About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' for the future of 'Star Wars' and recaps the Cannes Film Festival.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away … we used to have good ‘Star Wars’ movies. Before diving into ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’, Sean and Amanda give a final recap of their trip to the Cannes Film Festival, and cover a handful of movie news headlines they missed while they were overseas (2:28). Then, they are joined by ‘Star Wars’ superfan Van Lathan to discuss who the movie was actually made for, why it doesn’t feel special for one of cinema’s biggest movie franchises, and how this film marks an end of an era for ‘Star Wars’ at large (32:02). Finally, Sean is joined by Daniel Roher to discuss why he felt his new film ‘Tuner’ was an exercise to prove to himself that he could broaden his horizons outside of the documentary genre (1:28:33). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guests: Daniel Roher and Van Lathan Producer: Jack Sanders Production Support: Lucas Cavanagh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins

Guests: Van Lathan, Daniel Roher

Topics covered

• Star Wars
• The Mandalorian
• Cannes Film Festival
• film analysis
• movie news
• interviews

Keywords

• Star Wars
• The Mandalorian
• Cannes
• film analysis
• Van Lathan
• Daniel Roher
• Tuner
• movie news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Ringer

Books & works: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Tuner, Star Wars

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