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Skytalkers

Heroes & Villains

Skytalkers

Charlotte Errity & Caitlin Plesher

Tv & Film, After Shows, Film Reviews

4.7623 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2018

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Charlotte and Caitlin go back to basics with a discussion on Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey, Maureen Murdock’s Heroine’s Journey, villains, antiheroes, Byronic heroes, Reylo, Anakin Skywalker, and more. In part one, they talk definitions and history. In part two, they dive into what the creators have said about our heroes and villains: quotes from George Lucas, Rian Johnson, and JJ Abrams. In part three, they answer the question: Do these archetypes even matter? All this and more on this episode of Skytalkers.   Rolling Stones article: https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/george-lucas-and-the-cult-of-darth-vader-247142/   http://www.twitter.com/skytalkerspod http://www.twitter.com/crerrity http://www.twitter.com/caitlinplesher http://skytalkers.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Sky Talkers is a member of the Star Wars Escape Pods Network.

0:04.6

Explore more great content and get to know our sister shows at we areescapods.com

0:10.0

and on Twitter at we are escape pods, the Star Wars Escape Pods Network, promoting positivity in fandom.

0:23.1

When discussing stories,

0:24.7

sometimes you have to go back to the basics.

0:27.1

In this episode,

0:28.0

we'll examine the notion of heroes and villains,

0:30.0

their relationships,

0:30.9

and how it all fits into Star Wars.

0:37.2

Music Welcome to Sky Talkers. Here are your hosts, Charlotte and Caitlin.

0:51.4

Hello, and welcome to Sky Talkers. I'm your host, Charlotte. Hey, everyone. I am your other host, Caitlin, and welcome to Sky Talkers. I'm your host Charlotte. Hey everyone. I am your other host,

0:56.3

Caitlin, and welcome to our episode where we're going to be talking, like Charlotte said in the

1:00.6

prolog, kind of going back to basics and talking about what exactly a hero is and what exactly

1:05.3

a villain is. So it's going to be an interesting show. I'm excited for it. Yeah, me too. And I don't want to speak for you,

1:13.7

but we got so many awesome comments last week or two weeks ago about your episode,

1:20.7

basically, Caitlin, about art and historic preservation. And I just think it was such a cool episode.

1:26.6

And I was really glad that we were able to do that. And I just wanted to say, a cool episode. And I was really glad that we were

1:27.5

able to do that. And I just wanted to say, thank you, kind of on behalf of you, because I think it was,

1:33.5

we got so many amazing comments and seeing them come through. And I don't know, I feel like,

1:39.1

again, I don't want to speak for you, but I definitely am. Like, I feel like it was really cool to

1:44.1

like watch you, like, definitely am. Like, I feel like it was really cool to like watch you, like, apply

1:45.7

your passion to this, like, other huge passion and, like, combine them together and then see that

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