Welcome to the debut episode of Face For Radio, Echoplex Media's brand new pop culture podcast! True to form for the show's participants, we're starting this one off right with the nerdiest of nerdy topics: STAR WARS! *insert Imperial March here*
PANEL:
Randle (@randle_aubrey)
Harrison (@effin_harrison)
Sarah Monster
SHOW NOTES:
- ‘The Force Awakens’ Is The Least Interesting Star Wars Yet - Motherboard
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shows The Joys — And Limits — Of Fulfilled Nostalgia - The Verge
- 'The Force Awakens' Makes Star Wars Mystical Again - Motherboard
- Star Wars: The Feminism Awakens - The Atlantic
- How Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Kylo Ren Is a Gatekeeper - The Mary Sue
- Resistance, Caring, & “Mask”ulinity: The Feminist Message of the Dudes in The Force Awakens - The Mary Sue
- The Force Awakens Has Changed Star Wars Forever - Wired
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Is A Prime Example Of Hollywood’s Nostalgia Problem - Vox
- The George Awakens - The New Yorker
- Star Wars Ring Theory
- These 5 Upcoming Star Wars Movies Make A Galaxy Far, Far Away Seem Pretty Damn Close - MoviePilot
- ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ Releases First Photo; Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk Join Cast - Variety
- Star Wars: Rogue One: Everything About The Spinoff - Cinema Blend
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