The Rewatchables — Season 1, Episode 399: ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’ (Part One) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan

Episode synopsis

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, a trio of Ringer movie lovers—Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan—use the Force to get their galactic leader Bill Simmons to revisit one of the most iconic films of all time, George Lucas’s Star Wars: A New Hope, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher. In Part 1, the guys break down why they love the movie, how it got made, and the enormous impact it had on Hollywood at the time and to this day.

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Bill Simmons and a roundtable of movie lovers from the Ringer universe discuss movies they can’t seem to stop watching.

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