Episode 044 - Genre Intersection: War (Guerilla Tactics & Fighting Fascists)

Talking Star Wars

Alex and Connor continue their series of Genre Intersection episodes and explore the movies, episodes, scenes, characters, themes, and tropes that Star Wars had in common with the War genre; a specific type of media largely popularized in its current form after World War II and iterated on since then. The first Star Wars movie was released in the wake of the Vietnam War and all the propaganda, public backlash, and televised media coverage that conflict engendered, and the concept of War is right there in the name of Star Wars. The hosts explore both the war stories that inspired Star Wars and the ways Star Wars uses those same genre conventions for its own ends - The Squad, The Mission, and the way the story is used to contextualize a small piece of larger conflict. From the forest commando mission in Return of the Jedi, to the guerilla ambushes of Rogue One, to the brotherly camaraderie and continual loss experienced by clone troopers in The Clone Wars, listen today for a deep dive into where Star Wars and the war story genre intersect.

This episode contains spoilers from: Episodes I - IX, Rogue One, Rebels, Andor, Star Wars Battlefront II (2017), Solo: A Star Wars Story, Resistance, Poe Dameron: Free Fall, The Clone Wars, Dark Disciple, Kenobi, Battlefront: Twilight Company, the Aftermath Trilogy, the Alphabet Squadron trilogy, and Lost Stars.

This episode also contains references to the following non-Star-Wars media: Casablanca, Dunkirk, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, The Guns of Navarone, 1917, Full Metal Jacket, M*A*S*H, Master and Commander, U-571, and The Black Company.

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