We're back with our first episode of 2023! We begin by catching up on some recent Star Wars news, including:

• The Mandalorian season 3 begins on 1 March/writers revealed
• Daisy Ridley lunches at Lucasfilm
• Damon Lindelof produced Star Wars film rumoured to begin filming in spring 2023
• The Acolyte cast member Dafne Keen teases the crux of the plot

At around the half hour mark, we move on to discuss our media highlights of 2022, broken down by category:

Rachael's favourite films:

• The Godfather Part II, dir. Francis Ford Coppola
• Inferno, dir. Dario Argento
• Decision to Leave, dir. Park Chan-wook
• The Banshees of Inishiren, dir. Martin McDonagh

Kirsty's favourite films:

• The Night of the Hunter (1955)
• Bound (1996)
• Nope (2022)
• To Be or Not To Be (1942)

Rachael and Kirsty's favourite TV:

• Andor
• Severance

Rachael's favourite books:

• The Post Office Girl by Stefan Zweig
• My Year of Rest and Relaxation & Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
• The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage

Kirsty's favourite books:

• Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
• Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• Jawbone by Monica Ojeda
• Flowers of Mold by Ha Seong-nan
• Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
• In Sensorium: Notes for My People by Tanais

Many thanks to Christy Carew for the Scavenger's Hoard theme, and Nemling for our artwork.