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Nov 2024
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menac...

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Jedi! Lightsabers! Taxes? This week, Chris tests Lizzie’s midi-chlorians (and patience) with George Lucas’ polarizing return to Star Wars. Was Lucas a victim of his own success, or were we all victims of his divorce? Plus, how Michael Jackson and Denzel Washington were nearly canon, and more!

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*Doctor Dolittle was release in 1967, not 1976, as Chris mistakenly stated.


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