This week we’re sitting down with the cast of Solo on a faraway space beach!
And by faraway we mean it was a fake beach inside of a conference room at a convention center in LA.
So, use your imagination!
I did use my imagination and I found a way to steal a bunch of those styrofoam rocks
and bring em home.
That’s pretty cool.
Imagination, kids.
This is The Star Wars Show!
From the Lucasfilm headquarters in San Francisco, here’s your hosts, Andi and Anthony!
Oh hello, and welcome to another fun-filled episode of The Star Wars Show, the only Star
Wars show on the internet whose hosts are actively lobbying for Ron Howard to direct
Madmartigan: A Willow Story.
No we aren’t.
I forgot to tell you that we are doing that.
[Laughing]
Great, awesome.
But you’re on board right?
Let’s go to the news.
Look, Willow is already a Lucasfilm property.
Ron’s been hanging out quite a bit lately.
I’m just saying.
I’m just gonna power through this, okay?
Like Willow powered through when he stood up against Bavmorda even though Madmartigan
was turned into a pig!
Lucasfilm, baby!
It’s wild!
Star Wars: Force Arena is receiving its largest update to date today with the addition of
Young Han Solo, Chewbacca, Dryden Voss, his bodyguards and more.
The update also adds a Datacard Quest Game Mode which is a brand new PvE gameplay mode
featuring 6 unique quests.
For more updates on the update check out StarWarsForceArena.com
Forces of Destiny is releasing a brand new episode this Friday starring Qi’ra from
Solo: A Star Wars Story.
The short airs as part of a Forces of Destiny special on the Disney Channel at 8:30PM and
is also being released as a standalone on Disney’s YouTube page the same day.
Finally this week, Solo: A Star Wars Story is opening in theaters nationwide on Friday.
And we were lucky enough to sit down with the cast to talk about the film and surprise
a couple of them with some never before seen goodies.
Awesome job!
Thank you very much.
That movie was so much fun.
It looked like it was a ton of fun to make.
Yes, it was.
Very active role for you.
Qi’ra is a great little fighter there.
Yeah.
She’s a scrapper.
Yeah, she’s a scrapper, that’s for sure.
Thanks for coming by.
Oh what fun.
This is very cool.
It’s neat right?
I’m just going to ask you this first question.
I just want you to say yes.
It doesn't matter what the answer is, just say yes.
Okay.
Part of the deal with you directing this movie is Willow 2, right?
[Laughing]
You can just say yes.
Well, it’s a qualified yes.
[Laughing]
We get to see so much more of Chewie’s physicality.
Can you tell me a little bit how the preparation for this was different?
Two months before filming we started doing stunt training and it was very interesting
because I knew how much I had to improve before I could do these highly physical stunts.
Especially the Kessel Mines were so challenging.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, I love Elthree!
Oh, yes!
She is so different from other droids we have seen before.
What is at the core of Elthree that makes her different?
She created herself out of lots of different types of droids.
I think she has an agenda that is like outside of herself.
She wants to operate on her own really…
Well, you know, with Lando kind of hanging around.
You’ve produced and written television, you’ve been other movies and other TV shows,
how is a Star Wars film different?
It’s hard to improve in Star Wars.
Like, you’d be like, yeah you could slip on a banana.
And they’re like, there’s no bananas.
Theres…
[Laughing]
In Star Wars universe.
[Cell Phone ringing tones]
Oops, let me turn my phone off.
Still losing a flip phone?
Still using a flip phone.
See cause then you get to do that.
It’s very satisfying.
Sell it all!
[Laughing]
Do you plan on trying to sneak into a civilian’s screening when it comes out to see what a
real audience is like?
I should do that.
That’s probably a good idea.
It would be fun.
I went to a movie theater the other day cause they have the cardboard thing where you can
sit in the ship and my nana who’s 86 really wanted a picture of her but hadn't gotten one yet.
So made me take her to a movie theater and she sat there and I took pictures of her and
she wouldn't leave.
She was like, I need one of you in the thing and I was like, I’m not doing that, I can’t do that.
You can’t say no!
She was like, there’s no one here!
I didn't it, I did it.
But I was just sitting there praying that no one saw.
We’ve got all your favorite obelisks.
Oh, you’ve brought them from home.
Yeah.
That’s nice.
Dryden, he does feel very different from other Star Wars villains.
The great things about these offshoot movies, the bad guy in the main franchises often has
a certain tone and I was really glad that I could do something really different.
Frankly he’s a lot like Han in that the galaxy’s cruel and you’ve got to be cruel
to survive in it.
The difference with Han is that Han will be there at the Death Star for you,
Dryden is not going to be there at the Death Star.
No, the yacht takes off immediately.
Yep.
This isn't your first time being apart of a huge saga of films, how does Star Wars differ
from something like say Hunger Games.
Well, let’s see, different plot, different characters.
Well, yeah.
Different story, different everything.
The experience of making a film like that is it different because it’s Star Wars or
is it old hat now, you’ve got this?
Well, no, I mean certainly because it’s Star Wars it’s kind of the pinnacle of the
biggest movie you can do.
In that sense it’s different but in another sense it’s very similar, which is there’s
a group of people that I got to work with who I feel so lucky that I know.
The suit that you were wearing on set is really intense, tell us a little bit about that.
It was mainly skin tight, full body, green suit, which I begged to keep.
And then on top of that I would have the legs drilled on and my arms drilled on and my head.
I was sort of excited and then I’d get in it and I’d get on set and then I’d be
like rawr while running around.
And everyone would be like calm down, you’re going to hurt yourself.
And I’m like, I’m not going to hurt myself!
And then I’d be like, I can’t feel my legs or my arms.
[Laughing]
They’d be like take it off and I’m like I don't want to!
Something that was my favorite thing about this film was watching the dynamic of Han
and Chewie, did you have him teach you a little bit about like being a wookiee?
He taught me some of the Shyriiwook.
He told me that you do like a break in your voice at the beginning and it turns into like
[wookiee sound]
That’s the full Shyriiwook kind of experience.
Sounded kind of like a dying wookiee.
It does sound like a dying wookiee.
Not gonna lie.
It’s better than mine though, so I shouldn't…
Do it.
No.
Well you just threw some shade on mine.
I can’t.
I can’t do it.
Come on.
I can’t do it.
Come on.
Come on!
No ask them.
I’m going to make you.
[Off camera yelling]
I hate all of you!
I know this is…
[wookiee sound] See, I can’t…
Yay!
Alden made me do a wookiee sound.
Let’s hear it.
It would be offensive to your culture.
Not doing it would be offensive.
[Wookiee sound]
Yeah!
Yeah, yeah!
I’ll get better.
[Wookiee sound]
By the next…
[Wookiee sounds]
When you were thinking about these classic characters and you were seeing this cast,
how did you feel they sort of embodied these characters?
Well the key with Alden is the charisma and sort of the good looks blended with just a
tremendous talent.
He benefited from a conversation with Harrison Ford, who gave him time and talked through
it, he gave Alden some ideas to work with.
I called Harrison as well and he gave me some real fantastic insights that I was able to
use in terms of the way I staged and shot scenes but also conversations I would have with Alden.
So most of your career has been spent working in projects that are shrouded in secrecy.
Yeah.
What is that journey like for you?
Do you find yourself sort of steering away from fan speculation or do you pay attention
to it or follow it?
Not at all.
No fan speculation.
The only thing I do ever care about is if they actually like it when they see it.
Star Wars, Game of Thrones, it’s for the fans.
I have something that I wanted to show you.
I don’t know if you have seen this yet.
[Gasp]
This is the Hasbro Black Series Elthree.
I haven't seen it.
Yeah!
Hey, baby!
[Laughing]
Oh my God!
She is so cool!
We have the Tobias Beckett figure.
This is the first one they have ever made if you wanted to check that out.
No kidding.
This is wild!
Isn't that cool?
I’ll be damned.
Is that the first action figure you’ve had made of you?
Yeah, I think so.
That’s it now.
That’s it.
You take a moment.
Look!
Do I get to keep it?
Unfortunately…
Thank you!
...we have to give that one back because it’s a prototype.
So nice of you!
I’ll let you hold on to it for now.
It was a pleasure having you.
Thank you, appreciate it.
I’ll be taking that back now.
Thank you.
Yeah, I’ll…
See you later.
[Off-camera laughing]
You’re watching The Star Wars Show!
My name is Pippa Anderson and I’m the Vice President of Post Production for Lucasfilm.
As Vice President of Post Production I’m lucky enough to be involved in all aspects.
Music, sound, the editing.
I get to be there at the beginning, helping with setting up schedules and budgeting.
I get to part of all those decisions that help move the movie forward towards delivery.
We have often have many projects.
Some in pre production and some in production and some post, some in future planning.
All of those layers will be happening at the same time, so really the phone could ring,
the email inbox is always got something new coming in, and I think the most wonderful
thing is that I and my team get to be there when the movie first comes together at the very end.
I was running post for Peter Jackson down in Millington in New Zealand for several years.
We were doing a movie called The Adventure of Tintin, which is where I first met Kathy Kennedy.
It was such a good collaboration.
And then when Kathy took over Lucasfilm she beckoned me.
Difficult things are really trying to give people what they want, the filmmakers what
they want because at the end of the day we are all there in support of the movie and
sometimes trying to make all those desperate elements come together with all the heart
and soul that it needs to take to bring the movie together in post production, that can be challenging.
Music inspires me personally in pretty much every aspect of my life.
And I’m lucky enough at work that music is a big part of the job that I do.
Recently I was at Abbey Road with 98 musicians and composer John Powell.
And just watching them bring a score to life, it just made my hair stand up and it’s really fantastic.
And then of course recently working on Solo with Ron Howard, he knows what he wants but
he’s always so generous with listening to other people’s thoughts and keen with them
to be a part of the creative process.
It just brings so much to the movie.
I'd say you absolutely need to have passion and drive, good instincts, enjoy working on
a team, and most of all you need a sense of humor.
Last week we asked you to share your favorite memories of our show for our second anniversary.
Yeah.
Turns out, you guys really like a lot of different things that we’ve done over the years.
Carlitos liked the segment I did in Japan, which was actually from the second episode ever,
while Monica Thrash like the knee touching “game” John Dimaggio and Danny Jacobs
played with me.
Good call Monica.
My wife was not into that game.
Dead Eyed Clown showed love for the Love Boat homage, the Holiday Special, and the Goots Goofs,
Goots Goofs!
and Clair Henry chiming in with my surprise interview with Carrie Fisher at Celebration London.
But the clear winner were all the people chiming in with our Battlefront II in real life segment,
and ya’ll have good taste because that indeed was an awesome day.
And like Andy Lee said on Twitter, Like the video, subscribe to the channel, follow us
on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, Download the Star Wars app, talk to us on the community
tab on YouTube and Happy Birthday Star Wars Show.’
Yay!
Also slight programming note, Solo is coming out on Friday, we may have mentioned it,
it’s a 3-day weekend here in the states, we have been running around quite a lot so we’re
going tio take a week off next week.
But don’t worry!
We’ll see you back in June for some more Star Wars fun.
Thanks for watching and may the Force be with you.
So how many tickets have you bought for Solo?
[Off camera] ...Two.
Oh, hello and welcome to another fun filled episode of The Star Wars Show.
[Off camera] Wait.
Wow.
What?!
With the addition of…
I’m just chewing this gum.
You keep going.
I’m going to find a napkin.
Sorry.
But you are a scruffy looking nerf-herder right now.
Just for this week.
It’s going to be beautiful next week.
I don’t like this unbuttoned button.
Yeah.
Get yourself together, man.
Everyone go find that unbuttoned button.