Episode CLII: The Politics of Star Wars and Andrew Slack
Full Of Sith: Star Wars News, Discussions and Interviews
Tha Mike Pilot, Bryan Young and Consetta Parker
4.4 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2016
⏱️ 145 minutes
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Summary
This special double-sized episode is a two-part monster. In part one, Bria LaVorgna from Tosche Station and White Hot Room join Bryan and Mike to talk about the politics in Star Wars. By politics, we talk about Palpatine's plans and manipulations of the Senate and how that affects, movie-by-movie, the in-world politics of Star Wars and touch on Lucas's real-world inspirations for those story beats. In our second part, Bryan interviews Andrew Slack, the creator of The Harry Potter Alliance. They talk about his connection to new Star Wars, his new HPA-like movement called the US Rebel Alliance, and how Star Wars fandom can be used to do a different sort of good in the world. He also talks about giving US Senator Ted Cruz a lightsaber and asking him to join the Jedi.
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| 0:00.0 | I will not defer. I've come before you to resolve this attack on our sovereignty now. |
| 0:06.0 | I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this invasion in a committing... |
| 0:12.0 | If this body is not capable of action, I suggest new leadership is needed. |
| 0:20.0 | I move for a vote of no confidence. I suggest new leadership is needed. |
| 0:24.2 | I move for a vote of no confidence in chance of Elorum's leadership. |
| 0:28.3 | Oh! |
| 0:28.7 | Oh! Welcome, Master's at Paduanons to episode 152. |
| 0:55.9 | I am the mic pilot with him. |
| 0:57.1 | My co-hosts Brian Young. |
| 1:08.1 | Amy is doing stuff this weekend, but we have a guest host with us this week, and she's amazing, and she's lovely, and she's awesome, and she's knowledgeable, and she knows a lot about politics and Star Wars and all kinds of stuff, Brian, Brian? |
| 1:13.0 | Indeed, so we have with us, Bria LaGornia, and she is a writer for various |
| 1:14.9 | places like White Hot Room. |
| 1:17.2 | And where else do you write, Brea? |
| 1:19.9 | Tashi Station, and I believe I had a piece up on your |
| 1:22.7 | site recently. You did. |
| 1:24.8 | She did. She wrote a really great piece |
| 1:26.4 | on Big Shiny Robot about how Kylo Ren isn't how Anakin Skywalker should have been, but Kylo Ren is an answer to the question raised by Anakin Skywalker. |
| 1:37.9 | That's a good article. I was good. |
| 1:39.4 | Thank you. It was fun to write. |
| 1:43.0 | But so we asked Brea to come on the show today because we're going to be talking about the politics of Star Wars. |
| 1:51.2 | And we're going to try to stay within the bounds of the politics of Star Wars because I know politics can be a sensitive subject, but we are people. |
| 2:00.2 | And although we are Star Wars fans, we also have opinions from the real world. |
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