7 | Star Wars: Rise of the Script Doctors

The fans have rebelled! The release of Episodes 8 and 9 have caused a schism among the Star Wars fan base causing nations to collapse, gas prices to rise, and a plague to sweep the globe. Enter the Doctor Jons, Jedi Knights of the Order of Screenwriting. Saviors of Structure. Liberators of Theme. Defendants of Story...will they have what it takes to calm the outburst? Tune in to this week's galactic episode...

Today's patients:

• Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, directed and written by Rian Johnson (Produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; 2017) - available to stream now exclusively on Disney+
• Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, directed by J.J. Abrams and written by Chris Terrio and Abrams (Produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. & Bad Robot Productions, Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; 2019) - available to stream now exclusively on Disney+

Screenwriting Word of the Day:

• Mystery Box

Welcome to The Script Doctors Podcast! From feature length movie scripts to television pilots and miniseries, join your Hollywood-medically licensed doctors, Dr. Jon Akkawi and Dr. Jon Cooper, as they diagnose, discuss and prescribe solutions to common script and story maladies in blockbusters and indie films, to streaming miniseries and network & cable pilots... in 60 minutes or less.

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• Created, produced and edited by Jonathan Akkawi and Jonathan Cooper.
• A joint production between Cooper Home Entertainment and Bougie Arabs Productions.