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Welcome to Episode 8 of Vicarious! This episode, we talk about Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. Also, stay tuned after the end music for a few minutes of bonus Star Wars chat.

We had a blast discussing this stuff and hope you enjoy listening! If you do, we'd appreciate a rating on iTunes. If you'd like to chat, you can find us on Twitter at @vicarious_fm, or you can join our Slack team!

• Bryn Jackson is @uberbryn
• Joshua Sortino is @sortino
• Marshall Bock is @marshallbock

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• 0:10 - Spiderman 2 - Doc Oc "Power of the sun"
• 0:55 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens: One Record It Won't Break
• 3:14 - Star Wars Teaser Trailer
• 3:50 - Oscar Isaac
• 4:26 - Kylo Ren
• 4:34 - Grandma's Boy
• 4:58 - Kylo Ren's Lightsaber hilt
• 5:40 - Carrie Fisher
• 6:06 - Editor's Note: Bryn is making a joke in reference to Carrie Fisher’s past drug addictions.
• 6:35 - "Finn"
• 8:14 - Star Wars: A New Hope
• 8:22 - Alderaan
• 8:58 - Endor
• 9:32 - Girls TV Series
• 10:08 - Rey
• 11:00 - Editor’s Note: Josh is referring to when Luke is left on a desert planet in Star Wars: Episode IV.
• 14:30 - Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
• 15:18 - Poe Dameron
• 15:40 - Wedge Antilles
• 16:45 - Starkiller Base
• 17:48 - Lawrence Kasdan
• 18:08 - 'Star Wars Episode 7' Spoilers: Major 'Force Awakens' Script Leaks Reveal Full Plot, Character, Cast Details?
  
• 18:56 - Snoke
• 19:20 - Editor's Note: Marshall is referring to when Kylo Ren hits himself on a wound during the end lightsaber battle.
• 20:30 - Thanos
• 20:38 - Maz Kanata
• 20:53 - Prometheus
• 21:01 - Tenome, the Pan’s Labyrinth character with “eye hands”
• 21:38 - Emperor Palpatine
• 21:58 - Holoprojector
• 24:18 - Editor's Note: Marshall is referring to the miniature models used to create certain scenes with little or no CGI.
• 26:20 - Grievous
• 26:38 - Jakku
• 27:00 - Which Characters Have Force Sensitivity in The Force Awakens?
• 29:36 - Editor's Note: Josh is referring to a scene in the original trilogy where Luke and Leia kiss, even though they are brother and sister.
• 29:45 - Editor's Note: Josh is now blushing at his terrible, terrible joke.
• 32:13 - Billie Lourd (Carrie Fisher’s daughter)
• 32:38 - Jack Ü (also known as Skrillex and Diplo)
• 33:40 - Ahch-To
• 34:10 - Editor’s Note: Bryn is referring to when Luke is found on a desert planet in Star Wars: Episode IV.
• 37:39 - Qui-Gon Jinn
• 37:43 - Padmé Amidala
• 37:45 - Obi-Wan Kenobi
• 37:50 - Anakin Skywalker
• 38:07 - Yoda
• 39:43 - Editor’s Note: In fiction, a MacGuffin (sometimes McGuffin or maguffin) is a plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or other motivator that the protagonist pursues, often with little or no narrative explanation. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin)
• 40:45 - Prometheus
• 44:27 - Jizz
• 44:42 - South Park - Wiener Song - Game of Thrones
• 45:05 - IMAX's New Laser Projectors Make Me Wish I Lived In a Movie Theater
• 46:55 - Star Destroyer
• 49:38 - Andy Serkis
• 49:41 - Lupita (Maz Kanata)
• 49:57 - Twelve Years a Slave
• 49:59 - Chiwetel Ejiofor
• 50:06 - Baron Mordo from Doctor Strange
• 50:08 - BB-8
• 50:26 - Jar-Jar Binks
• 50:50 - R2-D2
• 51:15 - C-3PO
• 37:39 - Qui-Gon Jinn
• 51:40 - BB-8 toy by Sphero
• 52:39 - TARS from Interstellar
• 56:42 - Darth Maul
• 59:28 - Bechdel test
• 01:01:24 - Star Wars Leaks Sub Reddit
• 01:01:36 - An album of stills from the Rey's vision quest.
• 01:02:08 - Cloud City
• 01:02:42 - Subtle laws of wands from Harry Potter
• 01:04:12 - Lightsaber crystal
• 01:05:22 - Photo of potential lightsaber on Rey’s back
• 01:06:18 - Double-bladed lightsaber
• 01:07:18 - Darth Plagueis' lightsaber
• 01:07:23 - Palpatine
• 01:10:10 - Lord of the Rings
• 01:11:44 - Editor’s Note: Deus ex machina is an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.
• 01:14:12 - Editor’s Note: Marshall is referring to a scene where Han Solo is confronted by two gangs in his ship.
• 01:19:35 - Death Star Explosions Comparison
• 01:19:46 - Vulcan planet destroyed
• 01:21:39 - Back to the Future instant pizza
• 01:22:30 - Warcraft Official Trailer
• 01:24:47 - Jonathan Nolan reveals why a ‘Batman Begins’ trailer scene wasn’t in the movie