15: The Fandom Menace (with Jared Yates Sexton) (Patreon)

Author and political commentator Jared Yates Sexton joins the pod to discuss the Disney Star Wars movies in great detail. Jared and I are both lapsed Star Wars fans and in this episode we talk about a bunch of things: our deteriorating relationship with these films and how the new Star Wars trilogy unintentionally encapsulates our political and cultural moment with their pandering fan service, nonsensical story structure, and corporations pretending to be artists. And we discuss The Rise of Skywalker's ill-advised return of the Emperor, and the shabby treatment of Carrie Fisher... 

Plus an extra discussion of toxic fandom as it pertains to Star Wars and Jesse's Twitter battle with Justice League fans. 

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