Hi, this is John. This week Steve and I are tackling 1977's Star Wars.

Last week saw the 40th anniversary celebration of its release and Steve and I knew there'd be a bunch of

podcasts articles and TV specials so we thought we'd let you enjoy and savor those for

a week before we hit you with our analysis and we knew we needed some help for this one.

So we asked our frequent guest and fellow

massive Star Wars fan Michael Vogel

to join us again on the podcast,

written and directed by George Lucas and starring Mark

Hamill Carrie Fisher Harrison Ford Sir Alec Guinness Peter Cushing and the voice

of James Earl Jones as many of you, I've hosted two podcasts dedicated to the celebration of the Star Wars franchise.

And I've even lost a schmowdown match because of it.

And this is the movie that started it all. Considered one of the

greatest films ever made and one that definitely changed the landscape of

cinema forever. Steve and I and Michael are proud to give it the Cinephiles treatment.

That's Star Wars. This week on the Cinephiles. The Hello and welcome once again to the cinnophiles where each week we enter the world of a great film

we explore its themes the history the filmmaking and the influence it has on us today.

My name is Steve Morris I'm a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles California. Hello everyone my name is Steve Morris. I'm a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California.

Hello everyone, my name is John Roca, I'm a voiceover artist, host of a show's here in Los Angeles and

occasionally an actor on your

no it's not true. I'm only ever heard on TV or seen on TV like rarely do I

appear on film.

Well film is a dying medium, so maybe that's just...

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