The year was 1999. It had been twenty-two years since George Lucas last directed a feature film. Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace was highly anticipated. But then why did the majority of audiences and critics hate it so much?
Queen-elect, high school dropout, hand maiden? This week Griffin and David look at Queen Amidala and the history of the royalty of Naboo. Why was actress Natalie Portman widely trashed for her performance in this movie?
This time out, Griffel and Simsbert discuss the Jedi Order. What are these mystical warriors all about? What is the Force? Why is Qui-Gon Jinn rigging chance cubes so that he can steal a child and casually take his blood?
Connor Ratliff joins Griffin and David, the actor who plays the host of UCB East's "George Lucas Talk Show," to discuss the director's commentary special feature included with the initial DVD release of the Phantom Menace.
Griffin and David this week tackle all the elements of the Boonta Eve Classic including who are these racers and their backstories, discuss Watto and the Hutts, as well as gambling for ownership of a boy.
It's week nine into the investigation and the mystery of this case still was not quite coming together. Sooo, Griffin and David decided to dig deep and explore the strange world of Phantom Menace fan fiction
The year was 2002. It had been 3 years since the Phantom Menace. George Lucas returned with his second Star Wars release: Episode II - Attack of the Clones.
This week Griffin and David look at the Obi-Wan Kenobi space noir story line, including, meeting 50's diner purveyor and forensics expert Dexter Jettster.
In this edition, your co-hosts Griffin and David metaphorically lock themselves in their bedrooms, blare their stereos and write bad poetry about how no one understands their pain.
Griffin and David, together with special guest Morgan Evans, pick up where they left off last episode and take you, the listener, off to the bug planet of Geonosis.
In the sixth installment of the only podcast that exclusively talks about Attack of the Clones, Griffin and David once again examine the film's entire cast and rate all the major player-actor by actor.
Joining Griffin and David this week is special guest J.D. Amato to discuss the behind-the-scenes making of this film, including, a featurette entitled: "Star Wars State Of The Art: The Pre-Visualization Of Episode II"
Once again, Griffin and David-in a very special bonus episode-sat down together in David's apartment and watched Attack of the Clones and recorded their commentary.
This week Griffin and David, whilst yelling into microphones, dive right into The River of Ham that is Anakin's origin story and the main crux of the Phantom Menace series: turning to the dark side and becoming Darth Vader.
In this edition, Griffin and David examine the Emperor's rise to power, including: the origins of Darth Sidious, the "ancient" Darth Plagueis myth and their possible connection to Anakin's birth, the death of Mace Windu, and space opera.
Joining Griffin and David on today's episode is special guest Mike Drucker. Together, they discuss the MANY missteps of the Jedi council throughout the Phantom Menace saga
Listen in as the hosts attempt to make sense of Jar Jar Binks, Jake Lloyd's performance, Coruscant the city planet, and more with the architect behind it all.
Griffin and David, joined once again by director George Lucas, present a special live bonus episode where they watched Revenge of the Sith and recorded their commentary.
At last, #TheTwoFriends have rediscovered the existence of the three Star Wars movies made in the late 70's and early 80's. Here, they discuss the first movie that George Lucas "test-screened" in 1977
One day after the release opening of Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Griffin and David discussed their impressions on the first installment of the newly revamped franchise.
Griffin and David, joined by Pilot Viruet discuss this truly insane piece of television history. Together, they examine a storyline involving Chewbacca and Han Solo trying to return to Kasyyyk to celebrate Life Day.
In 1992, the original Fantastic Four movie was produced by Constantin Films solely to retain the rights of the franchise. Shot in 22 days, the low budget film was never to be officially released.