Not to poo-poo it, because I love the faux-podcasty stuff, but are there actual podcasts that call Rogue One better/as good as ESB, and did anyone non-critic (ie fancasts and whatnot) get invited to this early and then raved about it pre-release? I really only listen to the Slashfilmcast for movie reviews, and they're grounded for the most part.
I don't know why I ask for the latter; that must have been a thing.
Now, this all said, when RLM gets defensive is when they are at their weakest, in terms of actually exploring why they did/didn't like a film over the comments and whatnot. They never expand and explore upon the faults of the film, and instead just buckle down and satire everything that isn't themselves. It comes off as, like, stylistically petty and strawmanny, in a way.
But I would so go for some general podcast parody of any movie, frankly. I would like "The Nerd Crew" to come back for something that isn't just defending people disagreeing with them.