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Show Notes:
- Ben and Josh talk about Star Wars, Christmas shopping, and the Italian job
- Disney and Star Wars–too much too fast? (0:00-53:26)
- Disney+ ‘s killer app: The Mandalorian
- Nintendo Launch Titles
- Disney’s Star Wars cinema sins (Josh’s review):
- Force Awakens – 2015 – Great – 8/10 (-2 for unnecessary fan service, looking at you random han solo monster scene)
- Rogue One – 2016 – 3/10 (storytelling at its worst, +3 for visuals and making storm troopers feel menacing)
- Last Jedi – 2017 – Ugh – 1/10 (ruined the rest of the franchise for me, missed opportunity with a Kylo and Rey swap)
- Solo – 2018 – 7/10 as a random sci-fi heist movie, 1/10 as star wars canon, utterly forgettable
- Turned a beloved franchise into a soulless cash-grab
- The Rise of Skywalker – 2019
- The Mandalorian – turning things around?
- Baby Yoda Memes!
- Bad at English (53:26-58:43)
- pitch up—phrasal verb
to arrive in a place: I was late getting home from work and needed to get my son to dance practice, but didn’t want to pitch up in uniform so I went inside to change. - Christmas Shopping (58:43-1:21:35)
- The cutting board Josh made for Ben
- Alicia’s piecework nativity
- The 5 Love Languages — what’s yours??
- receiving gifts,
- quality time,
- words of affirmation,
- acts of service,
- and physical touch
- The Christmas gift giving rule of 4 story
- Something you want,
- Something you need,
- Something to wear, and
- Something to read.
- Ben tells the story of the Italian Job (1:21:35-2:28:35)
- Ben’s Unit in Italy
- Air Force Instruction 34-511 – Disposition of Personal Property and Effects
- Bo’s home movies
- Thanks to our listeners! (2:28:35-Fin)