What the corpus says about Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)

The 44 lines php artisan corpus:ask hands a model, in the order it gets them, and nothing else. The model writes a clerk's answer from these and only these.

What was said about it (26)

  1. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:29:55 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ The Mandalorian · programming · After The Mandalorian the speaker wants new characters, not known ones, as a model for future Star Wars. · "after Mandalorian, I'm like, don't give me characters we already know."
  2. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:22:02 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · programming · The next Patreon commentary is Force Awakens, ten days later. · "The next commentary episode is the Force Awakens."
  3. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:04:31 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ The Hangover Part II · lineage · Death Star 2 is framed as a sequel that repeats the first one, like a Hangover sequel. · "It's like hangover two."
  4. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:04:32 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read) · lineage · A second, bigger Death Star is called a lateral remake of the first. · "We're kind of, it's like a lateral remake."
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:13:00 · unknown (0.30)] Casablanca ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read) · lineage · Jabba's court is conceived as Sydney Greenstreet crossed with Casablanca. · "The concept is he's sort of like Sidney Green Street and then Casablanca, yeah."
  6. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:20:11 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · lineage · Lucas's goofy special-edition additions anticipate the broad humor of the prequels, such as Jar Jar. · "It's weird how many of the Lucas alterations are like really goofy broad humor."
  7. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:29:00 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · lineage · Luke's lost lightsaber (his father's) turns up again in The Force Awakens. · "Which then reappears, of course, in The Force Awakens."
  8. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:40:49 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Opening on the Emperor is an idea Rise of Skywalker did. · "But it's always one of these things you're like, guess what movie open with that?"
  9. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:47:32 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Yoda and Obi-Wan dumping plot revelations at the last minute resembles Rise of Skywalker's information dump. · "It does kind of have that feeling of the rise of Skywalker there, just suddenly like yelling a bunch of information at you."
  10. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:51:48 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Rogue One · lineage · Mon Mothma, newly introduced in Jedi, is later heard about in Rogue One. · "Yeah, well, you know, we hear about her in Rogue one."
  11. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:53:05 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi · lineage · Admiral Ackbar dies in The Last Jedi, which angered fans. · "No, Akbar dies in the last Jedi, which people were very angry about."
  12. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:00:59 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Raiders of the Lost Ark · lineage · Jedi is the first Star Wars after Indiana Jones, whose pitch was a movie of only the exciting parts; Jedi chases theme-park set pieces. · "Indiana Jones, he was like, my pitch is, what if you make a movie that's only the exciting parts?"
  13. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:02:11 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Incredibles (the host's read) · lineage · The speeder bike forest chase is a clear inspiration for the Incredibles chase. · "This is such a big inspiration too, clearly, on the Incredibles chase sequence."
  14. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:23:31 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · lineage · Han being over it and drifting back to old ways is what Force Awakens later does. · "Well, that's kind of what Force Awakens does"
  15. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:31:02 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ Lego Star Wars (the host's read) · lineage · Lego game levels from Jedi are always fun; the prequels' plot-heavy levels play less well. · "weirdly, like Return of the Jedi levels are always really fun to play."
  16. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:33:44 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Rise of Skywalker has a great scene in the Emperor's throne room on the Death Star: the Sith Wayfinder and the Kylo/Rey fight. · "Of course, Rise of Skywalker has a great scene in this room."
  17. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:43:23 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi · lineage · Bombers rarely show bombings in the saga; Last Jedi finally has a bombing scene (Paige Tico). · "Of course, in last Jedi."
  18. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:46:41 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Apocalypse Now · lineage · The Ewok guerrilla war ties to Lucas's Vietnam interest; he was supposed to make Apocalypse Now before handing it to Coppola. · "George Lucas is supposed to make apocalypse now, right?"
  19. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:48:55 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ The Mandalorian · lineage · The chicken-walker AT-STs are back in The Mandalorian. · "I like that they're back in the Mandalorian."
  20. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:48:59 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order · lineage · Bringing down an AT-ST in Fallen Order felt great. · "I just took one down and fall in order."
  21. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:08:30 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · lineage · The special edition's final celebration montage adds Naboo and the Gungans. · "you get to see some Gungans."
  22. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast · 0:03:22 · unknown (0.00)] The Force Awakens ↔ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · lineage · Jedi was the last Star Wars movie in story order until The Force Awakens, the day after recording. · "This is us looking at what was up until now chronologically the last Star Wars movie"
  23. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast · 0:08:34 · unknown (0.00)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Phantom Menace (the host's read) · lineage · Sees seeds planted in Jedi that bloom in the prequels. · "you see the things, the mechanations starting to come into place a little bit."
  24. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast · 0:15:43 · unknown (0.00)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ The Phantom Menace · lineage · Jedi's Death Star 2 and bureaucrat-nagging scene is Lucas griping, as the Trade Federation is him griping at his tax bill. · "the trade federation is him griping at his tax bill, right?"
  25. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast · 0:23:15 · unknown (0.00)] Star Wars (A New Hope) ↔ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · lineage · A New Hope has the Jabba scene as an example of modern CGI bullshit, but Jedi has more. · "A new Hope has the Java scene."
  26. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast · 0:58:53 · unknown (0.00)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Phantom Menace (the host's read) · lineage · The Obi-Wan log scene starts the over-explanation that typifies the prequels. · "tiptoe towards the problems of the Phantom Madness trilogy, whereas, like, where it's all explained out loud."

Films put beside it more than once (6)

  1. [pairs] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ The Phantom Menace · said 6 times in 1 episode
  2. [pairs] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · said 4 times in 1 episode
  3. [pairs] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ The Mandalorian · said 3 times in 1 episode
  4. [pairs] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · said 3 times in 1 episode
  5. [pairs] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi · said 3 times in 1 episode
  6. [pairs] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back · said 3 times in 1 episode

Fun items about it (6)

  1. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:07:07 · unknown (0.30)] Return of the Jedi · fun · The Ziegfeld manager overslept before the first Sunday showing of a special edition and the speaker's family got in free with free popcorn. · "we just got in for free and they gave us free popcorn."
  2. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:50:42 · unknown (0.30)] Return of the Jedi · fun · Jedi has the only other speaking female roles in the trilogy, and they are all complicit or villainous. · "Well, this movie is the only one of the original trilogy that has another speaking female role."
  3. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:33:23 · unknown (0.30)] Return of the Jedi · fun · Death Star 2 is unfinished, which is why a flyable weakness exists. · "The thing about the Death Star 2 is that it's not finished, so you can literally fly into it."
  4. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:11:14 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Return of the Jedi · fun · May 1983 box office: Jedi opened number one, ahead of Blue Thunder, Flashdance, Breathless, Tootsie, in a quiz format. · "This is May 1983."
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:15:03 · David Sims (0.50)] Return of the Jedi · fun · A 1997 Entertainment Weekly re-release recap headline joked about Ewoks. · "Their headline was Ewok, don't run to see Return of the Jedi."
  6. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast · 0:35:24 · unknown (0.00)] Return of the Jedi · fun · The scene where the droids' boss brands robots makes the hosts wonder whether robots feel pain. · "wait, robots can feel pain?"

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (3)

  1. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:41:43 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker ↔ The Irishman · craft · Rise of Skywalker had to de-age Ian McDiarmid the way The Irishman did. · "For Rise of Skywalker, they had to de-age him Irishman style."
  2. [The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:24:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read) · lineage · The Force Awakens maps almost exactly onto A New Hope. · "Force Awakens, which will maybe come up later on this podcast is in almost every respect."
  3. [The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:24:09 · Mallory Rubin (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read) · lineage · It ports over Death Star, Tatooine and R2-D2 as Starkiller Base, Jakku and BB-8. · "in place of the Death Star, you have star killer base."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (2)

  1. [speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
  2. [speaker] Griffin Newman · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Calls Last Temptation his college-era favorite Scorsese; loves Scorsese's smaller 80s and the film's closing transcendence and Gabriel score. Cannot stand fundamentalist outrage at it. A sucker for casting trivia and Tom Cruise-silliness. · stances: Hot take: Last Temptation structurally mirrors New York, New York as a better version; Outrage over the film is stupid; it is respectful to Jesus; Scorsese's smaller 80s work beats his later baroque phases

The shows' running bits (1)

  1. [bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)

The whole prompt

As the model gets it, from app/Ai/Prompts/CorpusAsk.md 
You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) and wants to know what to watch next.

Below is what people who love movies said on three podcasts (Blank Check, The Rewatchables, The Big Picture) about Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) and the films around it, one line each. Every line starts with where it came from, in brackets: [show · episode · time · speaker (how sure we are it was them)]. A [pairs] line says how often two films were put side by side. A [speaker] line says what that person likes. A [bits] line lists a show's running bits: a format, not an opinion.

[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:29:55 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ The Mandalorian · programming · After The Mandalorian the speaker wants new characters, not known ones, as a model for future Star Wars. · "after Mandalorian, I'm like, don't give me characters we already know."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:22:02 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · programming · The next Patreon commentary is Force Awakens, ten days later. · "The next commentary episode is the Force Awakens."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:04:31 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ The Hangover Part II · lineage · Death Star 2 is framed as a sequel that repeats the first one, like a Hangover sequel. · "It's like hangover two."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:04:32 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read) · lineage · A second, bigger Death Star is called a lateral remake of the first. · "We're kind of, it's like a lateral remake."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:13:00 · unknown (0.30)] Casablanca ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read) · lineage · Jabba's court is conceived as Sydney Greenstreet crossed with Casablanca. · "The concept is he's sort of like Sidney Green Street and then Casablanca, yeah."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:20:11 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · lineage · Lucas's goofy special-edition additions anticipate the broad humor of the prequels, such as Jar Jar. · "It's weird how many of the Lucas alterations are like really goofy broad humor."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:29:00 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · lineage · Luke's lost lightsaber (his father's) turns up again in The Force Awakens. · "Which then reappears, of course, in The Force Awakens."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:40:49 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Opening on the Emperor is an idea Rise of Skywalker did. · "But it's always one of these things you're like, guess what movie open with that?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:47:32 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Yoda and Obi-Wan dumping plot revelations at the last minute resembles Rise of Skywalker's information dump. · "It does kind of have that feeling of the rise of Skywalker there, just suddenly like yelling a bunch of information at you."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:51:48 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Rogue One · lineage · Mon Mothma, newly introduced in Jedi, is later heard about in Rogue One. · "Yeah, well, you know, we hear about her in Rogue one."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:53:05 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi · lineage · Admiral Ackbar dies in The Last Jedi, which angered fans. · "No, Akbar dies in the last Jedi, which people were very angry about."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:00:59 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Raiders of the Lost Ark · lineage · Jedi is the first Star Wars after Indiana Jones, whose pitch was a movie of only the exciting parts; Jedi chases theme-park set pieces. · "Indiana Jones, he was like, my pitch is, what if you make a movie that's only the exciting parts?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:02:11 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Incredibles (the host's read) · lineage · The speeder bike forest chase is a clear inspiration for the Incredibles chase. · "This is such a big inspiration too, clearly, on the Incredibles chase sequence."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:23:31 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · lineage · Han being over it and drifting back to old ways is what Force Awakens later does. · "Well, that's kind of what Force Awakens does"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:31:02 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ Lego Star Wars (the host's read) · lineage · Lego game levels from Jedi are always fun; the prequels' plot-heavy levels play less well. · "weirdly, like Return of the Jedi levels are always really fun to play."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:33:44 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Rise of Skywalker has a great scene in the Emperor's throne room on the Death Star: the Sith Wayfinder and the Kylo/Rey fight. · "Of course, Rise of Skywalker has a great scene in this room."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:43:23 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi · lineage · Bombers rarely show bombings in the saga; Last Jedi finally has a bombing scene (Paige Tico). · "Of course, in last Jedi."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:46:41 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Apocalypse Now · lineage · The Ewok guerrilla war ties to Lucas's Vietnam interest; he was supposed to make Apocalypse Now before handing it to Coppola. · "George Lucas is supposed to make apocalypse now, right?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:48:55 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ The Mandalorian · lineage · The chicken-walker AT-STs are back in The Mandalorian. · "I like that they're back in the Mandalorian."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:48:59 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order · lineage · Bringing down an AT-ST in Fallen Order felt great. · "I just took one down and fall in order."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:08:30 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · lineage · The special edition's final celebration montage adds Naboo and the Gungans. · "you get to see some Gungans."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast · 0:03:22 · unknown (0.00)] The Force Awakens ↔ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · lineage · Jedi was the last Star Wars movie in story order until The Force Awakens, the day after recording. · "This is us looking at what was up until now chronologically the last Star Wars movie"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast · 0:08:34 · unknown (0.00)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Phantom Menace (the host's read) · lineage · Sees seeds planted in Jedi that bloom in the prequels. · "you see the things, the mechanations starting to come into place a little bit."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast · 0:15:43 · unknown (0.00)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ The Phantom Menace · lineage · Jedi's Death Star 2 and bureaucrat-nagging scene is Lucas griping, as the Trade Federation is him griping at his tax bill. · "the trade federation is him griping at his tax bill, right?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast · 0:23:15 · unknown (0.00)] Star Wars (A New Hope) ↔ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · lineage · A New Hope has the Jabba scene as an example of modern CGI bullshit, but Jedi has more. · "A new Hope has the Java scene."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast · 0:58:53 · unknown (0.00)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Phantom Menace (the host's read) · lineage · The Obi-Wan log scene starts the over-explanation that typifies the prequels. · "tiptoe towards the problems of the Phantom Madness trilogy, whereas, like, where it's all explained out loud."
[pairs] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ The Phantom Menace · said 6 times in 1 episode
[pairs] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · said 4 times in 1 episode
[pairs] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ The Mandalorian · said 3 times in 1 episode
[pairs] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · said 3 times in 1 episode
[pairs] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi · said 3 times in 1 episode
[pairs] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back · said 3 times in 1 episode
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:07:07 · unknown (0.30)] Return of the Jedi · fun · The Ziegfeld manager overslept before the first Sunday showing of a special edition and the speaker's family got in free with free popcorn. · "we just got in for free and they gave us free popcorn."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:50:42 · unknown (0.30)] Return of the Jedi · fun · Jedi has the only other speaking female roles in the trilogy, and they are all complicit or villainous. · "Well, this movie is the only one of the original trilogy that has another speaking female role."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:33:23 · unknown (0.30)] Return of the Jedi · fun · Death Star 2 is unfinished, which is why a flyable weakness exists. · "The thing about the Death Star 2 is that it's not finished, so you can literally fly into it."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:11:14 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Return of the Jedi · fun · May 1983 box office: Jedi opened number one, ahead of Blue Thunder, Flashdance, Breathless, Tootsie, in a quiz format. · "This is May 1983."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:15:03 · David Sims (0.50)] Return of the Jedi · fun · A 1997 Entertainment Weekly re-release recap headline joked about Ewoks. · "Their headline was Ewok, don't run to see Return of the Jedi."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast · 0:35:24 · unknown (0.00)] Return of the Jedi · fun · The scene where the droids' boss brands robots makes the hosts wonder whether robots feel pain. · "wait, robots can feel pain?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:41:43 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker ↔ The Irishman · craft · Rise of Skywalker had to de-age Ian McDiarmid the way The Irishman did. · "For Rise of Skywalker, they had to de-age him Irishman style."
[The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:24:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read) · lineage · The Force Awakens maps almost exactly onto A New Hope. · "Force Awakens, which will maybe come up later on this podcast is in almost every respect."
[The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:24:09 · Mallory Rubin (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read) · lineage · It ports over Death Star, Tatooine and R2-D2 as Starkiller Base, Jakku and BB-8. · "in place of the Death Star, you have star killer base."
[speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
[speaker] Griffin Newman · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Calls Last Temptation his college-era favorite Scorsese; loves Scorsese's smaller 80s and the film's closing transcendence and Gabriel score. Cannot stand fundamentalist outrage at it. A sucker for casting trivia and Tom Cruise-silliness. · stances: Hot take: Last Temptation structurally mirrors New York, New York as a better version; Outrage over the film is stupid; it is respectful to Jesus; Scorsese's smaller 80s work beats his later baroque phases
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)

Recommend three to six films, and only films that appear in these lines. A series, a TV film, or a franchise counts too when a line recommends it or pairs it with Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) itself. For each one, give one short reason in your own words and say whose reason it is: the show, named exactly as the brackets name it, and the speaker when the line names one (an "unknown" speaker is just the show). If the lines are thin, say so plainly rather than stretching them.

Keep a contrast a contrast. When a line sets two films apart, the reason is how they differ; never turn it into a way they're alike. A line with ⇒ puts the source first and what drew on it second, and one marked "the maker said so" is still the host reporting it: say who said it, and never state an influence as fact.

You know only what's on these lines. Add no fact they don't state: not who directed a film, not what kind of film it is, not when it came out, unless a line says so. Say nothing about the store or how anything rents here.

Talk the way a clerk talks to a customer at the counter: plain text, titles written plainly with no asterisks or other markup, no headings, no lists of more than six, no JSON.