Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week joined by special guest Andy Melhuish, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.
This time, a special New Year’s Treat. A discussion of the Star Wars television shows: The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Andor.
Notes:
- Recorded 4th January 2023.
- Note: James Mangold was actually briefly attached to the aborted Boba Fett movie, not the aborted Obi-Wan Kenobi movie. We apologise for the error.
- Note: Stephen Schiff worked on The Americans, not Mad Men. We apologise for the error.
- The Mandalorian at The Internet Movie Database.
- The Book of Boba Fett at The Internet Movie Database.
- Obi-Wan Kenobi at The Internet Movie Database.
- Andor at The Internet Movie Database.
- Read Andy’s writing at Eloquent Bear.
- Patty Jenkins announces that she will be directing Rogue Squadron, December 2019.
- Rebecca Rubin at Variety reports on the cancellation of the planned Rogue Squadron movie, September 2022.
- Christopher McPherson at Collider reports that Rogue Squadron is still in development, December 2022.
- Rian Johnson talks to Den of Geek about the delays to his long-announced Star Wars trilogy, October 2022.
- Owen Williams at Empire reports on Damon Lindelof’s recently-announced Star Wars movie, October 2022.
- Geoff Boucher at Deadline reports on the departure of Benioff and Weiss from their Star Wars project, October 2019.
- Darren Mooney reviews Visions at The Escapist, September 2021.
- A montage of Hamilton performed at the Public Theatre, February 2015.
- Dom Nero at Esquire reports on the arrival of Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars animated series on Disney+, April 2021.
- Kara Hedash at ScreenRant reports on the death of Chewbacca in the expanded Star Wars universe, December 2020.
- StarWars.com reports on the consigning of the expanded Star Wars universe to “legends” status, April 2014.
- Brian Lowry at CNN reports on The Mandalorian as the show launching Disney+, November 2019.
- Emily St. James at Vox considers how Game of Thrones changed the stakes of television, June 2016.
- Charles Bramesco at The Guardian argues against thinking of television seasons as extended movies, August 2022.
- Rick Porter at The Hollywood Reporter reports on The Mandalorian becoming the first non-Netflix show to top the streaming charts, January 2021.
- Rick Porter at The Hollywood Reporter reports on Nielsen’s efforts to expand its measurement of streaming viewership, April 2021.
- Lillian Rizzo at CNBC reports that Netflix will be officially submitting its viewership as it moves to ad-supported tiers, October 2022.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist considers how the second season of The Mandalorian is just pandering fan service, December 2020.
- Rosario Dawson talks to Vanity Fair about playing Ahsoka Tano in the second season of The Mandalorian, November 2021.
- Jared Moore at IGN reports on the suspension of production on Rangers of the New Republic, November 2021.
- Bill Chappell at NPR reports on Disney’s decision to part ways with Mandalorian co-star Gina Carano, February 2021.
- Mike Redmond at Uproxx reports on Pedro Pascal’s support of his sister Lux as she came out as transgender, February 2021.
- Josh Trank talks to Polygon about his aborted Boba Fett movie, May 2020.
- Liz Shannon Miller at Vulture reports on how much of The Mandalorian was shot using stunt and body doubles, December 2019.
- Jonathan Fuge at MovieWeb reports on rumours that Pedro Pascal quit The Mandalorian during the second season, September 2020.
- Sabina Graves at Gizmodo reports that Pedro Pascal will show his face more frequently on the third season of The Mandalorian, January 2023.
- Paul Tassi at Forbes reports on production delays to the third season of The Mandalorian, December 2020.
- Adrienne Tyler at ScreenRant reports on the various reasons that the third season of The Mandalorian has been delayed, January 2022.
- Devin Coldewey at TechCrunch reports on the use of “the Volume” in making The Mandalorian, February 2020.
- Tim Bissell at Premiere explores the strange, strange cult of Boba Fett, December 2007.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist on the difference in how fans think about Boba Fett and how the franchise portrays Boba Fett, December 2020.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist considers The Book of Boba Fett as an example of “content soup”, February 2022.
- Zack Sharf at IndieWire reports on the addition of Benny Sadfie to the cast of Obi-Wan Kenobi, March 2021.
- Ewan McGregor talks to GQ Magazine about reprising the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi, July 2022.
- Sarah Whitten reports at CNBC on the triumphant Disney Investor Day announcements, December 2020.
- Hossein Amini talks to Empire about his work on the aborted Obi-Wan Kenobi movie, November 2019.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist conisders reports that Disney wanted Obi-Wan Kenobi to be “a hopeful, uplifting story”, March 2022.
- Anthony Breznican at Vanity Fair reports on the halting of production on the Obi-Wan Kenobi series for extensive rewrites, January 2020.
- Kat Bailey at IGN reports that Obi-Wan Kenobi is likely to drop on 4th May, February 2022.
- Jennifer Maas at Variety reports on the planned launch of Obi-Wan Kenobi on 25th May, February 2022.
- James White at Empire reports on the push back of Obi-Wan Kenobi from 25th May to 27th May, March 2022.
- Jamie Parker at CBR reports on the scheduling conflict between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ms. Marvel, June 2022.
- Kathleen Kennedy talks to Entertainment Weekly about the production and development of Obi-Wan Kenobi, March 2022.
- Deborah Chow talks to Entertainment Weekly about the decision to bring back Darth Vader in Obi-Wan Kenobi, March 2022.
- Jared Stewart at GameRant considers the narrative overlap between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars: Fallen Order, June 2022.
- Hayden Christensen talks to The Toronto Star about his pursuit of farming after his acting career, February 2008.
- Hayden Christensen talks to The Hollywood Reporter about reprising the role of Darth Vader for Obi-Wan Kenobi, June 2022.
- Darren Mooney at The Irish Independent considers the rehabilitation of the Star Wars prequels, May 2022.
- Jimmy Smits talks to Fatherly about reprising the role of Bail Organa, June 2021.
- Genevieve O’Reilly talks to The Irish Times about reprising her role as Mon Mothma from a deleted scene in Revenge of the Sith, September 2022.
- Matt Miller at Esquire reports on the heavy reshoots to Rogue One, January 2017.
- Tony Gilroy talks to The Hollywood Reporter about the reshoots on Rogue One, April 2018.
- Ben Mendelsohn talks to The Hollywood Reporter about the differences between the various versions of Rogue One, December 2016.
- Tony Gilroy talks to The New York Times about his original pitch for Andor, September 2022.
- Aaron Couch at The Hollywood Reporter announces that Stephen Schiff is the showrunner of Andor, November 2018.
- Tony Gilroy talks to The Wrap about the lack of “adult supervision” on making Andor, September 2022.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist argues that Andor is Star Wars as only Tony Gilroy could have made it, September 2022.
- Tony Gilroy talks to The Hollywood Reporter about Andor as a story about “accelerationism”, November 2022.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist argues that Andor is a show about loving Star Wars, September 2022.
- Toby Haynes talks to IndieWire about directing Andor, November 2022.
- Max Harrison at Collider reports on the use of real filming locations on Andor, October 2022.
- Wired looks at the cult that has developed around Leia’s chainmail bikini in Return of the Jedi, July 2006.
- Emmet Asher-Perrin at Tor.com looks at Carrie Fisher’s response to the legacy of the chainmail bikini, October 2013.
- Laura Bradley at Slate reports on rumours that Disney will be retiring Princess Leia’s slave bikini from marketting and merchandising, November 2015.
- Carrie Fisher talks to The Wall Street Journal about her own feelings on the possibility of retiring the chainmail bikini, December 2015.
- Carrie Fisher offers advice to Daisy Ridley via Entertainment Weekly not to “be a slave” like Leia was, October 2015.
- Noah Berlatsky at The Guardian argues in defense of the chainmail bikini from Return of the Jedi, November 2015.
- Kelly Faircloth at Jezebel reports on the auctioning of Leia’s original chainmail bikini, October 2015.
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