If you are new to our podcast What’s the Obsession With…? it goes a little like this: hosts Brie and Adri, along with the occasional guest, go on learning journeys about all the hows, whens, and whys of our obsessions. Your hosts will share their research, personal stories, and totally wacky theories on everything and anything that humans have gotten obsessed with.
Each episode comes with a themed Spotify playlist, our research notes and links, and the occasional drinking game! Subscribe to our Patreon for various extra goodies (like monthly personalized postcards, and picking our next topic).
#003 “…Star Wars?”
How long ago is a long, long time ago and how far is a galaxy far, far away? In our third episode, on the eve of the release of Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, we discuss “What’s the obsession with Star Wars?” Why does it have such sticking power? Why did the music have to go THAT hard? Why are our standards and expectations for quality different with Star Wars than with other media? We are joined by writer and musician Stephen Schreffler for a little diversity on our fandom perspectives as we discuss one of the grandest sagas of all time. We also discover that the E.T. aliens exist in the Star Wars universe; do with that information what you will.
Research Notes
“The Saga Begins” A Star Wars Playlist
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