Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)

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In the store as #560, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977).

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Dune: 2 lines the host's read ×2

  1. lineage (lineage): Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). The Dune book's messaging is credited as one of the things that inspired Star Wars.
    “And not only that, the messaging of this is one of the things that inspired Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:22 · John Hodgman (0.70 sure it was them)

Dave Toschi: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (namesake): Dave Toschi ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). Star Wars has a Tosche station, named after Dave Toschi.
    “It does. named after Dave Kosk.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:39:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Seven Samurai: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Seven Samurai ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). Mallory notes Lucas drew on Joseph Campbell, Seven Samurai, and Hidden Fortress, and the cycle of influence is now returning in Mulan.
    “Obviously, Joseph Campbell, as mentioned a moment ago. 7 Samurai, Hidden Fortress.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:46:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.85 sure it was them)

The Hidden Fortress: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Hidden Fortress ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). Mallory lists Hidden Fortress among Lucas's influences.
    “7 Samurai, Hidden Fortress.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:46:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.85 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Dune: 2 lines the host's read ×2

  1. programming (programming): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read). Dune was positioned and released as the studio's answer to Star Wars, the next big space epic.
    “Uh, this movie is released with the energy of, here you go, here's the new Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:17 · John Hodgman (0.85 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens: 2 lines the host's read ×2

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read). 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? · 0:24:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Alien: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Alien (the host's read). In Star Wars' wake came Alien and Blade Runner rather than more 4-color space operas.
    “the Star Wars Halo effect are like alien.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:13:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Arthur C. Clarke: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (why the sequel got written): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Arthur C. Clarke (the host's read). The speaker thinks the post-Star Wars sci-fi rush is what kickstarted Clarke finally writing the follow-up.
    “I mean, I'm realizing the other thing that probably kickstarted Arthur C. Clark finally writing the follow-up novel is the mad post-Star Wars sci-fi brush of like, oh, now Star Trek, the motion picture is getting made.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:22:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Battlestar Galactica: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Battlestar Galactica (the host's read). Star Wars' direct influence landed more on television, e.g. Battlestar Galactica.
    “And of course, on television, you had Battlestar Galactic.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:14:15 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Flash Gordon: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Flash Gordon (the host's read). Flash Gordon and The Last Starfighter are a grounded-in-reality category of post-Star Wars space movies.
    “Flash Gordon, I want to put as this category of things like Last Starfighter, like the Masters.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:13:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

George Lucas: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ George Lucas (the host's read). Lucas's Star Wars deal (giving up salary for merch and control) enabled the Raiders deal of owning the negative.
    “he gives up his salary and his points as a director on Star Wars to retain the control and the merch.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:01:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

James Bond films (the franchise): 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ James Bond films (the franchise) (the host's read). Star Wars pushed Bond into outer space.
    “James Bond went to went to the moon because of Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:55:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Masters of the Universe: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (origin): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Masters of the Universe (the host's read). He-Man (and the 80s toy boom) was a response to every company having passed on Star Wars merchandising.
    “so much of He-Man and the 80s for toys is a response to every major company passing on Star Wars that Star Wars is the whiff that no one can live down.”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 0:23:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Trek: The Motion Picture (the host's read). Star Trek the Motion Picture happened because Star Wars scooped the studio.
    “Like Star Wars scooped our ass.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:12:22 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). 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 · 0:04:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Connected to

Dune: 8 lines craft ×3 programming ×1 lineage ×1 theme ×1 contrast ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. programming (programming): Dune → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Dune was positioned and released as the studio's answer to Star Wars, the next big space epic.
    “Uh, this movie is released with the energy of, here you go, here's the new Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:17 · John Hodgman (0.85 sure it was them)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 3 lines industry ×3

  1. industry (industry): Close Encounters of the Third Kind → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Close Encounters was overshadowed by Star Wars, released four months earlier.
    “But I feel like close encounters sort of got overshadowed by Star Wars a little bit.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:20:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Guardians of the Galaxy: 3 lines lineage ×2 craft ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Rocket is a Han Solo and Chewbacca pairing: Groot is the one only Rocket understands, and Rocket pretends he doesn't care about the group.
    “Oh, the way I'm also thinking now, like, how rocket is kind of like Han Solo?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:16:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Jaws: 3 lines industry ×1 unmapped ×1 verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Jaws → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Jaws has the same iconic, burned-in familiarity as Star Wars.
    “I mean, what other movies have that kind of power? I mean, Star Wars is a movie like that?”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:37:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Raiders of the Lost Ark: 3 lines lineage ×1 unmapped ×1 contrast ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Raiders of the Lost Ark → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Bendis says his childhood pop culture was Lucas and Spielberg magic tricks, not Marvel.
    “At this stage that wasn't Marvel was Lucas and Spielberg.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:12:58 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.90 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: 2 lines lineage ×1 verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Jedi has the weakest finish of the three; the first ends on the trench run, the second on the Cloud City battle.
    “I still think it's the weakest finish of the three.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:20:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens: 2 lines lineage ×2

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. 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? · 0:24:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Lego Batman Movie: 2 lines industry ×2

  1. industry (industry): The Lego Batman Movie → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Lego's 1999 Star Wars deal was its first licensed theme and changed the company.
    “And then 99, they make the Star Wars deal and that kind of changes everything.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:56:17 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

2001: A Space Odyssey: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (post-Star Wars sci-fi resemblance): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The post-Star Wars studio sci-fi boom resembles 2001 more than Star Wars.
    “The post-Star Wars boom of sci-fi movies from the studios, bear more resemblance to this than to Star Wars.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:42:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

2010: The Year We Make Contact: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (slow sci-fi after Star Wars): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → 2010: The Year We Make Contact. Films like 2010, Close Encounters, The Black Hole and Star Trek TMP went back to slow, process-based hard sci-fi after Star Wars made space fast.
    “and that this wave of movies like 2010”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:51:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

A Clockwork Orange: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (casting world): A Clockwork Orange → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The British casting looks like Star Wars casting six years later.
    “this just feels like it lives in the same world of casting at Star Wars to me.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:33:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)

Alien: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Alien. In Star Wars' wake came Alien and Blade Runner rather than more 4-color space operas.
    “the Star Wars Halo effect are like alien.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:13:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Arthur C. Clarke: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (why the sequel got written): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Arthur C. Clarke. The speaker thinks the post-Star Wars sci-fi rush is what kickstarted Clarke finally writing the follow-up.
    “I mean, I'm realizing the other thing that probably kickstarted Arthur C. Clark finally writing the follow-up novel is the mad post-Star Wars sci-fi brush of like, oh, now Star Trek, the motion picture is getting made.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:22:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Avatar: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Avatar → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Avatar is an efficient workmanlike story, not one with fascinating margin detail like Star Wars.
    “And it is because it is not a movie like Star Wars where you're so fascinated by all these little things happening at the margins, right?”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:48:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Avatar: The Way of Water: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Avatar: The Way of Water → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. After the Fox acquisition it felt like Disney would alternate Star Wars and Avatar releases.
    “oh, they'll alternate every other year between a Star Wars movie and an Avatar movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:26:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Battlestar Galactica: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Battlestar Galactica. Star Wars' direct influence landed more on television, e.g. Battlestar Galactica.
    “And of course, on television, you had Battlestar Galactic.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:14:15 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Blade Runner: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Blade Runner. Blade Runner stars a Star Wars actor but is a weird sci-fi noir.
    “We got one of the stars of Star Wars, but it's doing a weird sci-fi noir.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:13:35 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Bryce Dallas Howard: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Bryce Dallas Howard → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Victoria finally getting to boss Riley around reads as Emperor Palpatine.
    “she's like emperor palpatining him.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 1:34:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Chris Pratt: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Chris Pratt → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Quill is the best Han Solo since Han Solo, because he is a likeable rogue inside an ensemble rather than its leader.
    “This is sort of the best anyone has done Han Solo since Han Solo.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:22:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Dave Toschi: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (namesake): Dave Toschi → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Star Wars has a Tosche station, named after Dave Toschi.
    “It does. named after Dave Kosk.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:39:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

David Prowse: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (shared actor): David Prowse → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Prowse, the bodyguard in this film, played Darth Vader.
    “He played Darth Vader.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:32:00 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)

Disney slate (D23): 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Disney slate (D23) → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Disney has consolidated all its IP and has Disney Plus as its distribution plan, confirming the predicted monopoly.
    “they have consolidated all of the IPas together. They have their distribution plan ready in Disney Plus”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:07:08 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

Eraserhead: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Eraserhead → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Star Wars was only number nine in the box-office game for the Eraserhead release period.
    “Not Star Wars, which is number 9 at the box.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:46:00 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (pop-culture integration): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The Star Wars theme and the I Dream of Jeannie song are woven into the film though they do not belong to it.
    “literally the I dream of Jeannie song and the Star Wars theme appear in the movie, and those songs don't belong to the movie, and yet they do at the same time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:53:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Flash Gordon: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Flash Gordon. Flash Gordon and The Last Starfighter are a grounded-in-reality category of post-Star Wars space movies.
    “Flash Gordon, I want to put as this category of things like Last Starfighter, like the Masters.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:13:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

George Lucas: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): George Lucas → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Lucas's Star Wars deal (giving up salary for merch and control) enabled the Raiders deal of owning the negative.
    “he gives up his salary and his points as a director on Star Wars to retain the control and the merch.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:01:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

James Bond films (the franchise): 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → James Bond films (the franchise). Star Wars pushed Bond into outer space.
    “James Bond went to went to the moon because of Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:55:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Jeff Goldblum: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (side-character problem): Jeff Goldblum → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. A host compares the sideline commentator role to Han Solo, who needs to stay off the main plot to earn his payoff.
    “He needs to be the Han Solo yet.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:13:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Masters of the Universe: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (origin): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Masters of the Universe. He-Man (and the 80s toy boom) was a response to every company having passed on Star Wars merchandising.
    “so much of He-Man and the 80s for toys is a response to every major company passing on Star Wars that Star Wars is the whiff that no one can live down.”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 0:23:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Mego: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Mego → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Mego made the Planet of the Apes, Marvel and DC toys, gave heroes vehicles, passed on Star Wars and went under.
    “They passed on Star Wars because they thought it wasn't worth it and they went under”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:41:34 · Griffin or David (0.35 sure it was them)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (character-type): Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The British naval officers in Pirates are stuffy prigs, likened to Star Wars imperials.
    “They're Star Wars imperial.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 0:18:21 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Saturday Night Fever: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Saturday Night Fever → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Star Wars and this film arrive in 1977 and each creates a piece of pop culture.
    “We have Star Wars and Saturday Night Fever, which for different reasons, kind of create at least a piece of pop culture.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:07:34 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)

Seven Samurai: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Seven Samurai. Mallory notes Lucas drew on Joseph Campbell, Seven Samurai, and Hidden Fortress, and the cycle of influence is now returning in Mulan.
    “Obviously, Joseph Campbell, as mentioned a moment ago. 7 Samurai, Hidden Fortress.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:46:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.85 sure it was them)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Star Trek the Motion Picture happened because Star Wars scooped the studio.
    “Like Star Wars scooped our ass.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:12:22 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Star Wars sequels have never been nominated for Best Picture.
    “The Star Wars sequel's never gotten nominated for best picture.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:38:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (practical effects): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Miniatures in Star Wars and 2001 look better than computer spaceships in Avengers.
    “I think that the spaceship in the beginning of Star Wars and in Space Odyssey looks better now than the spaceship at the beginning of like Avengers.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:22:10 · Danny Kelly (0.40 sure it was them)

The Frisco Kid: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): The Frisco Kid → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Bendis's view of Harrison Ford was shaped by Frisco Kid, where Han Solo escorts a rabbi, shown in Jewish Cleveland.
    “Han Solo is taking a rabbi across the, across the, uh, thing”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:09:42 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.80 sure it was them)

The Hidden Fortress: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → The Hidden Fortress. Mallory lists Hidden Fortress among Lucas's influences.
    “7 Samurai, Hidden Fortress.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:46:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.85 sure it was them)

The Nightmare Before Christmas: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Nightmare Before Christmas → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The film's background characters beat everything since Star Wars for feeling like a real ecosystem.
    “I think since Star Wars, no better background characters.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 1:01:07 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (scoring analogy): Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Adding Badalamenti cues to the Return's silences is compared to adding John Williams to a quiet-space-battle Star Wars.
    “It would be like if they made Star Wars movies without John Williams music all of a sudden and it was just sort of like quiet space battles.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) with Connor Ratliff · 2:20:40 · Connor Ratliff (0.70 sure it was them)

Xavier Samuel: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Xavier Samuel → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Riley, Victoria's new vampire apprentice, is her Darth Maul.
    “That's like her, the Darth Maul to her.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 0:39:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (3)

  1. contrast (contrast): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Raiders of the Lost Ark. Star Wars merch got canonical names for every background character; Indiana Jones toys never do.
    “None of these characters are ever named.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:47:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Dune → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Dune is counterintuitive science fiction while Star Wars is fantasy.
    “It's all this sort of counterintuitive science fiction stuff, which is why Dune is science fiction.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:57:44 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Avatar → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Avatar is an efficient workmanlike story, not one with fascinating margin detail like Star Wars.
    “And it is because it is not a movie like Star Wars where you're so fascinated by all these little things happening at the margins, right?”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:48:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (6)

  1. craft (craft): Dune → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Lynch's Dune looks as good as the original Star Wars films from a design standpoint.
    “I think this film looks as good as any of the original Star Wars films.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:40:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Dune → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The sandworm-riding finale fails as an effects climax where Star Wars' Death Star trench run succeeds.
    “Like, you know how Star Wars ends with the Death Star trench run?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:41:20 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Dune → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Star Wars reuses sets cleverly while Dune builds a custom set for almost every scene.
    “You think about, like, Star Wars from 1977 and part of the great, like, filmmaking magic of that movie is how strategic they are in reusing certain elements.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:42:47 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  4. craft (practical effects): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Miniatures in Star Wars and 2001 look better than computer spaceships in Avengers.
    “I think that the spaceship in the beginning of Star Wars and in Space Odyssey looks better now than the spaceship at the beginning of like Avengers.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:22:10 · Danny Kelly (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. craft (craft): The Nightmare Before Christmas → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The film's background characters beat everything since Star Wars for feeling like a real ecosystem.
    “I think since Star Wars, no better background characters.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 1:01:07 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. craft (craft): Guardians of the Galaxy → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The prison-break action sequence has clear rules like the Death Star trench-run style 'we got to get through there' setups.
    “It's like Death Starship where it's just like, we got to get through there.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:37:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (17)

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → James Bond films (the franchise). Star Wars pushed Bond into outer space.
    “James Bond went to went to the moon because of Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:55:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): George Lucas → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Lucas's Star Wars deal (giving up salary for merch and control) enabled the Raiders deal of owning the negative.
    “he gives up his salary and his points as a director on Star Wars to retain the control and the merch.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:01:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Star Trek the Motion Picture happened because Star Wars scooped the studio.
    “Like Star Wars scooped our ass.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:12:22 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Alien. In Star Wars' wake came Alien and Blade Runner rather than more 4-color space operas.
    “the Star Wars Halo effect are like alien.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:13:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Blade Runner. Blade Runner stars a Star Wars actor but is a weird sci-fi noir.
    “We got one of the stars of Star Wars, but it's doing a weird sci-fi noir.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:13:35 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Flash Gordon. Flash Gordon and The Last Starfighter are a grounded-in-reality category of post-Star Wars space movies.
    “Flash Gordon, I want to put as this category of things like Last Starfighter, like the Masters.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:13:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Battlestar Galactica. Star Wars' direct influence landed more on television, e.g. Battlestar Galactica.
    “And of course, on television, you had Battlestar Galactic.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:14:15 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  8. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Jaws. Star Wars and Jaws legitimized the B movie as high-quality filmmaking.
    “Star Wars and Jaws in 75 and 77.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:15:05 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  9. industry (industry): Saturday Night Fever → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Star Wars and this film arrive in 1977 and each creates a piece of pop culture.
    “We have Star Wars and Saturday Night Fever, which for different reasons, kind of create at least a piece of pop culture.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:07:34 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
  10. industry (industry): Disney slate (D23) → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Disney has consolidated all its IP and has Disney Plus as its distribution plan, confirming the predicted monopoly.
    “they have consolidated all of the IPas together. They have their distribution plan ready in Disney Plus”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:07:08 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  11. industry (industry): Close Encounters of the Third Kind → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Close Encounters was overshadowed by Star Wars, released four months earlier.
    “But I feel like close encounters sort of got overshadowed by Star Wars a little bit.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:20:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  12. industry (industry): Close Encounters of the Third Kind → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Lucas and Spielberg bet back-end points on each other's film, so each owns a piece of the other.
    “And so they both bet back end points on whoever was more successful.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:23:16 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)
  13. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Star Wars (June 77) and Close Encounters (November 77) are both movies that will live for 100 years.
    “Those are movies that are probably going to live for 100 years.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 1:01:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  14. industry (industry): Eraserhead → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Star Wars was only number nine in the box-office game for the Eraserhead release period.
    “Not Star Wars, which is number 9 at the box.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:46:00 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)
  15. industry (industry): The Lego Batman Movie → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The first Lego movie got Star Wars in because that deal closed just before the Disney purchase.
    “they fucking got Star Wars in there because it was like the last deal closed before the Disney Star Wars deal closed.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:26:23 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  16. industry (industry): The Lego Batman Movie → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Lego's 1999 Star Wars deal was its first licensed theme and changed the company.
    “And then 99, they make the Star Wars deal and that kind of changes everything.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:56:17 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)
  17. industry (industry): Mego → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Mego made the Planet of the Apes, Marvel and DC toys, gave heroes vehicles, passed on Star Wars and went under.
    “They passed on Star Wars because they thought it wasn't worth it and they went under”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:41:34 · Griffin or David (0.35 sure it was them)

lineage (14)

  1. lineage (lineage): Raiders of the Lost Ark → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Bendis says his childhood pop culture was Lucas and Spielberg magic tricks, not Marvel.
    “At this stage that wasn't Marvel was Lucas and Spielberg.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:12:58 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Dune → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The Dune book's messaging is credited as one of the things that inspired Star Wars.
    “And not only that, the messaging of this is one of the things that inspired Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:22 · John Hodgman (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (origin): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Masters of the Universe. He-Man (and the 80s toy boom) was a response to every company having passed on Star Wars merchandising.
    “so much of He-Man and the 80s for toys is a response to every major company passing on Star Wars that Star Wars is the whiff that no one can live down.”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 0:23:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. 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? · 0:24:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. 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.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:24:09 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Seven Samurai. Mallory notes Lucas drew on Joseph Campbell, Seven Samurai, and Hidden Fortress, and the cycle of influence is now returning in Mulan.
    “Obviously, Joseph Campbell, as mentioned a moment ago. 7 Samurai, Hidden Fortress.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:46:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.85 sure it was them)
  7. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → The Hidden Fortress. Mallory lists Hidden Fortress among Lucas's influences.
    “7 Samurai, Hidden Fortress.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:46:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.85 sure it was them)
  8. lineage (why the sequel got written): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Arthur C. Clarke. The speaker thinks the post-Star Wars sci-fi rush is what kickstarted Clarke finally writing the follow-up.
    “I mean, I'm realizing the other thing that probably kickstarted Arthur C. Clark finally writing the follow-up novel is the mad post-Star Wars sci-fi brush of like, oh, now Star Trek, the motion picture is getting made.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:22:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. lineage (lineage): Xavier Samuel → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Riley, Victoria's new vampire apprentice, is her Darth Maul.
    “That's like her, the Darth Maul to her.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 0:39:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  10. lineage (lineage): Bryce Dallas Howard → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Victoria finally getting to boss Riley around reads as Emperor Palpatine.
    “she's like emperor palpatining him.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 1:34:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  11. lineage (lineage): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. 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 · 0:04:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  12. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. A scummy alien bar full of background characters is like the Star Wars cantina.
    “It's like a cantina from Star Wars.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:38:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  13. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Rocket is a Han Solo and Chewbacca pairing: Groot is the one only Rocket understands, and Rocket pretends he doesn't care about the group.
    “Oh, the way I'm also thinking now, like, how rocket is kind of like Han Solo?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:16:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  14. lineage (lineage): Chris Pratt → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Quill is the best Han Solo since Han Solo, because he is a likeable rogue inside an ensemble rather than its leader.
    “This is sort of the best anyone has done Han Solo since Han Solo.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:22:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (people): The Frisco Kid → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Bendis's view of Harrison Ford was shaped by Frisco Kid, where Han Solo escorts a rabbi, shown in Jewish Cleveland.
    “Han Solo is taking a rabbi across the, across the, uh, thing”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:09:42 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. people (shared actor): David Prowse → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Prowse, the bodyguard in this film, played Darth Vader.
    “He played Darth Vader.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:32:00 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. people (casting world): A Clockwork Orange → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The British casting looks like Star Wars casting six years later.
    “this just feels like it lives in the same world of casting at Star Wars to me.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:33:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)

programming (2)

  1. programming (programming): Dune → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Dune was positioned and released as the studio's answer to Star Wars, the next big space epic.
    “Uh, this movie is released with the energy of, here you go, here's the new Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:17 · John Hodgman (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Avatar: The Way of Water → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. After the Fox acquisition it felt like Disney would alternate Star Wars and Avatar releases.
    “oh, they'll alternate every other year between a Star Wars movie and an Avatar movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:26:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (4)

  1. theme (character-type): Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The British naval officers in Pirates are stuffy prigs, likened to Star Wars imperials.
    “They're Star Wars imperial.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 0:18:21 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (scoring analogy): Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Adding Badalamenti cues to the Return's silences is compared to adding John Williams to a quiet-space-battle Star Wars.
    “It would be like if they made Star Wars movies without John Williams music all of a sudden and it was just sort of like quiet space battles.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) with Connor Ratliff · 2:20:40 · Connor Ratliff (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): Dune → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Dune's Fremen/revolution material is the denser source that Star Wars abstracts; the Force is Dune without the drugs.
    “the Force in Star Wars is like doom without the drugs.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:17:01 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. theme (side-character problem): Jeff Goldblum → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. A host compares the sideline commentator role to Han Solo, who needs to stay off the main plot to earn his payoff.
    “He needs to be the Han Solo yet.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:13:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (7)

  1. unmapped (experience): Raiders of the Lost Ark → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Star Wars and Raiders as film-and-merch: the movie stays alive through soundtracks, cards and comics.
    “in lieu of DVD and VHS, we have a soundtrack to just sit in our room, stare at the ceiling, and relive the movie in our mind's eye”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:24:26 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (tentpole hope): Dune → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Dune was meant to be the new Star Wars franchise, Lynch writing the sequel, coloring books on shelves.
    “I thought it was going to be the Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:18:09 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (pop-culture integration): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The Star Wars theme and the I Dream of Jeannie song are woven into the film though they do not belong to it.
    “literally the I dream of Jeannie song and the Star Wars theme appear in the movie, and those songs don't belong to the movie, and yet they do at the same time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:53:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (globalization start): Jaws → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Movie globalization began in the 1970s when Jaws went wide and Star Wars became a phenomenon.
    “which started in the 1970s when Jaws went wide and Star Wars became a phenomenon”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:38:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (namesake): Dave Toschi → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Star Wars has a Tosche station, named after Dave Toschi.
    “It does. named after Dave Kosk.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:39:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (slow sci-fi after Star Wars): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → 2010: The Year We Make Contact. Films like 2010, Close Encounters, The Black Hole and Star Trek TMP went back to slow, process-based hard sci-fi after Star Wars made space fast.
    “and that this wave of movies like 2010”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:51:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (post-Star Wars sci-fi resemblance): 2001: A Space Odyssey → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The post-Star Wars studio sci-fi boom resembles 2001 more than Star Wars.
    “The post-Star Wars boom of sci-fi movies from the studios, bear more resemblance to this than to Star Wars.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:42:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (3)

  1. verdict (verdict): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Star Wars sequels have never been nominated for Best Picture.
    “The Star Wars sequel's never gotten nominated for best picture.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:38:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Jaws → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Jaws has the same iconic, burned-in familiarity as Star Wars.
    “I mean, what other movies have that kind of power? I mean, Star Wars is a movie like that?”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:37:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Jedi has the weakest finish of the three; the first ends on the trench run, the second on the Cloud City battle.
    “I still think it's the weakest finish of the three.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:20:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope: Burned a fan de-specialized version of the originals onto a Blu-ray and shelved it, and hid VHS triple box behind Blu-rays on IKEA Billy shelves.
    “I burnt them onto a Blu-ray and put them on the shelf because I'm a fucking psychopath.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:36:14 · Tim Simons (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope: Sean casts Amanda as Rey of the podcast and himself as Kylo.
    “I will say I have often thought of you as the ray of this podcast in me as the Kylo.”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:32:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope: Lucas and Spielberg each thought the other's film would do better and bet back-end points; Spielberg owns a piece of Star Wars.
    “now he owns a small piece of the Lucas Empire because he won that wager.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:23:24 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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