- For the main feed episode about Star Wars, Episode VII: The Force Awakens, see The Podcast Awakens and The Podcast Reawakens.
The Force Awakens is episode 54 of the Blank Check: Special Features, and a commentary episode as part of the continuing coverage of the Star Wars Sequels. Posted March 21, 2020.
Summary[]
Now in the final stretch of our Star Wars commentary series, Griffin, David, Ben AND Ang together watched Episode VII - The Force Awakens. Enjoy and be safe Checkmates! [1]
Milestones and Ephemera[]
- Movie starts at 2:05.
- Ang, David, & Griff all saw this 4 times in theaters. Ben saw it once.
- The original Force Awakens ep before she interviewed with Ben.
- THIS MOVIE HONKS. At least the first 40 minutes, which is always JJ at his best.
- David: hard as a diamond for General Hugs.
- Ben is getting more and more into dry stuff.
- Everyone is hot in this movie! But there's also lots of "pasta dinner" talk which gets everyone cancelled.
- Proposed Rathtar fixes
- David: make them gelatinous cubes
- Ben: floating cones
- On Ben's bucket list: go to an actual shady bar in space.
- Box-Office Game: Weekend of December 18, 2015
