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b'We really are spoiling you with our pod-guests these days. Hot-on-the-heels of Ex Machina\\u2019s\\xa0Alex Garland\\xa0and Evolve\\u2019s Phil Robb, we\\u2019ve now got games journalist-turned-screenwriter\\xa0Gary Whitta\\xa0joining Chris and Gav for an epic cast.\\n\\nWhitta started out in the games industry in the late 1980s before making the transition to film via\\xa0The Book of Eli\\xa0and Another Earth. For the last year he\\u2019s been busy working in a galaxy far, far away, writing the first standalone movie in the new Star Wars cycle, which will be directed by Gareth \\u2018Godzilla\\u2019 Edwards and hitting screens December 2016.\\n\\nGary doesn\\u2019t reveal much about the movie \\u2013 bound as he is by the mother of all non-disclosure agreements \\u2013 but he does talk about his love of The Empire Strikes Back, how the original trilogy inspired his generation of writers and filmmakers, and what working on this new movie has been like as a creative experience. \\xa0Oh, and his failure in a Star Wars quiz many moons ago also gets a (somewhat unfair) mention.\\n\\nIf that weren\\u2019t enough, Gary offers his advice to aspiring screenwriters, talks about games as an art-form in the 21st Century, explains where\\u2019s he\\u2019s at with his adaptation of Mark Millar comic Starlight, tells an AMAZING story aboutFrank Darabont, and gives us the skinny on his forthcoming novel Abomination, which is available via pre-sale this Monday, February 9.\\n\\nBraking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul hits Netflix this week so the boys discuss their hopes and fears for the show, while the conversation about potential TV reboots rumbles on, with Star Trek, The Crystal Maze and Green Wing all getting a mention in reader feedback.\\n\\nOut this week includes games\\xa0Gunman Clive 2, Game of Thrones Episode 2 and\\xa0Evolve, while the big movie releases are Selma, Shaun the Sheep and\\xa0Jupiter Ascending.\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'