From the center of the galaxy, this is Forcenter's show about Star Wars, pop culture, and the ultimate adventure life itself, especially when that life includes a new Star Wars movie.

I'm Ken Napson.

I'm Joseph Scrimshaw, and I can't believe you're finally here, Ken, after many, many years to discuss a new Star Wars film. I'm glad you framed it like that because time moves so fast, and after 2020, time had no meaning. And here we are, first time since Rise of Skywalker. We'll dive into the details, all the things about the movie. This is going to be a deep discussion. But I like just living in that fact of like, hey, we're here. A new Star Wars movie. That's pretty cool. Yes, yes, it really is. If you like Star Wars, it's a good thing that there's a new Star Wars film. That's my first controversial opinion of the episode. Before we dive in deep, as always, what I imagine Dave's podcast is brought to you by a shop on Fourth Wall. Go ahead and check out our merch store there. I pick up a t-shirt, pint glass, coaster, towel. There's a lot of options there. Search. Find the one that finds its way to your heart and support the show

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But that's not the only thing. We had a big goal and here's our goal update. That is right. We had a goal to reach 400 paid patrons by the time the release of Mandelorian Grogu. And we got over that. We got to like 401 and they were like, real quick, let's change it to 407. so we're safe and don't fall under 400.

And we reached that as well as of this morning.

We were at 4. 401 and then we're like real quick let's change it to 407 so we're safe and don't fall under 400 and we reached that as well as of this morning we're at 408 paid patrons on our patreon can we make it to

409 by the time we're done recording this maybe probably seriously though thank you to everyone

who has been with us for a long time and everyone who has joined us. Obviously, the Patreon really helps us going and is really needed for us financially right now to keep this going. But we're also really proud of the community that is built by our Patreon because it gives us access to Discord where you can have fun and thoughtful discussions about Star Wars. You can call into some of our shows and ask questions. So we're really proud that the Patreon has really helped build our community. It has. I haven't had a chance to swing through it this weekend. It's been a busy weekend. And this is part of that busyness. Thank God. I'm fortunate to be doing this. So I trust the Discord is robust in its discussion of Mandalorian and Gruger right now.

Yes. Yes. Shall we be robust? It's the four center way.

Yes. And if you haven't listened to one of our review shows before, these are deep dives.

We love to talk about all the fun stuff. We love to talk big picture. We also love to really dive into some of the ideas, how they made us feel, how they might relate to the larger story of Star Wars, to the larger story of the world in our lives.

So buckle up. Can we start here, as always, what was your big picture reaction to this film?

All right. I know we're still an audio podcast at Hartjo. so here's my big reaction. I'm going to put on my grogoo ears that I got. And then I am using force flow, which is the Mandalorian and Grogu body cream. It rehydrates and keeps you going for 48 hours, according to this. Not a sponsor item.

You're admitting it's all about merchandise.

That's all about merchandise.

That's what I heard.

That's what I heard.

I absolutely adored this film.

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