Story Break

Jar Jar is more popular than he thinks...Edited by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

The totally unofficial adventure begins as we tackle the iconic Star Wars title crawl!Some further reading and resources:https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/racial-ventriloquism/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/1999/05/the-merchant-of-menace.html https://davechen.net/2012/02/racism-and-ethnic-stereotypes-in-star-wars-the-phantom-menace/Edited by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

We're kicking off 2021 and Season 4 of Story Break by giving the full script treatment to one of our earliest (and fan favorite) episodes - Jar Jar: A Star Wars Story! This week, we review our original break from episode 2 (!) of this podcast in preparation for the scene-by-scene writing process that's to come!Follow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

We sit with notable writer of comics and video games Anthony Burch to attempt to untangle the massive mythos that is Bungie's looter shooter Destiny!Editing by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

This "cyberpunk" thing all the kids into can't be that hard... right? Time to FIND OUT!Editing by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

We get deep with the universe of John Wick to formulate what the 4th movie might be!Editing by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

We take the phrase "jump the shark" in directions no sane human being would ever condone. Join us as we once again envision cinematic excellence!Editing by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

We take on some of the internet's hottest, most dankest memes and try to make movies out of them!Editing by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

Suck it, Herman Melville! He said you can't make an epic story about a flea well guess what we just did!Follow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

We try our hardest to do a serious episode (because this podcast is just way too funny!)Editing by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

We take a classic children's building toy, combine it with America's greatest president, a bright eyed kid with a dream, and a superstar Japanese vocaloid to create one of our most buckwild breaks yet!Editing by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

Turns out you can make a movie about the infamous Crayola/Mr. Sketch Scented Marker rivalry!Editing by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

The greatest novelty song ever written gets a full feature film treatment just in time for the spooookiest month of the year!Editing by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

Kinda sus that we're putting out an episode about Among Us, the social deception game that's sweeping the nation, but whatever vent us if you want we don't care because we're not imposters! Don't believe me? Follow me around the entire next round!Editing by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

We somehow find a way into the mindblowingly massive universe of Warhammer 40k, guided by Matt, who is a big ol' miniature painting nerd.Editing by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

We're only just a little late to the video game sensation that's sweeping the nation - Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout! But now... in movie form!Editing by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

We break the story of legendary old west stagecoach driver One-Eyed Charley.Editing by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

We let the power of our phone's predictive text guide us on a journey to fix an obscure little sci-fi flick... called Star Wars!Editing by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

Twitter user @kathryniveyy asked why "the chosen one" is always a teenager - why not a 42 year old mom? And we thought... yeah! So here it is - a "chosen one" story about a mom that's also, for a while, accidentally the plot of Jupiter Ascending!Editing by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

We randomly select Disney Channel original movies and, based solely on their title and posters, break what the movie is!Editing by Chad EllisFollow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong