This week, the hosts a survey the media inspired by the bombshell that was Star Wars after it dropped into the creative sphere in 1977 and trace the impact of Star Wars through to the present day. From the immediate expansion of science fiction blockbuster releases in the 70s and 80s (Alien, Moonraker, Blade Runner) to the used-future aesthetic that Star Wars popularized in later series such as The Matrix, Firefly, and Cowboy Bebop, this episode explores both the storytelling methods that Star Wars helped popularize or re-popularize and the visual and musical themes that other works copied or used as inspiration. The hosts also delve into Star Wars as a multimedia franchise with a unified continuity and canon spanning films, television shows, books, comics, short stories, video games, and more, and compare to other franchises that have attempted the same breadth of storytelling in various mediums.
This episode contains references to the following external works: Alien, Moonraker, Blade Runner, Firefly, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Cowboy Bebop, The Matrix, The Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Mass Effect, and The Expanse.
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