Episode 33: Star Wars (1977)

Episode 33

23rd August 2018

Star Wars: Can one film both radicalize a hero and support a royal bloodline government? On today’s episode Adam, Ben, and John turn off their targeting computers while analyzing this 1977/1997 adventure! Star Wars is available on Amazon, YouTube, Google Play, Vudu, and iTunes The next film, Aliens (1986), is available on Amazon, HBO, YouTube, […]

Episode notes

Star Wars: Can one film both radicalize a hero and support a royal bloodline government? On today’s episode Adam, Ben, and John turn off their targeting computers while analyzing this 1977/1997 adventure!

Star Wars is available on

Amazon, YouTube, Google Play, Vudu, and iTunes

The next film, Aliens (1986), is available on

Amazon, HBO, YouTube, Google Play, Vudu, iTunes, and your local library

Friendly Fire is a Maximum Fun podcast hosted by Adam Pranica, Benjamin Harrison, and John Roderick.
Produced by Rob Schulte.
Theme music, “WAR” by Edwin Starr, courtesy of Stone Agate Music.
Art by Nick Ditmore.
Twitters: @BenjaminAHR, @Cutfortime, @JohnRoderick, and @RobKSchulte

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John Roderick, Adam Pranica, and Benjamin Ahr Harrison are exploring titles from the entire history of cinema about every war, big and bigger. They discuss filmmaking, geopolitical history, nerd out about uniforms and equipment, and crack wise the entire time. To the victor go the spoiler alerts!

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