by good syncs, the gang compare who Ian McDiarmid looks like, discuss The Emperor's many reality television appearances, talk the weird old canon future of Star Wars, replace more actors with unsuitable replacements (Rob Schneider sucks, get vaccinated), and spend a really long time talking about 50 First Dates to a horrified Ben.
As the They Might Be Giant's sync rolls on, so too does the gang's wish to not talk about Attack Of The Clones. From Consinga and Sheev Palpatine through Charlie from Lost from Always Sunny In Philadelphia from Star Wars all the way to Leslie Nielson-lead Attack Of The Clones, haphazard and random is the word descriptor of the day.
At the dawning of rotation six, J begins a new experiment. For the next nine weeks, every episode will be synced up to the entire listing of They Might Be Giant's discography, to investigate just how well the strange band and the Star Wars franchise lines up. Join her, Ben and Chris as they fall down the psychedelic rabbit hole, pitch a VICE podracing series and Star Wars Celebrity Boxing, a possible additional George Lucas film and the Jedi sex life.
When J describes a Rise Of Skywalker watch as 'disassociative', you know the gang has reached an interesting turning point. Join the gang as they scream at JJ Abrams casual comments, KenobiVision, Palpatine's alternate identity and death contingencies, Chris' complete misunderstanding of the plot of Lucky Logan, a very handsome snake, squad goals, and look back on their mindsets at the beginning of the show now that they've completed five whole rotations.
A low point has been reached in the watches, and that low point is a challenging two and a half hours of hulking, never-ending movie. Join the gang as they debate said length, emotional responses, the pseudo-duel's missing daggers, weird action scenes, Tim Curry replacing people in Star Wars and Ben's weird Halo theory.
Whilst once they had a hive mind, now the exhaustion has forced them to begin to see the movies differently than one another. Join the gang as they discuss if the front or back half of this movie is better, how much funnier the fans are than them, pretend to know Harrison Ford's negotiating methods, Harrison Ford Kills The Disney Corporate Ladder, and Harrison Ford running away with Naruto.
Time is a flat circle, and they are riding the rim. Excitement and delirium is dripping back into just pure delirium. Join the gang as Ben expresses his disgust in how involuntary his Star Wars quotes have become, terrible strategies on Tatooine, retreading old points as if they were new, accidentally create a douchebag George Lucas character, Magician C-3PO, and somehow get back to a reasonable conversation about what a theoritical X, XI and XII would be if they took an MCU approach with it.
Still randomly jazzed with renewed energy and the thrill of having company for a watch, J serves as Ben's secretary to describe their watch, including a cameo where they called Chris from across the country to watch their favorite scene together. Join them as they continue their Vin Diesel obsession, talk about Vader's Imperial baseball league, Boomer Obi-Wan, the Johnny Cash Theory, the return of Adidas, and horribly unneeded and outdated Wookieepedia articles.
Sometimes rotation delirium is a state of being so sick of Star Wars that it leads these three depressed. This week, they're on the opposite side of the spectrum, giggly and entirely incomprehensible... possibly because for once, they can see each other. Join the gang as they explore the history of Doctor Whats-His-Butts, C-3PO standing for Car Salesman, recast various parts in the Star Wars movies, talk about Ben's long-held vision of a Star Wars starring only Barack Obama and Kermit the Frog, and begin a new bit brought to us by @swao3tags on Twitter.
There are ups and downs for Ben, J, and Chris on this podcast. Usually, there's a good reason for them. This manic sudden adoration for the process, however, is entirely unexplainable. Join them as they discuss the sequel/prequel to Downtime Darth, a bunch of EU novels and their history with them, Palpatine's underwear situation, a single phallic laser cannon, worry about how self-referential they are, discuss the natural end of the show and, perhaps most strangely of all, talk a bunch about war crimes.
The masters of overanalyzing lore as well as every single frame of these movies, join the gang as they examine the worst duelist in Star Wars history, the heaven and hell of the podcast, dudebro Anakin, the banking clan's overly aggressive tax-collecting methods, discover the canon state of the IG series and receive unfortunate news about Minch.
With a new rotation comes the horrifying realization that a vanilla watchthrough has commenced... the first true vanilla watchthrough since the first rotation. Join the gang as they talk about the ever memorable Rats Tyrel, unhelpful subtitles, Josh's panicked editing voice, the once and future Space Emperor, Dinotopia, desert amphibians, and a long and drawn out juvenile Wookieepedia joke.
As Ben's journey through all of the novelization reaches it's climax, his freedom is held at gunpoint by the movie that ends the rotation. Join the gang as they talk recastings, Rey being sold for spice money, Chewbacca reactions, strange subtitles, worry about Charlie from Lost from Star Wars being a shared hallucination that does not actually exist, and decide that Rise Of Skywalker needs a musical number.
Uniquely, the gang at Star Wars Every Week Forever sat down for May the 4th to rewatch Rogue One, and found that just for that night, the monotony of the task they have set before them was put to the side in favor of gushing about this one movie. Join Chris, Ben and Josh as the absolutely gush over Rogue One, and silently wonder if it's just because it's new or not.
What's the deal with Star Wars Every Week Forever? Well, we're not okay, we promise. Join the gang as they acknowledge their indoctrination, the emo band alien and his strange criminal history, Luke Skywalker's badly named wife in an alternate reality, alternate reality plans to either not make the podcast or rewrite The Phantom Menace, and Hoogenz unfortunate history with the No John's Gang.
In this episode, the podcast hits both it's most self-referential and exhausted. Join the gang as they discuss said exhaustion and the show going forward, discover Geode's appearance/alternate appearances, lost arms, George Lucas' ex-wife Marcia Lucas, ask Disney to sponsor us through insults, and look at THE SCHEDULE.
Join Ben as he guides the gang through the easiest audio book listen he's had, and then listen in awe as Chris and Josh entirely derail it. Behold as they talk about origami Star Wars adventures, Chris' continuing dress conspiracy theory, arguments about the best ways to dispose of bodies in Star Wars, yule logs, Klaatu Barada the Nikto, talk about Hoth's naming, and get really confused on WHEN the Weird Wookieepedia bit occurs.
Come on, gang, get up and work out like a Jedi with Ben! Join the gang as they follow Ben on the journey of the strangest novelization yet as they introduce a new fresh canonical segment, talk about awkwardly falling garbage, Darth Vader's cooking habits, Ben's new Star Wars Truther gimmick, and rocks.
To Ben's credit, he did his absolute best to provide the content we all need from the original trilogy rewrites of the original novels. Much of that content still makes it into this episode, and it is both wacky and fascinating. All of that being said... this episode will instead be remembered for something quite different. A fact that sparks a conspiracy of epic, unlikely, and hilarious proportions. A question that will haunt the dreams of the cast forevermore. Join us, as we discover just who Porkins is exactly.
As Ben continues on with the work that is the longest of his novelizations, one glimmer of hope helps him through this difficult week: Watching one of these movies in the same room as another member of the crew for the first time ever. Join Josh, Ben, and Chris as they get angry about unhelpful subtitles, break down over a bit they THOUGHT they all shared and understood, finger guns, Pirate Palps, and similarities between Disney-related properties and Star Wars plots whose seeds were laid far before the acquisition.
Already feeling the effects of the project before him, Ben has now experienced the strange phenomena of RA Salvatore (author of many Forgotten Realms novels and also the guy who dropped a moon on Chewie) writing the high 'romance' and 'mystery' that is Attack Of The Clones. Join him as he tells the tale of the Lars Homestead's strange, daytime television racism, droid oppression, capitalism, and hired cameo's of people we want to sing to us. We apologize ahead of time if you are a fan of Salvatore.
As the gang rings in the fourth rotation, Ben begins an uphill climb of a project in reading all of the Star Wars movie novelizations throughout the rotation. Join him as he tells the tale, the gang discusses Liam Neeson's strange habits, aliens, fanta, and Josh mourns the loss of his twenties by ringing in the thirties with recording a Star Wars podcast.
As we round out the third rotation of the podcast, it is proven that the fired has not gone out. Join the gang as they iron out miscommunications in characters JJ cast in Star Wars AND Lost, talk about the very strange backstories of new characters, add in all of the necessary George Lucas Special Edition edits in the form of force ghosts, expose Palpatine's many many weaknesses and then devolve (as they always do) into the sweet embrace of the bits.
In a watch that was surprisingly good for 2/3rds of the gang, tune in as the gang rapid-fires bits, repeatedly messes up DJ's name, talk about Snoke and Kylo Ren's relationship in-canon, discuss alternate timelines, present foley changes to the film and talk about the long and sorted history of Admiral Ackbar while Chris curls into a ball in the corner.
In perhaps the beginning of the greatest valley of the project yet, the gang attempts to keep their spirits up and fail over and over again. Tune into their misery as Ben gets more mad than he's ever been on the podcast, Josh tries earnestly to fill the void with bits, new and old and doomed, Chris expresses his love for the movie and his distaste for bits, and finally, the gang gets really obsessed with balls.
A tale of two different tones in a podcast! Join the gang in the final episode of the 3rd rotation trilogy arc, The Redemption Of Accountant Vader, and then watch old salt begin to stew. Listen to the gang as they discuss the gap between the two releases of the radio dramas, the final encounter within the Death Star and it's formatting within an audio-only journey, return to notes from the previous movie, and then put an end once-and-for-all to the Ewok Ethic Conundrum.
The middle episode of the Redemption Of Accountant Vader arc see's Chris go on a very precarious branch in order to defend a controversial standpoint, Ben vehemently disagree, and Josh live in two different timelines of feelings in regards to it. Join the gang as they go on a rant at the top of the show, talk about War Crimes, discuss the perspective of those that had to deal with Han and Leia's arguments, return to the dining hall, discuss strange voice acting choices and strange new scenes, and pose the season finale of Downtime Darth.
As the dawn of the third rotation of the original trilogy begins, so to does rise the Accountant Vader saga! Join Ben and Chris as they depart into the unknown territory that is the Star Wars Radio Drama (as recomposed and restored by youtuber Nige L), and experience their discussions of uncomfortably expanded scenes, unusual voice acting decisions, expand upon newly forming podcast-related traditions, watch Ben finally break the gang in regards to podracing and once again birth a new reoccurring segment.
The best Star Wars movie? Based on how much the gang enjoyed this watch, apparently! Join the gang as they discuss the wonderful wonders that is camp, discuss Palpatine's need for laser eye surgery, talk a long time about Star Wars funeral services, get really metaphysical about what the podcast is as a lifeform, and then spend a long time analyzing a couple of frames of the movie that they see as incomplete. Strap in, the exhaustion has truly begun to set into their tattered little repetitive brains.
As one of the worst watches of the podcast so far comes and goes, join the gang as they join their weekly group therapy. Bare witness to talk of changing actors, more Disney+ pitches, discuss the legitimacy of Qui-Gon's morality, talk even MORE about midi-chlorians, and present an entirely new segment.
The problem with a forever podcast? Star Wars does not care about what is going on in your life. Ring in the new year with the gang on a somber note as they start the third rotation, talk about dated CGI, people attempting to murder a small child multiple times, Guy Dooku, get really obsessed with obviously not-canon midi-chlorian counts, and ponder if the universe is humoring Qui-Gon Jinn on a grand, conspiratorial scale.
In the words of Josh, 'I'M FREE!'
As the second rotation rounds out with the end of 2020, join the gang as they once again express their frustration with this movie, talk a bit about other possible versions of it, their fear of a Snyder-esque cut, the age limit of murders using the Skywalker lightsaber, and Josh's personal White Whale that ended the special features watches that nearly broke him, The Skywalker Legacy documentary.
Behold, a new tradition! Join Chris as he drags Ben and Josh into watching the Holiday Special every Christmas forever! Experience the disturbingly unnatural and deeply problematic forgotten piece of Star Wars history, and fall down the rabbit hole of it's insanity, including but not limited to; Jefferson Starship and their plutonium mics, doll Mark Hamill, Han Solo's strange offensive animated face, how much better Bea Arthur is than this trash creation, and eventually begin to lose their sanity as they are sucked into the dream eating eldritch horror face of Lumpy.
Still working out how to embrace the ridiculous within the span of the newer movies, join Chris, Ben, and Josh as they talk more reasonably about the plot of The Last Jedi. In more even-toned discussion, the gang speaks on Holdo's plan and Poe's position within it, the rushing of the movies production, terrible deleted scenes, Carrie Fisher being a badass on set, general in-universe takes on the Jedi, the Sith, and the Force, and most importantly, Kylo Ren's age.
Join the gang of the Star Wars Every Week Forever podcast as they sit down and talk about all the latest and greatest news out of the December 2020 Disney Investor call, and all of the content coming down the line from their perspective.
Heading into the home stretch of the second rotation, the gang goes on a deep dive regarding the non-main cast and background characters of the saga. Join Josh, Ben, and Chris as they argue about Ilum as Starkiller Base for an uncomfortable amount of time, talk about the crazy origin and history of Maz Kanata, request an answer for WHAT HAPPENED TO HOOGENZ, accidentally present a Trinto Duaba Disney+ series, and pitch a new episode of Downtime Darth.
Delirium! A force continually interrupting semi-competent conversations on this podcast. Tune in as Chris, Ben and Josh discuss introductory viewing order, the incestuous complicity of Ben Kenobi, write some fanfiction, start to notice they're repeating themselves, devolve into the Ewok/Religion debate from last rotation, come close to asserting Ben as a God, and then DESPERATELY try and fail to find the offramp for the podcast.
This episode is absolutely unhinged. Join Josh, Ben, and Chris as they pitch a duel identity naming system for Yoda, double down on the format of the podcast and beg the audience not to watch along with them, and pitch a Disney+ show involving Darth Vader.
As we enter the Original Trilogy, the groups ability to stay on topic entirely devolves into nothingness. Join the gang as they discuss the 2007 Rose Bowl Parade, beg people to tell them if Steve is okay, possible Darth Bane castings, the upcoming High Republic spinoffs, rumors that Boba Fett murdered the Skywalker family, and then eventually discussions about the deleted scenes and special features documentary.
It's a week of revelations, conspiracies and heated arguments. Join Josh, Ben, and Chris as they explore the mindset of the Lars family, uncover those actually behind the brilliance of Order 66, attempt to uncover just how deep Ewan's lightsaber loyalty lies, and finally, listen as Josh is (rightfully) harassed about considering skipping an entirely unrelated, inane, and unneeded special feature.
Join Josh, Chris, and Ben as they fall down a hole of behind the scenes information, ranging from the insane information regarding *NSYNC's stolen Star Wars moment, to the absolutely unhinged R2-D2 mockumentary.
A new rotation, a new mindset. As Josh embarks on the challenge of watching all of the available special features he has at his finger tips, he drags Ben and Chris through his most recent, insane long-term goal for the podcast. Join the gang as they talk about DEEP PODRACING LORE, a failed new bit that died an early death, unethical working conditions, misrembering scenes, and lots and lots of Yoda talk.
It's all lead to this. In this double sized final episode of the rotation, Ben, Chris and Josh let out all the frustrations they've had the entire rotation into one movie-length rant.
Nearly at the end of the first rotation, frustrations are boiling. Join the FinnPoe Defense Force as they discuss the frustrating lack of communication between directors, the complete waste and degradation of all side characters in this film, the strange thematic dissonance between Luke's death and the rest of the film, THAT LEIA SCENE and, eventually, an absolute love of Rey and Luke's arcs in the movies otherwise.
At the time of recording, a released GQ Article starring John Boyega really began a slippery slope of analysis that would follow Chris, Ben and Josh through the rest of the first rotation sequel watches. Join the gang as they talk about how very much they love these characters, the weird position of knowing comparing and contrasting old and new canon and similarities and dissimilarities, overdoses of nostalgia, baited marketing, and their collective adoration of the FinnPoe ship.
Now with the weight of the knowledge that people are actually listening to our dumb asses officially settled on our shoulders, Josh, Chris and Ben as they push forward. Listen as Josh desperately tries to talk about the ethics of presenting the Ewoks with a religious symbol they created with little agreement, Yoda's lack of learning anything from a twenty-two year exile, Ben Kenobi Cheers and perhaps most especially the ramifications of the Saga being the 'Chosen One' Anakin. Then, listen to them talk a lot about the sequels, for a really long and unnecessary amount of time.
With no directional sails to guide them on their journey, Chris, Ben and Josh attempt to make sense of the fact that droids feel pain, request that someone check Mark Hamill for post-concussion syndrome, and the truly incredible toxic masculinity of Han Solo. In the final episode they film before the podcast goes live, listen as they wonder if their work will ever actually be seen by the world at large.
If you expected us to talk about A New Hope on our A New Hope episode, you'd be sorely mistaken. With brains the size of peas and attention spans totally snapped from the weight of the project, listen in as Josh, Chris, and Ben discuss the original plans for the Clones in the Clone Wars, discuss an only semi-related audio drama, Luke's grief, and Ben's grief in regards to the most heartbreaking death of the original trilogy. Strap in, this episode is absolutely a rocket ship ride away from the topic at hand.
Three weeks into the first rotation and any semblance of a proper format is out the window. Gawk in confusion as Josh, Ben, and Chris only occasionally talk about the movie in complaints about the character and story arc of General Grievous, then go on side tangents about other properties within the franchise that are now almost certainly non-canon.
In the second episode of the first rotation, the podcast has already begun to go off the rails. Join Chris, Ben, and Josh as they talk about how much of a nightmare this episode was to record, the lack of morality of the cult of the Jedi Order, and fundamentally disagree on the merits of the last half hour of action. Enjoy the spectacle of Ben and Chris messing with Josh on this, his least favorite film.
In the very first episode of the first rotation of the saga, Ben, Josh, and Chris have already shown signs of insanity. Join them as they fall down a dizzying hole of thematic realizations and conspiracy theories, losing all sense of how to format a podcast along the way.