4.9 • 852 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Brian, Caitlin, and Matt discuss the role that Star Wars can have in inspiring action and service, and what lessons can be applicable in real life. They also celebrate Ahmed Best, and his new show Jedi Temple Challenge. To make a donation, please visit https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ab_mn and be the spark.
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0:00.0 | This is Jabba the Pod. |
0:09.0 | Bright sons and welcome to Sci-Wire's Jabba the Pod, |
0:11.0 | our weekly Star Wars podcast where we discuss and celebrate the movie, shows, |
0:15.2 | books, comics, games, and everything else from the galaxy far, far away. |
0:19.8 | Every generation is a legend, every legend is a Podcast, and this is ours. |
0:24.6 | I'm your host Brian Silaman, and this is going to be a different kind of episode. |
0:30.2 | We rarely, if ever, talk about real world events on this show, but this is not a time for burying |
0:35.4 | heads in the sand. Across the nation and the world at large, people are standing up to acknowledge and demand change for the systemic violent oppression of black Americans |
0:45.6 | in the wake of George Floyd's death at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department |
0:50.1 | as well as the death of Brianna Taylor was fatally shot by police in her own home. |
0:55.9 | Because of this incredibly serious, incredibly real, incredibly painful point in our history, |
1:00.8 | it's almost certainly not the time for a silly show such as ours. |
1:05.7 | This is a podcast about Star Wars so a logical and sane question would be why talk about |
1:11.7 | Star Wars now Star Wars is fantasy and though at times it can seem |
1:17.2 | allegorical it has always technically been more applicable much like the |
1:21.2 | stories of J. R.R. Tolkien. |
1:23.0 | Stories have power. |
1:25.0 | Stories can inspire and they are timeless. |
1:27.0 | Beyond the lightsabers and spaceships, there are universal lessons |
1:31.0 | about kindness, compassion, and resistance within these tales. |
1:35.8 | In these stories we see corruption grow within a republic and then see a transition into an |
1:40.7 | empire. |
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