SWNN Live!: A Look Back on ‘The Force Awakens’
With Ahsoka now behind us, SWNN Live! will be taking a look at all of the Star Wars theatrical releases. This week, we’re kicking things off with 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Join us over the next few weeks as members of the Star Wars News Net team look back at all the Star Wars films and join the conversation when we discuss your favorite entries.
SWNN Live! is a live discussion podcast/video streamed every Thursday at 8 pm PST/11 pm EST (subject to change). You can catch the live stream on YouTube, Facebook, and X/Twitter. If you join us live, feel free to also leave us a question, comment, or chat with us. We’d be happy to answer your questions and bring your thoughts into the discussion!
Feel free to also check out our programming notes for the show. We start by discussing what it was like leading up to the movie, our experience when watching it, and then end with our overall impressions and thoughts looking back at the movie and its place in the Sequel Trilogy overall.
2:00 Favorite trailer moment
8:15 Memorable theater moment when watching the film
16:30 Standout performance from the entire cast
24:35 Comparisons to A New Hope
27:45 Han and Chewie’s Return
32:35 Poe Dameron forgotten about after The Force Awakens?
41:00 Han and Leia’s story in The Force Awakens
51:00 Favorite shot/scene
57:00 Overall impressions
Next week join us again as we move onto the highly-divisive The Last Jedi. We’ll have a wide range of views and opinions on that one, so do join us again next week on Thursday at 8 pm PST/11 pm EST. Make sure to follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and X/Twitter to keep up to date with all our posts and activities. And make sure to also keep it locked to Star Wars News Net for all the latest news, reviews, and important updates from the galaxy far, far away.
Born and raised in Hawaii, Jay Goodearl runs the YouTube Gaming channel “Good Games, Dude” His channel aims to open up video games to beginners and immediate players and help them understand what makes games the art form that it is.
