- This week, we count down to the holidays with LEGO,
mark our calendars for the "High Republic"
Comic-Con at-home panel, and more, which reminds me, I still
have to finish my cosplay.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Hold on, just putting finishing touches
on my Comic-Con costume.
Voila!
Get it?
I make delicious pastries using Master Yoda's recipes.
I'm a Jedi and a healer.
Buckets of Blood has arrived on the scene.
Feel free to replicate this at home.
You're welcome.
Bringing all new meaning to the holidays in July,
earlier this week, LEGO Group unveiled this year's Star
Wars advent calendar set, dedicated
entirely to "The Mandalorian."
That means in the fine tradition of Poe Dameron in a holiday
sweater and Darth Vader in a holiday sweater,
we're getting Grogu in a holiday sweater.
There's also a buildable speeder bike,
a hovering pram, and Mando getting into the spirit
with a festive scarf.
I guess a sweater wasn't quite big enough to fit
over the armor and the helmet.
For a closer look at the new set and insights
from the designers, head to starwars.com/thisweeknow.
Tomorrow, our friend Krystina Arielle
will be hosting the official Lucasfilm publishing
panel during the San Diego Comic-Con
at-home virtual convention.
And to paraphrase Sio Bibble, that could mean only one thing.
- Invasion.
- Or in this case, a rollicking good time focused on "Star
Wars: The High Republic" and featuring authors Cavan Scott,
Claudia Gray, Charles Soule, Justina Ireland,
and Daniel José Older.
And Daniel, you better believe that I
will be wearing my Buckets of Blood costume while watching.
Catch the panel for yourself tomorrow at 2:00 PM Pacific
time at the address below.
And last week's "Star Wars: The Bad Batch"
brought us the thrilling conclusion
to the plight on Ryloth.
With Hera's parents imprisoned by the Empire,
the young Twi'lek turned to the only people
in the galaxy she could trust--
- Please hurry.
- --Omega and Clone Force 99.
One desperate, hollow message later, the Elite Squad
turned up to help, and Hera took flight-- in a stolen Imperial
shuttle, no less.
Our buddy Chopper tried out his secret agent skills
to electrifying effect, and Clone Commander Howzer
had to come to terms with what service to the Empire
really means in this new era.
You can check out the next episode for yourself
tomorrow only on Disney+.
Last week, we got to geek out over Hera and Chopper
showing up in "The Bad Batch" with our friends
Jennifer Corbett and Brad Rau.
But our love for the Ghost duo is so strong we went straight
to the source to talk all things hair with the one,
the only Vanessa Marshall.
We wanted to know, what's it like revisiting this character
in her younger days?
Here's what the voice and heart of Hera had to say.
- Initially, I think the two things that I considered
were her age and what that might do to her vocally,
that that would sort of pitch her higher, and the accent--
just how much of that do we place on top?
- New plan, Chop.
Meet me at the base.
We need to send out the transmission, and fast.
- So when I rehearsed the script,
I rehearsed it with many different
versions of thick-accented young Hera,
like, really high-pitched Hera.
And so that's what it was like to prepare.
That's what it was like to do it in the moment.
- Well, copilot, we didn't do too bad.
- But I think it's really important, with all characters,
not to go for a sound, but to think
about the internal landscape and go from the inside
out and so that, ultimately, I think,
when I threw all that stuff away and went in,
I went in with who I know Hera to be and who she becomes.
And I just opened my heart and came from that place
so that things would be authentic.
She's just-- she's in my soul.
I love her.
- Thank you so much, Vanessa.
That's it for this week.
But for more on these stories and other news from around the
galaxy, check out starwars.com.
And be sure to join us right here for "This Week!
in Star Wars" every Thursday.
Thanks for watching, and may the Force be with you.