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podcast yes we thought we'd sneak another one in before Christmas I'm

joined by Barbara Speed and Stephen Bush to discuss what else Star Wars

be warned that there probably will be spoilers. They will be spoilers right?

Oh, yes. No point otherwise. Okay, so if you haven't seen the film yet, well, you're very

lazy, you should have got around to it already. I can't't help you um Stephen I'm going to ask you to do something very unfair to start off with which is give me a score out of 10 for the film

an eight I'm giving an eight out of Barbara, would you quibble with that 8?

I would probably give it a 7, but then again, I'm not a huge Star Wars fan.

But I probably give it a 7 because I think it was very accessible,

so I don't think you had to be a huge fan to love it. Yeah, I mean, I think I would probably. was very well-made

fun to love it.

I mean I think I would probably yeah I would give it somewhere

because as I was watching it I was thinking this is a very very

well-made film like this is doing a lot of heavy lifting it's bringing a lot of heavy lifting, it's bringing a lot of people back in, it's ticking off lots of moments you want to see.

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