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SYLVIA DOUGLAS (LADY GEEKS UNITE), S.G. WONG (DIE ON YOUR FEET: A LOLA STARKE NOVEL), AND LISA YASZEK (SISTERS OF TOMORROW) DISCUSS HOW THE LAST JEDI ANSWERS THE QUESTION, "WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MEN DON'T LISTEN TO WOMEN?" Listen/download   Star Wars, The Last Jedi has got people talking about its exciting characters and battles and how iconic characters achieve their glory or meet their end. And for the first time there are plenty of female speaking roles in a Star Wars film: Rey, Rose and Paige Tico, Vice Admiral Holdo, Maz Kanata, Captain Phasma, and of course Princess Leia. Some people claim, though, that reactions to the film are split along gender lines—that men hate it and women love it, because it’s the first Star Wars film to ask and answer the question, “What happens when men don’t listen to women?” Well, obviously there are women who hate the film and men who love it (me included), but rather than argue about love-hate gender percentages th...

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD I don’t need much of an intro to today’s topic. We’re talking Star Wars: Episode Eight – The Last Jedi . JJ Abrams and his writer-flunkies are out for this one, but they’ll be back for number nine. This time the writer-director is Rian Johnson. Or is it Reean? Or Ree-Anne? Who knows. He’s done acclaimed work including Brick, The Brothers Bloom, Looper, and three episodes of Breaking Bad including its third last episode “Ozymandias.” In other words, buddy knows a thing or two about storytelling. But how well can he do Star Wars? To help answer that question I’m joined today by two old friends: Stephen Notley, video game designer and the creator of Bob the Angry Flower , and Fish Griwkowsky, arts journalist and filmmaker. We’re all lifelong fans of Star Wars and we met three days after the opening of the film, December 17, 2017 at Edmonton’s Route 99 Diner to hash out The Last Jedi. And yes, today’s discussion is 100% SPOILERS. Listen at your own risk. I...