Christopher Giroux, What Does Star Wars Mean To You?
Filmmaker Christopher Giroux shares what Star Wars means to him! We chat wearing out VHS tapes of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi as a kid to sharing The Mandalorian with his wife at 4 a.m. viewings during the pandemic! We also chat Star Wars fandom, misfit heroes & guilty pleasure movies from the franchise! We pitch various movie ideas, including Star Wars Rom-Coms and his dream project, Horror on Hoth! Chris also shares how Star Wars inspires his filmmaking and why unity in the fanbase matters more than ever!
Other highlights include:
- Why Boba Fett remains his favorite bounty hunter.
- Importance of honoring Fan Passion within the franchise.
- His most-quoted lines from the saga.
- His respect for Disney+ streaming content taking big swings.
· The enduring question at the heart of Star Wars: Where do I belong?
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Christopher Giroux’s career spans a multitude of productions, genres and over 50+ feature films.
A 2009 Sheridan graduate in the Advanced TV and Film program, Giroux moved quickly up the industry ladder, producing 10 back-to-back high concept genre features with Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment.
Giroux is the former SVP of Production at Vortex Media from June 2023 - July 2025. In recent years he has produced and overseen production on such films as The Christmas Charade, Christmas Island, Learning To Love Again, Take Me Back For Christmas, The End of Sex, Anything For Jackson, The Voices of Her Mother, and the 2022 official TIFF selection, The End of Sex.
Giroux's produced work has aired on Netflix, The Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, UPtv, Paramount+, Super Channel, W Network, Prime Video, Tubi, Roku, BBC, Shudder, Showtime, Hollywood Suite, Diva-Romania, TF1, StackTV, Hallmark+, Crave and more.
In addition to Giroux’s production work, he is also a member of The Producer’s Roundtable of Ontario. He was awarded a Certified Fresh Trophy from Rotten Tomatoes for producing Anything For Jackson (2020), and has received two Canadian Screen Award nominations, for his work on Christmas Island (2023) & Take Me Back For Christmas (2023).
Currently Giroux is the President of the not-for-profit, The Hamilton Film Board (2025).
Twitter and Instagram @StarWarsMean2U
Star Wars may have the largest and most diverse fanbase in all the galaxy—but every fan has their own certain point of view. So, tune your comlinks and join Star Wars enthusiasts, Dave (an OT kid) and Elora (a PT kid), every week for an in-depth conversation with a different devotee from all walks of life across the Star Wars fandom universe. Plus, it’s just FUN to talk about Star Wars. To bring balance to the fanbase, each episode we’ll delve into our guests’ personal Star Wars fandom story, and from that point of view, we’ll celebrate the power of the Force. Strap in, ignite your passion for the galaxy far, far away, and find out: What Does Stars Wars Mean To You?
Music composed & performed by Gregory Bromfield
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