This week on The Star Wars Show!
Peter sits down with the voice of Zeb, Steve Blum!
We go behind the scenes of a Rogue One toy photo shoot!
And much, much more
Now, from the Lucasfilm Headquarters it's The Star Wars Show!
Hello I’m Peter Townley And I’m Andi Gutierrez welcome to The Star
Wars Show, a show whose secondary purpose is to remind Peter and me that today is Wednesday.
Because we’re disaster human beings that don’t own calendars and barely understand
how time works anymore.
Let’s go to the news!
If you’ve been watching our show over the last few weeks, or the Go Rogue animated series
on our channel you’ve seen a ton of new Rogue One toys and products.
Well, the wait is almost over.
Beginning Friday you can get your hands on the first wave of brand new Rogue One toys
and products like the Toys R Us exclusive black series Imperial Hovertank Pilot figure,
the Target exclusive Captain Cassian Andor deluxe blaster, or the Walmart exclusive Saw
Gerrera Pop Vinyl.
You can find more information about Rogue One toys, launch events, plus details on how
you can enter your own fan film into the #GoRogue contest including complete details and rules
at Star Wars.com.
Speaking of Rogue One, Star Wars: Commander is dropping the first wave of new Rogue One
content into the game this week.
The new update includes Shoretroopers, Rebel Commandos, Gigoran Fighters, AT-ACTs as well
as a new feature called, Armory, which allows players to customize the appearance of their
troops into planet specific outfits like Imperial Snowtroopers, Han Solo’s winter jacket,
and cold-weather Rebel Soldier garb.
Han Solo.
Rey says Han Solo.
You can download it all for yourself when the update launches Tomorrow.
Finally, during an investor call last week, Disney CEO Bob Iger dropped a couple of interesting
Star Wars nuggets of information.
The first was that the studio had recently heard a pitch from the director of Ep. 9
Star Wars film due in 2019, and that a writer is currently developing another story for
2020.
So thumbs up for more Star Wars and a high five for Star Wars Show job security
And for more breaking news from around the galaxy, make sure to check out Star Wars.com
Hey guys!
Ashley Eckstein here, and I am so excited to show you the first ever Ahsoka Tano Funko
Pop!
Here lets open her up This is very exciting!
Oh okay, I don’t want to decapitate her.
Oh!
Okay, ah!!
I’m like not graceful with this at all.
Okay lets see here, put her on the stand I guess
There, isn’t she beautiful!
This can be yours on October 5th.
You will…oh, oh I don’t know what I’m saying, i’m not
really funny
I’m sitting down right now with Steve Blum, the voice of Zeb on Star Wars Rebels,
Steve thanks so much for coming by man!
Thanks for having me, karabast!
I love it So you’ve had this very long career, you’re
probably one of the most well established voice actors there is, what has Star Wars
added to that?
What's different about working on Star Wars than anything else?
It satisfied my inner fanboy probably more than anything else.
I mean I’ve had a lot of really really great characters that I never expected to play and
each one of them has surprised and encouraged me to keep going forward but there really
isn’t much bigger than Star Wars.
The cool thing about being an actor, is that all of your life experiences count.
Absolutely.
All of that stuff gets used pretty much.
Every horrible job I have ever had has come into play at some point in my voice over career.
Are any of those behind Zeb?
Yeah I’ve had to do some pretty terrible jobs and Zeb was definitely influenced by
some of them.
Especially his attitude, because he’s so cranky all the time.
A lot of the jobs I had to do were just to survive at the time and I was cranky more
often than not.
Which is kind of what the crew is doing, there's a lot of episodes where it's like, we’re
out of gas or we have no food.
Yeah, survival.
That was literally my life for most of my life so I can very much relate to everything
that's happening on the show.
The characters are constantly developing and evolving and learning what they’re capable
of and that's kind of an amazing thing.
The fact that Zeb was able to connect with the Ashla and I didn't know that we were going
to get to go that deep with that character.
Usually you don't.
It would be very easy with Zeb not to go deep because he can seem like such a caricature
at first.
Absolutely.
Yeah, I mean he was billed as the muscle at first.
I mean that was the very first thing that came out.
“I’m the muscle.
I will bash your buckets and I will push stuff out of the way and I will eat your food and
that's about it.”
But to know that he actually has this whole history and past of stuff that he has to deal
with on a personal level and having to work through that stuff.
Its personal growth.
And who would think you’d get to do that in a cartoon?
It's amazing!
Before we let you go Steve, we’re gonna have some of the characters that you have
played audition for Star Wars.
So I’ve got some lines for you and we’re just going to real quick match those lines
up with some different characters.
Okay, I’m up for it.
Let's have you read this first one as Wolverine.
“Size matters not, look at me.
Judge me by my size do you?
Well you should not, for my ally is the Force bub, and a powerful ally it is.”
(growls) Could you give me this line as Starscream?
Starscream alright.
“This is our most desperate hour, help me Obi Wan Kenobi you’re my only hope.”
"You stuck up, half witted, scruffy looking nerfherder!"
Oh Megatron, hello!
I'm sorry!
This third one I would like you to read as a grunt from Mass Effect.
“I don't like sand Shepard, it’s coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere!”
Excellent.
Read this one as Spike Spiegel.
“Don’t be too proud of this technological terror you’ve constructed.
The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant net to the power of the Force.
Could you do this one as Yakky Doodle?
“But I was going to Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!”
“Aunt Beru!!”
It's the version of Luke Skywalker I never knew I needed.
Send that to Mark Steve Blum everybody!
Send that to Mark Hamill.
Steve Blum.
Thank you, that was so much fun.
The following segment of the Star Wars Show is an ad from our friends at Target!
Yippee!
David Collins here giving you a behind the scenes look of a Target photoshoot of all
the new Rogue One toys coming out on September 30th.
Now Target’s gone ahead and put together a few rebellious scenarios of toys from Funko,
Hasbro and Lego.
Look at this!
I just want to play with this thing.
If we could just take a few minutes, is that cool?
Okay Guys!
There are so many new Rebel vehicles in the Watto Body Shop
Meep meep, excuse me Oh it's glued shut.
Ah it's an AT-ACT Well what's the difference between that and
an AT-AT?
The C?
To prevent a Rebel attack, we teach you which direction the levers need to go.
Bob what are you doing?
I’m kicking the space tires!
Pretty sure they’re shooting the planet, Scarif!
So beachy.
Walking around here, there's multiple sets that are all being staged, lit and shot and
the toys look absolutely gorgeous.
Can you guys add lightning in post?
Once the sets have been lit and shot, they come over here to Thomas and Adam who are
retouching the photos.
What is going on in that room?
That's where they make soup Oh that's the soup room
Not canon, not canon Look at the detail
I am so in the way I don't know if we were supposed to be in
there just now but that was awesome What a fascinating behind the scenes look.
I can’t wait to play with some of these toys myself September 30th at Target.
Back to you guys.
I’m gonna take this, excuse me Hey, we are back on.
Reading your Rebels Haikus From the Internet:
Hey Walker pilot, Just relax, I’ll take over.
One more step forward…
The Jedi and Sith I'm the one in the middle
I am the Bendu Hanging out with Zeb,
you pick up Karabast slang.
Just like Sabine Wren.
Yellow TIE fighters Chase the Phantom like Pac-Men
Wokka wokka pew Those were some haikus
Hanging out with Zeb, you pick up karabast slang, just like Sabine Wren
Those were some haikus from the internet for us. Thank you for writing.
It’s nice to have a little poetry here on The Star Wars Show, really classes up the
joint.
Maybe a little Shakespeare next week?
We’re not that classy.
Instead, because they’re launching this Friday, we want to see
pictures and videos of your Rogue One haul.
It can be of the line to get into the store, your shopping cart full of toys, or everything
laid out perfectly with your current collection.
Send it to us using the hashtag #RogueFun and we’ll feature our favorites here next
week.
Also be sure to watch The Star Wars After Show presented by Verizon, where I, along
with my panel of Lucasfilm employees and Star Wars super fans break down all the happenings
in this week's episode of The Star Wars Show.
Watch it this Thursday and every Thursday on YouTube.com/Verizon.
Thanks for watching, and may the Force be with you.
You’re never going to let me read that sonnet I wrote for Daisy are you?
You wrote a sonnet for Daisy?
Shall I compare thee to the distant stars?
Thou art brighter and not so far away The eyes of Tatooine dim next to yours
At Jakku’s dawn, you are its brightest Rey.