DZ-66: The Mandalorian and The Rise of Skywalker - Audience Knowledge vs Character Motivation

Listen to understand how fan service weaponizes external knowledge against character logic.

By Order 66: Chas and Stu are joined by special guest - filmmaker Mel Killingsworth - to talk all things Star Wars. Well. Focusing on The Mandalorian and The Rise of Skywalker and wherever else our tangents take us.

Our primary lens is look at how both shows handle "fan service" — but really its about how you handle character motivations when your audience has more knowledge than your characters, especially knowledge from outside the show itself. To that end, we discuss the characters of Poe, Rey, Kylo, and Palpatine in depth. We also discuss the Watchmen TV Show, Mindhunter, Jojo Rabbit, Snowtown and Zodiac.

As always: SPOILERS ABOUND and all copyright material used under fair use for educational purposes.

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CHAPTERS

• 00:00:00 – Introduction
• 00:04:28 – Poe's Backstory
• 00:11:38 – The Mandalorian
• 00:23:00 – The Rise of Skywalker
• 00:24:15 – Rey Palpatine
• 00:38:15 – Palpatine's Plan
• 00:46:22 – Rey Skywalker
• 00:52:12 – Ben Solo - Depressive Demon Nightmare Boy
• 01:07:09 – Palpatine's Return & Watchmen
• 01:15:44 – Rose Tico
• 01:19:11 – Fake-Out Deaths
• 01:25:47 – The Mandalorian (Revisted)
• 01:30:32 – Wrap Up & Key Learnings

FILMS

• THE MANDALORIAN (2019) — (w) Jon Favreau
• STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019) — (w) Jj Abrams, Chris Terrio, Jj Abrams, Chris Terrio, Derek Connolly, Colin Trevorrow (d) Jj Abrams

LINKS

• Read: Wikipedia - Fan Service
• Read: Jeanette Ng - The Rise of Skywalker: Memorabilia without Memory, a Misunderstanding of Hope
• Read: Film Crit Hulk - The Force Belongs To Us: THE LAST JEDI's Beautiful Refocusing of Star Wars

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