The new issue of Empire — on sale now at all good, evil and intergalactic newsagents — is something of a celebration of 25 years of the Star Wars prequels, George Lucas' trilogy of movies that began with The Phantom Menace in 1999 and concluded with Revenge Of The Sith, Order 66 and all that, in 2005. Since then, the prequels have generated more debate among Star Wars fans than pretty much anything else you care to name, something that is very much the case in this special podcast episode, as Chris Hewitt, Alex Godfrey and James Dyer talk through the magazine's world-beating coverage of the prequels, discuss their own complicated feelings about the movies (including, yes, Chris' own history with Attack Of The Clones), and bang the drum for the things they love about the trilogy. Does that mean there are plenty of terrible impressions of Boss Nass, Sebulba, the Emperor and more? Not as many as you'd imagine, thankfully. Enjoy. Peeeeeeeeeeeeace!
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#158: Paul Bettany, Charlie Cox - April 24, 2015
#157: Alan Rickman - April 17, 2015
#156: Ryan Gosling - April 10, 2015
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#155: Ron Moore - April 3, 2015
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#154: Kenneth Branagh - March 27, 2015
#153: Sir Ben Kingsley, Sean Penn - March 20, 2015
#152: Jim Parsons, Gemma Arterton - March 13, 2015
#151: Julianne Moore, Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - March 6, 2015
#150: Margot Robbie - February 27, 2015
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#148: Mark Strong, Peter Strickland - February 13, 2015
#147: Titus Welliver, Douglas Booth - February 6, 2015
#146: Alex Garland, Paul Thomas Anderson
#145: Ethan Hawke, J.C. Chandor - January 23, 2015
#144: Meryl Streep, Alicia Vikander - January 16, 2015
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