Without spoiling The Force Awakens, John Gholson joins Moisés to reminisce about the rise, fall, and potential “re-awakening” of Star Wars fandom. From childhood to anticipation of the new movie, what triggers your Star Wars sense memory?

Pictured above, John Gholson, age 5.

In our next episode, we will dig into spoilers for The Force Awakens. In addition to holding publication until public screenings start Thursday night, it’ll carry warnings (and no spoilers in its show notes).

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Modern TV has melded the old-school “chapter play” format with modern, lower-cost (and at once higher quality) production methods. The result is episodic content that is more than giving feature-length movies a run for their money. Erika Ensign (Verity, Lazy Doctor Who) joins Strax the Sontarran himself Dan Starkey to reveal how Doctor Who is succeeding where multimillion-dollar franchise features are hit-and-miss.

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Remastered and re-edited, this 2012 interview with Crimson Peak director Guillermo del Toro found him in post-production on Pacific Rim and nearing production on Crimson Peak(still in theatres) and The Strain, which just completed its second season. He talks about the power of monsters, video games, and his devout fervor for Hitchcock.

Interview originally broadcast 21 December 2012.

Jack Skellington and Oogie Boogie (Chris Sarandon and Ken Page) take center stage in this very special Halloween bonus installment of our Behind the Microphone series, discussing their formative creative influences, strange things they've signed, and the power of the theatre.

Behind the Microphone: part 3 in an ongoing series

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