Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.5 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Paul & Amy force-project into Rian Johnson's galaxy-brained Star Wars entry The Last Jedi! They dissect the disputes between Mark Hamill and Johnson on the fate of Luke Skywalker, praise the film's illustrations of the nature of heroism, and ask if this is up there with the very best of Star Wars. Plus: The origins of porgs. Next week, tune in as we cover 2004's Crash! You can join the conversation for this series on the Unspooled Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/unspooledpodcast, and on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6. Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. You can also listen to our Stitcher Premium game show Screen Test right now at https://www.stitcher.com/show/unspooled-screen-test and apply to be a contestant at unspooledpod@gmail.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The year is 2017.
0:03.6	In this podcast is about the spark that's going to light the fire that's going to set the
0:07.7	internet on fire.
0:08.7	It is Star Wars, the last Jedi.
0:11.1	Hello everyone and welcome to unspooled.
0:33.2	Welcome to unspooled where we unspooled the greatest films to see if they are classics.
0:37.1	Or we just remember them that way.
0:47.4	I am Amy Nicholson of Film Critic who writes The New York Times that sonorous voice is
0:52.0	my Jedi hero.
0:53.0	Oh, Paul.
0:54.0	Say hello, Paul.
0:55.0	I am very excited.
0:56.0	Sok to you, Amy, about this movie.
0:57.0	I love that we have stumbled inadvertently into a series about movies that were polarizing.
1:01.9	And I can't think of a movie in better memory that has been more polarizing than the last
1:07.4	Jedi.
1:08.4	I mean, never has there been such anticipation for this new set of trilogies.
1:15.5	I felt it and I knew that things were going to happen and be great.
1:19.4	I was a huge fan of Ryan Johnson.
1:21.0	I was so excited to see what he would do.
1:23.2	And I guess the question is, did he make it too much of a Ryan Johnson movie and not enough
1:30.4	of a Star Wars movie or did he do it perfectly?
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