Episode 237
237: Force Denier/Caucus With the Dark Side
"Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith"
The Incomparable Mothership · The Incomparable
March 6, 20153h 5m
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Show Notes
War! Our final battle with the “Star Wars” prequels is our take on “Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.” After a long string of opening statements, we take on the crawl and the first few scenes of the film. Why does a droid wheeze? Why are villains introduced off screen? Why is Christopher Lee wasted? What’s the deal with all the elevators? Why is Darth Vader a chump? Why is there even more boring political science? What happened to Natalie Portman, and why is she wearing beaded bedclothes while standing on balconies? Then we take you all the way through the dissatisfying ending, and as a bonus, we try to rank the prequels and discover a surprising winner. [This episode was originally two episodes, 237 and 238. It’s been rejoined into a single, double-length episode.]